Thought folks might be especially interested in this because of its Canadian Content . . . Marcy =-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-= Marcy Bauman University of Michigan-Dearborn http://www.umd.umich.edu/~marcyb [log in to unmask] =-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-= ---------- Forwarded message ---------- Date: Mon, 3 Dec 2001 21:16:00 CST From: "Percival@Connections" <[log in to unmask]> To: [log in to unmask] Subject: MOOs Around the Net Visits Achieve! MOOs Around the Net Presents: A Visit to Project Achieve's MOO Thursday, December 6 9:00 p.m. EST Project Achieve http://achieve.utoronto.ca See below for detailed instructions! ----- MOOs Around the Net is a collaboration between the Netoric Project and TechRhet. Every few weeks, during either Tuesday Cafe time or TechRhet time, we visit another MOO as guests, spending some time touring and conversing with members of the MOO's community. Netoric's Tari Fanderclai, [log in to unmask], and TechRhet's John Walter, [log in to unmask], coordinate MOOs Around the Net, and would be happy to hear from you if you have a MOO to invite us to, or want to suggest a MOO we should ask to visit! ----- Thanks to Rhonna Robbins-Sponaas, a member of the Achieve Educational Steering Committee, MOOs Around the Net is invited to a tour and discussion at Project Achieve's MOO this Thursday at 9:00 p.m. EST. Below is Rhonna's introduction to Project Achieve and her instructions to help you get connected. Please take some time before Thursday's session to explore the information she provides, to have a look at Achieve's Web site, and to try connecting as a guest in order to ensure that you'll be able to connect for the session. (If you have any difficulty connecting, please try asking Tari or John for help before contacting Achieve members--we'd like to try to help you before we ask for even more of our hosts' time!) See you on Thursday! John and Tari --------------- From Rhonna Robbins-Sponaas, Achieve Educational Steering Committee --- Project Achieve was born a little over 2.5 years ago as a research project, its first lusty cries nursed into being by Dr. Jason Nolan. As a result of both the research intent and the funding the project was fortunate enough to receive, Achieve's original focus was on the Canadian community. Achieve was a collaboration between Jason and officials at Canada's Schoolnet who were looking to promote pedagogically focused collaborative virtual opportunities for Canadian youth. While those relationships have changed--the original purpose of the MOO has been met--Achieve has grown; it now hosts an international community of educators and learners. It was also very much a project-oriented MOO; all members were actively involved in a project or class, which means that we have a rather eclectic topography. Achieve is a web-based MOO that uses the enCoreXpress GUI, and a core developed by Leigh Casey (Hunter on BayMOO, e_moo and others) in conjunction with Mathew Beerman (Traveller). In part because of that early funding, Achieve was blessed with an unusual opportunity to attract talented programmers and coders, and Jason put them to work. They are responsible for a number of enhancements to the Encore project, including VASE (the virtual assignment server environment), file management utilities, and various fixes. You'll see differences in appearance and handling from the moment you log in--our guest characters are, um, a bit liberated. :-) As guests, you'll actually be able to create objects--including experimenting with some of the objects that are unique to Achieve. In other words, you can play. :-) Many of the commands are the same as you'd find in most other MOOs (look, "/say, '/page, etc.), but we do have basic command information located within our "INSTRUCTOR'S HINTS, TIPS, CHEATS, and GUIDELINES" page (a.k.a. THE TEACHER'S PAGE). That page is mandatory reading for any instructor wishing to bring a class online, and gives a bit of everything from Achieve history to process and requirements. You may find it helpful to browse through it; it'll give you a good sense of how we work, and an introduction to who we are. Point your browser to: http://achieve.utoronto.ca/achieve/media/256/Teacher-policy.html#Handouts or click on the "Teacher Help" link on the login page. You can access Achieve by pointing your browser to the splash page at: http://achieve.utoronto.ca/ and click on the "Project Achieve" logo, or go directly to the login page at: http://achieve.utoronto.ca:2221/ Do browse the blog at the bottom of the page, and the links in the upper half of the page. For information on VASE, visit http://achieve.utoronto.ca/vase We strongly encourage you to log in via the web and check out the interface--Achieve is very much GUI oriented and our interface *is* a bit different; we're far from a standard enCore MOO--but for those of you who absolutely refuse to web (or can't), you can gain text access at: achieve.utoronto.ca:2222 +++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++ Netoric_Announcements is the announcements-only list for Netoric Project news. 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