EGC Update November 14 2008

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Contents 1 Open Issues 2 Resolved Issues 3 EGC PR & Materials 4 EGC Community Site 5 EGC Game Development 6 EGC Faculty & Individual Consultations 7 Weekly Meetings 8 Misc.

Open Issues

The following remain open issues:

• OPP Complete Lab Interior
  • Waiting from Ron Gurskey on cost estimate. Last word from him on 11/14 is it's 99% complete.
• Log-in System for EGC Lab
  • Notes from SOS indicate they are not in total agreement with our approach. I have contacted SOS requesting a meeting. No response. Cole has asked Jason Heffner to head this.
  • Chris Sacksteder has the locking mechanism and is testing how to activate them. One part we ordered will not work - it disengages when the computer reboots. New part ordered.
• Security Cameras System
  • Andy Lawler/Chris Sacksteder are submitting to JTH a request for additional storage, etc. for the e-testing facility that will include the EGC's needs. Awaiting results. ANY WORD HERE?
• Video Switching Unit
  • I wrote and submitted to Dean McCraken a sole source justification for RPC Video. He is now in contact with RPC, requesting further justification on the bid.

Resolved Issues

N/A

EGC PR & Materials

• Derick & I visited Findlay this week to look for placement of lab sign in the building. He is now conceptualizing sign placement and will contact OPP to determine what we can actually do.

EGC Community Site

N/A

EGC Game Development

• Timelines from Jason W. on the following are due this week:
  • Tonal Conquest
  • Jeopardy
  • Typo
  • Palmer Location Aware Game - Awaiting word from Dana Kletcha when she can resume talks on this - she had to stop for several week due to other work issues. Contacted Dana, no response.
• Vicki and I met this week - are constructing a small survey to determine gaming needs of faculty for next year. Plan is to open it during finals week, leave it open through mid-Jan, send out periodic reminders to all to complete it.

EGC Faculty & Individual Consultations

• Second meeting with John Messner on Nov. 10 went well. Notes in BaseCamp. We will have another meeting as soon as it's scheduled to flesh out the direction for the game. It will be a on-the-job building construction simulation.
• Teaching a Second Life class for Andrea Tappia in IST on Monday, 11/17.

Weekly Meetings

Mary Ramsey, Kent Becker, Jonathon Holman weekly meeting. Notes in Basecamp.

Misc.

Attended a few of the the Virtual Worlds in Education Conference session on Second Life. Not much to report; glad it was free.