Final Preparations for the jokaydia Unconference!

With only a few days to go until our Unconference kicks off, its time to do a billion last minute jobs including cleaning up the Islands and getting our schedule for the event finalised. Eeek…. I think I’ll just give up sleep for the rest of the week! ;) It is starting to get exciting over on the Islands of jokaydia tho.. with a fabulous range of sessions proposed for the weekend, I can hardly wait for the program to get started!!

We’ll be posting lots of updates in the coming days, so keep an eye on the blog or keep informed via twitter updates. However, to get started I thought I’d provide some basic updates and information for newbies, participants and facilitators. See below!

Unconference Schedule!

The draft unconference schedule is still available on the wikispace and will give you an idea of the array of great sessions we’ll be convening inworld. We’ll release a final and confirmed version of the schedule on Thursday, so stay tuned! Also, for those of you who are based in or near Sydney, dont forget the MQUncon09 which will provide a f2f opportunity to get together at Macquarie University to share some ideas about 21st century learning.

Final Newbie Sessions!

We’ll be holding our final two newbie sessions in preparation for the event this Thursday 22 September 2009. These newbie sessions are designed to provide support to those who have never attended an event in Second Life before, or for visitors who’d just like to sharpen up their inworld skills before the unconference event kicks off. We’ll be covering basic skills like talking, moving, flying, using voice, camera skills and basic avatar setup. Event details are below and are listed in Australian Eastern Standard time and Second Life time (PDT).

jokaydia Unconference Newbie Session 1

Date and Time – AEST: Thurs 24 September @ 11am
Date and Time – SLT: Wed 23 September @ 6pm
Check your local time here!
Location: Islands of jokaydia Newbie Garden (SLurl)
Facilitator: jokay Wollongong

jokaydia Unconference Newbie Session 2

Date and Time – AEST: Thurs 24 September @ 8pm
Date and Time – SLT: Thurs 24 September @ 3am
Check your local time here!
Location: Islands of jokaydia Newbie Garden (SLurl)
Facilitator: jokay Wollongong

Participants Checklist!

For those of you who are planning to attend, here’s a quick checklist of things you might like to consider:

If you’re new to Second Life, have you installed the Second Life client and setup your avatar? Check out our Getting Started resources for more info.
Have you tested your voice setup? We will be using voice tools throughout the conference, so its a great idea to practice this before attending! Check out the SL Knowledge Base Voice Resources here for further info.
Update your profile! Your avatar profile is a great way to share a little information about who you are and your interests and will help us all to get to know each other better. Watch a video about how to update your profile here!
Add yourself to our Unconference Participants Page – this is another social networking space where we can connect with others and share interests.
Tweet it, blog it, share it! – Even if you’re not facilitating a session, we’d love to see lots of tweets, blog posts, flickr images and the rest to help record the event! Dont forget to use the Unconference tag – #jokaydiaunconf.

Facilitator’s Checklist!

Firstly a HUUUUGE thanks to all the volunteer facilitators. You will be receiving notecards and messages later on today to confirm your session and coordinate the technical stuff. However, please consider the following list of issues:

What resources will you be using?
Do you need access to parcel media settings? for videos or other streaming media?
Will you bringing your own slides or do you need assistance with uploads?
What virtual tools or furniture do you need setup?
Are you happy for us to record your session?
Have you posted any relevent links or extra information about your session on the Unconference Schedule?
Tweet it, blog it, share it! – We need lots of tweets, blog posts, flickr images and the rest to help record the event! Dont forget to use the Unconference tag – #jokaydiaunconf.

These questions and additional information including who will be helping you to manage your session will be provided in your notecards.