I'm giving a brief "talk" at the 2013 Summer AAPT physics conference in Portland about the value of students doing a video conference as part of their U.S. Masterclass experience.  Masterclass is not only about understanding high energy physics content, but it also communicated the attitudes and joys of doing physics.  But it is hard to communicate in words some of this.  So I decided to share some "screen captures" from the video conferences showing a few of the gestures and facial expressions.  Unlike staged photographs where everyone pastes on a smile at the "say cheese" instruction, these images catch spontaneous expressions in an ongoing, more than half hour long session at the end of the day when the students are rather tired and ready to head home.  Below are two such images.

Tiny URL for this page: http://tinyurl.com/knldjsk.

Objectives

• Learn more about LHC and CMS
• Be able to use LHC and CMS data in the classroom with students
• Take care of center business

Draft Agenda 

This group wasn't on my list so I put in a request for membership.  Since I'm now posting in the group either that wasn't necessary or you guys are REALLY on the ball !!

See you online!

jimbo

Sunday should be fun.  Someone call me if I forget to log in.  I'll be on a mission trip to North Carolina and if things work out right, I'll be on a pontoon boat on a lake on the border between Georgia and NC.  Sort of the group bonding and relaxation before getting to work EARLY Monday morning!

• Using a computer

Make sure your computer has

•  robust internet connection.
• webcam.
• microphone (echo-canceling best, noise-canceling good.  Relatively new computers and software typically have these built in.  But that can sometime be defeated by plugging in separate speakers or microphones).
• speakers with enough amplification that all in your room can hear.

Connect to Vidyo meeting URL:

• Find the Virtual Center Indico page at http://indico.cern.ch/event/virtual_qn_rm
• Choose "Join now!"

Join the meeting:

• If you have a CERN computer account, you can use your credentials to log in.
• Anyone can log in as a Guest.
• If your computer is connecting to Vidyo for the first time, you will be prompted to download the client. Please do so.

The Vidyo window will appear. Enjoy the meeting!

[edit]Using an H.323 (Polycom or equivalent) device

To call into a meeting, dial in the IP address of a Vidyo gateway:

• CERN: vidyogw1.cern.ch (137.138.248.228).
• Internet2 (Ann Arbor): cern-vidyo-gateway0.internet2.edu (207.75.165.80).

Dial in the Vidyo Room extension 180794 (?) followed by the # key.  Find the Vidyo meeting extension; explanation here.

For additional information, contact vidyo-support@cern.ch.

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Welcome to the Virtual Center group. To start, here are three things you can do right now:

Create/edit your site profile (please do ASAP!)

1.     In the top menu, roll over "My stuff"

2.     Choose "My profile"

3.     Under your group name, choose the "About" button

4.     Find and choose "Edit my profile"

5.     In the "Account" page, you can change your password and upload an avatar image

6.     In the "Personal information" page, you can add whether you are a QN teacher, your contact info, etc.

Add a post like this one

1.     In the top menu, roll over "My stuff"

2.     Choose "My groups"

3.     Choose "Virtual QuarkNet Center"

4.     At the top of the right sidebar, choose "Document" or “Post” from the drop-down list; choose "Create"

5.     Start typing

6.     Edit

7.     Choose the "Save" button at the bottom left when it is time.

Comment on this post

1.     Choose the "Comment" button at the bottom of this post

2.     Type away.