CW2001 Program - Computers and Writing

Friday
2:15 — 3:30 Session C.5
Netoric’s Tuesday Cafe LIVE:
All Hands on the Bad One —
Learning to MOO for the Tuesday Café
RB 284
Cindy Wambeam, Greg Siering, James Inman, Tari Fanderclai
This second session is a companion to the Netoric Live session, but it
is not required that conference-goers attend both events. The second
session is for anyone who would like to learn MOO basics in order to be
ready to attend our online Tuesday Cafés. At the door, we will provide
attendees with characters on the MOO Connections, where the Tuesday
Café is located. Then we will pair new MOOers with Netoric members,
who will show them how to use a MOO client to log into Connections,
and how to get to the Tuesday Café and communicate with others.
Some Netoric regulars who cannot attend the conference in person
will join us online for this session. As those of us who are there in
person help people with MOO basics, the regulars who are meeting
us online will engage the newcomers in a continued discussion of
what makes a successful online community. This way, newcomers
will learn MOO skills and at the same time have a chance to experience
the power of synchronous forums to connect them with geographically
distant colleagues.
The primary function of this session will be the pairing of newcomers with
more experienced MOOers, as a way of establishing a personal mentor
for the future. Any newcomer who attends this workshop will gain a
mentor from Netoric, and thus from the Computers & Writing community.
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