WILLIAMSBURG MARCH 14, 1997

The day before the workshop, I arrived in Williamsburg. It was the second time in six months that I had the opportunity to visit one of the oldest places in our country. As I strolled up and down the old streets I once again had the chance to soak up the atmosphere provided by the city's William & Mary College, colonial courthouse, and palace. The day of the workshop Jeffery Herrick, Mack Lundy III, Berna Heyman, and Robert Richardson were very helpful making last minute arrangements. College Courthouse Palace Staff

VIDEO CONFERENCES

Since nobody wants to listen to another person talk for six hours, and since I didn't think I could talk for six hours, the workshop tried to facilitate video conference presentations. I worked out a deal with the Connectix corporation where they would give me two video cameras in exchange for plugging their hardware. (BTW, their hardware really does work well!) I then gave the cameras to Jean Armour Polly and Roy Tennant. Jean, Roy, and I practices using CU-SeeMe in anticipation of the big day. Unfortunately, as fate would have it, we had technical difficulties and the video conferences did not take place even after a few very embarrasing minutes of effort. Oh, well. The images and movies below describe what was suppose to happen. Experts (Click the picture above to learn more about the presenters.)

JEAN ARMOUR POLLY

An internationally-recognized expert, Jean was the first to turn the phrase "Surfing the Internet." With extensive public speaking and writing experience, her latest book is entitled The Internet Kids Yellow Pages. One of the first women elected to the Internet Society Board of Trustees, Jean has always been an relentless advocate for the equal access to information. A true librarian through and through, Jean's home page is at <URL:http:// www.well.com/user/polly>. Crystal ball Government types Business plan (Click the images above to get the flavor of Jean's presentation.)

ROY TENNANT

Project manager, writer, and teacher, Roy has demonstrated leadership ability within and without the knowledge worker community. He manages the Berkeley Digital Library SunSITE. He's the co-author of Crossing the Internet Threshold: An Instructional Handbook and the author of HTML: A Self-Paced Tutorial. Roy is especially keen in reconizing the abilities of technology for the purposes of information dissemination. Roy's home page is located at <URL:http:// www.lib.berkeley.edu/autobiography/rtennant/>. Day in the life Anything Being blunt (Select the pictures above to be introduced to Roy's presentation.)

PARTICIPANTS

The workshop's structure allowed participants to discuss issues in groups. It was during these group discussions I had the opportunity to capture on film the smiling faces of the attendees. Group One Group Two Group Three

MIAMI,FL MAY 16, 1997

I arrived Florida International University (FIU) a day ahead of time and set up the workshop in the modern Kovens Conference Center. The setup was very nice since it included a single projection device flanked on either side with ethernet-ready portable computers. In a sentence, FIU provided me with an elegant arrangement. "Thank you!" The workshop itself went very smoothly. I learned to cut some things from the first workshop (mostly history) and this gave more time for more practical agenda items. After the workshop, I visited with some of my family and went fishing. I caught a dolphin and then had it for dinner.

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