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C5: Session 4C: collaborative environments

Session 4C: Collaborative Environments (3) An Integrated Session and Repository Management Approach for Real-Time Collaborative Editing Systems Steven Xia, David Sun, Chengzheng Sun, David Chen A Buffer Framework for Supporting Responsive Interaction in Information Visualization Interfaces Tobias Isenberg, Andre Miede, Sheelagh Carpendale LogCabin: A tool for workshop documentation and visualization Toshiyuki Takeda so i'm in the second of these talks. tobias isenberng is talking about the buffer concept. I have to admit that i dont understand THAT much about this paper presentation. however, I think that the more important thing for me is that i'm learning what conferences are like, what is happening now in technology and i can figure out what i can contribute with my knowledge and what place i am in life and what kind of person i am (a student who really enjoys technology and new things). it's not like i have to understand everything going on all the time, no one does, but i think these different experiences that im having are really a key part of my education. i dont just go to school and learn evertyhing from a teacher but i find additional experiences that can contribute to my learning. i think my parents have sort of set that up for me. i've always gone to museums and learned things that way, girl scouts programs like a leadership conference i went to last year and i'm going again this year, and i'm at this conference! i was at the registration table and registering people. i had never really registered THAT many people who i had no idea who they were and for the lots of the Asian names I had no idea how to spell them so I could cross them off the list! But by doing registration I helped out a lot and I actually ended up knowing most of the people in the conference (about 100 people) by name since I had linked their name and their face together. Also, since I was at the registration table and since I had a blue ribbon on my name tag, lots of people asked me questions, some I didn't even know the answer to! So I had to find the right guy to help me find out the answer and then get back to the person who asked the question! Edited later (1/29/06 8:14PM): I ended up learning so much about how to organize a conference well, listen to different kinds of speakers, take notes during a talk, talk to people a whole lot older than me about what I'm doing and why I'm at the conference and not in school and so many other skills... HA. My mom asked me if I'd like to write a paper with her for next year's C5 Conference (probably in Japan, where I have never been!), I think that would be a great learning experience! To summarize, my education and learning doesn't just at happen at school, I learn from all the experiences I do and I think that is a big part of why at 16 I can stand on my own two feet at a huge community college, talk to adults about myself, as well as other neat things! (back to before..) this guy just asked a question about if the guy speaking could use his prototype for trying to organizing a conference. okay, the next speaker is starting.

posted by Cassie @ 1/27/2006 04:01:00 PM