Transcript of April 28, 2009 Second Life Roundtable Discussion.
Topic: Changes to Adult Content - An EDU Perspective. Special guests Claudia, George, and Pathfinder Linden
Photos Courtesy of Olivia Hotshot (visit her blog and Flickr photostream).
Special thanks to AJ Brooks for convening this meeting and moderating what could have been a free-for-all and not a civil discussion.
Iggy's Notes: Send corrections to iggyo -at- mac -dot- com
Voice-to-text transcribers: Olivia Hotshot, Fli Nurmi, and Mirt Tenk
Call-out Points of Note: Unless indicated, quotations are verbatim chat and not transcriptions. Paraphrases are, I hope, accurate. I asked for, and received feedback from our Linden guests about the accuracy of the transcriptions. Nothing they said has been deleted.
Links Mentioned and of use in sorting out these issues:
AJ Brooks: Hi everyone, and welcome to this weeks SL Education Roundtable.
AJ Brooks: These meetings are made possible by the College of Humanities and Social Sciences at Montclair State University. We meet here each week at 2:30pm SLT for an hour. Sometimes we have a topic, sometimes its an open forum.
AJ Brooks: Today is a very special roundtable. Our meeting theme is "Changes to Adult Content - An EDU Perspective" and our very special guests are Claudia Linden, George Linden, and Pathfinder Linden.
AJ Brooks: We do not usually use VOICE CHAT for our regular roundtable meetings but today we are going to make an exception.
AJ Brooks: If you are having problems with voice chat, you should check the signs behind me or check with Margaret Michalski up front here (IM HER) for assistance.
AJ Brooks: Our transcribers today are Mirt Tenk and Fli Nurmi. It is their unenviable task of summarizing in text chat what is being said in voice chat.
Jenaia Morane: There's Path
AJ Brooks: This is a public meeting, so we do keep a transcript of what is said in local chat.
Pebble Korobase: Important implications for our students - great to hear that you are here
AJ Brooks: For a copy of older transcripts, please visit http://sler-transcripts.wikispaces.com and for more recent transcripts, please visit http://homepage.mac.com/jessid/slroundtable/
Prospero Linden: If you are having problems with voice chat, click the signs at the front for help, or IM Margaret Michalski
Pebble Korobase: that you are here!
AJ Brooks: Special Thanks to Iggy Onomatopoeia for making this happen, and to Margaret Michalski for filling is as Scribe when Iggy is AFK.
AJ Brooks: For information on FUTURE MEETINGS, there is a notecard giver on the West wall of the Amphitheater.
AJ Brooks: The SL Education Roundtable meeting happens each week, but we are looking to develop a community of educators from around the world with a variety of thoughts, needs, and ideas.
AJ Brooks: Please join the SL EDUCATION ROUNDTABLE group. If you have problems finding it in search, just outside this amphitheater you will see several displays. By clicking the appropriate one you can join the group.
Pebble Korobase: Robin, I guess that Scot and Sean can access the meeting transcripts, which means that I won't need to post anything; right
AJ Brooks: As the group grows, there will be announcements and such that will be exclusive to the group. I'm also open for ideas of what can bring value to the group.
AJ Brooks: Since many have asked, there is a program running here on the CHSSSouth island called the CHSSSouth FREE LAND INITIATIVE.
AJ Brooks: Details can be found in the notegiver on the eastern inside wall of the amphitheater and also the appropriate display located outside the amphitheater.
AJ Brooks: Please wander around the island - after the meeting or come back any time. We're currently up to 31 different educational community members.
AJ Brooks: Aside from the island we are currently on, and the land initiative, we also have two other educational islands adjoining to the north.
Montclair State CHSSSouth Free Land Initiative - Faire:
AJ Brooks: There are also numerous learning areas on these adjoining islands, Montclair State CHSS and Montclair State CEHSADP, which is home to The Theorist Project. Wander around and enjoy.
AJ Brooks: If you are on Facebook, please join our group there - http://www.facebook.com/group.php?gid=44078263753&ref=share
AJ Brooks: Thanks to Olivia Hotshot for putting together a Flickr group for the SLER. I encourage everyone to join the group and to take pictures from our meeting and add them to the group. Its a great way to show, and grow, our community.
AJ Brooks: Finally, if you have Mystitool on, or other similar tool, please put it to sleep or detach it for now. :-) It tends to lag things.
AJ Brooks: Lets start today as we always do, by introducing ourselves. Please TYPE INTO LOCAL CHAT your name, where you work, and what you do.
AJ Brooks: I'll start off today by introducing myself.
Profdan Netizen: Dan Holt, Lansing Community College, Lansing, MI, prof of writing, comp and creative writing, online teaching--11 years, using SL in online classes--first class this coming fall.
AJ Brooks: I am AJ Kelton, Director of Emerging Instructional Technology for the College of Humanities and Social Sciences at Montclair State University and the Coordinator of the Second Life Project for the College of Education and Human Services, also at MSU..
AJ Brooks: We're located in northern New Jersey, just fourteen miles from midtown Manhattan.
Pathfinder Linden: Pathfinder, Linden Lab, Education and Healthcare Development, http://pathfinderlinden.com
Topher Zwiers: Topher Zwiers - San Jacinto College (Houston) - Second Life Project Manager (among other things)
Grinn Pidgeon: Barbara Pittman, Cuyahoga Community College, Cleveland, Ohio
Margaret Michalski: Margaret , University of IL at Chicago, Research Information Specialist
Mirt Tenk: Suzie Medders, Multimedia Coordinator, Clemson University Teaching & Learning Services
Ignatius Onomatopoeia: Joe Essid, University of Richmond Writing Center Director
George Linden: george scobie/linden, linden lab, education community outreach/development
hobbs Constantine: Heather Dodds, Western Governors University, Science Program Community Facilitator, Mentor
Teri Boxen: teri lind, Master students in nursing, San Jose State University
Kev Juno: Kevin Lowey - University of Saskatchewan - Learning Systems Operations manager
Olivia Hotshot: Ann Steckel, California State University, Chico, Tech Consultant & educator
Esparanza Freese: Kansas State University
Jessica Knapp: Laurie Simon, Computer Applications Instructor, Wisconsin Indianhead Technical College
Lizzy Saintlouis: Paula Christopher, Project Manager, Georgia State University
KIM Monday: KIM Monday, virtual librarian, Tulsa Community College
Prospero Linden: Prospero Linden, server release manager for Linden Lab, but also something of an itinerant astronomer with MICA (www.mica-vw.org)
Aquiel Aero: I am Judy Kelly, biology faculty at Henry Ford Community college
Riven Homewood: Riven Homewood, Univ of San Francisco
Fli Nurmi: Fli Nurmi, Research Fellow, Trinity College Dublin using SL to teach trainee teachers
Theoretical Inkpen: Theoretical, University of Texas -San Antonio
Marty Snowpaw: Marty Keltz Origins Media
Bushido Contepomi: Stephan - CIVL-Center.Com - Concepts in Virtual Land Center Founder
Oronoque Westland: Roberta Kilkenny, I teach Caribbean history at Hunter College, City University of New York
Jenaia Morane: Jenaia Morane, Writer, Educator, Storyteller, Founder of The Virtual Worlds Story Project: www.tvwsp.com
Robin Mochi: Robin Mochi, George Fox University Portland Center-Oregon USA-Reference & Distance Services Librarian
JeanClaude Vollmar: I'm JC (Jeff Le Blanc in RL). I'm the VP for IT at the University of Northwestern Ohio.
Deborah Doune: Deborah, Randolph Community College (NC), Distance Education Director
Teachergirl Razor: Teachergirl Razor Teach Media and Information Studies at The University of Western Ontario
Gwenette Writer: Gwenette Sinclair Developer recently Kennesaw State University, Georgia
Elizabeth Canonmill: I'm Annie Snyder, an adjunct at Montclair State University and a student at Columbia
Yuco Winslet: Instructional Designer, Fayetteville State University
Talus Nemeth: Jason Shipley - independent developer/designer based in Chicago, currently working with immersive education.
AstroGrl Enzo: Danny Martino, Professor of Astronomy at Santiago Canyon College
Computer Jewell: Angela Ambrosia - Rio Salado College; Faculty Chair for Allied Health
Pebble Korobase: Diane Wood, George Fox University, Newberg, Oregon
Panacea Luminos: Christina Galanis, southern tier HealthlinkNy, health information exchange/education for consumers and medical providers
Jonathon Dunn: I'm Deke Kassabian, Technology Director at the University of Pennsylvania (but right now at an Internet2 member meeting in Washington DC)
Kay Tairov: Tina Coleman, from the American Library Association
Kali Pizzaro: Nures Lecturer Scotland
Jenaia Morane: amazing
Claudia Linden: Claudia Linden/Claudia L'Amoreaux - Education outreach for Linden Lab
Brad Crumb: Brad, Instructional Designer, Columbia Southern University
Marcia Kjeller: Marcia Kloepper, Auburn University, Alabama, Info Tech Specialist,
Leal Choche: Learning exchange, sacramento ca
Pipsqueak Fiddlesticks: Denise Cote, Librarian, College of DuPage
sammy Chieng: Sammy chieng, university of Illinois at chicago, research information specialist
Alan Sandalwood: Alan Haywood. Centro Cultural Brasil Estados Unidos Campinas. Developer of It and net projects for our English school
Jerod Bagley: Hi, I am Jerod Bagley from the University of Illinois at Chicago College of Medicine and a resident here.
Firery Broome: University of Delaware IT Faculty support & island manager
Estrella Serenity: My name is Lizandra Sanchez Izagas. I'm a grad student from the University of Puerto Rico.
Zana Kohime: Marlene Brooks Memorial University St. John's NL Canada 3D Virtual World and Digitalstorytelling Project Manager and Instructional Designer.
Topher Zwiers: I'm amazed at how this group has grown.... and so quickly... back in the day it was 10 ppl ;=)
Alan Sandalwood: Sorry forgot. Campinas, Sao Paulo Brazil
aidansteve Constantine: aidansteve constantine trainee teacher Durham, England business studies & key skills
Olivia Hotshot: i hear the snapshots going - hope to see these photos on our flickr page
AJ Brooks: Thanks everyone. One last note...
AJ Brooks: Members of the SL Education Roundtable Second Life group provided some questions in advance. Once those questions have been addressed, we will take questions from the audience.
Trudy Takacs: Trudy Takacs, Talent for Growth
Kat Lawksley: Susan, San Jose State University Graduate student in Nursing Education
AJ Brooks: To submit a question, please IM me.
AJ Brooks: That said, one of the great things about mixed media is that, although we are using voice, we do have the text chat as well.
AJ Brooks: I encourage you to use the text chat as a sort of "back channel" conversation; however, if you want a question addressed, please IM me and I'll ask it, time permitting.
AJ Brooks: Remember, also, that anything that goes on in the text chat become part of the chat transcript.
AJ Brooks: So, lets begin. Why don't each of our three guests introduce yourselves and tell us a little about what you do for Linden Lab
BruceRobert Mizin: Bruce Maxim, University of Michigan-Dearborn - teachging software engineering and game design
George Linden: https://blogs.secondlife.com/community/community/education
Olivia Hotshot: Claudia Linden says glad to be here - glad to see how big the group is, does ed outreach has been at Linden since 2006 - involved in case studies - looking forward to hearing about projects - will post link to new blog that the speakers contribute to
Olivia Hotshot: Claudia Linden says she is working with universities, colleges, school systems helping them get started in SL. She is also doing presentations in different countries active in SL. UK schools are very active in Second Life and Teen Second Life.
Olivia Hotshot: Claudia Linden says helps with large scale projects over come hurdles and meet objectives
Fli Nurmi: George Linden at Linden labs for a couple of years doing community outreach
Jenaia Morane: yep
Jenaia Morane: Hey Path
Fli Nurmi: lost George for a minute sorry!!
Mirt Tenk: Pathfinder said: Been @ LL since 2005, focus is on edu community, helping LL figure out how to support academia in SL, now dovetailing w/many Healthcare issues
George Linden: Nice to meet everyone! eager to learn about your challenges/needs in SL to advocate for you better, and help share your stories through outlets like Eduscape. you can find my office hours in my profile picks - would be happy to chat with you more.
George Linden: (hope that helps Fli!)
Mirt Tenk: Pathfinder said: we three work together as a team, do much pub speaking, evangelizing, helping w/strategy & doing outreach
Fli Nurmi: thanks George- much appreciated!!
Mirt Tenk: Pathfinder said: we also do cultivating, see projects growing in SL and set up scaffolding to help things grow faster & make projects more successful, encourage more collaboration
Mirt Tenk: Pathfinder said: collaboration is fastest way to succeed in SL
Mirt Tenk: Pathfinder said: we focus internally to ensure the right tools & technical features are developed by LL for educators in SL
Mirt Tenk: Pathfinder said: we are primarily evangelists on behalf of educators to LL
AJ Brooks: wow!
Mirt Tenk: Pathfinder said: currently over 2000 islands owned by edu in SL
[later e-mail from George Linden notes that "around 2,000 islands in Second Life that have the educational discount"]
George Linden: (to say the least!)
Riven Homewood: 2000 projects?
George Linden: Edu Islands
Oronoque Westland: 2000+ educational institutions
Fli Nurmi: AJ is going to start with questions provided by group members
Fli Nurmi: yeahhh
AJ Brooks: I'd like a clear understanding of the relationship between "PG", "Mature" and "Adult content". Will education sims need to be PG to allow access for non-age verified accounts, and
AJ Brooks: will that impact sims which include any of the following, or similar:
AJ Brooks: * depictions from classical art which include visible nipples or genitalia,
AJ Brooks: *sexual health related content which is moderately explicit,
AJ Brooks: * biology models/simulations related to sexual reproduction.
AJ Brooks: Are we at risk of Abuse Reports and account suspension if we include content of a mild sexual nature in an area we want teens to be able to access
AJ Brooks: and just how prudish will we have to be to allow access to students under the age of 18 - what is the line, who is drawing the line, and who is judging when we cross the line.
Olivia Hotshot: Claudia Linden said our goals here - what we can and cannot do - a lot of policy that has been put out and we will point it out to you
Olivia Hotshot: Claudia Linden said first link is to an early meeting we had - aj was in attendance
Olivia Hotshot: Claudia Linden said in mp3 form
Olivia Hotshot: Claudia Linden said clarification will be there - lawyers - ken linden and JP linden were there
Claudia Linden: http://s3.amazonaws.com/clearspace/podcasts/Brown%20Bag%20Meeting%20with%20Educators%20on%20AO.mp3
Claudia Linden: http://clearspace.s3.amazonaws.com/podcasts/Brown_Bag_Meeting_to_Discuss_AO_Definitions.mp3
Ellie Brewster: ty
Olivia Hotshot: Claudia Linden said link for ao definitions in mp3
Ignatius Onomatopoeia: any links will be live in the transcript
Olivia Hotshot: Claudia Linden said important to separate a few issues from start
Olivia Hotshot: Claudia Linden said one misunderstandings running rampant in ed communities - educators are quick to assume it is a prelude to a grid merge
Olivia Hotshot: Claudia Linden said state clearly - separate issues
Olivia Hotshot: Claudia Linden said will try to dive into this complicated issue and extract it
Gwenette Writer: thank you for that :)
Olivia Hotshot: Claudia Linden said first thing to address is that the main point for educators to take away is that these changes will make it simpler to will prevent students and faculty from casually running into extreme sexual or violent content
Olivia Hotshot: Claudia Linden said educators will continue to make their own decisions about rating their sims as PG or Mature.
Olivia Hotshot: Claudia Linden said will paste link
Olivia Hotshot: Claudia Linden said she'll address question about how it will impact using things that have sexual aspects in classes & will use of such result in some sort of abuse report
Olivia Hotshot: Claudia Linden said that in cases where there is cultural and educational value to content of sexual nature, this content will be exempted.
Olivia Hotshot: Claudia Linden said such educational, culturally valuable content will not risk abuse and is referred to in the quote.
Claudia Linden: We will broadly define what is "sexually themed" to include any sexually oriented activities and conduct. However, we may take into account whether apparent or reported adult content or conduct on a particular Region serves only an extremely limited or passive function, or an important educational or cultural function, and therefore would be appropriate for all Second Life audiences.
Olivia Hotshot: Claudia Linden said hope that will answer that part of that question
Riven Homewood: Yes, I heard a rumor about something like that too - happened last week
Jenaia Morane: convenient *hehe)
Fli Nurmi: AJ says questions revolves around suspension from a sim from a while back
Olivia Hotshot: Claudia Linden said ken said the same thing that I listed in chat log - cultural and educational value
Riven Homewood: What about a less famous artistic depiction?
Riven Homewood: Would that be acceptable?
Kay Tairov: oh that the world ran on common sense
Topher Zwiers: Justice Stewart - "I know it when I see it."
Mirt Tenk: Pathfinder said: goal is basic level, to allow ppl to select what SL is for them
Olivia Hotshot: Claudia Linden said she will get back to the last section of the qustion
Fli Nurmi: George Linden says it could help educators to help their students find what they are looking for eg student search for eg breast cancer awareness should come up with content that is actually relevant
Olivia Hotshot: Claudia Linden said leap back to the question
Ignatius Onomatopoeia: for the transcript...77 people on the sim
Mirt Tenk: Pathfinder said: in context of sexual deviance course
Mirt Tenk: Pathfinder said: we're talking about a store selling sex-related products
Mirt Tenk: Pathfinder said: a classroom is a private space, not an env in which it is portrayed as obscene
Olivia Hotshot: Claudia Linden said helpful to have more clarification from author
Marty Snowpaw: it is a very confusing question
Olivia Hotshot: Claudia Linden said has no effect on under 18 people - only for people 18 and up
AJ Brooks: Some of this may already have been covered, but a second member provides the following quote "If a Resident feels their classified, event, or other content has been flagged as Adult incorrectly, there will be ways to request a review. " and then asks
AJ Brooks: Please briefly outline the review request procedure, as well as the method for creating the clear and consistent definition of adult content. How many individuals has LL tagged to be on the review team/definition creation team?
AJ Brooks: What qualifications must a LL employee possess to be part of the review team/definition creation team? Will the LL employee credentials qualifying them to be on this team, be displayed on an easily found part of the SL web site?
AJ Brooks: and How does LL define censorship versus "in line with our Community Standards"? How much of a role will LL employees play as police and content judge and jury?
Claudia Linden: https://support.secondlife.com/ics/support/default.asp?deptID=4417&task=knowledge&questionID=6010
Olivia Hotshot: Claudia Linden said parts that are beyond the scope of this meeting and not going to be addressed now.
Marty Snowpaw: this level of legal discussion is not where this discussion should start
Olivia Hotshot: Claudia Linden said the current definition of maturity ratings have been formulated after Linden Lab received wide community input - brown bags etc
Claudia Linden: https://blogs.secondlife.com/community/community/blog/2009/03/12/upcoming-changes-for-adult-content
Claudia Linden: https://blogs.secondlife.com/community/community/blog/2009/04/21/update--upcoming-changes-for-adult-content
Olivia Hotshot: Claudia Linden said links to the forums where input has been solicited
AJ Brooks: I don't disagree Marty (and Claudia), just channeling the questions as presented
Olivia Hotshot: Claudia Linden said to reiterate the intention is to give residents of different communities to control their experience and honoring the diversity of creativity and space - it is challenging and difficult line to walk
Olivia Hotshot: Still want to know how many people are on your team Claudia.
Olivia Hotshot: Claudia Linden said the idea is to give the residents the role of being in control
Riven Homewood: But my understanding is that some Lindens have assumed that role recently - threatening people with suspensions?
Olivia Hotshot: [hope i am getting you Claudia - please edit]
Mirt Tenk: Pathfinder said: could you break the questions down into smaller parts?
Mirt Tenk: Pathfinder said: we're not going to discuss the details of things like our abuse teams
Mirt Tenk: Pathfinder said: we'll be building out our team to deal w/these types of things
Claudia Linden: In addition, there is also a PJIRA to report if your classified or group is mislabeled as adult. https://jira.secondlife.com/browse/SVC-4149
Fli Nurmi: George Linden said people at the lab are familiar with the roles which are in place
AJ Brooks: In New World Notes, Hamlet Au quoted Kend Linden as saying "PG is going to be almost a special use case used by educators and real world businesses,"
Fli Nurmi: but questions will come in to the team
AJ Brooks: There have been some rumblings, in comments at NWN and elsewhere, that the educational community drove the changes in zoning. How true is that?
Mirt Tenk: Pathfinder said: obviously the feedback from educators & academics was critical, but it was driven by the growing
Mirt Tenk: Pathfinder said: this is part of any platform maturity cycle
Mirt Tenk: Pathfinder said: you give people more control over what the platform does for them
Mirt Tenk: Pathfinder said: you still have to find balance between allowing people to create content & experiences that they want, while allowing others to choose content & experiences they want to see
Mirt Tenk: Pathfinder said: this platform has such a broad user base we are accomodating many
Mirt Tenk: Pathfinder said: we're also accommodating enterprise & everyone else, we're looking at all needs
Mirt Tenk: Pathfinder said: i.e. Google, it didn't originally include safe search but that was incorporated in response to users
Olivia Hotshot: Claudia Linden said we are also accommodating the adult content creators who have requested more control over who can access their content.
Ignatius Onomatopoeia: thanks...no one accused safe search as coming from educators.
Olivia Hotshot: Claudia Linden said it was not driven solely by educators
AJ Brooks: I am an historian interested in developing an historical SIM. Am I restricted from inc depictions of slavery, genocide or warfare (which by their very nature are extreme forms of violence) on a mature SIM? Would I have to use an adult designation?
Olivia Hotshot: Claudia Linden said it is a result of listening to all communities and it is a phase of growth
Claudia Linden: we answered that
Riven Homewood: Claudia Linden said it was partially driven by requests from the adult content providers
Mirt Tenk: Pathfinder said: Claudia already answered this one
AstroGrl Enzo: But will that sim show up in a PG search?
Riven Homewood: what about an educational build, rather than a classroom setting?
Olivia Hotshot: Claudia Linden said this is going on in classrooms - clearly an educational experience and in a context of education experiences
Claudia Linden: In edge cases like this, you can always submit a support ticket and inquire on the best approach.
Fli Nurmi: AJ says - don't have anyone teaching anything of sexually explicit nature, but when they had Freud some of that content may have needed to be in a mature sim- would that need to be classified in a mature sim
Mirt Tenk: Pathfinder said: to give us enough flexibility you should submit a support ticket to request clarification from us
Riven Homewood: ask for permission?
AJ Brooks: No, Riven, I think he said ask for clarification
Mirt Tenk: Pathfinder said: we'll be sensitive to anything that is educational. The goal here is to allow educators to control what you & your students access in SL
AJ Brooks: clarification as to whether it should be a sim PG or Mature
Zotarah Shepherd: Also HealthInfo Island has pictures depicting how to do a breast exam for cancer. Is that PG or Mature or Adult? There are many grey areas in education.
Mirt Tenk: Pathfinder said: this is a great opportunity for all of you to not have to worry that your students or administrators are going to experience something unexpectedly negative
AJ Brooks: What will the implications be for those of us who teach by deconstructing some of the "adult" content?
AJ Brooks: Will we have to have educational spaces on the Adult sims? I would hate to send noobs to a place that may be very shocking and affect their learning.
AJ Brooks: If mature content were to be separated what would be a time estimate of implementation.
Kali Pizzaro: can this type of material not jut be controlled in a private area of the educational sim. is it not to protect others from wandering in?
Olivia Hotshot: Claudia Linden said lets get the terms straight
Olivia Hotshot: Claudia Linden said definitions can be found in the link posted above
Dusty Artaud: please re-post link I crashed ty
Olivia Hotshot: Claudia Linden said LL is very close to finalizing definitions
Olivia Hotshot: Claudia Linden said current draft of definitions is up here: https://support.secondlife.com/ics/support/default.asp?deptID=4417&task=knowledge&questionID=6010
Olivia Hotshot: Claudia Linden said download the Release Candidate this week for an early look at how search filtering will work. It is a work in progress. It is a release candidate and will need a few more months of development.
Prospero Linden: Viewer 1.23 release candidate is what's coming out hopefully this week
Olivia Hotshot: Claudia Linden said we anticipate the final version to be out mid June - this could move. This is when the transition period will start. Rating maturity of regions.
AJ Brooks: Prospero says, crossing his fingers. :-)
Olivia Hotshot: Claudia Linden said Cyn Linden in her most recent post gives date for final roll out.
AJ Brooks: What is the immediate plan for the teen grid - particularly regarding access for teens from outside the US, is it being amalgamated with the adult grid and if so when.
Olivia Hotshot: Claudia Linden said very general over view of roll out
Olivia Hotshot: Claudia Linden said separate - some know this is a separate issue taken seriously - they understand the problem related to mixed ages
Olivia Hotshot: Claudia Linden said they know there are many cases of mixed ages
Olivia Hotshot: Claudia Linden said interview with educators and stakeholders for many models - under discussion - looking into complexities
Olivia Hotshot: Claudia Linden said attending ed meetings - discussed last few months having deep interviews
Olivia Hotshot: Claudia Linden said very complex problem & they are working hard to come up with solutions
Olivia Hotshot: Claudia Linden said in spite of challenges & complexities - there are some amazing role models who have been able to work around constraints - using sloodle for example, like Global Kids has done, Peggy Sheehy has done great work as has Westley Field with the Skoolaborate project. There are many doing great work in TSL.
AJ Brooks: Linden Lab is apparently planning to make the "appeals" process for classification of content more transparent.
Claudia Linden: it was addressed
AJ Brooks: Would it also consider making the current Abuse Reporting process more transparent and accessible, so as to encourage the community to become more proactive in enforcing content classification?
AJ Brooks: If mature content is separated would their be a separate website where educators would create accounts and would it require one to state if they are students, faculty, admins. when creating the account.
Mirt Tenk: Pathfinder said: that's beyond the scope of this discussion
Zotarah Shepherd: The reporting process is already easy
George Linden: http://secondlifegrid.net/slfe/education-use-virtual-world
Olivia Hotshot: Claudia Linden said just for info - there is currently an experimental place where ed can create accounts through ed page and ports them to ISTE
Gwenette Writer: transparent implies we all can see WHO was reported umm serious opportunity for abuse of abuse system ahha
AJ Brooks: One member quotes from the SL web site "We will create clear and consistent definitions of what constitutes adult content, in line with our Community Standards." As of the time the question, there are no community standards listed on the SL website.
AJ Brooks: When will this information be available. The member goes on to quote "Please refer to the newest version of the Community Standards page at its original source here." This leads to no explanation except a blank page with the title Community Standards.
AJ Brooks: No definition page is there either. The member then provides the following URL - https://support.secondlife.com/ics/support/default.asp?deptID=4417&task=knowledge&questionID=6032
George Linden: http://secondlife.com/corporate/cs.php
Olivia Hotshot: Claudia Linden said the definitions are now posted
Fli Nurmi: AJ thinks that the community definitions have been posted
Olivia Hotshot: community standards have always been posted - http://secondlife.com/corporate/cs.php
Olivia Hotshot: Claudia Linden said refer them back to Cyns original post
AJ Brooks: Would the separation of mature content change the pricing for educators and would students be offered a premium account at a special rate?
Olivia Hotshot: Claudia Linden said these are unrelated
Mirt Tenk: Pathfinder said: it's "adult" content, not "Mature"
Fli Nurmi: if you'd like a copy of the email which AJ sent to Facebook group and SLED list im him with a your email address and he'll send it on
Mirt Tenk: Pathfinder said: this is why we refer people to blog posts & the Knowledge base
Mirt Tenk: Pathfinder said: the definitions won't cover everything but we'll have policies & procedures to deal w/other cases
Mirt Tenk: Pathfinder said: when ppl start quoting to third & fourth degree, we get misinformation. We need clarity around these definitions
Claudia Linden: there is also a PJIRA to report if your classified or group is mislabeled as adult. https://jira.secondlife.com/browse/SVC-4149
Olivia Hotshot: Claudia Linden said she posted that link earlier
Olivia Hotshot: Claudia Linden said no answer on how many PG sims there are
Fli Nurmi: AJ group asks do Lindens know how many sims PG and how many mature
Olivia Hotshot: Claudia Linden said cannot answer at this time
IzzyLander Karu whispers: LOL
Topher Zwiers: every word ;-)
Olivia Hotshot: Claudia Linden said there was a period when (not quoted ) =) when sims came up automatically as mature - it was a default
IzzyLander Karu hides his tape recorder
Olivia Hotshot: Claudia Linden said it may have been changed or might be
Olivia Hotshot: Claudia Linden said that would effect the number
Prospero Linden: Right now on agni
Olivia Hotshot: Claudia Linden said new sims come up as mature
Prospero Linden: 5088 sims are "PG"
Prospero Linden: 22401 sims are mature
Olivia Hotshot: Claudia Linden said you need to choose if created as PG
Prospero Linden: 8 sims are Adult (probably Oskar's test regions)
Fli Nurmi: AJ has more questions from the audience
Riven Homewood: Claudia Linden said new sims come up as mature - owner will need to choose whether to change that to pg
Fli Nurmi: AJ says - questioner -will they be changing age verification data required, questioner feels its too invasive at the moment
Mirt Tenk: Pathfinder said: we're leveraging industry standards of our own
Mirt Tenk: Pathfinder said: we're doing everything in the most prof way possible, the most secure way possible
Mirt Tenk: Pathfinder said: that's all we can say
Olivia Hotshot: Claudia Linden said she says (nyla?) is here
Nya Linden: this is
IzzyLander Karu: Greetings
Olivia Hotshot: nya said - has been working on adult identified
AJ Brooks: mirt can you cover nya
Olivia Hotshot: age verify is nto changing
Prospero Linden: Olivia : that's Nya
AJ Brooks: ok - thanks olivia
Mirt Tenk: Nya Linden said: we're working on the age-verification process, and we're taking payment info
Olivia Hotshot: payment info - paypal, etc - considered verified
Mirt Tenk: Nya said: it's possible to verify age w/these sources
Olivia Hotshot: ty Mirt =)
Nya Linden: :)
AstroGrl Enzo: That is not made clear on our account page though
Emerald Levenque: what is a verified credit card ?
Nya Linden: verified paypal, not verified credit card. sorry.. I misspoke.
Fli Nurmi: AJ says is it true that you're age verified if you're on x-street and Nya says yes
Nya Linden: If you have a payment relationship with XStreet or LL, you are verified.
Fli Nurmi: AJ promises he'll send information to those who have dropped email addresses
Claudia Linden: and Nya and Prospero :D
Topher Zwiers applauds and nods
Fli Nurmi: AJ thanks George, Claudia, Pathfinder for taking time to come to this meeting and for being very very supportive to this group
Zotarah Shepherd applauds the Lindens!
Gwenette Writer: yes many mahalos to all of you for ALL your work on these complex issues:)
Ellie Brewster: Whew, that went fast
feng Willis is Offline
Ignatius Onomatopoeia: Hear hear...appreciate this feedback on a sensitive topic!
Riven Homewood: yes, it's much appreciated - both coming today and all the help you give
Jarrad Voom: Do you want me to stop telling people about this meeting then?
Ellie Brewster: Yes, excellent panel, thanks so much Claudia, Pathfinder
George Linden: haha!
Jarrad Voom: okey
Kev Juno: .-'`'-. APPLAUSE APPLAUSE .-'`'-.
Fli Nurmi: AJ says a lot of people volunteer their time to make sure that these meetings go smoothly each week - the Lindens presence today and at past meetings really shows their commitment
Gwenette Writer: we need a split sim:)
Panacea Luminos: Way to Go ^^
Bushido Contepomi: Yes, Thank-you all for this clarification:)
[many other thanks follow]
Olivia Hotshot: Claudia Linden said says Thanks and hopes it will help clarify
George Linden: http://clearspace.s3.amazonaws.com/podcasts/Brown_Bag_Meeting_to_Discuss_AO_Definitions.mp3
Mirt Tenk: Pathfinder said: weekly meetings are a great forum, our goal is to get out the clear message
Olivia Hotshot: Claudia Linden said filtering search results were not covered fully - and thinks it will be a win for education
Mirt Tenk: Pathfinder said: it will be more like the Internet
Mirt Tenk: Pathfinder said: a more professional experience
Claudia Linden: claudia -at- lindenlab -dot- com
George Linden: george -at- lindenlab -dot- com - don't forget my profile picks for office hours thanks so much!!