TWU REGENTS IN DENTON Since the last post Lou had her CT Scan at Hendrick Wednesday and although she dreaded it, it went better than last time and her back is doing somewhat better. Today we left at 7 a.m. and got to TWU at 9:45 for her 10 o'clock meeting. Thank goodness I-35 was running smoothly. Lou went to her Regent's meeting and I went to the TWU Library. I opened my laptop and it said there were no wireless sites available. About that time the Library computer specialist wandered by and I persuaded him to log me on to the site. He had to download some special software that checks to see that the computer is free of viruses and then logged me on. I used it to check my email and read Judy Alter's blog. Turns out that she with Fran Vick and Gayle Christiansen were in Buffalo Gap last Wednesday and didn't come by. Of course Lou was in Abilene all day doing the CT Scan so we probably would have missed them if they had come by.
Today was interesting. After checking my email, I finished reading PURGATORIE by Johnny Boggs. It turned out to be a pretty good murder mystery story. They let me eat lunch with the Regents and then stay for the afternoon presentations. Their Information Technology is at the forefront of the US. They are in the process of implementing a security system that has a control room that looks like NASA's System Control room with large flat screens on the wall and several computer control stations that constantly monitors all activity on the campus looking for hackers. They get about 14,000 hacks a day testing the system. They can control all nodes of the system from the center so that students are protected and the system is protected from student mischief.
Another IT activity is the creation of a Second Life site for the University. They are creating a virtual campus with buildings such as the Library and the fountain out front. They see this as a place where professors can launch classes but primarily they see it as a way to market to the youth generation that is living in the virtual world. They have four Atavars already established and are facilitating the system for the profs. The learning world of the future will have a computerized component that may grow huge.
Today was interesting. After checking my email, I finished reading PURGATORIE by Johnny Boggs. It turned out to be a pretty good murder mystery story. They let me eat lunch with the Regents and then stay for the afternoon presentations. Their Information Technology is at the forefront of the US. They are in the process of implementing a security system that has a control room that looks like NASA's System Control room with large flat screens on the wall and several computer control stations that constantly monitors all activity on the campus looking for hackers. They get about 14,000 hacks a day testing the system. They can control all nodes of the system from the center so that students are protected and the system is protected from student mischief.
Another IT activity is the creation of a Second Life site for the University. They are creating a virtual campus with buildings such as the Library and the fountain out front. They see this as a place where professors can launch classes but primarily they see it as a way to market to the youth generation that is living in the virtual world. They have four Atavars already established and are facilitating the system for the profs. The learning world of the future will have a computerized component that may grow huge.
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