I had over 100 participants in my ISTE Bring Your Own Laptop (BYOL) session on CAPspace today (Collaborations Around the Planet). Great attendance, but wow, what a lot of people!

I knew I couldn’t handle it myself, with all the account creation and questions. So, I recruited several of the SIG IVC pirates to assist me. You should know them and friend them on CAPspace!!

Sue Porter

• TWICE Co-Founder (with me)
• Read Around the Planet coordinator
• CAPspace Support
• Pirate guide in the Videoconference Playground tomorrow!
• Sue’s CAPspace profile

Lori Colwill

• Whirlidurb‘s Director of Instructional Support
• Former VC wizard from Dallas ISD
• Creator of the popular Weather Buddies project
• Pirate guide in the Videoconference Playground tomorrow!
• Lori’s CAPspace profile
• Follow Lori on Twitter

Amy Spath

• Coordinator of E-Learning and Special Projects, Central New York Regional Information Center, Syracuse, NY
• President-Elect of SIGIVC (Special Interest Group for Interactive Videoconferencing)
• One of the few who qualifies for an event coordinator level account in CAPspace, for running her The Mitten project and Potato Man Match project.
• Pirate guide in the Videoconference Playground tomorrow!
• Amy’s CAPspace profile
• Follow Amy on Twitter

Audra May

• Distance Learning Coordinator, South Central KS DLN
• 5 years of participation in Read Around the Planet!
• Pirate guide in the Videoconference Playground tomorrow!
• Audra’s CAPspace profile
• Follow Audra on Twitter

Elaine Shuck

• Director Education, Americas & Global Director Industry Programs at Polycom
• USDLA Board Member
• Creator of the Polycom Special Events project
• Key contact for Polycom sponsorship of CAPspace
• Pirate guide in the Videoconference Playground tomorrow!
• Elaine’s CAPspace profile
• We also had Stephanie, from Polycom‘s Grants Team (booth #209) assisting in the session.

Anne-Marie Miller

• Education guru from The Mariner’s Museum (an awesome content provider with lots of great VCs)
• Pirate guide in the Videoconference Playground tomorrow!

They were all decked out in aweomse pirate gear! Audra has the pictures, and they should be posted in the SIG IVC Flickr site in the next day or two.

In addition, Roxanne Glaser, Whirlidurb‘s Content Director, and Pirate Captain helped me chunk the workshop to best take advantage of the pirate assistance.

Thank you pirates for making such a smooth BYOL session!

Hope you all can visit the Videoconference Playground at ISTE tomorrow!