Shall We be the Pioneers of the TCK Video Conference?
Brice’s post “TCKs no longer have problems because of Facebook and emails?”
made me think I need to ask for your help. I think in the near future, we will become more accessible to holding live video conferences that connect us among people in all nations. Even those who have never been abroad can speak with a group of people in other class and work settings and discuss directly with them. I know NGO is already doing this. As you can watch the video conferences here.
My greatest hope is that we can start live conferences tailored to TCK issues. Does anyone have ideas how we can start conferences like this? I currently attend university in Illinois and I wish to make my campus accessible to discussions (and hopefully healing in the process and more openness to the community) pertaining to TCK struggles. I have no idea where to start (who to meet, how to find sponsors, how to manage technology, how to make it legitimate by the international laws, etc.). Does anyone want to start the live conferences with me and become connected regardless of where we are in the world?
For private matters, please email to tckvideo@gmail.com.
Michelle Kim
I am a Korean by passport who currently resides in Illinois. I have lived in Hong Kong, Japan, Korea, New Zealand, and the United States.Related Posts
6 Comments to “Shall We be the Pioneers of the TCK Video Conference?”
May 18th, 2008 at 8:36 am
Wouldn’t that be incredible? I hope we’ll be able to do this one day. Thanks Miyon for posting this.
(If there’s anyone reading this who would like to get involved in such a project, please contact me at tckproject @ gmail dot com )
At the present moment, there are two conference options TCKs have:
1. A real conference held in Texas every year hosted by FIGT.
2. The first telephone/online conference for TCKs featuring Ruth Van Reken who will address common TCK issues. It’s coming up soon.
I’ll reveal more details to this group soon, but if anyone has any ideas or expertise, I’d love to hear from you.
Thanks!
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May 18th, 2008 at 10:06 pm
Brice,
I like your first option - of a real conference held in Texas in conjunction with FIGT. The FIGT conference is just a really great one - for several reasons. One is the vast amount of information that is available from all the speakers. Two is the instant comraderie among all the TCKs there - regardless of country/nationality/race/age. For those doing research (or working on a research paper/thesis), the conference offers great resources from those who have gone before, and those continuing in the field of research.
Having been to 2 (or is it 3?) of the FIGT conferences, I can attest to the feeling of belonging - of being among my own “tribe”.
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May 20th, 2008 at 12:29 am
Personally I love the idea of videoconferencing. I realy shoud invest in a webcam one of these days for just that sort of reason.
As it is, I don’t believe that videoconferencing has many legal barriers, just as webcam chat and skype have none. I confess that I’m not expert, though.
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May 20th, 2008 at 4:49 pm
Sounds like a fun idea
Sorry couldn’t help you much there however…
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May 20th, 2008 at 8:11 pm
The second I get my computer back with a functioning webcam, I am so in!
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May 20th, 2008 at 9:03 pm
I’m def in….except for the time zone issue
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