next decade, this 30 million will grow to 100 million. To meet this staggering demand, a major university needs to be created each week" (1996). 
"Our ancestors sailed across a vast ocean, one third of the earth's surface, and to accomplish this great feat they needed the vision to see islands over the horizon, the ability to plan intentional voyages of discovery, the discipline to train physically and mentally, the courage to take risks, and a deep sense of aloha to bind the crew together during the voyage. These are Hawaiian values but they are also universal values. They worked in the past and they will work today" (
instead of seeking radically new opportunities to develop school-as-it-can-be" (Seymour Papert and Gaston Caperton, in 
matter. What matters to me is the determined space and time where determined tasks are accomplished. Social historical and political tasks, not only individual ones. . . . The two main tasks of the school: to get the already known knowledge and to produce the knowledge not yet in existence" (In Seymour Papert's 
and to consider the action of others to give point and direction to his own, is equivalent to breaking down barriers of class, race, and national territory which kept men from perceiving the full import of their activity" (
In the opening information and announcements page, the options (circled in red at the top) button allows us to reconfigure the display features. For the left information panel, we can adjust the height. Be careful. Too much height and the horizontal scroll bar is pushed off the bottom of the screen and the user will need to scroll down through white space to see it. I futzed with the height until the scroll bar appeared just below the image displayed in the window.
For the right announcements panel, we have a great set of options! We can decide how many announcements to display (I chose 7 — for now), how much of each announcement (if just a few lines, then users can click on an item to read the full post) to display, and for how long.
One of the coolest features in Laulima is the “who’s on live” display in the left sidebar. (See the item circled in red, on the left.) It lists everyone who happens to be live in my Laulima class at any given moment. I haven’t pursued it yet, but I’m guessing that we have the option to chat with them — and they with us.
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On the left sidebar a person’s name is marked with a blue-green dot if he/she is in the chat room. Also, students can be tracked using the Site Stats tool (hits, last login, etc.).
Thanks, Francisco. I’m just beginning to add various tools to the site and “Chat Room” is one of them. Is there a way for a person to privately invite another who’s not in the chat room to meet him/her there for a chat? I guess the key here is to let students know that I’m in the chat room whenever the blue-green dot is next to my name. But instead of waiting around, it’d be great if there’s a way for me to be working elsewhere in Laulima and be “on call” for a chat. This way I don’t just sit, and I’m available whenever I’m online, which is often. Thanks again. -Jim