EdTechWeekly #39 - OpenLibrary, Jotform, Mashable, Zing, Pownce, Policeware, Remxer, Acqualia, CouchSurfing, & Box.net

EdTechWeekly #39
OpenLibrary, Jotform, Mashable, Zing, Pownce,  Policeware, Remxer, Acqualia, CouchSurfing, & Box.net

July 22, 2007

This Week's Del.icious Links

Chat Log Below

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 18:46:14  JenMad ->  hello, all!
 18:46:26  JenMad ->  JS - how is it in IOWA?
 18:46:27  JohnSchinker ->  Hi Jen
 18:46:47  JenMad ->  nicer than in Ohio, I bet!
 18:48:51  JohnSchinker ->  Ohio's beautiful today
 18:49:14  JohnSchinker ->  mid 70's and sunny
 18:56:12  dave ->  wassup...
 18:57:49  Gary ->  Mostly the temperature.
 19:00:02  dave ->  ah... yes... we actually hit 26 today
 19:00:33  Gary ->  37 here
 19:01:08  Gary ->  99 for the unconverted
 19:01:28  sharonp ->  Hey I have a question from someone who wants to know alternatives to Elluminate
 19:01:37  sharonp ->  Hey! I am listening!
 19:02:31  dave ->  elluminate is... silly
 19:02:56  sharonp ->  this is from a teacher working on her masters' degree with other teachers in Colombia on a global project - she needs to communicate from Michigan to Colombia
 19:03:09  sharonp ->  so.... any ideas??
 19:03:43  JohnSchinker ->  Jeff has an answer, Sharon, but he's going to save it for the show
 19:03:55  sharonp ->  ahhhh keep us all waiting.... I get it
 19:03:57  sroseman ->  hello
 19:04:06  sroseman ->  hi everyone
 19:04:14  JohnSchinker ->  He's trying to come up with reasons for people to keep listening
 19:04:17  dave ->  lots of idea
 19:04:18  dave ->  s
 19:04:25  sroseman ->  summer session???
 19:04:32  sharonp ->  hey jeff, stayed over in New Hampshire on Friday night on the way home from Boston - what a beautiful state!
 19:04:56  jeff ->  http://www.openlibrary.org/details/openlibrary
 19:05:26  jeff ->  http://icdlbooks.org/
 19:06:32  Lee Baber ->  nicely done Jeff
 19:07:08  dave ->  http://www.smh.com.au/news/web/students-used-donated-laptops-to-browse-p...
 19:07:35  sharonp ->  and are we surprised?? really?
 19:07:36  JenMad ->  http://www.jingproject.com/
 19:07:43  dave ->  not at all :)
 19:08:01  sharonp ->  what a great opportunity to explore *appropriate* uses of Internet
 19:08:40  sroseman ->  and for the MAC as well
 19:08:52  sroseman ->  very cool
 19:09:18  Lee Baber ->  looks nice
 19:09:22  sroseman ->  so easy and so cool
 19:10:03  sharonp ->  am looking fwd to this!
 19:10:14  sroseman ->  yyes MAC
 19:10:54  JoseR ->  looks cool
 19:11:05  jeff ->  http://mashable.com/
 19:11:39  Gary ->  Great link!  I wonder how this will be used by Nigerian school children?
 19:11:55  JoseR ->  funny
 19:11:56  jeff ->  http://mashable.com/2007/07/22/online-collaboration/
 19:12:03  sharonp ->  is dave sleep-deprived or something (beer-deprived)??
 19:12:24  sharonp ->  yay!
 19:12:52  JohnSchinker ->  Dave's son was sick and spent the night in the hospital. His wife is also sick. So he's had a rough 24 hours.
 19:13:17  sharonp ->  ugh - sorry to hear, dave. Been there and no fun
 19:13:22  Lee Baber ->  Very sorry to hear this, Dave
 19:13:24  JohnSchinker ->  Beer deprived is a good hypothesis, though.
 19:13:30  JohnSchinker ->  Her son works for Cisco.
 19:13:31  Gary ->  Sorry Dave - I taught in Nigeria for two years.
 19:13:31  sroseman ->  hope everyone is doing fine
 19:13:36  dave ->  http://www.cnn.com/2007/TECH/07/20/superfast.net.ap/index.html
 19:13:38  Lee Baber ->  And a fine job you are doing
 19:14:24  sharonp ->  that is great - am drooling too!
 19:14:38  JenMad ->  http://www.jotform.com/
 19:14:46  dave ->  No prob gary.... it was very funny.
 19:15:05  JenMad ->  http://www.jotform.com/index.php?formID=72025806238
 19:16:03  sharonp ->  btw, thanks for providing a first go at my request for elluminate alternative
 19:16:07  jeff ->  http://dafneusb.motime.com/
 19:16:44  jeff ->  http://www.sitepal.com/
 19:17:09  jeff ->  http://dafnegonzalez.com/evo08/Cfproposals.htm
 19:17:56  JenMad ->  http://ottobib.com/
 19:18:48  jeff ->  http://www.microsoft-watch.com/content/vista/microsoft_no_rush_to_vista_...
 19:19:14  sroseman ->  btw July 25th is the Tappedin Festival ,,check out the flyer for the scedule http://tappedin.org/tappedin/web/festival/
 19:19:31  sroseman ->  schedule
 19:19:54  jeff ->  http://arstechnica.com/news.ars/post/20070717-microsoft-patents-the-moth...
 19:20:35  JenMad ->  http://news.com.com/Next+version+of+Windows+Call+it+7/2100-1016_3-619794...
 19:20:47  Anne Leftwich ->  yikes!
 19:20:58  JenMad ->  http://www.computerworld.com/action/article.do?command=printArticleBasic...
 19:21:10  sharonp ->  that is a yikes - have they become so desperate?
 19:21:48  sharonp ->  Sharon is patting her new macbook pro
 19:21:53  jeff ->  http://www.wired.com/politics/law/news/2007/07/fbi_spyware?currentPage=1
 19:22:07  Anne Leftwich ->  I heard something about the FBI placing SpyWare on computers
 19:22:12  Anne Leftwich ->  I think it was on Cnet
 19:22:22  Gary ->  Sharon - nice machine - I have had one for over a year.
 19:22:31  jeff ->  http://arstechnica.com/news.ars/post/20070719-will-security-firms-avoid-...
 19:22:46  sharonp ->  am just learning all the neato features to it
 19:22:49  Anne Leftwich ->  http://news.com.com/8300-10784_3-7-0.html?keyword=fbi (FBI and CNET post)
 19:22:50  JohnSchinker ->  I'm pretty sure that's illegal.
 19:23:36  sroseman ->  what is the session ID please for YUGMA
 19:24:02  Anne Leftwich ->  :)
 19:24:03  JohnSchinker ->  On Security Now, Steve Gibson has commented several times that it's illegal to use a software exploit to FIX the exploit without the owner's permission.
 19:24:12  JohnSchinker ->  There's no Yugma tonight.
 19:24:34  JenMad ->  http://www.box.net/widget/
 19:24:36  JenMad ->  http://designedtoinspire.com/drupal/
 19:25:29  Anne Leftwich ->  Neat Jen!
 19:25:32  jeff ->  http://www.live-online-tv.com/
 19:25:34  Anne Leftwich ->  Such a super cute site too!
 19:25:43  JenMad ->  :)
 19:25:59  jeff ->  http://www.learner.org/index.html
 19:26:59  JenMad ->  http://teachers.yahoo.com/
 19:27:20  Anne Leftwich ->  That looks a lot like PBS (http://www.pbs.org/)
 19:27:24  Anne Leftwich ->  http://www.pbs.org/
 19:27:33  Anne Leftwich ->  and Marco Polo
 19:27:54  sroseman ->  Google Academy
 19:27:56  jeff ->  http://www.novemberlearning.com/Default.aspx?tabid=29
 19:27:56  Anne Leftwich ->  http://www.marcopolo-education.org/home.aspx
 19:28:07  JenMad ->  google academy - thank you SR!
 19:28:53  sharonp ->  yes, next year, they will be having video drops
 19:29:00  sroseman ->  Marco Polo is Verizon/Thinkfinity
 19:29:10  sharonp ->  BLC was really great
 19:29:15  Lee Baber ->  I do to Jeff
 19:29:21  sharonp ->  do you want links to presentations, Jeff?
 19:29:31  Lee Baber ->  It is like going to an online catalogue with no prices!
 19:29:36  Anne Leftwich ->  I would volunteer! :)
 19:29:43  Lee Baber ->  I do toooo I mean
 19:29:51  jeff ->  sure sharon
 19:29:55  sharonp ->  Alan said he would do that next year.... apparently even for free
 19:30:02  Anne Leftwich ->  Really?
 19:30:06  Lee Baber ->  ah ha
 19:30:13  sharonp ->  I have audio files to a number of the presentations
 19:30:18  sharonp ->  he is changing his views on that
 19:30:19  Anne Leftwich ->  It seems similar to NECC
 19:30:21  Lee Baber ->  share share
 19:30:35  Lee Baber ->  absolutely Dave
 19:30:39  JoseR ->  ditto dave
 19:30:39  Anne Leftwich ->  It's such a huge issue
 19:30:42  sharonp ->  most of the presenters I went to posted their presentations online
 19:30:54  JenMad ->  http://www.matthewktabor.com/2007/07/17/the-apocalypse-is-nigh-stager-on...
 19:30:56  JenW ->  PODCASTS --
 19:31:00  Lee Baber ->  Where is the best site to hear them all...
 19:31:02  Lee Baber ->  oh
 19:31:03  jeff ->  any aggregation of them sharon?
 19:31:05  JenW ->  they just listed their PODCAST LINK - NECC
 19:31:09  Lee Baber ->  sorry Jeff..you already asked taht
 19:31:09  sharonp ->  so I have links to Joyce Valenza's, Darren K's, Ewan M's, Chris and Chris
 19:31:09  cheryloakes ya baby ->  I think presentors should post media, they can't present that same spiel again, hm.
 19:31:11  JenW ->  but only like 35ish
 19:31:22  Anne Leftwich ->  There are some different ones popping up now
 19:31:23  sharonp ->  hmmm.... no concerted effort to aggregate
 19:31:50  cheryloakes ya baby ->  Hi Sharon, Jen, Ann, Bart, Carla,wow the list goes on really long! Hi to you all.
 19:31:56  sharonp ->  but the BIG phenomenon at BLC was the backchanneling with skype
 19:31:59  JenW ->  HERE IS THE LINK -- http://edcommunity.apple.com/ali/collection.php?collection=1087
 19:32:02  Anne Leftwich ->  We're Twittering away :)
 19:32:06  JenW ->  to the NECC podcasts
 19:32:13  JenW ->  Hello Cheryla Ya Baby
 19:32:13  sharonp ->  and those skype chatcasts can all be found on David Jakes blog
 19:32:14  sroseman ->  interesting article on Twitter in this month's Wired
 19:32:17  Lee Baber ->  I agree with you Jen
 19:32:41  JoseR ->  great link.  ha,ha,ha,
 19:32:42  Anne Leftwich ->  "Matthew’s background includes work in higher education, executive recruiting, consulting and government. He consults on graduate/professional school admissions, academic media and educates privately. He writes out of Cooperstown, New York. "
 19:32:52  sharonp ->  I tagged all my blog posts about blc "blc2007"
 19:32:55  sroseman ->  http://www.wired.com/techbiz/media/magazine/15-07/st_thompson
 19:32:59  cheryloakes ya baby ->  hi Jose, you are everywhere today.
 19:33:04  Anne Leftwich ->  "To those who have spent their day “Twittering,” I’ll issue to you a hearty, “Grow up.” If I’m wrong about the value of Twitter, Flickr and others, let me know - I’m interested in hearing your case.  "
 19:33:07  JoseR ->  that's the establishment speaking
 19:33:19  JoseR ->  twitter levels the playing field
 19:33:29  Anne Leftwich ->  He seems to be interested in your case - we can make a comment or invite him on :)
 19:33:41  JenW ->  OH MY -- Honest Anne???  you must be quoted someone????  or is that your quote??
 19:33:55  JenW ->  ahhh -- you are quoting --
 19:34:08  JenW ->  I refuse to GROW UP
 19:34:10  Anne Leftwich ->  No - that's Matthew
 19:34:16  JenW ->  yep -- I am caught up
 19:34:17  cheryloakes ya baby ->  Got it!
 19:34:20  Anne Leftwich ->  it's from his post
 19:34:28  JoseR ->  oh no a snowclones moment coming on
 19:34:35  cheryloakes ya baby ->  I was watching Bob Sprankle, twitter down the east coast.
 19:34:39  jeff ->  JenW - I've seen those 36 at edcommunity - I want more... please :)
 19:34:46  JenW ->  :Okay
 19:34:49  JenW ->  let me check
 19:34:49  Anne Leftwich ->  We're constantly in touch - it's how our students are comunicating - this is how the K12 student talk
 19:34:59  Anne Leftwich ->  Look at Ian Juke's NECC presentation
 19:35:01  JoseR ->  bob sprankle was on the 30day trial
 19:35:06  sroseman ->  It's like instant messaging
 19:35:08  jeff ->  but thank you necc and apple for those
 19:35:11  JenMad ->  http://connect.educause.edu/library/abstract/7ThingsYouShouldKnow/44762?...
 19:35:23  JenW ->  How about these??  http://center.uoregon.edu/ISTE/NECC2007/program/podcasting.php#sessions
 19:35:30  Anne Leftwich ->  Sprint doesn't hook up with Twitter - I feel so left out :(
 19:35:57  JoseR ->  I'm on the 30 year twitter license
 19:36:21  JenW ->  Hmmm -- there really isn't that much -- is there???
 19:36:22  cheryloakes ya baby ->  Bob, was checking it out to find out the purpose for him, I like it
 19:36:23  JoseR ->  I caught the 7 things on twitter cool
 19:36:26  jeff ->  http://franticindustries.com/blog/2007/07/16/post-to-pownce-twitter-jaik...
 19:36:38  JenW ->  we are having FUN and sharing a LOT at the BLOGGERS CAFE in SL
 19:36:52  Anne Leftwich ->  It's the reflection time
 19:36:57  JenW ->  how about BLC -- did they list podcasts ???
 19:37:04  Anne Leftwich ->  They were talking about how it needs to be built in to conferences
 19:37:09  sharonp ->  gotta check out that Bloggers Cafe thang
 19:37:22  sharonp ->  they did not list podcasts
 19:37:23  Anne Leftwich ->  That's what the Twitter and our EdTechTalk network allows us to do
 19:37:32  Cathy Nelson ->  but be sure to check the skypecasts from David Jakes
 19:37:34  JenMad ->  http://www.pownce.com/
 19:37:39  JenW ->  well K12 WILL HAVE PODcASTS
 19:37:49  JoseR ->  ok I'll ignore it
 19:37:50  JenW ->  forever!!  (grins)
 19:37:52  Cathy Nelson ->  he did a phenominal job orchestrating some of the skypecasts
 19:38:08  sharonp ->  kinda strange - at BLC  there were high flyers (i.e. Will R., Dave J., Darren K.) and a whole bunch of teachers who were really uninformed about web 2.0
 19:38:10  JenW ->  LOL -- he just doesn't like "hellos"
 19:38:15  jeff ->  http://arstechnica.com/news.ars/post/20070720-copyright-board-of-canada-...
 19:38:27  Cathy Nelson ->  but the high flyers kept me right there--virtually
 19:38:31  carlaarena ->  just sent a Pownce invitation to Daf, Jeff
 19:38:34  Anne Leftwich ->  Can I have one?
 19:38:35  JenW ->  invites to POUNCE???  LOL
 19:38:37  Lee Baber ->  meme
 19:38:39  cheryloakes ya baby ->  sure send me a pounce
 19:38:42  sroseman ->  Me me
 19:38:43  Anne Leftwich ->  I'd love a POUNCE
 19:38:44  JenMad ->  pownce
 19:38:52  Anne Leftwich ->  POWNCE
 19:38:56  JoseR ->  Invite to Bounce
 19:38:57  JenW ->  I can't add one more thing to my life -- so will not request a POUNCE
 19:38:58  carlaarena ->  Dafne was amazed how fast I was! Twitter, I told her!
 19:39:02  JohnSchinker ->  I still think that creates a situation where people can then legally pirate music, because they've already paid for it.
 19:39:05  jeff ->  http://www.zoo-m.com/flickr-storm/
 19:39:21  JenW ->  NO WAY -- REALLY???
 19:39:23  sharonp ->  I would love to have an invitation to pownce
 19:39:29  JenW ->  prepay for possible cheating??
 19:39:36  JenMad ->  http://acqualia.com/picturesque/
 19:39:36  sroseman ->  I need a Skitch invite..does anyone have one
 19:39:38  sharonp ->  another tax for Canadians
 19:39:46  jeff ->  http://www.teachertube.com/view_video.php?viewkey=6fa63738371ec0d5df81
 19:39:49  dave ->  poor canadians
 19:39:55  JenW ->  so if Sharon isn't illegal with her IPOD -- can she get a refund???
 19:39:56  sharonp ->  I just keep reminding myself that our universities are so much cheaper
 19:40:09  JenW ->  :)
 19:40:28  sroseman ->  http://plasq.com/skitch
 19:40:29  sharonp ->  (as I start sending my kids off to uni this September)
 19:40:30  jeff ->  http://www.couchsurfing.com/
 19:41:22  Anne Leftwich ->  my friend did this!
 19:41:39  Anne Leftwich ->  so random! They said it was so fun!
 19:41:46  Anne Leftwich ->  The hosts set up a party for them
 19:42:10  sharonp ->  wow
 19:42:15  JenW ->  any couches available in San Antonio -- NECC next year??
 19:42:21  Anne Leftwich ->  It's great for graduate students
 19:42:23  sharonp ->  good one, Jen!
 19:42:34  JenW ->  lets rent a condo for a week
 19:42:36  Anne Leftwich ->  We could build one for just EdTechTalk for better security ;)
 19:42:39  JenMad ->  http://oedb.org/library/beginning-online-learning/top-25-web20-productiv...
 19:42:39  sharonp ->  any couches in.... PEI for later in August??
 19:42:40  JenW ->  have our own place for NECC
 19:42:44  jeff ->  http://www.talkshoe.com/talkshoe/web/protected/shoePhoneSignUp.jsp?pushN...
 19:42:50  Anne Leftwich ->  Anyone ever needs to stay in Bloomington, let me know :)
 19:43:00  JasonR ->  There is a website out there just for teachers/educators to share houses
 19:43:02  JasonR ->  Searching
 19:43:04  JenW ->  NOT TALK SHOE :)  
 19:43:15  jeff ->  http://www.secondlifeherald.com/slh/2007/07/are-furries-doo.html
 19:43:32  JenW ->  LOL - shoe phone was so FUN yesterday
 19:43:36  JenMad ->  ALL the contributed links for this week at http://del.icio.us/edtechtalk/20070722
 19:43:38  JenW ->  LOLOL
 19:44:16  JasonR ->  No furry yiffing in the chatroom!
 19:44:17  JenW ->  should have given a disclaimer before the SL link -- NOT G Rated
 19:44:23  JenMad ->  to contribute a link add a tag: "for:edtechtalk"
 19:44:26  JenW ->  my eyes are now sad
 19:44:40  cheryloakes ya baby ->  Here is the link for talkshoe beta for the mac,
 19:44:48  JasonR ->  What if you choose to be an android in SL?
 19:45:00  jeff ->  http://www.youtube.com/ytremixer_about
 19:45:10  JenW ->  YOu have gone BEYOND my comfort zone
 19:45:15  jeff ->  http://www.penmachine.com/
 19:45:19  JohnSchinker ->  androids aren't furry
 19:45:21  JoseR ->  funny
 19:45:47  Lee Baber ->  Hello JasonR
 19:46:06  JenMad ->  http://www.newtechhigh.org/School/about/about_default.asp
 19:46:19  JohnSchinker ->  Kids only use email to talk to their parents and teachers: http://news.com.com/Kids+say+e-mail+is%2C+like%2C+soooo+dead/2009-1032_3...
 19:46:31  JasonR ->  I know I have seen a website just for teachers that want to share houses while on summer vacation, but my Google Fu is failing
 19:46:40  jeff ->  http://hideapod.com/
 19:46:47  JenW ->  YEAH Dr. Anne
 19:46:54  JasonR ->  Greetings L Baber
 19:47:34  JasonR ->  :D  Hide A Pod
 19:47:44  Lee Baber ->  Never zeen a zune get ztolen
 19:47:53  JohnSchinker ->  Look how popular the WOW2 ladies are in the tag cloud.
 19:48:12  Anne Leftwich ->  For those interested, here are some links for the New Tech High School stuff: http://del.icio.us/AnneLeftwich/new_tech_high
 19:48:19  cheryloakes ya baby ->  only because I tag all the time John, but you are right
 19:48:23  sharonp ->  tag cloud - WHAT did i DO to have my name in SUCH big letters???? Is this a DAve Cormier gag??
 19:48:45  JenW ->  I say that John -- LOL -- Jen not Jennifer  :)
 19:48:48  JoseR ->  Number of tags makes text bigger
 19:48:57  JenW ->  made me smile
 19:48:57  cheryloakes ya baby ->  the size of the name is directly related to the number of times it appears in blogs on this site
 19:49:07  sharonp ->  someone get the ruler out - is my name bigger than Vicki Davis??
 19:49:11  JenW ->  LOLOL
 19:49:15  JenW ->  snort
 19:49:29  JohnSchinker ->  Marketing gurus
 19:49:42  JenW ->  LOL
 19:49:46  sharonp ->  oh good grief
 19:49:50  Anne Leftwich ->  how should I skype in?
 19:49:50  JohnSchinker ->  Same size, Sharon
 19:49:56  JenW ->  we were taught well
 19:49:56  cheryloakes ya baby ->  of course!
 19:50:01  sharonp ->  I have a tag??
 19:50:08  JenW ->  it is all cheryl's fault
 19:50:14  jeff ->  skype 'worldbridges'
 19:50:17  cheryloakes ya baby ->  next time, I'll get you dave!
 19:50:23  dave ->  :)
 19:50:29  JenW ->  is the check in the mail????
 19:50:36  JenW ->  if wer are marketing gurus??
 19:51:12  JohnSchinker ->  right, Jen.
 19:51:17  Lee Baber ->  thats it Jeff
 19:51:22  Lee Baber ->  just mention it more...
 19:51:24  JenW ->  I am still dealing with furries -- my innocence is now gone
 19:51:28  JohnSchinker ->  Here's a marketing idea for you: you need to sell WOW2 lipgloss
 19:51:36  JenW ->  Sharon does
 19:51:57  sharonp ->  sharon is chortling
 19:52:02  sroseman ->  I have been propositioned in SL..beware
 19:52:08  JenW ->  we are NOT going to furrie land tonight SP
 19:52:23  sharonp ->  and I had my lip gloss all picked out, JW!
 19:52:26  sharonp ->  LOL
 

 

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