EdTechWeekly #88
admin - Mon, 2008-08-04 12:37
EdTechWeekly #88
August 3, 2008
18:49:11 JL -> Hello DaiBarnes
18:49:47 daibarnes -> Hi brb - have to plait daughters hair for bed
18:51:47 chriss -> plaiting = braiding
18:52:00 chriss -> !
18:53:15 chriss -> it's braiding! plaiting is kind of an old fashioned way to say it.
18:53:20 daibarnes -> yes - i'm back
18:54:03 daibarnes -> braiding is finer plaits i think - anyway i'm no expert
18:54:32 chriss -> I like the word plaiting myself.
18:55:01 daibarnes -> me too. it doesn't sound like it should.
18:55:03 daibarnes -> di
18:55:14 daibarnes -> plaits is pronounced plats
18:55:21 daibarnes -> hi
18:55:45 chriss -> really? I always thought it was like "plates"
18:55:56 daibarnes -> another word that doesn't sound like it writes - cuil
18:56:09 daibarnes -> have u tried searchme.com
18:57:34 daibarnes -> maybe too distracting for the classroom
18:59:01 Cathy E -> I love Doug's laugh
18:59:21 daibarnes -> is there visual for this or voice only?
18:59:25 loonyhiker -> i like all of your voices! :)
18:59:30 Cathy E -> It makes me smile
18:59:46 daibarnes -> ok
19:00:22 Cathy E -> I use Yugma to help my kids in college
19:00:33 Cathy E -> they still call Mom for tech issues
19:01:18 Cathy E -> I use LogmeIn with my paretns
19:01:23 Gary -> We use iChat
19:02:04 alicemercer -> It's good here
19:02:13 alicemercer -> Hey, where is JM?
19:02:16 daibarnes -> sorry - mgotta go - will come again. D
19:03:40 JoseRodriguez -> Hello Folks
19:03:51 dougsymington -> hey Jose
19:04:09 Gary -> Just finished listening to the podcast - thanks.
19:05:47 JL -> http://edtechtalk.com/lee_baber
19:06:10 dougsymington -> http://www.webcastacademy.net/files/LeeBaberIntro.mp3
19:06:14 Cathy E -> Lee was amazing
19:06:42 alicemercer -> Yeah, it was 1.2, which I think was my class
19:06:57 alicemercer -> And 1.1's like Lee and Jose were finishing up at the same time
19:07:15 JoseRodriguez -> nope.. I was second generation.. 2.2.
19:07:55 JoseRodriguez -> I joined early on but did not do any work on Webcast Academy until summer of 2007
19:08:15 dougsymington -> Hi Lisa
19:08:19 gradster1 -> Greetings Durff
19:08:21 JoseRodriguez -> Hey Durff
19:08:21 mrsdurff -> hey
19:08:27 mrsdurff -> hi jose
19:08:48 Gary -> Which university in Finland?
19:08:52 Alvin Trusty -> http://blog.delicious.com/blog/2008/07/oh-happy-day.html
19:09:01 JohnS -> Findlay, Ohio.
19:09:09 JoseRodriguez -> Just stepped in to say hi.. Family over at the pool.. I'll try to check in later on.
19:09:25 dougsymington -> swim a lap for me Jose
19:09:26 Cathy E -> Have Fun, Jose
19:09:34 Gary -> Oh - I should listen more carefullly.
19:09:41 JoseRodriguez -> Later...
19:09:43 mrsdurff -> I want to know when they are taking it back
19:09:49 mrsdurff -> i like the old one
19:09:51 gradster1 -> Bye
19:10:27 Gary -> It was a surpirise - needed to remember my password.
19:11:55 JL -> http://www.j-let.org/~wcf/modules/tinyd0/
19:12:10 JL -> http://www.wix.com/vances/worldcall08
19:12:39 gradster1 -> Great!
19:12:51 gradster1 -> I certainly hope so.
19:12:54 JL -> http://www.wix.com/
19:13:02 mrsdurff -> hi essed
19:13:13 JL -> http://www.glogster.com/
19:13:33 JohnS -> DRM still sucks: Yahoo Music going dark, taking keys with it: http://arstechnica.com/news.ars/post/20080724-drm-still-sucks-yahoo-musi... and then, Yahoo relents, gives coupons, refunds to music DRM captives: http://arstechnica.com/news.ars/post/20080731-yahoo-relents-gives-coupon... and finally, Migration FAQ: http://help.yahoo.com/l/us/yahoo/music/rhapsodymigration/faq.html
19:13:48 alicemercer -> I use jotitt.com
19:14:31 JL -> How do audio levels sound - fairly even, or not?
19:14:43 alicemercer -> audio is excellent and even
19:14:46 loonyhiker -> sounds good here
19:14:47 JL -> thx
19:15:10 alicemercer -> but I'm*) :{ about this MS music story!
19:15:33 alicemercer -> COMPLAIN! You shouldn't have to complain to get it!
19:16:01 Cathy E -> My daughter backed up her itunes last night - took 37 CDs
19:16:33 gradster1 -> @Cathy E - why?
19:16:43 alicemercer -> I can't always find a song/artist I want all the time?
19:16:50 dougsymington -> http://flickr.com/photos/cogdog/2127500816/
19:16:55 Cathy E -> She wanted to move it all to her new computer
19:16:59 alicemercer -> And sometimes you want one song not a CD
19:17:12 JohnS -> true enough.
19:17:19 gradster1 -> Why not just transfer the library to the other computer?
19:17:42 JohnS -> you can only do that until September 30.
19:17:54 Alvin Trusty -> http://cnews.canoe.ca/CNEWS/WeirdNews/2008/07/21/6217846-sun.html
19:18:06 Cathy E -> the music that was put into itunes from music CDs does not transfer like purchased music
19:18:37 gradster1 -> It should....?
19:18:52 gradster1 -> I transferred my entire libra- wait, are you on a mac?
19:19:22 Cathy E -> @gradster1 -windows
19:19:27 gradster1 -> Ooooooooh.
19:19:40 gradster1 -> Well there's your problem.
19:19:51 gradster1 -> Haha, sorry.
19:20:06 Cathy E -> But we love our ipods
19:20:16 gradster1 -> Rather pro-Apple.
19:21:40 JL -> http://edtechtalk.com/node/3239
19:21:48 alicemercer -> Derrivative use which is okay for education, BUT can he own the site?
19:21:58 gradster1 -> I hate it how the big guys always win.
19:22:15 alicemercer -> Snub, hmmm?
19:22:30 mrsdurff -> Go Windows!
19:22:36 gradster1 -> Boo.
19:22:39 Cathy E -> I thought we didn't like each other
19:22:41 gradster1 -> Not the ghost kind.
19:22:43 alicemercer -> You all spend more time on Win secty issues which are much more ubiquitous
19:22:45 JL -> http://www.varasoftware.com/products/screenflow/
19:22:47 James Sigler -> Go Linux
19:22:50 gradster1 -> Yay!
19:22:57 gradster1 -> But macs are awesome, too.
19:23:06 mrsdurff -> hi james sigler
19:23:12 Cathy E -> hello James
19:23:13 James Sigler -> Hi Lisa
19:23:21 James Sigler -> Hi Cathy
19:23:30 JohnS -> Windows "Mojave" advertisements appear in the wild: http://arstechnica.com/journals/microsoft.ars/2008/07/31/windows-mojave-...
19:23:35 dougsymington -> Hey James, good to see you
19:23:41 gradster1 -> Or, you can get that free - Jing!
19:24:26 JL -> Love Jing, but doesn't support editing, zooming, other file formats, or screencast longer than 5 mins
19:24:39 Cathy E -> @James we had Porpoises in the backyard today - thought about your class.
19:24:55 JohnS -> http://www.mojaveexperiment.com/#
19:24:59 mrsdurff -> and that fooled people?
19:25:12 alicemercer -> It can look pretty...
19:25:13 James Sigler -> Hi doug. I took a break from yard work to catch ETWeekly
19:25:19 mrsdurff -> are we that gullible?
19:25:24 alicemercer -> But if the seams fall out of the ball gown...
19:25:30 alicemercer -> What good is it?
19:25:45 mrsdurff -> good to start a bonfire
19:26:01 Cathy E -> I'm taking your XP side - I'm not upgrade either
19:26:21 Cathy E -> But my daughter's new computer has Vista- I like it
19:26:36 gradster1 -> It's more of a momentum thing with me - and then the fact of the sickening theft of features and ideas.
19:26:44 loonyhiker -> i haven't had any problems with vista at all (knock on wood)
19:26:55 James Sigler -> @Cathy I went to Alaska this summer and saw Dall Porpoises. Brought back good memories of last year.
19:27:05 gradster1 -> @loonyhiker - Ever heard of the Mighty Mighty Bosstones?
19:27:23 loonyhiker -> @gradster no but i like the name
19:27:40 gradster1 -> There's a specific song.... I'll link.
19:27:41 James Sigler -> I've heard XP is more stable than Vista
19:27:51 dougsymington -> http://gizmodo.com/5030810/giz-explains-an-illustrated-guide-to-every-st...
19:28:31 alicemercer -> Male or female?
19:28:44 Alvin Trusty -> http://www.monoprice.com/
19:28:46 essed -> you know, that blue cable thing
19:28:48 gradster1 -> What?
19:28:53 James Sigler -> Great link
19:29:09 mrsdurff -> be technical - call it that thingy
19:29:21 dougsymington -> 'xactly
19:29:34 essed -> oh my bad durff, the blue cable thingy
19:29:45 James Sigler -> 20-30 cables for your house?
19:29:45 mrsdurff -> there you go
19:29:49 essed -> capitalizing on people's ignorance
19:30:01 JohnS -> he could just invest in a wireless access point...
19:30:05 Alvin Trusty -> 30 cables is fifteen drops... that's about right
19:30:09 JL -> http://www.searchcloud.net/ http://searchme.com/ http://cuil.com/
19:30:15 gradster1 -> How do I put links in the chat?
19:30:24 alicemercer -> I have FRY's within 2 miles
19:30:26 JohnS -> just paste them in
19:30:30 loonyhiker -> @gradster copy the link and paste 'em
19:30:31 gradster1 -> Won't work...
19:30:39 mrsdurff -> gradster drag from a Word doc
19:30:52 gradster1 -> Ewwww, word.
19:31:02 mrsdurff -> well sth like that
19:31:06 dougsymington -> or control c (copy) and cntrl-v (paste) in windows
19:31:21 dougsymington -> and whatever Mac equiv may be....
19:31:24 gradster1 -> Yeah it's not working.
19:32:15 mrsdurff -> hi lisa lane
19:32:29 JohnS -> 15 Coolest Firefox Tricks Ever: http://www.bspcn.com/2007/05/11/15-coolest-firefox-tricks-ever/
19:32:35 Lisa M Lane -> hi Lisa Durff
19:32:46 chriss -> @gradster1 I've had the same problem and I am also a mac user.
19:32:53 mrsdurff -> ok i'm durff - your lane
19:33:02 Lisa M Lane -> LOL
19:33:04 mrsdurff -> parisi is parisi
19:33:11 Lisa M Lane -> right, I remember
19:33:12 gradster1 -> Oooh, fun.
19:33:14 mrsdurff -> quiz time
19:33:22 gradster1 -> Tomato tomato
19:33:30 mrsdurff -> potato potato
19:33:31 chriss -> exactly
19:33:35 Lisa M Lane -> let's call the whole thing off
19:33:45 gradster1 -> No, no singing
19:33:50 gradster1 -> :)
19:33:56 dougsymington -> http://webcastacademy.net/audio/carlos-f-recording-both-ends-telephony-3...
19:33:57 mrsdurff -> i need a dancing emoticon
19:34:03 gradster1 -> *dance*
19:34:06 gradster1 -> *dancing*
19:34:08 mrsdurff -> ty
19:34:09 gradster1 -> Nope.
19:34:18 mrsdurff -> hi eric
19:34:40 Eric -> Hi, I'm late. Sorry.
19:34:40 Alvin Trusty -> http://boomblox.ea.com
19:34:43 gradster1 -> Haha
19:34:49 gradster1 -> Nice emPHAsis.
19:35:35 Cathy E -> Welcome Eric
19:35:52 JohnS -> Eric: where have you been? We've been waiting for you :-)
19:35:58 Cathy E -> OH...I want a Wii
19:36:08 JL -> http://www.railsenvy.com/2008/7/29/oscon-videos
19:36:14 Eric -> On mii or my.
19:36:37 gradster1 -> Wait, question
19:36:41 alicemercer -> I did some of that!
19:36:42 gradster1 -> Who's this by?
19:36:59 JL -> http://oscon.blip.tv/file/1108217/
19:37:05 alicemercer -> http://den.wikispaces.com/National+Institute+Projects
19:37:25 JohnS -> The Habitable Planet: http://www.learner.org/channel/courses/envsci/index.html Which is part of Annenberg Professional Development: http://www.learner.org/channel/workshops/workshop_list.html Which is part of Main Site: http://www.learner.org
19:37:32 alicemercer -> I went around during preso's at DEN and recorded 30 sec intvw with prestners
19:37:57 JL -> posted anywhere ALice?
19:39:31 Cathy E -> Welcome back daibarnes
19:39:31 dougsymington -> http://www.teachingtips.com/blog/2008/06/30/50-must-read-up-and-coming-b...
19:39:49 mrsdurff -> hi daibarnes
19:39:54 daibarnes -> i'm fom uk - pls tell me what k12 is on the chat?
19:39:55 Alvin Trusty -> http://www.makemusic.com
19:40:12 daibarnes -> hello mrs durff
19:40:17 mrsdurff -> k12 = ages 5-18
19:40:20 Lisa M Lane -> Hey, I'm #38 on that list!
19:40:30 dougsymington -> congrats!
19:40:32 James Sigler -> Congrats
19:40:33 daibarnes -> and thx cathy
19:40:42 Lisa M Lane -> it's funny to be 44 years old but "up and coming"
19:40:45 JohnS -> Sorry, daibarnes. Thanks for picking that up, Durff.
19:41:01 mrsdurff -> i did nothing
19:41:13 gradster1 -> Oh my gods!
19:41:16 daibarnes -> i need no apology
19:41:31 gradster1 -> If youIf you have any questions about this I can answer them.
19:41:39 gradster1 -> This software is absolutely AMAZING.
19:41:46 mrsdurff -> do pick on john - it is so much fun
19:41:49 loonyhiker -> maybe some karaoke singers need to listen to themselves lol
19:41:57 JohnS -> http://www.periodicvideos.com/
19:42:01 gradster1 -> It's so useful for schools
19:42:22 daibarnes -> how does it relate to cubase and sebelius?
19:42:28 JL -> http://news.cnet.com/8301-11128_3-10001060-54.html
19:42:45 JL -> http://www.taimila.com/?q=node/11
19:42:58 JohnS -> OLPC Nigeria One Year Later: Hard Lessons Learned: http://www.olpcnews.com/countries/nigeria/olpc_nigeria_one_year_later.html
19:43:27 gradster1 -> Oh no - taboo!
19:43:36 gradster1 -> It's OS X as in TEN, not x.
19:44:07 alicemercer -> are they unsupervised on computers?
19:44:25 mrsdurff -> evidently
19:44:48 James Sigler -> I heard the OLPC was going to have a footpedal charger
19:44:52 gradster1 -> Oh no - the hand crank didn't work?
19:45:05 alicemercer -> never made gradster
19:45:09 gradster1 -> That was my favorite feature
19:45:26 James Sigler -> OLPC has really been having a hard time
19:45:35 dougsymington -> http://www.readwriteweb.com/archives/can_new_media_be_taught_in_schools.php
19:45:46 alicemercer -> Here are 2 comments HA!
19:45:53 alicemercer -> and Well, are we surprised
19:45:54 daibarnes -> gradster - could u answer my earlier question abt music sw?
19:45:58 Alvin Trusty -> http://seoipac.seo.lib.oh.us
19:46:07 gradster1 -> Sorry, must have missed it
19:46:10 gradster1 -> ?
19:46:42 alicemercer -> Oh lots of them do...
19:46:45 James Sigler -> Wohoo MO
19:46:46 daibarnes -> how does it relate to cubase and sebelius?
19:47:04 alicemercer -> And you can d/l films with limited DRM with public library here
19:47:31 gradster1 -> Never heard of them.
19:47:34 gradster1 -> Should I have?
19:47:49 alicemercer -> In rural areas, some of the biggest supporters are truckers who listen to audio books
19:47:56 James Sigler -> Our Joplin library checks out Mp3 players with audiobooks on them
19:48:07 JL -> http://edublogs.tv/ http://sites.google.com/site/edtechelevatorpitch/ http://edtech.boisestate.edu/ldawley/597SL/597SLsyllabus.htm http://www.forbes.com/technology/2008/07/31/scrabulous-changes-name-tech...
19:48:08 James Sigler -> I love audio books
19:48:37 gradster1 -> Sebelius looks more like a notepad application...
19:49:04 daibarnes -> music recording and sampling. second is a notation sw, thought they are 'industry' standard for composing music
19:49:12 gradster1 -> Yeah
19:49:20 daibarnes -> yeah
19:49:23 gradster1 -> Smartmusic is more for practice
19:49:33 gradster1 -> Budding musicians et cetera
19:49:35 daibarnes -> i'll have a look
19:49:44 gradster1 -> Not so much the composing and the recording
19:50:06 JohnS -> Show Yourself: http://www.dbachrach.com/showyourself/
19:50:09 daibarnes -> we've just spent a fortune equipping 25 machines with midi keyboards and cubase
19:50:22 daibarnes -> ok
19:50:24 alicemercer -> cause they are all playing it while checking out their facebook
19:50:25 gradster1 -> Oh dear
19:50:31 gradster1 -> Worth it, I'd say, though
19:51:02 Lisa M Lane -> much more cool than doing it by hand in html
19:51:21 daibarnes -> looks very cool to m
19:51:25 James Sigler -> I have a widget on my blog
19:52:20 daibarnes -> thx. bye
19:52:28 loonyhiker -> thank ya!
19:52:35 essed -> thanks y'all
19:52:48 James Sigler -> Glad I could join. Good show!
19:52:55 JL -> Feel free to join in by skypeing 'worldbridges'
19:52:58 daibarnes -> what is k12???
19:53:01 MariaK -> Thanks guys - great links and info!
19:53:09 loonyhiker -> bye y'all!
19:53:37 James Sigler -> I have to go finish the yard
19:53:40 daibarnes -> now i see - thank you
19:53:42 James Sigler -> See ya
19:53:59 Cathy E -> Keep in touch- James
19:53:59 mrsdurff -> me too
19:54:00 JohnS -> http://emily.schinker.org/
19:54:05 mrsdurff -> Sam
19:54:17 daibarnes -> i have to go to bed now that i know k12 means school
19:54:38 gradster1 -> Oh, darn
19:54:44 gradster1 -> We'll miss you.
19:54:54 mrsdurff -> hi kim
19:54:55 daibarnes -> i;m sure u will
19:55:04 kcaise -> hi guys
19:55:12 kcaise -> i just realized i didnt login to comment
19:55:52 daibarnes -> hi!
19:55:53 kcaise -> test prep software
19:56:08 daibarnes -> gradster - r u gradsterone on twitter?
19:56:11 Cathy E -> I would love to hear your comments about SI
19:56:18 alicemercer -> wikipedia game anyone?
19:56:22 gradster1 -> No, lo mismo
19:56:23 alicemercer -> http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=fEbQ8Zk2Yb8
19:56:33 gradster1 -> (gradster)
19:56:41 gradster1 -> Ooops, sorry!
19:56:49 gradster1 -> (gradster1)*
19:57:15 MariaK -> just added emily's blog on my wiki for teachers - great example
19:57:27 daibarnes -> thought it was
19:57:37 JL -> Again, to join in , call 'worldbridges'
19:57:52 alicemercer -> http://leepea.tumblr.com
19:57:56 kcaise -> what was the site?
19:58:42 kcaise -> ty
19:58:50 JohnS -> http://www.findlay.edu/offices/resources/mazza/default.htm
19:59:20 mrsdurff -> no comment
19:59:30 Alvin Trusty -> http://www.mazzamuseum.org
20:00:07 Cathy E -> I with ya John - I hate camping
20:00:21 mrsdurff -> grafitti artist
20:00:51 Cathy E -> Ok guys - I'm going to watch the sunset
20:01:00 JL -> enjoy
20:01:00 mrsdurff -> cool
20:02:12 gradster1 -> Ugh
20:02:17 gradster1 -> I never got the hang of second life...
20:02:35 gradster1 -> Could anyone help me with that?
20:02:46 gradster1 -> How much space does it take?
20:02:55 JL -> not a lot of space
20:02:56 gradster1 -> Do I need anything to get on besides myself??
20:03:03 gradster1 -> System requirements?
20:03:06 dougsymington -> think it's fairly resource heavy
20:03:10 dougsymington -> esp video card
20:03:14 JL -> requires a fairly sophisticated video card and some cpu/ram
20:03:21 gradster1 -> Oh no
20:03:26 mrsdurff -> well alice are you going to call in?
20:03:46 mrsdurff -> what about you Maria?
20:04:10 mrsdurff -> kim?
20:04:38 gradster1 -> I wish it would stop logging me out
20:05:01 MariaK -> Can't prep for my course tomorrow and skype in too - thanks anyway
20:05:13 MariaK -> And what would i say
20:05:14 mrsdurff -> oh pooh
20:05:16 Eric -> Oh, too late to skype. :)
20:05:27 MariaK -> yes - trying to be quiet
20:05:30 mrsdurff -> big excuse
20:05:37 gradster1 -> Will this be again next week?
20:05:38 MariaK -> kept following the links and not working
20:06:03 mrsdurff -> he speaks like a native bostonian
20:06:34 gradster1 -> Durff will remind me
20:06:35 mrsdurff -> it was deb who was upset
20:06:39 gradster1 -> I can always count on that
20:07:00 gradster1 -> .... I hope/
20:07:02 gradster1 -> .*
20:07:14 mrsdurff -> i think we should put the wrong info in there just for john
20:07:26 mrsdurff -> he mows lawns for free
20:07:32 MariaK -> Thank you for doing that, John. You can even see our car in the driveway.
20:07:49 mrsdurff -> isn't he nice to mow your lawn
20:07:56 gradster1 -> But it's not current imaging...
20:08:06 daibarnes -> my lawn is rubbish
20:08:20 gradster1 -> The picture of my house is a couple years old right now
20:08:21 mrsdurff -> ciano ye all
20:08:43 gradster1 -> Bye
20:08:52 gradster1 -> Gradster1 on twitter.
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