Conversation with Dave Sperling - Chat Transcript

 Conversation with Dave Sperling - Chat Transcript
November 18, 2005

---

[Dave] Hi
[Jeff_from_Ann_Arbor] hey dave
[sroseman] hi
[Jeff_from_Ann_Arbor] hello
Jeff_from_Ann_Arbor has left the chat.
[JeffLebow] are you listening?
Perry has joined the chat.
[JeffLebow] audio OK?
[sroseman] perfect
jeff_from_ann_arbor has joined the chat.
[Perry] audio sounds good
Chris has joined the chat.
sroseman has left the chat.
JohnHibbs has joined the chat.
maryanne has joined the chat.
reffat has joined the chat.
sroseman has joined the chat.
[JohnHibbs] Very nice audio, and thre outstanding persons talking - Sperline, Vance and Jeff
[Daf] hi Everybody
[Dennis] Hi, Daf.\
GaryS has joined the chat.
[Daf] long time no see, Dennis
[Dennis] Definitely! Too long!
[Daf] how have you been?
HeikeP has joined the chat.
[reffat] glad to be with you
[Daf] same here!
[Dennis] OK, but very busy and also easily tired. I tried to do too much during the late summer and early fall, I think.
GaryS has left the chat.
[Dennis] How's you father, Daf?
[Daf] not good, Dennis :-(
[Dennis] Lo siento.
[Daf] gracias
[Dennis] No hay de que.
[Daf] :-
[Dennis] I remember a similar situation with my own father.
[Daf] it was supposed to be a smile
[Chris] Sorry to hear that Daf.
[Dennis] No problem!
[Daf] thanks, Chris
[Dennis] TESOL Chicago? That's when I first met Dave.
[Daf] I was there, too
[Dennis] Really?
[Daf] yes
[Dennis] I wish I'd met you then as well!
[Daf] me too
[Chris] Dave came to an AZ-TESOL conference several years back.
[Daf] I presented something, I don't remember what ;-)
[Dennis] Yes, I remember two times that he came, ChrisÑonce in Yuma, once here at EMCC. [Daf] brb
elderbob has joined the chat.
[elderbob] Hi all.
[Dennis] If you were at TESOL, Daf, then for sure you were presenting!
majidbouziane has joined the chat.
[elderbob] Dennis! Good to see your name.
[Dennis] Thanks, EB.
[sroseman] hi elderbob
[elderbob] Hi Daf, Chris, lets go get a sandwich.
[Dennis] I'm at work and can't be here too long. I have a class at noon!
[elderbob] Hi Dave
Moira has joined the chat.
[elderbob] Hi, Sroseman.
Moira has left the chat.
Moira has joined the chat.
[sroseman] I recall featuring the esl cafe to our esl teacher way back when during prof dev
[Chris] Hi, Elderbob, I'm going to lunch after this session.
Michael_C has joined the chat.
[elderbob] Hello again Moira
[Moira] Hello Elderbob :D
[HeikeP] hi Moira
[Moira] Hi Heike
[HeikeP] cant get anything working here... hehe
[HeikeP] no sound, ho Horizon Wimba
[HeikeP] where are you?
[Dennis] What Dave is saying now is something that not many people know about.
[Dennis] Ask Dave how many paid staff he has.
[Chris] yes, I didn't know how it had changed.
[JohnHibbs] for those who can afford long distance telephone charges, or have skype or have prepaid calling cards, you can call and talk
[JeffLebow] ok
[Dennis] Thanks.
[JohnHibbs] listen over this phone number 402 756 9000 access number 537267
barbara has joined the chat.
[Moira] Who is actually talking to Dave? I've just come in ..
[Moira] I'm listening
[barbara] is anyone else only getting one side of the audio?
[Moira] third voice
[JohnHibbs] How do you earn your living for doing all this?
[HeikeP] with Skype you cannot enter a passcode
[JohnHibbs] Jeff lebow and Vance are talking with Dave Sterline
[Moira] Thxs
[maryanne] Barbara, what do you mean by one side?
sroseman has left the chat.
[Dennis] Ask Dave how many hours a day he spends on the Cafe and if he ever takes any time off.
[JohnHibbs] I thought passcodes might be a problem.. cheap prepaid cards on line at http://www.teleale.com
HeikeP has left the chat.
[JohnHibbs] My audio from the Word bridges stream is perfect
[barbara] I can only hear Jeff and Dave and then significant gaps in the audio
[Chris] It's very clear for me.
[JeffLebow] try the lower bitrate stream (24k)
[Moira] The stream is good for me too
[Michael_C] Quite brilliant.
[barbara] and it cuts in and out... lots of rebuffering... must be my connection
[Dennis] It's very clear to me, too.
[barbara] I will try the lower bandwidth but it is definitely my connection
[Dennis] John: His name is Sperling, not Sterline.
[JohnHibbs] whoops
[Dennis] :o)
[JohnHibbs] can't type or spell :)
[Dennis] Me, either. I guess that's why I noticed it!
HeikeP has joined the chat.
[JohnHibbs] Jeff/ Dave -netiquette? are you taking voice questions?
[JeffLebow] Yes, just about to open the floor up...
[Dennis] Please ask Dave how many hours a day he spends working on the Cafe and if he ever takes any time off.
[JeffLebow] you can ask yourself shortly
[Dennis] I'm going to have to leave very, very soon. I have to go to class.
[reffat] Is dave still teaching or training teachers???
[JeffLebow] Will ask for you then, but I think we know the answer
[Dennis] Thanks. I'm going to say bye in the chatroom and leave, then. Take care, Jeff.
sroseman has joined the chat.
[Dennis] Unfortunately, I have to leave. I have class soon and need to finish something for it.
[Dennis] Take care, everyone.
[reffat] what is php??
[sroseman] The Idea cookbook is offline..shucks
[majidbouziane] It's a programming language
Dennis has left the chat.
[JohnHibbs] here on the phone
[maryanne] Does Dave have any plans to update the Internetactivity workbook?
[Michael_C] Question: The Cafe was an inspiration when it came out. What has surprised you about the changes in online learning?
[JeffLebow] Michael, did you try to skype in?
[JeffLebow] My skype sometimes doesn't let me know when people are calling (when in a conference). If you like, I can skype out to you.
[HeikeP] can I have the phone no again?
[Michael_C] Can I leave the broadcast and call worldbriges Skype?
[JeffLebow] Teleconference is call 1-402-756-9000, access code 537267#
[JeffLebow] Yes... I will call you in 15 seconds. Please stop listening now.
[JohnHibbs] thanks dave. I think we owe it to the ESL/EFL community - and to the world at large - to improve the perception of "just" an Eng
[JohnHibbs] English language teacher
[JohnHibbs] Webheads are the best example
[JohnHibbs] Your forum is use?
[JohnHibbs] huge
[JohnHibbs] sorry]
Michael_C has left the chat.
J-TEFL has joined the chat.
[sroseman] Will the esl cafe become fee based?
[reffat] what are your suggestions for English teachers who don't have internet access and not much funds for commercial software??
Joel has joined the chat.
[Moira] You must surely miss the human contact in the f2f classroom, as you hinted when talking about your house and the university
[Chris] Dennis was online until a few minutes ago when he had to go to class.
[HeikeP] hi Moira
[HeikeP] are you listening to the conference call?
[Moira] I'm listening to the audio stream
[JeffLebow] Brent, would you like to join the skype conference?
greenbn has joined the chat.
[HeikeP] how do you listen to it?
teacherruth has joined the chat.
[JeffLebow] http://worldbridges.com:8000/listen.pls
[teacherruth] Hi Jeff!
[Chris] On the Worldbridges page, click Listen at top right.
HeikeP has left the chat.
[J-TEFL] Im a moderator on Dave's
[teacherruth] I don't have any sound working
HeikeP has joined the chat.
[J-TEFL] Revenant here
[JeffLebow] J-TEFL, would you like to join in to tell tales from the trenches?
[J-TEFL] chuckle
[HeikeP] ah, I lost that link again
[teacherruth] What kind of tales?
[HeikeP] :-(
[J-TEFL] voice wise?
[HeikeP] could you paste again
[JeffLebow] If anyone would like to join the skype conference, please let me know here and I will skype out to you.
[Chris] Do you mean sound doesn't work on your computer, teacherruth?
[J-TEFL] I could try
[HeikeP] pls me, Heike
greenbn has left the chat.
[teacherruth] Like being told I'd lose my job if I continued my email. I was causing too much chaos in the LC?
[JeffLebow] What's your skype ID?
[HeikeP] I would like to join the Skype conference
[HeikeP] letstalkonline
[HeikeP] thats my skype ID
[teacherruth] maybe after some hours, with alittle help from a friend.
[J-TEFL] If Dave wants me to talk as one of the Mods from Dave's I'll willing to but I've never used skype hehe
[reffat] I am training in a school right now and they have no internet!!!, find it difficult to do things that are up to date
[JeffLebow] Standby Helke, make sure to turn your webcast off before answering the skype call
[teacherruth] Poor you reffat
[HeikeP] no webcast running
[HeikeP] just this chat
[teacherruth] Really? has it broken down?
[HeikeP] phantastic
[HeikeP] :-D
[teacherruth] Sad I can't listen
[J-TEFL] Trying to download skype...might take a while :P
[HeikeP] :D :D :D
[teacherruth] Say Hallo to Dave for me please
[reffat] can I talk form the chat, or do I need to go to skype?
[teacherruth] You can text here only. Have to go to Skype to talk
[Chris] You need to go to skype for voice chat
[J-TEFL] 7 minutes left on downloading
[JeffLebow] If anyone else wants to join the skype conf, let me know your ID
[J-TEFL] Once i've got it downloaded I'll tell ya :P
[reffat] want to welcome dave from egypt, can't get inot skype
[teacherruth] Wish I could. can I phone some number Jeff please?
[reffat] reffat for skype
[JeffLebow] call 1-402-756-9000, access code 537267#
[teacherruth] I'll try
[JeffLebow] Reffat, here we come. Turn the webcast off, please
suriawang has joined the chat.
[J-TEFL] 33% done... *twiddle* :P
reffat has left the chat.
[J-TEFL] hehe
[J-TEFL] there
[J-TEFL] yeah there
[J-TEFL] hehe
[J-TEFL] ah
[Chris] Bye. I've really enjoyed this session. Thanks, Dave, for presenting at this conference.
[J-TEFL] 75% done :)
[JohnHibbs] plug for the telephone - from the telephone room
[J-TEFL] I agree
Joel has joined the chat.
suriawang has joined the chat.
[JohnHibbs] phone hands raised? How to do this with netiquette?
[JeffLebow] You just raised your hand
disedlibrarian has joined the chat.
[teacherruth] Can I say Hallo to Dave please? I'm on the phone
[maryanne] Thanks so much for the presentation, Dave. Gotta go.
maryanne has left the chat.
[JohnHibbs] ruth first
disedlibrarian has left the chat.
[J-TEFL] dl'd and revenantmod is my id
disedlibrarian has joined the chat.
sakayoglu has joined the chat.
HeikeP has left the chat.
[JeffLebow] Great J_TEFL - will get you in here after a couple of questions from the teleconference
[J-TEFL] okie dokie
[sakayoglu] hi
Chris has left the chat.
[sakayoglu] is the online session of WIAOC here?
[sakayoglu] will it be voice chat?
[JeffLebow] You can listen now - go to http://worldbridges.com/ and click on 'Listen'
[JeffLebow] J-TEFL - here we come - please turn your webcast off
carla_arena has joined the chat.
HeikeP has joined the chat.
[sroseman] any interesting and unusual ways your site esl cafe has been used by students or teachers at the elementary level
[Daf] maybe that's why I am not important, because I don't like phones
barbara has left the chat.
[teacherruth] Phones agood, Daf
[JohnHibbs] oh, Daf...you ARE important!!!!
[teacherruth] I can participate now.
[Moira] Hello again Daf - I don't like phones either so not a VIP
[disedlibrarian] Very Important Phoner
[JohnHibbs] The "trick" is to be totally seamless and allow participants to choose.
[Moira] Good one!
[JohnHibbs] For "general" conferences - I contend the telephone is invaluable
[JeffLebow] It's all good :D
[Michael_C] Must leave. Thanks to everyone for getting all this to work so well.
[JohnHibbs] For specific (classroom) work, it may not be so necessary.
[teacherruth] right, john, because many things can go wrong
Michael_C has left the chat.
[Perry] Hey, is this the Joel Bloch session?
Moira has left the chat.
[majidbouziane] No, it is Dave Sperling's
[Perry] That's what I thought.
[carla_arena] joel's is in tapped in
[Perry] But according to the schedual, I thought Joel was supposed to be on?
[carla_arena] yeah, but it is at tapped in in joel's office
[Perry] Ok I'll try to find it.
[carla_arena] multitaskers. right! I'm in both
suriawang has left the chat.
[carla_arena] Perry, just get to the reception and see who is online
[teacherruth] i am hoping for help from geoff so I can get my webcast presentaion going
moira has joined the chat.
[HeikeP] a webhead guild
[Daf] thanks Dave and Jeff for this nice conversation!!
Daf has left the chat.
[teacherruth] You learn in a very different way on line, by sharing skills
[moira] Thank you everyone
moira has left the chat.
[teacherruth] Bye Dave
[majidbouziane] Thanks very much Dave and everyone
[carla_arena] thanks, Dave. My students in brazil use your site a lot!
[sroseman] Thanks...all
[J-TEFL] that was great
[HeikeP] yes it was
[teacherruth] Right!
[teacherruth] So happy I could join by phone