Conversations Episode 35

Lisa and Maria were joined by Maureen Tumenas to talk about how to help teachers make changes in their approach to curriculum. The discussion centered around how can teachers begin to change the way they have always taught their curriculum so it can be more collaborative, interactive and engaging for students. Should teachers be taking "baby steps" towards using technology or should they be expected to "jump in" with both feet? As usual, there were lots of opinions expressed in this Conversation.

Lisa and Maria were joined by Maureen Tumenas to talk about how to help teachers make changes in their approach to curriculum. The discussion centered around how can teachers begin to change the way they have always taught their curriculum so it can be more collaborative, interactive and engaging for students. Should teachers be taking "baby steps" towards using technology or should they be expected to "jump in" with both feet? As usual, there were lots of opinions expressed in this Conversation.

Seedlings 2009-05-07 Mary Madden

Our conversation with Mary Madden from Pew Internet about data and research

Geek of the Week
Pew Internet
    http://www.pewinternet.org/Reports/2007/Teens-and-Social-Media.aspx
    http://www.pewinternet.org/Presentations/2008/Digital-Footprints.aspx
    http://www.pewinternet.org/Reports/2007/Social-Networking-Websites-and-T...
    http://www.pewinternet.org/~/media//Files/Reports/2007/PIP_SNS_Data_Memo...
    http://www.pewinternet.org/Reports/2009/Twitter-and-status-updating.aspx
Tech Soup
Doug SIlver


CHAT from edtechtalk
19:22:34 cheryloakes~seedlings : hello, we are getting ready with audio, not quite ready
19:22:48 sheila : ETTA or ustream?
19:23:07 cheryloakes~seedlings : etta, Shelia, we are so Old School
19:24:00 sheila : Thanks! Not old school! (I think ustream is easier on the mac that's why I like it.)
19:24:48 AnneFraser : how do I get audio
19:24:55 Shane Morin : hello folks
19:25:21 sheila : Audio just came on.
19:25:38 sheila : sounds good.
19:26:03 alicebarr (seedlings) : Thanks sheila
19:26:18 sheila : @AnneFraser - click the icon under EdTechTalk A
19:26:40 cheryloakes~seedlings : hello, how is the sound! This is Mary Madden PEW INTERNET Trust, we will be introduing soon.
19:26:55 sheila : All good1
19:26:57 sheila : !
19:27:50 cheryloakes~seedlings : Getting ready!
19:30:43 Shane Morin : very live
19:31:16 alicebarr (seedlings) : HI all
19:32:31 cheryloakes~seedlings : Welcome Mary, American life project
19:32:50 cheryloakes~seedlings : senior research analyst
19:34:33 Shane Morin : sounds like a pretty awesome job if you ask me
19:34:45 cheryloakes~seedlings : hello all, welcome and glad you are here with us
19:34:51 alicebarr (seedlings) : Welcome Leeanne_HK
19:34:57 alicebarr (seedlings) : Hi kim
19:36:04 Leeanne_HK : morning all from Hong Kong
19:36:18 cheryloakes~seedlings : morning Leeanne glad you are with us!
19:37:11 alicebarr (seedlings) : http://www.pewinternet.org/topics/Teens.aspx
19:39:11 alicebarr (seedlings) : Cutting edge! :)
19:40:25 alicebarr (seedlings) : How many of you have used the Pew Report s in your work?
19:40:58 alicebarr (seedlings) : Welcome aforgrave
19:41:57 kcaise : hi alice
19:41:59 alicebarr (seedlings) : http://www.pewinternet.org/Presentations/2008/Digital-Footprints.aspx
19:42:11 alicebarr (seedlings) : Hi Kim
19:42:57 Leeanne_HK : Interesting about dates - traditionally research 5 years old isn't old -- unless you're in technology!
19:43:06 cheryloakes~seedlings : hi lou, welcome
19:43:27 alicebarr (seedlings) : True Leeanne
19:43:57 cheryloakes~seedlings : absolutely leeanne, certainly this is very new for many educators
19:44:10 alicebarr (seedlings) : How many people have ditched their land line here?
19:44:27 cheryloakes~seedlings : we are thinking about it alice
19:44:29 Shane Morin : 5 years ago most of us probably had never heard of facebook
19:44:37 Shane Morin : it was only 4 years ago it started becoming big
19:44:39 cheryloakes~seedlings : true shane,
19:45:17 alicebarr (seedlings) : @Shane true wonderwhat's next?
19:45:42 Leeanne_HK : many friends in HK only have mobiles - even though landline calls are free and rent for line is cheap
19:46:23 alicebarr (seedlings) : @Leeanne Interesting. Not quite ready to give mine up yet
19:46:29 cheryloakes~seedlings : isn't that interesting Leeanne, do they do more than call, like internet search?
19:47:08 Leeanne_HK : me neither - mainly a cost thing - would like the convenience of only having 1 no to contact me
19:47:30 cheryloakes~seedlings : hello davidcosand
19:47:35 Leeanne_HK : @cheryl - internet access is through different provider - not phone company
19:47:55 davidcosand : Hello cheryloakes
19:47:56 cheryloakes~seedlings : wow, that is interesting about phone just phone
19:49:19 LParisi : Hi David
19:49:29 LParisi : Ready for tomorrow?
19:50:00 davidcosand : Absolutely! We changed the classroom around to get set for our group performance. VERY excited.
19:50:21 LParisi : We are not quite ready to perform well but we will give it a shot.
19:50:42 alicebarr (seedlings) : http://www.pewinternet.org/Reports/2009/Twitter-and-status-updating.aspx
19:50:49 cheryloakes~seedlings : thanks alice
19:51:11 davidcosand : Well, what we lack in precision, we will make up for with enthusiasm.
19:51:44 alicebarr (seedlings) : What are you presenting Lisa and David?
19:52:09 LParisi : We skype together over our poetry collaboration, Alice.  
19:52:22 LParisi : Getting ready for poetry reads with parents and practicing on each other.
19:52:24 cheryloakes~seedlings : do you have a twitter name you would like to share? I will follow.
19:52:28 cheryloakes~seedlings : cheryloakes50
19:52:34 alicebarr (seedlings) : Very cool!
19:52:48 alicebarr (seedlings) : alicebarr
19:52:53 LParisi : lparisi - Want to follow me Cheryl? ;)
19:53:00 cheryloakes~seedlings : yes I do Lisa!
19:53:13 alicebarr (seedlings) : Me too Lisa!
19:53:37 LParisi : David, share your twitter name.  These are great people to follow.
19:53:55 LParisi : David is a very enthusiastic fifth grade teacher.
19:54:08 Shane Morin : my twitter name - hurumble
19:54:17 alicebarr (seedlings) : Great David! Well welcome!
19:54:27 Shane Morin : Lisa are we following each other
19:54:34 cheryloakes~seedlings : thanks for sharing Shane, you have a lot to contribute I like reading your updates.
19:54:44 cheryloakes~seedlings : Shane, what did you think of Henry Jenkins?
19:54:50 LParisi : Shane I am not sure.
19:54:52 alicebarr (seedlings) : And follow Shane He is a starting teaching!
19:55:14 Shane Morin : i thought he was incredible. and unlike probably mostly everyone there... i had never heard of him before
19:55:30 cheryloakes~seedlings : I had read him, but he was an excellent speaker
19:55:37 Shane Morin : he really was
19:56:21 davidcosand : Sorry...I walked away for a few minutes. My Twitter name is davidcosand
19:56:51 alicebarr (seedlings) : @shane I was blown away. So many loose ends tied up for me
19:57:08 Shane Morin : have they put his speech online yet?
19:57:17 cheryloakes~seedlings : thanks David, for twitter,
19:57:36 cheryloakes~seedlings : yes Shane, I have asked about that on the ning
19:58:08 LParisi : Alice is low
19:58:19 cheryloakes~seedlings : thanks Lisa
19:58:23 cheryloakes~seedlings : hi Cathy E
19:58:42 sheila : Hi CathyE
19:58:47 LParisi : HI Cathy
19:58:56 Cathy E : hello all
19:58:58 Shane Morin : hi Cathy
19:59:14 sheila : @cheryl and Alice - lots of thunder here that may be coming your way soon.
19:59:43 cheryloakes~seedlings : thanks Shelia, alice had mentioned that, let's hope it is moving less than 30 miles an hour.
20:00:07 Shane Morin : i can definitely see that where i'm student teaching right now... kids don't even have computers at home so it's just unfair to expect any type of work being done online outside of the classroom
20:00:22 Shane Morin : and they just fall furhter behind
20:00:25 alicebarr (seedlings) : Super dark on horizon :( Thanks Sheila
20:00:33 cheryloakes~seedlings : shane do they have cell phones where they could do some online work?
20:01:04 Shane Morin : they have cell phones, i dont know the degree of accessibility they have to the internet with them
20:01:09 cheryloakes~seedlings : Have any of you heard of Techsoup?
20:01:20 Shane Morin : i havent
20:01:23 LParisi : Have to head out.  Will catch the rest on the podcast.  Thanks for the learning.
20:01:40 alicebarr (seedlings) : Bye Lisa
20:01:42 cheryloakes~seedlings : That may be one way they can connect with their cell phone Liz Kolb has much work on that possibility
20:01:48 cheryloakes~seedlings : bye lisa
20:01:49 Cathy E : Some of the families at my school have cancelled Internet access due to current finances
20:02:06 cheryloakes~seedlings : sure CathyE, I think we will see that soon.
20:02:13 alicebarr (seedlings) : Oh Wow Cathy E
20:02:36 Shane Morin : i'm definitely amazed at some of these kids who have iphones but no computer at home
20:03:58 alicebarr (seedlings) : @Shane computer in their pocket
20:04:32 Shane Morin : unfortunately i'm not too familiar with phones
20:04:38 Leeanne_HK : gotta go put daughter on school bus -- back soon
20:04:44 cheryloakes~seedlings : check out Liz Kolb for her ideas
20:04:50 Shane Morin : alright
20:04:56 cheryloakes~seedlings : ok leeanne
20:05:46 Cathy E : Twitter is a life line for my learning
20:06:02 cheryloakes~seedlings : http://tweetmeme.com   is Mary's Geek site she is discussion now
20:06:07 cheryloakes~seedlings : discussing
20:06:32 alicebarr (seedlings) : I'm with you Cathy
20:06:45 cheryloakes~seedlings : yes cathye, so true.
20:06:53 Shane Morin : i love that site
20:07:37 cheryloakes~seedlings : shelia, thought you had thunder problems
20:07:51 cheryloakes~seedlings : hello coughingbutnottheflu, welcome
20:07:54 sheila : shook the house . .
20:08:01 sheila : FF crashed though
20:08:02 cheryloakes~seedlings : oh, my, be safe
20:09:25 sheila : What was the techsoup link?
20:10:03 alicebarr (seedlings) : http://www.techsoup.org/
20:10:28 sheila : Thanks! Downpouring now!!! Wow!
20:10:31 Cathy E : I set up my school facebook page :)
20:10:47 cheryloakes~seedlings : yeah cathye, how many friends?
20:11:02 alicebarr (seedlings) : Uh oh @ SHeila
20:11:18 alicebarr (seedlings) : Poor tulips :(
20:11:28 Cathy E : only 5 - but have not advertised yet
20:11:53 cheryloakes~seedlings : that is similar to what Melanie Holtsman said about her school facebook
20:12:06 alicebarr (seedlings) : Here comes thunder
20:12:24 cheryloakes~seedlings : oh, alice let me know I can grab the stream
20:12:37 alicebarr (seedlings) : Ok for now
20:12:51 coughingbutnottheflu : I agree that people still like to keep their networks separate.
20:13:33 Shane Morin : do people here have their students as friends on facebook?
20:14:01 alicebarr (seedlings) : @Shane People are all over the map on that
20:14:07 Shane Morin : oh my god
20:14:22 Shane Morin : my Uncle Bob just friended me on facebook like a week ago... not even a joke
20:14:38 alicebarr (seedlings) : @Shane FUNNY!
20:15:15 sheila : Ohhh! SEEDlings! I get it!
20:15:24 alicebarr (seedlings) : :)
20:16:23 Shane Morin : i dont think i've joined the seedlings ning yet
20:17:09 sheila : Chat room is always helpful!
20:17:58 alicebarr (seedlings) : @Shane Please do! Http://bitbybitseedling.ning.com
20:18:13 alicebarr (seedlings) : seedlings
20:18:13 Shane Morin : way ahead of you! just did!
20:18:17 davidcosand : Alice and Cheryl, I've got to tell you that so much of what I have done in the past 4 years in my classroom as far as integation of technology is a direct result of listening to Bob's Bit By Bit podcast and your work together.
20:18:20 cheryloakes~seedlings : alice you are so fast!
20:18:39 cheryloakes~seedlings : Thanks David, we appreciate hearing that, we will tell Bob.
20:18:57 alicebarr (seedlings) : @david Thanks we really appreicate that!
20:19:03 alicebarr (seedlings) : Not fast now
20:19:19 Leeanne_HK : Agree with you David - finding Seedlings was one of the best things I've done
20:19:31 cheryloakes~seedlings : Thanks for your support!
20:20:21 alicebarr (seedlings) : @Leanne Thank you so much!
20:20:45 Cathy E : Ohh I would love that class
20:20:52 alicebarr (seedlings) : silverinsf
20:21:11 sroseman : fabulous project
20:21:17 alicebarr (seedlings) : How cool More more!
20:21:18 sroseman : I am a foodie
20:21:30 cheryloakes~seedlings : doesn't that sound great
20:21:48 alicebarr (seedlings) : My foodie husband would go nuts
20:21:49 cheryloakes~seedlings : welcome back bauwarter
20:22:33 Leeanne_HK : Where can we find the research to go with this project?
20:23:13 cheryloakes~seedlings : eating san fransisco
20:23:19 alicebarr (seedlings) : http://silverinsf.blogspot.com/
20:23:23 sroseman : ditto Alice.. I am a foodie because my husband is a foodie
20:23:23 cheryloakes~seedlings : thanks alice
20:23:44 sroseman : Chez Panisse!!!
20:24:35 Shane Morin : looking at his blog is making me hungry
20:24:47 alicebarr (seedlings) : Me too
20:24:55 alicebarr (seedlings) : Yea for foodies!
20:25:11 cheryloakes~seedlings : that is what a lot of twitter is about food
20:27:38 cheryloakes~seedlings : Here is Mary's Geek of the Week again, http://tweetmeme.com    ours will be coming up,   Bob's Geek of the week is http://www.arcademicskillbuilders.com/
20:28:19 Shane Morin : wow this hour went by fast
20:28:29 cheryloakes~seedlings : yes shane!!!
20:29:28 alicebarr (seedlings) : Alice: New GTA http://www.google.com/educators/gta.html
20:29:45 cheryloakes~seedlings : here comes Geek of the Week
20:30:11 cheryloakes~seedlings : Furture of the Internet report at PEW
20:30:48 alicebarr (seedlings) : http://www.pewinternet.org/Reports/2005/The-Future-of-the-Internet.aspx
20:30:53 Leeanne_HK : But when is GTA coming overseas??
20:31:17 alicebarr (seedlings) : http://www.wdl.org/en/ World Digital Library
20:31:30 cheryloakes~seedlings : http://www.chartle.net/
20:31:36 Cathy E : I think the new GTA is in Colorado
20:31:40 Leeanne_HK : will PEW be looking at the e-readiness of teachers or teachers internet behaviours
20:32:22 alicebarr (seedlings) : @Cathy yes
20:32:48 cheryloakes~seedlings : good question Leeanne, not sure
20:33:09 sroseman : sorry could you post that wordle type site
20:33:16 alicebarr (seedlings) : My geeks are in chat room GTA and World Digital Library
20:33:26 sroseman : and the arcademic one please
20:33:29 cheryloakes~seedlings : www.wordle.net    and www.chartle.net
20:33:31 sroseman : crashed!!
20:33:41 alicebarr (seedlings) : @sroseman chartle,net
20:33:46 cheryloakes~seedlings : http://www.arcademicskillbuilders.com/
20:34:10 alicebarr (seedlings) : Links will be in our Delicious
20:34:19 sroseman : got it
20:34:27 Shane Morin : that's something i really wondeer about.. how many of the teachers involved in 1 to 1 settings in Maine are making the most of their fortunate situation
20:34:29 sroseman : Thanks..I must revisit the seedlings
20:34:30 cheryloakes~seedlings : to all in the chat room thanks for being here tonight. This will be a podcast tomorrow and the chat and the links will be available!
20:35:01 cheryloakes~seedlings : Shane I would say about 50% over all.
20:35:08 alicebarr (seedlings) : Thank you all for coming
20:35:37 Shane Morin : 50% is better than i expected, actually
20:36:35 sheila : NECC time!
20:36:52 sheila : That would be very interesting to stop by!
20:37:25 Shane Morin : my mom's birthday too
20:37:26 sroseman : Happy Birthday
20:37:40 alicebarr (seedlings) : Yea!!! Happy bday Mom
20:37:49 Shane Morin : bye all
20:37:50 alicebarr (seedlings) : Bye
20:37:51 sheila : Thanks so much!
20:37:56 Leeanne_HK : bye

Our conversation with Mary Madden from Pew Internet about data and research

Teachers Are Talking - Episode 20

Guests Jim Burke (founder of the English Companion ning)  and Maja Wilson (author of Rethinking Rubrics in Writing Assessment) joined us for some lively discussion.

 

WOW2 Show #112 with Karin Muller of Take2 Videos

National Geographic Photojournalist Karin Muller joined us on April 28, 2009 to share her incredible initiative, Take2 Videos. Karin places herself in conflict areas to provide high-definition footage to students so that they can create documentaries and shorts.This is an opportunity for our students to interact with real people about gritty issues.

National Geographic Photojournalist Karin Muller joined us on April 28, 2009 to share her incredible initiative, Take2 Videos. Karin places herself in conflict areas to provide high-definition footage to students so that they can create documentaries and shorts. This is an opportunity for our students to interact with real people about gritty issues.

 

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21st Century Learning #102: Checking in

21st Century Learning #102
Checking in with arvind, Alex and Vinnie
April 23, 2009

arvind, Alex and Vinnie chat about what's going on at their schools; what the rest of the year looks like; and plans for the summer and next school year. 

Click here for the chat transcript

 


2009-04-23 12:05:21  Jane Sousa -> -Earthbridges: hi
2009-04-23 12:07:41  Jane Sousa -> -Earthbridges: hi
2009-04-23 12:08:24  Jane Sousa -> -Earthbridges: ...
2009-04-23 12:08:29  Rye JH 2 -> -Earthbridges: hi
2009-04-23 12:08:34  Jane Sousa -> -Earthbridges: how are you?
2009-04-23 12:10:06  Rye JH 2 -> -Earthbridges: hey
2009-04-23 12:10:33  Rye JH 2 -> -Earthbridges: okay. bye
2009-04-23 12:22:09  Jane Sousa -> -Earthbridges: hi
2009-04-23 13:05:34  arvind ->  hi Sarah!
2009-04-23 13:05:43  VinnieVrotny ->  Hey Sarah.
2009-04-23 13:05:46  sarah H ->  hello!
2009-04-23 13:06:56  arvind ->  hey Bill
2009-04-23 13:08:29  arvind ->  hi Matt
2009-04-23 13:08:39  matt montagne ->  hey arvind et al
2009-04-23 13:08:56  matt montagne ->  is audio onustream????
2009-04-23 13:08:59  arvind ->  we haven't officially started, but we're chatting
2009-04-23 13:09:01  arvind ->  should be
2009-04-23 13:09:04  wstites ->  Is the audio going yet?
2009-04-23 13:09:05  wstites ->  ok
2009-04-23 13:09:15  matt montagne ->  new ustream interface
2009-04-23 13:09:33  arvind ->  sorry, one sec
2009-04-23 13:09:35  matt montagne ->  I'm not getting audio from ustream
2009-04-23 13:09:39  arvind ->  new UStream interface, getting used to it
2009-04-23 13:09:41  alex.ragone ->  working now?
2009-04-23 13:09:42  arvind ->  can you hear us now?
2009-04-23 13:09:43  matt montagne ->  there we go
2009-04-23 13:09:48  alex.ragone ->  Ragone needs to be fired.
2009-04-23 13:10:00  matt montagne ->  I don't think so!
2009-04-23 13:10:02  sarah H ->  serious echo
2009-04-23 13:10:09  wstites ->  @alex.ragone - Had a good call wth Dan and Pat
2009-04-23 13:10:11  matt montagne ->  I've been known to make a mess of the stream
2009-04-23 13:10:15  sarah H ->  oops, my fault
2009-04-23 13:10:43  wstites ->  Yup
2009-04-23 13:10:47  wstites ->  killing me!!!
2009-04-23 13:11:23  arvind ->  hi Melissa, welcome to EdTechTalk
2009-04-23 13:11:31  wstites ->  hahahahaha
2009-04-23 13:11:50  wstites ->  New Jersey Educational Computer Cooperative
2009-04-23 13:12:03  wstites ->  http://www.njecc.org
2009-04-23 13:12:10  Melissa Smith ->  saw an invitation in Twitter - just stopping thru
2009-04-23 13:12:12  wstites ->  Advisor... not on the board
2009-04-23 13:12:31  arvind ->  @Melissa great, audio on UStream on the right
2009-04-23 13:12:39  wstites ->  organized chaos
2009-04-23 13:14:20  Melissa Smith ->  agree - been in  here before and did that too - gracious to arvind for the hint to the audio
2009-04-23 13:14:26  Melissa Smith ->  82 in memphis
2009-04-23 13:14:46  wstites ->  @arvind - need to get in the water
2009-04-23 13:14:55  arvind ->  I hear that!
2009-04-23 13:15:14  Melissa Smith ->  lovely
2009-04-23 13:15:22  Melissa Smith ->  i blocked a cussing elmo the other day
2009-04-23 13:17:46  Melissa Smith ->  yammer?
2009-04-23 13:18:04  alex.ragone ->  https://www.yammer.com/home
2009-04-23 13:18:07  wstites ->  Have you gotten teachers on Twitter full blown yet?
2009-04-23 13:18:21  arvind ->  http://yammer.com
2009-04-23 13:18:34  Melissa Smith ->  We have a handful - but most "don't have the time"
2009-04-23 13:18:46  Melissa Smith ->  one class twitters during the day
2009-04-23 13:19:26  matt montagne ->  "Twitter is the messaging system we didn't know we needed" the folks at twitter
2009-04-23 13:19:39  sarah H ->  Our HOS started twittering recently.  He follows just a few people, including me, so I am feeling paranoid lately.
2009-04-23 13:19:47  matt montagne ->  "Yammer is the messaging system Arvind's/Alex's schools didn't know they needed"
2009-04-23 13:20:09  matt montagne ->  unanticipated outcomes of these resources is the beauty
2009-04-23 13:20:18  VinnieVrotny ->  Yammer reduces the distance
2009-04-23 13:20:42  wstites ->  Teachers need a purpose or reason to use Twitter or Yammer
2009-04-23 13:20:46  matt montagne ->  look at Alex's use of twitter with grade 1 students
2009-04-23 13:20:58  Melissa Smith ->  what was the reaction of the teachers to have to use this tool?    is there a 140 character limit?
2009-04-23 13:21:09  wstites ->  Wrote blog post about finding a tool to help find meaning: http://www.edsocialmedia.com/2009/04/twitter-teachers-and-the-tool/
2009-04-23 13:21:41  Melissa Smith ->  thanks
2009-04-23 13:22:14  arvind ->  Alex is talking about this Wall Street Journal article about the Kindle with his admin team: http://online.wsj.com/article/SB123980920727621353.html
2009-04-23 13:22:28  arvind ->  @Melissa - no 140 character limit, and you can add attachments, which is cool
2009-04-23 13:23:06  arvind ->  @bill I thought people would need more of a reason to join Yammer, but they got it fast. There is a happy hour group, which people get, then there are professional-type groups
2009-04-23 13:23:11  arvind ->  Oh yeah, nice feature of Yammer, groups
2009-04-23 13:23:37  Melissa Smith ->  what is twitter camp?
2009-04-23 13:23:39  arvind ->  Alex just mentioned TwitterCamp which is great: http://www.danieldura.com/code/twittercamp
2009-04-23 13:23:46  Melissa Smith ->  nice thinkin
2009-04-23 13:23:48  Melissa Smith ->  g
2009-04-23 13:24:07  wstites ->  Yesterday I posted something about trying to get a Vodafone (Ireland telco) boradband modem and was contact by them within minutes.
2009-04-23 13:24:16  alex.ragone ->  http://search.twitter.com/search?q=coll-treasure
2009-04-23 13:24:27  wstites ->  Amazing how the follow/search feature works
2009-04-23 13:24:44  matt montagne ->  we have all sorts of kids who are on facebook b4 13...there parents allow them to do it so tehy can connect with family and stuff...
2009-04-23 13:26:07  arvind ->  hey Durff!
2009-04-23 13:26:08  matt montagne ->  It is kinda funny, but when u imagine the "21st century school" you start to think of the features in a 1st grade class and the old one room school houses
2009-04-23 13:26:09  wstites ->  We are asking questions about privacy with Facebook groups/pages for school with kids and student... if their profiles aren't protected there is risk of exposure.
2009-04-23 13:26:31  wstites ->  Gotta head out for a conference call... have a great conversation everyone
2009-04-23 13:26:54  matt montagne ->  let 'em bring things they already own!!!
2009-04-23 13:27:14  arvind ->  thanks for being here, Bill
2009-04-23 13:27:33  matt montagne ->  chau...gotta run
2009-04-23 13:29:37  alex.ragone ->  http://www.edmodo.com/
2009-04-23 13:29:48  arvind ->  Vinnie just mentioned http://www.edmodo.com/ a microblogging network for educators
2009-04-23 13:29:55  Melissa Smith ->  great guy - quick to help you out
2009-04-23 13:29:55  arvind ->  darn, Alex beat me to it!
2009-04-23 13:31:02  Melissa Smith ->  would it be wrong to set up a place in SL for meeting?  what about a snapfish site to share photos
2009-04-23 13:32:34  arvind ->  hey Randy, welcome
2009-04-23 13:32:35  arvind ->  audio on the right
2009-04-23 13:32:46  arvind ->  on UStream
2009-04-23 13:33:06  arvind ->  I struggle to introduce people to Second Life - too hard to get started
2009-04-23 13:33:12  arvind ->  downloads are too web 1.0 :)
2009-04-23 13:33:25  arvind ->  unless it's for an iPhone or BlackBerry
2009-04-23 13:34:07  mrsdurff ->  our wifi is rrrreasaalllly sllllloooooooooow todaay
2009-04-23 13:35:13  Melissa Smith ->  wanting to do that next year
2009-04-23 13:35:31  Melissa Smith ->  google apps - why buy microsoft office when you got google?
2009-04-23 13:35:34  arvind ->  hi lesliel, audion on the right at UStream
2009-04-23 13:35:59  Melissa Smith ->  you letting kids have their own google homepage - set up how that they want?
2009-04-23 13:36:18  Melissa Smith ->  who is monitoring the kids email?
2009-04-23 13:36:38  arvind ->  the CIA? ;)
2009-04-23 13:36:41  sarah H ->  @arvind yep. I have had two false starts and never really got in
2009-04-23 13:37:20  Melissa Smith ->  HAHA - well they are now !
2009-04-23 13:38:13  sarah H ->  I'm watching a Google Apps for Ed Webinar It's next Tuesday at 1pm eastern
2009-04-23 13:39:10  alex.ragone ->  Hey Folks!
2009-04-23 13:39:42  Melissa Smith ->  sarah - what's the link for that?
2009-04-23 13:40:17  arvind ->  from @mrsdurff via Twitter: here, just can't interact - we are using Edmodo for our handshake period with another classroom in another state
2009-04-23 13:40:54  alex.ragone ->  Thanks @mrsdurff
2009-04-23 13:40:58  sarah H ->  https://googleonline.webex.com/mw0305l/mywebex/default.do?nomenu=true&si...
2009-04-23 13:41:03  Melissa Smith ->  moodle seems to really be taking off
2009-04-23 13:41:05  sarah H ->  sorry, it's awfully long
2009-04-23 13:42:46  Melissa Smith ->  laptop institute?  that's here in Memphis!  have you seen how they are using social medial such as facebook for networking and advertising?
2009-04-23 13:43:14  VinnieVrotny ->  yes Melissa, we had Lorri Jackson on last week.
2009-04-23 13:43:23  arvind ->  some convo about streaming NECC here: http://www.necc2008.org/forum/topics/1997968:Topic:18448
2009-04-23 13:44:02  Melissa Smith ->  OH!  I listened to that!  :-) durr
2009-04-23 13:44:40  Melissa Smith ->  the connections in my brain are occurring
2009-04-23 13:46:39  arvind ->  http://ebooks.nypl.org
2009-04-23 13:46:59  Melissa Smith ->  how is the outside view on a kindle - can you see the screen?
2009-04-23 13:48:05  arvind ->  You can see it anywhere that you can see a book
2009-04-23 13:48:10  Melissa Smith ->  cool
2009-04-23 13:48:13  arvind ->  and you can't see it where you can't see a book (i.e. the dark)
2009-04-23 13:48:24  Melissa Smith ->  enjoyed listening - ;-)
2009-04-23 13:48:36  arvind ->  oops, Pam, just finishing up here
2009-04-23 13:48:37  sarah H ->  by all!
2009-04-23 13:49:06  arvind ->  thanks for being here everyone!
2009-04-23 13:49:07  mrsdurff ->  bye
2009-04-23 13:52:27  akatz ->  hi everyone
2009-04-23 13:52:57  akatz ->  got the link off twitter, so i thought id say hello
 

21st Century Learning #102
Checking in with arvind, Alex and Vinnie
April 23, 2009

arvind, Alex and Vinnie chat about what's going on at their schools; what the rest of the year looks like; and plans for the summer and next school year. 

Photo from: beatkueng


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