19:07:03 JL : all systems go 19:07:05 JohnS : Sounds pretty good now. 19:07:06 AliceMercer : Please give feedback on stream 19:07:19 JohnS : Survey about game show questions 19:07:28 JohnS : ETTA sounds good. 19:07:59 JL : What about me John? I submitted a trivia question! 19:08:35 Durff : Hi Andrew 19:08:54 JohnS : hadn't checked that recently, JL. Wow. Those are kind of hard, aren't they? 19:09:25 Durff : oh game show! oh yeah 19:09:28 AndrewT : Hi Durff, what's the word? 19:09:31 Durff : now i remember 19:09:32 JoseR : Hi there. 19:09:46 JoseR : I guess I broke it. 19:09:54 Durff : word? haunted is the word 19:10:17 MariaK : The Evil Jose :{ 19:10:22 JoseR : Yep 19:10:27 Durff : now, now 19:10:45 JoseR : I thought I was a Mac Convert now I am having second guesses 19:10:54 AndrewT : oh...is the webcast going on as planned? 19:10:54 Durff : ha! 19:11:01 JoseR : yes 19:11:09 JoseR : streaming now on ETT A 19:11:11 Durff : are you listening? 19:12:14 AndrewT : trying to...here we go 19:12:28 JoseR : So, why do you use tech in your teaching? 19:12:43 Durff : hi Mr S 19:12:49 Mr. Shelhart : hello there 19:13:00 Durff : Sound on ett a 19:14:12 Mr. Shelhart : is there video for this show? 19:14:40 JoseR : not today 19:14:47 JL : only in our imagination 19:15:02 JoseR : We paint a picture for you 19:15:16 Mr. Shelhart : ok...thought I was having a problem. 19:15:24 JL : The land of no bad hair days 19:15:28 MariaK : no we're having the problem! 19:15:32 JoseR : Any elemntary folks in the chatroom 19:15:38 Durff : Alice is doing fine 19:15:39 AliceMercer : http://voicethread.com/#u16410 19:15:40 MariaK : hi linda 19:16:14 LindaN : Elementary teacher here:D 19:16:20 LindaN : Hi everyone! 19:16:21 AndrewT : i am unfamiliar with voicethread 19:16:21 Mr. Shelhart : I'm a college student majoring in elementary ed....and a midlife career changer 19:16:26 Durff : hi Linda 19:16:34 Durff : oh it's fun 19:16:48 AndrewT : that sounds good. what does it do? 19:17:04 JoseR : Andrew, the voicethread? 19:17:20 Durff : Hi Andrew 19:17:23 AndrewT : hey 19:17:24 JoseR : Cool, Mr. Shelbert 19:17:50 JoseR : It's an onine PPT on steriods. :) 19:18:33 AliceMercer : http://instructify.com/2008/05/06/voicethread/ 19:18:48 LindaN : Check out http://booksgoglobal.wikispaces.com for elementary school book reviews using VoiceThread. 19:18:57 AliceMercer : Thank you Linda 19:18:59 Durff : yes! 19:19:14 Durff : 3rd graders did those 19:19:18 JoseR : Alice you mentioned instructify before, what is that website all about? 19:19:19 Mr. Shelhart : Voicethread looks like a useful tool. 19:19:29 Durff : we had problems but they loved it 19:19:33 AndrewT : it looks dynamic 19:19:42 JoseR : We loved and it and we also had problems' 19:19:44 Durff : very motivating 19:19:56 AliceMercer : Jose, It's a site listing web tools for teachers for NEWBIEs 19:20:09 JoseR : great 19:20:32 JoseR : Isn't everybody an English Language Learner... 19:20:51 JoseR : unless you are taking italian or something. 19:21:41 MariaK : http://voicethread.com/#u12494.b38548.i202392 An example from my class 19:22:07 Durff : click on the link to open in another tab 19:25:13 JoseR : Here is a voicethread I did during Spring Open house http://voicethread.com/#q.b120991.i630818 19:25:29 AndrewT : i think that doing work with people around the world is less exciting for kids todayit's just a fact of life 19:26:11 AliceMercer : Andrew, for elemetnary, depends on the experience? 19:26:42 Durff : http://horizonproject2008.wikispaces.com/ 19:26:50 Durff : hi linda 19:26:54 LindaN : @AndrewT It is wonderful to think that working globally is becoming commonplace but I also find that my students are very UScentric and need these experiences to broaden their perspectives. 19:26:55 JoseR : Not sure, That's true... We see a lot of movies but connections beyond f2f is still pretty rare. 19:27:01 AliceMercer : http://mercereld.edublogs.org/ 19:27:03 linda george : hello 19:27:11 Durff : hi mayy 19:27:17 Durff : oops matt 19:27:41 Durff : hi glovely 19:27:53 Mr. Shelhart : I work full time for a global steel producer. Global collaberation is a BIG DEAL in industry now. 19:28:02 MariaK : Our Kindergarten blog http://classblogmeister.com/blog.php?blogger_id=51141 19:28:04 glovely : hello just stopping in to see what's up here. 19:28:06 AndrewT : I would agree that working globally is impressive, don't get me wrong, but the idea of it is not as exciting for kids as it is for say, my grandparents 19:28:09 MariaK : Hi gail 19:28:21 glovely : hello! 19:28:29 matt montagne : hey durff 19:28:31 JoseR : hi 19:28:35 Durff : sound on ETT A 19:29:19 glovely : globally is kind of a mute point to young students who don't see distance as an issue. 19:29:48 JoseR : I was blogging over at classblogmeister. 19:29:58 AliceMercer : Anyone else using 8e40 19:30:05 linda george : Is this being broadcasted somewhere? 19:30:15 LindaN : Gosh, we had the same problems! 19:30:20 AliceMercer : Yep, click on ETTA at right 19:30:28 Durff : Really? Oi veh 19:30:48 LindaN : But, the Webkins program was also giving us problems in the middle of the year. 19:31:12 MariaK : at least it isn't just me 19:31:16 Durff : Our school had no problem with webkniz 19:31:24 LindaN : We even received emails from Webkinz explaining the problems they were having. 19:31:31 JoseR : http://classblogmeister.com/blog.php?blogger_id=150374 19:31:51 JoseR : I haven't ventured into the webkins world yet 19:31:57 Durff : i have not had problems with blogmeister have you? 19:32:17 JoseR : blogmeister has worked well for me. 19:32:32 MariaK : worked well for me this year! 19:32:38 Durff : me too once they got the new server 19:32:47 JoseR : I see 19:32:49 linda george : is anyone else having trouble with the link? 19:32:58 JoseR : what ling 19:33:02 JoseR : link 19:33:03 Durff : which link linda? 19:33:07 linda george : its elementary 19:33:08 Durff : hi katie 19:33:23 katiemorrow : Hey everyone! 19:33:26 JoseR : click on speaker icon to listen not the link 19:33:36 JoseR : hi katie 19:33:47 Mr. Shelhart : Hello Kate 19:34:00 katiemorrow : Hi! 19:34:20 linda george : ok got it now..thanks 19:34:24 katiemorrow : What are we talking about tonight? 19:34:41 JoseR : End of the school year thoughts 19:34:45 Mr. Shelhart : cybercops and blocking.. 19:35:22 JoseR : Hi there 19:35:27 Durff : hi ajennings 19:35:42 ajennings : hi everyone 19:36:06 katiemorrow : I love voicethread's potential in the classroom. 19:36:34 Mr. Shelhart : It looks to be very powerful. Alice has some wonderful examples. 19:36:59 Durff : she does 19:37:09 AliceMercer : Even with half the comments missing, lol! 19:37:25 Durff : who stole them 19:37:33 katiemorrow : Can you share your examples from this year? 19:37:53 AliceMercer : http://voicethread.com/#u16410 19:38:29 AliceMercer : http://mercereld.edublogs.org/ 19:38:32 katiemorrow : thanks, alice! 19:39:06 matt montagne : allow the kids to play scratch games...then they can get involved in the world of the scratch programming community 19:39:27 Durff : we aren't allowed to download it 19:39:48 matt montagne : by playing scratch games the kids learn about game design, which is really motivating for them 19:39:59 MariaK : Here's a great project that we participated in this year Voices of the World http://votw.wikispaces.com/ 19:40:01 matt montagne : @durff...you can't download scratch?? 19:40:11 AliceMercer : Your welcome 19:40:14 Durff : i so agree but i don't hold the kingdom keys 19:40:32 Durff : i can download nothing 19:40:43 Durff : yes matt! 19:41:07 matt montagne : that stinks durff 19:41:08 AliceMercer : Kate, there are blogs also on th right of that last link http://mercereld.edublogs.org/ 19:42:21 JoseR : Scratch is a program I want to try in the summer and next school year 19:42:59 linda george : I was reading over the NETS today and our kgrade 2's are expected to learn about other cultures via email!! 19:43:24 Durff : yes they are linda 19:43:28 Mr. Shelhart : Scratch is a new one for me. THanks! I'll try it with my kids. 19:43:39 linda george : I love Scratch...so does the kids 19:43:41 Durff : join us on skype for the post show linda 19:43:41 linda george : so do the kids? 19:43:42 linda george : lol 19:43:52 JoseR : email or other systems to have a conversation; blogs , wikis etc.. skype 19:43:57 LindaN : I love Scratch too! 19:44:20 MariaK : Scratch I don't consider it an "electronic workbook" environment it is problem solving at it's best!! Hurray for Scratch! 19:45:11 JoseR : Depending on the grade level I end up teaching... I was thinking of having an afterschool tech club for upper grade students 19:45:18 matt montagne : next year I'm going to be at a school that doesn't filter!!!! 19:45:20 AliceMercer : Send a chat to Miz Mercer in Skype if you want to join us 19:45:23 matt montagne : hooray! 19:45:27 matt montagne : looking forward to it! 19:45:35 JoseR : Matt you are the filter. 19:47:01 Durff : any one else want in here? 19:49:40 Durff : there are 3 linda george 19:49:42 Durff : s 19:49:45 JoseR : great 19:49:53 Durff : usa or canada? 19:51:48 MariaK : usa 19:54:25 AliceMercer : Matt were you dropped? 19:55:00 LindaN : Not a motley crew an intelligent, versatile, talented crew! 19:55:14 AliceMercer : LInda N do you want to join? 19:55:17 JoseR : your too kingd 19:55:20 JoseR : kind 19:55:23 Durff : more info at our blog http://itselementary.edublogs.org/ 19:56:30 LindaN : @AliceMercer Sure! 19:56:41 AliceMercer : You on Skype LInda? 19:56:50 AliceMercer : Look for me Miz Mercer 19:57:13 LindaN : lvnitsche on Skype 19:57:15 AliceMercer : Sent contact info, then I'll add you to call