EdTechWeekly #161

 EdTechWeekly #161
April 18, 2010

Chat Log Below 

 

This Week's Delicious Links

 

18:58:15 JenM -> @JL ... do you want to play, too?

18:58:24 JenM -> or is that for another week

19:02:17 JenM -> NING ... http://techcrunch.com/2010/04/15/nings-bubble-bursts-no-more-free-networ...

19:02:18 JohnS -> Interesting that this link, arguably the post that started it all, isn't up anymore Ning Update: http://creators.ning.com/forum/topics/ning-update 

19:02:23 PeggyG -> Great to hear JL's voice :-)

19:02:27 JenM -> http://mashable.com/2010/04/18/ning-alternatives/

19:02:44 JohnS -> An Update from Ning: http://blog.ning.com/2010/04/an-update-from-ning.html 

19:02:53 dave -> http://www.savemyning.com/

19:03:55 cyberjohn -> Ning today, Google tomorrow?

19:04:05 PeggyG -> Posterous is also offering a way to import Ning content

19:04:32 PeggyG -> http://blog.posterous.com/posterous-commits-to-building-a-ning-blog-imp

19:04:43 matt montagne -> hey all

19:04:51 JenM -> hey, matt!

19:04:51 PeggyG -> Hi Matt :-)

19:04:55 matt montagne -> gotta say that I agree with Dave on this one...first for everything

19:05:17 matt montagne -> I don't understand the outrage

19:05:37 matt montagne -> ning should open source their platform

19:05:58 JenM -> @matt ... me, too (agree w/ dave) ... hmm ... go figure

19:06:03 PeggyG -> Many Ning communities were started by individuals and not schools/districts so even $100/year is a lot of money for individuals

19:06:13 kyteacher (Angela) -> I agree.  They are a business that must survive tough economic times like everyone else. Hope for affordable options for teachers.

19:06:31 matt montagne -> a culling of the low-no traffic nings isn't a bad thing

19:07:08 PeggyG -> do Nings have to be large communities to be effective collaborative tools? I don't think so.

19:07:31 matt montagne -> no, they definitely don't peggy

19:08:19 PeggyG -> yes :-)

19:08:58 PeggyG -> and retired educators who have a fixed income :-)

19:10:25 kyteacher (Angela) -> But I spend tons of money on my classroom every year...now I just have to think about whether or not it is that valuable to me. 

19:10:26 PeggyG -> you can tell who the paying customers are by the ads on the site--no ads, paying customers 

19:10:36 JohnS -> Ning Changes and the Impact on Educational Communities: http://www.stevehargadon.com/2010/04/ning-changes-and-impact-on-educatio...

19:11:03 PeggyG -> Tuesday April 20th at 5:00pm Pacific time

19:11:51 PeggyG -> Steve's large Ning communities are paid/premium communities like Classroom 2.0

19:12:00 JohnS -> Ning Alternatives, Collaboration, & Self Hosting: http://educationaltechnology.ca/couros/1795 

19:12:15 PeggyG -> Alec did a very creative thing!

19:12:25 Sheila -> That was amazing to watch! 400+?

19:12:45 PeggyG -> over 1000 people

19:12:50 Sheila -> Wow!

19:13:20 PeggyG -> http://docs.google.com/document/edit?id=1OR38ADYxjiSjMGn5M2q_nnerR98jd5u...

19:13:32 JenM -> Speaking of needing to make money to survive ... http://online.wsj.com/article/SB1000142405270230369560457518116312609420... ... http://searchengineland.com/twitter-does-19-billion-searches-per-month-3... ... http://www.google.com/hostednews/ap/article/ALeqM5idgOai4S2K9kdfg4gdWEcU...

19:14:36 PeggyG -> 1037 anonymous users online last I checked

19:15:07 JohnS -> Earthcast 2010: http://earthbridges.net/ 

19:15:33 PeggyG -> yes! Earthcast is going to be great!! be sure to join us!!!!

19:15:40 Sheila -> #earthcast10

19:15:41 matt montagne -> thanks for shoutout JS

19:15:46 PeggyG -> the keynote is speaking to us from China :-)

19:16:02 JohnS -> Earthcast Project Voicethread: http://voicethread.com/#q.b887765 

19:16:09 PeggyG -> keynote is on Wed. Apr 21 at 5:00pm Pacific

19:16:30 dave -> http://edfutures.com/courseschedule

19:16:58 PeggyG -> the course is the talk of the town :-)

19:17:43 JenM -> ipad roll out ... http://www.apple.com/pr/library/2010/04/14advisory_ipad.html ... alternatives ... http://www.engadget.com/2010/04/16/dells-7-inch-and-10-inch-streak-table...

19:18:13 PeggyG -> the FETC Virtual Conference is also on Earth Day--it's a free online virtual conference-April 22

19:18:37 JenM -> http://gizmodo.com/5519232/wi+fi+only-nook-lite-coming-soon-nook-2-to-fo...

19:18:44 JenM -> http://gizmodo.com/5519232/wi+fi+only-nook-lite-coming-soon-nook-2-to-fo...

19:18:48 PeggyG -> http://events.fetc.org/events/virtual-spring-2010/information/schedule.aspx

19:18:51 JenM -> http://www.betanews.com/article/Handson-with-the-WebStation-Android-Tabl...

19:20:03 JohnS -> 9 Ways to Do Good With 5 Minutes or $25: http://mashable.com/2010/04/17/social-good-micro-lending/ 

19:20:06 dave -> ANCHORAGE, AK, US   18/04/2010   11:46   ARRIVAL SCAN 

19:20:17 dave -> my new mbp.

19:20:21 dave -> bwahahahaha

19:21:22 PeggyG -> is there a way to save the full, clickable links from this chat? I've noticed that the posted chats have incomplete links when they are long URLs and you can't access the site.

19:21:51 dave -> https://tekri.athabascau.ca/

19:23:15 PeggyG -> do you know more about the copyright fees for students posted on that site?

19:23:18 JenM -> Upcoming roll outs ... http://blogs.technet.com/office2010/archive/2010/04/15/office-2010-reach...

19:23:28 PeggyG -> they say the fee applies even if open source resources

19:23:49 JenM -> http://www.macdailynews.com/index.php/weblog/comments/rumor_apple_to_unv...

19:24:06 PeggyG -> the iphone 4.0 sounds great!

19:24:22 PeggyG -> thought it was coming out sometime this summer

19:24:36 Cathy E -> I love my Droid

19:25:02 JohnS -> Amahi: http://www.amahi.org/

19:25:05 matt montagne -> is anyone thinking about office 2010??

19:25:28 Scott Shelhart -> I think I'll avoid it, Matt

19:26:19 PeggyG -> live blog for iPhone OS 4 when it was announced :-) http://news.cnet.com/8301-13579_3-20001876-37.html?tag=nl.e723

19:26:44 dave -> http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=_a0t2Eb7YJk

19:27:31 dave -> http://davecormier.com/edblog/2010/04/06/day-2-futures-education-course-...

19:27:53 dave -> http://nafutures.wikispaces.com/

19:27:57 PeggyG -> thanks for that link Dave

19:28:10 PeggyG -> I clicked on the links :-)

19:28:23 PeggyG -> spooky definitely! 1987

19:29:24 PeggyG -> that would be an awesome outcome of your course!!

19:29:32 JenM -> Webcam suit ... http://content.usatoday.com/communities/ondeadline/post/2010/04/suit-cla...

19:30:39 PeggyG -> the other was was also PA so may be the same

19:30:53 jackiegerstein -> I think it is the same one - just now a lawyer is involved - going to court - 

19:31:40 JenM -> ah ... ok ... "going to court" may be the newsworthy part

19:31:53 PeggyG -> you can track data without a webcam

19:32:08 jackiegerstein -> http://erictric.com/2010/04/18/student-spying-school-snapped-hundreds-of...

19:32:14 JohnS -> The Interactive Whiteboard Revolution: http://iwbrevolution.ning.com/ 

19:32:39 PeggyG -> is that a free Ning :-)

19:32:48 JenM -> @peggy ... tee hee

19:32:59 PeggyG -> yes it has ads!

19:33:14 PeggyG -> another valuable Ning community!

19:33:35 jackiegerstein -> and there are others "Losing it over IWB" http://community.saugususd.org/jklein/weblog/1237.html

19:33:42 dave -> http://www.amazon.com/Streetlights-Shadows-Searching-Adaptive-Decision/d...

19:34:02 Sheila -> Good thing it's not going via Iceland/Europe

19:34:02 jackiegerstein -> You mean another valuable NING community that will not exist soon ;)

19:34:20 PeggyG -> yes Sheila

19:34:35 PeggyG -> yes Jackie!!

19:36:15 JenM -> facebook safety center ... http://scitech.blogs.cnn.com/2010/04/13/facebook-launches-new-safety-cen... ... http://www.facebook.com/help/?safety=educators

19:36:32 PeggyG -> sorry the book isn't on Kindle yet...

19:37:40 PeggyG -> for smart people who read the fine print :-)

19:38:41 JohnS -> AVG Rescue CD: http://www.avg.com/us-en/avg-rescue-cd 

19:39:49 dave -> http://www.northerngrid.org/index.php/documentation/626-copyright-resources

19:39:56 PeggyG -> thank you :-) copyright

19:41:13 PeggyG -> @Sheila-we should ask these copyright experts our question from today about Earthcast-reading a story to be streamed

19:42:17 JenM -> http://techcrunch.com/2010/04/15/opera-mini-iphone-app/

19:42:38 jackiegerstein -> one person's mild might be another person's extreme

19:42:40 kyteacher (Angela) -> Sounds like one of my students...

19:42:59 Sheila -> Go for it PeggyG

19:43:02 JenM -> http://lifehacker.com/5518074/gmail-adds-drag+and+drop-attachment-upload...

19:43:35 JohnS -> http://oddlyspecific.com/ 

19:44:45 PeggyG -> busy downloading the Opera Mini Browser app :-)

19:44:58 JenM -> http://delicious.com/edtechtalk/20100418+jm

19:45:18 JenM -> http://delicious.com/edtechtalk/20100418

19:45:28 PeggyG -> thanks for another full browser of tabs! :-)

19:45:44 PeggyG -> good night all

19:45:51 Sheila -> Thanks so much!

19:45:52 JenM -> http://48in48.net/

19:47:04 PeggyG -> browsing on edtechtalk via Opera on my iphone--pretty slick :-)

19:47:18 Cathy E -> Anybody using Google Apps

19:47:42 JenM -> nite all!