MariaK: how is the stream
James.Sigler: Hi Cathy
Cathy E: sounds good
sheila: I hear the buzz
sheila: Hi all
sheila: It's a low humm ; not enough!
sheila: bzzzzzzzzz
sheila: hummmmmmmm
Cathy E: Don't know how long I will be here - we are about to blow away here in NC
Durff: hi rob
rjacklin: HI!
Durff: sound on ustream
rjacklin: can't wait to find out who the guest is tonight!
rjacklin: address for ustream?
Durff: talking
Durff: it's to your right
rjacklin: OOOOOHHHHHH
Durff: open thine eyes
alicemercer: How is USTREAM folks?
sheila: good alice
Durff: then tell us how it sounds
Durff: the central time zone hitch
sheila: and daylight saving time!
Cathy E: I can't keep the audio connected :( - wind is gusting to 75 mph
rjacklin: I don' t know anything about timzone issues :)
Durff: I know
MariaK: @cathy - that sounds like a strong wind
Durff: welcome adina
adinasullivan: Hi!
Durff: sound on Ustream
rjacklin: good sound
Durff: thanks
Durff: put that on my tab
sheila: The importance of storytelling!
Durff: yes we all have a story to tell
James.Sigler: Picture of my class conferencing http://siglersite.com/blog/2008/04/22/episode-4-earth-day-skype-podcast/
Durff: welcome back rob
rjacklin: when I get booted, is there a way to see previous chat?
alicemercer: Jacklin, nope, sorry
alicemercer: So how is sound guys?
adinasullivan: sound is good
adinasullivan: This is a great idea for connecting to even just the kids from "across town" who are so different from my kids.
rjacklin: a bit choppy
Durff: do it adina!
adinasullivan: Our kids are so isolated - and don't even realize it most of the time
Durff: i agree
adinasullivan: I need to get on it Durff!
alicemercer: Adina, you're in North SD, right?
adinasullivan: Yes, San Marcos
Durff: perpetuating the industrial model of education
Durff: so call us adina
alicemercer: My grandmother lived in Vista back in the day (1970s)
Durff: hi joao
adinasullivan: Cool
sheila: Hi joao!
joao: hi sheila
joao: what's the subject here?
Durff: video conference
sheila: video conferencing
Durff: hi josteen
joao: Ok, thanks.
shaun fletcher: skype will pick up a digital camera for video? cool
Durff: flip camera
shaun fletcher: i think i'll try that right now
alicemercer: Lisa, you can use Flip for live?
shaun fletcher: so only a flip camera not a camcorder
MariaK: No - i use a camcorder - digital - not flip
josteen: hi Durff - thanks for the welcome
rjacklin: still here!
sine: hi..is the audio stream available other than from ustream?
adinasullivan: sound is choppy again
alicemercer: nope, sorry
rjacklin: timezones....it's not just for figuring out when your favorite TV show is on anymore!
sine: verizon won't connect at home ;-(
josteen: skype not allowed on school network - due to peer to peer features
Durff: welcome nhill
nhill: thanks
rjacklin: what role does bandwidth play with not allowing some video conferencing stuff!
shaun fletcher: We have Polycom, have used it once, Skype is less troublesome in my experience, unless it is blocked :(
rjacklin: Do you have to schedule it with your tech folks?
josteen: how do you convince network people that skype is ok?
Durff: never heard of polycom
alicemercer: Elk Grove (not my district) will turn off block for SKpe with a teacher request on a tem pbasis.
alicemercer: Lisa, they do conference phones, I used to use them in Banking...
Durff: ah
josteen: @alicemercer on an appt. basis?
shaun fletcher: I have gotten spam/inappropriate invites from skype
alicemercer: @josteen Yep
alicemercer: Who has skpe blocked?
MariaK: is skype blocked at your schools?
sheila: not me (yet)
adinasullivan: Not yet
rjacklin: It would be if we wouldn't ask
josteen: blocked here
nhill: not blocked in my district
shaun fletcher: not blocked (yet)
nhill: very few of us use it though
adinasullivan: Bandwidth is issue for video though
rjacklin: still much the "wild west" yet???
adinasullivan: Not on the radar yet
joao: not blocked at our school
shaun fletcher: we cannot download skype, that is blocked during the day, but the software will run throughout the day
josteen: are there features you can turn off that make it less of a security risk?
rjacklin: policies!!! Any policy recommendations!
James.Sigler: Since one person can talk at a time. What does the rest of the class do while one person is talking
alicemercer: who would like to call in?
shaun fletcher: Call Graph can be used to record the audio if you wanted a record of the conversation
Durff: rob?
rjacklin: yep
Durff: call graph
Durff: ?
rjacklin: nope
alicemercer: message agearings on skype (Maria)
shaun fletcher: http://www.callgraph.in/
rjacklin: I can call in?
MariaK: agearrings on skype
MariaK: agearrings on skype
Durff: yes
Durff: she has such a voice
nhill: you can get anything you want
nhill: at Alice's restaraunt.
nhill: :D
Durff: :?
adinasullivan: night all
Durff: hi derrall
derrallg: you guys are getting tricky, not streaming on shoutcast
Durff: yup
derrallg: hi durff
alicemercer: Yep, derrallg
Durff: call in
derrallg: so i missed it and i might be going to k/1 next year
Durff: rob jacklin
alicemercer: Derrallg, ow, not nice...
derrallg: time for a change
Durff: what do you teach now?
derrallg: sixth
Durff: oh boy
Durff: that's a jump
Durff: want that?
derrallg: yep
Durff: ok then congrats
derrallg: it will get me back to a great school
Durff: well that is good
derrallg: will find out later whether i got it
Durff: let us know
derrallg: will do and begin looking for resources
MariaK: @derrallg - if you end up in kindergarten - we'll have to talk!
nhill: how do you begin to connect with other classrooms
MariaK: @derrallg - keep me posted
derrallg: @mariak I definitely will contact you thanks
shaun fletcher: do you have the link for call recorder?
sheila: @nhill - where are you?
nhill: PA
shaun fletcher: new brunswick , Canada
nhill: you sheila?
sheila: I"m in NH
sheila: Guess this is how we can start to connect classrooms.
nhill: what grade do you have sheila?
sheila: 7th grade
shaun fletcher: does it record the video too? or just the audio?
nhill: me to
nhill: too
sheila: @nhill - I teach science, and you?
nhill: communications
nhill: technology/television/podcasting etc
sheila: sounds like fun!!!
nhill: digital photography too...it is great fun.
shaun fletcher: @shelia what grade level?me.. MS science math
sheila: 7th science
sheila: I have one class that is called "Focus" and I can do almost anything with it.
sheila: Willing to try something with another school . . .
nhill: I would love to try something and experiment
shaun fletcher: Bridgit is neat if you have a smartboard and the software license, you can share applications on remote smartboards
shaun fletcher: i'd like to know about a good backchannel app to use ?
derrallg: @mariak are all the links you have on your blogmeister page for K
MariaK: yes
sheila: yes maria
sheila: yes to chat
rjacklin: Thanks for letting me in, it was a pleasure! Gotta Go! Have a great evening!
James.Sigler: Glad you came
derrallg: great, i have used blogmeister for 4/5/6
sheila: skype is slow
MariaK: t
sheila: try again?
Durff: you're in sheila
sheila: should work now?
kirish43: The speaker is better
shaun fletcher: bye
kirish43: bye
kirish43: Darn-missed most of it
Durff: thanks for coming krish
Durff: nite all
matt montagne: We'll be "live" in 15 minutes...
matt montagne: http://tinyurl.com/create.php
matt montagne: this is the presentation that Anne is using to guide our talk
matt montagne: http://tinyurl.com/4tymgw
matt montagne: that is the correct web address
matt montagne: Hi everyone...thanks for joining us tonight
matt montagne: we'll get going in 6 minutes
matt montagne: Hi Lorraine, Shaune, dang...
Lorraine: Hello
matt montagne: OK, 2 minutes...
matt montagne: the stream just started
matt montagne: click the little speaker icon in the edtechtalk-A channel box
matt montagne: HI Sheila...
matt montagne: thanks for joining us
sheila: hi there!
matt montagne: Anne Reed is our special guest tonite
matt montagne: http://tinyurl.com/4tymgw This is Anne's slide presenatation that we'll be using
sheila: 8 more than me! :)
sheila: 30 second delay
matt montagne: http://tinyurl.com/4tymgw here is the slideshre
matt montagne: welcome back Shaun!!
matt montagne: http://jurylaw.typepad.com/ Anne's blog, "Deliberations"
czautcke: Worth thinking about how parents got/shared information with each other and with schools since Web 2.0. How did teachers share information? Waiting for Ed Leadership or Ed Week to publish your work?
matt montagne: cindy...Anne's story parrallels my professional story very much...I think her story probably rings true with others...
sheila: I know the feeling Anne!
sheila: Anne - which do you do more? write blog or read other blogs?
matt montagne: http://www.wuwm.com/programs/lake_effect/view_le.php?articleid=318
matt montagne: this is an audio recording of Anne on a local Milwaukee radio show talking about her specialty in the area of juries...
matt montagne: http://tinyurl.com/4tymgw
matt montagne: Hey derralll...we're using this slide share in the link
matt montagne: we're on slide 15 or 16
derrallg: thanks matt
matt montagne: thanks for joining in 2nite derrall!!
matt montagne: Anne is speaking and she is a parent from our school
matt montagne: Hey Chris
matt montagne: welcome
ChrisLehmann: Heya...
matt montagne: http://tinyurl.com/4tymgw
matt montagne: we're using this slideshare
matt montagne: oopps...sorry Chris about the pop out...we're on slide 22 or so
ChrisL: No worries.
Lorna: Hi Chris thanks for joining us
ChrisL: My pleasure... where can I find the slides?
matt montagne: http://tinyurl.com/4tymgw right there chris
matt montagne: slide 23 or 24 right now...
ChrisL: kewl. Gotta love SlideShare.
ChrisL: If Facebook is only taking a few mintues a day, she's not playing Scrabble.
sheila: Gotta go! Thank you! Will listen to the rest later!
matt montagne: thanx for joining sheila!
derrallg: ok, have both windows open to follow chat and slideshare, making me work tonight
matt montagne: we're keeping you on your toes, derrall!!
derrallg: this is a great idea though
ChrisL: take care... got to go, gang!
matt montagne: the teacher's blog she is talking about: http://lifewiththepipers.blogspot.com
matt montagne: hey jj...welcome to parents as partners
matt montagne: we're joined by anne reed to talk about the world of web2.0
jj: Oh, hey, Matt, just dropping by because i wanted to be sure if transscripts from the floating window are recorded
jj: glad to see you on air now. but sorry i am kind of busy today
matt montagne: hey jj...no worries
matt montagne: we'll be recording and posting everything...
jj: i am going to post into the JJ Show at webcastacademy very soon. then back to my tv show ;)
matt montagne: JJ...what show do you do?
jj: but i couldnt see message from trsnsscripts recoreded last time. that is why i am checking now
matt montagne: ahh
jj: go to run. very busy now. will talk to you more later, ok?
matt montagne: chow jj
jj: got to run indeed
jj: have a good time. thanks
czautcke: Bill Ferriter's blog on self promotion is on http://teacherleaders.typepad.com/the_tempered_radical/2008/05/the-self-promot.html
derrallg: thanks for a great show
matt montagne: bye ya'll
derrallg: nite
mmako: Chat rooms are so useful.
dmako: The use of a chatroom can ease commnications between teaching professionals across great distances.