EdTechWeekly#27 - Remembering Chris Essex , Dell ideas, DrupalEd, Peacemaker, Zolved, Gabbly. Slideshare contest, & Open Source
EdTechWeekly#27Remembering Chris Essex , Dell ideas, DrupalEd, Peacemaker, Zolved, Gabbly. Slideshare contest, & Open Source SL
April 22, 2007
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19:02:01 JenMad -> Hi, All!
19:02:15 DougS -> Hey all
19:02:21 Durff -> Hi!
19:02:25 Jason -> howdy :)
19:02:35 alexr -> Howdy --- listening in the back yard!
19:02:56 JenMad -> cool! I picture plaid shorts ...
19:03:57 alexr -> khaki
19:04:24 alexr -> Hi From the Ragone Kids...
19:04:28 Durff -> So when are you posting to Jaiku guys?
19:04:38 dave -> yo kiddies
19:04:50 Durff -> Hi Ragone kids
19:04:58 jeff -> http://chrisessex.blogspot.com/index.html
19:05:55 JenMad -> http://teachwtech.blogspot.com/
19:06:02 jeff -> http://teachwtech.blogspot.com/
19:07:19 jeff -> http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Virginia_Tech_massacre
19:08:23 dave -> http://www.dell.com/content/topics/global.aspx/corp/biographies/en/msd_c...
19:10:16 JenMad -> http://gabbly.com/
19:10:23 alicemercer -> okay, I'm not seeing a screencast on Yugma?
19:10:34 JoseR -> Same here
19:10:37 dave -> thought it was just me
19:10:39 JenMad -> http://gabbly.com/private/edtechtalk/edtech
19:10:51 alicemercer -> You don't want that
19:10:56 alicemercer -> OUCH
19:11:02 JenMad -> edtech
19:12:19 jeff -> http://www.ideastorm.com/
19:12:56 jeff -> http://news.com.com/2100-1046_3-6177619.html
19:13:04 Durff -> I will have to remember to never mention anything!
19:13:17 dave -> very wise
19:13:30 CathyE -> Is stereo mix on the list??
19:13:32 Durff -> I thought so
19:13:55 DougS -> see (hear actually) that Gabbly has the same kinda "audo prompt" that Yugma has in chat
19:14:06 Durff -> can he get to the internet?
19:14:17 Durff -> he could use Meebo
19:14:28 JenMad -> Doug S - looks like you can at least turn it off in Gably
19:14:39 DougS -> cool
19:14:59 alicemercer -> you hippies!
19:15:11 dave -> http://drupaled.org/news/2007/04/19/welcome
19:15:27 alicemercer -> I can get vyew behind my school firewall
19:15:29 Gary -> VLC works well!
19:15:35 JoseR -> I use vlc also
19:15:36 Jason -> the dells mostly come with a lame, stripped down version of wordperfect; openoffice will be a lot better
19:15:51 JoseR -> open office is the way to go
19:16:10 alicemercer -> I'm thinking about it. Do they have a linux version?
19:16:14 jeff -> we've got one set up at http://learningcoop.net/
19:17:10 jeff -> if anyone wants to play with admin stuff, register there and IM me
19:17:38 JenMad -> http://www.sessions.edu/reg/forms/Video_library.asp#
19:18:28 alicemercer -> I was playing with illustrator, that is a PITA to learn in some ways.
19:18:41 alicemercer -> Like a maesarati. Very complicated, but powerful
19:18:50 jeff -> http://www.slideshare.net/contest/worlds-best-presentation-contest
19:19:08 alicemercer -> I use it alot and have a couple up there.
19:19:41 alicemercer -> Not entering the contest, but they are right.
19:19:47 alicemercer -> I hate the lack of audio.
19:19:54 dave -> http://www.boingboing.net/2007/04/21/mayor_of_boston_bans.html
19:20:12 alicemercer -> Oh, that is too ironic
19:21:00 alicemercer -> good point
19:21:23 alicemercer -> it's neutral, cause a machine is doing it, but is it right?
19:21:29 JenMad -> http://www.webware.com/
19:22:02 jeff -> http://www.peacemakergame.com/
19:22:16 alicemercer -> I need that in my class!
19:22:35 alicemercer -> First student fight with my students for this year, wah!
19:22:49 dave -> http://blogs.zdnet.com/social/?p=142 http://developers.slashdot.org/article.pl?sid=07/04/19/1611252&from=rss
19:24:14 Durff -> The only student fight in a class I was covering ever had to happen when I was there. Thank God for getting to them first before I did. I feel for you alice.
19:24:49 alicemercer -> Not in class. On their way home. I've had NO class fights since I left the behavior school. Some yard fights.
19:24:57 JenMad -> http://jmemorize.org/
19:25:01 alicemercer -> Only class fights happened with subs
19:25:17 Durff -> and I was a sub
19:25:37 Durff -> I knew the kids in that school well
19:25:46 Gary -> You must not have hockey players in high school.
19:25:56 Durff -> SL would be great
19:25:57 jeff -> http://www.zolved.com/synapse/view_content/24939/How_to_reduce_the_memor...
19:26:05 Durff -> with audio
19:26:09 jeff -> http://www.zolved.com/
19:26:18 alicemercer -> I still haven't done 2L
19:26:37 Durff -> it's fun!
19:27:03 dave -> http://makeinternettv.org/equipment/video.php
19:27:03 alicemercer -> I put up two, but they are just fun
19:27:29 alicemercer -> I'm doing still to video, and screencasting.
19:27:50 alexr -> this is a cool one: open source reporting: http://newassignment.net/
19:27:55 JenMad -> http://www.jisc.ac.uk/events/2007/04/nextgenenv_2704.aspx
19:28:58 alicemercer -> I love it, the a.m. break is for "Coffee"
19:29:07 alicemercer -> Congrats!
19:30:37 alicemercer -> The Chris Essex link...who knew him?
19:30:41 DougS -> woohoo re webcasting from UK
19:30:43 DougS -> go dave
19:30:48 dave -> yay
19:30:55 jeff -> http://port25.technet.com/pages/windows-media-player-firefox-plugin-down...
19:30:59 alicemercer -> Was that UK? I assumed it was Alabama, lol
19:31:13 jeff -> http://www.getdemocracy.com/
19:31:17 Gary -> We could have another "beer" event Dave
19:31:24 dave -> beer is nice
19:31:29 dave -> i approve of beer
19:31:40 dave -> http://gigatribe.com/tour/accueil.php
19:31:45 alicemercer -> blocked at my school
19:31:55 alicemercer -> for:edtechtalk
19:31:58 alicemercer -> under tag
19:32:00 dave -> lol
19:32:01 sharonp -> uhmmmm what channel are we on tonight??
19:32:11 Jason -> democracy is really cool; but, it is a resource hog... cool torrent client integrated though
19:32:27 alicemercer -> See, I can't screencast worth a darn, but I can type into chat room
19:32:39 alicemercer -> Hey, d@mn is blocked on this chat room
19:32:48 alicemercer -> interesting.
19:32:54 dave -> damn
19:33:02 alicemercer -> Hey, how did you do that!
19:33:05 dave -> damn damn
19:33:07 alicemercer -> It won't let me!
19:33:11 alicemercer -> show off
19:33:12 dave -> bwahahahaha
19:33:22 alicemercer -> you must be an administrator
19:33:37 alicemercer -> Oh that looked intersting...
19:33:37 dave -> bwahahahaha
19:33:43 jeff -> http://www.teachersdomain.org/
19:34:02 jeff -> http://www.publicradioquest.com/
19:34:06 alicemercer -> I heard about that!
19:34:12 sharonp -> ahem....
19:34:13 Durff -> children! settle down!!
19:34:22 DougS -> lol
19:34:25 alicemercer -> the talent quest, hey I'm on to other stuff now.
19:34:32 sroseman -> what was that flower power fun one again
19:34:35 sharonp -> every time I click on the A or B channel, I get redirected to another page....
19:34:40 alicemercer -> BUT you can't have a nationally broadcast show.
19:34:48 alicemercer -> That was me, brb
19:35:00 dave -> http://www.opensourcewindows.org/
19:35:03 sroseman -> thanks Alice
19:35:24 sroseman -> Oh I can check thro' my history
19:35:32 alicemercer -> http://www.procreo.jp/labo/flower_garden.swf
19:35:47 Durff -> i got that too sharon
19:35:57 Durff -> try the real player link on A
19:35:58 alicemercer -> I thought you all might think it was dorky, but it's almost mother's day
19:36:26 JenMad -> http://www.osalt.com/final-cut-pro
19:36:28 Durff -> when is Mothers' Day?
19:36:37 alicemercer -> Did they get to the super hero one?
19:36:39 sroseman -> thanks May
19:36:52 sroseman -> 19..22nd
19:36:52 Durff -> May what?
19:37:01 alicemercer -> I think we need to have at least one fun one.
19:37:03 alicemercer -> May 12th?
19:37:07 DougS -> May 13, I think Lisa
19:37:07 alicemercer -> Second sunday
19:37:18 Durff -> okay, thanks
19:37:23 Steve_K -> Jeff....I'll get back to you RE OS Live
19:38:12 jeff -> good to hear
19:38:18 jeff -> look forward to its return
19:38:24 alicemercer -> The audio is hitchy in cam studio I think
19:38:27 jeff -> http://savenetradio.org/
19:39:15 jeff -> http://www.informationweek.com/news/showArticle.jhtml?articleID=199101888
19:39:36 jeff -> http://www.techcrunch.com/2007/04/20/google-acquires-marratech-gets-into...
19:39:41 dave -> bwahahahaha
19:39:55 Jason -> i thought the board refused a request to reconsider the fees?
19:40:02 alicemercer -> dave, you need to get over this evil villan complex.
19:40:05 jeff -> http://news.myspace.com/
19:40:12 dave -> bwahahahaha
19:40:41 jeff -> http://cheddarvision.tv/
19:41:11 alicemercer -> You need to find you're inner hero...http://www.marvelvc.com/br/Hero/
19:41:39 alicemercer -> http://www.marvelvc.com.br/Hero/
19:41:46 DougS -> get to vote for a name for the cheese too, I see
19:41:54 Durff -> good try Jeff
19:42:11 alicemercer -> My 8 yo would like to share that you can now watch vull episodes on Nick Jr. dot com.
19:42:12 Durff -> like uh what?
19:42:21 Durff -> sweet man!
19:42:30 CathyE -> click the power button at the bottom right
19:42:32 CathyE -> too funny
19:43:02 alicemercer -> I'm sorry that is full episodes, not vull
19:43:28 alicemercer -> bwahahaha
19:43:29 DougS -> Cathy, that is good
19:43:34 alicemercer -> sorry, I couldn't resist
19:44:13 jeff -> skypecast: +99001110006845465
19:44:29 dave -> http://vre.upei.ca/node/15
19:44:48 Durff -> POST SHOW!
19:45:15 sroseman -> love the flowers
19:45:15 Durff -> now you put the Skypecast link in there
19:45:23 Durff -> and now you are done
19:45:26 Durff -> thank you
19:45:46 alicemercer -> http://dangerouslyirrelevant.org has a post on Margaret Spelling and K-12 tech spending.
19:46:30 CathyE -> Thanks Dave- I can use these
19:48:18 DougS -> thanks for the link to the 'cast Dave, look fwd to checkin' them out
19:48:25 DougS -> 'casts
19:48:38 dave -> :)
19:48:51 jeff -> http://www.microsoft.com/presspass/press/2007/apr07/04-19UPLaunchPR.mspx
19:49:52 DougS -> and, on the topic of 'casts Dave: have a safe trip to UK, and keep us posted on show possibilties
19:49:54 Jason -> if they were smart, they would do that in the western world, too :)
19:50:18 dave -> many thanks doug.
19:50:53 Jason -> har-geh-don
19:50:54 jeff -> http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Puppy_linux
19:51:21 Jason -> i think puppy is hard to use...why not go with xubuntu?
19:51:58 Jason -> background pic on puppy is cute though :)
19:52:13 Gary -> But the China annoucment was not without controversry: http://www.engadget.com/2007/04/20/open-source-protestor-crashes-bill-ga...
19:52:59 alexr -> night all.
19:53:02 alicemercer -> http://amercerportfolio.edublogs.org
19:53:06 alicemercer -> here's mine
19:53:23 sroseman -> alice ..a load of fun here
19:53:25 DougS -> cya, have a good wk Alex
19:53:25 sroseman -> http://www.procreo.jp/labo.html
19:53:38 sroseman -> from the people who created flower bed
19:53:48 alicemercer -> http://www.stevehargadon.com/2007/04/seeing-ed-tech-really-working-in.html
19:54:08 alicemercer -> That's a link on a school in Indiana on linux/opensource
19:54:19 alicemercer -> http://www.stevehargadon.com/2007/04/amazing-amazing-use-of-old-computer...
19:54:30 alicemercer -> on using puppy linux with old boxes
19:55:23 Durff -> why were they protesting?
19:55:40 alicemercer -> Happy birthday to us...
19:56:00 Durff -> happy birthday!
19:56:07 Gary -> There are different levels of rudeness in different cultures
19:56:11 cheryl -> so if you fix your skyp information you will get more wishes soon
19:56:31 alicemercer -> Dave can we chat quick offline?
19:57:10 Durff -> so was that an April Fools?
19:57:55 Durff -> Nice avatar in Skype, alice
19:58:19 DougS -> take care all--hope to see you tomorrow night
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