2010-04-15 Seedlings Show 85 with Emily Hunt of Common Sense Media
Join Alice, Bob and Cheryl as we have a great conversation with Emily Hunt of Commonsensemedia.org . Emily captivates us as she describes all the latest information about movies, gaming, social networks and TV. This is such a great resource for teachers and parents.
The Chat:
19:23:16 alicebarr -> Room 1: Hi Emily
19:23:24 Emily_Hunt -> Room 1: Hi all! Bob, it was my outmoded Java...
19:23:30 Emily_Hunt -> Room 1: Hi Alice :)
19:24:03 alicebarr -> Room 1: Looking forward to our conversation!
19:24:07 alicebarr -> Room 1: Hi Eric
19:24:11 Emily_Hunt -> Room 1: If I have links to share, is this where I should share them?
19:24:11 elawson -> Room 1: Hi Alice
19:25:17 alicebarr -> Room 1: Yes, but we have found you have to drag them from the brower window into the text window
19:25:41 Emily_Hunt -> Room 1: http://www.nytimes.com/2010/04/09/education/09cyberkids.html
19:25:43 alicebarr -> Room 1: Also best to use button third from right to open the chat in a seperate window
19:25:51 alicebarr -> Room 1: Beautiful!
19:26:00 Emily_Hunt -> Room 1: ahhh....nice
19:26:12 Emily_Hunt -> Room 1: i love living in the future...this is so easy
19:26:55 alicebarr -> Room 1: Emily, you may want to wait till 7:30 so everyone is here
19:27:01 Emily_Hunt -> Room 1: will do
19:30:15 bobsprankle -> Room 1: hi eric!
19:30:23 elawson -> Room 1: Hi Bob How are you?
19:30:53 cheryloakes~seedlings -> Room 1: Hi Eric
19:30:58 elawson -> Room 1: Hi Cheryl
19:31:13 bobsprankle -> Room 1: i'm fine
19:31:49 cheryloakes~seedlings -> Room 1: Just getting sounds checked
19:33:21 cheryloakes~seedlings -> Room 1: eric do you hear alice and bob?
19:33:26 elawson -> Room 1: no
19:34:06 elawson -> Room 1: Am I supposed to set something up?
19:34:19 alicebarr -> Room 1: No just sound issues
19:34:23 alicebarr -> Room 1: You re fine
19:34:39 alicebarr -> Room 1: Did you check ETTA
19:35:18 alicebarr -> Room 1: Now can you hear?
19:35:27 elawson -> Room 1: No
19:35:36 cathywolinsky -> Room 1: It's OK in iTunes for me.
19:36:04 alicebarr -> Room 1: Eric, did you click on the litte sound tool?
19:36:13 alicebarr -> Room 1: Next to EdTech A
19:36:25 cheryloakes~seedlings -> Room 1: thanks Cathy!
19:37:04 cheryloakes~seedlings -> Room 1: Welcome to Emily in San Fran!!
19:37:45 alicebarr -> Room 1: How are you doing Eric??
19:37:50 elawson -> Room 1: Got it now thanks!
19:37:56 alicebarr -> Room 1: Yea!
19:38:10 bobsprankle -> Room 1: Hi Cathy!
19:38:45 cheryloakes~seedlings -> Room 1: www.commonsense.org
19:39:11 cathywolinsky -> Room 1: Hi all, lot's of talk with Alice lately about digital kids.
19:39:30 cheryloakes~seedlings -> Room 1: Yes, we are having the same conversations too.
19:39:52 cheryloakes~seedlings -> Room 1: welcome connect2jamie
19:39:54 bobsprankle -> Room 1: hi connect2!
19:39:59 alicebarr -> Room 1: WElcome connect2jamie
19:40:45 connect2jamie -> Room 1: Hi all! thanks for the twitter reminder, Cheryl!
19:40:54 alicebarr -> Room 1: Yes! I so agree about media impact
19:42:48 connect2jamie -> Room 1: exactly, Bob! Commonsense is a GREAT tool for parents! I've recommended it quite a lot.
19:43:03 Emily_Hunt -> Room 1: http://www.commonsensemedia.org/tv-reviews/glee
19:43:20 elawson -> Room 1: I have recommended it to the parent groups in York as well. I told them about the segments on Demand from their digital cable box as well.
19:43:42 cheryloakes~seedlings -> Room 1: eric how do you mean on demand?
19:44:00 elawson -> Room 1: One of the preview channels near the on Demand has reviews from Common Sense
19:44:06 cheryloakes~seedlings -> Room 1: NICE
19:44:46 alicebarr -> Room 1: Great message Glee
19:45:01 connect2jamie -> Room 1: I LOVE glee!!
19:45:44 connect2jamie -> Room 1: it's very nostalgic too--with the music that I know from my youth!!
19:46:00 cheryloakes~seedlings -> Room 1: I need to watch an episode!
19:46:30 connect2jamie -> Room 1: yes, do watch Cheryl! It's really good--especially if you were ever a music geek or a drama geek in HS.
19:46:40 bobsprankle -> Room 1: i love glee!
19:46:41 connect2jamie -> Room 1: or wanted to be! :)
19:46:48 elawson -> Room 1: Channel 922 Free movies on demand in Wells Cheryl has the 411 for parents presented by Common Sense
19:47:00 alicebarr -> Room 1: Show is so inclusive!
19:47:10 cheryloakes~seedlings -> Room 1: Thanks Eric, that is so good to know.
19:47:23 cheryloakes~seedlings -> Room 1: Music, yes, I will watch.
19:47:35 elawson -> Room 1: It has rated material for shows as well as new technologies such as Facebook 101 etc.
19:48:02 cheryloakes~seedlings -> Room 1: Yes, we send home the parent flyer one time a month at middle school and more often at elementary.
19:49:11 connect2jamie -> Room 1: you're right, cheryl
19:49:16 cheryloakes~seedlings -> Room 1: Hello Lee-Anne from Hong Kong!
19:49:51 Lee-AnneHK -> Room 1: Morning everyone. A little chilly here today only 16C when I left home!
19:50:15 cheryloakes~seedlings -> Room 1: Well, hopefully it will warm.
19:50:27 connect2jamie -> Room 1: beautiful spring evening in Houston! Yes--hope you warm up a bit!
19:50:56 bobsprankle -> Room 1: hi lee!
19:51:42 connect2jamie -> Room 1: That is very cool, Emily!
19:51:59 cheryloakes~seedlings -> Room 1: I like the personalised site for parents.
19:52:06 alicebarr -> Room 1: Ho Lee-Anne
19:52:58 Lee-AnneHK -> Room 1: This sounds good - I'm always confused by DS games and need to try them out. Have some "on the shelf" until my daughters are older
19:53:28 cheryloakes~seedlings -> Room 1: commonsensemedia.org
19:54:52 connect2jamie -> Room 1: We still use netsmartz, and we are really needing a change for our digital citizenship program. You're right--the kids have outgrown it!
19:54:56 cheryloakes~seedlings -> Room 1: evening Deb Barrows
19:55:11 Deb Barrows -> Room 1: Hi
19:55:12 bobsprankle -> Room 1: Hi Deb!!
19:55:29 cheryloakes~seedlings -> Room 1: connect2jamie, try commonsense media, use the netsmartz for independent review
19:55:30 alicebarr -> Room 1: Hi Deb!
19:56:44 connect2jamie -> Room 1: This yr, I've been cobbling together my own digital citizenship things for my students, but I do think commonsense is something we could utilize more in our district.
19:57:39 cheryloakes~seedlings -> Room 1: evening BonnieB!!
19:57:46 BonnieB -> Room 1: Hello!
19:58:04 cheryloakes~seedlings -> Room 1: we are talking commonsensemedia.org with Emily Hunt
19:58:29 BonnieB -> Room 1: Great- thanks.
19:58:59 cheryloakes~seedlings -> Room 1: The GoodPlay group, Harvard Education, Howard Gardner.
20:00:15 alicebarr -> Room 1: http://www.goodworkproject.org/research/digital.htm
20:00:22 cheryloakes~seedlings -> Room 1: thanks alice
20:00:56 cheryloakes~seedlings -> Room 1: what a great resource
20:01:20 cathywolinsky -> Room 1: Good PLay has done some good work on the reality of "mutli-tasking"
20:01:33 cheryloakes~seedlings -> Room 1: Can't wait to read this.
20:01:42 alicebarr -> Room 1: Me too
20:02:00 cheryloakes~seedlings -> Room 1: http://www.goodworkproject.org/research/digital.htm
20:02:09 Emily_Hunt -> Room 1: http://www.goodworkproject.org/research/digital.htm
20:02:35 cheryloakes~seedlings -> Room 1: http://www.goodworkproject.org/
20:02:51 Deb Barrows -> Room 1: Bob - the links work though.
20:03:36 cathywolinsky -> Room 1: "Meeting of the Minds" .pdf on ethics of media use in teens from http://www.goodworkproject.org/research/digital.htm
20:03:50 cheryloakes~seedlings -> Room 1: Digital Citizenship coming next.
20:04:15 alicebarr -> Room 1: I really like the language in this
20:04:39 cheryloakes~seedlings -> Room 1: We are so lucky to have all these smart people doing this background work for us.
20:05:00 Emily_Hunt -> Room 1: http://www.nytimes.com/2010/04/09/education/09cyberkids.html
20:07:43 cheryloakes~seedlings -> Room 1: This is a great article!
20:08:50 bobsprankle -> Room 1: http://learning.blogs.nytimes.com/2010/04/13/common-sense-about-the-web/...
20:09:28 cathywolinsky -> Room 1: I like the areas of the curriculum as described Emily.
20:09:28 Emily_Hunt -> Room 1: http://nyti.ms/9Ue0j6
20:09:52 cathywolinsky -> Room 1: I couldn't paste in a link, but I could drag in a URL.
20:11:33 cathywolinsky -> Room 1: We had 77 responses today to a survey on media used by 9th graders (class of about 100).
20:11:57 Lee-AnneHK -> Room 1: Have a great evening everyone. I'm off to teach first class of Friday morning! Roll on the weekend
20:11:58 alicebarr -> Room 1: Good response Cathy!
20:12:03 cheryloakes~seedlings -> Room 1: cathy, can you share your big ahas
20:12:06 alicebarr -> Room 1: Bye Lee!
20:12:09 cheryloakes~seedlings -> Room 1: Bye Lee ann
20:14:52 cathywolinsky -> Room 1: Responses: 70% use social networking, 90% use technology communication while doing school work, 65% use social networking at least once a day...
20:15:59 cheryloakes~seedlings -> Room 1: cathy thanks, that is really telling
20:16:31 Emily_Hunt -> Room 1: http://bit.ly/diIioZ
20:16:56 cathywolinsky -> Room 1: #1 use of technology is to get help with homework, #2 is becoming closer to someone, #3 is gaming.
20:17:34 cheryloakes~seedlings -> Room 1: WOW!
20:17:35 connect2jamie -> Room 1: That is *very* interesting, cathy.
20:17:51 cheryloakes~seedlings -> Room 1: Cathy, do you have ichat open on your 1-1 laptops?
20:18:16 cathywolinsky -> Room 1: iChat is open and used at night; against the rules during school.
20:18:45 cheryloakes~seedlings -> Room 1: ok
20:20:15 cathywolinsky -> Room 1: We did parent survey from CommonSense and a modified one with grades 3 & 4 students as Bob described.
20:20:39 cheryloakes~seedlings -> Room 1: That is great Cathy.
20:21:55 cheryloakes~seedlings -> Room 1: Commonsense media has their reviews on Netflix,Comcast,
20:25:28 elawson -> Room 1: I think I'd like to be a reviewer for Common Sense
20:25:55 cathywolinsky -> Room 1: good resources on your channel - http://www.youtube.com/CommonSenseMedia - thanks.
20:25:56 cheryloakes~seedlings -> Room 1: I think you could, Eric
20:27:13 cheryloakes~seedlings -> Room 1: getting ready for Geek of the Week
20:27:28 Emily_Hunt -> Room 1: Eric -- shoot me an email [email protected]
20:27:42 elawson -> Room 1: Ok will do
20:29:06 Deb Barrows -> Room 1: Great show - thanks and happy vacation!
20:29:16 bobsprankle -> Room 1: https://addons.mozilla.org/en-US/firefox/addon/5648
20:29:52 cheryloakes~seedlings -> Room 1: http://weblist.me/creative-commons-photos Thanks Deb!
20:29:59 Emily_Hunt -> Room 1: Fireshot: http://bit.ly/8s6g
20:30:48 cheryloakes~seedlings -> Room 1: Good stuff.
20:31:07 connect2jamie -> Room 1: weblist.me is cool! Reminds me of gl.am
20:32:43 cheryloakes~seedlings -> Room 1: http://congintech.wikispaces.com/Tomie+dePaola+Films
20:33:19 cheryloakes~seedlings -> Room 1: http://childrenslibrary.org/about/fastfacts.shtml
20:34:00 cheryloakes~seedlings -> Room 1: ipad app: http://itunes.apple.com/us/app/icdl-free-books-for-children/id363731638?...
20:34:49 cheryloakes~seedlings -> Room 1: Thanks to all in the chat room, Thanks to Emily Hunt,Commonsensemedia.org
20:34:56 cheryloakes~seedlings -> Room 1: Hi Sue, we are finishing up.
20:34:58 Emily_Hunt -> Room 1: Thanks for having me!
20:35:06 sroseman -> Room 1: poor timing
20:35:30 alicebarr -> Room 1: Hi Melinda
20:35:37 bobsprankle -> Room 1: hi melinda!
20:35:52 cheryloakes~seedlings -> Room 1: Hi Melinda
20:35:54 mmiller7571 -> Room 1: only in chat room because I am at a board meeting:):)
20:36:11 mmiller7571 -> Room 1: what is tonights topic:)?
20:36:29 cheryloakes~seedlings -> Room 1: commonsense media.org
20:36:52 mmiller7571 -> Room 1: i better sign out, i don't have any commonsense:):)
20:36:56 elawson -> Room 1: Thanks Emily
20:37:08 connect2jamie -> Room 1: Thanks Emily and Seedlings! Great info as always!
20:37:09 bobsprankle -> Room 1: lol melinda!
20:37:12 cheryloakes~seedlings -> Room 1: nite all
20:37:56 cheryloakes~seedlings -> Room 1: going on vacation seedlings has a break!
20:38:31 sroseman -> Room 1: I will have to get common sense and get here on time
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