EdTechWeekly#12
December 17, 2006
Download mp3 [5]
Story Links & Chat Log Below [6]
Useful roundup of what's on the search horizon
Skype Extras [8]
Interesting add-ons include a lie detector and chat translator
PayPerPost Does Something Right [9]
Evildoers get less evil thanks to the FTC threat
StumbleVideo [10]
Next installment in Stumble suite
Geek to Live: The best apps of 2006 - Lifehacker [11]
"best" of 2006
What’s the Best RSS Reader for Rich Media? [12]
Ten Top Feed Readers
Curriki - WebHome [13]
Access to basic knowledge and learning tools for our children should never be proprietary. In fact, this can and should be a basic right of every child. Yet, over 100 million kids around the world do not have access to these primary education tools.
Dave's Top Ten Edublog Stories of the Year
[14]Free Bonus Item!
LoopNote [15]
Invite your friends to subscribe to your personal loop, then send alerts anytime about who, when & where to meet.
The eLearning Guild [16]
elearning CoP
TIME.com: Person of the Year: You [17]
Heres to community and collaboration!
dotSUB.com [18]
Translation 2.0 - wiki meets subtitles
OpenCourseWare Consortium [19]
Wow, this looks like a good thing!
Bear Bottoms Freeware [20]
open source and freeware - try at your own risk :)
FreeTechBooks.com - Free programming and computer science books, ebooks and lecture notes [21]
Free tech books and lecture notes on geeky topics
edu 2.0 [22]
Free web-based education with comprehensive features for teachers, students and parents.
Graham Glass, etc. [23]
Blog of edu2.0 founder
Elgg Spaces :: create your own network! [24]
Change in pricing - good idea!
| JohnSchinker | Jeff, I am here, though It's kind of noisy |
| JenniferW | not me -- I muted my mike |
| JohnSchinker | I'm in my kitchen making grilled cheese sandwiches while my kids are running around. |
| JenniferW | OH -- I found that skype module |
| JenniferW | but I didn't load it yet |
| JenniferW | jenM - are you using Skype 3 -- the new beta yet?? |
| JenM | JenW - I don't think so? |
| JenniferW | you can add on add on's -- I think that is what Jeff/Dave are talking about -- but we shall find out |
| JenM | JenW - good call!!! |
| JenniferW | I like the backgammon add on myself |
| JenniferW | and the share your screen is pretty cool |
| JenniferW | I think it is called Unyte |
| JenM | http://www.wired.com/testguide/fall2006/index.html |
| JenniferW | tried it out with Chris Harbeck -- it was great to share a screen |
| JL | http://www.readwriteweb.com/archives/search_20_what_is_next.php |
| JenniferW | but it was interesting to have someone take over your mouse |
| JenM | http://www.edu20.org/home |
| dave | http://elgg.net/csessums/weblog |
| JL | http://www.techcrunch.com/2006/12/16/payperpost-does-something-right/#more-4201 |
| JenniferW | just signed up for Edu20.org |
| JenniferW | Yeah -- no more psuedonyms |
| JenM | http://splashcast.wordpress.com/2006/12/14/whats-the-best-rss-reader-for-rich-media/ |
| JL | http://davecormier.com/edblog |
| joycevalenza | that's what I was about to say |
| JenM | http://loopnote.com/ |
| joycevalenza | this copyright shift is fascinating |
| JL | thank you joyce |
| JenniferW | do you think creative commons will truly protect the writer's rights -- that is someone does take something and NOT follow the rules -- could they be brought up on CC violation??? |
| dave | don't encourage him |
| JenniferW | I think the RSS revolution is growing too |
| joycevalenza | i think we have to rethink the ownership environment |
| lee | yes and mobile net |
| dave | http://www.cetis.ac.uk/members/scott/blogview?entry=20050125170206 |
| JL | I think the fact that we get to create our own copyright policy is very powerful - hope we can transfer some of this energy to patent law |
| JohnSchinker | CC is really ignored by a lot of people, though. |
| JohnSchinker | For instance, the Zune violates CC because it puts DRM on your stuff |
| JenM | http://www.widgetbox.com/ |
| JL | i would buy a cc mp3 player if it was available |
| JL | http://dotsub.com/demo/index.php |
| JenniferW | OH NO -- okay JenM -- I am now going to get lost at that site..... |
| JenniferW | I love widgets |
| JenM | JenW: Have fun!! |
| JenM | http://www.elearningguild.com/ |
| dave | http://ubuntuguide.org/wiki/Ubuntu_Edgy |
| JL | http://www.ocwconsortium.org/ |
| JenM | http://bearbottoms1.com/ |
| dave | https://eduforge.org/docman/view.php/142/1101/ePortfolio%20Project%20Research%20Report.pdf |
| JohnSchinker | Better than Drupal? Fighting words! Get 'im, Jeff! |
| dave | ha |
| JenM | http://www.stumbleupon.com/ |
| JenniferW | yes, I am having FUN with the firefox addons -- like stumble upon |
| JohnSchinker | Interesting. I find that I'm doing more *surfing* now in the last several months than I did before. |
| lee | http://elggspaces.com/ |
| JohnSchinker | In the ealy web days, everyone was surfing, just looking around for nothing in particular. That's kind of back now. |
| JenniferW | you have to set your options |
| JenniferW | but skype to skype is still FREE |
| joycevalenza | John, I am seeing similar shifts |
| JenniferW | and there is an international fee too |
| JenniferW | Call places like China, Germany, Mexico City, Taipei and London for just 2.1 cents per minute*. |
| dave | nice star. |
| JenniferW | # 12 months of unlimited calls to any phone in the US and Canada - right from your computer. $14.95 |
| JenniferW | grins -- I blogged about Skype last night |
| dave | ha |
| joycevalenza | great stuff, guys! |
| joycevalenza | will you post a list of these wonderful sites? |
| JenniferW | the bearbottom site lost me for about the last 5 minutes -- what a site |
| joycevalenza | me too, jennifer! |
| JenniferW | so NO next 2 weeks???? |
| lee | yea great job tday |
| JohnSchinker | you need another delicious tag for each episode, so they're easy to find |
| joycevalenza | thank you, dear! |
| lee | delicious |
| joycevalenza | will do |
| JenniferW | who is Scott??? |
| cheryloakeswow2 | Hi hho Scott!!! How are the girls |
| dave | http://tokyocalling.org/ |
| lee | hi scott |
| JenniferW | but we have to do the New Years Marathon -- right?? |
| dave | oh yes. |
| JL | absolutely |
| joycevalenza | how can I explain leaving the holiday guests and the party? |
| JenniferW | so it is tomorrow or yesterday where Scott is?? |
| JohnSchinker | oops |
| JohnSchinker | Don't worry about it. nobody uses IE anyway :-) |
| dave | i've been using it all show |
| dave | firefox crashed over and over again |
| JohnSchinker | I was listening to one of the twit podcasts, and Leo Laporte was complaining |
| Durff | I'm on IE7 - not many problems |
| JohnSchinker | that the new Zune violated their provisions because of DRM |
| Cathye | I have to do it in Flock |
| joycevalenza | i just don't know how to guide students and teachers in this landscape |
| dave | two separate worlds really |
| JenniferW | ooooooo cool -- can we guess first |
| joycevalenza | the existing rules are completely ignored |
| Gary | Thanks - I was listening |
| JenniferW | you are SOOO glad that I am mutued |
| JohnSchinker | All right: here's a question: |
| JohnSchinker | We use Wordpress and Moodle. Do we need Elgg? |
| JohnSchinker | K-12 classes |
| joycevalenza | how does that look? |
| JohnSchinker | Moodle is used to augment classroom instruction. |
| Cathye | You guys always surprise me :) |
| JohnSchinker | We've done the different schools thing in Moodle |
| JohnSchinker | But it has been in small numbers |
| JohnSchinker | Wordpress is mainly for the teachers |
| JohnSchinker | Easy web pages |
| JohnSchinker | That's how I sell it. Then, they get into the other stuff |
| JohnSchinker | It seems like there'd be a lot of overlap. |
| JenniferW | and it takes up a LOT of space for your webpage to have too many |
| JohnSchinker | We do let the kids blog in Moodle, which is a walled community for us |
| JohnSchinker | Right. Bringing others in is useful |
| JenniferW | well -- LOL -- it takes a lot of space on my PERSONAL websites -- I guess if you are a school hosting, you might have more space than I do |
| Durff | name these community sites |
| JohnSchinker | *laugh* |
| JohnSchinker | Actually, we used Mambo for the school website, too. |
| JohnSchinker | We don't have space issues |
| lee | well said dave |
| JohnSchinker | I think I have about 400 gb free |
| JenniferW | I have 40,000 MB Web space |
| JenniferW | for $4.95 a month |
| JohnSchinker | I'm hosting myself -- so I have as much space as there is in the server, along with 100MB Internet connection. |
| JenniferW | and 1,000 mb on another site -- I wish I could host myself |
| JenniferW | but am not ready to host yet |
| JohnSchinker | Go to that link about Linux, grab an old computer, and off you go.... |
| JohnSchinker | The fact that it would be a secondary server means you can learn as you go along, without the pressure of 100% uptime |
| JL | skypecast has expired - those already there can stay. If anyone else would like to join in, new one is here: https://skypecasts.skype.com/skypecasts/skypecast/detailed.html?id_talk=103279 |
| JenniferW | I hear there is a monthly cost to do so??? To connect to the internet with a static ip |
| JohnSchinker | Yeah -- there may be. It depends on how you connect to the Internet. |
| JohnSchinker | I can get limited static ips for free at school. |
| JenniferW | my dsl right now -- $19.95 isn't static |
| JenniferW | John -- I am working from my home |
| JohnSchinker | I wouldn't try it from home. You're better off in a hosted environment. |
| JenniferW | yes -- I agree |
| JohnSchinker | I don't trust residential internet access |
| JohnSchinker | Uploading in Moodle isn't very hard, if I recall correctly |
| JohnSchinker | My teachers can do it :-) |
| JohnSchinker | You can set the file size, but it may be limited by php.ini |
| JohnSchinker | Here's my Moodle victory story: |
| JenniferW | should we move to the other SKYPE for the next session??? |
| JenM | Update Secure RSS feeds now completed as of December 14th: http://drupal.org/node/92816 |
| JL | no need to Jdub |
| sroseman | JenniferW, is there a WOW2 session this week? |
| JenniferW | thanks |
| JL | as long as you can still hear and speak |
| JenniferW | YES -- Leslie Fisher, gadget guru -- guest speaker |
| sroseman | oh cool, JenW |
| sroseman | what time again, |
| JohnSchinker | Thanks, Jen. Secure RSS would be really useful for me |
| JenniferW | 6pm PST time --- 9pm EST --- 4pm GMT (or is it 5??) |
| sroseman | eastern ok 9PM for me |
| scott | hello - safari at least let me in |
| JenniferW | is Oscar walking or crawling??? |
| lee | good moodle link http://del.icio.us/moodle |
| JenniferW | so crawling??? |
| scott | Jennifer, can you post the drupal secure rss link again? |
| JenM | sure! http://drupal.org/node/92816 |
| scott | thx |
| JenniferW | http://www.nabaztags.com/ |
| sroseman | video ipod |
| Durff | santa, I want a digital camera |
| JenniferW | oooo I want a digital camera and TIVO |
| scott | I wanna a sanyo exacti - digicam / video with sd memory |
| sroseman | iwant iwant |
| Durff | what's a TIVO? |
| dave | he's crawling backwards |
| sroseman | iwant |
| joycevalenza | :-) |
| JenM | oooh! what kind of camera! check here http://www.wired.com/testguide/fall2006/ |
| Cathye | Jen - it is the Belkin microphone with the iPod |
| Cathye | It is wonderful |
| JenniferW | and thisis the mike for the ipod |
| JenniferW | http://www.xtrememac.com/ |
| sroseman | mac laptop |
| JenniferW | thanks sue |
| Cathye | yes- the mic for the IPod- belkin |
| JenniferW | do you think the new VIDEO ipod will be out by Feb |
| JenniferW | should I wait??? |
| lee | good idea jl |
| sroseman | I want an iphone |
| Durff | how is the Aune? |
| Durff | Zune |
| Cathye | I just bought the video 30 gig Ipod |
| sroseman | what do you have on it, Cathye |
| lee | which one did you get dave |
| scott | yeah, but the zune has Minesweeper! Must Have Item!! |
| Durff | buy a cow? |
| JenM | re: iPod - they are also ready to announce a ipod phone |
| sroseman | the new ipod shuffle ..clip on |
| JenM | in early 2007 |
| JenniferW | yes Feb 1 |
| Cathye | I have not used the video much except for watching screen cast |
| JenniferW | or near that date-- after the annual Mac conference |
| Cathye | But the video is awesome- so crisp |
| Gary | Never a Zune - my 2nd gen ipod from March 2003 still works well |
| scott | bought a 5G iPod 80gig a couple of months ago - absolutely amazing |
| JohnSchinker | We used protpage to distribute christmas lists to friends and family. |
| JohnSchinker | Everyone asked what the kids wanted, so we just put lists out there. |
| dave | Palm T|X |
| dave | for me |
| lee | tnx |
| dave | child has awoken for evening feeding |
| dave | talk to you all soon |
| sroseman | This is the etoy of the year... the fly pen |
| joycevalenza | bye dave! |
| JenniferW | ooo the fly pen |
| JenM | bye!!!! night! |
| JohnSchinker | I was disappointed with the fly |
| Durff | bye or good night John-Boy |
| scott | Sanyo Xacti |
| sroseman | the flash web site is impressive |
| lee | zoom is cool |
| Cathye | Same to you Dave! |
| JenM | http://www.wired.com/testguide/fall2006/reviews/videocams/index.html |
| sroseman | What is wrong with the Fly Top Computer? I have not had any experience with it |
| JohnSchinker | I had a teacher who saw it in spring '05, and she was thrilled. |
| JohnSchinker | When we finally saw it, I thought it was a lot more limited than what she had said. |
| JohnSchinker | I was looking for writing on normal paper, and then hotsyncing via usb to transfer the text |
| JohnSchinker | With built in OTC |
| Cathye | OK- so you elementary folks- what are you doing with your kids this week to keep them grounded? |
| JohnSchinker | I asked the leap people about it at NECC in '05, and they didn't know anything about it. |
| JenniferW | we are going to Charlotte's Web on Thursday -- 1/2 day on Friday |
| JohnSchinker | I finally saw it last winter |
| JenniferW | luckily I am not teaching -- but i am helping my friend, 1st grade |
| cheryloakeswow2 | our elementary kids are making peace cards to the world and concerts |
| JohnSchinker | it=fly, not charlotte's web |
| sroseman | Hi Cheryl |
| sroseman | went skiing today |
| sroseman | how is the skiing out your way? |
| cheryloakeswow2 | I did not ski, it was foggy yesterday and today it was too warm to make snow, so just waiting |
| sroseman | Spring skiing |
| JohnSchinker | I bought three things online, the rest was in the store |
| cheryloakeswow2 | yes, and we are so ready for a big dump of snow. that is what I am dreaming of |
| joycevalenza | night all! |
| JohnSchinker | Mostly because I waited too long, and was worried about the shipping |
| sroseman | me too..disgusted with the weather up here |
| cheryloakeswow2 | bye joyce |
| cheryloakeswow2 | oh, are yo u in the same spring skiing boat? |
| sroseman | yep |
| JohnSchinker | Dell: you can, I have :-) |
| scott | hello cheryloakes |
| cheryloakeswow2 | Hi Scott, how are your delightful girls? |
| sroseman | Would you buy a Mac laptop |
| JohnSchinker | Scott, these girls are famous |
| scott | they are full of energy - thx |
| Gary | You would buy on-line if you will the the Apple education price |
| JohnSchinker | If you join the chat late, you don't get the history, right? |
| cheryloakeswow2 | Oh, sorry about that Jeff, we have to get this streamlined |
| cheryloakeswow2 | I buy macbooks online |
| JohnSchinker | So if someone comes in after the link was posted.... |
| sroseman | Best Buy will match the educational prices here |
| Gary | Here? |
| JohnSchinker | Got it. Limiting the participation, not asking for others to join in. |
| cheryloakeswow2 | That is a great alternative in skypecast |
| sroseman | Do you have educational pricing, Cheryl? |
| cheryloakeswow2 | are you in skpye now |
| cheryloakeswow2 | I get educational pricing |
| sroseman | I do too |
| JL | https://skypecasts.skype.com/skypecasts/skypecast/detailed.html?id_talk=103279 |
| JenniferW | http://womenofweb2.podomatic.com/enclosure/2006-12-13T04_15_33-08_00.mp3 |
| cheryloakeswow2 | okay. |
| JenniferW | that is the link to the Women of Web 2 |
| JohnSchinker | So in cases where you want to invite people to come in, you'd use the regular public skypecast, right? |
| cheryloakeswow2 | i am heading down to my microphone |
| JohnSchinker | Cool feature: time code the chat |
| JohnSchinker | (Skype): right. I get it. |
| JohnSchinker | If the chat had the time and corresponded with the audio, that would make it easier for someone after the fact to look at the chat when listening |
| scott | yes, John, timecoded chat - great feature idea |
| JohnSchinker | I'm not sure it's possible. |
| scott | Flash Meeting has it |
| scott | cool - Dave is the man with the answers |
| JenM | testing time |
| JohnSchinker | right. That might be useful in the posted transcript |
| scott | Jeff that is, |
| dave | dave who? |
| dave | dave's not here |
| JohnSchinker | *bird* |
| JohnSchinker | It's off :-) |
| sroseman | *beep* |
| JenniferW | http://flashmeeting.open.ac.uk/ |
| sroseman | Thanks, JenW |
| JenniferW | it looks great |
| JenniferW | does it have a limit to attenders |
| JenniferW | oh, it costs, so I can't do it -- sorry |
| scott | It isn't readily available to all to set up a conference, thought the webheads do have a complimentary account |
| sroseman | What about another tour of SecondLife in the near future..speaking of avatars |
| JenniferW | maybe they might give a comp account to Women of Web |
| JenM | do you have the url for the yahoo video group you mentioned? |
| scott | also, I understand they are amenable to requests that are educational in nature or focus |
| JL | http://groups.yahoo.com/group/evonline2002_webheads/ |
| JenM | thank you! |
| JL | http://groups.yahoo.com/group/videoblogging/ |
| sroseman | 2.0.6 |
| JL | oops sorry - that 1st one was wrong |
| JenM | JL: I wondered? Thanks |
| JohnSchinker | I've always been amazed that you guys can be in the audio discussion and the chat room at the same time |
| scott | sorry, I can't paste into the chat - thanks for the link Dave ;) |
| JohnSchinker | When I describe it to teachers, they're amazed |
| JohnSchinker | need to go -- thx everyone |
| JohnSchinker | Merry Christmas |
| cheryloakeswow2 | by John |
| scott | take care John - happy holidays! |
| JL | bye John |
| JenM | bye john! |
| JenM | scott, that Dave is a great guy . . . Jeff is ok too ;) |
| sroseman | I started a year ago as a newbie..I am still a newbie though |
| scott | Here's an idea - how about an Ed Tech Talk Roast |
| JenniferW | lol - that could be fun |
| cheryloakeswow2 | oh, that sounds good |
| scott | Dave and Jeff have to sit back and listen to all of the people they have impacted talk about the EdTech Talk experience |
| scott | testimonials such as Jennifer and Cheryl just shared |
| cheryloakeswow2 | you are right scott |
| JenniferW | yep - they need the accolades |
| lee | scott, highlite then drag links into the chat room text box |
| JenM | Bloglines subscription to EdTechTalk: jmaddrell - subscribed since May 16, 2006 |
| scott | thanks lee |
| lee | for mac that works |
| lee | :) |
| scott | http://eng115-fa06.blogspot.com/ |
| JenniferW | that is what I get to do at my NEW job |
| JenniferW | getting to help teachers |
| scott | just testing Lee's suggestion - ignore that link sorry |
| lee | yea it worked |
| JenniferW | I will be the first women on the IT team at a private school -- kinda scared -- but glad I will have a JOB |
| lee | u go girl |
| JenniferW | missed the monthly paychecks :) |
| sroseman | Congratulats, JenW |
| JenniferW | thanks -- its been a while of NO JOB -- but I have been able to do a lot of stuff while unemployed |
| JenniferW | and just ran out of money yesterday -- LOL -- and one more freelance check is due tomorrow :) |
| JenniferW | so -- it all worked out WONDERFULLY |
| lee | i'm on my way cheryl! |
| sroseman | I am looking at a private school as well and the local university for a part time job |
| JenniferW | and sue you liv where??? |
| sroseman | Ottawa, Ontario Canada |
| JenniferW | okay |
| sroseman | not too far from Sharon |
| JenniferW | cool |
| sroseman | I was born in Montreal |
| sroseman | went to school there |
| sroseman | even taught French |
| JenniferW | so you have SNOW??? now? |
| sroseman | no.. |
| sroseman | bad winter |
| JenniferW | we have SNOW on the mountains about 40 minutes away -- beautiful day in SoCalif today |
| sroseman | out west in BC..lots of snow |
| sroseman | need to bring cell phomes and ipods into the classroom in meaningful ways |
| sroseman | phones |
| cheryloakeswow2 | Steve Dembo has a presentation about that. |
| JenniferW | KidTech??? is that what you said?? |
| lee | also instant podcasting |
| sroseman | I notice teens are on their cells and ipods in their spare time |
| cheryloakeswow2 | you can call in to gcast from a cell phone |
| scott | thanks all |
| JenM | nice "meeting" you, scott! |
| sroseman | Thanks all..I never stoplearning |
| JenM | nite all! |
| sroseman | with you guys |
| sroseman | what a second life session???? |
| lee | just thnx |
| sroseman | what about a second Life session..correction |
| lee | yes |
| sroseman | soon .. I am addicted to SecondLife |
| sroseman | Thanks all again |
| JenM | ooh! just reading up on the chat! best of luck to you JenW! |
| JenM | I'm a bad multi-tasker and missed this earlier! sorry |
| JenM | nite all |
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