18:32:18 cristina -> hi 18:39:28 drew buddie -> hey there 18:58:11 MaxiM -> Hi there 18:58:39 MaxiM -> Is there anyone in here ? 19:40:40 matt montagne -> hey gang 19:40:54 shoemap -> Doing some shopping? 19:41:34 arvind -> hi all 19:42:05 dougsymington -> hey arvind 19:42:13 dougsymington -> and all 19:42:13 arvind -> hey doug, someone streaming right now? 19:42:15 PeggyG -> Hi there! I've been looking forward to this for weeks! Very exciting event! :-) 19:43:25 dougsymington -> not just yet re stream 19:43:27 dougsymington -> I think 19:43:43 dougsymington -> top o the hr--think Jose is taking 1st shift 19:43:51 dougsymington -> onstream 19:44:06 arvind -> sounds good 19:44:35 shoemap -> You made it. Hi April! 19:44:40 April W -> Hey Pam working just fine now 19:44:59 April W -> cool 19:45:32 shoemap -> April is the blogging teacher who will be featured tomorrow 19:45:41 April W -> hello all 19:46:38 April W -> I will check back a bit later need to eat a late dinner, thanks for your help Pam :-) 19:46:45 shoemap -> ok 19:46:54 dougsymington -> think we're about to begin 19:47:38 matt montagne -> hey everyone! 19:47:51 arvind -> hi matt 19:49:18 JasonR -> Greetings Earthcastings 19:49:42 shoemap -> Cool Earth Day Music!! 19:50:26 JL -> just switched tunes - after googling 'Earth Day music' 19:50:33 JL -> everybody hold hands now 19:50:53 JohnS -> Can't type with hands held 19:50:58 shoemap -> Virtual hand holding 19:51:37 shoemap -> This one is bad 19:52:29 Lorna -> Go Matt 19:52:33 shoemap -> Hi Lorna 19:52:44 Lorna -> Hi Pam 19:52:55 Lorna -> all good 19:52:58 shoemap -> Audio great 19:53:22 JohnS -> auio okay on the eee 19:54:39 sheila -> Hello all! 19:55:09 arvind -> don't hear any audio on ustream. should i? 19:55:20 matt montagne -> we'll be coming back 19:55:30 JohnS -> Yeah, probably should, arvind 19:55:34 drew buddie -> Hi there 19:55:49 drew buddie -> I'm too excited to go to bed 19:56:01 PeggyG -> I'm hearing audio on iTunes. 19:56:03 JohnS -> Yeah, probably should, arvind/ 19:56:13 drew buddie -> I can hear audio via realplayer 19:56:21 sheila -> I'm on real player . . 19:56:47 Lorna -> no ustream for me 19:57:12 JohnS -> 'm not getting anything on ustream, either 19:57:16 JL -> hmmmm 19:57:21 JohnS -> just buffering 19:57:29 Lorna -> jujst buffering 19:57:46 PeggyG -> am now hearing on ustream 19:58:25 drew buddie -> I can't hear on Ustream 19:58:43 arvind -> i have nothing on ustream, even after refresh 19:59:04 JL -> is anyone hearing on Ustream? 19:59:05 Lorna -> still no ustream 19:59:06 dougsymington -> can't get ustream here either 19:59:11 dougsymington -> thought it was new machine 19:59:11 PeggyG -> I guess I'm not hearing on ustream either. it was really coming through iTunes. Still says buffering 0% 19:59:15 Durff -> sound on ETT A is good 19:59:19 dougsymington -> but old not working either 19:59:22 Durff -> no sound on ustream 19:59:25 dougsymington -> yes agree ETTA is good 19:59:26 drew buddie -> Good luck everyone :D 19:59:32 dougsymington -> buffering on ustream 19:59:36 Durff -> oh jose 19:59:42 sheila -> What about NH accents? ;) 19:59:47 Lorna -> :D Go everyone go 19:59:47 drew buddie -> Anyone actually doing all 24hours 19:59:54 JL -> they're wicked cool 20:01:03 arvind -> ETTA works fine for me 20:01:12 Durff -> me too 20:01:20 JoseRodriguez -> Hey Folks 20:01:51 JasonR -> w00t! 20:02:15 arvind -> the commercial is awesome! 20:02:17 sheila -> And we are off . . . . 20:02:35 Durff -> YEAH! 20:02:38 JohnS -> wow. somebody sign him up 20:02:47 drew buddie -> I suggest playing that clip regularly throughout the day 20:03:00 shoemap -> Yeah Jason! 20:03:08 drew buddie -> <CLAPS!> 20:03:29 Durff -> matt in the supermarket 20:03:30 [Action] JasonR -> blushes 20:03:46 Lorna -> I need a loaf of bread 20:04:00 dougsymington -> no doubt--great job Jeh 20:04:08 dougsymington -> hey Derrall 20:04:10 Durff -> hi derrall 20:04:16 JoseRodriguez -> Go team! 20:04:18 JL -> Whole Foods http://www.flickr.com/photos/mjmonty/2432772876/ 20:04:21 derrallg -> hey doug and durff 20:04:43 Durff -> hi kipper 20:06:30 Durff -> hi colette 20:06:36 Durff -> hi peggy' 20:06:42 Durff -> hi doug 20:06:52 Durff -> did i miss anyone? 20:06:55 PeggyG -> Hi Durff-had to log out and log back in 20:07:18 PeggyG -> Just hear the audio opening from Jason Robertshaw 20:07:40 Durff -> welcome back kipper 20:07:53 Durff -> hi lorna 20:08:01 Lorna -> Hi Durff 20:08:07 PeggyG -> Can't yet get the ustream but receiving the audio fine on iTunes. 20:08:08 JL -> Guestbook at: http://spreadsheets.google.com/viewform?key=paReSSkPApF0IVVpowI8IDA 20:08:31 Durff -> i don't think ustream is streaming 20:08:46 Durff -> i thought jose was doing it 20:08:58 Durff -> hi wdpiper 20:09:05 Durff -> hi cindy 20:09:08 arvind -> sounds great so far 20:09:13 cindy phthisic -> Hi Durff 20:09:14 Durff -> welcome back arvind 20:09:23 JL -> it says there are 21 listeners, but seems to be lots of buffering issues (I think on the Ustream end, not here) 20:09:25 drew buddie -> I can't seem to hear on Ustream - so am 30secs behand via Realplayer 20:09:39 Durff -> drew - use ETT A 20:09:52 Durff -> i had best success with the blue icon 20:10:03 drew buddie -> thaks I am on ETTA real player is that OK? 20:10:14 Durff -> my itunes is out to lunch or sth 20:10:15 JoseRodriguez -> So does shoutcast server have good audio 20:10:22 Durff -> me too drew 20:10:33 Durff -> yes jose 20:10:42 drew buddie -> :D @ Durff - glad its not just me 20:10:44 Durff -> why aren't you jose ustreaming? 20:10:55 JoseRodriguez -> Jeff is ustreaming 20:11:01 Durff -> murphy's law 20:11:36 Durff -> he is? 20:11:45 cindy phthisic -> @PeggyG - thanks for your help with my around the world in 80 Tweets proj (I'm misstizzy) 20:11:48 Durff -> hi again wdpiper 20:12:06 wdpiper -> hi there 20:12:17 PeggyG -> It's so exciting to hear what classrooms are doing to join in on the Earthcast!! Keep those stories coming. :-) 20:13:03 drew buddie -> From the UK this is sounding great 20:13:08 Lorna -> Pretty awesome 20:13:10 PeggyG -> It's a perfect time for me in AZ! It's 5:00pm here. 20:13:40 shoemap -> Hi Drew 20:13:52 Durff -> 8:13pm here 20:13:52 drew buddie -> Hiya shoemap :D 20:13:55 PeggyG -> Hi Jose! 20:14:18 Durff -> hi srolle 20:14:22 Durff -> welcome 20:14:32 srolle -> hello everyone. 20:14:37 Durff -> sound is on ETT A 20:14:45 PeggyG -> This worldwide perspective is so valuable! 20:14:53 Durff -> best luck with the blue icon today 20:15:11 kipperyates -> Hi everybody, Kipperyates here 20:15:26 Durff -> he is making others do his work that's how 20:15:35 Durff -> welcome back srolle 20:16:27 srolle -> thanks Durff. I think I'm past my technical difficulties. 20:17:16 arvind -> that accent doesn't sound English. Is it? 20:17:19 Doug -> hey Drew, sounds great! 20:17:31 Durff -> love that accent 20:18:01 Durff -> oo - that sounds better 20:18:12 Durff -> someone did something wonderful 20:19:21 JoseRodriguez -> Hey I am back 20:19:26 Durff -> hey jose is back 20:19:31 Durff -> run! 20:19:37 Durff -> hi April 20:19:43 JoseRodriguez -> sorry about the feedback on skype call it was me messing around :-) 20:19:44 Durff -> hi dlitty 20:19:45 PeggyG -> Just in case anyone needs the URL for the wikispace for this event, here it is. http://enviroscims.wikispaces.com/Earth+Day 20:19:46 April W -> Hello 20:19:54 shoemap -> April is the teacher I was talking about 20:20:04 April W -> hello all 20:20:06 JoseRodriguez -> Hi April 20:20:11 Durff -> April sound on ETT A 20:20:22 April W -> got it 20:20:23 Durff -> blue icon is best 20:20:28 Durff -> gr8 20:20:36 Durff -> welcome back ditty 20:20:44 Durff -> sound on ETT A 20:20:53 Durff -> click the blue icon 20:22:30 PeggyG -> Welcome Sheila. 20:23:16 shoemap -> The song sounds great, Sheila! 20:24:16 Durff -> hi hrmo 20:24:22 Durff -> welcome 20:24:26 hrmo -> Hi 20:24:49 JL -> http://enviroscims.wikispaces.com/earthcast08+VoiceThread 20:24:54 Durff -> sound on ETT A 20:25:02 Durff -> click on blue icon 20:25:03 PeggyG -> Wow, Sheila! What an exciting lineup for your time!! Can't wait! 20:25:12 Doug -> soiunds great Sheila 20:26:04 Durff -> hi joao 20:26:11 Durff -> i missed him 20:26:34 arvind -> gotta run, keep up the great work! 20:26:42 JL -> c u Arvind 20:26:50 Doug -> take care Arvind 20:26:52 Doug -> cya soon 20:26:56 PeggyG -> We're all just listening in eager anticipation! 20:27:08 hrmo -> What would be the most important tip you would give to families 20:27:08 Durff -> amen to that 20:27:14 hrmo -> who want to go green? 20:27:16 Durff -> bye arvind 20:27:18 wdpiper -> hey matt 20:27:25 wdpiper -> this is pretty cool 20:27:32 Doug -> @hrmo great question 20:27:42 sheila -> @hrmo - Hi there! Good to see you!!! 20:27:46 Durff -> frogs are green 20:27:53 arvind -> Here are 10 green photography tips: http://photojojo.com/content/tips/eco-friendly-photography-tips/ 20:27:58 Durff -> welcome back april 20:27:59 hrmo -> @sheila good to see you too! 20:28:03 arvind -> bye 20:28:14 JoseRodriguez -> My students and I are wearing all green for EarthDay 20:28:25 Durff -> really? 20:28:33 Durff -> i'm not that crazy 20:28:54 Durff -> welcome back sheila 20:29:15 wdpiper -> that's a good idea- my class and I are going to be listening in tomorrow throughout the day and hopefully jump into the text a bit 20:29:35 Durff -> hi mjal 20:29:36 sheila -> Had to restart . . 20:29:37 April W -> I am also going to have each of my classes listen in for a bit 20:29:48 Durff -> @mjal sound on ETT A 20:29:51 hrmo -> welcome mjal 20:30:08 sheila -> Hi mjal - :) 20:30:14 JL -> Guestbook at: http://spreadsheets.google.com/viewform?key=paReSSkPApF0IVVpowI8IDA 20:30:18 April W -> possibly use the chat through my computer to have students voice questions etc depending on how it goes 20:30:34 PeggyG -> Gimundo.com has had some good stories this week leaading up to Earth Day. http://www.gimundo.com/Articles/Daily/963/Five_Ways_to_Help_Your_Kids_Go_Green 20:30:41 April W -> sheila I would be very interested in the antarctica data 20:31:12 mjal -> Thank you 20:31:30 hrmo -> Hey that was my question 20:31:35 Durff -> yup 20:31:53 Durff -> so what do you think hrmo? 20:32:08 sheila -> April - her web page is www.ryejrhigh.org/ellwood 20:32:17 April W -> excellent thanks sheila 20:32:24 hrmo -> starting off slow and then working our way up is a great idea 20:32:39 Durff -> where would one begin? 20:33:04 PeggyG -> I love the tips for families on the Gimundo link. :-) Don't buy toys-borrow instead; spend time outside; teach green; stick with eco-friendly entertainment; make your meals both healthy and kid-friendly. 20:33:28 Durff -> ahhh - go vegan 20:33:57 hrmo -> I would start by not having my mom drive my to school as often 20:34:31 Durff -> so she doesn't know what you're doing? 20:34:34 sheila -> @hrmo - good idea! or carpool? 20:34:45 Durff -> good plan 20:34:45 hrmo -> or the bus! 20:34:54 sheila -> even better 20:35:08 Durff -> we don't have buses 20:35:16 Durff -> private school 20:35:35 Durff -> only the few PA students but most are MD students 20:35:38 matt montagne -> when my wife and I have a baby we are going to have an eco-baby 20:35:46 Durff -> how? 20:36:21 Durff -> hi srol 20:36:32 Durff -> welcome to earthcast 20:36:38 Durff -> sound on ETT A 20:37:16 PeggyG -> I just learned that you have to be careful about disposing of the energy-saving light bulbs because they contain mercury. Does anyone know the proper disposal procedure? 20:37:18 Durff -> hi theresa 20:37:50 sheila -> We have a hazardous waste day coming up in NH. 20:37:51 PeggyG -> Hi Doug. 20:38:19 Doug -> hi Peggy 20:38:42 Durff -> qt hrmo? 20:38:51 PeggyG -> Any studies or research on how we're doing going paperless and not printing so much from our computers? 20:38:55 hrmo -> what's qt? 20:39:03 Durff -> good qt peggy 20:39:43 PeggyG -> qt-short hand for question :-) 20:39:57 Durff -> @hrmo at = question 20:40:03 Durff -> you were typing 20:40:36 April W -> speaking of footprints my students are going to calculate theirs as part of our earth day activities tomorrow 20:41:02 sheila -> @hrmo and mjal - should we talk to Mr. Waters about getting challenge points for attending this meeting? 20:41:22 hrmo -> YEESS!!! 20:41:26 hrmo -> wonderful idea 20:41:31 sheila -> :D 20:41:34 Durff -> who? 20:42:07 sheila -> Another teacher at our school. Gives points for attending town meetings. 20:42:09 Durff -> is your Mr. Waters like the Mr.Waters i had for history? 20:42:12 JoseRodriguez -> I really like the google form.... for guest book I just put in mine, how about you? 20:43:14 Durff -> hi mark 20:43:17 JoseRodriguez -> Welcome Mark 20:43:22 mahlness -> howdy 20:43:23 Durff -> sound on ETT A 20:43:25 Doug -> I signed in to0--loving the google forms 20:43:32 Durff -> blue icon works best 20:43:45 sheila -> @all - just a reminder there is a 30 second delay. 20:44:11 Doug -> http://spreadsheets.google.com/viewform?key=paReSSkPApF0IVVpowI8IDA for guest book 20:44:37 JoseRodriguez -> Hey Alice 20:44:38 Doug -> Hey Alice 20:45:06 ColetteC -> great website for waste free lunches http://www.wastefreelunches.org/ 20:45:18 hrmo -> one thing that my family has already started to do is always bring our own grocery bags 20:45:35 sheila -> @collette - interesting idea 20:45:43 Doug -> Good suggestion from Sheila in skype--mention voicethread again 20:45:48 April W -> hrmo that is great every little bit helps 20:45:51 ColetteC -> average a school-age child using a disposable lunch generates 67 pounds of waste per school year 20:46:04 sheila -> @hrmo - are the bags decorated? 20:46:12 sheila -> Hi sciencecone 20:46:26 PeggyG -> I asked a couple of questions--any answers? 20:46:35 mahlness -> hi who do i skype? 20:46:56 JasonR -> hang on 20:47:04 hrmo -> some are decorated and one has a picture of the world on it 20:47:37 JasonR -> http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=_znJmK1iyZI&eurl=http://cephalopodcast.com/blog/ 20:47:42 JasonR -> :P 20:47:47 Doug -> http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=_znJmK1iyZI 20:47:58 sheila -> http://cephalopodcast.com/media/earthcast/earthcast08.mp3 20:48:05 PeggyG -> Saw a great signatures on an email message from a colleague: "Please consider the environment before printing this email." :-) 20:48:12 Doug -> beat me--Jeh they're looking 4u on skype 20:48:21 JasonR -> I am here now 20:48:34 sheila -> @peggy - great idea! 20:48:53 sheila -> We should have a wiki with all of these ideas! 20:49:11 Doug -> Yes re wiki - -so we can reuse resources 20:49:22 ColetteC -> article from Education World about paperless classroom in Kentucky http://www.education-world.com/a_tech/tech059.shtml 20:49:22 Doug -> and make this "sustainable" 20:49:26 Durff -> welcome back mjal 20:49:36 sheila -> @mjal - I did the same thing . . . 20:49:43 Doug -> woohoo cue the mashups 20:50:07 mjal -> :o 20:50:37 PeggyG -> @coletteC That is a great article on the paperless classroom. Fantastic ideas. We need to add that link to the wikispace if it isn't already there. 20:51:06 sheila -> @mjal and hrmo - now do you think you can help me with the chat during our hour? 20:51:09 Doug -> great media Jason--love the great work you've done across formats 20:51:41 ColetteC -> @peggyG I try to go paperless as much as possible - post all "handouts" to a wiki or Moodle 20:51:47 JL -> http://cephalopodcast.com/ 20:51:53 mjal -> @shelia Yeah 20:52:02 sheila -> great! 20:52:16 hrmo -> @sheila- yes now that I know a little bit more about what we are going to be talking about and how it works 20:52:17 mjal -> wait what hour? 20:52:20 sheila -> I'm glad you both have some experience now. 20:52:38 sheila -> We are streaming from 9 -10 am tomorrow 20:53:20 PeggyG -> Jason, your PSA YouTube video is outstanding!!! We all need to share the URL with our teachers right away. :-) 20:53:57 mjal -> oh yeah of course but what about the other thing that is doing on tomorrow 20:54:10 mjal -> going on 20:54:53 Doug -> @PeggyG don't forget to have anyone producing media to add "earthcast08" tag so we can aggregate resoueces 20:55:06 Doug -> resources 20:55:06 hrmo -> I have heard that if a hybrid car gets in an accident there is a chance that there could be damage to the environment due to damaged batteris. anyone have any info on this? 20:55:06 PeggyG -> @mjal what other thing are you referring to for tomorrow? 20:55:42 Doug -> resistance is futile 20:55:57 Doug -> soory, "borg' joke 20:55:58 derrallg -> that's why i'm doing this 20:56:28 hrmo -> @PeggyG- there is going to be a big feast in school tomorrow! 20:56:48 sheila -> @hrmo - we'll have to look into that more. Perhaps Pam's guest can answer that. 20:57:22 Doug -> @hrmo hadn't heard re enviro and batteries, but had heard that "first responders" had expressed concerns re their safety at collisions involving hybrids 20:57:42 hrmo -> @Doug- oh interesting 20:57:45 sheila -> @shoemap - can your GM interviewee answer the hybrid question? maybe? 20:57:55 PeggyG -> @hrmo-sounds fantastic! Take pictures and share. :-) 20:58:28 derrallg -> getting two streams merging 20:58:29 JoseRodriguez -> can someone check ustream 20:58:39 PeggyG -> Woot! 26 hour -2 bonus hours :-) 20:58:50 Doug -> have Jose on ustream now 20:58:54 sheila -> hi evelyn 20:58:57 derrallg -> ustream is working 20:59:02 evelyn -> hi there! 20:59:03 sheila -> hi wrno 20:59:03 Doug -> sounds good 20:59:09 wrno -> hey 20:59:14 PeggyG -> yes ustream working here. 20:59:44 Doug -> woohoo, well done 1st hr in the bank! 20:59:56 wrno -> what do i do now 21:00:29 sheila -> well we are switching to another stream I think. stay tuned . . . you can stay here for a bit. 21:00:30 Doug -> playing Jeh's intro now 21:00:33 Doug -> on ustream 21:00:34 derrallg -> great job 21:00:35 hrmo -> Will the chat room continue for the next 23 hours? 21:00:41 sheila -> yes 21:00:55 sheila -> Can you all still hear? 21:00:57 JoseRodriguez -> is sound coming through 21:01:01 Doug -> yes 21:01:09 hrmo -> yes 21:01:10 Doug -> JL restreaming on ETTA 21:01:11 sheila -> I'm on realplayer - yes 21:01:18 JoseRodriguez -> thanks jeff 21:01:28 matt montagne -> hey everyone 21:01:33 JL -> Jose, do you want to take over ETT A? 21:01:39 sheila -> Great job Matt! 21:01:44 Doug -> Hey Matt well done 21:01:48 PeggyG -> Just hearing the promo on ustream-is the live conversation coming through? 21:01:51 matt montagne -> thanks sheila! 21:01:58 Doug -> yes Peggy 21:02:00 matt montagne -> appreciate the props 21:02:05 wrno -> i can't hear anyhting 21:02:14 Doug -> audio stream is about 20 sec behind ustream 21:02:25 sheila -> I have another student in the chat room:) 21:02:28 Doug -> may have to restart your okayer 21:02:32 Doug -> player 21:02:49 Doug -> to hear stream--try refreshing/stopping and starting 21:02:53 wrno -> how do i do that? 21:03:04 Doug -> just stop and start itunes 21:03:07 sheila -> @wrno - you may have to restart the stream 21:03:18 hrmo -> @wrno- you have to click on the sound button over to the right under EdTechTalk-A 21:03:25 Doug -> or whatever you're listening to stream--or just click on ustream 21:03:37 Doug -> to listen via ustream 21:03:39 sheila -> @wrno- you have to click on the sound button over to the right under EdTechTalk-A 21:03:53 sheila -> @wrno - can you hear? 21:04:05 wrno -> uhh hold on let me find it first 21:04:24 matt montagne -> Did Mark's project start in 1994? 21:04:37 sheila -> when you restart it may boot you off the chat. 21:04:39 JoseRodriguez -> 93 I think 21:05:05 Doug -> click on the black icon to launch the "default player" 21:05:23 wrno -> waoh i can hear.. :D 21:05:24 JoseRodriguez -> 94 21:05:54 PeggyG -> Hearing the live ustream now with Alice and It's Elementary. Bandwidth of ustream froze my computer and had to log in again. All is well now. 21:05:59 wrno -> what do i do now? 21:06:15 sheila -> can you hear? 21:06:41 wrno -> @Sheila well it said welcome and thats it 21:06:47 JoseRodriguez -> How is ustream? 21:06:57 hrmo -> @sheila- maybe we should do that in science class, decorate grocery bags 21:07:12 wrno -> that would be so much fun 21:07:18 wrno -> i say we do it 21:07:31 sheila -> @wrmo - there's some icons you can click on to hear what they are talking about. 21:07:40 sheila -> Hi lisa! 21:07:53 wrno -> lisa=] 21:08:04 sheila -> @wrno - hrmo - let's work on it - the bags . . . 21:08:13 alicemercer -> Welcome all 21:08:21 alicemercer -> How are we doing? 21:08:30 wrno -> @ Sheila i think its a great idea 21:08:55 sheila -> @wrno - can you hear? 21:09:00 Doug -> stream should be back on ETTA 21:09:06 Doug -> lost connection 21:09:23 sheila -> Hello Lucy 21:09:32 PeggyG -> @Doug--multitasking :-) 21:09:35 hrmo -> I can't hear anymore, but I better be going anyway, night all. 21:09:42 derrallg -> hi Lucy 21:09:44 lisa harrison -> Hi Lucy! 21:09:49 wrno -> no im still tryin to find it but idk 21:09:50 sheila -> nite hrmo! 21:10:07 LucyGray -> Hi Sheila, Derall and Lisa! 21:10:21 sheila -> @wrno - do you see the box that says channel? 21:10:30 wrno -> yes 21:11:07 LucyGray -> I loved this project... you're talking about the Grocery Bag project, right? 21:11:10 sheila -> @wrno- click on the black sound picture or the others. 21:11:21 LucyGray -> I used to organize this at my old school. 21:11:29 JoseRodriguez -> http://www.earthdaybags.org/blog/index.htm 21:11:40 wrno -> i can here 21:11:54 sheila -> @yeah!! 21:12:00 PeggyG -> PSA videos are such a great way to spread the word about environment tips--very managable to create short 30 sec.-1 minute clips. :-) 21:12:54 Doug -> greetings newcomers 21:13:04 shaun fletcher -> hi 21:13:07 matt montagne -> http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=_znJmK1iyZI&eurl=http://cephalopodcast.com/blog/ 21:13:15 Doug -> ETTA and ustream audio available on r side of page 21:13:25 matt montagne -> check out the earthcast08 promo video 21:13:27 wrno -> @sheila i do it get to hear like are kids from RJH things 21:13:38 Doug -> click the black speaker icon for stream, or play button in ustream for audio 21:13:48 Durff -> Geotagging sounds fun 21:13:55 Doug -> please let us know if you're having difficulties 21:14:00 matt montagne -> submit your earth day 08 photos to the earthcast08 flickr group 21:14:07 sheila -> @wrno - this hour is more for teachers talking about different ideas for the classroom. 21:14:09 LucyGray -> What is his twitter name? 21:14:11 Durff -> does that include me? 21:14:20 sheila -> @wrno - this is where I get some ideas. 21:14:23 Doug -> @Durff especially you! 21:14:40 alicemercer -> So we doing okay on UStream 21:14:43 PeggyG -> Photos of student posters of environmental tips would also be great to share. 21:14:56 wrno -> @ sheila really thats so cool but i do think the bags are a great idea i say w do it in class some time soon 21:15:05 Durff -> i need all the help i can get 21:15:13 JoseRodriguez -> http://groups.diigo.com/groups/earth-day 21:15:21 sheila -> @wrno - let's look into it. . . 21:15:35 wrno -> @sheila sounds great to me =D 21:15:50 sheila -> :D 21:16:10 derrallg -> @lucy mahlness 21:16:12 Durff -> why not use cloth? 21:16:28 wrno -> @ sheila wel ima go to bed okay night have fun night all RJH students :D 21:16:39 Durff -> nite 21:16:46 sheila -> @wrno - Thanks for trying this 21:16:48 Durff -> enjoyed having you 21:16:56 wrno -> =] 21:17:00 JoseRodriguez -> http://www.earthdaybags.org/ 21:17:02 sheila -> nite 21:17:12 Durff -> hi brad 21:17:13 colettec -> why not have kids design logos and then iron onto reusable bags ??? 21:17:16 JoseRodriguez -> good night sheila 21:17:19 Durff -> cool 21:17:22 matt montagne -> what a fantastic project mark has here 21:17:23 JoseRodriguez -> Hi brad 21:17:32 Brad_Hicks -> Hi guys 21:17:54 sheila -> heading out for now . . . 21:18:11 Brad_Hicks -> It's been a while between drinks for me with ETT - so busy with work! 21:18:13 Durff -> sound brad? 21:18:35 Brad_Hicks -> no just listening in, watchiong baby and 3 yr old at same time 21:18:49 Durff -> but do you have sound brad? 21:18:53 Durff -> hi chet 21:19:00 Durff -> welcome to earthcastr 21:19:02 Brad_Hicks -> yes stream is fine 21:19:05 alicemercer -> http://www.earthdaybags.org/ 21:19:08 Durff -> ty brad 21:19:56 matt montagne -> alice is right...the pictures are beautiful 21:20:09 matt montagne -> UN Millenium Developemnetn Goals 21:20:19 alicemercer -> Makes me verchlephmt 21:20:20 matt montagne -> MDG 21:21:19 alicemercer -> verkelmpft 21:21:44 Durff -> hi chriss 21:21:48 Durff -> welcome 21:21:55 Durff -> sound to your right 21:22:09 chrisssve -> Hi thanks 21:22:45 JoseRodriguez -> http://inpractice.edublogs.org/2008/03/18/sustainability-in-education 21:23:02 matt montagne -> Environmental Science Education seems to have died 21:23:05 JoseRodriguez -> This was my post on Sustainability in Education 21:23:14 PeggyG -> I keep losing my ability to chat. Seems to be a bandwidth issue with ustream running--unusual for me. Just have to sit and wait for text line to come back. :-( 21:23:34 Durff -> might be java 21:23:38 matt montagne -> I remember in the late 70s Environmental Sci and conservation was HUGE! 21:23:45 Durff -> maybe needs an update 21:23:48 Durff -> hi james 21:24:01 Durff -> welcome! 21:24:01 James.Sigler -> Hi everybody! 21:24:08 James.Sigler -> thnx 21:24:15 Durff -> sound to your right 21:24:20 Doug -> hey James 21:24:24 Doug -> good to see you 21:24:38 James.Sigler -> Hi doug, glad I could make it 21:24:49 Doug -> ustream and ETTA are our audio choices today 21:25:19 James.Sigler -> ustream, cool! 21:25:21 matt montagne -> http://www.flickr.com/photos/mjmonty/2432772876 No plastic bags at Whole Foods any longer....hooray! 21:25:46 alicemercer -> http://www.raft.net/ 21:26:02 matt montagne -> be careful wiht the seach term, "trash for teachers" 21:26:06 Durff -> hooray matt 21:26:15 matt montagne -> it yields some interesting things 21:26:36 JoseRodriguez -> don't look it up.... 21:26:39 James.Sigler -> We started using all cloth bags teachers instead of plastic bags at the grocery store 21:26:40 PeggyG -> @Matt-thanks for the warning-was just about to try it :-) 21:26:43 JoseRodriguez -> hahaha 21:26:45 Durff -> i think your part of usa is more conscious of the environment than my area 21:27:02 matt montagne -> @peggy...who would've thought! 21:27:07 alicemercer -> http://www.creativereuse.org/ 21:27:10 Doug -> tag carefully, hahahaha 21:27:14 alicemercer -> Yeah matt, noted 21:27:22 alicemercer -> I can't find a good link for trash for teachers 21:27:28 JoseRodriguez -> acutally it's called trash for teaching NOT teachers 21:27:37 JoseRodriguez -> no website out here 21:27:38 Durff -> only matt would do such a search 21:27:40 alicemercer -> http://www.resourcecenterchicago.org/crw.html 21:27:46 matt montagne -> @james.sig-my wife and I kicked the plastic bag habbit a year ago 21:27:51 PeggyG -> Somebody else try :-) Let us know... 21:28:04 James.Sigler -> @matt good for you 21:28:05 Durff -> it's all yours matt 21:28:20 Durff -> the search that is 21:28:24 alicemercer -> okay it's not letting me put a link in with the word scr*p 21:28:32 matt montagne -> I joined a facebook group that challenges members to use 10 or fewer plastic bags in a year! 21:28:39 alicemercer -> So I'm putting in an asterisk for the a: http://www.scr*p-sf.org/ 21:28:49 matt montagne -> EarthHour was great 21:29:09 PeggyG -> I remember being a frequent visitor to one of those teacher resource centers in Western MA ovre 25 years ago--fantastic place all run by volunteers. 21:29:23 James.Sigler -> I have been researching how to start a recycling program at my school 21:29:48 matt montagne -> @James...your school doesn't recycle? 21:29:56 James.Sigler -> My wife challanged me to get my school to recycle a lot more 21:29:59 shaun fletcher -> Composting with Earth Machine at my school 21:30:24 James.Sigler -> We do recycle office paper in the classrooms and printer cartridges 21:30:34 Durff -> cool shaun 21:30:57 James.Sigler -> @shaun Earth Machine? 21:31:00 PeggyG -> WE learned that it is critical to get your Facility Manager/Plant Manager on board with any school recycling project! They can make/break it. 21:31:11 matt montagne -> @shaun ...school composting is a great model... 21:31:19 shaun fletcher -> Justa balck barrell with a lid and vents 21:31:22 chrisssve -> @matt, how many bags did you use? just curious. 21:31:56 matt montagne -> @chrissive...I haven't used any plastic bags this year yet at all! 21:32:06 matt montagne -> I still have my full 10 to use! 21:32:11 chrisssve -> whoa. i am impressed 21:32:14 James.Sigler -> I talked to our custodian today. He estimated we go through at least 150 fluorescent bulbs a year, just in our school. 21:32:22 JoseRodriguez -> Hey James 21:32:29 James.Sigler -> Hi Jose 21:32:30 shaun fletcher -> @matt what do you put your garbage in? 21:32:34 matt montagne -> I recommend joining the Facebook Plastic Bag Challenge group 21:32:49 colettec -> Students Recycling Used Technology - StRUT is a program incorporated into schools where students take donated computers and computer components and upgrade them for the use in schools. 21:32:49 matt montagne -> @shaun...I'm sorry...I'm only talking about grocery bags 21:32:59 matt montagne -> we still use petro based trash bags 21:33:12 shaun fletcher -> got it 21:33:14 matt montagne -> but I'm looking into corn based alternatives 21:33:27 PeggyG -> Our AZ StRUT day was just Saturday and they couldn't even handle all of the donations! Very successful! 21:33:41 Durff -> wow! 21:33:48 James.Sigler -> @coletec I heard of StRUT. I sounds like a great way to reduce and reuse ewaste 21:34:01 matt montagne -> @james...CFLs make a HUGE difference in consumption of electricity 21:34:49 James.Sigler -> @matt I agree. I am gradually replacing our light bulbs with CFLs 21:34:52 PeggyG -> Our StRUT organizers did broadcasting from all of the locations on the radio throughout the day and had to keep announcing alternative locations. Even offered to send trucks for businesses and larger donations. Amazing! 21:35:07 shaun fletcher -> @ matt Is the earthcast wiki a good place to share a VT on composting?... even if it is after tomorrow ? 21:35:33 PeggyG -> I asked earlier but would still like to know. What is the proper way to dispose of CFL bulbs since they contain mercury? 21:35:34 James.Sigler -> However, Fluorescents and CFLs contain Mercury and are a hazardous waste when they break 21:35:50 Doug -> @Shaun I think the wiki is a GREAT spot for capturing resources 21:35:58 matt montagne -> @james...I'm a total geek with electricity use in my home 21:36:04 chrisssve -> students at our school started an afterschool energy club. They saved enough money with their enthusiasm and encouragment to make the school board take notice. it was pretty cool. 21:36:10 matt montagne -> here is a picture of my electric bill: http://www.flickr.com/photos/mjmonty/2305105170/ 21:36:14 shaun fletcher -> they are to be disposed with batteriesand such in harazoourous wastes 21:36:24 matt montagne -> shaun...yes, share on the wiki...please do 21:36:36 James.Sigler -> I just read today. Put the broken CFL in a box and seal it in a plastic bag, at least in the US 21:36:38 matt montagne -> @shaun...would love to share it... 21:37:03 Doug -> please everyone add links to resources in wiki--LOVE to see it as resource going fwd 21:37:08 shaun fletcher -> @matt super 21:37:09 Durff -> the future of earth day? 21:37:13 James.Sigler -> In MO waste disposal co have the option of refusing to take hazardous waste 21:37:20 PeggyG -> @Matt A picture is worth a thousand words! awesome graph of elecrical consumption. I need to look at mine. 21:37:22 matt montagne -> @james...this could be a myth, but I've read that the amt of merc in a CFL is equal to 4 cans of tuna 21:37:31 shaun fletcher -> anyone seen the story of stuff? 21:37:38 Durff -> who eats tuna? 21:37:51 matt montagne -> @Peggy-thanks...my wife thinks I'm a total dork 21:37:57 Durff -> is that like affluenza? 21:38:16 matt montagne -> story of stuff is AWESOME! 21:38:22 Durff -> hi nd 21:38:29 Durff -> welcome! 21:38:30 nd -> hi 21:38:33 matt montagne -> don't forget to sign the earthcast 08 guesbook below 21:38:39 Durff -> sound to your right 21:39:08 Doug -> http://spreadsheets.google.com/viewform?key=paReSSkPApF0IVVpowI8IDA fro guest book 21:39:23 nd -> Matt - thought I'd check in to see what's happening on Earth Cast - Mme 21:39:33 matt montagne -> future of earth day? good question.. 21:39:33 Durff -> someone shoot my neighbors 21:39:40 PeggyG -> What was the link for the HS group that was on ETT last week telling about their environmental Club? They were doing some fantastic things! 21:39:44 Durff -> herd of elephants 21:39:47 matt montagne -> @nd....thanks for checking in ... 21:39:59 Durff -> hi nko 21:40:00 Doug -> @Durff--they need to be recycled, perhaps 21:40:10 shaun fletcher -> agree showed story of stuff today to grade8's and youtube vid for Chapter done done by students in California. Blog posts will follow 21:40:13 JoseRodriguez -> Hey there 21:40:19 Durff -> recyled elephants 21:40:36 Durff -> nko sound to your right 21:40:40 colettec -> what is wiki URL again? 21:41:03 Doug -> http://enviroscims.wikispaces.com/Earth+Day 21:41:15 chrisssve -> @durff just don't stick them in plastic bags. you will not win matt's contest 21:41:24 Durff -> ok then 21:42:00 Doug -> http://edtechtalk.com/earthcast08 is one-stop-shopping for links 21:42:06 JoseRodriguez -> http://thirdgradediscoveries.ed.voicethread.com/#u17860.b102619.i522279 21:42:34 JoseRodriguez -> This is a link to My Class VT on EarthDay 21:42:56 Durff -> did you put it in our delicious? 21:43:29 Durff -> welcome back hrmo 21:43:36 matt montagne -> this promo rocks! 21:43:39 Durff -> sound on your right 21:44:01 shaun fletcher -> Maybe an interesting and informative activity for Earth Day . There are some cool links at the bottom of the wiki page as well. 21:44:06 shaun fletcher -> http://fletcherwiki.wikispaces.com/the+faceless+ones 21:44:48 Durff -> shaun tag it in delicious for:earthcast08 21:44:54 James.Sigler -> Great promo! 21:45:11 Durff -> hi macer 21:45:19 Durff -> welcome! 21:45:26 Durff -> sound to your right 21:46:08 shaun fletcher -> thanks durff 21:46:13 Durff -> $5 21:46:20 James.Sigler -> PBL cool! 21:46:27 macer -> hello 21:46:29 Durff -> hi macer 21:47:11 shaun fletcher -> @durff where do the delicious links aggregate? 21:47:21 James.Sigler -> @Jose I would love to learn more about that too. 21:47:32 Durff -> in delicious and i think on the wiki 21:47:37 Durff -> matt? 21:48:09 matt montagne -> hey durff 21:48:34 matt montagne -> I trired getting RSS to load earthcast08 delcious bookmarks, but I struggled 21:48:44 Durff -> where does the delicious tag aggregate? 21:48:55 matt montagne -> @durff...hold up 21:49:07 Durff -> do a search for the tag in delicious 21:49:12 Durff -> $5 21:49:20 matt montagne -> go with cloth bags! 21:50:08 James.Sigler -> Reusable cloth bags are the way to go 21:50:25 matt montagne -> http://del.icio.us/tag/earthcast08 this is the earthcast08 bookmark page in delicious 21:51:10 matt montagne -> Hey Kip 21:51:17 matt montagne -> sorry we missed you earlier 21:51:27 matt montagne -> @kip...take a guess who ND is! 21:51:39 matt montagne -> USM representing in the Earthcast!! 21:51:53 matt montagne -> Green USM!! 21:52:16 kipperyates74 -> I had a meeting - I probably need a mic to particpate 21:52:27 shaun fletcher -> reusable bags instead of paper 21:52:28 matt montagne -> Kip, to listen to audio press the play button on the ustream window to the right 21:52:45 matt montagne -> Hey kip...no worries...we are taking an hour tomorrow so you're good 21:52:51 matt montagne -> remember to bring your macbook tomorrrow 21:52:53 kipperyates74 -> I tuned in 21:53:13 kipperyates74 -> will do on the mc book 21:53:14 matt montagne -> Whole Foods gives 10 cents for every reuseable bag that you bring in to use for your groceries 21:53:30 matt montagne -> Please sign the guest book! 21:54:07 JoseRodriguez -> My sister is our sponsor for the Earth Bag Groceries She owns a small store and her customers will be taking their groceries starting tomorrow 21:54:12 matt montagne -> guest book: http://spreadsheets.google.com/viewform?key=paReSSkPApF0IVVpowI8IDA 21:54:30 matt montagne -> oops...we have to change those links so they point to a new window 21:55:09 matt montagne -> gr8 talk with mark! 21:55:12 JoseRodriguez -> Hey we are getting close to the top of the hour? Any questions for Mark? 21:55:39 shaun fletcher -> http://enviroscims.wikispaces.com/Tag+search 21:55:46 matt montagne -> just comment...his program is quite inspiring...keep up the good deeds, Mark! 21:55:56 shaun fletcher -> @matt I just tried this, do that work? 21:56:13 shaun fletcher -> @matt sorry see link above 21:56:45 matt montagne -> @makr..that is cool...I didn't even know that existed! 21:57:54 shaun fletcher -> brb 21:58:30 JoseRodriguez -> http://earthdaybags.org 21:59:21 PeggyG -> Great conversation and some wonderful new links and ideas! Thanks all! 21:59:34 Doug -> http://earthdaybags.org 21:59:37 nd -> that was really interesting - thanks, everyone! 21:59:47 James.Sigler -> Great show. Great job Mark! 22:00:06 Doug -> Yes Mark, great job nad thanks! 22:00:09 Doug -> great show all 22:00:38 chrisssve -> thanks all. thanks for the guidance to sound ms durff 22:01:35 Durff -> ty for coming 22:01:40 Durff -> stick around 22:02:07 matt montagne -> great job Mark! 22:02:22 mahlness -> thanks! 22:03:00 conrad -> what's the ustream link? 22:03:19 JoseRodriguez -> We ustreaming now 22:03:24 Doug -> edtechtalk 22:03:26 JoseRodriguez -> click on playbutton 22:03:28 Doug -> for ustream 22:03:39 JoseRodriguez -> how is ustream 22:03:44 matt montagne -> @conrad...just click the little ustream player to the right 22:03:48 Doug -> good 22:03:50 matt montagne -> ustream is good 22:03:52 JoseRodriguez -> thanks 22:03:54 Doug -> some buzz 22:03:58 Doug -> fromJose 22:04:09 JoseRodriguez -> is that better? 22:04:19 conrad -> @matt I don't see any 22:04:28 Doug -> yes 22:04:37 Doug -> promo back on 22:04:38 JoseRodriguez -> OK I am muted 22:04:44 matt montagne -> conrad...there should be a ustream player to the right 22:04:57 JoseRodriguez -> promo on now? 22:04:57 matt montagne -> I'll get you URL for usream 22:05:56 matt montagne -> http://www.ustream.tv/channel/earthcast-2008 22:06:04 matt montagne -> try that link conrad 22:06:23 matt montagne -> ustream getting a little wonky 22:06:41 shaun fletcher -> time for bed, thanks all 22:06:53 alicemercer -> http://www.traffictamers.com/ 22:06:56 JoseR -> hi there 22:07:04 alicemercer -> hello 22:07:09 Doug -> thanks Shaun, take care 22:07:24 matt montagne -> walked to school K thru 12...that is cool! And he lived to talk about it! 22:07:40 Doug -> need to step away for a bit 22:07:43 matt montagne -> safe routes to school.. 22:07:48 alicemercer -> YES! 22:07:53 Doug -> will leave stream runningon ETTA 22:07:59 alicemercer -> Those grants can be used for that 22:08:00 James.Sigler -> @Jose I just finished listening to your voicethread. Great idea! 22:08:07 matt montagne -> to much public space is dedicated to cars...it is crazy 22:09:55 James.Sigler -> @Jose If we get a chance, I'll try to get my students to comment. May be tough though...testing. :( 22:10:27 matt montagne -> homes should be built with front porches once again 22:10:54 matt montagne -> losing front porches is one of the downfalls of american neighborhoods 22:11:49 JoseR -> Oh NOOOOOO! guest478 is here! 22:12:01 JoseR -> I've got your IP baby.... 22:12:21 matt montagne -> walking school buses 22:12:26 matt montagne -> bike trains 22:12:28 guest478 -> the guest does travel 22:12:41 kipperyates74 -> matt - gtg see you at school 22:12:48 James.Sigler -> you can run but you can't hide 22:12:49 matt montagne -> chow kip 22:12:56 matt montagne -> thanks for listening in 22:13:13 alicemercer -> That's Dave isn't it? 22:13:28 guest478 -> yes. 22:13:42 guest478 -> although its hardly fun to have a pseudonym if people keep calling me out 22:13:50 matt montagne -> 40 years ago 40% of kids walked/biked to school 22:13:58 James.Sigler -> lol 22:14:01 matt montagne -> nnow that is down from 10% 22:14:14 matt montagne -> anyone know the most dangerous way to get to school? 22:14:21 alicemercer -> car? 22:14:24 James.Sigler -> Flying? 22:14:38 matt montagne -> Teleporting! 22:14:45 JoseR -> I walked to schoolk-12 and took a bike in college... That was few pounds away! 22:14:46 James.Sigler -> :D 22:14:49 matt montagne -> @alice-you win! 22:15:04 matt montagne -> acutally the most dangerous way to get to school is in a car 22:15:05 PeggyG -> This is fascinating conversation about safer streets for kids. We've had some bad experiences with walkers in urban Phoenix area and parents preferred bussing & private transportation in spite of safe walking campaign. 22:16:42 PeggyG -> We had the same experience with parent helpers to keep school drop-off/pickup safe for kids. Some of the parents/drivers were awful! Teachers wanted hazardous duty pay. :-) 22:17:46 colettec -> to celebrate earth day our church encouraged everyone to walk, bus, carpool to church 22:19:19 colettec -> The theme was "Empty Parking Lot, Full Church….." 22:22:43 JoseR -> I love biking.... I have some audio from Pacifica radio I'll Play later on... teaser... Portland as the most bike friendly city in the USA 22:23:16 JoseR -> My biology teacher in HS was in his early 70's and biking to school everyday. 22:23:26 PeggyG -> That's such a great point about the benefits of exercise on the way to school. 22:25:06 alicemercer -> @doug: where should I leave links to audio that others can stream? 22:26:13 Doug -> @alice here/wiki wouold be good for links 22:26:37 matt montagne -> contact info for terry?? 22:28:04 JoseR -> Taking a dinner break tacos on the fly.. 22:28:41 alicemercer -> Doug, on the page, so if you all run about of materials 22:28:51 alicemercer -> http://enviroscims.wikispaces.com/Earth+Day 22:28:53 JoseR -> thanks 22:29:01 Doug -> beauty, thanks Alice 22:29:56 JoseR -> So who is twittering? 22:30:16 alicemercer -> Not I lol 22:30:36 Doug -> me. but Twitter is having some SERIOUS issues 22:30:46 Doug -> getting TWeets from last wk 22:32:03 matt montagne -> check out these bike racks from Dero: http://www.dero.com/ 22:32:09 matt montagne -> way too cute... 22:32:23 matt montagne -> did I just say "way too cute" 22:34:03 JoseR -> I just twitted on ETT 22:36:01 alicemercer -> thanks Jose 22:38:07 PeggyG -> Tweets just aren't coming through correctly right now! Haven't rec'd ETT tweet but can find it on a lookup. I think these are all old tweets coming through. :-( 22:38:14 colettec -> GREEN Schools - Generation of Respect for Education and the Environment Now http://ww2.earthday.net/~earthday/node/22 22:38:54 Doug -> @Peggy agree--I've been tweeting too, but most older; however, did get the one from Alice just now 22:39:17 PeggyG -> Still don't have them :-( 22:39:46 PeggyG -> Terry was fantastic! Great ideas and resources to explore! 22:40:04 Doug -> @its welcome 22:40:25 Doug -> audio on your right 22:41:34 itsallgood -> Ok got it. 22:42:17 itsallgood -> Thank you Doug~ 22:42:36 Doug -> pleasure, glad you could join us 22:42:48 alicemercer -> Any questions from the peanut gallery? 22:42:58 Doug -> hey, I resemble that remark 22:43:02 matt montagne -> walk to school days...I love it...1X per month 22:44:34 Doug -> I have a question: we've heard of the anecdotal experience re exercise and behaviour improvements--any studies re exercise and increased performance on tests? 22:45:25 matt montagne -> adventure journals...another great suggestion! 22:46:17 itsallgood -> We are doing lights out from 1-3:00 22:46:25 PeggyG -> Has anyone had kids participate in the online sites for logging your walking/biking miles as you travel across the US or World? Those seem highly motivating 22:47:50 Doug -> thanks, love to link to those studies in wiki 22:48:20 PeggyG -> Tell us more about it :-) 22:48:58 itsallgood -> We have a shape up program in Oregon. The kids workout across the state. 30min=1sq.. It's not online, but would be great if it was! We aren't there yet. 22:49:16 PeggyG -> I think the kids really get into the competition :-) 22:50:29 PeggyG -> @itsallgood-awesome! we have a chart like that up in our Fitness Center (not at school) and it keeps you moving :-) Logging/charting walking miles. 22:50:57 alicemercer -> http://lesstraffic.com/ 22:51:11 matt montagne -> Hey Cindy 22:51:15 matt montagne -> Great topic 22:51:22 alicemercer -> http://www.traffictamers.com/ 22:52:10 czautcke -> That's me! We only live about 1/2 a mile a way! 22:52:29 JoseR -> Reminder to Alice to wrap up program in 3min... 22:52:31 JoseR -> please 22:52:33 alicemercer -> http://www.saferoutespartnership.org/ 22:52:36 alicemercer -> Yep I see 22:52:38 alicemercer -> Sorry 22:52:43 czautcke -> The resources are helpful that you're talking about. I love the walking audit! 22:52:54 alicemercer -> Can't talk anymore! 22:52:55 JoseR -> We are ready to take over stream at the top of the hour 22:53:02 Doug -> great show Alice, Terry and all--thank you 22:53:07 alicemercer -> I wanted to talk to Murcha about australia 22:53:16 JoseR -> Hey folks next progam is in Spanish.... 22:53:20 alicemercer -> BUT UP NEXT!!! Truly international show with Jose 22:53:24 alicemercer -> and his nephew in Spanish 22:53:50 matt montagne -> @Cindy-Terry is a really intersting guy...has done some amazing things with getting kids back on their feet and their bikes 22:54:05 Doug -> programming notce--ustream will continue, but audio stream stopping in one minute 22:54:16 James.Sigler -> Need to edit my class Earth Day skype call into a podcast 22:54:34 James.Sigler -> cya later 22:54:41 itsallgood -> Peggy~we have a district 10,000 steps w/ prizes each month. There are destinations each month for teachers to walk to. 22:54:48 Doug -> to allow for stream transition and archive 22:54:49 colettec -> g2g - thanks for all the great ideas! Happy Earth Day! 22:55:48 czautcke -> Absolutely--thanks for the information. Will be working with my upper schooler and our neighbors to try and pull this off 22:55:54 Doug -> thanks all, going to stop ETTA stream now, to allow for set up ahead of 59 archive 22:56:03 Doug -> ustream will conrtinue 22:56:21 matt montagne -> sign the guestbook everyone! 22:56:22 James.Sigler -> @Doug if I post our Skype call podcast on my class page can I just put a link on the Earthcast 08 wiki? 22:56:37 Doug -> yes James 22:56:40 Doug -> sounds good 22:56:41 Doug -> thanks 22:56:54 James.Sigler -> Ok, I'll get to work on that right now 22:57:00 matt montagne -> http://spreadsheets.google.com/viewform?key=paReSSkPApF0IVVpowI8IDA This is the guestbook! 22:57:06 matt montagne -> Thanks alice! 22:57:10 Doug -> stopped now 22:57:14 matt montagne -> good job with my name! 22:57:16 James.Sigler -> great show 22:57:18 James.Sigler -> Bye 22:57:24 matt montagne -> awesome show 22:58:04 Doug -> Great show--thanks 22:59:02 PeggyG -> I keep getting frozen out of chat. :-( That was a great hour!! Thanks Terry, Alice & others! 22:59:11 JoseR -> Hi how is ustream? 22:59:28 Doug -> haven't checked, but ETTA is great 22:59:33 Doug -> stndby 22:59:50 Doug -> ustream is great 23:00:18 Doug -> both are ustream and ETTA are "loud and clear" 23:00:40 matt montagne -> sounds great, Jose 23:00:52 Doug -> ETTA is good 23:01:14 Doug -> Hi Vance, welcome 23:01:16 Vance in Abu Dhabi -> hola 23:01:43 Vance in Abu Dhabi -> bien 23:02:43 Vance in Abu Dhabi -> i think I'm listening in the ustream 23:02:50 PeggyG -> I'm listening but my Spanish is very limited. :-) 23:03:12 Doug -> @Vance probably--loads "automatically" on site visit 23:03:34 Vance in Abu Dhabi -> nice to hear spanish, when is elderbob on? 23:03:44 Doug -> have to take off for a bit--back soon 23:03:57 PeggyG -> oh oh, he's talking really fast!!!! :-) 23:04:04 Doug -> now sure re EB--maybe 3 hrs out? 23:04:26 Vance in Abu Dhabi -> really? it seems to be in th schedule for 4 am gmt 23:04:33 Vance in Abu Dhabi -> unconference or something 23:04:43 Vance in Abu Dhabi -> oh, hang on, it's 3 am now 23:04:49 Vance in Abu Dhabi -> computer clock is wrong here 23:05:16 JoseR -> Hey Vance are you able to join us later on? 23:05:26 Vance in Abu Dhabi -> i will try, i have to go to work 23:05:38 Vance in Abu Dhabi -> i tested skype there yesterday and it was working fine 23:06:29 JoseR -> Hola amigos 23:07:27 Vance in Abu Dhabi -> will head for the office and check back 23:07:33 JoseR -> thanks vance 23:07:40 JoseR -> Hey Jen 23:07:42 Vance in Abu Dhabi -> cya innabit 23:07:48 JenW -> Buenos Dias :) 23:07:48 JoseR -> transmitting in Spanish 23:08:01 JoseR -> buenos dias desde Guadalajara 23:08:03 JenW -> don't expect anything else from me -- that is about it :) 23:08:07 Vance in Abu Dhabi -> mas tarde, adios 23:12:06 PeggyG -> Sorry I just can't understand enough of the Spanish. I'll tune back in later. Adios. 23:12:17 JoseR -> ok 23:12:43 JoseR -> Will tranlate a summary in English to post with audio 23:17:12 JoseR -> music coming up 23:17:31 JoseR -> Fast up the Mountain. 23:19:05 JoseR -> sorry about the 30 sec delay 23:19:53 matt montagne -> digging the earth tunes... 23:24:18 JoseR -> Hola amigos como estan? 23:33:47 matt montagne -> Hola Jose and Company! 23:33:56 matt montagne -> u guys r doing gr8! 23:34:04 JoseR -> thanks 23:34:15 matt montagne -> this is awsome...I caught the bio-diesel reference 23:38:51 JoseR -> hola 23:38:55 JoseR -> http://www.union.org.mx/ 23:39:12 JoseR -> http://www.pronatura-noroeste.org/ 23:39:25 JoseR -> links from webcast 23:40:45 JoseR -> http://greenpeacegdl.blogspot.com/2007_05_01_archive.html 23:41:12 czautcke -> Gracias por las "links" para mas informacion. 23:42:34 JoseR -> quieres entrar en la llamada? 23:42:45 JoseR -> por skype 23:43:08 JoseR -> cual es tu skype id 23:43:15 czautcke -> No gracias. Mi hija esta dormiendo en nuestra "hotel room." aqui con mi. 23:43:35 JoseR -> algun comentario o pregunta? 23:44:09 JoseR -> endonde estas? 23:44:42 czautcke -> Lo siento, I need to ask in English. I saw a reference on one of the links to protecting corn in Mexico--what are the issues there? 23:44:49 JoseR -> sure 23:44:57 czautcke -> Gracias! 23:44:57 JoseR -> will ask now 23:45:37 JoseR -> now playing intolerancia la casa del hombre. 23:49:16 JoseR -> answering question now on corn 23:49:43 czautcke -> I'm catching some of it. Thanks so much. 23:50:04 JoseR -> I'll do a summary in English when I post podcast 23:51:20 czautcke -> Great--I'll mention to teachers at our school--science, social studies, and Spanish. 23:54:39 JoseR -> http://www.monterreyforum2007.org/index.php?contentID=684 23:55:36 matt montagne -> @cindy...nice spanish! 23:56:35 czautcke -> Shhh--sometimes the little bit of German I know got in the way! 23:58:21 matt montagne -> Ha Cindy 23:58:30 matt montagne -> Cindy...can we get you to join us next hour? 23:58:39 matt montagne -> just for 10-15 minutes? 23:58:39 JoseR -> releasing stream in 2min 23:59:09 czautcke -> I'll try and open the SKype on my laptop. 23:59:11 JoseR -> thank you soooooooo much 23:59:15 JoseR -> cool 23:59:54 Doug -> great show Jose. what I caught of it 00:00:13 Doug -> been doing some audio troubleshooting 00:00:18 Doug -> loved the tunes 00:00:51 czautcke -> On my laptop I'm ostysmom 00:06:17 JoseR -> what's happing folks 00:06:27 JoseR -> happening 00:06:39 JoseR -> What's the name of your show 00:06:59 JoseR -> I hear doug on stream March 6 00:07:06 JoseR -> hahahaha 00:07:20 JoseR -> Hi mark 00:07:29 JoseR -> getting ready 00:08:00 JoseR -> sorry I lied... It was audio from my itunes 00:08:32 JoseR -> I can hear derrall on stream 00:08:35 JoseR -> only 00:08:42 dougsymington -> sounds good on the stream crew 00:08:53 JoseR -> What do you hear doug? 00:09:02 dougsymington -> just as you hungup on Derrall I heard him again 00:09:14 dougsymington -> Matt now, getting Derrall back 00:09:17 dougsymington -> there 00:09:20 dougsymington -> have them both 00:09:33 JoseR -> audio is very low 00:09:43 dougsymington -> ok for me, re audio 00:09:45 JoseR -> on stream 00:09:55 dougsymington -> Matt a tiny bit lower than Derrall, but good audio 00:10:03 JoseR -> ok coming back 30 sec lag I know 00:10:27 matt montagne -> sorry bout that 00:12:37 mahlness -> audio real low - can barely hear with audio at max 00:13:39 dougsymington -> Doing great guys-- 00:14:03 dougsymington -> nicely done, 'casting is all about rolling with punches, and you're doing GREAT! 00:14:40 dougsymington -> Hi EB, welcome 00:15:13 matt montagne -> http://spreadsheets.google.com/viewform?key=paReSSkPApF0IVVpowI8IDA 00:19:45 JoseR -> Hi Elderbob 00:19:53 JoseR -> We are on in 41min from now 00:20:12 JoseR -> hi cindy 00:21:30 derrallg -> hi cindy 00:24:37 matt montagne -> http://www.chrisjordan.com 00:27:30 dougsymington -> dropping levels on audio 00:33:21 dougsymington -> still a bit low, but better again Matt 00:34:34 matt montagne -> http://blog.algore.com/ 00:34:43 matt montagne -> the al gore climate change ads 00:41:14 georgiac -> am i in the right space here 00:41:35 derrallg -> hi georgiac are you getting sound? 00:41:55 georgiac -> yep some people are tlaking about wind turbines 00:42:04 derrallg -> yes that's right 00:42:19 georgiac -> i'm frmo australia. 00:42:33 derrallg -> glad you could join us 00:43:01 georgiac -> when did you guys start? 00:43:22 derrallg -> we are in the 5th hour of a 24 hour broadcast 00:43:46 matt montagne -> http://www.curtronics.com/Solar/ a dude that has a solar home here in Milwaukee 00:44:05 dougsymington -> @georiac welcome 00:44:40 georgiac -> so are we just listening in. Or am i supposed to be able to speak? 00:44:49 georgiac -> just trying to figure stuff out 00:45:02 dougsymington -> you can speak as part of the skype conf 00:45:12 JoseR -> Yeah I guess it is hour 5 I just checked my audacity 00:45:12 dougsymington -> Matt, Cindy and Derrall are in there now 00:45:30 dougsymington -> is that one file in Audacity? 00:45:30 derrallg -> you can type here and ask questions if not speaking 00:45:31 dougsymington -> whoa 00:45:53 georgiac -> i get it now. sorry still a newbie to this world. 00:46:10 dougsymington -> np--we're all newbies in training ;) 00:46:16 derrallg -> yep 00:47:14 JoseR -> Where did you text it into? 00:48:27 matt montagne -> http://www.flickr.com/photos/mjmonty/2305105170/sizes/o/ 00:49:31 JoseR -> coooooool Matt You are my electrosaver hero. 00:52:37 matt montagne -> jose .... thanx!! 00:54:20 JoseR -> Hey Matt explain the low hanging fruit concept again.. 00:54:28 JoseR -> I missed it earlier 00:54:41 JoseR -> It's new to me 00:55:04 matt montagne -> LOL Jose! 00:56:41 dougsymington -> no it's the audio 00:56:46 dougsymington -> that it searches 00:56:56 dougsymington -> check it out, from podzinger 00:59:42 dougsymington -> great job, very well done 01:05:06 JoseR -> Hi there 01:14:09 JoseR -> What is the link to knowplace? 01:14:36 dougsymington -> http://knowplace.ca 01:15:40 matt montagne -> hey gents 01:15:50 dougsymington -> Hi Matt 01:16:41 matt montagne -> hey doug 01:17:58 derrallg -> have fun i'm calling it a night 01:18:16 matt montagne -> sure doug...glad to be here 01:22:06 matt montagne -> go cristina! 01:22:23 matt montagne -> echo seems better 01:22:32 matt montagne -> echo seems better from cristina 01:24:14 matt montagne -> very nice comments Cristina! 01:24:24 matt montagne -> I'm glad we connected with you! 01:24:41 JoseR -> Hi there Who is in the house? 01:27:50 matt montagne -> the power of connections is HUGE! 01:28:12 matt montagne -> connections can help us work on world-wide problems... 01:28:26 matt montagne -> UN Millenium Development Goals 01:28:43 matt montagne -> let's work on the UN MDGs! 01:32:31 matt montagne -> wow, interesting to hear that parents drive their kids to school in Portugal and the UK...just like here in the USA. 01:33:48 matt montagne -> Gas is still too cheap in the states at $3.50 gallon 01:34:20 matt montagne -> I hope it goes up to $6 gallon...it is a non-renewable resource afterall 01:34:38 matt montagne -> I must say, thought, that high gas prices will not affect the wealthy 01:35:07 matt montagne -> YAY Cristina...that is so cool! 01:35:28 matt montagne -> $1/25 liter in canada 01:36:09 dougsymington -> for regular, here in Victoria 01:36:41 matt montagne -> that converts out to $4.65/gallon 01:37:00 matt montagne -> Here in the states we're paying $3.50 01:39:28 matt montagne -> yes, public transit less expensive and gas more expensive 01:39:48 dougsymington -> Hi Vance 01:39:55 cristina -> hi vance 01:40:14 Vance in Abu Dhabi -> hi, sorry for late 01:40:38 dougsymington -> np--welcome 01:40:54 Vance in Abu Dhabi -> listening to elderbob's stats 01:40:59 matt montagne -> Military spending...780 billion...wow 01:41:22 Vance in Abu Dhabi -> war in iraq, 3 trillion according to one book 01:41:46 cristina -> jesus ... how many people we can feed with that $ 01:41:50 cristina -> :( 01:41:50 matt montagne -> schools are always looked to for social change...they're the hub still 01:42:02 dougsymington -> unfortunately education gets short shrift in many jurisdictions 01:42:07 matt montagne -> what about dropping down to a 3 or 4 day school week? 01:42:22 matt montagne -> and the other 1 or 2 days could be school from home 01:42:50 matt montagne -> war in iraq makes me sick... 01:43:02 cristina -> me too matt 01:43:09 cristina -> any war ...actually 01:43:33 matt montagne -> I agree cristina...any war 01:44:30 matt montagne -> cristina 01:44:36 matt montagne -> don't know if you've seen this 01:44:38 matt montagne -> http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=nupdcGwIG-g 01:44:42 matt montagne -> bush and blair 01:44:51 matt montagne -> to the song "endless love" 01:45:04 matt montagne -> hilarious 01:46:23 cristina -> no I havent 01:46:28 cristina -> will do so later;) 01:46:39 JoseR -> Hey Vance. Are you available for skype? 01:46:46 matt montagne -> JetBlue 01:47:02 dougsymington -> that was my guess Matt 01:47:03 matt montagne -> JetBlue was mentioned in the World is Flat... 01:47:22 matt montagne -> JetBlue was staffed with many stay at home moms 01:47:53 Vance in Abu Dhabi -> I sent a text msg on skype (to Jose) 01:47:57 Vance in Abu Dhabi -> it says not delivered 01:47:59 matt montagne -> I don't think it can be a slow approach 01:48:11 Vance in Abu Dhabi -> I have class in ten minutes so let's try again for 11 gmt 01:48:17 JoseR -> I see 01:48:19 matt montagne -> I think it is going to be earth shattering 01:48:19 Vance in Abu Dhabi -> time to troubleshoot etc 01:48:21 JoseR -> thanks Vance 01:49:13 JoseR -> I tend to agree with you Matt but the optimist in me refuses to accept it 01:50:58 matt montagne -> I look at the USA...let's call an ace an ace...the USA is a terrible model for sustainability...it just is 01:51:41 matt montagne -> These massive cars that we're all in love with here in the USA are crazy! 01:52:05 dougsymington -> you can lump Canadians in there too Matt--consumerism has gone "over the top" 01:52:08 JoseR -> Hey guys let me know when we can play some audio from VoiceThreads 01:52:13 dougsymington -> in North America 01:52:33 JoseR -> Hey doug will audio coming into skype call be streamed? 01:52:54 JoseR -> As is if you can hear it will it be streamed? 01:53:06 matt montagne -> @doug, true dat, but if everyone in the world consumed like USA citizens I'm not so sure we'd have many natural resources left... 01:53:26 dougsymington -> just looking for link now 01:53:28 matt montagne -> Dr. Seuss was ahead of his time with the Lorax. 01:53:33 dougsymington -> might work thru skype 01:53:35 dougsymington -> not sure 01:53:37 matt montagne -> I love the Lorax 01:53:59 matt montagne -> Maybe we could read 10% of the Lorax on air (keep the copyright police off our backs). 01:54:59 JoseR -> Hey updated on live block 01:55:09 matt montagne -> the XO isn't the best device...but the spirit behind it will make a huge impact in connecting the disenfranchised 01:55:18 cristina -> me too 01:55:25 Vance in Abu Dhabi -> heading down to class, will switch off now 01:55:26 cristina -> I came from the webheads 01:55:30 Vance in Abu Dhabi -> back in two hours 01:55:34 JoseR -> ok vance ttys 01:55:35 cristina -> see you later Vance 01:55:36 Vance in Abu Dhabi -> (after class) 01:55:38 dougsymington -> thanks Vance 01:55:43 dougsymington -> have fun in class 01:55:46 Vance in Abu Dhabi -> toodles 01:58:02 matt montagne -> the smartest person in the world is probably some poor farmer in some very poor country...imagine when we can connect that person 01:58:43 JoseR -> His name is Albert and he is blind and lives in the sahara desert we onnected with hime las year 01:59:39 JoseR -> Venti Starbucks just arrived I should be good for a few hours 02:00:34 matt montagne -> more emails were sent via cell phone in Japan in the early part of this decade than on a desktop computer...in the US it is the other way around 02:00:36 JoseR -> Albert was a pretty smart guy or the biggest host in ETT history 02:03:14 matt montagne -> by elderbob...it was gr8 listening to you 02:08:28 cristina -> I can't hear it 02:08:33 cristina -> is it playing 02:08:44 JoseR -> not on skype call only on stream 02:08:54 cristina -> oh OK 02:08:56 cristina -> :) 02:09:10 JoseR -> here is the link to "A Digital Story about Storytelling" http://ia340929.us.archive.org/2/items/JoseRodriguezADigitalStoryAboutStorytelling/HumphreysDigitalStory.mov 02:09:44 cristina -> great 02:09:48 cristina -> thanks Jose 02:12:49 JoseR -> Let me know when it is a good time to bring in pre-recorded media 02:13:06 JoseR -> James left audio and then voicethread from my students 02:17:10 JoseR -> Hi cindy 02:17:21 JoseR -> Would you like to join the conversation? 02:17:39 JoseR -> Jeff are you here? 02:20:27 cristina -> :) 02:28:01 dougsymington -> Great to hear the voices of Jose's students 02:28:25 JoseR -> now on to 3rd grade students 02:28:28 JoseR -> Hi Denos 02:28:39 dougsymington -> Hi Denos, welcome 02:28:47 cristina -> hi Denos 02:28:53 Denos -> You spotted me quickly! 02:28:59 JoseR -> Yep 02:28:59 cristina -> :) 02:29:02 dougsymington -> thanks for joining us for earthcast08 02:29:10 dougsymington -> always on the lookout, we are ;) 02:29:42 cristina -> that was fast. he is gone 02:29:44 JoseR -> oops we scared our listener away 02:29:54 dougsymington -> opps 02:29:58 dougsymington -> hey again 02:30:01 dougsymington -> welcome back 02:30:02 cristina -> ohh here he is 02:30:07 cristina -> welcome back 02:30:15 Denos -> I tried the stream and fell out. 02:30:36 JoseR -> I see 02:30:50 JoseR -> click on speaker icon 02:31:03 Denos -> Is there a stream in A? 02:31:15 dougsymington -> yes there is 02:31:34 dougsymington -> click on the speaker icon, should launch the default player on your machine 02:31:48 JoseR -> Astronaut talking 02:31:51 dougsymington -> or you can choose Real or Window Media Player 02:32:39 Denos -> Third time lucky? 02:34:10 dougsymington -> interesting--you can "float and dock" and it may help 02:34:33 Denos -> My system complains it does not know what to do with your pls (?) file. 02:34:50 dougsymington -> it's the 3rd icon 02:34:55 dougsymington -> from right 02:35:09 dougsymington -> pls is a streaming format 02:35:35 dougsymington -> that typically plays on media players 02:35:40 dougsymington -> itunes and the like 02:35:51 Denos -> Yep.What will handle it? Windows Media? 02:35:57 dougsymington -> VLC Media Player is a good option too 02:36:00 dougsymington -> yes 02:36:11 dougsymington -> click on the Windows Media icon, if you'd like 02:36:13 dougsymington -> try that 02:36:18 dougsymington -> to see if it plays 02:36:37 Denos -> I'll keep trying. My PC won't find Googlemail, for example, at the moment. 02:45:44 cristina -> :) 02:45:51 cristina -> broetchen 02:45:56 cristina -> leker 02:46:03 cristina -> lecker 02:49:07 JoseR -> I am glad we brough you in Dennis.... You've been our only listener :-) 02:49:13 JoseR -> brought 02:54:18 JoseR -> Twitter is acting really weird..... I just confirmed it... 02:55:20 JoseR -> That 02:55:24 JoseR -> is 02:55:26 JoseR -> too 02:55:27 JoseR -> bad 02:59:33 dougsymington -> that is bad timing re Twitter 03:00:45 dougsymington -> latest Tweets seem to be 'bout 7 hrs behind 03:12:26 cristina -> organic freaks - I like it! :-) 03:13:28 cristina -> just sent out a twiter message 03:18:56 JoseR -> http://blogs.salon.com/0002007/stories/2004/09/15/theTruthAboutNatureHowToSaveTheWorld.html 03:21:03 JoseR -> http://www.small-mart.org 03:21:21 JoseR -> Have you guys heard of Small-Mart 03:21:28 dougsymington -> hadn't 03:21:32 cristina -> no, i havent 03:21:41 Uni-Koblenz Public Hearing -> Jes this is right. 03:21:42 cristina -> what is it about 03:21:54 JoseR -> check out the link 03:22:05 JoseR -> I heard an interview on NPR 03:22:19 JoseR -> Hi is that Andreas 03:22:28 Uni-Koblenz Public Hearing -> Our recycle waste is much more than the standard waste. 03:22:36 Uni-Koblenz Public Hearing -> Hi Jose 03:22:52 cristina -> jump into the coversation Andreas 03:22:55 cristina -> :) 03:23:10 cristina -> we would like to hear from you 03:23:22 cristina -> hi Graham 03:23:22 Uni-Koblenz Public Hearing -> Sorry - no way. 03:23:24 dougsymington -> Hi Graham 03:23:32 cristina -> why is that Andreas? 03:23:47 Uni-Koblenz Public Hearing -> Why is what Christina? 03:24:00 cristina -> you said - "no way" 03:24:04 Graham -> Hi everyone - we have the same system in Spain, Dennis - once a month people put stuff out in the street and it's collected and re-used 03:24:46 Uni-Koblenz Public Hearing -> Casue i'm currently in the foyer and not in the office - so no audio set up 03:25:16 Uni-Koblenz Public Hearing -> just delivering the sound to the folks :-) 03:25:24 cristina -> HI Graham 03:25:31 cristina -> wanna join he conversation 03:25:33 Graham -> Hi Cristina 03:25:36 cristina -> through skype 03:25:43 Graham -> can't at the moment I'm afraid 03:25:55 cristina -> oh OK - no problem 03:26:12 Graham -> I need to finish something but am very happy listening in 03:27:16 Uni-Koblenz Public Hearing -> i am hardly explaining listeners here what's going on here! Great jobs to you all 03:28:34 JoseR -> My would like to say hi 03:28:47 JoseR -> My wife 03:28:52 JoseR -> and share her thoughts 03:29:51 cristina -> hi Jose's wife 03:29:53 cristina -> :) 03:29:59 cristina -> ket's hear from you 03:30:03 JoseR -> Her name is Cristina 03:30:04 cristina -> let's 03:30:14 cristina -> it's a good name :) 03:30:29 cristina -> :D 03:31:07 JoseR -> ready 03:43:18 dougsymington -> Hi Drew, welcome back 03:45:27 drew buddie -> Hiya - I'm in school with no class at the moment 03:46:51 elderbob -> Hi Drew 03:49:53 Uni-Koblenz Public Hearing -> Hello again from Germany 03:50:03 dougsymington -> Hi Andreas 03:50:16 Uni-Koblenz Public Hearing -> This is Anke speaking 03:50:29 Uni-Koblenz Public Hearing -> Andreas is trying to get the system running ;-) 03:50:30 elderbob -> Hello Anke 03:50:53 dougsymington -> hello Anke, welcome 03:51:16 Uni-Koblenz Public Hearing -> I work together with Andreas in the University 03:51:40 Uni-Koblenz Public Hearing -> Some of my students made a small podcast for the session of Andreas 03:52:02 Uni-Koblenz Public Hearing -> This podcast idea is great 03:52:18 drew buddie -> Does anyone know where I can put am MP3 I have made for my session so that it can played in my session later 03:52:35 dougsymington -> is it online already? 03:52:41 dougsymington -> you can link if it is 03:54:59 Uni-Koblenz Public Hearing -> yo, what's up? Here's Patrick from the university of Koblenz in the south-west of Germany. I wish you all a very nice day and a lot of fun with all the podcasts from around the world, so have a nice day and enjoy the show :) 03:55:05 drew buddie -> I haven't put it online yet - but will do later this morning 03:55:53 dougsymington -> Hi Denos, welcome back 03:56:05 dougsymington -> have you had a chance to hear the stream? 03:58:03 Denos -> I'm listening through Skype because I cnnot get the stream to work. 04:00:50 JoseR -> Hi there 04:01:26 JoseR -> Kids are Kids no matter where you are at!!! So Funny 04:03:07 doug in victoria -> http://theconnectedclassroom.blogspot.com/2008/04/earth-day-2008.html 04:03:23 JoseR -> Great Voicethread 04:03:36 JoseR -> What is an Eco-School? 04:06:46 JoseR -> solar car... that's too cool 04:07:15 JoseR -> That's his dream... hahahaha 04:08:21 drew buddie -> lol - knew he was joking 04:08:26 drew buddie -> so droll :-) 04:09:29 JoseR -> looks like twitter is up and running again. 04:09:49 JoseR -> I've been twittering on ETT for every hour. 04:10:08 drew buddie -> Yaaaaaaaaaaaaaaay re Twitter 04:10:23 drew buddie -> Jose - do i follow you in Twitter? what's your Twitter name? 04:14:58 Uni-Koblenz Public Hearing -> Hi Ramona 04:15:06 cristina -> hi nidia 04:15:22 Nidia Nobre -> Hello everybody! :) 04:15:49 Uni-Koblenz Public Hearing -> Ramona - we like to have a lot of "green moms" 04:16:15 Uni-Koblenz Public Hearing -> Hi Maria - great to hear you 04:17:04 Denos -> Installed Real Player - file still will not open. 04:17:47 Vance between classes -> Hi Denos, did you try WMPlayer? 04:17:53 doug in victoria -> are you on Windows machine? 04:18:45 Denos -> Still trying. Suspect WMPlyer s cottupt. 04:18:59 Denos -> ..like my typing. 04:19:07 doug in victoria -> lol 04:19:15 doug in victoria -> not too worry 04:19:41 doug in victoria -> did you get an error message when trying Win MEdia Player 04:19:56 doug in victoria -> sayin it couldn't open url? 04:20:01 Nidia Nobre -> yes I did... I can't listen to you guys 04:20:57 Vance between classes -> it's aggravating, I don't know how to help because sometimes I have this problem too 04:21:10 Vance between classes -> there are some help files on this site somewhere 04:21:50 Nidia Nobre -> i'm downloading realplayer :P 04:21:55 doug in victoria -> not really Vance 04:22:09 doug in victoria -> I've had good success with http://www.videolan.org/vlc/ 04:22:13 Denos -> MWP was giving me a lot of trouble. I got angry and removed it. I seem to have been successful. 04:22:33 Vance between classes -> There used to be some help files here, can't find them now 04:23:04 doug in victoria -> yes Vance 04:23:59 doug in victoria -> http://edtechtalk.com/listen 04:24:00 drew buddie -> Hey there elderbob 04:24:28 Vance between classes -> cheers 04:24:36 doug in victoria -> has some things to try for those experiencing audio "issues" 04:25:00 Vance between classes -> mine is working at the moment 04:25:20 doug in victoria -> HI Claudia, welcome 04:25:22 JoseR -> Hi Claudia 04:25:28 Uni-Koblenz Public Hearing -> Hi Claudia 04:25:48 claudia - portuguese student -> hello 04:26:13 JoseR -> I want a green flag too :-) 04:26:36 JoseR -> Hi Nidia 04:26:43 Vance between classes -> hands Jose a green flag 04:26:54 JoseR -> Please 04:27:02 elderbob -> I want a blue flag 04:27:08 Uni-Koblenz Public Hearing -> i think the peace rainbow flag would also be good 04:27:13 JoseR -> I'll take one of each.. 04:27:21 Uni-Koblenz Public Hearing -> elderbob also the rainbow one? 04:27:27 Nídia Nobre -> Hi again! 04:27:38 Nídia Nobre -> I can hear you now! :) 04:27:44 JoseR -> cool 04:27:46 Uni-Koblenz Public Hearing -> can you post the aba website again? 04:27:50 doug in victoria -> excellent 04:27:58 Vance between classes -> waves wand and fills air with multi-hued streamers 04:28:00 Uni-Koblenz Public Hearing -> christina great sound quality 04:28:42 claudia - portuguese student -> how are u ? 04:29:03 Denos -> VLC media player worked. Thanks. 04:29:14 Uni-Koblenz Public Hearing -> @claudia - fine - getting a bit nervous. 04:29:40 cristina -> hi claudia 04:30:01 claudia - portuguese student -> Hi =) 04:30:10 drew buddie -> bye elderbob 04:30:13 Vance between classes -> see ya 04:30:16 Vance between classes -> coming back? 04:31:46 Uni-Koblenz Public Hearing -> bye elderbob 04:34:31 drew buddie -> This is a BRILLAINT interview :D 04:34:38 drew buddie -> BRILLIANT even 04:37:41 JoseR -> Great response 04:37:48 JoseR -> Is this a student 04:38:56 Nídia Nobre -> really enjoying it! 04:40:05 doug in victoria -> @Nidia glad to hear 04:40:19 cristina -> Hi Nidia 04:40:26 cristina -> did u manage to get it to play 04:40:28 cristina -> ? 04:42:12 Nídia Nobre -> yes i did! 04:42:31 Nídia Nobre -> i heard a bit.... but now can't keep on earing anymore... 04:42:37 Nídia Nobre -> got work to do! :) 04:42:48 Nídia Nobre -> but i really liked what i've heard! 04:42:55 Nídia Nobre -> keep up the great work! 04:44:07 drew buddie -> I have THOROUGHLY enjoyed this last hour! - I hope I can live up to this during my session later 04:44:19 JoseR -> You will! 04:46:53 drew buddie -> Jose - do i follow you on Twitter? what is your Twitter name? 04:50:16 JoseR -> drew I follow you I am coordinatortwo remember earthcast08 team shirts we ordered :-) 04:51:30 JoseR -> Digital Maverick You are a webcaster from one of the early webcast academies ritght? 04:54:22 drew buddie -> no I have not been involved with Webcast Academies, but I wish i had been as it sounds cool 04:55:00 drew buddie -> Jose - but thanks that I now know who you are on Twitter :D 04:58:54 drew buddie -> Jose I have an audio file for playing later - can it be in Wav format? or does it need to be MP3? and can you suggest somewhere I can place it to be played during my session? I've never stored audio anywhere on the web before 05:08:40 JoseR -> Hello there... 05:08:49 drew buddie -> Hi again 05:08:54 drew buddie -> Hio again 05:09:15 JoseR -> Hey DS did you notice we are missing 9:00 GMT on Schedule? 05:09:28 doug in victoria -> I see a gap at 11 05:09:47 JoseR -> It goes from 8 to 10 but no 9 05:10:02 doug in victoria -> I'm looking at wiki 05:10:12 doug in victoria -> will look on ETT 05:10:40 JoseR -> Oh I am looking at ETT 05:10:52 JoseR -> now it is 9:00 GMT. 05:11:02 JoseR -> brb 05:14:00 drew buddie -> BTW - I updated my details on the Wiki but they are not here - Matt said if I put them on the Wiki the updated details could be transfered here 05:14:18 drew buddie -> I was slow to put them on, for which you have my apologies. 05:14:37 JoseR -> could be I'll take care of it now 05:14:56 JoseR -> What am I looking for? 05:15:23 drew buddie -> My personal details for my slot at 16-18.00 GMT 05:15:46 Uni-Koblenz Public Hearing -> Hi stefan 05:15:55 drew buddie -> as in my name, school and brief explanation of what we will be doing. 05:16:04 drew buddie -> I need to go teach now, catch you later 05:16:11 drew buddie -> Keep up the good work 05:16:16 doug in victoria -> take care Drew 05:23:56 Uni-Koblenz Public Hearing -> Thanx to all workers at this project 05:24:55 Uni-Koblenz Public Hearing -> jose thanx to your students 05:25:28 JoseR -> I updated schedule for Drew 05:25:34 JoseR -> on this page ETT 05:25:43 Uni-Koblenz Public Hearing -> Great idea can you present the link inside the wiki? 05:25:55 dougsymington -> thanks Jose, you ROCK! 05:26:21 JoseR -> I learned from the Best! 05:28:10 cristina -> great 05:28:13 cristina -> just great 05:28:18 cristina -> I love this 05:28:38 cristina -> thanks Doug and Jose. You ROCK! 05:29:53 cristina -> hi Graham 05:29:56 dougsymington -> a pleasure Cristina, it's tonnes o fun 05:30:04 graham2 -> hi 05:30:06 JoseR -> hey graham are you available for Skype conference 05:30:20 graham2 -> yes could do 05:30:30 graham2 -> need short time for set up 05:30:50 JoseR -> what is your skype id 05:31:17 graham2 -> GrahamAttwell 05:31:51 graham2 -> set up noew 05:32:31 cristina -> hi john 05:32:55 John P -> Hi Critina - quick visit! 05:33:20 cristina -> wanna join us live? 05:33:25 cristina -> in skype chat 05:33:35 John P -> when? 05:33:45 cristina -> after graham 05:34:12 JoseR -> Hi John 05:34:13 John P -> hang on - will have to swop computers 05:34:26 JoseR -> give us your skype id please 05:34:35 cristina -> we need your skype ID 05:36:49 John P -> will need 10 mins 05:36:54 cristina -> ok 05:36:56 cristina -> np 05:38:41 cristina -> http://enviroscims.wikispaces.com/Earth+Day 05:38:49 cristina -> Don't forget to check our wiki 05:39:07 cristina -> we will be adding links to students' projects there 05:39:47 cristina -> all add yourself to our map 05:39:54 cristina -> http://attendr.com/earthcast08/ 05:42:40 JoseR -> almost done a min left or so 05:44:13 john p -> skpe = jpallis001 05:52:55 AG-Podcasting from Koblenz -> Gespannt warten wir --- Hallo ins Foyer 05:56:07 AG-Podcasting from Koblenz -> @ all chatting visitors - there is an guestbook for your use 06:04:16 Nídia Nobre -> here is a really great poem for 2day: http://tralhasgratis.blogs.sapo.pt/909232.html 06:05:11 john p -> the chat is working 06:08:48 john p -> i can hear sombody 06:09:05 matt montagne -> I can hear you on the stream cristina 06:09:56 john p -> best audio so far 06:10:49 cristina -> great tunes 06:12:16 john p -> nothing coming through now 06:12:39 dougsymington -> how 'bout now? 06:12:53 john p -> yes 06:13:02 john p -> erratic music 06:13:10 john p -> clear now 06:13:19 dougsymington -> thanks John 06:13:24 john p -> gone 06:13:39 john p -> speach good 06:18:35 matt montagne -> Hi everyone! 06:18:42 JoseR -> Hi Matt 06:19:17 Durff -> Wie geht's? 06:19:19 JoseR -> Hey Durff is in town 06:19:27 Durff -> Alles gut? 06:19:37 cristina -> alles toll 06:19:38 Durff -> Jose - all good? 06:19:53 Durff -> ganz toll, mein ich 06:20:06 matt montagne -> Please sign the Earthcast08 Guestbook! http://spreadsheets.google.com/viewform?key=paReSSkPApF0IVVpowI8IDA 06:20:08 cristina -> wir feiern gerade. Was fuer ein Erfolg! 06:20:14 matt montagne -> Hey Durff 06:20:19 dougsymington -> @Durff--in the house 06:20:25 Durff -> as doug would say, indeed 06:20:34 dougsymington -> hope you brought me a BIG coffee Lisa 06:20:36 cristina -> and don't forget the attendr map 06:20:38 Durff -> durff has to go soon 06:20:39 dougsymington -> Indeed, indeed 06:20:41 cristina -> have link it to the wiki 06:21:00 Durff -> i did bring the BIG coffee Doug 06:21:08 dougsymington -> sweet, thanks 06:21:24 Durff -> is someone on A at 7? 06:21:32 dougsymington -> just you testing 06:21:38 JoseR -> talk to us on GMT please 06:21:43 dougsymington -> lol 06:22:00 cristina -> http://attendr.com/earthcast08/ 06:22:08 dougsymington -> btw, that's Cristina's stream you're listening to now 06:22:13 matt montagne -> Jose is getting grumpy! I feel sorry for his students today! 06:22:31 Durff -> i'll leave it on, but must go get ready for school now, in that case Doug 06:22:44 Durff -> viel spass zum alles 06:24:37 matt montagne -> I like the attnedr map/mashup 06:25:18 dougsymington -> great stuff--Andreas has a future in radio! 06:25:58 Durff -> was ist das Musik? 06:26:23 john p -> have a student with some ideas if you want anyone 06:27:44 dougsymington -> Thanks John, we'd love to hear from students-- we should have some time early in the next hour--if available then 06:28:23 john p -> english speaking 06:28:34 Vance between classes -> am I still logged in here? 06:28:41 dougsymington -> you are indeed 06:28:41 Vance between classes -> ah, must be 06:28:43 JoseR -> yes 06:28:47 Vance between classes -> haha 06:28:57 Vance between classes -> ok, let me check the stream 06:28:59 dougsymington -> welcome back 06:30:32 Vance between classes -> sade, ich kan nicht sehr gut deutshe sprechen 06:31:29 Vance between classes -> it's great to hear many languages here 06:32:06 dougsymington -> yes it is--very worldbridgey 06:34:08 JoseR -> Hi Murcha and drew 06:34:16 drew -> I'm recruiting more people for my 'stint' - so things are looking better already 06:34:21 JoseR -> Drew I updated info on theis page for you. 06:34:29 murcha -> Hi JoseR Is this in german all the way through 06:34:31 JoseR -> this 06:34:33 drew -> Jose - i saw that - thank you :D 06:34:44 JoseR -> not sure... 06:35:17 drew -> Jose - my interview for my session l;ater - can it be in Wav format? or does it need to be MP3 and can you suggest somewhere I can upload it to? 06:35:33 matt montagne -> drew 06:35:37 JoseR -> are you streaming? 06:35:42 matt montagne -> upload it to the wiki 06:36:01 drew -> thanks matt - but can it be in wav format? 06:36:23 drew -> I seem to be having problems converting the audacity file to mp3 in school :( 06:36:28 JoseR -> Oh I see... It might be too big, What do you say matt 06:36:34 matt montagne -> can you convert to mp3? If not, I'm pretty sure my itunes will play it... 06:36:59 matt montagne -> I'll actually be playing it thru my nicecast 06:37:36 drew -> ok but if its an audacity file onm my pc at the moment (c. 15mins long) I just wanted to know what i needed to do 06:37:44 dougsymington -> here's a handy alternative media player for anyone who needs http://www.videolan.org/vlc/ 06:37:58 JoseR -> vlc is the best 06:38:11 dougsymington -> I agree--play ANYTHING 06:38:31 JoseR -> doug can you stream at the top of the hour? 06:38:42 matt montagne -> http://enviroscims.wikispaces.com/Files 06:38:47 drew -> so I upload it to the wiki and then ask matt to play it when I need it played? 06:38:51 dougsymington -> @Jose got it 06:38:54 matt montagne -> @drew...can you put your file on that page? 06:39:07 drew -> ok cool thanks - I need to go to class now, see you later 06:39:26 matt montagne -> @drew...yep, that is true...you won't be able to hear it being played though... 06:39:40 matt montagne -> hey murcha! 06:40:22 murcha -> hey matt and thanks for help 06:40:48 Vance between classes -> Andreas wants to know if anyone is following the german stream 06:40:53 Vance between classes -> if there are any questions for them 06:41:08 JoseR -> yes 06:43:15 matt montagne -> I have a question--how can we encourage more young people to get excited about enironmental challenges and "green" industries/oppotunities? 06:43:42 matt montagne -> wihtout "turning them off" 06:44:26 murcha -> @vance between classes I dont speak German at all so I am watching the chat 06:46:02 Vance between classes -> I am no longer between classes 06:46:08 Vance between classes -> I'll log off and back in again 06:50:17 JoseR -> Hi Elmwood 06:50:46 Elmwood -> Hi, I'm a junior high teacher checking this out to show kids later. 06:51:05 dougsymington -> @Elmwood welcome 06:51:15 dougsymington -> hope you'll be able to come back with you students 06:51:20 dougsymington -> we'd love to hear from them 06:51:27 Elmwood -> great, will do 06:51:34 Durff -> regenschenkde - heisst das rainforest? 06:51:59 Elmwood -> Our school is in Illinois 06:52:22 Durff -> cuse 06:52:22 Uni-Koblenz Public Hearing -> Rainforest is Regenwald 06:52:38 Durff -> i was wrong then 06:52:41 drew -> Back again :-) 06:52:42 Durff -> thanks 06:52:46 murcha -> aah!! some good old English 06:54:08 Elmwood -> Thanks will be back later with a class of 12 year olds! 06:54:25 dougsymington -> excellent, look forward to it 06:56:23 john p -> Joe Kirwin - Could you comment on the little use of hydroelectric power given its many advantages? 06:56:55 drew -> Matt I have the file now as a '.wav' and am uploading it to the wiki alongside my details in the table - it's called 'lorna' - is that acceptable? 06:57:14 JoseR -> can you guys check ustream? 06:57:41 john p -> comming across fine 06:57:52 matt montagne -> ustream works 06:58:08 murcha -> should I see people in ustream or is it just the earthcast screen 06:58:11 matt montagne -> alright Andreas!!!!! 06:58:18 matt montagne -> I love it!!! 06:58:38 matt montagne -> @drew...that will be fine! 06:59:02 Vance 'no more classes' -> should I log on to Ustream? 06:59:02 john p -> joe is a student here with me 06:59:05 nagora -> Hi here! 06:59:12 john p -> question nto the world 06:59:31 nagora -> Hi Cris! 06:59:35 drew -> thanks matt - I'm getting more peopla ll the time to be part of my session - hope they all turn up :D 06:59:52 matt montagne -> @drew...excellent!!! 07:00:02 JasonR -> Morning from Florida 07:00:22 drew -> So hopefully I will have a variety-filled session all being well 07:00:28 matt montagne -> that was great! 07:01:31 nagora -> I see I am too late, right? Anyway, greetings to everyone from Poland now! 07:01:34 Vance 'no more classes' -> what a promo 07:01:38 Vance 'no more classes' -> buy one now 07:01:56 matt montagne -> Hi Nagora...welcome to the earthcast! 07:02:07 bobbi -> :D 07:02:34 matt montagne -> hello bobbi! 07:02:38 nagora -> :) :) :) 07:03:05 bobbi -> hello 07:03:16 bobbi -> happy earth day 07:03:21 matt montagne -> http://spreadsheets.google.com/viewform?key=paReSSkPApF0IVVpowI8IDA 07:03:23 drew -> The wav upload aborted :( 07:03:40 matt montagne -> earthcast gues book...please sign! 07:03:49 matt montagne -> @drew...how big is the file? 07:04:17 drew -> :( as its a wav its 80 megabites :( 07:04:41 drew -> I don't seem to be able to export as an MP3 in school :( I can't get at the LAME encoder 07:05:01 drew -> Hence me doing it as a WAV 07:05:28 murcha -> @drew is that the lame encoder for audacity? 07:05:39 Durff -> yes 07:05:47 Durff -> on the same site 07:05:55 Durff -> sourceforge i think 07:05:56 murcha -> @matt how do I sign the guest book without going out of this window 07:06:03 Durff -> you can't 07:06:08 drew -> yes - I have an audacity file (interview) for playing in my session but the LAME encoder won'tr work in school for some reason :( 07:06:20 Durff -> @ drew 07:06:31 Durff -> did you unzip it 07:06:37 murcha -> hmmm We had problems for a while too with encoder but we finally resolved them 07:06:50 john p -> I have Joe Kirwin (a UK student) with me for 20 mins - do you need him? 07:06:53 Durff -> one must unzip the file 07:06:57 drew -> My problem is it SHOULD work and I can't install software onto the network 07:07:08 Durff -> ah 07:07:13 dougsymington -> John do you have skype? 07:07:17 murcha -> @drew Dont you just hate not having priveleges 07:07:20 Durff -> it must be a protected network 07:07:20 drew -> Durff - thanks but LAME was installed by my network manager and I can't do anything to it myself 07:07:22 dougsymington -> love to add Joe to call 07:07:27 drew -> lol @ murcha - ye s- it blows :D 07:07:31 john p -> on skpe 07:07:32 Durff -> drew do you have a U3 flash drive 07:07:53 Durff -> @drew mine too and done wrong 07:07:59 Durff -> i had to redo it 07:08:03 drew -> durff I do so I guees I am going to have to take the audacity file home and convert it there at lunchtime 07:08:09 Durff -> on each machine 07:08:21 drew -> durff - that sounds disastrous 07:08:22 Durff -> i would drew 07:08:26 drew -> ok 07:08:43 drew -> I'll do that then re my file - hope that works 07:09:48 matt montagne -> @drew...OK, we'll work it out 07:10:50 matt montagne -> OK, I gotta go to school now...I'm riding my bike of course (it is earth day after all!) 07:11:07 Durff -> hope it is not far matt 07:11:08 nagora -> Have a nice day! 07:11:48 matt montagne -> buy bandwidth, not file servers and other junk 07:11:59 Durff -> amen 07:12:09 Durff -> why can't IT get that? 07:12:10 JoseR -> I also got your email..... 07:12:23 nagora -> The best to everyone! 07:12:29 JoseR -> thanks 07:13:08 JoseR -> Hi Jason 07:13:09 matt montagne -> durff...they gotta stay employed 07:13:24 matt montagne -> Please sign the earthcast08 guest book: 07:13:33 matt montagne -> http://spreadsheets.google.com/viewform?key=paReSSkPApF0IVVpowI8IDA 07:13:34 Durff -> good excuse 07:13:41 Durff -> i wouldn't pay them 07:15:17 Durff -> wilkommen 07:15:32 Uni-Koblenz Public Hearing -> Thank you durff 07:15:42 Uni-Koblenz Public Hearing -> andreas is back in the chat again 07:15:45 Durff -> but vance that is f2f 07:15:59 matt montagne -> Hello Andreas and Company! 07:16:06 Durff -> andreas in the house - alarm! 07:16:11 dougsymington -> yes, welcome back 07:16:19 Uni-Koblenz Public Hearing -> And Al gore got a lot missed 07:16:27 Durff -> true 07:16:28 matt montagne -> LOL 07:16:33 Durff -> schade 07:16:53 Uni-Koblenz Public Hearing -> i dead it is his problem and not ours ;-) 07:17:47 john p -> Joe K (Student Wolsingham School & Community College) You guys should not be jetseting off around the world be using things like this for mettings, web conferencing. 07:17:51 bobbi -> yes our school has started the first ever recycling program, starting today 07:17:57 matt montagne -> I wish schools would model green practices more for the local communities 07:18:25 bobbi -> we have a dedicated group of moms who have started a great initiative 07:18:44 bobbi -> getting the cafeteria to use recycled paper, etc. 07:18:44 Uni-Koblenz Public Hearing -> great bobby - and your school is where in the world? 07:18:51 bobbi -> Abu Dhabi 07:18:52 JoseR -> anyone available to come in to skype conference? 07:19:18 Uni-Koblenz Public Hearing -> whow just got the data helo to all the 500 listeners 07:19:22 Durff -> call andreas 07:19:31 Uni-Koblenz Public Hearing -> nope 07:19:35 Uni-Koblenz Public Hearing -> downstairs 07:19:35 matt montagne -> A whale rescue...too cool! 07:20:26 Uni-Koblenz Public Hearing -> But imagine the energy the internet calls also 07:20:47 Uni-Koblenz Public Hearing -> cost and you miss all the personal facts and talks 07:21:01 Durff -> @Uni want in the call? 07:21:02 matt montagne -> @Uni-Kob-there is always a cost associated with the trade-off...you are right about that 07:21:30 Uni-Koblenz Public Hearing -> no way! 07:21:35 bobbi -> i teach the smallest age in our school, 4 year old kids 07:21:49 Uni-Koblenz Public Hearing -> be ready in 10 Minutes 07:21:49 matt montagne -> what about murcha? Murcha...do you want to join the skype chat? 07:22:08 bobbi -> but it's amazing how you can engage them to participate in awareness of their world 07:22:22 murcha -> @matt dont know if I would have anything to say cos I really teach IT 07:22:44 murcha -> I can if you like I am anne.mirtschin 07:22:58 matt montagne -> @murch...if you just want to say hello for 5 minutes, Jose will skype you 07:23:29 murcha -> Okay will do Guess I have to switch off ustream do I? 07:24:05 matt montagne -> @murcha...when you join the skype call, just pause ustream 07:24:48 murcha -> @matt the crazy thing is I have everything paused and can hear everyone. 07:25:13 Durff -> the ustream murcha 07:25:13 matt montagne -> @murcha...try toggling the play/pause button 07:25:17 Durff -> it does that 07:25:21 murcha -> Okay think it is right now 07:25:47 murcha -> I really want to goto Oman 07:26:04 Durff -> til later and bis spater! 07:26:21 Vance 'no more classes' -> I lived in Oman for ten years 07:26:25 Vance 'no more classes' -> Bobbi and I 07:26:48 murcha -> Okay I am and I am anne.mirtschin from Australia 07:27:00 matt montagne -> I've head some things about wave power in britain 07:27:42 matt montagne -> most of the major US Rivers no longer run free 07:27:52 matt montagne -> most US rivers are dammed up 07:28:20 Vance 'no more classes' -> isn't that to generate power? 07:29:47 murcha -> We are suffering real drought conditions in Australia even in the fertile, good rainfall areas. Some of our major rivers are drying up. 07:30:02 dougsymington -> we have a lot of hydro-electric dams in Canada 07:30:34 matt montagne -> china is damming up some of the wildest rivers remaining on the planet...is this good or bad? 07:30:46 matt montagne -> or is it just the way it is? 07:31:10 murcha -> I would love to do the three gorges tour in China 07:31:19 Uni-Koblenz Public Hearing -> Anke: what is the sense in generating power, when you destroy millions of miles pure and healthy nature 07:32:21 Uni-Koblenz Public Hearing -> like they made it in china 07:34:15 Vance 'no more classes' -> wjat\s the URL for what you are playing? 07:34:24 Vance 'no more classes' -> Al Gore / TED Talks 07:34:58 dougsymington -> Al made it after all :) 07:35:11 JoseR -> http://www.ted.com/index.php/talks/view/id/1 07:35:33 john p -> thanks and goodbye from the Uk 07:35:51 Vance 'no more classes' -> cheers John 07:35:55 dougsymington -> thank you 07:36:05 dougsymington -> and thanks to Joe 07:36:10 dougsymington -> appreciate the contribution 07:36:59 JoseR -> We are listening to minute 9 on 07:38:08 dougsymington -> there he goes inventing the 'net again 07:39:44 JoseR -> Learn about it talk about it.. sounds like what we are doing now 07:40:04 Vance 'no more classes' -> do it, that's the hard part 07:40:17 JoseR -> I'll go to Nashville I'll take the Willie Nelson BioDisiel Bus 07:40:33 JoseR -> BioDiesiel 07:40:45 JoseR -> Creative Commons rules 07:42:35 JoseR -> Rebrand Global Warming.... interesting idea 07:44:18 Andreas -> Hi Pam - nice to meet you 07:44:29 Pam Shoemaker -> Hi Andreas! 07:46:46 Andreas -> This is a great budget - but how many schools are in? 07:48:34 Mr.Bissonnette -> This is River Bissonnette the 6th grade science teacher from Rye, NH waiting for Shelia Adams, our 7th grade science teacher, to sign on and start her broadcast in an hour 15 mins 07:49:40 Pam Shoemaker -> Hi River. Sheila's show sounds like it will be great! 07:50:30 JoseR -> Hey pam ready to pass the baton in a few minutes. 07:50:48 Pam Shoemaker -> ok - i'm a bit nervous! 07:50:58 Mr.Bissonnette -> She will be introducing our 8th grade science teacher, Robin Ellwood, who goes to Antartica every year to study the ecosystems of the dry valley lakes 07:51:10 Mr.Bissonnette -> Sorry, every other year 07:51:33 Andreas -> Pam - three sentences and you are in the right mood without thinking about the mic 07:51:49 Pam Shoemaker -> :-) 07:51:56 Andreas -> Bye - try to get in later 07:52:05 JoseR -> bye Andreas 07:52:16 Pam Shoemaker -> bye - you did great! 07:54:30 Pam Shoemaker -> OK, i'll be back tomorrow 07:58:47 Pam Shoemaker -> ready 07:59:16 Pam Shoemaker -> Wow, 12 hours! 08:01:31 Vance 'no more classes' -> oh, you're on 08:02:41 dougsymington -> Hi all 08:03:30 JoseR -> signing off Best of luck 08:03:41 JoseR -> catch you in a few 08:03:48 dougsymington -> sounds good Pam 08:10:04 dougsymington -> Hi everyone 08:10:06 dougsymington -> welcome 08:10:15 Lorna -> Good Morning Doug 08:10:24 dougsymington -> audio and ustream accessible on right side of page 08:10:29 dougsymington -> Hi Lorna, welcome 08:10:45 dougsymington -> to hr 13 of earthcast08 08:10:51 dougsymington -> sounding great Pam 08:11:00 Lorna -> did anyone sleep? 08:12:40 dougsymington -> sleep has been at a premium--at least I don't have to head to class this morning--Jose just left to get ready for school 08:16:30 drew buddie -> Hey there - I'm about to rush back to school - but I have up-loaded my mp3 to my section (16-17.00 GMT) on the Wiki 08:16:52 drew buddie -> It's an MP3 called Lorna and its showingup in the list of files 08:18:18 Pam Shoemaker -> Sign our Earthcast guestbook at http://spreadsheets.google.com/viewform?key=paReSSkPApF0IVVpowI8IDA 08:18:41 Rogerio Conteiro -> hi from Portugal 08:18:51 Pam Shoemaker -> Hi Rogerio! 08:20:23 Rogerio Conteiro -> :) 08:23:03 Lorna -> ustream presentation is gr8 08:23:49 Pam Shoemaker -> thx for the feedback, lorna 08:24:38 rjh 1 -> Hi from NH! 08:24:53 Pam Shoemaker -> Hello rjh1! 08:26:28 Lorna -> pls drop in the link to the wiki for earthcast 08:26:56 Pam Shoemaker -> http://enviroscims.wikispaces.com/Earth+Day 08:26:59 Lorna -> ty 08:28:00 Pam Shoemaker -> Student blogging project at http://core04science.learnerblogs.org 08:31:40 bsprankle -> hello all 08:31:48 Pam Shoemaker -> Sign the Earthcast guestbook: http://spreadsheets.google.com/viewform?key=paReSSkPApF0IVVpowI8IDA 08:32:03 Pam Shoemaker -> Hello! 08:32:59 Pam Shoemaker -> This video is also posted at http://walledlake.k12.mi.us/tech/Earthcast/TownHallMeeting.wmv 08:34:24 Durff -> sounds good - need to leave 08:34:39 Pam Shoemaker -> Looks like the 6th graders in this video have had technical difficulties- don't see them here in the chat 08:37:25 Pam Shoemaker -> sorry about that 08:41:14 matt montagne -> sound is gr8 on the stream pam 08:42:25 matt montagne -> pam ...b sure to plug wowmen of the web! with its very special guest! 08:42:47 Pam Shoemaker -> http://enviroscims.wikispaces.com/Earth+Day 08:43:36 tinkerbell -> Hello, 08:44:02 tinkerbell -> This is all new to me so I need to know what I should do while I am here 08:44:04 matt montagne -> hi tinkerbell! 08:44:08 tinkerbell -> hi 08:44:11 matt montagne -> welcome to the earthcast! 08:44:22 tinkerbell -> thank you 08:44:27 Durff -> matt do you sleep? 08:44:35 tinkerbell -> are you a student? 08:44:51 matt montagne -> 02:00 GMT I believee Pam 08:45:38 matt montagne -> Hi Janices! 08:45:56 matt montagne -> Our students are actually getting ready to do their morning news show here...the theme is earth day! 08:45:59 janices -> Hello all 08:46:24 matt montagne -> It is a short, 5 minute newscast 08:46:30 matt montagne -> the wind car is too cool! 08:46:49 Pam Shoemaker -> http://enviroscims.wikispaces.com/quicklinks 08:47:39 czautcke -> We need to get you out on some ice boats Matt, if you think that is cool! 08:48:58 matt montagne -> Pam ... audio from the interview was really good! 08:51:41 matt montagne -> wind powered bike to school, Cindy! 08:52:20 Durff -> parents mnmight leave me alone soon 08:58:03 cristina -> hi there 08:58:05 cristina -> I am back 08:58:34 cristina -> go sheila! 09:01:47 Mr.Bissonnette -> Ya Rye 09:01:59 cristina -> Go Rye ! 09:03:18 Mr.Bissonnette -> A little louder Ms. Adams 09:05:31 cristina -> a song - great 09:05:35 cristina -> Go0d morning! 09:05:44 cristina -> Hi!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!! 09:05:56 Andreas -> Hi KidsHi Kids! 09:06:30 wdpiper -> cute song 09:06:40 Pam Shoemaker -> Awesome! 09:06:59 cristina -> FAB 09:07:01 rjh 1 -> hello, how do you like the song? 09:07:07 Andreas -> clap clap! 09:07:09 cristina -> YOU are GREAT! 09:07:12 cristina -> LOVE IT! 09:07:15 cristina -> :) 09:07:23 cristina -> YEAH! 09:07:23 rjh 1 -> hello, how do you like the song! =] 09:07:26 Pam Shoemaker -> :D 09:07:28 cristina -> Clap!CLAP!cLAP! 09:07:30 rjh 1 -> thank you! 09:07:33 cristina -> THANK YOU! 09:07:34 dougsymington -> fantastic 09:07:40 wdpiper -> I have the webcast up in my 5th grade class and the kids loved it! 09:07:41 Andreas -> Imressed. 09:07:49 wdpiper -> Thanks for kicking off our Earth Day! 09:08:03 Andreas -> Happy Birthday! 09:08:03 rjh 1 -> your welcom! =] 09:08:50 rjh 1 -> do you have any questions? 09:09:02 srolle -> is there sound right now? 09:09:24 rjh 1 -> no, we are setting up for something else 09:09:38 srolle -> thx 09:09:58 wdpiper -> Ian, Charlie and Aaron and Mr. Piper from Milwaukee want to know how long it took the kids to rehearse that nice song? 09:10:22 srolle -> yes 09:10:45 rjh 1 -> it took two days to rehearse 09:11:00 cristina -> wow. you are fantastic Kids 09:11:10 rjh 1 -> thank you 09:11:11 wdpiper -> that was really good please pass the complements along 09:12:18 rjh 1 -> @ wdpiper i will 09:12:20 Pam Shoemaker -> stay tuned 09:14:50 MHSA -> Hi Everybody 09:15:05 rjh 1 -> sorry for the delay, we have a interview coming up 09:15:28 Andreas -> Doesn't mind - we have all the time of world! 09:15:46 MHSA -> If you have any questions I am here to help 09:16:33 matt montagne -> like to hear the student voices Sheila! 09:17:01 matt montagne -> questions for the student...what advice do you have for other students who don't embrace the "green" lifestyle 09:17:24 matt montagne -> student if very eloquent! 09:17:34 Andreas -> Everything is a bit making it better! You won't be able to resque the whole world 09:17:38 matt montagne -> how cool...making your own biodiesel! 09:17:41 Andreas -> But in little steps! 09:18:04 Rjh2 -> HI! 09:18:12 MHSA -> Hi 09:18:29 MHSA -> does anybody have any questions 09:18:58 MHSA -> Hi Mhtgrade6 09:19:00 Rjh2 -> Isn't that cool him making his own biodiesel! 09:19:12 matt montagne -> there is a school in NY that has an anti-idling policy for their school pick up circle 09:19:28 matt montagne -> To Sheila and Students: This is GREAT! 09:19:28 MHSA -> that is awsome 09:19:37 MHSA -> thanks 09:19:43 rjh 1 -> thank you! 09:19:45 Andreas -> Great! 09:19:57 Rjh2 -> Great you guys! really 09:20:10 Andreas -> Before recycle - try to avoid waste 09:20:10 cristina -> Hi carlinha 09:20:22 cristina -> @carla Arena - great to see u here 09:20:41 matt montagne -> Here is what we've done...CFL lights, Energy Star Fridge, Composting, REcycling, 09:21:03 Andreas -> Great technique 09:21:04 MHSA -> How are you going to help the world this Earth Day? 09:21:13 dougsymington -> !!!CARLA!!! great to see you 09:21:23 carlaarena -> hi, Doug! 09:21:30 JoseRodriguez -> Hi Carla 09:21:46 cristina -> Hi Carla 09:21:49 carlaarena -> Hey, José, Cris, Doug and all! 09:21:57 carlaarena -> Great to hear students! 09:22:12 cristina -> isn't it great to enable them to have a voice? 09:22:16 cristina -> I just love it 09:22:19 carlaarena -> it is! 09:22:40 carlaarena -> yesterday, Cris, I just loved recording Dudu 09:22:42 dougsymington -> yes it is, was saying in other chat that student voices are "webcasting gold" 09:22:43 MHSA -> Hi 09:22:43 cristina -> And I loved Dudu's bvideo message 09:22:44 czautcke -> Hi USM 6th grade! 09:22:45 carlaarena -> he said what he wanted 09:22:51 Rjh2 -> If there are questions out there for our school you can ask! 09:23:04 cristina -> :) It's in the wiki now. 09:23:15 carlaarena -> I'm recording some parts of it, Doug, to share with my students 09:23:24 carlaarena -> these authentic voices 09:23:25 cristina -> Great Job Carla and Dudu - you guys are a great team 09:23:29 dougsymington -> excellent 09:23:49 MHSA -> lol how do you like the program 09:23:53 dougsymington -> is this the link http://ryejrhigh.org/adams/audiolinks.htm 09:24:01 dougsymington -> love the program! 09:24:04 MHSA -> yes 09:24:14 dougsymington -> it's fantastic--you ROCK! 09:24:17 MHSA -> great 09:24:29 Rjh2 -> thank 09:24:29 MHSA -> thx 09:25:03 rjh 1 -> How is everybody 09:25:10 MHSA -> good 09:25:13 rjh 1 -> any questions just ask me 09:25:34 MHSA -> bye 09:26:05 Rjh3 -> Hey! 09:26:18 Rjh3 -> any questions 09:26:43 Andreas -> What is the difference between ocean ice to lake ice 09:26:59 carlaarena -> go for it, Doug! 09:27:03 carlaarena -> type it! 09:27:19 dougsymington -> http://ryejrhigh.org/ellwood 09:27:25 RJH4 -> ocen ice freezes att a lower tempitor 09:27:29 rjh 1 -> yes that is it 09:27:29 carlaarena -> I knew you'd be fast 09:27:43 dougsymington -> we can play the audio 09:27:46 Rjh2 -> ocean ice has salt so it takes longer to freeze 09:27:47 dougsymington -> yes it does 09:27:50 Andreas -> Thanx for the Answr 09:27:53 dougsymington -> the charger that is 09:27:55 matt montagne -> we should test that with one of those Killowatts 09:28:11 srolle -> I've been told that anything plugged in to electricity will cause leakage. 09:28:32 RJH4 -> HAPPY EARTH DAY!!!!! 09:28:41 Andreas -> Great sound! 09:28:47 sheila -> good 09:28:49 cristina -> HAppy Earthday! 09:28:50 cristina -> :) 09:29:25 Rjh3 -> Happy Earth day too you too!! 09:29:50 RJH4 -> What was it loike to go to antartica? 09:30:07 RJH4 -> ooops like 09:30:13 Mrs. Reichert's Class -> My 7th grade class has a question: What do the numbers on the bottoms of plastic bottles mean? Why can some be recycled like 1's and 2's, but some can't where we live? 09:30:31 cristina -> WOW 09:30:34 FRBE -> Hii 09:30:46 Rjh3 -> The numbers mean the thickness of the plastic! 09:30:58 RJH4 -> yes i agree 09:31:10 dougsymington -> I didn't know that 09:31:15 FRBE -> me either 09:31:29 Rjh3 -> also it helps decide were to recycle it 09:31:36 Rjh3 -> the bottle 09:31:44 Rjh2 -> hello 09:31:51 FRBE -> hi 09:31:53 dougsymington -> hi there 09:31:54 RJH4 -> ALOW 09:31:57 Rjh3 -> Hi! 09:32:03 Mrs. Reichert's Class -> Thanks for the answers! 09:32:12 FRBE -> any questions? 09:32:13 RJH4 -> Your welkome 09:32:28 Andreas -> @ mrs. ellwodd - is this dangerous? 09:33:01 dougsymington -> how does the cold temp affect how much oxygen diver use while diving? 09:33:13 dougsymington -> divers 09:33:25 FRBE -> @mrs. ellwood - how many times have you gone 09:33:57 RJH4 -> WHta is the climate like in Antartica? 09:34:29 dougsymington -> hey Clay 09:34:56 cburell -> Hi Doug 09:34:59 dougsymington -> JDub, in the house 09:35:09 JenW -> Smiles -- Happy Earth Day! 09:35:29 FRBE -> Yes HAPPY EARTH DAY TO ALL! 09:35:29 Rjh3 -> happy earth day~ 09:35:30 Rjh2 -> mrs.ellwood will answer as much as she can 09:35:37 Rjh3 -> right! 09:35:39 RJH4 -> ok 09:35:42 FRBE -> okk 09:35:44 cburell -> Very cool interview subject. Where's the background on this Antarctica person? 09:35:57 dougsymington -> http://ryejrhigh.org/ellwood/ 09:36:01 MJSA - RJH -> IDK 09:36:34 joseantoniook -> Hello everyone 09:36:42 dougsymington -> Hi Jose 09:36:42 MJSA - RJH -> Hi 09:36:53 joseantoniook -> Hi Dough 09:37:04 joseantoniook -> Hello Carla 09:37:10 JenW -> What surprised your MOST about antarticia?? 09:37:24 cburell -> Thanks for the link, Doug. Fascinating. 09:37:27 mhtgrade6 -> what kind of animals have you seen in Antarctica? 09:37:34 joseantoniook -> I have short break and decided to drop by 09:37:40 Mrs. Reichert's Class -> What were the collected water and sediment samples tested for? 09:38:23 dougsymington -> pleasure Clay, is great stuff isn't it 09:38:48 JenW -> Had you been adventuruous before you went to Antarticia? Were you prepared for what you had to accomplish?? 09:38:49 Rjh2 -> she has seen penguins 09:38:59 dougsymington -> more media from Rye Jr High http://ryejrhigh.org/adams/audiolinks.htm 09:39:13 RJH4 -> have the penguins bit you? 09:39:24 Mrs. Reichert's Class -> Do penguins even have teeth? :) 09:39:25 Rjh2 -> you can see photos @ http://ryejrhigh.org/ellwood/Webcastphotos.html 09:39:26 joseantoniook -> Antartica. Wonderful. I would love to visit 09:39:45 RJH4 -> Whats a witwikl seal? 09:40:17 joseantoniook -> Who is the one talking about Antartica? 09:40:25 RJH4 -> :D 09:40:26 dougsymington -> what a great story 09:40:49 Rjh2 -> The eighth grade sci. teacher 09:40:55 MJSA - RJH -> Mrs. Ellwood the eigth grade science teacher 09:40:56 RJH4 -> Whats a wtwhikl seal? 09:40:57 cburell -> Antarctica is a continent, right? While the North Pole is just ice in water, right? 09:40:57 joseantoniook -> Must have been really magic 09:41:15 RJH4 -> yah 09:41:22 mhtgrade6 -> Does Antarctica experience global melting? 09:41:27 cburell -> (So Antarctica is land with snow and ice on top?) 09:41:34 carlaarena -> wow, what a great talk! 09:41:39 RJH4 -> probly. 09:42:04 MJSA - RJH -> some of it is not even land 09:42:08 matt montagne #2 -> We have a class of 5th grade students here in Milwaukee listening in...we're enjoying this! 09:42:19 Rjh2 -> thank you~~ 09:42:20 MJSA - RJH -> good 09:42:21 Rjh3 -> really? 09:42:33 matt montagne #2 -> @carlaarena-I know...super talk! 09:42:35 Mrs. Reichert's Class -> My 7th grade class is also enjoying this in Illinois 09:42:43 Rjh3 -> cool 09:42:48 MJSA - RJH -> great 09:42:55 Rjh2 -> Thank you for listening~ 09:42:59 RJH4 -> were having fun our 7th grade clas 09:43:01 MJSA - RJH -> any questions? 09:43:05 JenW -> This was great -- thank you so much for sharing!!! 09:43:14 Rjh2 -> Your Welcome 09:43:15 Mr.Bissonnette -> Thank you Ms. Adams and Ms. Ellwood for answering questions from the 6th grade. They enjoyed hearing the answers. 09:43:21 MJSA - RJH -> your welcome 09:43:25 joseantoniook -> What a great talk. I am delighted 09:43:28 Rjh3 -> *) 09:43:30 Rjh2 -> Hey Mr.Bissonnette!! 09:43:37 Mr.Bissonnette -> Hey 09:43:39 RJH4 -> :D :p 09:43:42 Rjh3 -> sup SHORTY 09:43:54 Mr.Bissonnette -> RJH# must be the students in Mrs. Harts room 09:43:55 Rjh3 -> Shorty iz short 09:43:57 RJH4 -> HAy how are you 09:44:10 cburell -> Heck, I'm 45 and I'm learning a lot! :D 09:44:11 Rjh2 -> What?? 09:44:11 MJSA - RJH -> cool any other ones that she can answer ask no the chat room and we will get them yo her 09:44:14 Mr.Bissonnette -> Great. Did you all hear the questions from the 6th grade? 09:44:32 MJSA - RJH -> yes 09:44:34 Rjh3 -> no 09:44:38 RJH4 -> i think so 09:44:47 RJH4 -> hav Ash 09:44:55 cburell -> Does Antarctica seem as threatened as the north polar icecaps? Melting as rapidly? 09:44:58 Ashcole223 -> RJH4 wht up 09:45:08 Mr.Bissonnette -> Aww. Ms. Ellwood just answered one. There will be more questions coming up from the 6th grade right now 09:45:35 Ashcole223 -> wht we talking about 09:45:41 Rjh3 -> shorty how is your class going 09:45:47 Mr.Bissonnette -> Ms. Adams are you recording this??? 09:46:07 matt montagne #2 -> Earthcast08 Participants...please be sure to visit the online guestbook and let us know where you are from: http://spreadsheets.google.com/viewform?key=paReSSkPApF0IVVpowI8IDA 09:46:14 Mr.Bissonnette -> 6th grade is now in Unified Arts as of 5 minutes ago shorty. 09:46:18 sheila -> yes 09:46:21 Mr.Bissonnette -> Thanx 09:46:23 dougsymington -> @Mr Bissonnette yes this is being recorded 09:46:32 Mr.Bissonnette -> Thank you 09:46:33 RJH 13 -> MR B WHT UP 09:46:43 RJH 13 -> hjfrrjr 09:47:04 Rjh2 -> HI! 09:47:19 Rjh3 -> Ms. Ellwood, what was is like under the Water at antarctica??? 09:48:00 RJH 13 -> who is Rjh2 09:48:12 MJSA - RJH -> I think that might have been answered but we'll check 09:48:21 sheila -> so of the other students in the other room 09:48:27 sheila -> some* 09:48:39 RJH4 -> shood we get ?s frome the 8th grade? 09:49:22 sheila -> not rigth now but thank you 09:49:46 RJH 13 -> ms elwood where did u go for high school 09:49:50 RJH4 -> hi there 09:50:05 Rjh3 -> @sheila- what r we doing 09:50:13 Mrs. Reichert's Class -> Is it true that polar bears are drowning like in Al Gore's documentary? 09:50:19 MJSA - RJH -> heyy guys 09:50:23 RJH4 -> hi 09:50:25 Rjh2 -> Hey! 09:50:31 Rjh3 -> *) :o 09:50:34 sheila -> hello! 09:50:45 RJH4 -> HELLO RYE 09:50:51 MJSA - RJH -> ;) 09:51:15 MJSA - RJH -> where u guys from 09:51:21 RJH4 -> what are you guys doing for earth day 09:51:27 dougsymington -> Victoria, BC 09:51:29 Rjh3 -> I am from Hawaii 09:51:33 Rjh2 -> @Sheila- Happy Earth Day!!! 09:51:49 Rjh3 -> that iz why I serf 09:52:05 RJH4 -> lol 09:52:08 joseantoniook -> I ma carrying out some blog postings wiht my students. I am in Brazil. 09:52:09 dr. d -> hello 09:52:25 dr. d -> whassa! 09:52:40 joseantoniook -> It is 11 AM now (almost) I will be doing that in 4 hours 09:53:11 MJSA - RJH -> what have u contibuted for eath day 09:53:25 RJH4 -> turned off a few lights 09:53:32 RJH4 -> you 09:53:34 Andreas -> They HS should be proud on you! ;-) 09:53:41 Rjh2 1/2 -> who rode their bike to school??? 09:53:42 joseantoniook -> Turned off lights. used less water 09:53:47 dr. d -> I want to know if the layers of ice in antarctica have been getting 09:53:47 Rjh2 -> switched to cfl's 09:53:53 dr. d -> thinner 09:54:04 Mr.Bissonnette -> I should have. I'll start, with the nice weather, after break. 09:54:12 MariaK -> hello from Deb and maria in arizona 09:54:22 RJH4 -> its strange that its getting so hot at the start of the season 09:54:23 Mr.Bissonnette -> When is ride your bike to school/work day this year? 09:54:29 cburell -> I signed your guest-book, with glowing reviews :) 09:54:34 RJH4 -> i dont know 09:54:35 joseantoniook -> I will have to leave. Thanks a lot for such wonderful talk 09:54:38 Rjh2 1/2 -> today!!!!!!!!!!!!!!! 09:54:39 dougsymington -> @MariaK and Deb--hi there and welcome 09:54:42 Rjh2 -> TODAY!! 09:54:45 RJH4 -> bye 09:54:56 Mr.Bissonnette -> Everyday, eh RJH2 1/2 09:55:03 MJSA - RJH -> what is eath day all about 09:55:04 dr. d -> @mr. bissonette- get off!! you should be teaching classes!!! 09:55:12 MariaK -> hey doug - we missed sheila's cast - so confused with our new timezone 09:55:18 Rjh2 1/2 -> yeah Shorty 09:55:21 Mr.Bissonnette -> 6th grade is at Unified Arts 09:55:24 MariaK -> hi robin! 09:55:25 Rjh2 -> Yeah! 09:55:29 Rjh2 1/2 -> oh 09:55:33 dr. d -> fine 09:55:34 RJH4 -> snap 09:55:40 Mr.Bissonnette -> And you guys are in chat during class? Nice 09:55:43 dougsymington -> that daylight savings stuff messes everything up re timing 09:55:50 MJSA - RJH -> Mr. B 09:56:00 dr. d -> were having cuisine day thank you!!! 09:56:08 Rjh2 1/2 -> did you here the earth day song??? 09:56:11 MariaK -> Hello sheila - from your NH friends on vacation 09:56:17 MJSA - RJH -> what have u done for eath day-----Mr. B 09:56:22 dr. d -> hi 09:56:25 RJH4 -> yes it was very cool 09:56:25 sheila -> Hi Maria 09:56:38 cburell -> Thanks for that. 09:57:11 sheila -> how's your trip? 09:57:24 MariaK -> we are having such fun 09:57:29 Mr.Bissonnette -> I'm starting my garden and will be riding to school on my bike after break 09:57:32 dougsymington -> great advice, thanks for a wonderful show 09:57:41 Rjh2 -> cool mr.b 09:57:42 Rjh2 1/2 -> happy earth day 09:57:47 carlaarena -> wonderful earth day in edtechworld! 09:57:48 MJSA - RJH -> nice Mr B 09:57:51 dougsymington -> yes, happy earth day all 09:58:00 MariaK -> do you want to talk with us 09:58:03 RJH4 -> happy earth day all 09:58:27 Rjh2 1/2 -> hi 09:58:32 Mrs. Reichert's Class -> Is it true that the compact florescent light bulbs toxic? How are they disposed of? 09:58:46 MJSA - RJH -> yo 09:58:53 carlaarena -> in Brazil we have a fuel biodiesel program 09:59:00 carlaarena -> very strong 09:59:04 Mr.Bissonnette -> Thank you Rye JH for the great contribution 09:59:08 sheila -> Yes, I have heard about the mercury in the CF bulbs. 09:59:23 Rjh2 -> Yes they have mecury in them and your local transfer station should have a special day to recycle them! 09:59:39 dougsymington -> @Mrs Reichert's Class there is something to that. Some suggest that Electromagnetic Interference with some compact flourescents 09:59:40 Mrs. Reichert's Class -> What if they break in your home? 09:59:47 Rjh2 1/2 -> reaaly there is mercury in light bulbs 09:59:48 carlaarena -> brazil is also n.1 in aluminum can recycling 09:59:56 tinkerbell -> are you talking about the new light bulbs that are coiled? 10:00:01 gogreen101 -> @ sheila-are there any recent advancements in the hydrogen car that you know of? 10:00:02 Pam Shoemaker -> Next up is an interview with Chris Clonen, Project Manager of GM's Education Website 10:00:22 MJSA - RJH -> did u hear about this 13 year old kid that might have out smarted NASA with a rock coming towrds earth 10:00:23 Rjh2 1/2 -> u bring them to the mercury guys 10:00:25 Rjh2 -> be careful picking them up and save for that day 10:00:32 cristina -> YEAH! 10:00:39 cristina -> Rye High you ROCK 10:00:41 cburell -> Fantastic show. Bedtime here in Seoul - 11 p.m.! 10:00:56 Rjh2 1/2 -> cya 10:00:59 cristina -> sweet dreams 10:01:01 RJH4 -> bye 10:01:02 dougsymington -> great stuff Rye Rocks for sure! 10:01:06 dougsymington -> thanks 10:01:08 Rjh2 1/2 -> omg 10:01:20 Rjh2 1/2 -> 11p.m. 10:01:33 Rjh2 1/2 -> wow 10:01:40 MJSA - RJH -> when does eath day end 10:01:51 carlaarena -> never, I guess!!! 10:01:57 carlaarena -> no just kidding... 10:02:00 RJH4 -> ha i dont know 10:02:29 RJH4 -> what are some of you guys doing ofr earth day?? 10:02:46 cristina -> great job guys 10:02:49 cristina -> Happy Earthday 10:02:49 RJH4 -> Room 8: hi 10:02:54 gogreen101 -> Room 8: whassa!? 10:03:03 carlaarena -> Excellent, guys 10:03:05 Rjh2 -> thank you :D 10:03:16 cristina -> great audio clip 10:03:17 Rjh2 1/2 -> i am playong out side to conserve electricity 10:03:19 RJH4 -> Room 8: chillen 10:03:39 gogreen101 -> Room 8: whats up green monster 10:03:47 Rjh2 -> everyone should be doing that instead of watching TV 10:03:55 The Green Man -> Room 8: whats going on 10:04:11 gogreen101 -> Room 8: nothin much 10:04:17 The Green Man -> Room 8: :D 10:04:34 Rjh2 1/2 -> i am not gonna play video games till after vacation 10:04:38 Rjh2 -> Hello!=] 10:04:47 RJH4 -> hello all 10:04:57 gogreen101 -> lol go earth day 10:05:02 Pam Shoemaker -> http://www.gm.com/education 10:05:05 Rjh2 -> happ earth day 10:05:10 Rjh2 1/2 -> lol 10:05:15 Rjh2 1/2 -> lol 10:05:33 Pam Shoemaker -> Sign our guestbook at 10:05:41 gogreen101 -> Room 6: :? are you a hippy?????? 10:05:41 The Green Man -> Room 6: heyy 10:05:49 The Green Man -> Room 6: no 10:05:56 Rjh2 1/2 -> I cant wait till next Earth day 10:05:57 Rjh2 -> we tried to have classes outside today, cause it is really nice out! plus it is earth day! 10:06:00 Pam Shoemaker -> Quick Links: http://enviroscims.wikispaces.com/quicklinks 10:06:01 The Green Man -> Room 6: r u 10:06:03 RJH4 -> ok 10:06:52 Rjh2 1/2 -> cya 10:08:43 dougsymington -> Hello all 10:09:05 dougsymington -> you can access audio to your right, click on the speaker icon to listen 10:09:07 Durff -> hi lorna 10:09:12 Durff -> i quoted you 10:09:13 lorna -> hi 10:09:23 Durff -> and i will probably do it again 10:09:24 dougsymington -> hi Jeannine 10:09:30 lorna -> hi jeannine 10:09:32 Durff -> need to write a post 10:09:45 Durff -> hi jcourtney 10:09:59 Pam Shoemaker -> Questions for Chris? 10:10:16 jeannine -> hi everyone - taking a break from work, thought I'd join in! 10:10:26 jcourtney -> hello 10:11:30 Durff -> greetings all 10:12:35 dougsymington -> Hi ds and peta -- welcome 10:13:02 wdpiper\ -> hi- i have a 5th grade social studies class from milwaukee, wi listening in 10:13:05 lorna -> qouted me? 10:13:09 Durff -> where in the world are those here from? I'm from MD, USA 10:13:26 lorna -> st catharines on 10:13:37 jeannine -> Hanwell, New Brunswick, Canada 10:13:57 carlaarena -> dear all, it was great being here at least for a while. See you around. Happy earth day! 10:14:04 wdpiper\ -> could we have the website please about the fuel cell? 10:14:06 carlaarena -> bye, tchau! 10:14:13 Doug -> take care Carla, great to see you 10:14:16 Durff -> ciao 10:14:19 Doug -> happpy Earth Day to you too 10:14:21 carlaarena -> doug, see you around! 10:14:35 Durff -> worldwide hello 10:15:10 matt montagne -> wow is this fantastic to hear 10:15:14 Doug -> http://gm.com/education 10:15:34 matt montagne -> just so you know Pam, we have 18 5th graders listening in right now... 10:15:44 matt montagne -> they will be texting some questions from wdpiper 10:16:05 Doug -> shoutout to the 5th graders w00t 10:20:13 jeannine -> for those who missed tweets this morning - check out www.skiforgreen.ca - many Fredericton students following a trek to the North pole 10:21:58 Durff -> safe stuff like that to the delicious acct - tag it with for:earthcast08 10:22:56 Doug -> Does anyone have any questions for Chris? 10:23:03 Doug -> please type them here 10:24:28 Durff -> Why is it taking so long for fuel efficient cars to catch on? that applies to renewable resources too 10:25:37 Doug -> what role do computers play in the fuel efficiency of gas and hybrid engines? 10:25:51 Durff -> good qt! 10:25:55 Durff -> hi jen 10:26:03 JenW -> Hello Lisa -- Hello Room! 10:26:16 Doug -> thanks Durff, you too, and welcome back JDub 10:26:49 JenW -> who is speaking now, please?? 10:26:51 Doug -> anyone else with any questions for Chris? 10:27:01 Doug -> Chris Clonen from General Motors 10:27:08 JenW -> Ohhhhh -- excellent 10:27:37 Doug -> Chris is with the Education Division at GM 10:27:48 JenW -> Yes, did you drop the website link? It is excellent 10:28:09 Doug -> http://gm.com/education 10:31:54 Mrs. Reichert's Class -> Not sure if you have already discussed this, but what about the commercials we are seeing about hydrogen cars? Cars running on water? 10:32:49 Doug -> Yes, Chris mentioned hydrogen-fuelled vehicles earlier 10:33:06 Mrs. Reichert's Class -> Oh, sorry we missed it. 10:33:20 Doug -> did you have a specific question re hydrogen, we could ask him 10:33:40 Durff -> hi rob! 10:33:45 Durff -> you live! 10:33:54 rjacklin -> not yet, just chat! 10:34:05 Durff -> sound to your right 10:34:15 Doug -> @Matt, Sheila's audio here http://ryejrhigh.org/adams/audiolinks.htm 10:34:31 Durff -> @rob have sound? 10:34:52 rjacklin -> we are good! 10:35:04 rjacklin -> Who is the gentleman you are interviewing? 10:35:06 Durff -> have a class with you? 10:35:15 rjacklin -> yep 10:35:18 Durff -> Doug, matt 10:35:22 rjacklin -> 7th grade 10:35:27 Durff -> wow! 10:35:29 Pam Shoemaker -> Chris Clonen, GM Education Division 10:38:04 JenW -> I didn't know it was PAM -- She is going to be on WOW2 tonight. I am so glad I am getting a preview of what she will talk about tonight!! 10:38:47 Doug -> What type of intern programs does GM have for students? What's the criteria for becoming an intern at GM? 10:39:44 JenW -> http://livegreen.discoveryeducation.com/ 10:39:50 Durff -> ty 10:39:56 rjacklin -> What relationship is there between supply/demand as to why there aren't more "eco-friendly" cars? 10:40:58 JenW -> Who can apply: Legal U.S. residents who are 18 years of age and older and who are employed as middle school teachers for Grades 5 through Grades 9 in accredited public schools in the United States 10:41:03 Durff -> oh you're back rob 10:41:15 JenW -> $1000 10:41:21 rjacklin -> @durff-darn popup blocker :) 10:41:25 JenW -> plus a digital camera and online prof dev 10:41:50 Durff -> yup i know what you mean rob 10:45:09 Pam Shoemaker -> Other questions for Chris? 10:45:16 JenW -> Good show, Pam - -THANKS 10:45:51 Pam Shoemaker -> thx jen. see you tonight! 10:46:53 JenW -> I look forward to it, Pam. This was excellent! 10:47:15 Andreas -> In germany actually we have a big discussion about the "old" cars who cannot run with the new eco-fuels. any word about that? 10:47:28 Durff -> good pt 10:49:36 Durff -> hi tucksoon 10:49:47 Durff -> sound to your right 10:49:58 tucksoon -> hi 10:50:02 tucksoon -> thanks 10:50:20 Andreas -> @ chris - so it will get a big phase of fade... 10:50:26 Andreas -> Thanx christ 10:50:32 daniellynds -> sorry this isnt related to current discussion, but will these casts be archived? 10:50:39 Durff -> yes 10:51:30 Durff -> hi middle school 10:51:39 Durff -> where are you located? 10:51:46 Andreas -> Hi daniellynds. Yes - see wiki later this day! :-) 10:51:56 CresthillMiddleSchool -> This is Ben Wilkoff and team from Denver, Co. 10:52:00 Andreas -> Hi CrestMuddleSchool! 10:52:06 Durff -> oh hi ben 10:52:07 CresthillMiddleSchool -> Muddle? 10:52:11 Andreas -> So La Ola to Denver 10:52:19 Durff -> i can't type 10:52:28 daniellynds -> great 10:52:31 Durff -> don't you know that yet? 10:52:37 daniellynds -> i missed a whole bunch of good stuff 10:52:39 Andreas -> Sorry! Middel! Fingers faster than the thoughts! Greetings from Germany BTW. 10:52:48 CresthillMiddleSchool -> Greetings. 10:52:50 sheila -> a student question - we just came on - can you recap how GM is going to improve the cars? 10:52:56 Durff -> gruss gut 10:53:02 Durff -> Deutschland 10:53:02 CresthillMiddleSchool -> Wie Gehts? 10:53:18 Durff -> Wer? 10:53:18 daniellynds -> ahoj from prague 10:53:21 Andreas -> Hervorrgend - eine tolle Show! :-) 10:53:26 Durff -> hi prague! 10:53:28 Andreas -> Pam - evening! ;-) 10:53:57 Andreas -> Ahoy Praque! 10:54:33 CresthillMiddleSchool -> Forgive me. What hour are we in right now/ 10:54:35 CresthillMiddleSchool -> ? 10:54:54 Durff -> hi drew 10:54:59 Durff -> what hour? 10:55:09 Durff -> good qt - i have no idea 10:55:15 drew buddie -> Hiya - I'm getting myself ready for my stint in an hour or so 10:55:17 Andreas -> CrestMiddleSchool - not you Pam in the stream! ;-) In germany we are GMT +2 10:55:20 Durff -> there is a schedule 10:56:02 daniellynds -> yeah the schedule is below 10:56:13 Durff -> http://enviroscims.wikispaces.com/Earth+Day 10:56:27 Durff -> oh it is? sorry 10:56:29 Andreas -> Thanx Chris! 10:56:37 Durff -> i need more coffee 10:56:40 cristina -> thanks Chris 10:56:41 rjacklin -> thx chris!!! 10:57:31 cristina -> @everybody join our map: htpp://attendr.com/earthcast08 10:57:36 cristina -> happy earthday 10:57:43 Doug -> Thanks Chris, great show 10:57:50 Durff -> sign the guest book too please 10:58:18 Doug -> 16 10:58:38 cristina -> indeed 10:58:52 cristina -> guestbook here http://earthcast08.blogspot.com 10:58:57 Durff -> that's doug's word 11:00:10 Durff -> i hope rjacklin returns 11:00:19 Durff -> he is with 7th grade in MO 11:00:32 rjacklin -> sorry--pop ups again : ) 11:00:46 Durff -> hey you're back 11:03:06 matt montagne -> is stream good? 11:03:26 Doug -> good on stream here 11:03:41 matt montagne -> gr8 11:03:57 Doug -> have to head out for a bit, see y'all in a bit 11:04:40 CresthillMiddleSchool -> We are planning something for later today... Someone let me know if this works. At 10:30 (Mountain) or 12:30 (Eastern) we will have about 70-80 students 7th and 8th grade students as a captive audience. Should we just listen? Should we have them come into the chat? Should we have them comment on posts? Watch the ustream archives? 11:05:37 cris -> Go Matt! 11:07:02 drew buddie -> Hey there Matt - I'm getting myself sorted for my stint later mate :D 11:07:15 matt montagne -> gr8 drew 11:07:22 matt montagne -> i'll be ready 11:07:45 drew buddie -> I uploaded the MP3 to the wiki - it's called 'lorna.mp3' 11:07:53 matt montagne -> ok drew 11:08:04 cris -> :) 11:08:10 drew buddie -> hey there 'thekyleguy' 11:08:44 thekyleguy -> g'morning Folks. How has the EarthCast been? 11:09:39 Andreas -> still running 11:09:48 Andreas -> great event 11:09:58 Andreas -> join the sound 11:10:47 Andreas -> by klicking the links below / beside 11:11:55 Andreas -> Good luck for all the butterflies 11:12:46 Andreas -> Cofee also helps against some arachnida 11:12:58 Durff -> Amen! 11:13:53 Durff -> going for hot coffee.... 11:15:27 JasonR -> hello 11:16:30 wdpiper\ -> hey, I'm from Matt's school, University School of Milwaukee 11:16:41 wdpiper\ -> my students are listening in and creating podcasts about things they can do 11:16:41 matt montagne -> hey pipes 11:16:48 wdpiper\ -> hey mr. m 11:17:16 Andreas -> Hi from germany directed to milwaukee. you are very lucky having mr.m at yoru school 11:17:32 wdpiper\ -> we know- he's a great teacher and friend 11:17:46 JasonR -> Greetings from Florida 11:17:49 Durff -> hi milwakee 11:17:59 Durff -> from maryland 11:18:02 wdpiper\ -> we are putting our podcasts up on my gcast site and on my blog http://worldinvestigators.blogspot.com 11:18:43 Durff -> podcasts about ? 11:19:23 Andreas -> Jason you spoke to the whole world! 11:20:16 Durff -> hi pam 11:20:36 wdpiper\ -> the podcasts are just simple reflections about things 10 year olds can do themselves to help out the environment- nothing fancy, but going along with the Ed Beagly Jr. idea of picking the low hanging fruit 11:20:58 pam shoemaker -> I'm back! 11:21:08 Andreas -> Great - so we will have a view lateron on it. Great know you as podcasters! :-) 11:21:19 Andreas -> Hi Pam! Thanx for your great show! 11:21:25 Durff -> @wdpiper could you tag them for delicious acct? 11:21:36 Durff -> for:earthcast08 11:22:04 pam shoemaker -> @andreas - it was fun! 11:22:34 Andreas -> Al Gore doesn't now what he's missing. 11:23:00 drew buddie -> Next year matt, next year! 11:23:09 drew buddie -> Give him a year to make plans! 11:23:16 Durff -> i'm not holding my breath 11:23:19 rjacklin -> Jason-Do you think that the law is the best answer for environmental change, or should we leave it up to the free market?? 11:23:29 drew buddie -> LOL @ Durff 11:23:44 wdpiper\ -> if anyone can get Al, it's be MjMonty :-D 11:24:17 Andreas -> We don't need al - we've matt! ;-) 11:24:37 Durff -> true wdpiper 11:24:38 pam shoemaker -> Mighty Matt! 11:24:59 drew buddie -> Durff - can I call you something else other than 'Durff' please, it feels rude to me - and I promise I won't use 'ma'am' again :D 11:26:09 drew buddie -> Hey there Pam - all of what i have heard today has been FANTASTIC! 11:26:19 daniellynds -> wow this is intense 11:26:40 Andreas -> And Sheyla did a great job too! All the panic control is really hard work! 11:26:47 pam shoemaker -> Hi Drew. Thanks! I can't wait for your segment! 11:26:52 matt montagne -> coming back in 2 mins 11:28:51 Glaneuse -> hello 11:28:56 Graham -> Hi 11:29:04 Durff -> hi 11:29:04 Glaneuse -> 'm from Portugal 11:29:13 Durff -> everyone have sound? 11:29:22 thekyleguy -> Where are we now? 11:29:24 Graham -> good quality 11:29:27 rjacklin -> sound great in MO 11:29:27 Mrs. Reichert's Class -> Hello, this is a 7th grade class from Illinois, USA 11:29:38 pam shoemaker -> Hi Glaneuse. I'm in Michigan, USA 11:29:44 Glaneuse -> i dont have sound 11:29:45 Graham -> Is good in germany 11:29:54 Durff -> sound to your right 11:30:06 Durff -> click on black icon 11:30:19 pam shoemaker -> @Gianeuse - click on one of the icons under edtechtalk A on right 11:31:02 SRVilly -> @Matt - sound is great! 11:31:23 Glaneuse -> -Webhead Room: I cant hear anything 11:32:05 matt montagne -> thanks steve 11:32:13 matt montagne -> thanks for the heads up 11:33:04 thekyleguy -> Glaneuse Click the black speaker icon under Channel A in the audio stream box 11:33:24 pam shoemaker -> black=itunes, blue=realplayer, colored=winmediaplayer 11:33:37 thekyleguy -> it is on the right above the Ustream box 11:34:58 Mrs. Reichert's Class -> 7th grade question: Why do some people not believe in global warming? 11:35:17 pam shoemaker -> Students must really be enjoying this... it's so quiet! I am enjoying it, too! 11:35:43 Durff -> or they were told to be quiet 11:35:49 cris -> indeed 11:36:18 thekyleguy -> Is this being video'd 11:36:46 corie -> hi 11:36:51 thekyleguy -> Hey Corie 11:37:29 matt montagne -> listening to Jason Czarnescki, professor of Environmental Law at Marquette University in Milwaukee, Wisconsin USA! 11:37:57 matt montagne -> Remember to sign the guest book everyone...it is the Earthcast08 GuestBook 11:38:19 Durff -> @rjacklin what are you doing two hours from now? 11:38:37 Durff -> hi srvilly 11:38:52 SRVilly -> Hey Durff 11:38:55 cris -> guestbook URL: http://earthcast08.blogspot.com 11:39:16 Durff -> have sound? 11:39:18 rjacklin -> @I'll 5th graders in the lab working on projects OR doing this :) 11:39:48 matt montagne -> http://spreadsheets.google.com/viewform?key=paReSSkPApF0IVVpowI8IDA 11:39:51 Durff -> gr8 11:39:59 matt montagne -> that is another guestbook to sign 11:40:16 drew -> matt where do I need to be to hear REAL TIME? 11:40:23 Durff -> ustream 11:40:26 matt montagne -> drew 11:40:33 Durff -> 6 sec delay only 11:41:04 matt montagne -> drew...I'll skype you in at 5 minutes after the hour 11:41:12 drew -> thanks Durff - did you see my question asking if I could refer to you by something other than your surname please? 11:41:33 drew -> cool matt - I'll get skype up ready then 11:41:43 Durff -> what drew? 11:41:50 Durff -> i am mrsdurff 11:41:58 Durff -> is that goos? 11:42:04 Durff -> oh he left 11:42:09 grco -> hello 11:42:16 Durff -> and i have the goose in hand 11:42:20 Durff -> hello 11:42:28 Durff -> grco have sound? 11:42:36 grco -> i have sound 11:43:03 Durff -> hi drgi 11:43:13 drgi -> hello 11:44:03 drgi -> I am in New HAmpshire 11:44:05 grco -> i am in New Hampshire USA where are you 11:44:14 Durff -> cool 11:44:19 drgi -> yeah 11:44:20 Durff -> have sound? 11:44:23 matt montagne -> Jason is actually taking a law professorship at Vermont Law... 11:44:26 matt montagne -> our loss 11:44:27 grco -> i have sound 11:44:31 thekyleguy -> clap clap 11:44:37 matt montagne -> no sound? 11:44:40 Durff -> clap clap 11:44:42 drgi -> i have sound 11:44:46 matt montagne -> gr8 11:44:50 grco -> ihave sound 11:44:52 Mrs. Reichert's Class -> Can we ask questions, too? 11:45:04 drgi -> i dont know 11:45:13 Durff -> type them here 11:45:21 Durff -> qts i mean 11:45:26 grco -> yes we can ask questions 11:45:29 drgi -> okay 11:45:56 Mrs. Reichert's Class -> 7th Grader question: How can we help prevent greenhouse gas emissins? 11:46:02 akammerman -> I have sound, but not video, how do I get video? 11:46:04 grco -> where are you and what is the weather like there 11:46:08 Durff -> type qts here 11:46:20 Durff -> no video 11:46:22 grco -> hi djpa 11:46:22 Mrs. Reichert's Class -> 7th Grader question: how come some people still do not believe globaal warming is real? 11:46:23 Durff -> sorry 11:46:27 drgi -> no video 11:46:39 DJPA -> you need to tell them the truth 11:46:40 grco -> i am in seventh grade too 11:46:43 drgi -> hi djpa 11:46:47 DJPA -> me too 11:46:59 drgi -> im in 7 grade as well 11:47:04 matt montagne -> any questions from the chat room? 11:47:07 matt montagne -> I will ask them 11:47:13 drgi -> nope 11:47:16 matt montagne -> please text in questions 11:47:17 Durff -> thanks matt 11:47:20 DJPA -> Use florescent light bulbs 11:47:23 matt montagne -> Help keep this going 11:47:31 grco -> do you know why there is a hole in the ozone layer??? 11:47:36 DJPA -> dry clothes outside 11:47:37 drew -> What is the BIGGEST challenge to effect change in AMERICA? 11:47:42 DJPA -> why 11:47:44 matt montagne -> he really isn't a scientist... 11:47:49 DJPA -> who 11:47:53 drgi -> really 11:47:57 matt montagne -> he is a policy and law professor 11:48:00 Mrs. Reichert's Class -> Can we really stop global warming? Is it too late? 11:48:02 DJPA -> cool 11:48:07 DJPA -> no way 11:48:10 grco -> wow that is impressive 11:48:14 matt montagne -> Mrs. Reichert where are you located? 11:48:17 DJPA -> there is always time to stop GW 11:48:21 Mrs. Reichert's Class -> Illinois 11:48:24 cris -> CLAP CLAP CLAP 11:48:25 drgi -> good 11:48:26 DJPA -> new hampshire 11:48:35 grco -> matt m where are you located 11:48:36 drgi -> new hampshire 11:48:51 grco -> i am in new hampshire 11:48:52 matt montagne -> we're broadcasting live from Milwaukee, Wisconsin 11:49:00 drgi -> thank you Matt M 11:49:01 grco -> thank you matt m 11:49:02 DJPA -> THANKYOU MATT!!!!!!!!! 11:49:15 grco -> lol lol lol 11:49:33 DJPA -> Thankyou for this awesome expirience to shre our ideas with the whole wotld! 11:49:44 DJPA -> :D 11:49:58 DJPA -> i have a question 11:50:06 Durff -> ask away 11:50:07 grco -> matt i have a question... why is there a hole in the ozone layer 11:50:08 DJPA -> what do you use to save energy 11:50:19 Durff -> gr8 qts 11:50:20 DJPA -> ??? 11:50:38 akammerman -> matt what can us regular people do to help global warming? 11:50:49 DJPA -> recycle 11:50:53 Durff -> oh good qt! 11:50:58 DJPA -> dry clothes outside 11:50:59 grco -> use florecnt lightbulbs 11:51:05 rjacklin -> Class Question: St. Louis had the coldest winter on record this year. How does that fit the pattern of global warming? 11:51:05 DJPA -> don't buy a HUMMER 11:51:13 Durff -> malaria - yuck 11:51:15 grco -> buy a hybrid 11:51:40 DJPA -> unplug your electronics when not using 11:51:54 Durff -> wow rob - from whence comes the stats? 11:52:11 drgi -> hi 11:52:15 grco -> hi again 11:52:21 akammerman -> people need to be more seriouse about global warming, their should be laws were recycling,floresent lightbolb and drying clothes outside is inforced. 11:52:34 grco -> yeah the do 11:52:48 grco -> good suggestion 11:52:54 akammerman -> thanx 11:53:08 rjacklin -> @duff...they are looking :) 11:53:17 Durff -> gr8! 11:53:18 grco -> wat??? 11:53:30 DJPA -> Question: Matt, what do you use to stop global warming or what do you do to save energy?!?!?!? 11:54:06 Durff -> qt: Is there any hope realistically? 11:54:06 grco -> why is there a hole in the ozone layer 11:54:07 grco -> ??? 11:54:09 sheila -> @Wcrowley - you still there? 11:54:34 Durff -> hi mariana 11:54:50 heike -> Hello all! 11:55:00 Durff -> sound is to your right 11:55:18 grco -> i have sound 11:55:24 drgi -> what has made the biggest impact on Global Warming? 11:56:01 DJPA -> QUESTION: Do you think we, as in the whole USA, are doing well with stopping global warming? 11:56:08 grco -> well i think that it is our nat resources that emitt into the air\ 11:56:45 grco -> titan 11:56:51 grco -> the moon 11:56:56 DJPA -> mars 11:56:57 Durff -> challenge away! 11:56:58 grco -> Saturns moon 11:57:03 drgi -> could we live in the water? 11:57:17 grco -> in a dome... we cound adapt 11:57:30 matt montagne -> is there any hope? Great question...that is one of the questions the Earthcast08 Webcast hopes we all can think about 11:57:43 Durff -> it will be lunchtime soon and then classes 11:57:57 Durff -> hi heike 11:58:00 grco -> it is lunchtime here too 11:58:05 DJPA -> same here 11:58:07 heike -> hello to all 11:58:17 drew -> Durff - Heike is a young lady I'll be interviewing later 11:58:19 grco -> it is 12:00 noon 11:58:20 Durff -> i think i have two minutes 11:58:29 Durff -> gr8! 11:58:29 DJPA -> 11:59 here 11:58:31 drew -> She is a GAP student that is at my school 11:58:44 Durff -> GAP? 11:58:55 matt montagne -> Hello Heike! Welcome to the Earthcast! 11:59:20 drew -> GAP = taking a year out 11:59:25 grco -> djpa and drgi and i all live in Rye NH our teacher is Shila 11:59:36 matt montagne -> 2 more minutes with Jason...then we're going to be shifting to the UK and Drew Buddie 11:59:41 cris -> student who takes a year off between high school and college 11:59:48 grco -> **Sheila 12:00:13 Durff -> two minutes? i'm ggoing for lunch now then but will leave this on 12:00:46 drgi -> Will our human population see a downfall because of Global Warming 12:00:59 Mrs. Reichert's Class -> Another question from 7th grade class in Illinois: Can animals/trees/humans adapt to the effects of global warming? 12:01:04 DJPA -> QUESTION: Do you think we, as in the whole USA, are doing well with stopping global warming? Also, what do you use to stop global warming or what do you do to save energy?!?!?!? 12:01:39 grco -> QUESTION:do you think the hybrid car is helping our world... my fam just got one 12:02:31 drgi -> Thank you for speeking 12:02:49 grco -> that was very nice 12:02:55 grco -> thanks 12:03:04 drew -> FASCINATING 12:03:10 SRVilly -> Great job Matt and Jason!! Thank you!! 12:03:16 drgi -> AMAZING!! 12:03:17 cris -> yeap 12:03:20 drew -> Well done all of you 12:03:29 DJPA -> QUESTION: Do you think we, as in the whole USA, are doing well with stopping global warming? Also, what do you use to stop global warming or what do you do to save energy?!?!?!?!?!?!?!?!?!?!?!?!?!?!?!?!?!?!?!?!?!?!?!?!?!!?!?!?!?!?!?!?!?!?!!?!?!?!?!?!?!?!? 12:03:55 grco -> hi jason 12:04:13 grco -> hi drew 12:04:19 drew -> hi there 12:04:38 DJPA -> what has made the biggest impact on Global Warming? 12:04:40 drgi -> hello 12:04:49 DJPA -> c ya 12:04:50 DJPA -> bye 12:05:16 grco -> i have a question...my class is studying nano technonogy, will that help Global warming 12:05:40 DJPA -> SGW 12:05:56 drgi -> hi 12:06:03 DJPA -> hi brenda, from shiela 12:06:03 drgi -> hi brenda 12:06:04 grco -> hi brenda 12:07:04 DJPA -> this is pat 12:07:07 grco -> hi mr. bissonette this is corie upstairs] 12:07:08 DJPA -> hi mr. b 12:07:13 drgi -> hi mr. b 12:07:20 bl.tharp -> hello!!! 12:07:55 DJPA -> hi 12:08:03 Mrs. Reichert's Class -> Hello mrs. Alcaraz 12:08:12 grco -> sound is good here 12:08:25 drgi -> good here too 12:08:58 DJPA -> same here 12:09:42 grco -> sooo... 12:09:58 Durff -> ijohn? 12:10:04 grco -> hi kmch ... 12:10:17 grco -> where are you 12:10:19 Andreas -> Hi back again?! 12:10:35 john p -> Hi - back again from UK 12:10:46 grco -> it is 12:10 in new hampshire 12:10:48 drgi -> Im From New HAmpshire 12:11:06 DJPA -> i'm from japan 12:11:07 Andreas -> Hello to new hampshire 12:11:12 Andreas -> Hello Japan 12:11:35 grco -> i am from japan too 12:13:20 Andreas -> Hi Mrs. Canyon 12:14:11 drew -> www.royalmasonic.herts.sch.uk 12:14:13 Andreas -> Hello! 12:15:10 Andreas -> A handclap to south england 12:18:59 Andreas -> Schools will be key institutions for future steps. 12:19:55 Andreas -> @ Mrs Canyon - bye. 12:21:15 Mrs. Reichert's Class -> 8th grade question from Illinois, USA: How can we get started making our middle school eco-friendly? 12:22:19 Mrs. Reichert's Class -> Why are eco-friendly products so expensive? Can't the government help with the fees? 12:22:25 pam shoemaker -> Good morning, Derrall 12:23:14 derrallg -> good morning Pam 12:23:43 Andreas -> @ Class of Mrs. Reichert - in small steps! 12:24:24 Durff -> hey derrall 12:24:52 Andreas -> @ Ilinois: What do you want to change? 12:25:02 Andreas -> Hello! 12:25:05 Durff -> gotta check the blogs - be back 12:25:24 matt montagne -> pipes 12:25:24 Mrs. Reichert's Class -> We want to change our lunch program. We currently use styrofoam trays and plastic utensils! 12:25:35 Andreas -> Hello Helen 12:25:41 thekyleguy -> Hello everybody. Sorry just tuned back in 12:25:43 matt montagne -> will u watch my programming class 12:26:09 Andreas -> And what did the responsible said? 12:26:39 Andreas -> Here in Germany plastic spoons etc. has been banned even on festivals 12:26:53 Mrs. Reichert's Class -> Wow. That's great! 12:27:05 Andreas -> and foam - even not avaiable @ fast food restaurants 12:27:30 Andreas -> also in the one with the big M ;-) 12:27:33 matt montagne -> pipes 12:27:51 matt montagne -> will u watch the programming class 12:27:57 wdpiper -> sure 12:28:04 wdpiper -> i'll head down there 12:29:18 Andreas -> Old-Paper is really Money worth 12:29:32 derrallg -> hi durff, just came back 12:29:46 Andreas -> Hi Derall 12:29:59 Durff -> k i'm set 12:30:14 Durff -> had to check 12:30:20 derrallg -> hi Andreas 12:30:48 Durff -> hi rob! 12:31:46 Graham -> Happy to come on programme to talk a little about bicycles and how policies can encourage more cycling if you want 12:32:17 matt montagne -> graham 12:32:21 matt montagne -> yes 12:32:23 Andreas -> Hi Graham!:-) 12:32:36 Graham -> 2 minutes for set up 12:32:57 wdpiper\ -> hey, if anyone has a free second to spare- I have posted a post on my class's blog http://worldinvestigators.blogspot.com asking for people from different places of the world to share a comment with my students. Please feel free to leave your own blog links and we'll do likewise. It is so cool how the world is interconnected on global issues 12:35:40 nhl_guy35 -> hi from denver colorado 12:36:03 sachin_101 -> hi from denver, CO 12:36:08 benwilkoff -> The students now populating the chat room are all from a Denver Middle School 12:36:10 Possessed_Butterfly -> hi from same 12:36:14 Andreas -> Hi Denver 12:36:28 magnusandcherry -> hi germany 12:36:31 lacrossefacer -> hi 12:36:37 nhl_guy35 -> where are you talking from andreas 12:36:38 asdfghjkl -> hello from antartica 12:36:41 sachin_101 -> hi germany 12:36:47 animalgirl12 -> Hi from Denver,CO 12:36:50 elderbob -> ...and Texas 12:36:50 asdfghjkl -> hdkabfv euvkf aeuvb vfra 12:36:53 Andreas -> Czech - please don't forget! :-) 12:36:57 sachin_101 -> antarctica is melting 12:37:02 karatydolphi -> hi from co 12:37:03 flamingfireworks -> Hi from China 12:37:07 smileyface_happee123 -> lol 12:37:14 llamaplaystennis -> hello from Denver 12:37:17 nhl_guy35 -> Awesome andreas 12:37:20 smileyface_happee123 -> so many people. 12:37:22 lacrossefacer -> ohayo from japan 12:37:24 smileyface_happee123 -> wow~ 12:37:25 benwilkoff -> @flamingfireworks please maintain an honest perspective 12:37:28 freekaziod1 -> hihiiiit 12:37:30 Durff -> just showing this to a faculty here 12:37:33 asdfghjkl -> flamingfireworks is not from china!!!!!!!!!!!! 12:37:35 Bigteeth95 -> HELLO WORLD! 12:37:37 freekaziod1 -> cool 12:37:38 flamingfireworks -> there are two people talking with this username 12:37:43 asdfghjkl -> ae sfgefgejcgdfjgcfjdggsgrhafgsgew 12:37:45 Possessed_Butterfly -> Haha 12:37:47 asdfghjkl -> fhwueygfyugfhsgfhgvegvefvjwe 12:37:50 asdfghjkl -> fbuakgfuygyeghvyirs 12:37:51 asdfghjkl -> bfehruwghuegvyewgvew 12:37:52 rainbowbunny7 -> hi 12:37:53 asdfghjkl -> fhduvhwurgvruwvgrkvwhkfghrweukfguwy 12:37:56 asdfghjkl -> hgdfjdf 12:37:56 asdfghjkl -> gkeiortpklruhbeirubheij; 12:37:56 magnusandcherry -> the earth is our friend and we should take carre of it not kill it :) 12:37:56 asdfghjkl -> vndjskvlfghjdlk eghjkl gbhjvlgejr 12:37:59 animalgirl12 -> Fireworks you liar. ;);) 12:38:00 asdfghjkl -> tyd 12:38:01 asdfghjkl -> yf 12:38:01 asdfghjkl -> yt 12:38:01 asdfghjkl -> gh 12:38:01 asdfghjkl -> hg 12:38:01 asdfghjkl -> gh 12:38:01 asdfghjkl -> jhd 12:38:01 asdfghjkl -> jy 12:38:01 asdfghjkl -> tgr 12:38:02 asdfghjkl -> m,j 12:38:02 asdfghjkl -> gthj 12:38:02 asdfghjkl -> jh 12:38:32 elderbob -> Hello, I have gotten some rest since earlier in the day. 12:38:38 yourmom -> hello 12:38:43 asdfghjkl -> vbmcgkjhfjaekl 12:38:46 Sackotayders -> hi! 12:38:50 asdfghjkl -> hgrueiwlhrueil 12:38:52 asdfghjkl -> fehirusv dfiugrts 12:38:52 pam shoemaker -> Please no silly comments 12:38:53 mexicans -> hi 12:38:54 asdfghjkl -> thygyghfdus 12:38:54 asdfghjkl -> gfhyugygrhgrst 12:38:57 asdfghjkl -> fghuirkhcgkw 12:38:57 yourmom -> hi taylor 12:38:59 asdfghjkl -> vgnrhvhigr 12:39:02 asdfghjkl -> ghvr g 12:39:10 metalfrog18 -> hi 12:39:12 flamingfireworks -> :) 12:39:17 Sackotayders -> I agree. no silly comments 12:39:19 huskerballer51 -> Hi from Denver we are participating in earth day 12:39:22 Bigteeth95 -> quit spamming please 12:39:25 Possessed_Butterfly -> ya definately 12:39:33 nhl_guy35 -> asdfghjkl stop spamming 12:39:35 mexicans -> hi aric 12:39:42 benwilkoff -> We talked to our kids. 12:39:46 freekaziod1 -> hi im back 12:39:54 benwilkoff -> I'm truly sorry for that experience... please proceed. 12:40:01 freekaziod1 -> wow 12:40:03 Mystery -> i dont think you should say our names 12:40:04 yourmom -> i think we should take care of our earth, and respect it like it was before we screwed things up 12:40:09 frostbittentomato1046 -> Hello! I am from Denver Colorado. 12:40:20 Mystery -> i agree wit ur mom 12:40:22 Andreas -> HI BOYS AND GIRLS. 12:40:25 benwilkoff -> Thank you... please moderate my students. 12:40:27 mexicans -> sorry 12:40:32 benwilkoff -> If you need to. 12:40:38 karatydolphi -> hi plz go to my blog to see some of my work and tell mee what you guys think http://academyofdiscovery.com/karatydolphi/ 12:40:47 mexicans -> Hi Andreas 12:40:59 lunokhod27 -> hi 12:41:04 mashed tomatoes -> hi. i live in denver 12:41:06 freekaziod1 -> DOPHI DINT DO THAT 12:41:06 hubbabubbad -> Hello from Denver We are praticpating in Earth day today 12:41:12 animalgirl12 -> I think that the Earth, its people and its animals need to be protected and conservation is key. Remember to recycle!!!!!! 12:41:14 tedfish -> Where would our planet be without renewable energy? 12:41:17 mexicans -> What were we talking about? 12:41:22 Mystery -> how do you think that the world will change in the next 100-2000 years 12:41:27 mashed tomatoes -> what do you all think about globalwarming 12:41:29 metalfrog18 -> earth day is so much fun! 12:41:38 lunokhod27 -> im happy to be part of this! 12:41:45 Bigteeth95 -> seriously why do you keep spamming gosh. Earth day rules! 12:41:47 ilovepete -> I am from denver colorado 12:41:49 animalgirl12 -> Think Green!! 12:41:49 frostbittentomato1046 -> I am concerned with the current state of the environment, too. 12:41:51 freekaziod1 -> what 12:41:51 Mystery -> i think global warming is a big problem 12:42:00 magnusandcherry -> what are some things we could could do in 2008 to be more green? 12:42:02 yourmom -> yeah, think green 12:42:02 huskerballer51 -> I think global warming will aide in flooding the land at sea level 12:42:09 animalgirl12 -> almost everyone is from colorado. 12:42:11 metalfrog18 -> Global warming is bad! 12:42:14 Sackotayders -> The earth has been very hostile to us, shouldn't we repay the favor? 12:42:15 srthomas94 -> our earth also polutes itself 12:42:19 Andreas -> SO KIDS JUST A SECOND AND HOLD YOUR BREATH! 12:42:22 huskerballer51 -> I agree 12:42:28 flamingfireworks -> if we keep living like this, (i mean wasting energy and whatnot) i see a very dark future for all of us 12:42:31 srthomas94 -> think of volcnos 12:42:36 Andreas -> SHURE YOU ALL ARE EXCITED ABOUT THE EARTHDAY - WE ALSO ! 12:42:38 Mystery -> not to sound like a tree hugger but i think we should plant more plants 12:42:41 sachin_101 -> hmm... Shouldn't we be doing something about this? 12:42:47 daniellynds -> wow 12:42:51 hubbabubba -> i agree 12:42:55 karatydolphi -> yah 12:42:57 daniellynds -> things are getting weird in here 12:43:00 memyselfandi -> I agree with Mystery that we should plant more plants 12:43:04 Bigteeth95 -> I think global warming is true, even if major scientists think it isn't. 12:43:06 Mystery -> ty 12:43:06 discoveryteam -> Do you think that its possible for us as humans to help save the world? 12:43:18 lunokhod27 -> Hello andreas 12:43:23 nhl_guy35 -> is earth day always on the 22nd of April? 12:43:30 Sackotayders -> maybe not, but we should do what we can 12:43:30 freekaziod1 -> lol 12:43:33 lunokhod27 -> yes 12:43:34 mexicans -> I agree with Mystery. Without Plants, the Earth wouldn't be the same 12:43:38 freekaziod1 -> ya 12:43:40 sachin_101 -> Humans are the only species that are killing themselves and all others 12:43:43 magnusandcherry -> yes 12:43:46 ilovepete -> well we sould try to think about wat we are doing to our enivronments then stop it 12:43:48 Mystery -> it would would take a log time to fix the enviroment 12:43:51 animalgirl12 -> Have any of you seen the windmills that pump out electricity by using teh wind? 12:43:59 srthomas94 -> hasn't the eath been heating and cooling it self for billions of years? 12:44:01 duhockey38 -> i agree with mystery plants are good for the earth they provide fresh, clean oxygen. 12:44:01 ilovepete -> yeah 12:44:03 elderbob -> I suspect we need to stop focusing on "saving" the world, and instead learn to get along with the natural processes that occur all around us. 12:44:06 mashed tomatoes -> i think it is a big problem but in about 30,000 years we will cool down. also we need heat to live and grow crops. so being warm isnt all that bad 12:44:08 tedfish -> I have never really celebrated earth day but it has been something I have wanted to do. 12:44:13 karatydolphi -> :( I am suprized about the amount of people that litter 12:44:20 yourmom -> We could recycle. 12:44:21 Mystery -> they have "farms" with windmills for energy 12:44:22 frostbittentomato1046 -> Sadly, some places are not windy enough to use wind energy 12:44:29 karatydolphi -> yah 12:44:34 nhl_guy35 -> I was watching the news last night and I heard that some people are over advertising green things. 12:44:37 hubbabubba -> global warming is going to happen we have done to much already 12:44:42 firebirdmusic -> you know guys, if we all did something little, like turning off the lights or an hour or something, it would have a huge affect 12:44:44 Mrs. Reichert's Class -> Could the teacher in charge please regulate the responses? 12:44:45 memyselfandi -> I think we should use windmills for energy orwe should use hydro energy 12:44:49 thekyleguy -> faint here too, no feedback 12:45:07 ilovepete -> we should turn off lights when we arent using them 12:45:11 sachin_101 -> Dinoaurs had primative brains, but still didn't ruin the world 12:45:11 thekyleguy -> better 12:45:20 sachin_101 -> use floresent 12:45:24 sachin_101 -> lights 12:45:30 Mystery -> because dinosaurs didnt have cars 12:45:37 drew -> Jemma 12:45:42 ilovepete -> or everbright lights 12:45:46 sachin_101 -> they use less energy and they last longer 12:45:53 ilovepete -> yup 12:46:00 srthomas94 -> volcanos are worse than cars...what about those? 12:46:02 animalgirl12 -> Recycling is very helpful towards the enviroment. It actually saves animals so they don't eat trash. 12:46:06 Mystery -> i think candles is even better 12:46:10 sachin_101 -> sorry leds 12:46:22 memyselfandi -> we should start planting treese and start recycling plastic, paper, metal and etc. 12:46:26 frostbittentomato1046 -> Cars are used constantly, though, unlike volcanoes. 12:46:29 duhockey38 -> global warming started when people started driving cars and putting a ton of gas in the atmosphere 12:46:31 ilovepete -> well candles bring off fummes 12:46:33 benwilkoff -> We have most of our students moving on to the voicethread and guestbook. Hopefully the flow in the chatroom looks better now. 12:46:55 ilovepete -> and they can drop and start a fire 12:46:57 Durff -> yes 12:47:08 discoveryteam -> I think if we all end up doing something small we can help fix the probem of global warming 12:47:14 srthomas94 -> but when a volcanos erupt, they let out almost equivalently to all cars 12:47:16 ilovepete -> maybe we should only use what we need 12:47:17 benwilkoff -> @CresthillStudents Do you have any questions for the speakers? 12:47:22 frostbittentomato1046 -> I also think people need to start buying enviromentally friendly cars rather than, say, hummers. 12:47:27 karatydolphi -> no 12:47:40 benwilkoff -> @srthomas94 Do you have facts to back your volcano claim up? 12:47:47 ilovepete -> i completely agree 12:47:52 mashed tomatoes -> i asked what they think about global warming 12:47:54 Mystery -> i think that cars are used more often then volocanos erupt. besides, volcanos are a natural occurence. 12:47:56 freekaziod1 -> bye 12:48:02 huskerballer51 -> I agree hummers are very bad for the environment 12:48:04 ilovepete -> energy conservation!!!!!! 12:48:05 animalgirl12 -> I agree with discoveryteam if each of us does a small thng we can help the enviroment 12:48:12 mrsocialstudies -> What are the things that our school environments can do to help the environment? 12:48:22 animalgirl12 -> Every little thing counts. 12:48:25 ilovepete -> help the world 12:48:36 Mystery -> little helps, big helps more 12:48:39 hubbabubba -> hummers are bad for the environment we shoulnd't use them 12:48:42 lunokhod27 -> Hello, i think we should be doing more to help 12:48:46 memyselfandi -> I think that more and more cars are made every day so there are more and more pollution and carbon everyday released from all kinds of vehicles 12:48:57 ilovepete -> stop global warming 12:48:59 animalgirl12 -> True. Big does help more. 12:49:02 lunokhod27 -> The government should reduce pollution but they don't 12:49:04 Mrs. Reichert's Class -> 8th grade question from Illinois: We are interested in whether the girls' health is positively effected by living this environmentally-friendly lifestyle? 12:49:07 ilovepete -> we are ruining the earth 12:49:10 srthomas94 -> yes, volcanos let out almost the same material that cars do but on a bigger scale. Volcanos in hawaii are constantly poluting 12:49:14 Mystery -> ride the bus, recycle trash, turn off/unplug unused appliances 12:49:16 magnusandcherry -> use recycled paper, and recycle what you can 12:49:20 lunokhod27 -> NO 12:49:21 marianathompson -> This is Mrs Thompson's class. They want to save the environment by recycling 12:49:32 lunokhod27 -> Volcanoes don't pollute 12:49:34 frostbittentomato1046 -> plant trees 12:49:39 ilovepete -> people won't stop making cars because they make money. money is everything 12:49:42 lunokhod27 -> They release natural gases 12:49:50 kmchenoweth -> Discovery kids. It is very important to back up the things that you say with good scientific information. When you make a claim, make sure that you ask yourself ifyou have some evidence to back it up. 12:49:52 lunokhod27 -> and steam 12:49:54 elderbob -> Does Ms. Thompson's class have "voice" 12:49:55 hubbabubba -> i think recycling is a good idea:) :) 12:49:58 animalgirl12 -> Leave the volcanoes out of this! 12:49:59 marianathompson -> no 12:50:04 goldenhairsrs -> i think we should plant more trees to get rid of a lot of the CO2 in the atmosphere 12:50:07 lunokhod27 -> volcanoes not cars 12:50:08 mrsocialstudies -> Our school has gotten involved in recycling, getting teachers to use electronic copies, accept work from students electronically. 12:50:10 srthomas94 -> lunokhood....prove me wrong then 12:50:10 benwilkoff -> @srthomas You need a link. Otherwise, you have no case. 12:50:14 ilovepete -> and money kills trees 12:50:20 goldenhairsrs -> you can't stop volcanoes!!!! 12:50:28 Mystery -> lets move away from the volocano idea k? 12:50:31 animalgirl12 -> I agree with goldenhairsrs 12:50:34 lunokhod27 -> ok 12:50:43 benwilkoff -> @mystery Thank you, yes. 12:50:44 memyselfandi -> I think the solution to gloval warming is to use less energy and gas etc, and also plant a lot more trees near more pollued areas so that ther trees can turn the pollution into oxygen XD*) 12:50:47 metalfrog18 -> Global warming is bad! Our schools and communities should plan to do community service to help stop global warming. 12:50:54 goldenhairsrs -> PLANT TREES!!!!! 12:51:00 mashed tomatoes -> recycling is one of the best ideas we have. also we could get solar powered cars or electric 12:51:04 huskerballer51 -> We need to find a way to create more energy efficient and gas efficient cars 12:51:08 benwilkoff -> @metalfrog18 How do you plan on getting this done? 12:51:19 ilovepete -> plant plants too 12:51:28 ilovepete -> they bring off oxygen 12:51:39 mashed tomatoes -> you cant stop global warming. it is a cycle in this world 12:51:48 ilovepete -> and they help the world 12:51:52 karatydolphi -> *bird* I dont like litter because it is bad for the animals 12:51:53 Mystery -> but what can WE DO with our everyday lives to help? 12:51:56 hubbabubba -> big factories are constantly pollutig 12:51:56 nyc11 -> there are some cars that run on hydrogen but the only hydrogen spots are in California, so we are trying to help but not every place can help 12:52:00 huskerballer51 -> We should stop wiping out forests 12:52:10 marianathompson -> we agree 12:52:13 mexicans -> I agree 12:52:13 ilovepete -> by getting red of corbon dioxide 12:52:20 lunokhod27 -> Volcanoes superheat pressurized gases. When they erupt, chemical reactions occur creating steam giving a polluting impression. They give off water vapor and minimal amounts of carbon. 12:52:25 animalgirl12 -> My family is recycling everything that is reclable including plastic, glass, paper, and aluminum 12:52:30 goldenhairsrs -> PLANT TREES!!!!! ARBOR DAY! TO PLANT PLANTS AND HELP REMOVE CARBON DIOXIDE FROM THE ATMOSPHERE! AND TO MAKE OUR WORLD A BETTER PLACE 12:52:33 Possessed_Butterflies -> I think that we should not only be looking at electric cars, but also boats and planes. They are some of our most valuable modes of transportation 12:52:44 ilovepete -> yup!!!!! 12:52:46 animalgirl12 -> LET GO OF THE VOLCANOES! 12:52:48 discoveryteam -> lets get off the volcano topic please 12:52:51 Mystery -> you can get completly rid of corbon dioxide. its a natural part of everyday life 12:52:55 marianathompson -> hi 12:52:57 goldenhairsrs -> NO MORE POLLUTION IN THE OCEAN 12:53:00 nyc11 -> planes use gas also 12:53:05 Possessed_Butterflies -> ya 12:53:07 ilovepete -> and we should start using solar power 12:53:10 LIFECLUB -> If we want all the pollution to stop then we should stop doing everthing we are doing that is causing pollution 12:53:12 Possessed_Butterflies -> so we need elctircity 12:53:14 flamingfireworks -> We need to be more caring about the environment 12:53:16 Possessed_Butterflies -> in the panes 12:53:20 goldenhairsrs -> DON'T LITTER!!!!! 12:53:22 Possessed_Butterflies -> they use a ton of gasonline 12:53:23 animalgirl12 -> Plant trees if you get the chance, and volonteer 12:53:26 frostbittentomato1046 -> we should stop using paper and use an alternative so we will have more trees 12:53:26 nyc11 -> Where should we put the stuff that we through in the oean? 12:53:28 mexicans -> i think that we should all ride horse es agin 12:53:33 goldenhairsrs -> USE HYBRID CARS!!! 12:53:34 lunokhod27 -> Planes could use solr panels on their wings and bodies... 12:53:37 huskerballer51 -> we need to stop using so much gas with vehicles 12:53:40 ilovepete -> stopping gas leaks 12:53:47 Possessed_Butterflies -> not a bad idea about horses... 12:53:52 flamingfireworks -> I agree with frostbittentomato1046 12:53:55 huskerballer51 -> We should try to walk more places 12:54:00 karatydolphi -> *bird* lets transport oil by plane so the ocean birds don't die 12:54:02 goldenhairsrs -> 1 DAY WE WILL RUN OUT OF GAS 12:54:06 animalgirl12 -> Yeah, walking won't kill us. 12:54:16 memyselfandi -> If we can not stop global warming, I think that we should at least slow down the global warming so that the treese can do their job and help stop global warming. WE SHOULD STOP CUTTING TREES.we should build houses with cement or something that wont use trees! 12:54:18 Possessed_Butterflies -> yes, the bike sjhould be one of the basic modes of transportation 12:54:18 huskerballer51 -> be like new york with all the walkers 12:54:28 ilovepete -> well wat we can do is throw away litter 12:54:30 goldenhairsrs -> USE BIKES AND OTHER WHEELS TO GET AROUND 12:54:33 hubbabubba -> solar power isn't effiient enough 12:54:35 lunokhod27 -> We will run out by 2045 12:54:41 Possessed_Butterflies -> yes... 12:54:43 lunokhod27 -> of gas 12:54:47 yourmom -> were not gonna be able to stop everything that can harm the earth but if enough people take it into consideration, it could make a difference/ 12:55:06 sachin_101 -> Has solar power become more efficient? 12:55:27 dragon27 -> wow, everyone's gone 12:55:33 nyc11 -> yep 12:55:49 elderbob -> Converting solar power into usable fuel, is a real problem. 12:55:59 calcaraz -> There are now college degrees in Green technology at some universities. 12:56:04 sachin_101 -> I know it wasn't efficient before, but new technology as made them more efficient 12:56:19 Mrs. Reichert's Class -> 8th Grade Question from Illinois: We have many celebrities here in the US that have "gone green" Do you have that in England to help young people get on board? 12:56:51 sachin_101 -> If you ask me, we should focus more on solar power than the Human Genome Project. 13:01:56 benwilkoff -> I appreciate everyone taking my students with a grain of salt. I was debating whether or not to do it as an entire class or have them log in by themselves. I think that it worked out overall, but we had to talk to them initially about things they shouldn't be talking about. Obviously, even within a connected school such as ours, we have issues with ignorance and distraction. Thanks for doing this. I have loved it all day. 13:02:30 matt montagne -> that is OK Ben 13:02:42 matt montagne -> any questions for Jemma? 13:03:01 drew -> Can I bring Heike in now? cos she's been patiently waiting :D 13:03:11 drew -> and she wants to get off for her tea 13:03:58 rjacklin -> Thnx Jemma! 13:04:02 matt montagne -> She is very eloquent...a future Webcaster and beyond! 13:07:15 Andreas -> Hallo Heike! :-) 13:07:52 desertjul -> Hola Heike :) 13:08:29 Andreas -> Thats right. The "Green Point" as an recikling association. 13:09:08 Andreas -> But before recicling there is the Avaoidness of Waste. 13:09:34 Andreas -> Ohh, your Schoolbus service is nearly perfect. 13:09:45 Andreas -> in the UK. F.I. 13:10:14 Andreas -> Great Heike! 13:12:04 Andreas -> Welcome to him DFJones 13:13:42 drew -> hey there fe1sty 13:13:50 Andreas -> Great - come on with the interview 13:15:09 Andreas -> Welcome the Students of Matt! :-) 13:15:29 NergizK -> Hi everybody! 13:17:18 srolle -> ARe these sessions being recorded? 13:18:18 Andreas -> Hi scrolle - yes! 13:19:04 Andreas -> Hello! 13:20:29 Andreas -> Great PLE! :-) 13:20:38 drew -> Send my friend 13:21:01 srthomas94 -> how do you copy a link into the chat? 13:21:22 drew -> http://www.campaignforeducation.org/biggestlesson/ 13:21:54 Durff -> @srthomas put it in a Word doc and then drag it here 13:22:27 Andreas -> Great another arround the world example! :-) 13:22:42 Andreas -> So i should camp here! ;-) 13:24:46 srthomas94 -> Tell me your opinion on this: http://seattletimes.nwsource.com/html/localnews/2002105397_volcano01m.html 13:26:12 matt montagne -> I wonder that same thing Dale...car companies who make combusible engines make tons of money off of the parts industry 13:27:16 matt montagne -> electirc cars have very few replacement parts!!! 13:30:09 lorna -> all electronics too 13:31:31 rjacklin -> Matt is a bit quiet 13:33:25 rjacklin -> No Pressure :) 13:33:55 Andreas -> Adam thats gerat 13:35:41 Andreas -> 1 Million - thats amazing. 13:35:45 MJSA -> Hi 13:35:57 srev -> hi 13:36:00 Andreas -> How long has you visited this place 13:36:29 rrme -> hi 13:37:16 matt montagne -> Andreas...she made a mistake! It is actually 9000 homes, but that is OK! 13:37:37 Andreas -> But 9000 is also great. 13:38:03 PJBE -> What is a pushchair? 13:38:27 dale -> pushchair is a stroller for a baby 13:38:48 Andreas -> So its like a virtual flee market?! 13:38:50 JohnS -> Freecycle is a great idea; it's very popular in a number of cities. 13:38:57 PJBE -> thank you! 13:39:00 dale -> yes, that's it! 13:39:07 JohnS -> not a flea market -- you have to give everything away. Can't sell it. 13:39:15 BIwona -> Welcome the students of Mr. Garrison :). You are great! 13:39:20 JohnS -> The idea is to keep it out of the landfills. 13:39:32 JohnS -> http://www.freecycle.org/ 13:41:18 wrem -> I think freecycling is a great idea, do you? 13:41:29 Andreas -> Shure it is! 13:41:38 dale -> http://mirandanet.ac.uk 13:41:40 Andreas -> We have something similar 13:41:57 srev -> what are you guys doing for earthday? 13:42:01 Andreas -> organized by the kindergardens - 13:42:19 rrme -> freecycling IS great 13:42:19 wrem -> everyone should really start using it more often 13:42:22 Andreas -> srev - listen to the stream! 24 h webcasting 13:42:28 dale -> freecycling is great - I've got loads of great gear, and what's more I've passed on some stuff that I would have otherwise thrown away 13:43:01 wrem -> that sounds fun! 13:43:04 Andreas -> And i got angry if somthing i've bought dies to early 13:43:16 rrme -> :D 13:43:25 teamforce27 -> hi 13:43:35 doug -> hi teamforce27 13:43:35 MJSA -> fun 13:43:38 Andreas -> 'cause it is made not well or just for small lifecicle. 13:43:55 derrallg -> Mr Garrison's students are entering 13:44:06 BJBR -> What is freecycling? 13:44:07 wrem -> I think it is great way to use it 13:44:12 teamforce27 -> we are from mr. garrison's students 13:44:18 teamforce27 -> class 13:44:21 doug -> excellent--hey Mr Garrison's students! 13:44:24 Andreas -> Hi class! 13:44:28 doug -> welcome to the party! 13:44:32 teamforce27 -> hello 13:44:35 rrme -> heyy 13:44:54 jjje -> hey 13:45:04 teamforce27 -> we are really excited about earth day 13:45:06 sheila -> All the 4-letter names are my students. 13:45:24 Andreas -> Hi sheila 13:45:35 sheila -> @Andreas - hi 13:45:47 rrme -> hi sheila 13:45:50 sheila -> @Andreas - have you gotten any sleep? 13:45:54 derrallg -> @sheila I wasn't so organized 13:45:58 doug -> @sheila--hello to you and your students 13:46:11 Andreas -> @ sheila - no its just getting evening 13:46:19 sheila -> We all say hi Doug 13:46:25 Andreas -> 20:00 local time here in koblenz. 13:46:34 wrem -> Do you think freecycling is a good idea zjja 13:46:39 MJSA -> @ shelia - thankyou for letting us be in the chat room it is really interesting! 13:46:44 teamforce27 -> hey i heard that there is someone here from canada 13:46:51 bob -> its 10:46 am in california 13:46:52 teamforce27f -> hi 13:46:52 teamforce27 -> thats awesome 13:46:55 lmskids -> hello 13:46:57 teamforce -> it is 10:47 here 13:47:04 bob -> hey 13:47:06 teamforce27 -> yep 13:47:09 doug -> @sheila -- want to say that your students really did a remarkable job--a big webcasting high-five from me 13:47:22 MJSA -> it is 1:47pm here 13:47:28 garrison's minions -> hi 13:47:31 teamforce27 -> we webcast at 11 o'clock 13:47:32 teamforce -> we are all part of mr. Garrison's class 13:47:37 wrem -> I think this guy is a very good speaker, do you? 13:47:38 teamforce27 -> yes.... 13:47:38 sheila -> @doug - went to plan C but we got through it. 13:47:40 garrison's minions -> and we rok 13:47:41 bob -> same here 13:47:45 Durff -> mr. garrison! 13:47:46 teamforce27 -> ok.... 13:47:51 lmskids -> we go on at 11 13:47:53 ZJJA -> Were are you from douq? 13:47:54 BIwona -> Hi from Jeremi's Mom to teamforce27 students of Mr. Garrison 13:47:55 matt montagne -> welcome Teamforce...You are lucky to have Mr. Garrison as your teacher!! 13:48:02 Durff -> it 13:48:02 ZJJA -> bv 13:48:03 matt montagne -> Please fill out the guestbook everyone! 13:48:05 teamforce27 -> hi! 13:48:09 doug -> @ZJJA I'm in Victoria BC 13:48:13 teamforce -> sure 13:48:18 teamforce27f -> who is garrison's minions???????!!! 13:48:22 matt montagne -> http://spreadsheets.google.com/viewform?key=paReSSkPApF0IVVpowI8IDA 13:48:25 wrem -> do you know where the speaker is from? 13:48:30 garrison's minions -> us 13:48:34 matt montagne -> speaker is from Wales 13:48:40 teamforce27 -> cool! 13:48:43 rrme -> @wrem - where are you from 13:48:44 garrison's minions -> =D 13:48:49 drew -> I am the speaker - I am Scottish and live and teach near London, England 13:48:53 matt montagne -> One s from England, one from Wales 13:49:00 drew -> and current speaker is from Wales 13:49:03 wrem -> us 13:49:10 teamforce -> wat about the rest 13:49:11 garrison's minions -> we are californians 13:49:14 bob -> my friend's brother just went to london 13:49:17 wrem -> nice 13:49:20 rrme -> cool 13:49:21 garrison's minions -> whoot 13:49:22 lmskids -> hello bonjour buenos dias, good day, 13:49:34 garrison's minions -> cheese 13:49:34 rrme -> gutentag 13:49:44 lmskids -> gutentag 13:49:45 teamforce27 -> ok.... 13:49:47 garrison's minions -> neehow 13:49:57 garrison's minions -> konichwa 13:49:58 BIwona -> dzien dobry, czesc i czolem 13:50:00 Andreas -> Danke! Einen schönen Abend nach BC - California 13:50:03 lmskids -> konichiwa, ciao chello 13:50:05 garrison's minions -> lkjg 13:50:09 teamforce27 -> kamusta ka ba? 13:50:11 lmskids -> doredian 13:50:13 teamforce27f -> *) 13:50:15 teamforce27 -> namaste 13:50:17 rrme -> ? 13:50:20 lmskids -> hello to all the children of the worl 13:50:22 wrem -> I like his accent! do you? 13:50:23 lmskids -> d 13:50:25 bob -> yo homez 13:50:25 garrison's minions -> neyen 13:50:31 lmskids -> wass up?? 13:50:34 teamforce27 -> uh-huh 13:50:37 teamforce -> STOP!:{ 13:50:37 bob -> diggy dawg 13:50:45 lmskids -> dawg dawg 13:50:47 teamforce27 -> this sure is serious.... 13:50:48 teamforce -> :{ :{ 13:51:08 teamforce27f -> we have to talk about earth day 13:51:13 teamforce27f -> ........ 13:51:15 teamforce27 -> yes! 13:51:16 garrison's minions -> get on topic 13:51:18 teamforce27f -> hahahahahhahahahah 13:51:20 teamforce -> So what is the speaker talking about? 13:51:23 lmskids -> *) 13:51:36 teamforce27 -> who really made the first earth day? 13:51:43 Andreas -> Can you please first listen and then use the chat! 13:51:44 lmskids -> dogz ruule! 13:51:45 garrison's minions -> i now ppl be quite! 13:51:57 teamforce27 -> shhhh! 13:52:01 JohnS -> Globalization -- it's wonderful to hear all of these perspectives. 13:52:05 matt montagne -> Hi All new chat rooms visitors...please be polite 13:52:08 teamforce -> Wow 13:52:13 wrem -> this guy is a great speaker 13:52:23 wrem -> bye 13:52:26 Andreas -> wrem - you are right 13:52:31 garrison's minions -> what atre your presntations about 13:52:34 matt montagne -> @johns...I agree...it is great to hear voices from the world! 13:52:40 JohnS -> The really exciting thing is seeing so many people using the technology to talk about important things. So often, we end up using the tech to talk about... the tech. 13:52:44 teamforce27 -> what are you going to webcast? 13:52:45 wrem -> i know 13:52:52 srev -> bye 13:52:59 teamforce -> What are the speaker's origins 13:53:10 jjje -> bye from Rye Junior High!!!!!!! 13:53:12 JohnS -> The speakers are from Scotland and WAles 13:53:13 teamforce27f -> what are you doing for earth day? 13:53:27 dale -> Drew's from Scotland 13:53:43 teamforce -> Who is next 13:53:49 Andreas -> @ teamforce27: Topic you can follow in the wikipage. 13:53:53 teamforce27 -> some webcast's is our class includes fluorescent light bulbs, recycling, co2, ocean pollution, and many others 13:54:10 garrison's minions -> some ppl r doing 20 ways to save the earth, picking up plastic bags, and using flourescence lightbulbs 13:54:11 pam shoemaker -> Sounds great, teamforce27 13:54:29 Mrs. Reichert's Class -> 8th grade question from Illinois: Are the big companies feeling pressure to take eco-friendly initiatives? For example, Walmart started selling canvas shopping bags. What types of things like this will we see in the future? 13:54:31 teamforce27 -> we also made some wikispaces you could look at 13:54:35 teamforce27 -> them 13:54:43 Andreas -> Great Teamforce And be shure you are not allone. 13:54:47 rjacklin -> Where do you feel that Europeans are it in terms of "environmentalism" v. U.S.? What I mean by environmentalism is a general sense of eco-awareness. 13:54:51 matt montagne -> Teamforce...I liked your slideshares 13:54:57 teamforce27 -> they all branched off from the teamforce homepage 13:55:00 bob -> thank you 13:55:10 teamforce27 -> under special projects and earth day 13:55:18 doug -> @teamforce27 cool, you can add the url to your wikispaces here again, if you like 13:55:21 garrison's minions -> http://teamforce.wikispaces.com 13:55:22 teamforce -> how are our powerpoints 13:55:26 doug -> they we go 13:55:29 Mrs. Reichert's Class -> What will it take for these big companies to listen to consumers who want to purchase more eco-friendly products? 13:55:31 doug -> there 13:55:55 garrison's minions -> a lot of protesting ppl i guess 13:55:59 teamforce -> teamforce is pretty cool. (the site) 13:56:05 teamforce27 -> very 13:56:08 teamforce -> petitions 13:56:08 teamforce27f -> i know that ciggerates are bad for your health but i want to know what other chemicals are in it besides niccotine and tobacco 13:56:51 Andreas -> @ tamf so you know a lot! 13:56:54 teamforce27 -> its almost 11! 13:56:55 teamforce -> a harmfurl chemical which is radioactive 13:57:04 teamforce -> its bad 4 u 13:57:21 bob -> i agree 13:57:28 Andreas -> harmfurl? ;-) 13:57:41 garrison's minions -> a-duh 13:57:45 pam shoemaker -> Thanks, Drew! 13:57:46 teamforce -> all the stuff in cigaretes are bad 4 u...i think...yea. its bad 4 u.. 13:57:48 teamforce27 -> is anyone doing a specific thing like....bags 13:57:54 pam shoemaker -> CLAP CLAP 13:57:55 JohnS -> It's good to be terrified of Durff. 13:58:02 doug -> Great job Drew--lol re @Durff-- you learn quickly young man 13:58:03 Andreas -> handsclap! 13:58:18 doug -> wonderful Drew and Dale 13:58:22 JohnS -> Thank you for coming and sharing your experiences. 13:58:32 teamforce -> your welcome 13:58:51 stickbug -> Terrified of Durff? She's a cream puff. :) 13:58:52 dale -> Thanks Matt and Drew 13:59:01 drew -> thanks all of you 13:59:07 garrison's minions -> anyone here do a podcast??? 13:59:13 teamforce -> this is really cool. 13:59:15 bob -> totally dale. anytime 13:59:19 teamforce27f -> go to earthspollution.wikispaces.com This is about air pollution by cars and buildings 13:59:25 teamforce -> having a big thing on earth day... 13:59:28 teamforce -> like this 14:00:01 bob -> we are going on soon 14:00:09 teamforce -> hes on now 14:00:10 bob -> mr. garrison is talking 14:00:11 garrison's minions -> are turn 14:00:14 bob -> bell rang..... 14:00:28 bob -> are withbad is small...kinda 14:00:34 teamforce -> mr garrison! 14:00:51 teamforce27f -> what 14:00:54 teamforce -> nothing 14:01:18 teamforce27f -> earth day is pretty cool 14:01:21 garrison's minions -> wow! he must have practice alot! 14:01:26 teamforce27 -> ya 14:01:30 teamforce27f -> maybe 14:01:35 teamforce -> uh huh 14:01:42 bob -> go sahithya!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!! 14:01:46 bob -> woooo 14:02:10 teamforce27f -> :) 14:02:27 teamforce27f -> :) 14:02:34 bob -> *) 14:02:45 matt montagne -> Teamforce...you're doing great! 14:02:50 teamforce -> thx 14:02:53 matt montagne -> keep up the awesome webcast! 14:02:55 teamforce27f -> thx 14:02:57 bob -> thank you :) 14:03:06 bob -> ;) 14:03:09 matt montagne -> I love solar! 14:03:10 teamforce27 -> :/ 14:03:14 ll -> how do you listen to the audio 14:03:15 matt montagne -> I'm a big fan! 14:03:16 bob -> really 14:03:17 teamforce -> huh...cool 14:03:29 doug -> click on the icons on the right to listen to audio 14:03:34 bob -> awesome 14:03:38 teamforce -> k 14:03:52 doug -> clicking the black speaker icon should launch default player on your machine 14:03:53 garrison's minions -> solar energy is the best 14:03:55 bob -> i came in 2003 14:04:01 ll -> edtexhtalk-a? 14:04:05 teamforce -> i came in 2000 14:04:07 bob -> i came in 1999 14:04:18 lmspeople -> hello . What are you guys thinking of doing for earth day? 14:04:29 doug -> yes EdTechTalk A 14:04:30 bob -> do not know why? 14:04:38 teamforce27f -> is a gamma ray a very powerful energy? more specific what is the strongest energy besides the sun's energy 14:04:40 Graham -> nasty buzzing noise here 14:04:42 doug -> here' s a link to a player, if you need one http://www.videolan.org/vlc/ 14:04:49 teamforce27f -> good topic huh? 14:04:50 bob -> k 14:04:55 lmspeople -> I was thinking of saving energy by turning off all electronics when not in use. 14:05:02 teamforce -> maybe picking up trash or turning off light or something 14:05:10 teamforce27f -> thats what mr lewis did 14:05:13 lmspeople -> good idea 14:05:18 teamforce27 -> yea! 14:05:20 Andreas -> @ lmspeople - this could safe a lot! 14:05:22 lmspeople -> that does help 14:05:26 teamforce -> dats a good idea 14:05:38 bob -> what? huh? 14:05:47 teamforce -> wooaaaa 14:06:01 bob -> sorry we're kinda clueless :-/ 14:06:05 lmspeople -> We could also use cloth bags instead of plastic and reuse them! 14:06:10 teamforce -> *) 14:06:22 garrison's minions -> i dont think 600 watts is very bad 14:06:25 teamforce27f -> :) 14:06:27 lmspeople -> Earth day is so much fun 14:06:36 teamforce -> its pretty much dough... 14:06:43 teamforce27f -> but it doesnt help 600 watts 14:06:52 bob -> yea 14:06:52 garrison's minions -> should we turn off the light right now? 14:06:56 ll -> I think they mean kilowatt hours 14:06:57 teamforce -> turning off lights does 14:07:10 lmspeople -> If everyone would pitch in just a little, we can save our earth 14:07:14 bob -> go shaileeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeee!!!!!!!!!!!!! 14:07:21 bob -> shailee's an amazing singer 14:07:25 bob -> okay back to topic 14:07:27 teamforce -> shes good 14:07:32 lmspeople -> We would really make a difference 14:07:33 bob -> i think the bag thing is good 14:07:41 bob -> but not many people do that 14:07:41 garrison's minions -> very cofident 14:07:43 teamforce27 -> ya 14:07:48 bob -> including the ones that came up with the idea 14:07:50 teamforce27f -> why do people use regular light bulbs if people know it wastes energy 14:08:02 teamforce27 -> fluorescent light bulbs! 14:08:10 teamforce -> i thought it was reduce reuse recycle... 14:08:11 lmspeople -> Shailee's presentation sounds really interesting! 14:08:18 teamforce27f -> i think their to lazy to get the better of light bulbs. 14:08:23 teamforce27 -> ya same 14:08:24 lmspeople -> I love her competition idea 14:08:26 bob -> i know! 14:08:31 bob -> it's amazing 14:08:31 pam shoemaker -> Nice job, Shailee 14:08:38 bob -> great shailee 14:08:47 bob -> i know you were awezomeee 14:08:49 bob -> :) 14:08:49 teamforce -> three minutes...ok 14:08:53 bob -> B-) and cool 14:09:00 teamforce27f -> or is it because it cost more. 14:09:04 lmspeople -> When You smell a dump you smell the paper in the dump.so please recycle 14:09:17 teamforce -> ooo cool 14:09:22 bob -> k 14:09:26 teamforce27 -> really? 14:09:27 garrison's minions -> really? 14:09:34 lmspeople -> e-club is very creative and kind. 14:09:37 bob -> not to us 14:09:46 teamforce -> soccer loving countries? brazil. definetely 14:09:55 teamforce27f -> all these presentations are so interesting 14:09:58 garrison's minions -> mexico 14:10:08 teamforce -> brazil worships soccer 14:10:14 teamforce -> ok off topic 14:10:17 Andreas -> K.I.K.-K.E.R. Shoes are a great idea! 14:10:20 teamforce27 -> yea 14:10:24 garrison's minions -> mexico is good but they need the money 14:10:25 teamforce27 -> ... 14:10:50 teamforce -> yes 14:10:51 teamforce27f -> were not supposed to talk about sports and games 14:10:58 lmspeople -> helping the environment is a good idea shailee. 14:11:00 garrison's minions -> ok 14:11:13 lmspeople -> I think you're club will be a big sucess!! 14:11:22 bob -> i do too 14:11:30 garrison's minions -> it is already! 14:11:32 teamforce -> mm hmm 14:11:33 bob -> if only people will do what they say 14:11:41 lmspeople -> thank u bob 14:11:43 teamforce -> yea.. 14:11:59 teamforce -> very true 14:12:03 Mrs. Reichert's Class -> 8th grade question from Illinois: Why should kids here in Illinois care about recycling? How do you inspire kids to care? 14:12:05 Andreas -> If they keep on dreaming theyr dream! 14:12:09 garrison's minions -> they might be too lazy to listen and follow what e-club is saying 14:12:16 bob -> i sure hope that's a complement :) 14:12:16 teamforce27 -> ya 14:12:30 lmspeople -> if more people agree to follow good deeds, then we would stop hurting the environment. 14:12:38 bob -> rite 14:12:45 teamforce27f -> shailee has a good idea 14:12:53 lmspeople -> i agree!! 14:12:56 teamforce -> our world is turning worse and worse. if we keep going to be bad 2 the enviroment, our world will not be able to support life anymore... 14:13:10 teamforce -> we need to turn back global warming 14:13:17 garrison's minions -> recycling helps the community and reuses the 14:13:25 garrison's minions -> stuff 14:13:41 bob -> GO SRIDIVYA/ DIKSHA/GENE/TOMMY!!!! 14:13:46 garrison's minions -> whoot! 14:13:51 teamforce -> co2 is a big cause of global warming 14:13:57 teamforce27 -> oo 14:14:02 teamforce27f -> "Life is unpredictable. Grab the chances while you can." 14:14:03 teamforce27 -> what is co2? 14:14:12 garrison's minions -> carbon dioxide 14:14:16 Andreas -> @ team - thats right. But - we're loosing a lot of time by complaining - i love those telling what they are doing! 14:14:17 teamforce27 -> ooo i knew that 14:14:26 teamforce -> cabon dioxide 14:14:56 teamforce27 -> they're good 14:15:00 teamforce -> i no 14:15:02 teamforce27 -> very good 14:15:04 garrison's minions -> gaylord? 14:15:04 Andreas -> This element - which will be needed by plants to survive. 14:15:26 teamforce -> they probably did not mean 2 say it 14:15:47 teamforce -> isnt greenhouse efect bad? 14:15:58 lmspeople -> Carbon dioxide is a very innovative topic 14:16:00 garrison's minions -> yes 14:16:04 teamforce27f -> new topic why do people smoke if they know it's bad. I know it's addicting but don't they have medicine for that? 14:16:05 garrison's minions -> mostly 14:16:23 teamforce27 -> they just can't get out of the habit 14:16:24 teamforce -> so much c02 14:16:26 lmspeople -> They have a thing called nicotine patches 14:16:27 teamforce27 -> its really really addicting 14:16:34 teamforce27f -> they are doing a good job presenting 14:16:36 teamforce -> crisis? 14:16:38 teamforce27 -> even rats are addicted 14:16:39 BIwona -> how we can see slides? 14:16:41 teamforce27f -> :) 14:17:00 teamforce -> see the slides? 14:17:03 doug -> http://teamforce.wikispaces.com/ 14:17:04 garrison's minions -> donno 14:17:06 teamforce27 -> no 14:17:06 teamforce -> i dont know 14:17:29 teamforce -> ive never seen a powerpoint on the internet... 14:17:33 teamforce27f -> ya go to teamforce.wikispaces.com 14:17:37 thekyleguy -> Who is presenting now? 14:17:43 lmspeople -> This group has a lot of enthusiasm 14:17:52 doug -> Derrallg's students @kyle 14:17:52 garrison's minions -> we need some of the greenhouse effect, but not too much like we have now 14:17:54 teamforce27 -> same ppl 14:17:59 teamforce27f -> gene diksha sridivya and tommy from california 14:18:00 lmspeople -> They give information in a fun and exciting way 14:18:07 teamforce27 -> yup 14:18:18 matt montagne -> These are wonderful stories! I love the enthusiasm in the voice! 14:18:19 teamforce27 -> they are very enthusiastic 14:18:25 teamforce -> cool 14:18:25 doug -> @teamforce27 "in the house" 14:18:52 teamforce27f -> can't people use something else to build houses instead of wood 14:19:00 teamforce -> good question 14:19:01 Andreas -> This is great! Planting Plants! 14:19:07 garrison's minions -> gene is very enthusiastic 14:19:10 teamforce -> stone 14:19:10 teamforce27 -> they could used bricks 14:19:18 teamforce -> and metal' 14:19:32 Andreas -> @ team27 but if you use bricks and stone - there is something missing - 14:19:38 teamforce27f -> yes how would we get people to stop relasing co2 iunto thye air?:( 14:19:40 lmspeople -> This is a new and creative concept 14:19:50 Andreas -> wood can be replanted. 14:19:51 teamforce -> cool topic 14:19:58 teamforce -> dey can? 14:19:58 teamforce27 -> now it's another grop presenting 14:20:04 teamforce -> even dead wood> 14:20:05 teamforce -> ? 14:20:17 thekyleguy -> Very cool Doug. They are doing awesome! What grade? 14:20:22 teamforce27 -> go kendall, kimberely, and ashley! yeah! 14:20:24 teamforce -> 6 14:20:33 Andreas -> No - but here in Germany we try to get peoples more building with wood. 14:20:39 teamforce -> o 14:20:43 garrison's minions -> when trees rot or burn, they release more co2 though.... 14:20:52 teamforce27 -> thats not good 14:20:54 teamforce -> o dats bad 14:21:00 teamforce27 -> ya 14:21:05 teamforce -> so campfires are bad... 14:21:11 teamforce27 -> maybe... 14:21:15 doug -> @teamforce/teamforce27 -- are you in Grade 6? 14:21:19 teamforce27f -> ocean pollution now that's bad cause it kills animals that were enjoying their lives 14:21:19 teamforce27 -> yup 14:21:20 teamforce -> yes 14:21:22 garrison's minions -> yes 14:21:25 doug -> thansk 14:21:26 doug -> thanks 14:21:36 teamforce -> welcome 14:21:38 BIwona -> fireplaces at home also are bed 14:21:38 teamforce27 -> ddsok 14:21:40 lmspeople -> I feel sorry for the sea creatures that have been affected by ocean pollution. 14:21:42 teamforce27 -> no problem 14:21:45 teamforce27 -> ya 14:21:50 teamforce27 -> they haven't done anything bad 14:21:59 teamforce27 -> land animals also get affected 14:22:09 teamforce -> yea. like bags 14:22:16 lmspeople -> If everyone would chip in, we could do something about this 14:22:17 teamforce -> they choke on it 14:22:23 teamforce27 -> on what? 14:22:26 garrison's minions -> and the plastic rings 14:22:27 teamforce -> bags 14:22:30 teamforce27f -> ya ocean pollution is a big one. i have been to a beach and seen 4 year old kids toss bags and other things into the beach and their parents didnt do anything. 14:22:32 teamforce27 -> oh...ya 14:22:42 teamforce27 -> wow 14:22:49 teamforce -> o the spill 4 the cargo ship 14:22:56 garrison's minions -> people don't realize that these animals are dying because of thier actions... 14:23:09 teamforce -> i think dey hit the bridge, right? 14:23:14 teamforce -> or not... 14:23:25 lmspeople -> Sometimes, while throwing things into the ocean, people forget to backtrack for a second and think about the outcome 14:23:28 Andreas -> @ garrison's minions: They do - but not all. 14:23:54 matt montagne -> the massive islands of swirling trash in the ocean are disturbing 14:23:58 Durff -> hi rob 14:23:58 garrison's minions -> ya 14:24:05 teamforce -> yea. not all some die becase they're old or they are hunted... 14:24:11 teamforce27f -> why do people throw away so much?one time i was at a beach and the water was dark brown and so many birds were there so that meant that the water had garbage. 14:24:14 rjacklin -> hi again. lost audio for a second. 14:24:14 Durff -> gotta steop out a min 14:24:34 matt montagne -> @teamforce...I wish I knew the answer to your question 14:24:37 teamforce27f -> YA GO ROBERT C. TIFFANY AND KIANA 14:24:55 Andreas -> You are so great! 14:24:56 teamforce -> really? 14:25:05 teamforce27f -> ain't that the truth 14:25:13 teamforce -> huh. cool 14:25:37 teamforce -> i'll change the lightbulbs @ home after school 14:25:47 teamforce27 -> ya, i already did 14:25:49 lmspeople -> By buying flourescent lightbulbs, you are helping the earth and saving money 14:25:51 teamforce27f -> i was talking about lightbulbs 14:26:02 teamforce27 -> ikno 14:26:03 Andreas -> I chanthem all! My eletricity bill is getting very less. 14:26:11 teamforce27 -> awesome 14:26:19 teamforce27f -> but i heard that flourescent lightbulbs are not that cheap 14:26:25 teamforce -> doesnt pg&e have this thing that they are making energy saving light bulbs 14:26:33 teamforce27 -> no, but they are qorth it 14:26:40 teamforce -> they make it cheaper 14:26:41 lmspeople -> Hopefully, someday stores will only sell flourescent bulbs... 14:26:44 teamforce27 -> no, but they are worth it 14:26:56 teamforce27 -> ya 14:26:59 teamforce27f -> yeah but is dying because of global warming worth it over one light bulb 14:27:16 garrison's minions -> http://teamforce.wikispaces.com/CRKT+Homepage 14:27:18 teamforce -> they have flourecent lightbulbs on sale @ the counter at supermarkets dont dey? 14:27:24 lmspeople -> Flourescent bulbs have a whiter and brighter light than others 14:27:26 teamforce27 -> i heard that the epocolipse is in 2012 14:27:38 teamforce -> wats a epocolipse? 14:27:39 doug -> another great presentation--well done! 14:27:41 teamforce27 -> or sumthing like that 14:27:59 teamforce -> global warming is sooo bad... 14:28:01 teamforce27f -> anyone got any other tips on conserving eletricity that you would like to share? 14:28:02 teamforce27 -> the epocolipse is the end of the world 14:28:08 teamforce -> ooo really? 14:28:12 teamforce27 -> ya 14:28:19 pam shoemaker -> Mr. Garrison's students: You are all doing a great job - well prepared, talking clearly, great ideas! 14:28:22 teamforce -> the END of the world? 14:28:22 matt montagne -> Here is a picture of my energy bill...you can see where I installed CFLs and an energy star refrigerator : 14:28:30 matt montagne -> http://www.flickr.com/photos/mjmonty/2305105170/ 14:28:32 teamforce27 -> but by then we will be transferred to another planet, probably 14:28:39 matt montagne -> that is my energy bill 14:28:50 teamforce -> den its mars 14:28:52 teamforce27 -> im not sure though, i just heard that 14:28:53 lmspeople -> People are thinking of passing a law to make each plastic grocery bag cost 25 cents. 14:28:59 teamforce -> o thank god 14:29:01 teamforce27 -> really 14:29:02 teamforce27f -> no its armageddon that is the end of the world or is it both 14:29:07 BIwona -> We have all of them replaced (Jeremi's Family) 14:29:11 lmspeople -> It is still to be thought about, though 14:29:19 garrison's minions -> flourecent lightbulbs are worth the extra money 14:29:26 teamforce27 -> ya, they are 14:29:35 teamforce -> 25 cents a bag? den nobody would get them. dats good 14:29:40 Andreas -> @ teamforce - here in germany we use oftenly Jute - you can reuse afterwards. 14:29:45 garrison's minions -> i have one in my room.... and it keeps me awake at night when my parenst leave my light on 14:29:50 matt montagne -> they say CFLs have the same amt of mercury as 3 cans of tuna fish! 14:29:51 teamforce -> wats jute> 14:30:00 teamforce -> ? 14:30:04 Andreas -> Not many peoples get the pülastic bags any more since it costs money. 14:30:06 JohnS -> Sounds fine on the stream 14:30:09 teamforce27f -> but stil its better than haveing global warming over a frlouescent light bulb cost 14:30:10 teamforce27 -> dont leave lights on 14:30:14 Andreas -> similar to cotton. 14:30:24 teamforce -> dey cost $ now? 14:30:32 teamforce -> i thought they were THINKING of doing it 14:30:34 teamforce -> coo 14:30:37 teamforce -> cool 14:31:04 Andreas -> In Germany the do it since 5 jears 14:31:17 teamforce -> how are the presentations so far 14:31:22 bob -> testing123 14:31:24 teamforce -> cool 5 years? 14:31:30 bob -> wow 14:31:37 bob -> o.O 14:31:48 doug -> Hi Peggy, welcome 14:31:53 Andreas -> @ Teamforce - you made a very great job beeing honored to listen to you 14:31:55 garrison's minions -> 5.5 more hours 14:32:03 bob -> thanx 14:32:09 teamforce -> o 14:32:10 bob -> fof the time 14:32:11 teamforce27 -> cool, sumone from canada will be presenting 14:32:13 teamforce27f -> wars dont help either with al the bombs and ammunition and even a atomic or nuclear doesnt help in fact it destroyes the earth 14:32:21 teamforce -> go jason and daniel! 14:32:28 teamforce27 -> ya! 14:32:49 garrison's minions -> go everyone! 14:32:50 teamforce -> cool widget 14:33:04 teamforce -> teamforce27 14:33:06 teamforce27f -> GO GROUP THAT'S ABOUT TO GO THAT FORGOT THEIR NAMES WOOT 14:33:10 teamforce -> (flikr) 14:33:27 teamforce27 -> so far, we have been pretty good presenting 14:33:31 teamforce -> ya 14:33:33 bob -> GO DCJS GROUP 14:33:33 garrison's minions 2.0 -> yeah 14:33:46 garrison's minions 2.0 -> go CRKT gruop! 14:33:48 teamforce27 -> hi 14:34:00 garrison's minions -> >_< 14:34:01 bob -> HI 14:34:13 garrison's minions -> whos 2.0? 14:34:20 garrison's minions -> copy cats 14:34:24 teamforce27f -> dk 14:34:25 teamforce27 -> >< 14:34:26 garrison's minions -> c? 14:34:29 garrison's minions 2.0 -> i like the presentation going on now 14:34:30 teamforce -> no oil? den how ar we going 2 power cars? solar? 14:34:34 garrison's minions 2.0 -> us 14:34:37 teamforce27 -> dunno 14:34:45 bob -> WHO IS US? 14:34:47 garrison's minions -> thiss is getting slower 14:34:48 teamforce -> GO KKJR!!! :) 14:34:53 garrison's minions -> c 14:34:57 teamforce27 -> YA! 14:35:02 PeggyG -> Happy to finally be able to join the chat today. Couldn't get window to load in Flock. Pushing bandwidth! only audio on ustream. 14:35:03 garrison's minions 2.0 -> i like this presentation 14:35:22 Andreas -> Hi Peggy 14:35:23 lmspeople -> who started that rumor that the apocolypse will happen during 2012? It is the main subject to most of our classrooms disscusions. Now this group is talking about it 14:35:29 teamforce -> how ar we gunna do solar on cars? 14:35:30 PeggyG -> Learning a LOT from the students!!! 14:35:37 garrison's minions 2.0 -> i wonder.... 14:35:44 garrison's minions 2.0 -> so am i 14:35:58 garrison's minions 2.0 -> we are doing better than i thought we would 14:36:03 teamforce -> ya 14:36:08 teamforce27 -> ya, theyre doing pretty good 14:36:20 garrison's minions -> how many ppl have fluorescentl bulbs at home? 14:36:25 teamforce27f -> the world would be better if we use alternative energy and if there was one username that wasn't copied 14:36:26 teamforce -> i hav some 14:36:32 PeggyG -> Someone last night mentioned that the proper way to dispose of the mercury lightbulbs is to take them to a hazardous waste location. 14:36:37 garrison's minions 2.0 -> i wonder how many people are listening to this right now? 14:36:38 sheila -> I've replaced all but 5 or so 14:36:39 bob -> IDK? 14:36:43 teamforce27 -> I DO! :] 14:36:50 garrison's minions 2.0 -> really? 14:36:53 bob -> WHO? 14:37:01 teamforce27 -> ya, but theyre expensive 14:37:06 PeggyG -> 58 viewers on ustream but many more just listening to audio and not logged in 14:37:06 teamforce -> im asking my parents 2 change ALL the light bulbs. 14:37:11 doug -> about 80 different computers are "watching" and "listening" 14:37:11 BIwona -> but last longer 14:37:15 garrison's minions 2.0 -> wow thats a lot 14:37:16 teamforce -> and put solar panels 14:37:28 doug -> but there are probably groups at many of those, so LOTS! 14:37:30 teamforce27f -> ya they are right we can come up with a better way to prduce energy like h02 14:37:31 lmspeople -> the flourescent light bulbs are worth the extra money 14:37:34 bob -> wow! 14:37:36 garrison's minions 2.0 -> cool! 14:37:44 teamforce -> ah... about 10 or 20 bulbs 14:37:44 teamforce27 -> but it doesnt really matter about the price, cuz it helps the enviroment 14:37:48 bob -> yeap 14:37:52 garrison's minions -> whats the price difference between flur. and reg. light bukbs? 14:38:01 lmspeople -> wow! why won't people buy the hydrogen- powered cars? 14:38:02 garrison's minions -> bulbs 14:38:06 bob -> what is flur? 14:38:15 garrison's minions 2.0 -> i think like a coupl eof cents 14:38:19 garrison's minions -> maybe cuz hyd. cars are really expnsve 14:38:27 teamforce -> if your car gets hot, the hydrogyn will blow up 14:38:27 PeggyG -> The bulbs last such a long time that it makes them cost-effective. 14:38:29 teamforce27 -> reg: about $2, fluo: about $3 14:38:30 garrison's minions 2.0 -> hybrid cars are rather expensive 14:38:31 bob -> but they are worth it 14:38:38 garrison's minions 2.0 -> yes... 14:38:39 teamforce27 -> i dunno , maybe 14:38:42 teamforce -> but less gas... 14:38:45 bob -> take up less gas 14:38:45 teamforce -> so its worth it 14:38:48 teamforce27f -> because we are just sucking the oil out of the earth and dumping the bad oil into the ocean where it pollutes the earth. 14:38:49 garrison's minions -> thats not much. i thought it would be like a dollar or something 14:38:52 garrison's minions 2.0 -> exactly 14:38:53 teamforce27 -> hybrids are aweomr 14:38:59 teamforce -> hydrogyn blows up 14:39:02 garrison's minions -> but hybrid card\ 14:39:02 teamforce27f -> ya good job jason celine daniel and jane 14:39:11 BIwona -> hybrids cars rulez 14:39:13 teamforce -> yes. 14:39:20 garrison's minions 2.0 -> when it is put together with another substance 14:39:26 teamforce -> hybrid prius 14:39:34 garrison's minions -> sbut hybrid cars are like 10,000 more bucks or smbthg 14:39:37 garrison's minions 2.0 -> uh-huh 14:39:38 bob -> GO JANE, DANIEL, JASON, CELINE 14:39:43 PeggyG -> Solar power makes so much sense and I'm always surprized that there aren't more people in SUNNY AZ who aren't using it. 14:39:50 garrison's minions 2.0 -> depends which one 14:39:55 bob -> YAYAYAY 14:40:03 lmspeople -> I would rather pay more money than hurt the earth. 14:40:07 teamforce27 -> but if its not sunny, ythey the cars wont work, right? 14:40:08 garrison's minions -> Where do they sell hybri. carls? 14:40:11 garrison's minions 2.0 -> bob, please stay on topic 14:40:14 teamforce -> yea... but its worth it cause if you have lots of gas, da $ probably adds up 2 a lot 14:40:15 garrison's minions -> opps cars 14:40:26 garrison's minions -> i guess 14:40:28 PeggyG -> In AZ it's ALWAYS sunny :-) 14:40:32 teamforce27f -> YEAH we can use solar energy for house holds factoies and may be even cars. 14:40:33 garrison's minions -> but its pretty expensive 14:40:34 teamforce -> hybrid? toyota, honda. etc. 14:40:34 rjacklin -> the problem with energy alternatives is how efficient they are. Increase efficiency, that will increase use! 14:40:35 lmspeople -> If we don't do something about global warming, we may have to live on other planets 14:40:36 garrison's minions 2.0 -> lucky 14:40:39 teamforce -> toyota: prius 14:40:42 lmspeople -> Such as the moon 14:40:43 teamforce27 -> yueah, we can all move th AZ 14:40:47 garrison's minions -> its pretty sunny here too 14:40:48 teamforce27 -> jkjk 14:40:54 garrison's minions 2.0 -> what about camry hybrid? 14:40:59 doug -> @PeggyG, I've heard that about AZ, good place for solar power 14:40:59 teamforce27 -> ya, its nice weather out today 14:41:00 teamforce -> honda: hybrid civic 14:41:03 garrison's minions -> what cars have more miles per gallon? 14:41:03 BIwona -> ford escape 14:41:03 garrison's minions 2.0 -> or corolla hybrid 14:41:10 teamforce27 -> ya, porbably 14:41:13 garrison's minions 2.0 -> i think.. 14:41:14 teamforce -> deres corolla hybrid? 14:41:17 garrison's minions 2.0 -> i donno 14:41:23 garrison's minions 2.0 -> of course 14:41:28 teamforce -> wow 14:41:32 teamforce -> i never knew dat 14:41:33 PeggyG -> @Doug-absolutely! great place for solar power 14:41:35 teamforce27f -> it would save the earth a bunch of recourrces because tyhe sun is a limtiless supply of energy and we dont even know it 14:41:45 teamforce27 -> ya 14:41:48 teamforce27 -> :] 14:41:49 teamforce -> The car model is FCX Clarity. 14:41:54 teamforce27f -> ya go poorvi and nikhil with 20 ways to save 14:41:57 garrison's minions 2.0 -> the sun will die after billions and millions of years 14:42:02 garrison's minions -> no duh 14:42:04 teamforce27 -> the ANAP group is presenting now 14:42:06 teamforce -> i think it used 2 be 101 ways... 14:42:13 garrison's minions 2.0 -> huh 14:42:25 teamforce27 -> i cant imagin life without the sun 14:42:30 teamforce -> dats true 14:42:36 garrison's minions -> it was, but SOME PPL in my group apparently wanted to shorten it 14:42:41 teamforce27 -> actually there would be no life without the sun pretty much 14:42:44 garrison's minions 2.0 -> really? 14:42:46 teamforce27 -> no, duh 14:42:49 teamforce -> Yes, true 14:42:54 garrison's minions -> cuz they didnt wanna, altho august and i were making them up 14:42:58 garrison's minions 2.0 -> you should have done 50 ways 14:43:02 garrison's minions -> they were pretty good tho 14:43:05 garrison's minions -> they are on our wikispace 14:43:12 teamforce -> u no, it takes 7 mins 2 take the sun's light rays 2 reach the earth 14:43:14 teamforce27 -> plants depend on the sun and we depend on plants 14:43:15 teamforce27 -> ya 14:43:16 garrison's minions -> but we alredy had like 87 14:43:19 garrison's minions 2.0 -> cool 14:43:26 garrison's minions 2.0 -> 87?! 14:43:33 teamforce27 -> 87 what? 14:43:39 lmspeople -> solar panels are becoming more popular, although they require money to buy and install, you can save alot of money from electricity bills 14:43:40 teamforce -> so if the sun stopped now, den we still hav 7 minutes of life now 14:43:42 garrison's minions 2.0 -> i know 14:43:44 teamforce27f -> solarv energy would also save burning things like coal and wood. then less facories would be needed.then all that smoke would go away and help global warming go away 14:43:46 teamforce -> light. sorry 14:43:58 garrison's minions 2.0 -> exactly 14:44:02 garrison's minions 2.0 -> .... 14:44:06 teamforce27 -> we need the ligh5t 14:44:07 garrison's minions -> if the sun blows up, it'll completely burn the earth first.... a "red giant".... then it shrinks into a tiny "white dwarf" after it burns mercury up 14:44:08 teamforce -> solar is much more effecient 14:44:12 teamforce27 -> ya 14:44:18 garrison's minions 2.0 -> true 14:44:34 lmsroom27 -> Is it true that we're all going to die in 2012? 14:44:43 garrison's minions 2.0 -> no! 14:44:50 teamforce27 -> i use a solar and battery calculator 14:45:00 garrison's minions 2.0 -> and if that does happen, ill regret saying that 14:45:07 teamforce -> i think dat pg&e is putting LOTS of solar panels in some deserts... 14:45:07 lmsroom27 -> but the sun is gonna explode 14:45:10 teamforce27f -> some people just have to give up their luxeries and donate and help to savee the earth.like making petitions to help some kind of cause would be great. 14:45:16 garrison's minions 2.0 -> i saw a commercial 14:45:20 garrison's minions 2.0 -> about that 14:45:23 teamforce27 -> that would suck if we would die in 4 years cuz then i would only be in 9th grade 14:45:31 garrison's minions 2.0 -> sad.... 14:45:39 lmsroom27 -> I heard farmers are also instaling windmills in their farms 14:45:41 garrison's minions 2.0 -> be positive! 14:45:47 teamforce -> Actually, if you go to PG&E's website, the ygive you information about the solar energy plans. 14:45:58 lmsroom27 -> we r not gonna die in 4 years 14:46:07 garrison's minions 2.0 -> of course not 14:46:07 teamforce -> And wind, yes, it's really cheap for everyone. 14:46:13 lmspeople -> many people don't understand that it's easy to do these small things, but they still don't do them because they think it's not worthwhile. We're becoming too dependent on cars, running water, and electricity. 14:46:17 lmsroom27 -> i know 14:46:24 teamforce27 -> hi, we accidentaly loged out 14:46:24 teamforce27f -> i thought that group did a good job but i dont think that the really sayed how this we begin to stop global warming. 14:46:26 teamforce -> u ever see those GIANT fans planted in the ground? 14:46:28 garrison's minions -> its possible but hopefully unlikely 14:46:38 teamforce -> dats 2 make wind energy... i think 14:46:40 garrison's minions 2.0 -> yes those are called windills 14:46:50 garrison's minions 2.0 -> windmills sorry 14:46:51 teamforce27 -> windmills 14:46:58 lmsroom27 -> does everyone here use flurescence light bulbs? 14:46:58 teamforce27 -> ya 14:47:02 teamforce -> no, wind turbines 14:47:07 teamforce -> i do... some 14:47:08 garrison's minions 2.0 -> yess 14:47:10 garrison's minions -> XC 14:47:14 teamforce27 -> not everyone, unfortunately 14:47:15 garrison's minions -> what are wind turbans 14:47:16 garrison's minions 2.0 -> i do atleast 14:47:26 garrison's minions -> are they like ........ uh....??? 14:47:28 teamforce27 -> me2 14:47:30 lmspeople -> it's hard to believe that these small things that we can do can make such a big difference 14:47:44 teamforce -> Wind Turbines are the windmill things. 14:47:49 teamforce27f -> saving trees would be cool because animals would have more places to live and re prduce. 14:47:52 teamforce27 -> ya, its awesome 14:47:54 teamforce -> those GIANT ones 14:47:56 lmsroom27 -> I know. My parents recycle 14:47:56 PeggyG -> These students are so wise!! Excellent tips and love the passion! 14:47:58 garrison's minions 2.0 -> they are connented to a generator and make electricity 14:48:02 garrison's minions -> wind TURBINS? 14:48:08 teamforce27 -> what? 14:48:11 garrison's minions -> what kinda name is THAT? 14:48:16 teamforce27 -> what r turbins 14:48:20 garrison's minions 2.0 -> i dunno 14:48:30 garrison's minions -> a wrap thing u put on ur head 14:48:33 teamforce -> u no in cupertino, if you recycle leaves, they will be made into compost and citizens of cupertino can use dat to plant trees and plants 14:48:37 garrison's minions -> NOT LIKE A FOOD WRAP 14:48:42 teamforce -> (yard waste) 14:48:43 teamforce27f -> go deforastation...........woot 14:48:43 lmspeople -> people in America are more educated in Global Warming than other contries. 14:48:45 lmsroom27 -> i think there's a recycling place somewhere near us that when you give them waterbottles they pay you back money to persuade poeple to recycle 14:48:49 teamforce27f -> :( 14:48:50 garrison's minions 2.0 -> really? 14:48:51 garrison's minions 2.0 -> cool 14:48:51 teamforce27 -> kayla is doing a good job 14:48:55 garrison's minions 2.0 -> i know 14:48:55 teamforce -> ya 14:48:58 lmsroom27 -> yes its cool 14:48:59 teamforce27f -> :)\ 14:49:00 garrison's minions -> imsroom27, WAY too lite 14:49:08 garrison's minions -> the font color i mean 14:49:10 teamforce27 -> they are all doing a fgood job 14:49:12 garrison's minions -> its like hard to read 14:49:14 teamforce -> deres dis place 2 go 2 close 2 the stevens creek resivor 14:49:20 teamforce -> (w get compost 14:49:22 garrison's minions 2.0 -> ok 14:49:23 teamforce27 -> where 14:49:34 lmsroom27 -> theres a palce near safeway :) 14:49:42 teamforce -> do u no the stevens creek resivor? 14:49:44 teamforce27 -> oh, cool 14:49:44 teamforce27f -> so deforastation comes from pollution 14:49:46 garrison's minions 2.0 -> no... 14:49:49 lmsroom27 -> u give them bottles and they pay u 14:49:53 teamforce -> its close 2 dat 14:49:58 garrison's minions 2.0 -> acid rain. 14:49:59 garrison's minions -> u can recycle cell phones at da cup. library 14:50:05 lmspeople -> yes, in Cupertino, California, near a Safeway, there is a truck that gives you money depending on how many pounds you recycle 14:50:08 teamforce27 -> go farica!!! 14:50:08 teamforce -> its also next 2 a hunting ground. 14:50:10 garrison's minions -> ....uh.... 14:50:12 teamforce -> which is bad 14:50:17 garrison's minions -> deforestation is when people cut down trees 14:50:19 garrison's minions 2.0 -> uh huh 14:50:24 garrison's minions 2.0 -> yes,.... 14:50:26 teamforce27 -> yup 14:50:30 garrison's minions -> whats up with the "go" ppl? 14:50:33 lmsroom27 -> i went on a fild trip once and we learned that because of pollustion, some rivers are flooding. 14:50:38 teamforce -> Yes, true. Forestation is what we want. 14:50:41 teamforce27 -> ooooo 14:50:49 garrison's minions 2.0 -> oh 14:50:53 lmspeople -> you can recycle plastic, glass, and aluminum 14:50:54 teamforce27f -> over 1000000 plastic bags are sold every 5 seconds 14:51:01 garrison's minions 2.0 -> !.! 14:51:07 lmsroom27 -> [b]thats really bad 14:51:07 teamforce27 -> thats alot 14:51:09 lmsroom27 -> ] 14:51:14 garrison's minions 2.0 -> :( 14:51:23 the minnions -> we are BACK 14:51:27 the minnions -> woot 14:51:29 teamforce27f -> but we can help 14:51:35 teamforce -> yea. in my saturday chinese schooll, there is like, 5 cans 2 recycle from. everyone brings lots of cans each week 14:51:36 garrison's minions 2.0 -> great! 14:51:41 the minnions -> ???] what r we tlkng bout? 14:51:42 lmsroom27 -> [b] 14 million?? 14:51:45 lmsroom27 -> wow 14:51:45 lmspeople -> they chose a really good topic 14:52:02 the minnions -> did u guys see thatbhotographer/ trash art thinng from that p 14:52:12 teamforce27f -> not only that but it wastes so much energy 14:52:16 teamforce -> yea. mr garrison showed it 2 us 14:52:17 garrison's minions 2.0 -> that was shocking 14:52:20 teamforce27f -> this is a little of topic b 14:52:21 teamforce27 -> yea 14:52:25 teamforce27f -> sorry 14:52:25 teamforce -> i no. soo much bags and stuff 14:52:32 lmspeople -> Some people never really think about what will happen while they are throwing plastic bags away. 14:52:34 garrison's minions 2.0 -> so much stuff.!.!.! 14:52:37 the minnions -> anyone know any dumps near cup? 14:52:47 teamforce27 -> no 14:52:49 teamforce -> plastic bags should be reccycled 14:52:53 lmsroom27 -> whats the difference between using a reusable bag against a paper bag? 14:52:53 teamforce27 -> yea 14:52:55 teamforce27f -> but if you bring you cans and bottles to some store you can get money 4 them and they will recyle them 14:53:07 teamforce -> yea. tey sell them in marina fods 14:53:08 teamforce -> foods 14:53:14 teamforce -> in cupertino. 14:53:18 lmspeople -> I believe that we can really make a difference. We just have to reduce, reuse, and recycle. 14:53:18 teamforce27 -> safeway too 14:53:19 lmsroom27 -> i luv tht place 14:53:23 the minnions -> lucky's is gonna start using cloth bags. one per customer 14:53:27 the minnion's 2.0 -> hi 14:53:27 lmsroom27 -> thats good 14:53:30 lmspeople -> Wow 14:53:39 teamforce -> Using reusable takes a lot less enrgy to use. 14:53:43 lmsroom27 -> go kelly and kat 14:53:48 teamforce -> luckys? cool 14:53:50 lmspeople -> this next group has a really creative topic 14:53:53 teamforce27 -> yeah 14:53:59 the minnion's 2.0 -> what is it? 14:54:05 teamforce -> smokings bad 14:54:10 lmsroom27 -> who wud want 2 smoke? 14:54:13 lmspeople -> Smoking hurts you and the earth 14:54:16 lmsroom27 -> its disgusting 14:54:33 2.0.2 -> hi 14:54:38 2.0 -> stop COPYING 14:54:44 teamforce -> Even the medicines that try to cure smoking also contain nicotine. I can't believe that. 14:54:47 lmspeople -> smoking hurts those around you too 14:54:49 2.0.2 -> i doesn't matter 14:54:49 2.0 -> were going off topic... -.- 14:54:53 teamforce -> second hand 14:54:55 2.0.2 -> exactly 14:55:07 lmsroom27 -> yeh secong hand smokikng is worse for you 14:55:09 2.0 -> u should like hold ur breath every time u pass someoone who smokes 14:55:11 lmspeople -> Second hand smoking is very unhealthy 14:55:12 teamforce27 -> yea 14:55:16 2.0.2 -> i do that 14:55:17 teamforce27 -> way worse 14:55:22 2.0.2 -> its nasty 14:55:24 lmsroom27 -> every breathe you take in of smoke, you loose 7 minutes in your nlife 14:55:28 teamforce -> ppl want 2 smoke cuz they make them"hapier" 14:55:30 teamforce27 -> wow 14:55:31 2.0.2 -> ! 14:55:34 teamforce -> or "cool" 14:55:35 2.0.2 -> scary 14:55:47 teamforce27 -> but i does'nt 14:56:05 lmspeople -> Some airports have smoking rooms, because you are not allowed to smoke around the others at the airport 14:56:10 lmsroom27 -> when i walk by them i pretend 2 cough alot from their smoke 14:56:16 teamforce -> some ppl put marijuana in their cigaretts and gives dem 2 their friends who dun smoke 14:56:19 lmspeople -> Me too 14:56:20 2.0.2 -> ... 14:56:26 teamforce27f -> people start smoking when their young because they think its cool then when they get older they cant stop because they have been smoking for years and its addicting 14:56:31 teamforce27 -> people litter cig.:( 14:56:36 lmsroom27 -> yeh i know 14:56:40 222222222222222222222222.02222222222222222222 -> in new york and san fran, i almost went blue when i tried holding my breath every time someone was smoking LOL 14:56:41 2.0.2 -> there is a lot on the ground 14:56:48 lmsroom27 -> cigars are gross 2 14:56:49 2.0.2 -> sad 14:56:53 teamforce27 -> i don't get it, how do they fit all of those chemicals in one, small, cigarette? 14:56:54 lmspeople -> Stores should make selling cigarrettes illegall. 14:56:57 222222222222222222222222.02222222222222222222 -> smoking stinks.... XP 14:57:04 lmsroom27 -> usually old people use them 14:57:05 2.0.2 -> its... weird 14:57:06 222222222222222222222222.02222222222222222222 -> ya 14:57:08 teamforce -> Yes, true. That's why when those "teens" when they are 20 or 30 try to stop. 14:57:09 teamforce27f -> there used to be a chewing tobacco which was worse than cigars 14:57:14 doug -> thanks, another great presentation you ALL did a wonderful job 14:57:16 teamforce27 -> they did a great job 14:57:17 lmspeople -> if no one would sell cigarettes, then no one can smoke them. 14:57:18 teamforce27f -> and there still is 14:57:33 2.0.2 -> yep 14:57:35 222222222222222222222222.02222222222222222222 -> i always wanted to go up to someone who is smoking and say where did u get that portable cancer in a stick? 14:57:39 teamforce -> u no, second hand smoking is as bad as regular smoking 14:57:41 JohnS -> If no one bought them, they wouldn't sell them. 14:57:49 teamforce27f -> why dont they ban ciggarettes if its harming the inviroment 14:57:54 lmsroom27 -> they should make it illegal but the person who inventede it has too much money so they bribe the people to not make it a law cuz they can over power them 14:57:58 teamforce -> smoking is stinky 14:57:59 PeggyG -> Excellent student presentations and chat! Great job! 14:58:03 222222222222222222222222.02222222222222222222 -> cuz the ppl wanna make MONEY AND MULA 14:58:05 2.0.2 -> but people do buy them 14:58:08 222222222222222222222222.02222222222222222222 -> MULA I TELL U, MULA!!! 14:58:09 2.0.2 -> thnk you! 14:58:19 lmspeople -> People would be healthier, and happier. And the world would be a better, safer, and a more cleaner environment. 14:58:22 teamforce -> some people smoke so much, their body smells like smoke 14:58:28 lmsroom27 -> smoking makes u smell yucky 2\ 14:58:32 teamforce27 -> all groups were great 14:58:33 teamforce27f -> different person talkking. the companys make a lot of money and people still wont to smoke they most of the time dont care about the envirment 14:58:38 teamforce -> i hope people wouldnt smoke anymore 14:58:42 2.0.2 -> :? 14:58:48 2.0.2 -> same here 14:58:48 teamforce -> they should make smoking illigal 14:58:59 2.0.2 -> yes they should 14:59:04 teamforce27 -> it affects many parts of the body.....smoking 14:59:18 222222222222222222222222.02222222222222222222 -> But they cant make smoking illega 14:59:23 2.0.2 -> but they wont because remember, the gvernment gets taxes 14:59:25 teamforce -> i hope i dun choose bad friends in high school dat encourages me 2 smoke 14:59:28 teamforce27f -> fire alarm 14:59:30 222222222222222222222222.02222222222222222222 -> fire alarm!! 14:59:32 lmsroom27 -> i stayed in reno 4 a weekend where a lot of people smoke and when i got home i still smelled like smoke 14:59:47 lmsroom27 -> theres a fire alarm at our school 14:59:51 lmsroom27 -> we will be back soon 14:59:53 PeggyG -> Love the real school setting-fire alarm :-) Time to get out of there! 14:59:54 teamforce27f -> fire alarm 14:59:57 JohnS -> Don't smoke your school, either :-) 15:00:09 PeggyG -> Perfect transition time! 15:00:12 JohnS -> Great ending, though :-) 15:01:27 dc -> 18 hours eh? 15:01:33 dc -> that's pretty good 15:02:17 cristina -> hi 15:02:30 doug -> Hi Cristina 15:02:34 doug -> welcome back 15:03:02 sdchargers -> greeting from denver 15:03:14 cristina -> hi Doug 15:03:20 cristina -> thanks 15:03:33 cristina -> who is on now - sounds like a cool play going on 15:03:48 doug -> @Durff is on with her students 15:04:22 sdchargers -> *evil* *harp* 15:04:24 doug -> @sdchargers-- thought that might be @broncos--from Denver, and all -- welocome 15:04:27 doug -> welcome 15:04:57 doug -> hi Jeannine and rjacklin 15:05:20 itsallgood -> Is there a way to see the video or only listen to the audio streaming? 15:05:24 wdpiper\ -> sounds good Durff! 15:05:34 wdpiper\ -> Only audio itsallgood 15:05:50 itsallgood -> Then itsallgood:) 15:06:30 jeannine -> Hi again - listening with my 8 year old (using public wifi) while we watch the river levels rise. 15:07:13 sheila -> What can a teacher do in a classroom? 15:07:23 cristina -> magic 15:07:33 wdpiper\ -> sign the guest book everyone! http://spreadsheets.google.com/viewform?key=paReSSkPApF0IVVpowI8IDA 15:07:46 teamforce27f -> lol we had a fire alarm 15:07:48 cristina -> :) 15:07:53 teamforce -> and were back 15:08:00 Durff -> we3lcome back 15:08:13 2.0.2 -> hi 15:08:14 wdpiper\ -> SMEECCHHH in the house! 15:08:17 jeannine -> Yeah Matt!!! 15:08:19 wdpiper\ -> yeah smeech!! 15:08:23 2.0.2 -> hilo 15:08:26 teamforce -> whos smeech? 15:08:27 lmsroom27 -> lawson is back 15:08:29 smeech -> Hey everyone... keep up the good work! 15:08:31 teamforce27f -> :) 15:08:35 2.0.2 -> we had a fire drill 15:08:36 teamforce27 -> hi were back 15:08:40 222222222222222222222222.02222222222222222222 -> were bak. we just had a fire alarm 15:08:42 teamforce -> fire drill 15:08:45 2.0.2 -> convenient huh? 15:08:46 teamforce27f -> ioi 15:08:46 doug -> welcome back 15:08:55 2.0.2 -> 6 15:09:00 lmsroom27 -> its a good thing we finished speeking 15:09:03 doug -> you guys were so hot you set off the fire alarms 15:09:09 matt montagne -> smeech 15:09:12 lmsroom27 -> oh yeh 15:09:12 matt montagne -> that was me 15:09:13 lmspeople -> i don no but my /the smoking presentation was awsome 15:09:14 teamforce27 -> right on time 15:09:16 wintersweet -> Cephalapodcast? Haha, nice. 15:09:22 matt montagne -> saying hello 15:09:31 lmspeople -> hey 15:09:32 matt montagne -> smeech 15:09:38 matt montagne -> that was me saying hello 15:09:44 donotcopythisusername -> waz smeech? 15:09:58 donotcopythisusername -> wth 15:09:58 teamforce -> o 15:10:07 donotcopythisusername2.0 -> be nice 15:10:08 donotcopythisusername -> STOP IT 15:10:09 lmspeople -> the smoking hazard presentation was off the hook !!! was awsome 15:10:17 teamforce27 -> we just had a fire drill 15:10:21 donotcopythisusername2.0 -> i dosn't matter 15:10:23 lmsroom27 -> i luv green day! 15:10:24 teamforce27f -> ya 15:10:27 smeech -> We are struggling on ouer end with staying in room... and can't get sound going... will keep trying 15:10:28 donotcopythisusername -> me too 15:10:29 donotcopythisusername -> greenday 15:10:31 teamforce -> Yea. 15:10:31 teamforce27 -> its awesome 15:10:32 donotcopythisusername -> rocks 15:10:32 donotcopythisusername2.0 -> on topic! 15:10:46 teamforce -> this earath day was good 15:10:48 donotcopythisusername -> i like boul. of broken dreams even tho its old 15:10:52 teamforce -> it was the best ever 15:10:53 donotcopythisusername -> sty 15:10:53 lmspeople -> earth day gives us a chance to help the earth 15:10:56 iliketocopy2.0 -> hi 15:10:59 teamforce -> We hear the stream. 15:11:00 donotcopythisusername -> stoip 15:11:02 teamforce27f -> from california 15:11:02 donotcopythisusername -> stio 15:11:07 teamforce -> yea. 15:11:07 donotcopythisusername -> ???? 15:11:10 teamforce -> cupertinoo 15:11:14 iliketocopy2.0 -> yes! 15:11:16 cristina -> from Manchester, UK 15:11:17 iliketocopy2.0 -> . 15:11:22 iliketocopy2.0 -> woah! 15:11:28 iliketocopy2.0 -> thats in uh 15:11:29 lmspeople -> I think that every country should have an international clean up day 15:11:31 iliketocopy2.0 -> ... 15:11:34 iliketocopy2.0 -> europe? 15:11:35 teamforce -> i no 15:11:35 lmsroom27 -> weird voice 15:11:38 teamforce -> its cool 15:11:41 iliketocopy2.0 -> be nice 15:11:48 cristina -> cool idea 15:11:50 teamforce27 -> hi 15:11:50 iliketocopy2.0 -> don't fight 15:11:52 teamforce -> Voice quality is ok. 15:11:58 teamforce -> cool 15:12:04 donotcopythisusername -> Dun judge people :O 15:12:04 teamforce -> i luv canada 15:12:08 lmsroom27 -> thts better 15:12:11 teamforce27f -> it is so cool that we get to talk to all the people of the world hi world 15:12:24 teamforce -> i no. so cool 15:12:25 donotcopythisusername -> so lets get bakon topic 15:12:33 teamforce -> o. sorry. ok. sure 15:12:33 lmsroom27 -> noboaby is juging anybody 15:12:40 donotcopythisusername -> skoy 15:12:44 iliketocopy2.0 -> yes lets 15:12:46 teamforce27 -> wow! fourth graders are participating in the EarthCast! Did they write thier own scripts? 15:12:47 teamforce27f -> hello other countries 15:12:54 teamforce -> 4th graders? 15:12:55 lmspeople -> I think that we should make everyday earth day! 15:12:56 teamforce -> wow 15:12:59 lmsroom27 -> oh baby 15:13:00 iliketocopy2.0 -> thats amazing! 15:13:02 teamforce27f -> is anyone here from brazil 15:13:04 iliketocopy2.0 -> ij 15:13:07 iliketocopy2.0 -> ok.. 15:13:08 wdpiper -> hey, we have a 5th grade class here right now- could you please let me know where everyone is from. we're from milwaukee, wi 15:13:10 donotcopythisusername -> well, if we did, we would all be treee huggers 15:13:15 iliketocopy2.0 -> cool 15:13:23 lmspeople -> earth day gives us the chance to help the eartg 15:13:24 lmsroom27 -> tree huggers 15:13:26 iliketocopy2.0 -> we are from california 15:13:27 lmsroom27 -> lol 15:13:28 lmspeople -> ..... 15:13:33 teamforce27 -> global warming is a hard topic to write talk about 15:13:35 wdpiper -> hello cali! 15:13:35 iliketocopy2.0 -> thats a good thing! 15:13:37 wintersweet -> I'm in Fremont, California 15:13:42 iliketocopy2.0 -> oh 15:13:45 donotcopythisusername -> i kno 15:13:46 teamforce -> Cupertion, CA 15:13:48 teamforce27f -> o cool fremont 15:13:49 lmsroom27 -> where are all y'alls from? 15:13:49 donotcopythisusername -> fremont? 15:13:51 teamforce -> fremont? 15:13:54 lmsroom27 -> fremont?? 15:13:58 jeannine -> Hello Grade 5 - coming from Hanwell, New Brunswick, Canada - it is finally spring here 15:13:58 donotcopythisusername -> cupertino 15:13:59 teamforce -> good job 4th graders 15:14:00 iliketocopy2.0 -> fremont's nice 15:14:03 lmsroom27 -> which school? 15:14:08 teamforce -> which school? 15:14:12 lmsroom27 -> do u know lawson? 15:14:15 PeggyG -> Listening in from Phoenix AZ 15:14:21 lmspeople -> Can we please get back on topic? 15:14:23 teamforce27f -> any good topics? 15:14:26 iliketocopy2.0 -> yes! 15:14:27 lmsroom27 -> fremont person 15:14:29 teamforce -> ... 15:14:36 lmsroom27 -> which school are u from? 15:14:36 lmspeople -> schools have noting to do with earth day 15:14:42 wintersweet -> I'm not at a school. I'm at home. :) 15:14:45 donotcopythisusername -> lawson 15:14:47 teamforce27f -> what is any one here from brazil 15:14:49 iliketocopy2.0 -> Lawson middle school 15:14:51 teamforce -> o. home? 15:14:51 donotcopythisusername -> home? 15:14:54 donotcopythisusername -> kool! 15:14:55 lmsroom27 -> but they live near us so it wud be cool 2 know 15:14:56 teamforce -> wooo 15:14:57 wdpiper -> We're from University School of Milwaukee 15:15:02 donotcopythisusername -> but shouldnt u be in shool? 15:15:10 teamforce -> lets get bac on topic 15:15:10 teamforce27f -> lawson 15:15:15 teamforce27f -> roks 15:15:17 teamforce -> earth day 15:15:17 lmsroom27 -> nah 15:15:18 donotcopythisusername -> lik,e college? 15:15:20 donotcopythisusername -> wow 15:15:22 teamforce27f -> ok 15:15:24 lmsroom27 -> i mean yah 15:15:30 smeech -> Lawson Middle School and University School of Milwaukee... heello from Plano, IL and the Protecht Project people 15:15:34 PeggyG -> Had to tune out last night during the Spanish broadcasts--couldn't understand enough. :-( Need to work on that! All of the sessions last night were fantastic! 15:15:38 lmsroom27 -> hello :) 15:15:39 lmspeople -> Can we please talk about earth day? 15:15:43 lmsroom27 -> no 15:15:45 teamforce -> Okay, subject: How students influence parents. 15:15:46 donotcopythisusername -> FINE, BE THAT WAY 15:15:49 iliketocopy2.0 -> lol 15:15:53 lmsroom27 -> haha 15:15:57 donotcopythisusername -> soooooo.... 15:15:58 iliketocopy2.0 -> lol 15:16:00 teamforce -> About global warming. 15:16:03 lmsroom27 -> ok back on topic now 15:16:13 lmsroom27 -> glbal warming is realy bad 15:16:16 wdpiper -> I will lead this conversation with my class- how can students influence parents, what do you all think 5th graders? 15:16:21 donotcopythisusername -> ppl should reuse water bottles 15:16:27 lmspeople -> Yes 15:16:28 teamforce27f -> why do people sell cigars if they know it will destroys the people they sell it to 15:16:29 teamforce27 -> how can we see how many people around the world are watching this right now? 15:16:37 donotcopythisusername -> no idea 15:16:38 iliketocopy2.0 -> what other topics are there?:? 15:16:40 lmsroom27 -> students make their parents wrinkly with stress 15:16:42 lmsroom27 -> =] 15:16:44 teamforce -> hey dey say dats deres gunna be a 3rd ice age. global warming is speeding it up 15:16:50 lmsroom27 -> haha ok.. 15:16:52 donotcopythisusername -> smoking is like stupid 15:17:01 teamforce -> so, hows it doing 5th graders? 15:17:01 lmsroom27 -> ik 15:17:06 teamforce -> its true 15:17:08 lmsroom27 -> itsa like killing ur self 15:17:15 JohnS -> @teamforce you can look at the audio stream to see how many listeners there are. 15:17:17 iliketocopy2.0 -> the topic which didn't get chosen for the earthcast 15:17:20 lmsroom27 -> is tht a phone? 15:17:21 doug -> you can see how many are watching ustream, and listening to audio on the right 15:17:22 teamforce -> u no, antarctica is a desert? 15:17:25 lmspeople -> Why do people like to smoke so much? 15:17:28 donotcopythisusername -> yum 15:17:29 teamforce27f -> actually smoking does more than just decrease your life span, it also affects the technology around you, the tar from the smoke and the tar stuck to your hands from smoking destroyes machines 15:17:30 iliketocopy2.0 -> [u]hi 15:17:35 lmsroom27 -> smoking causes a slow and painfiul death 15:17:37 teamforce -> Oh. Okay, thanks. 15:17:50 doug -> sorry, ustream not running right now 15:17:51 donotcopythisusername -> People smoke because they are stressed... o.o 15:17:52 teamforce -> smoking sucks 15:17:53 wdpiper -> encourging people to recycle more is something we can all do to help 15:17:59 lmspeople -> Smoking is such a bad example for others that live with a smoker. 15:18:01 lmsroom27 -> its like a rele rele slow suicide cuz evedry time you take a breathe u loose 7 mssins of your life 15:18:04 iliketocopy2.0 -> h 15:18:07 donotcopythisusername -> just they hopw some ppl have drugs 15:18:08 teamforce -> smokers say that smoking"relieves stress" 15:18:11 PeggyG -> This technology is amazing to connect Sue & her students with Pam! 15:18:14 lmsroom27 -> does any1s parents smoke? 15:18:17 iliketocopy2.0 -> didn't we say this already 15:18:21 teamforce -> yea. cool 15:18:25 lmsroom27 -> or family members? 15:18:37 copy4life2.0 -> hi 15:18:41 PeggyG -> Little hard to hear those on speaker phone--can they talk a bit louder? 15:18:49 lmspeople -> every 8 secconds someone dies of smoking...i think 15:18:49 jeannine -> Hello British Columbia from New Brunswick 15:18:54 lmsroom27 -> my grandpa smokes but we dont let him in our house anymore 15:18:57 doug -> 20 different "sites" listening now-- many will have more than one viewer--for instance one is a class of 20 students 15:18:58 donotcopythisusername -> well, its kinda like privacy, so u shouldnt ask if sum rents somke 15:19:01 wdpiper -> if anyone out there wants to check our our class blog and leave a comment, please do so at http://worldinvestigators.blogspot.com 15:19:01 teamforce -> Sorry 5th graders, we are unable to connect to your stream... Bandwith is small 15:19:03 erichellman -> ask them to get closer to the speakerphone 15:19:07 lmsroom27 -> my step grandfather gave him the example but he quit 15:19:08 copy4life2.0 -> smoking is really bAD lol 15:19:18 lmsroom27 -> no duh 15:19:20 teamforce -> um... my dad's brother smoked, hes now dead 15:19:21 donotcopythisusername -> and i guess its like a big addiction or whatev 15:19:25 teamforce27f -> all the new candadates in the election have had a meeting and decided that they would do something about global warming, bush doesn't want to close down the oil mines because his family owns them and thats how he got the money to pass college. 15:19:30 lmsroom27 -> thats sad 15:19:35 copy4life2.0 -> sad 15:19:37 donotcopythisusername -> lotsa ppl wanna stop, but they cant 15:19:46 teamforce -> its ok. ive never seen him 15:19:55 donotcopythisusername -> seen who? 15:19:57 teamforce27f -> my mom and dad use to smoke but they stoped after their brothers and sisters died from cancer 15:19:59 copy4life2.0 -> ya 15:20:01 lmsroom27 -> can u read this? 15:20:08 lmsroom27 -> i guess not 15:20:08 teamforce -> Nicotine. That's why. It's a substance. 15:20:10 donotcopythisusername -> that is really sad=( 15:20:13 teamforce -> i think its addictive 15:20:18 donotcopythisusername -> no duh 15:20:19 lmspeople -> People talk about helping the earth, but it is easier said than done. 15:20:31 lmsroom27 -> purply 15:20:33 donotcopythisusername -> i kno. 15:20:46 teamforce27f -> some people think that when you smoke you lose braincells 15:20:52 copy4life2.0 -> in INDIA they don't have recycle bins THATS *SAD* 15:20:53 lmsroom27 -> oh nicotine was in da movie run fat boy run 15:21:08 lmsroom27 -> thats bad 15:21:08 teamforce -> no... it transmits messages to keep smoking. 15:21:13 lmspeople -> I think that if you put earth-friendly habits into your daily schedule, like showering for less time, you can make a slight difference. 15:21:15 copy4life2.0 -> :) 15:21:16 teamforce -> (messages 2 brain) 15:21:23 lmsroom27 -> china has the most pollutuin in the world 15:21:24 copy4life2.0 -> :( 15:21:27 lmsroom27 -> its the main cause 15:21:28 teamforce -> dats y its addictiv 15:21:32 teamforce -> *addictive 15:21:35 owchmyelbowshiurt -> hi 15:21:37 lmspeople -> did you know that there is a rice famine in india because of global warming?!! 15:21:38 teamforce27f -> but that is not true, it only controls them to make you want more nicotine 15:21:45 teamforce -> Yea. 15:21:55 PeggyG -> @mspeople-great suggestion-make it part of your routine and it becomes habit 15:21:56 lmsroom27 -> the olympics r in china and all da ppl have to wear masks so day dont smell it 15:21:56 teamforce -> woa. rice famine? 15:22:01 lmspeople -> rice is going to start costing more 15:22:05 erichellman -> Pam: can you ask them to get closer to the phone? 15:22:15 teamforce -> yea. 2 keep the athletes healty 15:22:23 lmsroom27 -> [b] go usa 15:22:27 teamforce -> the Olympics rocks. 15:22:30 lmsroom27 -> win the olyimpics 15:22:31 copy4life2.0 -> BE SERIOUS PEOPLE 15:22:37 teamforce -> Okay, this is getting off topic. 15:22:43 my_elbows_hurt -> hi 15:22:44 lmsroom27 -> stop wit the 2.0 15:22:44 teamforce -> New topic: 15:22:51 teamforce27f -> other contries really haven't gotten into global warming, mainly becacuse many of the fact that they ave never heard of it 15:22:51 my_elbows_hurt -> yurps 15:22:54 teamforce -> go dream team 15:22:58 lmsroom27 -> GO SEAN JOHNSON!!!(GYMNASTICS) 15:23:05 lmsroom27 -> 'AND NASTIA LIUKIN!!! 15:23:10 my_elbows_hurt -> ttly off topic1 15:23:10 lmsroom27 -> AND SHAYLA WORLEY!!!! 15:23:11 copy4life2.0 -> my elbows dosent HURT 15:23:15 lmsroom27 -> AND PAUL HAMM/!!!! 15:23:24 teamforce -> kobe bryant. dwane wade. lebron. pierce all good 15:23:28 my_elbows_hurt -> what the HECK?!?!?!?1 15:23:29 lmspeople -> collage must be very interesting 15:23:37 lmsroom27 -> does any1 know who is trent dilfur is? 15:23:37 PeggyG -> Is there a URL for creating the collage? 15:23:41 my_elbows_hurt -> collage or college? 15:23:46 my_elbows_hurt -> art or edu? 15:23:48 teamforce -> Okay, new topic: Why is Earth Day so little-known worldwide? 15:23:48 lmspeople -> collage 15:23:53 lmspeople -> ...i hink 15:24:06 lmsroom27 -> the quarter back 4 the 49ers 15:24:07 teamforce -> i dunno. global warming is a big topic 15:24:13 my_elbows_hurt -> college is where u learn, and a collage is art 15:24:15 teamforce -> global warming is bad 4 all of us 15:24:16 my_elbows_hurt -> DUH 15:24:22 lmsroom27 -> answer!! 15:24:27 teamforce -> hey should make earth day more well known 15:24:35 teamforce -> Good idea. 15:24:36 copy4life2.0 -> `~OKAY PEOPLE BE SERIOUS~`6 15:24:39 my_elbows_hurt -> it shpould ne am,sndf, 15:24:42 lmsroom27 -> greeeeeeeen 15:24:53 teamforce -> i no the quarterback 4 partriots... 15:24:54 lmsroom27 -> our group started the coloring the words :) 15:24:58 my_elbows_hurt -> so what? 15:25:04 my_elbows_hurt -> this is about earth day 15:25:06 my_elbows_hurt -> ! 15:25:08 teamforce -> and is dere football in the olympics? 15:25:09 lmsroom27 -> well the quarter back 4 the 49ers? 15:25:11 copy4life2.0 -> tombrady 15:25:14 teamforce27f -> anything more about cigars? 15:25:20 my_elbows_hurt -> does ir matter? 15:25:23 teamforce27 -> be serious 15:25:24 lmsroom27 -> anybody know him? 15:25:25 copy4life2.0 -> :) 15:25:28 copy4life2.0 -> ? 15:25:34 my_elbows_hurt -> ay ay ay ay ! 15:25:41 lmsroom27 -> trent dilfer? 15:25:47 lmspeople -> probably eath day is so little known worldwide because... 15:25:49 PeggyG -> Would love to see the video! Can you post the link on the Earthcast08 wikispace when you get it? 15:25:51 my_elbows_hurt -> this is about earth day! 15:25:54 teamforce27f -> dont talk about any sports just talk about earth day unless u talk about soccer 15:25:55 teamforce -> Augh.. Okay... Earth Day... New Topic: Why do students know about global warming, yet don't do something to stop it? 15:26:04 doug -> yes we will link from wiki 15:26:05 copy4life2.0 -> earth day i 15:26:08 lmsroom27 -> eww scoocer 15:26:15 lmsroom27 -> every1 is obbsesed wit tht 15:26:24 teamforce27 -> let's talk about something earth related 15:26:29 teamforce -> No sports, please. Please be on topic. 15:26:31 my_elbows_hurt -> no dur 15:26:31 copy4life2.0 -> earth day comes from your heat 15:26:38 lmsroom27 -> soccer is on grass and grass is part of the eairth 15:26:40 teamforce27f -> because they think that they are powerless just because they're young, but thats not true, we can make just as much as a difference 15:26:53 teamforce -> u no the spare the earth day? (we had dat in elementry) 15:26:57 my_elbows_hurt -> ??? 15:27:01 teamforce -> i mean spare the air day 15:27:03 teamforce -> sorry 15:27:14 lmsroom27 -> i do sumthin a 15:27:16 teamforce27f -> everyday should be earthdayl 15:27:19 PeggyG -> Did the students write the poem? 15:27:21 teamforce27 -> if there was one thing you could do to stop global warming, what would it be? 15:27:25 lmsroom27 -> i do sumthin about it!11! 15:27:27 my_elbows_hurt -> i agree again... 15:27:36 lmspeople -> I am starting to convince my parentsto use cloth bags, and not plastic bags 15:27:45 lmsroom27 -> i recyle !!11 15:27:46 sheila -> We are going to read the Lorax tomorrow. 15:27:47 my_elbows_hurt -> thats good 15:27:49 lmsroom27 -> and reduce 15:27:49 teamforce27 -> yea, i know you must do something, but be more specific 15:27:52 lmsroom27 -> and reuse 15:27:58 my_elbows_hurt -> whats the lorax? 15:28:03 teamforce27f -> STOP GLOBOL W 15:28:04 teamforce27 -> something no one in teamforce told us about 15:28:04 lmsroom27 -> the recyle bins in cup. r blue 15:28:09 sheila -> book by Dr. Seuss 15:28:11 teamforce -> Question: Should the government research alternative fuels? 15:28:14 lmspeople -> plastic bags can't be reused as much as cloth bags 15:28:15 lmsroom27 -> finally 15:28:18 my_elbows_hurt -> we said that like 20 times 15:28:25 my_elbows_hurt -> say something new 15:28:29 lmsroom27 -> hygf 15:28:30 teamforce -> and how 2 stop global warming 15:28:31 sheila -> teamforce - good questions 15:28:33 teamforce27f -> like what 15:28:37 teamforce -> thx 15:28:51 lmsroom27 -> my friends name is sheila 15:28:57 teamforce27f -> so 15:28:59 teamforce -> o 15:29:03 teamforce27 -> HI 15:29:04 lmspeople -> its also a really good idea to recycle instead of throwing everything away; which leads to the landfill. 15:29:14 my_elbows_hurt -> Guys just try your best to concentration on Earth day! o.o;; 15:29:25 lmsroom27 -> o.O 15:29:33 lmsroom27 -> _ 15:29:37 lmsroom27 -> _ 15:29:46 lmsroom27 -> _______ 15:29:54 my_elbows_hurt -> stop it 15:29:54 EARTHMAN_2008 -> HELLO EVERYONE 15:29:55 lmsroom27 -> fill in the blank 15:29:57 teamforce -> Question: How do you convince the government to research fuels such as solar? 15:30:00 teamforce27f -> i'm part of the e-club and tomorow, we are getting up early in the morning before school to hold up signs in front of the street that say, "walk, don't waste gas", you know that type of stuff 15:30:01 teamforce -> and hydrogyn. 15:30:02 my_elbows_hurt -> ok... hi 15:30:07 teamforce -> 2 make it not blow up 15:30:10 lmsroom27 -> its earth! 15:30:15 EARTHMAN_2008 -> I DON'T KNOW 15:30:30 teamforce27f -> anything about energy 15:30:33 lmsroom27 -> yay lunch is in 10 minutes 15:30:33 teamforce -> fire causes part of global warming 15:30:35 lmspeople -> people could kill marine mammals by throwing away plastic bags. They could flow into the bay, which leads to the ocean. 15:30:38 lmsroom27 -> woo hoo 15:30:42 EARTHMAN_2008 -> I knew that! 15:30:45 lmsroom27 -> im hungry.. 15:30:47 teamforce27f -> maybe recycling 15:30:48 lmsroom27 -> =] 15:31:01 lmsroom27 -> im gonna eat 15:31:04 teamforce -> u no, its disgusting 2 swim in the ocean cuz of all the pollution 15:31:09 lmsroom27 -> YAY its pizza day 15:31:11 my_elbows_hurt -> what does you being hungry have to do with Earht Day 15:31:15 PeggyG -> Great point! Everyone needs to come together to work on improving the environment-every little bit helps! 15:31:20 EARTHMAN_2008 -> I think so too! 15:31:24 teamforce27 -> great job to everyone participated 15:31:24 lmsroom27 -> cuz earth makes me hungry 15:31:25 my_elbows_hurt -> What does PIZZA have to do with Earht Day? 15:31:26 lmspeople -> same here 15:31:26 lmsroom27 -> duh! 15:31:34 lmsroom27 -> cuz i am 15:31:38 teamforce -> Okay, everyone, please be on task. Anyonen please provide a few topics. 15:31:55 lmspeople -> did you know that 15:31:56 teamforce -> ok. when you go to lunch, do not buy plastic bottles today. 15:32:02 lmsroom27 -> pizza is a good tiopic 15:32:14 teamforce27f -> stop going off topic it is earthday act like it. for the people who are off topic 15:32:15 PeggyG -> I'm so impressed with the process the students used to create the video and the commitment to doing it! Great job! 15:32:24 teamforce -> Pizza is [b]not[/b] relevant to earthday. 15:32:27 derrallg -> Ok, teamforce you have 9 minutes 15:32:37 lmspeople -> start reusing reusable bottles 15:32:39 teamforce27 -> thanks 15:32:41 EARTHMAN_2008 -> \ 15:32:41 EARTHMAN_2008 -> Any suggestions for our presentation? 15:32:47 lmsroom27 -> they are using corn loiquid for cars and we're loosing food cause of it 15:32:48 teamforce -> but plastic bottles is. and if u do buy plastic bottles, be sure to recycle them or reuse dem. 15:32:59 lmsroom27 -> that makes food more expensive 15:33:00 EARTHMAN_2008 -> Sorry about the slash 15:33:07 lmsroom27 -> its better for da earth day though 15:33:12 lmsroom27 -> we r doneee 15:33:13 lmspeople -> I think pizza should be put on plates, or something that can be reused. 15:33:15 EARTHMAN_2008 -> What is 15:33:19 teamforce27f -> food is another thinkg, everything seems to come in paper or plastic, even though we are completly cabable of eating it with our own hands 15:33:25 PeggyG -> Thank you all! Really enjoyed the conversation! 15:33:27 lmsroom27 -> we just by it and eat wit our hands 15:33:31 EARTHMAN_2008 -> Me too! 15:33:32 lmsroom27 -> no plates 15:33:35 donotcopythisusername -> bettrwerwe should be 15:33:40 PeggyG -> Welcome Durff! 15:33:45 teamforce -> we should put more recycling bins 15:33:52 EARTHMAN_2008 -> Yes I agree 15:33:58 lmsroom27 -> my mom uses reusable bags when she goes to safeway and stuff 15:33:59 donotcopythisusername -> ya 15:34:00 teamforce -> ok. were almost going 2 lunch in 6mins 15:34:01 teamforce27f -> ime too 15:34:07 teamforce27f -> me too 15:34:11 lmspeople -> that way, all these plastic plates wouldn't end up in the landfill. We should have a recycling can 15:34:17 EARTHMAN_2008 -> True 15:34:17 lmsroom27 -> yayaya 15:34:21 lmsroom27 -> yaya 15:34:28 donotcopythisusername -> VERY TRUE' 15:34:28 teamforce -> and everyone should plant a small plant 2day 15:34:33 PeggyG -> WOW! That must be a big backyard to be able to plant 25 trees! 15:34:39 lmspeople -> plates insead of plastic 15:34:41 EARTHMAN_2008 -> Very Very True 15:34:46 lmspeople -> uh hu 15:34:47 teamforce -> yea. my backyard has 5 trees 15:34:54 lmsroom27 -> [u]*evil* haha 15:34:56 teamforce -> and resuse plates 15:34:57 EARTHMAN_2008 -> Mine has six 15:35:05 lmspeople -> that is good. mine has 1 15:35:10 teamforce -> reuse everything that ppl can reuse 15:35:12 teamforce27f -> teamforce volcanos were going to the class in a few minutes 15:35:13 EARTHMAN_2008 -> mine has 6 15:35:17 teamforce27f -> i mean now 15:35:18 lmsroom27 -> how do you spell it.. www.blackle.com? 15:35:19 teamforce -> sorry. we g2g log out 15:35:21 teamforce -> sorry 15:35:21 donotcopythisusername -> MY NAME I 15:35:23 PeggyG -> never heard of an energy efficient google-like search engine-very interesting-blackle.com? 15:35:24 cristina -> thnaks for the tip 15:35:24 teamforce27f -> bye 15:35:29 cristina -> thanks for sharing 15:35:46 lmsroom27 -> bye everyone 15:35:50 lmsroom27 -> wish us luck when we go eat 15:35:52 stickbug -> I'm listening in my room, Mrs. Durff 15:36:02 derrallg -> thank you everyone for interacting with my students 15:36:22 doug -> thank you Derrall -- they ALL did a GREAT job 15:36:27 PeggyG -> Love it! recycle every day! 15:36:43 cristina -> that's the way forward 15:36:45 john p -> blackall - search engine - how do you spell it 15:36:51 cristina -> these kids are leading the way 15:37:02 PeggyG -> less TV=less energy use--great idea! 15:37:04 doug -> not sure re spelling 15:37:13 cristina -> blackle.com 15:37:16 doug -> try blackle 15:37:20 doug -> there you go 15:37:25 john p -> thanks 15:37:27 doug -> thanks Cristina 15:37:38 derrallg -> thanks Doug 15:37:47 rjacklin -> I wonder how much energy this webcast has used? :) 15:37:57 PeggyG -> Blackle apparently saves energy because the screen background is black. 15:38:43 PeggyG -> Happy birthday! 15:39:03 PeggyG -> Plant a tree to celebrate your birthday. Great idea! 15:39:52 john p -> blackle.com - we live and learn! 15:40:15 stickbug -> His name is Kevin. :) 15:41:11 Tyler D -> :D Happy earthday 15:41:39 PeggyG -> Youthful energy and enthusiasm is contagious! Great student participation! 15:41:40 Tyler D -> Room 4: hey 15:42:26 cristina -> tag: earthcast08 15:42:38 Tyler D -> Hi 15:42:48 cristina -> hi tyler 15:43:00 PeggyG -> Is there a photostream started on Flickr for earthcast08? 15:43:08 Tyler D -> [b]Happy Earthday 15:43:28 Tyler D -> Hi Joe 15:43:55 cristina -> @Peggy: I am not sure, I don't think there's one. but there photos in Flickr 15:43:58 doug -> finally, here's a link to guestbook, please sign it http://spreadsheets.google.com/viewform?key=paReSSkPApF0IVVpowI8IDA 15:44:04 PeggyG -> @durff-what kinds of things is your school doing to recycle? 15:44:44 cristina -> http://enviroscims.wikispaces.com/earthcast08_content 15:45:08 cristina -> this is the wiki where we are aggregating the cntent produced for earthday 15:45:11 Tyler D -> Thats not good not to recycle 15:45:16 Tyler D -> in a school 15:45:18 PeggyG -> Recycling in schools is great but requires a school-wide commitment 15:46:17 Tyler D -> In Michigan we recycle a lot. 15:46:21 PeggyG -> Maybe the students need to start a grassroots campaign of Public Service Announcements to educate the community. :-) 15:46:41 cristina -> http://www.eco-schools.org/ 15:46:41 shoemap -> @Tyler - glad to hear you recycle 15:46:51 stickbug -> I recycle a ton of waste paper from the errors of the copier. 15:46:52 rjacklin -> Here is a big question: We have been teaching recycling for about twenty years, but has it made an impact? Why not? 15:47:14 Tyler D -> Mrs. Shoemaker?? 15:47:21 shoemap -> Yes! 15:47:26 PeggyG -> We recycled paper in my former school and heaven knows schools generate LOTS of paper! 15:47:31 Tyler D -> Im in ms warren 15:47:31 doug -> Hey Alec, welcome 15:47:40 courosa -> hi doug 15:47:43 cristina -> join eco-schools project 15:47:44 courosa -> just twitted you 15:47:55 cristina -> :) 15:47:56 courosa -> tweeted/twitted ... 15:48:07 rjacklin -> :D 15:48:09 doug -> coolio--twitter has been a challenge the last while 15:48:20 shoemap -> Glad you are here, Tyler 15:48:23 Tyler D -> im in ms warrens room ms shoemaker 15:48:49 stickbug -> It's easy to mix up Mrs. Durff... ;) 15:48:52 shoemap -> :D 15:48:57 courosa -> peta put together an audio file, but recorded it to some proprietary windowsy, evil, driver-based recorder of some sort ... we are getting it off, then can send it. what is the best way to do this? 15:49:04 doug -> @courosa is the audio posted online 15:49:17 courosa -> it can be, it's just being transferred 15:49:38 doug -> can email to me, or we can use file sharing thingy of choice 15:49:39 cristina -> Germany is well ahead where recycling is concern 15:49:46 doug -> whichever you think will be best 15:49:48 courosa -> cool 15:50:06 courosa -> when are we supposed to be on, hour and 10 minutes i think? 15:50:28 cristina -> no 15:50:33 cristina -> I am from Portugal 15:51:09 rjacklin -> I think we should go to bottle deposits again....even for plastic! 15:51:21 rjacklin -> maybe that would help 15:52:21 cristina -> well done Mrs Durff 15:52:37 wdpiper -> matt are you there? 15:53:09 jeannine -> Thanks Mrs. Durff - good to hear from the kids 15:54:15 wdpiper -> my kids want to know if you do anything interesting in your schools for Earth Day? 15:54:38 wdpiper -> we compost at lunch, do any of the other schools do that? 15:54:54 Tyler D -> we turn off all most all of the lights in our school. 15:55:09 wdpiper -> turning off lights when not used is a good thing 15:55:22 skater -> yea 15:55:44 skater -> turn off the computer when not used 15:55:53 skater -> good thing too 15:56:59 skater -> lol 15:57:07 skater -> *) 15:57:14 skater -> can u kick me out 15:57:17 skater -> . 15:57:18 skater -> . 15:57:18 skater -> . 15:57:18 skater -> . 15:57:19 skater -> . 15:57:19 skater -> . 15:57:19 skater -> .. 15:57:19 skater -> . 15:57:20 skater -> . 15:57:20 skater -> . 15:57:28 skater -> hello? 15:57:41 Tyler D -> hi 15:57:55 skater -> hey 15:58:10 doug -> hi Tyler D and skater 15:58:10 skater -> so what do u think about global warming 15:58:43 jeannine -> Good luck Matt - gotta run as battery is running out... 15:59:02 Tyler D -> i think it is happening. The CO2 is rising very high and it will get hotter and hotter 15:59:19 skater -> yea its going to get worse 15:59:29 Tyler D -> um hm 15:59:37 skater -> u in middle skool 16:00:14 skater -> ok dont answer 16:00:47 skater -> hello? 16:00:50 skater -> lol 16:00:59 skater -> . 16:01:03 cristina -> I loved the talk 16:01:04 skater -> lol 16:01:09 cristina -> I felt like I was there 16:01:11 skater -> what?? 16:01:48 skater -> r u guys listening to the webcast thingy 16:02:13 skater -> [i]user kyle has logged out 16:02:46 skater -> [i]user skater has logged out 16:02:56 skater -> bye 16:03:30 kipperyates74 -> We can make now make recycled pad 16:04:09 Tyler D -> CO2 is in the air and it cant leave because we are cutting down the trees which gives us oxygen and we need oxygen to live 16:04:18 kipperyates74 -> These pads can be different sizes too 16:06:46 Tyler D -> WE NEED TO STOP CUTTING DOWN TREES!!!!!!!!!!!!!!1 16:08:34 Tyler D -> At our school we do a blog and we had a debate about global warming 16:08:56 pam shoemaker -> say more about that Tyler 16:09:28 srolle -> Sorry I just returned. Who's speaking? 16:09:45 PeggyG -> It's hard to monitor how reducing electrical energy at home is making a difference. Loved seeing Scott's chart last night. Definitely showed his family's progress. 16:09:53 pam shoemaker -> matt montagne's students in Wisconsin 16:10:00 Tyler D -> well we state our opinion on if we are a believer or skeptic 16:10:05 srolle -> thank you. 16:10:18 Tyler D -> and we comment on other peoples posts 16:10:26 pam shoemaker -> @Tyler are you a believer or a skeptic? 16:10:36 Tyler D -> believer 16:10:47 PeggyG -> I think that was Doug's chart right? 16:11:26 pam shoemaker -> Tyler, be sure to add to the Voicethread. Ms. Warren can help you. 16:11:48 Tyler D -> Voicethread?? 16:11:52 PeggyG -> Are students excited about joining the environmental club? What makes them want to join? 16:14:25 Tyler D -> Class Blogs: http://core04science.learnerblogs.org / http://core03science.learnerblogs.org / http://core2science.learnerblogs.org / http://core1science.learnerblogs.org/ those are our class blogs 16:14:35 Tyler D -> well i have to go 16:15:28 PeggyG -> What are some of the student ideas about how to keep this enthusiasm alive after Earth Day? 16:17:26 PeggyG -> Are you talking about Youth Twitter-Space? to share writing, art, poetry? 16:17:57 PeggyG -> Environmental awareness forum by teens for teens--awesome idea!!! 16:19:34 srolle -> Can someone post those urls? 16:20:12 PeggyG -> http://www.silverquillforums.com 16:20:39 doug -> http://wier.ca 16:20:54 srolle -> Thanks PeggyG and doug. 16:21:30 doug -> pleasure 16:22:14 PeggyG -> Delightful to hear from the students! Very informed, articulate and positive! Provides much hope! 16:23:09 PeggyG -> Twitter is great for spreading the word about joining Earthcast08 16:24:37 PeggyG -> Having a wikispace for compiling all of the presentations and resources was a brilliant idea and will keep it alive long after today. :-) 16:24:48 rjacklin -> :) 16:25:23 pam shoemaker -> Such well-spoken young women! 16:25:31 PeggyG -> Student 2.0 and Youth Twitter have both been great resources for the teen voice 16:25:34 pam shoemaker -> Future WOWsers 16:26:19 PeggyG -> I hope we'll hear from them again next year!! :-) 16:26:54 PeggyG -> Love that snowball concept and never-ending hill :-) it will keep going! 16:27:30 PeggyG -> Yes let's hear the students read from Al Gore :-) 16:28:01 PeggyG -> A note from Al Gore-awesome :-) 16:29:27 PeggyG -> Sorry he was too busy to do a short videocast - but the note was great! 16:29:51 PeggyG -> LOL 16:30:24 PeggyG -> Is it really hour 20? Doesn't seem possible 16:31:40 PeggyG -> Another awesome hour with all of you! Thanks a lot! 16:34:46 pam shoemaker -> Webcast Academy is GREAT!! 16:35:00 pam shoemaker -> Great learning network 16:38:11 doug -> This is Peta White from U Regina, with technical assistance from Dr. Alec Couros 16:38:48 thekyleguy -> she is a lovely lady 16:39:52 courosa -> thanks all, sorry again for the delay 16:40:03 pam shoemaker -> This sounds great! 16:40:13 thekyleguy -> has anybody been to Regina? 16:40:35 pam shoemaker -> No - not even sure where it is. Need Google Earth. 16:40:41 doug -> np re delay, great stuff 16:41:15 doug -> @thekyleguy -- haven't been to Regina, look fwd to visiting one day 16:41:25 courosa -> here's our province - http://www.flickr.com/search/show/?q=saskatchewan&s=int 16:42:04 thekyleguy -> well come to Saskatoon for Tlt in a few weeks Doug 16:42:21 doug -> tempting, to be sure 16:43:20 courosa -> PIRG 16:43:51 matt montagne -> Hey everyone! Thanks for joining in the webcastathon! 16:44:38 doug -> yes thanks for stopping by--audio stream available by clicking on icons on R side of page 16:44:59 doug -> here's a link to media player if you need one http://www.videolan.org/vlc/ 16:45:25 pam shoemaker -> Those photos are gorgeous - everyone needs to see them! 16:46:06 courosa -> http://www.flickr.com/search/show/?q=saskatchewan&s=int ... the link again 16:47:00 mr. sizzle -> hey 16:47:07 doug -> hi mr. sizzle 16:47:18 mr. sizzle -> whats crackin homes 16:47:49 mr. sizzle -> *choochoo* 16:47:59 doug -> you've joined earthcast08 in progress 16:48:02 mr. sizzle -> no sht 16:48:10 mr. sizzle -> yeah 16:48:45 courosa -> mr. sizzle was in the wrong room i think 16:48:51 doug -> think so 16:49:00 freeman -> so what have you people been doing for erath day? 16:49:25 freeman -> earth* 16:49:34 doug -> making connections and sharing ideas 16:49:43 doug -> with people all over the planet 16:49:43 freeman -> nice nice 16:49:46 doug -> how about you? 16:49:47 freeman -> yeah 16:50:05 freeman -> i have turned off all my lights and i am using a batery powerd laptop 16:50:13 freeman -> i havent left my basement 16:50:32 freeman -> just joking 16:50:41 freeman -> but not bout the laptop thing 16:50:48 doug -> gotcha 16:50:57 freeman -> niga 16:51:47 doug -> and we'd been doing so well all day :) 16:52:12 Tyler D -> im back 16:52:17 doug -> Hi Tyler 16:52:19 pam shoemaker -> Hi Tyler 16:52:52 gordan -> hello 16:52:56 courosa -> http://www.swa.ca/WatershedEducation/ProjectWet.asp 16:53:01 gordan -> wtf is that 16:53:11 pam shoemaker -> @Tyler - did Ms. Warren tell you she is going to be a guest on WOW sometime between 9 and 9:30 tonight? 16:53:29 pam shoemaker -> on www.edtechtalk.com 16:53:32 courosa -> http://www.swa.ca/WatershedEducation/SturgeonOutreachProgram.asp 16:53:38 gordan -> ... u play wow... omg 16:53:39 courosa -> http://www.royalsaskmuseum.ca/ 16:53:46 gordan -> SO DO I 16:53:47 gordan -> haha 16:54:01 courosa -> http://www.firstnationsuniversity.ca/ 16:54:10 gordan -> courosa whats the websites 16:54:19 Tyler D -> no she didnt 16:54:23 gordan -> what 16:54:29 Tyler D -> whats WOW 16:54:37 doug -> @gordan diff WOW 16:54:38 courosa -> just adding them when they are mentioned in the audio 16:54:39 PeggyG -> @courosa thanks for the links! 16:54:43 gordan -> ohhhhhh 16:54:47 doug -> Women of Web 2.0 16:54:49 gordan -> ok suree 16:54:56 gordan -> wtf u perverts 16:55:02 pam shoemaker -> Women of the Web 2.0 show (hosted by women, men attend as well!) 16:55:15 Tyler D -> ok 16:55:21 courosa -> wow, getting all types today 16:55:30 pam shoemaker -> to talk about your blogging project 16:55:36 doug -> we hadn't been trolled all along 16:55:42 doug -> guess we were due 16:55:45 doug -> :) 16:55:47 courosa -> guess so 16:55:52 courosa -> curse of popularity 16:55:55 PeggyG -> @courosa are all of those photos on the Flickr slideshow from Saskatchewan? Beautiful!!! 16:56:19 courosa -> @peggy they should be, some really nice photography there 16:56:35 Tyler D -> wow cool 16:56:36 pam shoemaker -> photos taken by students? 16:57:13 pam shoemaker -> or professional photographers? 17:00:06 DCSKATER -> hello? 17:00:51 DCSKATER -> ... 17:00:57 doug -> good on stream 17:01:11 DCSKATER -> :/ 17:01:21 DCSKATER -> hey foo fighter 17:01:24 courosa -> @pam, just picked out the flickr saskatchewan interesting feed, so not sure, varied sources. 17:01:29 foo fighter -> yes 17:01:48 DCSKATER -> lol 17:01:50 DCSKATER -> lol 17:02:11 foo fighter -> lol 17:02:14 DCSKATER -> so what do you ppl think about global warming 17:02:22 doug -> note to all-- this is a G rated space, you'll be removed/banned for inappropriate comments -- please govern selves accordingly 17:02:32 foo fighter -> it is distroing the planet 17:02:33 DCSKATER -> thats nice 17:03:12 DCSKATER -> hey 17:03:22 doug -> hi DC 17:03:29 DCSKATER -> hi 17:03:31 foo fighter -> hry 17:04:29 doug -> http://spreadsheets.google.com/viewform?key=paReSSkPApF0IVVpowI8IDA 17:04:37 doug -> for guestbook 17:06:55 austin -> hello from Sarasota, FL 17:07:04 doug -> hi austin, welcome 17:07:18 doug -> audio is linked from icons on R side of page 17:07:39 austin -> Got it! 17:07:39 doug -> clicking black speaker icon should launch default media player on your machine 17:07:50 doug -> excellent 17:08:02 doug -> please add any questions/comments for speakers here 17:10:33 austin -> why do we have Earth day? 17:11:15 matt montagne -> http://middleschooleat.blogspot.com/ This is the Middle School Environmental Action Team Blog that we keep 17:11:52 doug -> Hey Jeh 17:11:56 doug -> welcome 17:13:01 JasonR -> yo 17:14:00 doug -> @JasonR we've been getting RAVE reviews all day re your audio/video PSA and logo--thanks again! 17:14:12 doug -> hi KarenSK, welcome 17:14:19 doug -> opps 17:14:22 Tyler D -> :p 17:15:27 JasonR -> ty 17:17:40 doug -> hi celliott, welcome back 17:17:47 matt montagne -> hi celliott! 17:18:58 celliott -> Hello everyone. It's morning here in Australia. Checking in briefly before I head off to work. 17:19:00 matt montagne -> http://wildcatnews.wikispaces.com/Latest+Episode Watch our student morning news show from today...the them was, "Earth Day" 17:19:22 pam shoemaker -> welcome celliott 17:19:35 matt montagne -> celliott...is there an "Earth Day" in Australia? 17:19:37 pam shoemaker -> we've had an awesome day! 17:19:44 DCSKATER -> haha 17:19:51 DCSKATER -> shoemaker 17:19:57 DCSKATER -> omg 17:20:04 DCSKATER -> jk 17:20:08 DCSKATER -> lol 17:20:13 DCSKATER -> haha 17:20:20 doug -> @DCSKATER please be nice 17:20:32 celliott -> Not really. We had a big emphasis on Earth Hour last month. 17:20:40 DCSKATER -> wow 17:20:58 matt montagne -> @celliot...I wasn't sure...thanx 17:21:37 DCSKATER -> who knows who jimi hendrix is 17:21:41 DCSKATER -> ?? 17:21:47 DCSKATER -> he ROCKS 17:21:55 DCSKATER -> purple haze 17:22:28 DCSKATER -> kylerw is now ignoring DCSKATER lol 17:22:34 DCSKATER -> hahaha 17:22:47 DCSKATER -> pam shoe maker is now ignoring DCSKATER 17:22:49 DCSKATER -> LOL 17:22:55 DCSKATER -> u guy suck 17:22:58 DCSKATER -> nuts 17:23:00 DCSKATER -> haha 17:23:12 foo fighter -> hi 17:23:14 DCSKATER2 -> im back 17:23:53 celliott -> Our middle school students do 'Science Talent Search' projects each year which provide opportunities to do practical projects but not to the same scale as this great recycling project. 17:25:34 doug -> Hi Cristina and Durff, welcome back 17:25:45 Durff -> hi doug finally home 17:26:24 matt montagne -> Hello Foo Fighter! 17:26:32 doug -> Good to hear Lisa 17:26:46 Durff -> need to make coffee 17:26:54 john p -> got to go to bed now - have enjoyed the day - make sure that you enjoy your last two hours - goodnight 17:27:08 doug -> thanks John 17:27:14 matt montagne -> thanks John P...glad you could join in the fun! 17:27:19 pam shoemaker -> Gnight john 17:27:19 Durff -> a student was sorry she didn't say anything, so may join us later 17:27:21 kyler w. -> bye john 17:27:24 doug -> great to have you on and thanks again 17:27:45 foo fighter -> kyle .e 17:27:56 cristina -> hear hear 17:28:10 matt montagne -> Hey Karensk...welcome! 17:28:29 cristina -> better public transportantion structures 17:28:31 Durff -> very true thoughts 17:28:44 Durff -> off to make coffee 17:28:50 foo fighter -> hi poop 17:29:05 KarenSK -> did the Regina, SK one play already? 17:29:15 foo fighter -> poop 17:29:20 foo fighter -> pooopppppppppoop 17:29:51 matt montagne -> good work jeff, doug and duff! 17:30:06 doug -> Karen, we got jammed on the scheduling and got to play the first half of Peta' piece 17:30:33 doug -> thanks Matt--quicker hook now than I mighta had 22 hrs ago :) 17:30:47 pam shoemaker -> Awesome, Matt - good exercise and good for the environment! 17:31:07 celliott -> Science Talent Search is a three month project on the same lines as Science Fare. Students conduct their own science investigations. E.g. monitoring salinity in our Murray River, investigating light, anything. The student works independently but projects go into a national judging pool. It's well recognised by the Science Teachers Assoc. 17:31:19 cristina -> hi george 17:31:26 KarenSK -> oops, I missed that last message to me - I clicked something 17:31:31 George -> Hi Cristina 17:31:37 KarenSK -> did someone mention something about Regina? 17:31:45 George -> :) 17:31:53 doug -> @KarenSK mentioned that we got thru the first 1/2 of Peta's piece 17:32:11 doug -> got jammed on scheduling and got audio a bit late 17:32:13 KarenSK -> only half? 17:32:18 George -> @Cristina, how'd your cast go? 17:32:24 celliott -> We have 'walking buses' here especially for primary school student in the cities. We have showers at school for staff. 17:32:27 KarenSK -> oh, dang 17:32:30 doug -> full piece will be incorporated into archive 17:32:33 cristina -> it was Ok 17:32:46 cristina -> got a lot of support from the Mega webcast team 17:32:48 doug -> and we may be able to get 2nd half played before going off air 17:32:49 matt montagne -> love the concept of walking school buses 17:32:51 cristina -> it was very cool 17:32:57 KarenSK -> where can I see the archives? 17:33:05 doug -> it was/is a marvelous piece from Peta 17:33:08 KarenSK -> thanks for this, by the way, doug! 17:33:13 doug -> pleasure 17:33:21 KarenSK -> I am the Karen on the tape! hehe 17:33:35 George -> gr8! 17:33:36 doug -> excellent 17:33:43 doug -> glad you could join us 17:33:56 doug -> Peta did a great job with audio 17:34:11 KarenSK -> oh great, she'll be glad 17:34:29 KarenSK -> we just finished it up this morning... 17:34:38 doug -> archives will be linked from http://edtechtalk.com/earthcast08 17:34:49 George -> Thanks, Doug 17:35:42 doug -> we were scrambling with Alec right up to "game time" and thus only had time for 1/2 of Peta's audio--loved what we heard and look fwd to rest of clip 17:35:45 George -> Is that Graham Attwell? 17:35:53 doug -> not sure 17:35:56 cristina -> where? 17:36:09 cristina -> here inchat room 17:36:12 cristina -> think so 17:36:21 doug -> Graham was with us during the "unconference" hrs with Cristina, Jose and Elderbob 17:36:25 PeggyG -> My chat keeps freezing but the audio has been great on iTunes--really learning a lot in this session. 17:36:32 George -> Cool 17:36:38 George -> Sorry I missed it 17:36:42 Durff -> Peggy - update your java 17:36:48 cristina -> ooops 17:36:53 doug -> thanks PeggyG--have heard of some having issues with chat 17:36:58 cristina -> I am back 17:37:03 cristina -> not sure what happened 17:37:05 Durff -> that person has facts down 17:37:13 doug -> welcome back Christina 17:37:24 cristina -> :) 17:37:36 cristina -> Happy Earthday everyone 17:37:49 PeggyG -> My java is fine-I just have too many windows/projects open. :-( 17:37:54 Durff -> you too 17:38:19 cristina -> tell me about it 17:38:30 cristina -> have loads of windows open 17:38:37 doug -> Yes Cristina, happy earthday to you too -- we can't wait a whole year before our next webcastathon 17:38:44 cristina -> multitasking 17:38:51 Graham -> Hi George 17:38:53 Sweetie Pie -> Room 2: Do people really have monkeys as pets? 17:39:00 Durff -> i was impressed that they knew how to sit through an assembly 17:39:02 cristina -> eactly Doug - we need to come up with another event before that 17:39:02 George -> Hi Graham 17:39:03 celliott -> I got to go. Have blogged about this on my http://www.edubeacon.com 17:39:05 PeggyG -> It's hard for a speaker to motivate such a wide range of students-gr. 5-8 :-) Sounds excellent! 17:39:23 cristina -> waiting one year - is way too looooooooooong :) 17:39:46 George -> Cool to hear this from the old country 17:40:03 Sweetie Pie -> Do people really have monkeys as pets? 17:40:09 doug -> agree--can't last a full year 17:40:32 cristina -> :) 17:40:43 doug -> @Sweetie Pie -- that's one 17:41:03 PeggyG -> wonder if the speaker inspired anyone to become an environmental lawyer? :-) 17:41:16 matt montagne -> Maybe Peggy! 17:41:19 cristina -> good question Peggy 17:41:21 matt montagne -> I bet he did 17:41:22 cristina -> we hope so 17:41:40 PeggyG -> That would be awesome! 17:41:58 cristina -> it sure would 17:42:10 cristina -> we will have to wait and see 17:42:19 matt montagne -> LOwer School=elementary school/primary school aged students 17:42:38 cristina -> but this event does influence people 17:42:50 George -> yay worms! 17:42:50 cristina -> it's about talking to people and listen to them 17:42:58 cristina -> and that has been done 17:43:01 PeggyG -> Sounds like you're already trying some things-using upper grade students as mentors for younger students 17:43:49 PeggyG -> Some middle schools students have worked with younger kids to create books about the earth/environment together 17:45:10 PeggyG -> I love the podcasts we have heard from some of the students today. That would be another great project for upper to do with lower grade students. Just in the process of creating podcasts they would be learning about the environment. 17:46:14 cristina -> :) 17:46:26 kipperyates74 -> Thanks peggyg these are great suggestions the podcasts are a great tool 17:47:41 kyler w. -> i agree 17:49:29 PeggyG -> He's really thinking! What an inspiring model for all of us :-) 17:51:17 cristina -> indeed Peggy 17:51:26 PeggyG -> audio is coming through fine :-) 17:52:37 Durff -> hi kelly & ? 17:52:57 PeggyG -> Those are touching final comments! How can we not respond?? Thanks for coming back. 17:53:02 kyler w. -> emma 17:53:16 PeggyG -> SamD-you're awesome! 17:53:27 Durff -> i agree 17:53:32 Durff -> hi sam 17:53:47 Durff -> hi sarah and alex 17:54:16 Durff -> hi patty and kyle 17:54:26 cristina -> great line 17:54:28 kyler w. -> fady and kyler 17:54:56 doug -> thanks for joining -- SO IMPORTANT to have student voices included--THANK YOU 17:54:59 matt montagne -> hi Gary 17:55:19 Durff -> me neither 17:55:35 Gary -> Hello - first time able to get on today. Thanks 17:55:47 doug -> hi Gary, welcome 17:55:54 cristina -> indeed 17:56:09 Durff -> hi gary 17:56:10 cristina -> student voices are VERY important 17:56:23 Gary -> Hello Durff 17:56:26 pam shoemaker -> DYT - Yes! 17:56:29 Gary -> and others 17:56:33 pam shoemaker -> P 17:56:41 Durff -> DYP 17:57:02 kyler w. -> DYP: Do Your Part 17:57:04 Durff -> an acronymn? 17:57:07 PeggyG -> Such a great point--do whatever you can! The attitude about making a difference is so important. 17:57:22 Durff -> hi elderbob 17:57:28 doug -> hey EB 17:58:05 elderbob -> Hi everyone 17:58:15 cristina -> hi elderbob 17:58:33 doug -> hi Jason and Karen 17:58:54 doug -> @Durff-- are you here 17:59:03 Durff -> i am 17:59:18 Durff -> did you vote? 17:59:40 doug -> I'll hand you "the club" and brb have to step away for just a bit 18:00:01 Durff -> oh the other doug 18:00:15 Durff -> too many dougs i know 18:01:33 JasonR -> Can you hear me in the stream? 18:01:39 Durff -> no 18:02:31 Graham -> can hear you 18:02:47 JasonR -> JasonR 18:02:49 doug -> can hear you Jason 18:02:51 Durff -> If you can't hear it restart yuour player 18:02:54 doug -> sounds good 18:02:56 Durff -> worked for me 18:03:00 JasonR -> Can you hear out guests? 18:03:03 Graham -> stream has rebuffered 18:03:13 Durff -> hey pam 18:03:16 Durff -> yes 18:03:22 JasonR -> Can you hear Karen and Rick? 18:03:23 Durff -> pam 18:03:27 Durff -> rick 18:03:30 doug -> have all three and good levels 18:03:31 Durff -> next 18:03:31 pam shoemaker -> Karen sounds good 18:03:35 pam shoemaker -> rick too 18:03:58 doug -> yes we can hear Karen and Rick 18:04:02 doug -> all sounding good 18:04:24 cristina -> great sound indeed 18:04:29 Durff -> Sarasota? my parents had a condo there 18:06:04 JasonR -> Still good? 18:06:15 Durff -> so far so good 18:06:23 Graham -> yes 18:06:39 cristina -> great 18:07:30 srolle -> where's the stream he just mentioned? 18:07:43 doug -> icons on r side of this papge 18:07:44 Durff -> sound? 18:07:45 doug -> page 18:08:01 JasonR -> Doh, hope someone recorded the first five minutes. Grr. Forgot to hit the button. 18:08:11 Durff -> it's okay 18:08:18 doug -> click on the black speaker icon--should launch default player on your machine 18:08:28 doug -> have backup recording running Jeh 18:08:34 doug -> on audacity 18:08:36 Durff -> @srolle have sound now? 18:08:45 doug -> auto-archive running too 18:09:05 Durff -> that's a lot of $$ 18:09:28 doug -> those who haven't, please sign our guest book 18:09:30 doug -> http://spreadsheets.google.com/viewform?key=paReSSkPApF0IVVpowI8IDA 18:09:48 srolle -> thanks I'm good. I was thinking of video, when he said stream. 18:10:06 Graham -> Hey cool - I come form Pontypridd 18:10:31 Durff -> streaming can be audio or video 18:10:32 doug -> gotcha-- we did have some streaming video (ustream) earlier, but audio-only stream now 18:12:59 srolle -> I've got sound on real player, how would I get video? 18:13:09 matt montagne -> srolle...audio only 18:13:13 doug -> via ustream, but not running now 18:13:27 doug -> plays in flash--when running 18:13:33 doug -> but no video feed at present 18:13:34 srolle -> thx 18:13:43 akammerman -> aside from talking about the beagle, will this session address ocean conservation? 18:14:43 akammerman -> no one knows? 18:14:44 cristina -> http://www.copusproject.org/yearofscience2009/ 18:14:54 doug -> @akammerman yes, I believe that "ocean conservation" is the overall theme for this hour 18:15:00 akammerman -> okay 18:15:07 akammerman -> thanx 18:15:13 cristina -> :) 18:15:19 doug -> pleasure 18:15:33 doug -> please add any questions/comments you have here 18:15:36 JasonR -> This is the Ocean Hour, we will be talking about the other 71% of our planet 18:15:44 doug -> you're in good company Jason :) 18:16:00 doug -> Hi AlexL, welcome 18:16:00 JasonR -> Guest bios here: http://cephalopodcast.com/blog/2008/04/21/earthcast-2008-the-ocean-hour/ 18:16:26 akammerman -> is their a chance will be able to save the coral reefs in Australia 18:16:33 akammerman -> that are bleeching? 18:16:53 doug -> hi again AlexL 18:17:02 doug -> and again 18:17:04 doug -> welcome 18:17:11 AlexL -> hello 18:17:19 JasonR -> Karen's project: http://www.thebeagleproject.com/ 18:17:22 AlexL -> Looks like i get kicked off each time I change tabs in my browser 18:17:38 doug -> audio links are on right side of this page 18:17:40 doug -> opps 18:17:43 JasonR -> Rick's project: http://www.coralreefalliance.org/ 18:17:44 Durff -> which browser? 18:17:50 doug -> lost him Lisa 18:17:54 doug -> there he is 18:18:00 doug -> hey again Alex 18:18:00 JasonR -> AlexL, that happens to me in Safari 18:18:00 matt montagne -> what impact does the warming of the earth have on ocenas? Are ocean temps rising? What are some of the conseququces ? 18:18:00 Durff -> you scared him 18:18:19 doug -> @Durff--I seem to have that effect on visitors 18:18:21 Durff -> good qts matt 18:18:33 Durff -> i scared drew 18:18:47 Durff -> my kids thought that was hilarious 18:19:00 doug -> that was good 18:19:20 doug -> like I mentioned, Drew is a quick study--picked up on that one quickly 18:19:28 Durff -> :) 18:19:34 AlexL -> Let me try Firefox to see if I can avoid this problem, brb 18:19:40 matt montagne -> u did scare drew...no doubt! 18:19:54 Durff -> i did not! 18:20:09 matt montagne -> LOL 18:20:12 doug -> can't admit that she scare me too, or she'd OWN me 18:20:25 Durff -> ok guys 18:20:30 cristina -> :) 18:20:37 Durff -> cease and desist 18:20:40 JasonR -> If you have any questions for our guests, let me know 18:20:54 akammerman -> i have a question 18:21:03 akammerman -> how bad are the coral reefs? 18:21:03 Durff -> yes? 18:21:11 akammerman -> in australia 18:21:20 Durff -> hey derrall is back 18:21:28 derrallg -> hi durff 18:21:32 Durff -> all is right in the world now 18:21:47 derrallg -> :) 18:21:48 akammerman -> so bleeching that is going on is natural? 18:22:10 doug -> how much of a threat do rising water levels present as a product of global warming--how worried should those of us on/near oceans be? 18:22:30 doug -> hey Derrall, welcome back 18:22:40 akammerman -> and the crown star fish problem is that caused by global warming? 18:22:51 derrallg -> hey doug 18:23:44 matt montagne -> Hey Derrall! 18:23:49 PeggyG -> What a fantastic group of experts you have provided for this session! Great opportunity to learn! 18:23:52 derrallg -> hey Matt 18:23:52 matt montagne -> your students were great! 18:24:05 matt montagne -> loved their presentation styles! 18:24:21 derrallg -> thanks, this session with Jason is what I had wanted my students to hear 18:24:35 derrallg -> maybe i can share the recording later 18:24:47 matt montagne -> I know...this is an excellent session 18:25:08 matt montagne -> there u go derrall 18:25:31 PeggyG -> Know very little about ocean conservation-just don't think about it living in AZ with no "oceanfront property" :-) Very informative! 18:26:24 Karen James -> Cocos keeling atoll: 18:26:25 derrallg -> the Ocean is our weather regulator in the Bay Area 18:27:04 derrallg -> hi Sheila 18:27:14 sheila -> hey there! 18:28:04 doug -> Hey Sheila 18:28:10 JasonR -> will get to some of your coral questions in a moment. Thanks. 18:28:11 doug -> welcome back 18:28:37 sheila -> baby shower is over and I'm home. 18:28:42 Karen James -> how do I paste in a link? 18:28:44 JasonR -> Ha! Rainforests are the coral reefs of the land :D 18:28:48 doug -> newcomers, audio stream available by clicking on icons on R side of this page 18:28:48 akammerman -> is anyone here a marine biologist beside the speaker? 18:29:09 doug -> drag url from another window, or use keyboard shortcuts to copy/paste re links 18:29:11 PeggyG -> @Karen James-you can't paste in a link-have to type it in 18:29:40 pam shoemaker -> you can drag and drop on a mac 18:29:55 PeggyG -> That is great to know! Thanks! 18:30:09 JasonR -> Karen: open link in new window. Highlight. Drag over to this little chat area. Clumsy, but works on Mac. 18:30:25 Karen James -> http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Cocos_(Keeling)_Islands 18:31:28 akammerman -> coral reefs are so beautiful, one of my favorite things on the planet! 18:31:34 doug -> control + c to copy and control + v to paste on windows 18:31:40 AlexL -> akammerman, I have some marine bio training 18:31:45 doug -> Hey John 18:31:56 akammerman -> cool, that what i want to do when i graduate college 18:32:26 petnoyer -> craig ventner 18:32:41 srolle -> Is sound gone? 18:32:47 petnoyer -> sound is back 18:32:48 srolle -> got it back 18:32:49 JohnS -> Hi Doug 18:32:50 Karen James -> Craig Venter 18:32:54 AlexL -> Yeah, sound just skipped 18:33:07 petnoyer -> question for Karen... 18:33:11 pam shoemaker -> Great thing to studey akammerman - 18:33:12 akammerman -> sound off again 18:33:17 pam shoemaker -> study 18:33:35 doug -> dropped stream, I think 18:33:36 akammerman -> did other people loose sound? 18:33:41 doug -> just heard start of promo 18:33:43 doug -> then off 18:33:46 pam shoemaker -> yes 18:34:01 AlexL -> I'm getting a server timeout, restarting brings it back for a short bit 18:34:24 antonela -> Hi we are students from a language school 18:34:35 petnoyer -> back in the age of exploration, royalty, like princes, kings, and queens would fit the bill for the great explorations of the sea. who is most likely to fund these expeditions in today's economic environment 18:34:37 antonela -> it's called Challenge :) 18:34:43 petnoyer -> sound is back 18:34:47 akammerman -> yah 18:35:08 doug -> try stopping and restarting media player if still no stream for you 18:35:17 JasonR -> Hey petnoyer, where's KZ? 18:35:36 petnoyer -> no idea. maybe lost in a time warp? 18:35:45 doug -> Hi Sheila, are you getting bounced from chat? 18:35:58 sheila -> had to reload the page 18:36:02 doug -> gotcha 18:36:09 petnoyer -> i guess KZ didn't show up? 18:36:32 JasonR -> not yet, still time 18:36:44 petnoyer -> i'll email him 18:37:43 sheila -> Does sunblock from swimmers cause some bleaching? 18:37:43 JasonR -> You want to represent DSN? 18:38:09 pam shoemaker -> good question 18:38:14 akammerman -> yahh 18:38:16 Durff -> it is 18:38:58 PeggyG -> What does it mean for coastal development to be unsustainable? 18:38:59 petnoyer -> i'm not really prepared. two kids are hanging off my elbow as we speak 18:39:14 JasonR -> no worries, gonna close with the DSN theme song 18:39:38 Durff -> jason is singing? 18:39:38 JasonR -> Mention the Just One Thing Challenge 18:39:52 JasonR -> Not me, out phantom guest, Kevin 18:39:53 petnoyer -> i can type questions... :) 18:40:04 Durff -> hi kyler 18:40:13 Kyler -> hey all 18:40:14 Durff -> by 2050 18:40:21 petnoyer -> hi kyler 18:40:23 Durff -> another 50% 18:40:25 doug -> is there any coral in/around North America? 18:40:31 petnoyer -> YES 18:40:36 Durff -> where? 18:40:37 petnoyer -> deep water corals 18:40:43 matt montagne -> http://www.flickr.com/groups/723902@N23/pool/ contribute to the earthcast08 photo group on flickr 18:40:48 matt montagne -> Hi Kyler! 18:40:55 petnoyer -> off washington state, and alaska, believe it or not 18:41:35 Durff -> i didn't know that 18:41:55 petnoyer -> hey rick! what about urination? is that excess nitrogen to a reef? 18:41:58 Durff -> hi alex 18:42:02 matt montagne -> sign the earthcast08 guestbook please!!! 18:42:13 matt montagne -> http://spreadsheets.google.com/viewform?key=paReSSkPApF0IVVpowI8IDA 18:42:21 doug -> @petnoyer I'm on Vancouver Island, know of any coral around gulf islands? 18:42:25 matt montagne -> hey elderbob 18:42:28 Durff -> elderbob is back 18:42:52 elderbob -> Hi, Matt, Durff...etc. 18:42:54 petnoyer -> hey doug, there's alot of octocorals, that is gorgonians, or sea fans 18:43:13 petnoyer -> they thrive between 100-400 m depth, seriously 18:43:18 Durff -> all the threats multiply each other? 18:43:21 doug -> whoa, way deep 18:43:40 petnoyer -> very very deep. depth record 6500m or so. 18:44:02 petnoyer -> rick probably knows as much as anybody! 18:44:29 matt montagne -> http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=_znJmK1iyZI&eurl=http://cephalopodcast.com/blog/ 18:44:31 sheila -> Deep sea - can withstand the temp or are they near vents 18:44:42 matt montagne -> that is Jason's Earthcast08 Promo Video 18:44:49 petnoyer -> deep sea coral were originally discovered in Karen James neck of the woods, in the north sea there are large lophelia reefs 18:44:57 matt montagne -> Jason's promo is awesome! 18:45:29 doug -> @Matt it really is--great signature for event 18:46:06 derrallg -> I agree it is amazing 18:48:15 cristina -> good idea 18:48:17 cristina -> :) 18:48:19 doug -> is somebody getting voted off the Beagle? 18:48:23 petnoyer -> that's a great idea! 18:48:25 JasonR -> Anyone interested in a SecondLife Beagle project? 18:48:30 doug -> I'm in 18:48:39 cristina -> me too 18:48:47 petnoyer -> yes, me! 18:48:57 Durff -> sailing in SL? 18:48:59 derrallg -> @jason as long as no one recreates virtual sea sickness 18:49:00 doug -> all over the Beagle in SL project 18:49:00 matt montagne -> hello Shaun Fletcher 18:49:06 doug -> lol @derrall 18:49:08 shaun fletcher -> hi mm 18:49:11 Durff -> there you go derrall 18:49:13 cristina -> that cool. in SL u dont get seasick! 18:49:16 cristina -> :) 18:49:20 doug -> now there's a gig 18:49:32 cristina -> yeap 18:50:08 petnoyer -> like a three dimensional website? 18:50:11 sheila -> @cristina - I liked your map page! 18:50:19 doug -> yes, they call it a metaverse 18:50:21 petnoyer -> NOAA is on second life? incedible 18:50:29 matt montagne -> that is interesting stuff Jason...WOW... 18:50:38 doug -> they have a great presence, NOAA does 18:50:39 matt montagne -> compelling uses for education...no doubt 18:50:39 sheila -> wow is right! 18:50:44 cristina -> @sheila it's a cool tool, isn't it 18:50:48 doug -> some wild space stuff too 18:50:52 doug -> in SL 18:50:55 cristina -> yeap - after a while u get used to it 18:51:05 cristina -> but the 1st days can be really bad 18:51:07 sheila -> @cristina - I hadn't seen that before and it's great. 18:51:11 petnoyer -> NOAA is the NASA of the sea, right? 18:51:42 doug -> @petnoyer I guess that's fair re NOAA 18:52:03 doug -> altho those in call in better pos'n to make that call 18:52:06 matt montagne -> it was an excellent hour, Jason! thank you to rick and karen! 18:52:24 petnoyer -> this is a neat venue. i really like it! 18:52:32 Durff -> is it over already? it went too quickly 18:52:41 PeggyG -> Hope this audio will be posted. I definitely need to hear it again. So much to learn! 18:52:42 JasonR -> Blogfish: http://blogfishx.blogspot.com/ 18:52:43 cristina -> it did Durff 18:52:46 matt montagne -> @petnoyer...it is a neat way to have a meeting, isn't it? A great way to connect 18:52:51 cristina -> online time just flies by 18:53:05 matt montagne -> it does cristina! 18:53:19 petnoyer -> absolutely 18:53:36 doug -> has it been 23 hours already? lol 18:53:52 shaun fletcher -> guilt is the first step 18:53:58 matt montagne -> humor, guilt, and brute force! Good blended approach to awareness! 18:54:04 JasonR -> NOAA is the NASA of the sea but with a smaller budget. Office of Ocean Exploration has FANTASTIC lesson plans and educational material: http://oceanexplorer.noaa.gov/ 18:54:50 petnoyer -> check out Gulf of Alaska 2004 Seamount Expedition for deep corals! 18:55:01 AlexL -> I'm missing much of the online conversation 'cause I'm at work :( 18:55:19 Durff -> it's recorded 18:55:36 PeggyG -> I think we have a tendency to take foregranted the idea of unlimited resources--we always think there will be more. :-( 18:55:50 JasonR -> Like Disney, we just need a way to monetize conservation! 18:56:05 PeggyG -> Yes, money talks! 18:56:07 petnoyer -> not with a gas tax, please! 18:56:14 matt montagne -> @JASON...GREAT point! 18:56:27 matt montagne -> we do need to monetize conservation! 18:56:53 PeggyG -> Thank you so much for sharing your time & expertise with us!! 18:56:53 shaun fletcher -> i thought this site was very cool for MS elementary students, raise awareness of the diversity in oceans and the fragility of their ecosystems 18:56:59 shaun fletcher -> http://www.seasky.org/deep-sea/creatures-menu.html 18:57:16 derrallg -> This was great and so informative 18:57:17 AlexL -> So did Kevin could not make it to the podcast? 18:57:31 matt montagne -> thanks Lorna! 18:57:34 matt montagne -> Hooray! 18:57:35 petnoyer -> apparently no KZ. sorry. 18:57:37 Durff -> like your handle 18:57:43 matt montagne -> we almost made it! 18:57:47 petnoyer -> great job all! 18:58:04 cristina -> thanks so much 18:58:12 PeggyG -> I definitely have a lot of reading to do! Thanks for all of the links. 18:58:14 cristina -> it was great listening to you today 18:58:14 AlexL -> We were undergrads in a few classes a few years back and he told me about the podcast, so kinda looking forward to hearing him 18:58:21 doug -> yes, fantastic session 18:58:36 AlexL -> Great podcast anyway, I enjoyed listening to it, just wish I could have participated in the online chat 18:58:47 cristina -> thanks Jason! 18:58:50 cristina -> great show 18:59:41 PeggyG -> Is that song on the DSN site? Want to hear it again :-) 18:59:46 JohnS -> Thanks everyone for the monumental effort today. 18:59:48 derrallg -> great session clap clap 18:59:56 AlexL -> clap clap 19:00:02 matt montagne -> one more hour to go! 19:00:11 doug -> great stuff--learned a lot 19:00:16 matt montagne -> stick around for the finale! 19:00:25 Lorna_cheering_everyone -> fireworks? 19:00:35 Durff -> i want fireworks 19:00:44 doug -> yes please, actually 3 plus, but who's counting :) 19:00:52 PeggyG -> Hate to see it end! It's been quite a ride. :-) So glad it will continue on in the wiki, photos, etc. Awesome job! 19:00:53 doug -> hours that is 19:01:15 cristina -> @ peggy me too 19:01:17 Lorna_cheering_everyone -> Beers all around 19:01:38 JohnS -> The bar's open, folks. Just stop by. 19:02:07 JohnS -> Jason -- I know you've been hearing this all day, but the logo and the promo were astounding. We need to recruit you to help us with that kind of thing on ETT. 19:02:45 matt montagne -> If you like the logo, wear it for your twitter badge! 19:02:50 JasonR -> Thanks 19:02:54 JasonR -> That's all folks 19:03:01 matt montagne -> for the remainder of Earth Day! 19:03:15 JasonR -> Almost done with an ETT logo concept 19:03:24 JasonR -> Worldbridges is a little tougher to nail down 19:03:30 Karen James -> that was great fun, thanks everyone!