EdTechWeekly#114 - with extra Canadian flavour

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EdTechWeekly#114

February 8, 2009

This week's Delicious Links

Chat Log Below


18:48:36 sheila -> Pre show is the best!

19:02:27 jackiegerstein -> I was tempted to come here but the game was too exciting - and I live in Arizona - the superbowl won.

19:06:03 dave -> http://www.presentationzen.com/presentationzen/2009/02/

19:06:09 malikrichardson -> retro show... nice idea..

19:06:21 sheila -> Hi Peggy!

19:06:35 PeggyG -> Hi Sheila

19:06:52 charlie roy -> i hope PETA isn't upset over the misuse of those misquitoes

19:06:59 charlie roy -> funny how only cute animals are protected

19:07:07 Gary -> Anyone who every experience malaria would not have been happy.

19:07:12 sharonp -> http://www.presentationzen.com/presentationzen/2009/01/lessons-from-the-...

19:07:46 malikrichardson -> Mosquitos are exceptions with PETA...

19:08:01 dave -> @charlie roy who says they weren't recaptured

19:08:06 dave -> :P

19:08:15 JL -> http://twtbase.com/

19:08:29 charlie roy -> @ dave my mea culpa. i imagine they were and then adopted into loving homes

19:08:31 JL -> http://twestival.com/

19:08:45 JL -> http://www.celebritytweet.com/

19:09:12 JL -> http://twitter.com/ohhdl

19:09:34 PeggyG -> wow! Dahli Lama?

19:09:34 jackiegerstein -> Yeah for twestival - for clean water for all - will be streaming into second life

19:09:58 charlie roy -> i was in DC a couple of years ago and people were paying $40 a pop to touch some lama. not the dahli lama. but come on $40 to touch a robe. wow

19:10:12 courosa -> http://www.theglobeandmail.com/servlet/story/RTGAM.20090206.wprof06/BNSt...

19:10:30 jackiegerstein -> I just made it 13,337 for the Dahli Lama

19:10:37 PeggyG -> interesting-Leo LaPorte got on the roster for most talkative today for just 9 tweets!

19:11:48 charlie roy -> didn't william farish invent grades in the 1800's stealing the concept from a shoe factory

19:11:53 Gary -> Also more at http://scienceblogs.com/pharyngula/2009/02/shhhh_dont_tell_the_students.php

19:12:15 dave -> http://injenuity.com/archives/category/onramp

19:13:13 sharonp -> http://www.kidrex.org/

19:14:12 charlie roy -> http://soulycatholichs.blogspot.com/2008/05/grades-grades-and-more-grade... origin of grades

19:15:55 JL -> http://www.grantwrangler.com

19:16:01 JL -> http://www.mygrantwrangler.com/

19:16:54 dave -> women of wow?

19:17:02 charlie roy -> what is women of wow?

19:17:04 PeggyG -> Grant Wrangler is a fantastic resource--she was the guest on WOW--Sharon beat me to it!

19:17:15 courosa -> http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=txqiwrbYGrs

19:17:41 courosa -> http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=hVDnFYsEPQE

19:17:45 charlie roy -> that's a great video. borders on child exploitation though

19:18:06 charlie roy -> that's one kid who will want to be legally emancipated when he comes to

19:18:17 jackiegerstein -> Please not again ; )

19:18:48 jackiegerstein -> Saw version with Christan Bale

19:18:49 PeggyG -> 6 million views already!

19:19:09 dave -> http://uncsagenerativeart.blogspot.com/2009/02/why-teaching-is-like-thro...

19:19:54 dave -> http://sites.google.com/site/generativeartsite/syllabusdraft

19:21:59 sharonp -> http://lovelycharts.com/

19:22:08 charlie roy -> it's giving me flashbacks to that scene from lean on me at the theatre

19:23:01 JL -> http://www.maximumpc.com/article/features/50_skills_every_real_geek_shou...

19:23:28 JL -> http://www.allfacebook.com/2009/02/facebook-privacy/

19:23:49 jackiegerstein -> Maybe combining throwing up with Lovely chart??

19:23:54 JL -> http://www.salon.com/mwt/feature/2009/02/07/25_random/index.html

19:24:17 charlie roy -> similar to the "7" things meme around the edublogosphere

19:24:25 Gary -> It is like a chain letter and annoying.

19:24:52 courosa -> http://www.twitterhawk.com/

19:24:54 Gary -> You get tagged.

19:26:03 Ross1001 -> hello every 1

19:26:35 Ross1001 -> ???

19:26:49 sharonp -> Hi Ross

19:26:54 Gary -> Hello Ross

19:26:55 Scott Shelhart -> audio on the ustream working?

19:26:58 sharonp -> Are you listening in to the show?

19:27:06 dave -> http://embedr.com/

19:27:11 Ross1001 -> i cant hear ne thing

19:27:19 JL -> should be - others getting Ustream audio?

19:27:30 sheila -> yes

19:27:39 dave -> http://davecormier.com/?q=node/249

19:27:47 Ross1001 -> how do i turn it on ?

19:28:05 sheila -> Click on the play button or check to see if you have muted the sound.

19:28:44 sharonp -> embeditin.com

19:29:18 sharonp -> http://www.pcworld.com/printable/article/id,159100/printable.html

19:29:53 JL -> http://www.oooninja.com/

19:30:08 JL -> http://www.blogpulse.com/index.html

19:30:38 Ross1001 -> $$$$$ check out www.freedom.ws/ross1001 $$$$$

19:30:56 Ross1001 -> it works for me

19:31:08 charlie roy -> poor ross

19:31:36 Gary -> He made a good try.

19:31:39 JL -> http://www.donjohnston.com/products/autism/faceland/index.html

19:32:39 courosa -> http://edu.blogs.com/edublogs/2009/02/ken-robinsons-the-element-reincarn...

19:32:57 Gary -> Or use pasteboard and pull over.

19:33:04 Alvin Trusty -> it might be available in UK

19:33:05 charlie roy -> it's been released on kindle anyway. it's a great read

19:33:14 jackiegerstein -> How true

19:33:45 charlie roy -> Ken Robinson's work is terrific. the new book had my rolling in laughter at least a dozen times

19:33:48 dave -> http://technologyforcommunities.com/

19:34:12 jackiegerstein -> I think every educator should read that McEwen blog!

19:34:21 courosa -> agreed

19:34:51 courosa -> no, to jackie, sorry dave

19:35:00 dave -> http://technologyforcommunities.com/2009/02/digital-habitats-readers-guide/

19:35:02 jackiegerstein -> : )

19:36:21 sharonp -> http://share.skype.com/sites/en/2009/02/skype_40_its_all_yours.html

19:37:30 JL -> http://www.nwlg.org/esafetygames/

19:37:54 JL -> http://www.videosurf.com/

19:38:08 JL -> http://www.kidstube.com/page.php?page=1

19:38:31 courosa -> http://neop.gbtopia.com/?p=108

19:38:43 PeggyG -> interesting--kidstube--variation of teachertube and youtube :-)

19:39:14 malikrichardson -> So your saying to recommend to not upgrade Skype?

19:40:08 PeggyG -> that Skype upgrade is only for PCs, right?

19:40:49 dave -> http://www.rythospital.com/2008/

19:41:05 PeggyG -> I'm waiting :-)

19:41:29 dave -> http://www.philb.com/fakesites.htm

19:41:35 Scott Shelhart -> yep..its me

19:41:52 dave -> http://www.msfirefox.com/

19:42:06 malikrichardson -> Peg... I think so... Upgrade is only for PC...

19:42:43 sharonp -> http://tinyurl.com/7nyy79

19:44:45 PeggyG -> can you use wikipedia to promote commercial interests--such as an author promoting books they have written?

19:45:10 JL -> http://www.writeexpress.com/online2.html

19:45:19 PeggyG -> that's really funny! 1400 Stephen Downes'

19:45:25 dave -> @peggyG it's hard. i've seen many people try and fail

19:45:26 JL -> http://academicearth.org/

19:45:34 PeggyG -> Thanks Dave

19:45:36 dave -> it's certainly possible

19:45:40 JL -> http://chronicle.com/free/v55/i22/22a00104.htm?utm_source=at&utm_medium=en

19:45:43 dave -> but you'd have to be pretty subtle about it

19:46:28 courosa -> http://blog.wired.com/wiredscience/2009/02/attentionlost.html

19:47:24 courosa -> http://2.bp.blogspot.com/_UzvQ1qYedCE/SYdwrniKC9I/AAAAAAAAAEU/5ffr-82M2W...

19:47:34 jackiegerstein -> Maggie Jackson is a journalist not a nerologist !!

19:48:17 PeggyG -> it looks like women dominate is all of their examples :-)

19:48:21 jackiegerstein -> I heard her interview on Business week - she quotes everything including the kitchen sink

19:48:27 courosa -> http://staff.bbhcsd.org/schinkerj/archives/2009/02/03/new-tricks-for-old...

19:48:51 courosa -> http://eci831.wikispaces.com/Session+List

19:49:00 Alvin Trusty -> John S used one slide is that presentation

19:49:12 courosa -> http://bacolicio.us/http://eci831.wikispaces.com/Session+List

19:49:56 PeggyG -> Have you seen Alan Levine's presentation done on CoolIris/PicLens that combines photos, slides and video? Really amazing!

19:50:32 PeggyG -> http://cogdogblog.com/stuff/techtools09/

19:50:38 Alvin Trusty -> he zoomed in and out a lot

19:51:21 BronSt -> Massie conference allows only 1 slide

19:52:02 Gary -> Hey!

19:52:23 PeggyG -> Thanks for great links (again!)

19:52:46 BronSt -> bye all

19:53:03 PeggyG -> could you drop the link for submitting links here--couldn't get the final result with all of the teasing :-)

19:53:07 jackiegerstein -> Thanks for the show - I was hoping it ws turkey bacon

19:53:29 Gary -> Thursday is Darwin's birthday! :D

19:53:34 sheila -> for:edtechtalk on delicious

19:53:50 Alvin Trusty -> Everyone gets an A+ in that class

19:53:56 PeggyG -> thanks Sheila

19:54:03 Alvin Trusty -> That was ten years ago

19:56:48 PeggyG -> I really like Elluminate! Why don't you?

19:58:50 JL -> good question Peggy - want to address that and also the tech question youi sent in yesterday

19:58:55 PeggyG -> That clarifies the point a bit--not open source that is available for everyone

19:59:41 jackiegerstein -> I want a tool where more than one person can speak at a time

20:00:15 Alvin Trusty -> maybe it's because the default is "one speaker"

20:00:35 jackiegerstein -> Can Elluminate allow for more than one person??

20:00:41 jackiegerstein -> to speak??

20:00:49 Alvin Trusty -> yes multiple people can talk

20:00:56 PeggyG -> breakout rooms do help to increase interaction

20:01:18 jackiegerstein -> Oh - never have been to an Elluminate where there was a dailogue like this

20:01:49 Alvin Trusty -> there really is nothing better

20:03:43 PeggyG -> it is definitely better for me today

20:04:58 PeggyG -> yes the front page could definitely use some "simplifying" :-)

20:05:22 PeggyG -> tolisano

20:05:54 PeggyG -> thanks for answering my questions!

20:06:26 JL -> thanks for helping us figure out how to better deal with help issues :)

20:06:28 PeggyG -> @jackie--but the dialogue on ETT is because of Skype and is limited to those on the skype call

20:07:21 courosa -> 20:08:34 Gary -> Alec - get Pasteboard - makes it easy to put items into chat room using a Mac.

20:09:39 PeggyG -> Moses of ustreaming on a Mac--definitely!

20:09:40 Gary -> For Alex: http://pth.com/products/pthpasteboard/

20:10:06 PeggyG -> time for a tutorial Alec for ustream and shoutcast/nicecast :-)

20:10:28 sheila -> skype is set with soundflower right/

20:10:59 PeggyG -> that tutorial is what guides all of us!!! in my toolbar :-)

20:11:23 PeggyG -> I'm very interested in that too as a Mac user

20:11:59 sheila -> I think it can be done . .

20:12:18 PeggyG -> Please let us know Alec or Sheila!

20:12:28 PeggyG -> Congrats on job interview Sharon! Good luck!

20:12:54 sheila -> thanks!

20:12:56 PeggyG -> Night all!

20:12:58 courosa -> i will try it and let you all know

20:13:11 PeggyG -> Thanks!!!!