Seedlings-78-2010-01-07
Seedlings is back! Happy New Year 2010! Seedlings returned for the season with Deb White, ACTEM Technology Educator of the Year, 2009. Deb talked about her experiences as a second grade teacher in Orono, Maine. Deb is a life long learner and demonstrates her love and curiosity of learning throughout her classroom and the connections she makes around the world using Twitter with seven and eight year olds. If you are interested in learning how she manages this in her classroom give a listen. Deb also has an incredible way of embedding netiquette skills throughout her curriculum.
The audio is a placeholder 2010-01-08.
The Chat:
19:17:41 debwhite -> Room 1: Greetings & Salutations!
19:18:38 bobsprankle -> Room 1: hi deb!
19:18:59 debwhite -> Room 1: Hi Bob! I'm a little nervous.
19:19:32 bobsprankle -> Room 1: oh, it's fun! we're prob more nervous than you... we haven't had a show in so long... rusty!
19:21:35 debwhite -> Room 1: I bet it's like riding a bicycle . . .you always remember no matter how long it's been! :)
19:23:52 cheryloakes~Seedlings -> Room 1: Choose a color.
19:24:11 bobsprankle -> Room 1: color!
19:24:23 bobsprankle -> Room 1: color?
19:24:33 bobsprankle -> Room 1: green
19:25:06 debwhite -> Room 1: Testing the color
19:25:18 debwhite -> Room 1: guess it didn't work
19:25:54 cheryloakes~Seedlings -> Room 1: Hi gicart, welcome!
19:26:44 bobsprankle -> Room 1: hi gicart!
19:26:50 cheryloakes~Seedlings -> Room 1: Hello getting ready for our show SEEDLINGS
19:26:53 alicebarr -> Room 1: Magenta
19:27:43 alicebarr -> Room 1: Welcome gicart
19:29:16 gicart -> Room 1: Hi
19:31:02 bobsprankle -> Room 1: hi wings!
19:31:15 alicebarr -> Room 1: hi wings
19:31:27 wingsonwater03 -> Room 1: evening maine-ers
19:31:54 cheryloakes~Seedlings -> Room 1: Hello, just did our sound check, hope you all can hear Edtechtalk A
19:32:10 debwhite -> Room 1: evening, wings, where are you from?
19:32:30 wingsonwater03 -> Room 1: Maryland. 3rd grade language arts and social studies
19:32:42 cheryloakes~Seedlings -> Room 1: Yeah elementary school teacher
19:33:08 cheryloakes~Seedlings -> Room 1: Hey mjgormans!!welcome
19:34:16 cheryloakes~Seedlings -> Room 1: Wow, all of us are Actem Technology Educators of the Years, way cool.
19:34:22 wingsonwater03 -> Room 1: wow. congrats
19:34:35 mjgormans -> Room 1: awesome
19:34:36 alicebarr -> Room 1: Welcome mjgormans
19:34:44 mjgormans -> Room 1: thanks alice
19:35:25 bobsprankle -> Room 1: hi ernie!
19:35:27 cheryloakes~Seedlings -> Room 1: Hello Ernie Cox! Welcome to Seedlings
19:35:35 Ernie Cox -> Room 1: Hello
19:35:36 bobsprankle -> Room 1: hello mj!
19:35:43 alicebarr -> Room 1: Hi Ernie
19:35:44 mjgormans -> Room 1: hi bob
19:36:15 cheryloakes~Seedlings -> Room 1: Hi csitterley, welcome
19:36:16 bobsprankle -> Room 1: hi csitterley
19:36:22 alicebarr -> Room 1: Welcome csitterely
19:36:43 wingsonwater03 -> Room 1: nice PR for your project
19:36:47 csitterley -> Room 1: Hello everyone
19:37:32 cheryloakes~Seedlings -> Room 1: twitter account for classroom, mrswsclass
19:38:08 cheryloakes~Seedlings -> Room 1: The classroom account is locked for safety. People can follow if they are classrooms.
19:38:51 csitterley -> Room 1: I am listening and making Gingerbread cookies for a weekend event, but will be watching the chatroom as well
19:39:06 bobsprankle -> Room 1: multitasking at its best, cs!
19:39:07 cheryloakes~Seedlings -> Room 1: Can I have a gingerbread with icing?
19:39:29 csitterley -> Room 1: Absolutely Cheryl-I will DM it in twitter
19:39:48 cheryloakes~Seedlings -> Room 1: I like that dip a cup into the river, a little at a time.
19:40:09 cheryloakes~Seedlings -> Room 1: welcome sarahsutter, how is you r week?
19:40:09 alicebarr -> Room 1: Hi sarah!
19:40:15 wingsonwater03 -> Room 1: how did you begin making the connections to other elementary classrooms that use twitter as a classroom.
19:40:29 cheryloakes~Seedlings -> Room 1: great question, we will get to it.
19:40:40 cheryloakes~Seedlings -> Room 1: sounds like this is the story
19:40:43 sarahsutter -> Room 1: Week going by quickly. Catching up.
19:40:54 bobsprankle -> Room 1: hi sarah!!
19:40:55 alicebarr -> Room 1: Me too
19:40:57 sarahsutter -> Room 1: Such a great idea to have Deb on !
19:41:04 cheryloakes~Seedlings -> Room 1: thanks sarah
19:43:31 cheryloakes~Seedlings -> Room 1: Harvest Moon sandwiches are yummy.
19:44:46 csitterley -> Room 1: Yay for the boy who was persuasive with his Dad-maybe he can be with other teachers as wekk
19:45:11 wingsonwater03 -> Room 1: :D
19:47:38 csitterley -> Room 1: The seatbelt example is perfect-my parents really never did wear those belts without reminders because they hadn't had them from youth
19:48:09 cheryloakes~Seedlings -> Room 1: I like this description! baby steps and constant learning about netiquette
19:48:33 alicebarr -> Room 1: It becomes culture then, so great for the younger ones
19:48:58 sarahsutter -> Room 1: Think about the potential culture built if everyone started this early with these tools and netiquette discussions.
19:49:09 alicebarr -> Room 1: I like how Deb had adapted her classroom to incoorporate technology in the mix
19:49:40 alicebarr -> Room 1: Exactly Sarah, by the time they get to HS they will know all the good habits
19:49:42 cheryloakes~Seedlings -> Room 1: Yes, it makes so much sense. We have the same conversation with 8th graders and HS'ers.
19:50:29 cheryloakes~Seedlings -> Room 1: http://kidblog.org/room8isgreat/Ko/my-dog-backster/
19:50:39 csitterley -> Room 1: Sorry-came in late-what grade does Deb teach?
19:50:48 cheryloakes~Seedlings -> Room 1: Deb is a grade 2 teacher
19:50:49 bobsprankle -> Room 1: 2nd
19:50:51 alicebarr -> Room 1: @csitterly Grade 2
19:51:02 cheryloakes~Seedlings -> Room 1: Deb teaches in Orono, ME grade 2
19:51:15 wingsonwater03 -> Room 1: is "Elmo" the new "Zerox". Or does anyone say "document camera?"
19:51:26 csitterley -> Room 1: Thanks Alice-glad to hear that-need that for encouragement with my primary teachers
19:51:29 mjgormans -> Room 1: at second grade it seems this type of integration would be good with reluctant readers
19:51:41 cheryloakes~Seedlings -> Room 1: It does doesn't it.
19:52:48 cheryloakes~Seedlings -> Room 1: 140 characters limits the writing required, so cool.
19:53:24 mjgormans -> Room 1: with quick feedback
19:54:49 Ernie Cox -> Room 1: i'm going to ask this because i can hear the voice of a middle school grammar teacher at my school ... "do you require [i]proper[/i] usage"
19:55:11 cheryloakes~Seedlings -> Room 1: http://kidblog.org/room8isgreat/Ko/my-dog-backster/
19:55:19 cheryloakes~Seedlings -> Room 1: This is Deb class blog
19:57:04 sarahsutter -> Room 1: Especially when the nearest starbucks for us is . . . 30 minutes away.
19:57:09 Ernie Cox -> Room 1: how do you convince parents and other teachers that writing without fear of correction is vital?
19:57:21 cheryloakes~Seedlings -> Room 1: good questions, we will ask
19:57:24 bobsprankle -> Room 1: great question ernie
19:57:27 alicebarr -> Room 1: Great question Ernie
19:57:32 alicebarr -> Room 1: Jinx!
19:59:15 debwhite -> Room 1: Ernie~ lots of education about the importance . . .
20:00:02 mjgormans -> Room 1: Also a way to use community experts as a resource
20:00:20 bobsprankle -> Room 1: kern!!
20:00:25 cheryloakes~Seedlings -> Room 1: yes, community involvement is a way to expand the classroom
20:00:29 alicebarr -> Room 1: Yes would be a great way to connect with community
20:00:32 cheryloakes~Seedlings -> Room 1: Hey Kern,
20:00:52 cheryloakes~Seedlings -> Room 1: Get RichardB here and all 5 GTC's will be here too.
20:01:39 alicebarr -> Room 1: Hi Kern
20:01:39 cheryloakes~Seedlings -> Room 1: Get RichardB here and all 5 GTC's will be here too.
20:01:46 cheryloakes~Seedlings -> Room 1: Howdy, Kern.
20:01:54 Kern -> Room 1: Hi Alice, Cheryl all!
20:02:29 Ernie Cox -> Room 1: that "real" audience is key
20:02:46 cheryloakes~Seedlings -> Room 1: Blogs show a nice chronology of improvements!
20:03:52 cheryloakes~Seedlings -> Room 1: Wow, what a great aha moment, at a young grade typing first and editing!
20:05:09 Kern -> Room 1: :D
20:05:21 cheryloakes~Seedlings -> Room 1: http://kidblog.org/home.php
20:09:14 mjgormans -> Room 1: How has is sustained as kids went to third grade?
20:09:28 cheryloakes~Seedlings -> Room 1: good question, I had that too!
20:10:48 alicebarr -> Room 1: http://twitter4teachers.pbworks.com/
20:11:17 alicebarr -> Room 1: http://twitterforteachers.wetpaint.com/
20:11:31 cheryloakes~Seedlings -> Room 1: thanks Alice
20:11:52 alicebarr -> Room 1: http://www.scribd.com/doc/14062777/Twitter-Handbook-for-Teachers
20:12:29 alicebarr -> Room 1: http://www.k-3teacherresources.com/teachers-guide-to-twitter.html
20:15:04 mjgormans -> Room 1: I just found out about a fairly new service called http://www.twiducate.com.
20:15:16 cheryloakes~Seedlings -> Room 1: evening carolteach4
20:15:27 carolteach4 -> Room 1: Hi, Cheryl
20:16:57 cheryloakes~Seedlings -> Room 1: I like that Deb, it took courage! Take a risk.
20:17:28 cheryloakes~Seedlings -> Room 1: Teachers learning along with the students! Awesome!
20:19:14 mjgormans -> Room 1: Any other teachers starting to show an interest at the school
20:20:10 csitterley -> Room 1: Thanks for your enthusiasm Deb. As a tech director and prof. dev. person I need to hear from teachers like you sometimes
20:20:13 bobsprankle -> Room 1: http://www.readwriteweb.com/archives/10_ways_to_archive_your_tweets.php
20:20:22 cheryloakes~Seedlings -> Room 1: how to archive your tweets
20:20:23 debwhite -> Room 1: http://docs.google.com/present/edit?id=0AcJ4xdan7OHgZGY3aDVjeHBfMTZmZjI1...
20:20:48 debwhite -> Room 1: The google presentation that Tim Thompson and I put together.
20:22:12 carolteach4 -> Room 1: Many of my husband's ancestors were from Deer Isle.
20:22:27 carolteach4 -> Room 1: I was able to click on them
20:22:33 sarahsutter -> Room 1: I'm having same issues, Bob
20:22:38 cheryloakes~Seedlings -> Room 1: http://kidblog.org/about.php
20:22:46 carolteach4 -> Room 1: the google doc link opened in a new tab
20:22:51 cheryloakes~Seedlings -> Room 1: Deb's geek of the week!
20:23:04 wingsonwater03 -> Room 1: I can click on links, but can't copy from chat.
20:25:42 wingsonwater03 -> Room 1: I used to have that problem last year with blogmeister
20:25:49 carolteach4 -> Room 1: Sounds very cool- thanks!
20:25:51 cheryloakes~Seedlings -> Room 1: http://pbskids.org/read/games/demo/index.html?redirect=2
20:26:03 wingsonwater03 -> Room 1: hasn't happened yet this year though.
20:26:55 carolteach4 -> Room 1: What's the upper limit grade wise, Cheryl -looks elementary
20:27:00 bobsprankle -> Room 1: http://blog.genyes.com/index.php/2009/12/22/free-guide-how-to-keep-your-...
20:27:13 cheryloakes~Seedlings -> Room 1: http://blog.genyes.com/index.php/2009/12/22/free-guide-how-to-keep-your-...
20:28:03 carolteach4 -> Room 1: That is cool; will tell my PTO about it - thanks, Alice
20:28:27 carolteach4 -> Room 1: I'm so glad you went back to the old chat format
20:28:39 cheryloakes~Seedlings -> Room 1: http://www.langwitches.org/blog/photos/365/2010/
20:28:48 sarahsutter -> Room 1: Bob - I've loved seeing your photos every day.
20:29:16 carolteach4 -> Room 1: Bob, can you still join it event though we are a week into January?
20:29:26 cheryloakes~Seedlings -> Room 1: http://photojojo.com/content/tutorials/project-365-take-a-photo-a-day/
20:29:32 sarahsutter -> Room 1: I'm hoping I can get further than March, which is when I bailed last year.
20:30:02 sarahsutter -> Room 1: There are flickr groups around this too : 2010/365 and 365/2010.
20:30:04 debwhite -> Room 1: My new class blog: http://kidblog.org/room8isgreat/student-blogs/
20:30:09 csitterley -> Room 1: I am doing that also thru flickr, but Bob's photos are more interesting than mine
20:30:38 sarahsutter -> Room 1: Check out the Daily Shoot daily assignments too. Fun prompts every day that come out over twitter at 9am.
20:30:49 carolteach4 -> Room 1: Oh, Bob. I'd like to follow other cultures, but I don't have time to keep up with the 26 educators I follow.
20:31:03 debwhite -> Room 1: Twitter has allowed me to continue to grow as an educator and with my other interests.
20:31:24 cheryloakes~Seedlings -> Room 1: http://images4education2010.ning.com/
20:31:34 sarahsutter -> Room 1: I'm posting to flickr and posterous for the 365 project.
20:32:02 sarahsutter -> Room 1: @deb Great job tonight - loved listening to you talk about what you are doing with your students.
20:32:15 bobsprankle -> Room 1: deb, you're amazing!
20:33:02 carolteach4 -> Room 1: I take hundreds of pictures a week; I'm our school's unofficial photographer.
20:33:03 cheryloakes~Seedlings -> Room 1: Thanks to the chat room and Deb, what a great show!!
20:33:13 debwhite -> Room 1: Thank you for letting me be part of the conversation!
20:33:18 carolteach4 -> Room 1: I meant hundreds of pictures a year.
20:33:20 alicebarr -> Room 1: clap. clap
20:33:27 mjgormans -> Room 1: Deb you provided some great info
20:33:45 carolteach4 -> Room 1: I will be anxious to hear the first part of the show in the recorded archive.
20:33:49 cheryloakes~Seedlings -> Room 1: Great show
20:33:59 sarahsutter -> Room 1: No way! Nice job!
20:34:11 sarahsutter -> Room 1: That will be fun - I followed the alice thing on twitter
20:34:14 csitterley -> Room 1: Can't wait to share this with elementary curriculum coordinator
20:34:31 carolteach4 -> Room 1: Hey guys. I'm going to be attending a DEN conference at the Connecticut Science Center in Hartford, CT on Saturday. It will also be streamed live.
20:34:48 cheryloakes~Seedlings -> Room 1: Thanks so much, have a great weekend!!!
20:34:57 cheryloakes~Seedlings -> Room 1: Excellent gathering.
20:35:09 bobsprankle -> Room 1: night all!
20:35:12 carolteach4 -> Room 1: Hi, alice!
20:35:24 alicebarr -> Room 1: Hi carol
20:35:29 carolteach4 -> Room 1: How are you? I mentioned your name on a Elluminate session last night.
20:35:31 csitterley -> Room 1: night
20:35:34 debwhite -> Room 1: I use to be the Education Cooridnator at the Lutz Children's Musuem in Manchester, CT
20:36:05 carolteach4 -> Room 1: Night all
20:36:08 alicebarr -> Room 1: Which session Carol?
20:36:09 debwhite -> Room 1: Goodnight all!
20:36:27 carolteach4 -> Room 1: Do you want me to get the link and send it to you, Alice?
20:36:40 carolteach4 -> Room 1: Give me a second. I'll be right back.
20:36:48 alicebarr -> Room 1: Sure that would be great!
20:37:43 carolteach4 -> Room 1: Here it is - conference on adding digital to science classes:
20:37:47 carolteach4 -> Room 1: If you can’t attend in person, you can attend register to attend virtually from home, http://links.discoveryeducation.com/denscicon.
20:38:37 carolteach4 -> Room 1: I am so excited to be going even though I'm not a science teacher. I went with our 7th grade team to the museum in November. It is brand new, and absolutely awesome.
20:38:53 alicebarr -> Room 1: Sounds fun!
20:39:09 carolteach4 -> Room 1: Talk to you on Skype maybe next week?
20:39:22 alicebarr -> Room 1: Link takes me to the start page of the session, not archive
20:39:49 carolteach4 -> Room 1: The conference doesn't take place until this Saturday, Jan.9 - It will be streaming, I think, then
20:39:58 alicebarr -> Room 1: AH OH I see!
20:40:07 carolteach4 -> Room 1: It starts about 9:00 a.m.
20:40:30 carolteach4 -> Room 1: It will be interesting to see how well they stream it.
20:40:39 alicebarr -> Room 1: I will try to be there... Thanks
20:40:59 alicebarr -> Room 1: I thought it was link that you mentioned my name. I was confused :0\
20:41:03 carolteach4 -> Room 1: Well, I'm better log off and let you get to tending you pups. Have a good evening, and I hope we can both get to bed soon.
20:41:12 alicebarr -> Room 1: Take care bye!
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