Teachers Teaching Teachers #196 - Mash-up of Youth Voices Student Photographers and Evoke Gardeners - 04.14.10

We hope you'll enjoy this episode of Teachers Teaching Teachers where we bring together gardeners from the alternate reality game, Evoke with photography students on Youth Voices. Take a look at this recent photo discussion, and join a few Youth Voices students:

• Gamer, photograher, and musician, Jake, from Chris Sloan's classes at  Judge Memorial H.S. in Salt Lake City
   
• Matt, Brianna, and Annie, from Susan Ettenheim's digital photography class at Eleanor Roosevelt High School, NYC
   
• We are also joined by Evoke gardener, Michele Barron.

Click Read more to see a copy of the chat that was happening during the webcast.

20:56:49 SusanEttenheim: hi everyone we're not broadcasting yet
20:57:52 Paul Allison: Welcome
20:59:21 mattr_95: http://youthvoices.net/node/37191
21:01:22 SusanEttenheim: mary what is your skype?
21:03:01 mattr_95: Here comes the sun! http://youthvoices.net/node/37191
21:03:14 Paul Allison: We will begin soon.
21:06:09 Jakegarcia: Hi everyone
21:08:01 SusanEttenheim: how's our sound everyone?
21:10:05 SusanEttenheim: can you hear ok everyone?
21:10:22 SusanEttenheim: of course those of you on the skype call will hear in the skype call not on the stream
21:10:55 SusanEttenheim: craig can you hear us?
21:11:14 SusanEttenheim: hi carolyn welcome!
21:11:23 CarolynPonce: Hi.
21:11:28 SusanEttenheim: can you hear ok?
21:11:42 CarolynPonce: Not yet. I'm working on it.
21:11:50 SusanEttenheim: what can we do to help you?
21:11:58 SusanEttenheim: can anyone else hear ok?
21:12:17 SusanEttenheim: hi mschoenberger
21:12:20 SusanEttenheim: welcome!
21:12:24 SusanEttenheim: can you hear ok?
21:12:27 Craig Hicks: I'm not sure where to go to hear the audio
21:13:39 CarolynPonce: Got it working...It's been a while since I did this.
21:14:42 CarolynPonce: Craig, click the black sound icon under EdTech Talk A. Save the file. It'll open the prefered player (itunes on Mac). That's what I did.
21:15:19 Jakegarcia: Someone named Annie just called me. Anyone know her?
21:15:30 Craig Hicks: Thank you...I will give it a try
21:16:46 Craig Hicks: Got it, thanks again
21:16:53 CarolynPonce: Yippie!
21:16:55 SusanEttenheim: craig can you hear us?
21:17:01 SusanEttenheim: hi carolyn can you hear ok?
21:17:16 CarolynPonce: Yes, susan. Thanks!
21:17:20 SusanEttenheim: great
21:17:33 SusanEttenheim: I hoped our sound was ok tonight but wasn't completely sure!
21:17:35 SusanEttenheim: thanks!
21:18:11 SusanEttenheim: hi chris welcome!
21:18:38 CarolynPonce: I just wanted to tell you guys that I havn't been able to listen over the past few months because of school this semester and I've missed it. I was so excited to get to come tonight.
21:18:38 SusanEttenheim: everyone - please introduce yourself!
21:18:46 SusanEttenheim: where and what do you teach or go to school?
21:19:11 CarolynPonce: I'm Carolyn from Arkansas State University. I teach Music Appreciation there and online for 2 community colleges.
21:19:34 CarolynPonce: Hi everyone!
21:19:35 Craig Hicks: Technology trainer at a regional office in Western NE
21:19:37 Paul Allison: http://youthvoices.net/node/37191
21:19:54 SusanEttenheim: welcome craig and carolyn!
21:20:00 SusanEttenheim: are you photographers?
21:20:09 CarolynPonce: My husband is.
21:20:12 mschoenberger: Maureen from Medford, Nj and tech teacher and school photogrpaher
21:20:20 ElizabethC: Elizabeth from Franklin, Indiana. I am an undergraduate student in the elementary education program.
21:20:52 CarolynPonce: Here's some of his wedding pics. www.dparephotography.com
21:21:14 Craig Hicks: I take a few pictures...probably not a photographer
21:22:08 CarolynPonce: hehe...I just remembered that he uses passwords on his gallery. You can at least see the 2 on the home page.
21:23:15 CarolynPonce: Congrats!!!!
21:23:49 Craig Hicks: yes
21:23:49 Paul Allison: http://www.flickr.com/groups/youthvoices/
21:23:59 SusanEttenheim: Craig - where are you from?
21:24:09 SusanEttenheim: so glad to have everyone here tonight!
21:24:11 Craig Hicks: Scottsbluff Nebraska
21:24:28 CarolynPonce: The flowers are so pretty on the flickr.
21:24:30 SusanEttenheim: yes - welcome craig!
21:27:02 SusanEttenheim: hi tim welcome!
21:27:10 SusanEttenheim: where and what do you teach?
21:27:42 tim: hi susan.
21:27:45 tim: Wellington NZ
21:27:57 tim: primary teacher - Y5&6 - 9-10 year olds
21:28:28 tim: currently on school break
21:28:41 CarolynPonce: did something happen to the sound? My iTunes just lost the stream...
21:28:41 CarolynPonce: Dueling Banjos is now playing.
21:28:50 tim: classes start next monday
21:29:07 Craig Hicks: my sound is still working
21:29:14 CarolynPonce: Got it back. My wireless burped.
21:30:41 SusanEttenheim: glad you're back!
21:30:55 SusanEttenheim: please speak up if you have questions for the students?
21:31:36 tim: hi. i'm currently teaching digital photography to my students
21:31:53 tim: would be cool to get my students to share their work with your students
21:33:17 CarolynPonce: Question for the teacher: Was the school supportive of the project? Were the supportive of your using Flickr and Youth Voices?
21:35:24 SusanEttenheim: tim - do you have skype?
21:37:31 SusanEttenheim: yes carolyn our students are high school so the flickr was no prob
21:37:46 SusanEttenheim: and we've been involved in youth voices for a few years now
21:38:29 CarolynPonce: Thanks.
21:39:37 mattr_95: I am Ms. Ettenheim's student, and I really enjoy YouthVoices and FlickR, especially the way we coordinate the two to get the most out of them. It's really safe - no last names or anything like that.
21:41:30 Craig Hicks: Matt, would you share URLs where I can look at what you have posted on YouthVoices and Flickr?
21:41:56 CarolynPonce: Matt. Thanks for the info. I'd love to get the students here in North Eastern Arkansas on there.
21:43:57 mattr_95: Craig - one second
21:44:25 SusanEttenheim: hi wade - welcome!
21:44:30 SusanEttenheim: where and what do you teach?
21:44:33 Wade Gemmell: hello
21:44:40 Wade Gemmell: Chilliwack bc
21:44:51 SusanEttenheim: what grades?
21:44:54 SusanEttenheim: welcome!
21:45:01 Jakegarcia: I'm so sorry for mentioning this, Tim, but you know of Flight of the Conchords? haha, I'm sorry. That must be so cliche.
21:45:25 mattr_95: Craig - Here comes the sun: http://youthvoices.net/node/37191
21:45:40 SusanEttenheim: welcome back wade
21:45:41 Craig Hicks: thanks Matt!
21:46:23 mattr_95: My FlickR: http://www.flickr.com/photos/matthewresnick/ (The only reason it has my full name is because I had the account prior to the class)
21:48:42 Paul Allison: http://www.urgentevoke.com/profile/MicheleBaron
21:49:02 Paul Allison: http://paulallison.tumblr.com/post/522025157/paul-check-out-this-flickr-...
21:49:45 Craig Hicks: Is this chat available after the session?
21:50:18 SusanEttenheim: yes craig it will be posted as a podcast
21:51:40 Craig Hicks: Great!
21:51:54 SusanEttenheim: at edtechtalk.com and teachersteachingteachers.org
21:55:45 tim: @jakegarcia
21:55:59 tim: yeah - enjoy the conchords. have met brett. he's a good dude
21:56:23 tim: they both live in welllington - when they're not filming conchords - we get to see them around town
21:59:23 mattr_95: Cool FlickR group if you're into abstract and colorful photos  - http://www.flickr.com/groups/the_psychedelic_colour_group/
21:59:50 Jakegarcia: @tim; that's wonderful. I've wanted to meet them for a long time. Maybe one day. Downloading Brett's solo album now, actually.
22:00:06 tim: can i ask how you run the 'photo-walks'? that sounds like a cool method that I could use with my class
22:03:14 Jakegarcia: don't know if we'll get to it, but I wanted to talk about HDR photography, something my father has been getting into for almost a year
22:03:41 Jakegarcia: is there anyway to copy and paste a url?
22:03:41 Paul Allison: http://paulallison.tumblr.com/post/522025157/paul-check-out-this-flickr-...
22:03:44 SusanEttenheim: I hope so!
22:03:50 SusanEttenheim: drag it in
22:04:21 SusanEttenheim: tim we just go out and walk and take photos and we always have a little direction
22:04:43 Jakegarcia: http://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/d/d4/New_York_City_at_nigh...
22:04:55 Jakegarcia: don't know if that worked
22:05:28 CarolynPonce: Jake. Wow!! That's wonderful!
22:06:45 Jakegarcia: also, here's the spring shooting challenge at
22:06:46 Jakegarcia: gizmodo.com
22:06:53 Jakegarcia: http://gizmodo.com/5515261/264-stupendous-spring-wallpapers
22:08:22 Craig Hicks: What a great way to learn...Watching the Mets and Rockies baseball game,
22:08:49 Paul Allison: http://www.urgentevoke.com/profile/MicheleBaron
22:09:24 CarolynPonce: I have to share that a bird has made its nest in our door wreath. No eggs yet and it's too dark for a picture. :(
22:13:39 SusanEttenheim: thanks everyone have a good night!