Seedlings #93 2010-09-30

Join Alice and Cheryl as we get the latest  from our friend Cherrie MacInnes and what she is up to in her classroom in Brewer, Maine. Bob missed the show, for good reason, Zoe his daughter wanted to check out what happens in the ER when you fracture a finger. Zoe, hope you feel better. Bob, we missed you!

“Geek of the Week” Links for 2010-09-30

The Chat:

 19:16:42  cheryloakes~ Seedlings  Getting ready! BRB
 19:20:08  cheryloakes~ Seedlings  welcome Scott! Just starting up
 19:20:35  Scott Shelhart (@kd9sr)  OK...  doing homework while I wait.
 19:21:50  alicebarr (SEEDlings)  Hi Arvind
 19:23:00  alicebarr (SEEDlings)  Hi Scott
 19:23:25  Scott Shelhart (@kd9sr)  Hello
 19:25:41  cheryloakes~ Seedlings  Hello Cherrie
 19:26:32  Cherrie MacInnes  Hi!
 19:30:46  alicebarr (SEEDlings)  Welcome dta8995
 19:30:59  alicebarr (SEEDlings)  Can you hear us OK?
 19:31:02  dta8995  Thank you
 19:31:10  dta8995  Not yet, I'm working on it
 19:31:27  alicebarr (SEEDlings)  Click on Edtech A
 19:32:14  cheryloakes~ Seedlings  Hello Eric, and dta8995
 19:32:24  alicebarr (SEEDlings)  Hey Eric
 19:32:25  elawson  hi cheryl
 19:32:29  elawson  Hi Alice
 19:32:40  dta8995  Hello
 19:32:55  cheryloakes~ Seedlings  You will love the show it is all about collaborating!
 19:35:22  alicebarr (SEEDlings)  Hey melinda
 19:35:27  cheryloakes~ Seedlings  Hi Melinda,
 19:35:44  mmiller7571  Hello! Hoping to listen for a little bit:) Girls aren't fighting yet:)
 19:35:47  mmiller7571  MO
 19:35:53  cheryloakes~ Seedlings  Cherrie, started a project and it just grew!
 19:36:02  cheryloakes~ Seedlings  Thanks Melinda, MO of course!
 19:36:31  cheryloakes~ Seedlings  Video chat with each state and found 3rd grade teachers through email!
 19:36:45  alicebarr (SEEDlings)  Can't imagine looking up all that info!
 19:37:25  alicebarr (SEEDlings)  I love that supporting one another
 19:37:47  alicebarr (SEEDlings)  Built in 50 State PLN!!
 19:38:21  cheryloakes~ Seedlings  Hi Loonyhiker
 19:38:34  loonyhiker  Hi y'all!
 19:38:40  alicebarr (SEEDlings)  Hi Loonyhiker
 19:38:43  alicebarr (SEEDlings)  Welcome
 19:38:57  loonyhiker  sorry i'm late - had computer issues
 19:39:09  cherrie macinnes  https://sites.google.com/site/chattingacrosstheusa/
 19:39:26  cheryloakes~ Seedlings  cherrie's site of the 50 state PLN
 19:39:34  loonyhiker  I clicked on it and it worked
 19:39:42  cheryloakes~ Seedlings  yeah!
 19:40:32  alicebarr (SEEDlings)  So cool!
 19:40:33  mmiller7571  so are you missing a MO school?
 19:40:47  mmiller7571  I might be able to help with that:)
 19:40:57  cheryloakes~ Seedlings  Cherrie will take more
 19:41:11  alicebarr (SEEDlings)  Hi Connie
 19:41:15  cheryloakes~ Seedlings  Hello Connie, welcome
 19:41:18  Connie Sitterley  Hi everyone
 19:41:38  mmiller7571  oh not I do not want to give you more work:):)
 19:41:59  cheryloakes~ Seedlings  I don't see MO on the list yet
 19:42:51  Scott Shelhart (@kd9sr)  I hope you are recording.  I have many teachers I want to share this with!
 19:43:04  Connie Sitterley  It is a great model for teachers!
 19:43:08  alicebarr (SEEDlings)  Yes we archive and post by the weeknd Scott!
 19:43:33  cheryloakes~ Seedlings  Hello dsyonemori, glad you are here.
 19:43:43  loonyhiker  This is going to make a great blog post for next week! Thanks for the inspiration
 19:43:45  dsyonemori  Thanks...sorry I missed the beginning
 19:44:03  dsyonemori  This is my first time so I am not sure what to expect to be completely honest
 19:44:04  alicebarr (SEEDlings)  HI dsyonemori
 19:44:29  alicebarr (SEEDlings)  @dysoneori Be sure you have clicked on EdTEch A to hear us
 19:44:36  cheryloakes~ Seedlings  Dsyonemori, this is the chat, there is a webcast going on, click on Edtechtalk A and you can hear.
 19:44:50  cheryloakes~ Seedlings  This will also be a podcast you can listen.
 19:45:19  dta8995  Hey Devon, it's Dave from 514
 19:45:31  dsyonemori  Hi Dave!
 19:45:48  dta8995  This is really neat I can see why he wanted us to do this
 19:46:20  alicebarr (SEEDlings)  Are some of you here for a class?
 19:46:20  cheryloakes~ Seedlings  Hey Dave and Devon, which professor sent you here, this happens frequently, we hope you enjoy.
 19:46:40  dsyonemori  Steve Dembo
 19:46:50  cheryloakes~ Seedlings  Say hi to him for us.
 19:46:52  dta8995  Steve Dembo? A Wilkes University class
 19:46:54  alicebarr (SEEDlings)  Oh Great! Gald you are joining
 19:47:03  dta8995  Will do!
 19:47:25  cheryloakes~ Seedlings  hi ereitenbach, welcome
 19:47:28  alicebarr (SEEDlings)  Hi ereitenbach
 19:47:50  alicebarr (SEEDlings)  Yes please say hello to Steve!
 19:48:16  ereitenbach  Hi Steve
 19:50:03  loonyhiker  Can all the new people who entered hear the audio? If you can't, this chat may not make any sense. :)
 19:51:01  cheryloakes~ Seedlings  If you are new here,please click on edtechtalk A to hear the audio.
 19:51:19  alicebarr (SEEDlings)  Very important to model risk
 19:51:54  Connie Sitterley  What a great example for the future for the students, hers and the other schools as well
 19:52:09  cheryloakes~ Seedlings  Isnt' she amazing.
 19:52:22  alicebarr (SEEDlings)  WOW! Great! The journey!
 19:52:45  cheryloakes~ Seedlings  The process is important.
 19:54:31  cheryloakes~ Seedlings  Electronic Village Online will begin in January and goes 6 weeks!
 19:55:02  alicebarr (SEEDlings)  Here's another free online course https://docs.google.com/Doc?tab=edit&dr=true&id=aqt36n75c98_9248tptgkgp
 19:55:04  cheryloakes~ Seedlings  http://academics.smcvt.edu/cbauer-ramazani/TESOL/EVOL/portal.htm
 19:58:55  cheryloakes~ Seedlings  Melinda, wouldn't you love to have a couple of Cherrie's in your school.
 20:00:16  Connie Sitterley  I think everyone would like a couple Cherries-As a retired tech director, I would have loved it
 20:00:50  cheryloakes~ Seedlings  Thanks Connie, her enthusiasm is wonderful.
 20:02:17  Scott Shelhart (@kd9sr)  Did you have any issues getting parent permission for the skype calls?
 20:03:05  Connie Sitterley  Proposals for the PA Conference (February) are due October 10-in case Cherrie is interested and available
 20:04:16  Scott Shelhart (@kd9sr)  :D
 20:07:05  alicebarr (SEEDlings)  http://classchats.com
 20:08:28  cheryloakes~ Seedlings  Connie more information!
 20:09:14  Connie Sitterley  I can tweet mu contact info to Cheryl or Alice
 20:09:33  cheryloakes~ Seedlings  that would be fine!
 20:10:08  cheryloakes~ Seedlings  Connie, she is MacInnes3  twitter, you can try.
 20:10:36  Scott Shelhart (@kd9sr)  Check out plurk.com as well
 20:10:53  loonyhiker  plz do plurk too!
 20:10:56  Connie Sitterley  I will follow her, but will send the contact info to you as well.  I am csitterley on twitter
 20:11:52  Connie Sitterley  I am following her now
 20:12:39  loonyhiker  i'm loonyhiker on twitter and plurk
 20:12:52  Scott Shelhart (@kd9sr)  kd9sr on twitter and plurk
 20:12:55  Connie Sitterley  It has been a while, but we will encourage your
 20:13:09  alicebarr (SEEDlings)  @alicebarr on Twitter and Plurk
 20:13:20  cheryloakes~ Seedlings  cheryloakes50= twitter
 20:14:03  cheryloakes~ Seedlings  Fast Grant, Perloff Foundation! in Maine !!!!
 20:14:11  Scott Shelhart (@kd9sr)  What camera did you get?
 20:14:58  Scott Shelhart (@kd9sr)  ok... sorry
 20:15:15  Connie Sitterley  Now she has a reason to tweet
 20:15:23  alicebarr (SEEDlings)  http://vimeo.comhttp://vimeo.com/
 20:15:28  Scott Shelhart (@kd9sr)  I like voicethread.com.  can pics, videos...
 20:15:53  cheryloakes~ Seedlings  Kodakzi8 is the camera
 20:16:04  Scott Shelhart (@kd9sr)  http://voicethread.com/
 20:16:29  Scott Shelhart (@kd9sr)  OK.  good camera.... I have one too.  I like it better than the flip
 20:16:57  alicebarr (SEEDlings)  http://skypeanauthor.wetpaint.com/
 20:17:51  Scott Shelhart (@kd9sr)  Cool!
 20:18:15  cheryloakes~ Seedlings  http://www.khanacademy.org/
 20:19:06  alicebarr (SEEDlings)  http://www.project10tothe100.com/index.html
 20:20:08  cheryloakes~ Seedlings  http://onceuponateacher.blogspot.com/2010/09/are-you-ready-for-challenge...
 20:20:29  alicebarr (SEEDlings)  This should keep us all busy for awhile :)
 20:22:23  cheryloakes~ Seedlings  We are about collaboration and PLNs today.
 20:23:50  cheryloakes~ Seedlings  Google Street View of Antarctica! Check it out.
 20:24:11  Scott Shelhart (@kd9sr)  I hope the penguins don't complain about privacy issues
 20:24:13  cheryloakes~ Seedlings  RSS feed Google New
 20:24:35  alicebarr (SEEDlings)  http://www.google.com/newproducts/
 20:24:58  Connie Sitterley  flipboard
 20:25:53  alicebarr (SEEDlings)  Chat room ROCKS! Thanks for coming tonight!
 20:26:15  Scott Shelhart (@kd9sr)  ;) ;)
 20:26:19  dta8995  Thanks everyone
 20:26:29  elawson  Thanks ladies
 20:26:30  loonyhiker  this was great! thx!
 20:26:35  cheryloakes~ Seedlings  Thanks for hanging with us we so appreciate it. Bob will be back next week!!
 20:26:49  loonyhiker  have a great nite!
 20:26:53  Scott Shelhart (@kd9sr)  Great show!  I'm going to share this with many friends.
 20:27:03  cheryloakes~ Seedlings  See you next week!
 20:27:21  cherrie macinnes  Thank you for all the feedback and information!
 20:27:33  alicebarr (SEEDlings)  Thanks All!
 20:27:41  cheryloakes~ Seedlings  Thanks so much.
 20:27:54  Connie Sitterley  PA Conference site is http://peteandc.org- presentations welcome