Teachers Teaching Teachers #229 - How do we become more effective online educators--for students and other teachers? 12.15.10

If you wanted to talk about online education, who better would you like to sit down with than these four educators:

Dave Cormier

Andrea Zellner

Fred Haas

Zac Chase

That's what Susan Ettenheim and Paul Allison had the privilege of doing on this episode of Teachers Teaching Teachers. Enjoy!

12:37:06 mattmontagne: hey y'all
12:37:11 mattmontagne: happy happy
12:37:31 vvrotny: Hye Matt. Same to you. It was great seeing you in August
12:37:38 mattmontagne: looking forward to the gift buying show!!!
12:37:58 mattmontagne: likewise, Vinnie...time flies. Hard to believe that was Aug.
12:38:14 mattmontagne: Was just over there 2 nights ago for a Dan Russell search class...'twas fun
12:38:57 mattmontagne: you guys sound like a bunch of webcasters ;)
12:40:37 mattmontagne: iPad should be the big gift I suppose...I anticipate that some of our students will be getting iPads, iPod Touch, etc
12:41:04 vvrotny: that was my gift hope for last year.
12:41:11 vvrotny: Did you get a CR-48?
12:41:30 mattmontagne: I filled out the application...but when I hit submit, I think the web page had timed out.
12:41:35 mattmontagne: how about you, Vinnie??
12:41:47 arvind: I requested 3 for our school
12:41:51 mattmontagne: cr48 sounds a bit rough
12:42:03 vvrotny: not yet. Put in my app and am waiting
12:43:08 mattmontagne: wow...4 years
12:43:27 MattL: Hey all
12:43:31 mattmontagne: hey matt
12:43:44 arvind: hi there Matts
12:44:02 MattL: Thsi chatroomcould use more Matts
12:44:02 vvrotny: Hey, Matt
12:44:26 mattmontagne: ;)
12:45:06 MattL: Is your webadress at Geocities.com/homepages/~watches
12:45:23 mattmontagne: i wanna watch that syncs with time zones automatically
12:45:38 mattmontagne: so when I travel I never have to change the time...kinda like my cell phone
12:45:38 ahsan -> puentesalmundo: talking about watches check this out http://www.9to5mac.com/25807/iwatch-incipio-reveals-ipod-nano-watch-stra...
12:46:06 arvind: http://www.watchismo.com
12:46:15 mattmontagne: steve bergen would be all over that
12:47:49 mattmontagne: I never use the caps lock
12:48:40 arvind: http://www.google.com/chromeos/#utm_campaign=en&utm_source=en_us-ha-na-u...
12:49:29 arvind: http://focusmanifesto.com - Alex is reading this. I highly recommend it
12:51:02 arvind: http://shop.npr.org/radios/the-npr-radio-by-livio/
12:54:40 mattmontagne: a dude had an original tron arcade game in his dorm room in college
12:56:10 arvind: I am embarassed to say it, but I want these: http://www.agloves.com/products/Agloves.html
12:57:13 mattmontagne: a student of mine has capacitive touch gloves...but not to protect against the cold. She likes to keep her iPad clean
12:57:26 arvind: that is funny!
12:58:36 arvind: Nerding it up +1 with this one: http://www.daskeyboard.com/products - Also from Ars Technica
13:00:48 mattmontagne: :)
13:01:11 mattmontagne: sounds like vinny saw an opportunity and went for it :)
13:02:24 mattmontagne: I have one of these en route to my house: http://www.theglif.com/
13:02:52 mattmontagne: my iPad too, Vinny...it gets pretty grungy after a day
13:03:56 mattmontagne: I wish I would've invented the glif...
13:04:05 mattmontagne: Glif was funded in a really interesting way
13:04:17 arvind: Panasonic LX5K or the Canon S95
13:04:17 mattmontagne: no problem :)
13:04:38 mattmontagne: arvind, what are your thoughts on the micro four thirds??
13:05:10 arvind: I'm interested, tried to buy one for the school from Sony but my rep never calls me back
13:05:16 MattL: I'm back!
13:05:30 mattmontagne: terra plana's vinny
13:05:36 mattmontagne: they are awesome shoes!
13:06:10 vvrotny: No, my ecco's fit my wide feet like a glove. Never had an uncomfortable pair
13:06:17 arvind: http://www.amazon.com/gp/product/B001MTE32Y/ref=pd_lpo_k2_dp_sr_2?pf_rd_...
13:06:19 mattmontagne: got these vinnie: http://www.terraplana.com/oak-p-2165.html?colour=143
13:06:46 mattmontagne: I'm an ecco fan too...but recently tried these terra plana's...and now I can dunk a basketball :)
13:07:05 arvind: http://photojojo.com/store/awesomeness/camera-lens-mug/
13:07:32 mattmontagne: hilarious!!!
13:07:40 MattL: Saw the camera lens coffee mug at the Wired store. Even better in person.
13:08:01 mattmontagne: I would lovet to do a photography club with mobile phones...that would be a blast.
13:08:25 mattmontagne: I'm not putting a magnet anywhere near my phone :)
13:08:58 mattmontagne: I remember busting a kid who trashed a CRT monitor back in the day with a magnet...hilarious.
13:09:35 mattmontagne: I was pretty uptight about protecting our computer hardware at the time :)
13:11:07 mattmontagne: I've seen those from Paul...they are hilarious.
13:11:26 mattmontagne: I watched one from his bike ride through central park.
13:11:36 mattmontagne: good stuff, gentlemen
13:11:44 mattmontagne: have a great holiday!!!
13:11:59 mattmontagne: let's hear it!
13:12:16 MattL: Dashing through the gadgets....
13:12:31 MattL: Happy holidays!
13:13:44 arvind: thanks everyone for being here!
13:14:10 arvind: happy holidays to all!
20:42:24 SusanEttenheim: hello
20:42:43 SusanEttenheim: Teachers Teaching Teachers will be starting in about 15 minutes
20:50:25 Paul Allison: Hi... I'm coming.  Unusual place (my school) and funky equipment.
20:54:53 SusanEttenheim: humm ok
21:03:29 SusanEttenheim: hi! are you listening?
21:06:10 SusanEttenheim: hi fred - we can't hear you
21:09:37 guest478: dinosaur
21:34:18 SusanEttenheim: hi gail!
21:34:25 SusanEttenheim: what's going on with your skype?
21:36:02 Paul Allison: Gail are you avialable?
21:40:35 guest478: i'd better head out folks... couple of things to sort out before i nap.
21:42:20 Gail Desler: Grabbing notebook - "plank"? "mofe"?
21:44:29 Gail Desler: Tried to join AM virtually- but was not successful
21:44:39 SusanEttenheim: http://davecormier.com/edblog/2010/12/09/voice-digital-storytelling-106/
21:44:46 SusanEttenheim: mooc
21:45:02 Fred Haas: Massive Open Online Course MOOC
21:45:17 Gail Desler: "mooc" Massive Open Online Course - ah, I want to know more
21:50:36 Gail Desler: Ah, credit recovery - an important topic!
21:51:39 Gail Desler: Andrea, I'm losing you.
21:52:09 Gail Desler: Oh, no, lost everybody:(
21:52:09 Paul Allison: Looks like we have lost things?
21:52:11 Fred Haas: Everyone just kind of broke up
21:52:20 Paul Allison: I can't hear anybody?
21:52:26 Gail Desler: Me neither
21:54:16 Andrea Z: Um, IDK. Sorry...not sure what happened to me.
21:54:30 Gail Desler: If we're not able to reconnect, I would love to continue a discussion on credit recovery and virtual academies
21:54:45 Paul Allison: I don't think it was you.
21:54:46 Fred Haas: I fell off the call completely
21:54:54 Andrea Z: Me, too!
21:54:57 Paul Allison: Susan must be doing something.
21:55:17 Gail Desler: Standing by....
21:55:29 Paul Allison: Right so does it frustrate advocates of online education that it becomes "credit recovery?"
21:55:34 Andrea Z: If we are going to talk about credit recovery, we should talk to Mike Ritzius.  He's doing some neat things with his students.
21:55:47 Paul Allison: Say more?
21:55:52 Gail Desler: Is he in Michigan, Andrea?
21:56:00 Andrea Z: He's set up a whoe school environment around virtual learning
21:56:03 Andrea Z: but with f2f support
21:56:09 Andrea Z: He's in New Jersey
21:56:11 Gail Desler: Is there a link?
21:56:36 Andrea Z: Hmmm. I'm not sure...I've talked to him about it over twitter and at Educon last year.
21:56:41 Paul Allison: Gail... how have you been? Missed you in Orlando.
21:56:59 Paul Allison: How is the bird project going? Has it evolved?
21:56:59 Gail Desler: Missed you too Paul.  I'm good:-)
21:57:05 Andrea Z: We missed Gail in Orlando!!!
21:57:16 Gail Desler: Thanks Andrea
21:57:49 Gail Desler: Bird project is coming along.  4th graders are now blogging with John Muir Laws on how to draw birds
21:59:04 Gail Desler: Answered your call, Susan, but don't hear you:-(
22:00:08 Gail Desler: OK, can I make a formal request to continue conversation on virtual learning?
22:11:11 MrChase: Peer-2-Peer University: p2pu.org