#184
February
20/21, 2011
Hosts:
Dave, Jen, and Jeff
Guest
Hosts: Kristian Still and Scott Lockman
Kristianstill -> Jen good to see you this evening 😀
18:47:17
scottlo -> Heard something was up here from the twitters. stream
URL please??
18:47:19
Kristianstill -> Listening in here now….
18:47:38
JenM -> here you go …
18:47:40
JenM -> https://edtechtalk.net/live
18:48:10
scottlo -> ah, it’s the player on the right. cool
18:50:58
Kristianstill -> Livestream a little choppy
18:51:00
JL -> hey scott
18:51:05
scottlo -> hey JL
18:51:06
Kristianstill -> But, now…. grand
18:51:13
Kristianstill -> Yep
18:51:28
JL -> are you watching Livestream?
18:51:33
scottlo -> may I hijack the audio when you go live and xfer it
in to #ds106radio?
18:51:39
JL -> sure
18:51:48
JL -> want to skype in now to say ‘hey’
18:52:50
scottlo -> hey DC
18:53:05
scottlo -> awe you guys
19:01:17
scottlo -> it sounds about the same
19:02:15
gary -> The “echo-chamber” episode?
19:02:19
JenM -> we are about to start-ish … sort of
19:02:52
JenM -> working on audio issues … jeff is … we are doing
nothing but babbling
19:03:12
dave -> you can listen on ds106 radio
19:03:22
dave -> scott will post link?
19:04:14
Connie Sitterley -> Jen is pretty good-actually better now
19:04:31
gary -> Choppy for some and echoing – varies Jen seems okay
19:04:50
Connie Sitterley -> Only hearing Jeff
19:05:09
Connie Sitterley -> Dave is really loud
19:05:15
Connie Sitterley -> Rest are back
19:05:19
PeggyG -> Hi everyone. I’m hearing Jen and Jeff now 🙂
19:05:22
gary -> Much better
19:05:37
gary -> Not anymore – choppy again
19:05:38
Connie Sitterley -> choppy again now
19:05:57
Connie Sitterley -> Better now
19:06:14
Connie Sitterley -> now it is
19:06:20
gary -> Dave say something
19:06:41
Connie Sitterley -> Dave is now good also
19:06:43
gary -> Seems fine now
19:07:29
Connie Sitterley -> where did everone go?
19:07:41
Connie Sitterley -> You all left us…
19:07:48
JL -> we’re back
19:07:53
Connie Sitterley -> OK see you
19:07:53
JL -> might need to press play again
19:08:09
Connie Sitterley -> This has been fun so far
19:09:28
gary -> Link for ds106?
19:10:38
PeggyG -> Dave is cutting out now
19:10:40
scottlo -> http://ds106.us/ds106-radio
19:10:45
dave -> http://purposed.org.uk/archives/
19:10:49
Connie Sitterley -> The audio is hard to listen to
19:10:58
PeggyG -> better now
19:11:17
PeggyG -> now it’s cutting out again 🙁
19:12:08
Connie Sitterley -> Seems like my ears have hiccups
19:13:11
dave ->
19:13:16
dave -> see cute children
19:17:36
PeggyG -> the choppy audio is making it very hard to understand
what is being said. not sure if it’s my bandwidth but I’m direct wired.
19:17:58
JL -> sorry – can you listen to ds106 audio?
19:18:03
Connie Sitterley -> Agree Peggy-I am missing much
19:18:08
gary -> @Peggy – we probably are hearing the same
19:18:54
JL -> starting up ETT A stream as well
19:18:59
PeggyG -> I’ll try that
19:19:14
Connie Sitterley -> weird that it is clear right now-then went
to commercial….
19:19:29
JL -> on no! Commercials! 🙁
19:20:02
PeggyG -> commercials are winning!
19:20:27
Connie Sitterley -> good audio right now-hopefully will stay
19:20:34
JL -> http://64.94.100.216:8000/listen.pls
19:20:38
JL -> ETT audio
19:21:17
PeggyG -> got it from the ds106 audio link
19:21:23
PeggyG -> listening in itunes now
19:21:29
PeggyG -> very clear
19:21:33
JL -> good – then I can keep my VAC off
19:23:45
scottlo -> 12 folks currently listening to this on ds106 stream
19:26:17
PeggyG -> that site isn’t very user-friendly–too many clicks to
get to the content…
19:28:18
JenM -> http://edtechweekly.wikispaces.com/EdTechWeekly+184
19:28:58
PeggyG -> if they bring their own technology to school is
everything still blocked?
19:30:06
JL -> anybody still listening to livestream?
19:30:11
JL -> if so, any change?
19:30:13
gary -> Teach biology – “sex” is alway blocked. Each site needs
to be unblocked seperately
19:30:32
connect2jamie -> I’m listening to livestream, and it just got
much better.
19:30:44
JL -> thx
19:30:46
PeggyG -> no just watching the stream and listening on itunes
19:30:46
connect2jamie -> Sounds great now
19:31:29
connect2jamie -> audio just got glitchy again.
19:31:31
PeggyG -> if youtube is blocked can he use something like
viewpure.com that removes everything on the page but the video?
19:38:02
PeggyG -> how has the loss of BECTA affected the national
standards in the UK?
19:39:45
Connie Sitterley -> Same story in the US-for instance, PA
Classrooms for the Future-Year 5-no funds-no replacement for the
laptops purchased 4 years ago-even if progress seems positive
19:41:21
PeggyG -> it looks like many of the earlier ofsted resources now
say “this page may not reflect Government policy”. Is ofsted the
official source of evaluation of success?
19:43:09
dave -> http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Becta
19:43:44
PeggyG -> I always felt BECTA was leading the way!
19:44:35
PeggyG -> http://www.ofsted.gov.uk/
19:45:24
JenM -> US Centric Links re: Wisconsin Teacher Protests …
http://www.csmonitor.com/USA/Politics/2011/0216/In-Wisconsin-standoff-a-test-Has-governor-gone-overboard-to-trim-deficit
19:45:42
PeggyG ->
http://www.education.gov.uk/schools/adminandfinance/procurement/ict/a0073825/becta
19:46:12
PeggyG -> Becta closes formally on 31 March 2011.
19:47:26
dave -> outside of football of course
19:47:37
PeggyG -> excellent summary Jen!
19:48:26
PeggyG -> TX is facing catastrophic losses for technology in
schools
19:49:21
PeggyG -> AZ is a right to work state–Education Association but
no unions
19:49:26
gary -> The Ontario Teachers Union has a great deal of financial
power
19:49:31
Connie Sitterley -> Limits on strike options really have
weakened unions in PA at least
19:49:37
dave -> any time i get to say ‘sacrocanct’ is a good day
19:49:59
PeggyG -> A Right to Work law guarantees that no person can be
compelled, as a condition of employment, to join or not to join, or to
pay dues to a labor union.
19:50:31
JenM -> … and for a more national perspective …
19:50:38
PeggyG -> you mean sacrosanct right? 🙂
19:50:51
Connie Sitterley -> That was the Canadian spelling
19:50:56
PeggyG -> 🙂
19:51:12
dave -> the chatroom mispells things for me
19:51:21
dave -> jeff set it up one day when i wasn’t looking
19:51:45
PeggyG -> I know what you mean Dave! 🙂
19:52:08
gary -> Many good teachers could leave the profession if they
did not have a union.
19:52:17
Connie Sitterley -> The video keeps showing commercials!
19:52:33
PeggyG -> many good teachers have left the profession for lots
of reasons!
19:52:51
PeggyG -> I turned the video off–even with the audio muted the
ads played
19:52:59
gary -> Agreed
19:53:02
Connie Sitterley -> Yep-here too
19:53:59
Connie Sitterley -> Can the other states be in trouble for
harboring fugitives?
19:54:11
PeggyG -> funny Connie!
19:54:12
dave -> 106 miles to chicago. half’a pack of
cigarettes,
19:54:14
PeggyG -> lost the audio
19:54:35
PeggyG -> can hear Scott
19:54:43
JenM -> oops … did we lose Jeff!
19:54:48
Connie Sitterley -> no audio on video or itunes
19:55:06
PeggyG -> ok-thanks Scott
19:55:12
PeggyG -> hearing Dave now
19:55:27
PeggyG -> censorship??
19:55:46
PeggyG -> very suspicious!
19:56:35
Connie Sitterley -> no Jeff sound
19:56:50
PeggyG -> viewpure is an excellent site
19:57:10
PeggyG -> will also upload in Livebinder without all of the
extra stuff 🙂
19:57:34
Connie Sitterley -> Bye everyone
19:57:39
PeggyG -> is the webcastacademy page working now?
19:58:20
PeggyG -> I like Livestream 🙂 they used it for all of their
streams at the Science Leadership Academy
19:59:06
PeggyG -> yes the ads area real pain in Livestream–
pop up throughout the session
19:59:24
PeggyG -> Chris Lehmann was able to get them removed for Educon
2.3 though-not sure how
20:00:35
PeggyG -> you have to pay for the skype group conference call,
right?
20:01:49
PeggyG -> something like 9.95 a month?
20:02:32
PeggyG -> thanks everyone
20:07:41
JenM -> Nite all
