What web tools does every teacher need?
Chat:
19:00:27 sheila A – Hi
19:00:39 Cathy E – can we skype you
19:01:07 sheila A – ok
19:02:40 kingre – I don’t hear anything!
19:03:24 ballardfr – I don’t either
19:04:12 dougsymington – hi all
19:04:44 dougsymington – don’t have voice capabilities at present, but listening on stream
19:04:52 Cathy E – sorry
19:06:55 dgoodman – hello everyone
19:07:04 dougsymington – hello
19:07:38 dgoodman – hi cathy
19:07:52 dgoodman – fell off the face of the earth, so to speak
19:09:04 dgoodman – just need a google account not gmail
19:09:36 sheila A – @dgoodman – that’s what I thought too
19:09:40 dgoodman – voicethread, social bookmarking, google docs, wiki and blogs
19:09:43 dougsymington – gmail spam filters have allowed me to use accounts that had been useless due to spam
19:10:10 dougsymington – I have 5 email accounts that come in through Gmail–helps manage the deluge
19:10:18 dgoodman – our middle and high school students really need to know about diigo
19:10:35 dgoodman – yes, sunshine
19:10:38 dgoodman – sure
19:12:46 mrsdurff – hey!
19:12:50 dgoodman – hi durf
19:12:55 sheila A – Hi!
19:13:04 dougsymington – @mrsdurff "in the house"
19:13:46 mrsdurff – we could say mr symington in the house
19:13:57 mrsdurff – please don
19:14:19 mrsdurff – my mic somehow doesn’t work but earing does
19:14:41 mrsdurff – this is the last USB with any sound at all
19:14:44 Cathy E – please list your top 3 web 2.0 tools
19:14:47 mrsdurff – hi!
19:15:15 dougsymington – this is perhaps a bit more "advanced" than beginner tool
19:15:25 mrsdurff – favs: Google Reader, twitter, classblogmeister
19:15:29 helenotway – Hi all
19:15:32 dougsymington – but I keep coming back to twemes
19:15:34 etalbert – Hi all!
19:15:39 mrsdurff – hi
19:15:43 dougsymington – Hi
19:15:57 etalbert – google-all apps, del.icio.us, slideshare
19:16:04 mrsdurff – i like wikispaces best
19:16:07 dougsymington – http://twemes.com/makingconnections
19:16:09 mrsdurff – wetpaint?
19:16:22 dougsymington – haven’t used wetpaint, but many like it
19:16:38 mrsdurff – it’s confusing to me
19:16:40 dougsymington – keep coming back to wikispaces, myself
19:16:42 etalbert – Hard to do 3, since they have different purposes
19:16:43 dgoodman – have seen wetpaint, seems to be user friendly
19:16:54 mrsdurff – yes i like wikispaces
19:17:24 dougsymington – VoiceThread is another one that powerful, and relatively easy to use
19:17:27 dgoodman – photo shring sites are great to use as well – ovi
19:17:27 etalbert – If I did another wiki, I’d try wetpaint
19:17:30 mrsdurff – yes
19:17:41 dgoodman – @etalbert I agree
19:17:47 mrsdurff – wetpaint is confusing
19:17:53 mrsdurff – hi jpecke
19:18:01 jepcke – Hi Durff!
19:18:25 jepcke – Who’s the guest tonight?
19:18:26 etalbert – Photo sharing – I use picasa – it’s google again!
19:18:34 dgoodman – twitter and edtechtalk has become my prof dev of the time
19:18:38 dougsymington – all great tools–we forget that FF an Skype are new to so many
19:18:50 dgoodman – yes tey are doug
19:18:51 etalbert – To get it all going – Firefox for browsing.
19:19:27 jepcke – We have FF on all computers, but students have to use Safari due to our proxy server easier to filter
19:19:31 etalbert – Now Twitter, but only because of a google gadget!
19:19:31 dgoodman – network is sooooo important
19:19:48 sheila A – @dgoodman – I rely on twitter and edtechtalk now too.
19:20:05 etalbert – Yep, filtering, now that’s a vexed question!
19:20:55 etalbert – I like diigo groups too.
19:20:59 dgoodman – good bedside manners are important with your tech folks
19:21:29 dgoodman – and your secretary
19:21:39 jepcke – and your custodian
19:21:43 etalbert – Who has a secretary?
19:21:59 dgoodman – school secretary…
19:22:32 etalbert – We use admin. staff.
19:22:54 jepcke – Oh I love Scratch!
19:23:38 dgoodman – 21classes is like that too
19:23:57 jepcke – What’s 21classes?
19:23:58 etalbert – Wordle has some interesting possibilities.
19:25:31 mrsdurff – hi mjsamberg
19:25:47 mjsamberg – Hi!
19:25:51 etalbert – What will happen with all this "intelligent chat"?
19:26:03 dougsymington – it will be archived
19:26:04 mrsdurff – it is archived
19:26:08 dougsymington – and posted with audio
19:26:13 dougsymington – hi Ben
19:26:17 mrsdurff – so anyone can view it later
19:26:21 mrsdurff – hi ben
19:26:29 Ben Hazzard – hi folks
19:26:38 Ben Hazzard – Just back from dinner!
19:26:46 Cathy E – Hello Ben
19:26:49 dgoodman – http://21classes.com
19:26:57 dougsymington – excellent, welcome
19:27:01 dgoodman – hi ben and mark
19:27:05 etalbert – Sorry, I am new to this, view latter, for PL?
19:27:22 Ben Hazzard – Doug, Cathy, MrsDurff, dgoodman, et al… it is great to join you!
19:27:39 dgoodman – did we loose sound or is it me
19:27:50 dougsymington – still on here
19:27:53 mrsdurff – yes etalbert
19:28:04 kingre – I do not have sound
19:28:12 dgoodman – sound is very weak
19:28:19 mrsdurff – click on ETT A
19:28:21 dgoodman – that’s ok
19:28:24 mrsdurff – black icon
19:28:26 dougsymington – click on the icons on the rigt side of this page
19:28:37 dougsymington – for stream
19:28:54 dgoodman – nice and loud
19:29:07 mrsdurff – there is a beta version?
19:29:16 dgoodman – wow, gotta try that
19:29:27 mrsdurff – I have 3.8
19:29:28 dougsymington – @Cathy hey, I resemble that comment
19:29:31 Ben Hazzard – loving the forms
19:29:40 mrsdurff – you resemble?
19:29:46 mrsdurff – or ?
19:29:57 dougsymington – click once, an then r-click to add to conference
19:29:58 mrsdurff – resent?
19:30:00 dougsymington – I think
19:30:11 Ben Hazzard – using google spreadsheets with form embedded in a webpage to take RSVPs for my inlaws anniversary
19:30:14 dougsymington – oh no, it’s resemble 🙂
19:30:23 mrsdurff – i think there i am disruptive
19:30:27 dgoodman – maybe mark can demo that for us
19:30:40 Cathy E – pdtogo.com
19:30:46 Ben Hazzard – Also great for collecting open ended response
19:31:01 etalbert – 21classes looks interesting!
19:31:08 Ben Hazzard – Too kind
19:31:20 Ben Hazzard – thanks!
19:31:35 Ben Hazzard – not true… we get multiple takes!
19:31:39 etalbert – Finally got sound! This is pretty cool!
19:32:12 dgoodman – is it frieda making a list
19:32:42 ballardfr – yes
19:32:45 kingre – Yes……Freda is making tthe list
19:33:02 dgoodman – You are welcome to use my wiki I created for a conf – http://ncaect07.pbwiki.com
19:33:14 ballardfr – great, thanks
19:33:34 dgoodman – I met her cathy – she attended the Geocaching training
19:33:37 dougsymington – Cheryl Oakes had a great post today about UDL as well
19:33:41 dougsymington – brb with a link
19:33:59 dgoodman – I agree with cathy
19:34:07 mrsdurff – food? did someone mention food?
19:34:34 mrsdurff – i’ll take the vegan portion please
19:34:50 dougsymington – http://www.techlearning.com/blog/2008/07/assistive_technology_goes_main.php
19:34:58 dgoodman – I think with any project-create a rubric so students know exactly what is expected and then grade accordingly
19:35:31 dgoodman – fizz is great – just joined today
19:35:31 mrsdurff – on blogs – have them write blogs, and grade online
19:35:53 jepcke – @dgoodman That is very important for the teacher too. Many don’t know what they expect fromt he kids with regard to tech projects
19:35:54 etalbert – Wiki study guides – sounds good!
19:36:03 dgoodman – we are having someone in in a couple weeks to do training and then well have our own environemnt
19:36:20 mrsdurff – for audio podcasts – have them create according to rubric and have them grade each other’s work
19:36:33 mjsamberg – https://www.fi.ncsu.edu/fizz/
19:37:08 dgoodman – getting students use to reflective writing is great -will pay off as they get to higher grades – blogs are great for this
19:37:27 dgoodman – having srudents to respond to blogs first before writing their own
19:37:54 etalbert – Good point about wikis.
19:38:20 dgoodman – it has certainly made me look at roadkill in a diff light
19:38:43 dgoodman – dont you try to identify it
19:38:43 mrsdurff – roadkill? gross!
19:38:47 etalbert – Roadkill?
19:38:53 mrsdurff – yuckoo!
19:38:54 sheila A – http://www.ryejrhigh.org/roadkill
19:39:01 mrsdurff – not me thanks
19:39:12 dgoodman – h come on durf
19:39:16 sheila A – high roadkill # indicates # population
19:39:22 mjsamberg – Fizz sample sites: http://www.fareel.com, www.ccreel.com, hctube.hertford.k12.nc.us
19:40:22 dgoodman – @mark first two links didn’t work
19:40:35 Ben Hazzard – Did you discuss the 3 things that are web 2.0 (and popular) that should not be shared with newbies?
19:40:53 mrsdurff – hi mjsamberg
19:40:56 mjsamberg – @deborah – they worked OK for me. www.fareel.com and www.ccreel.com
19:40:59 jepcke – @ben Really good idea!
19:41:07 etalbert – Newbie kids or newbie teachers?
19:41:26 Ben Hazzard – Newbie teachers (I think) but both would be appropriate…
19:41:35 dgoodman – its very busy for newnies
19:41:36 mrsdurff – i use jott for that
19:41:37 jepcke – @ben What are you’re 3?
19:41:52 mrsdurff – on speed dial on the cell phone
19:41:53 Ben Hazzard – Twitter
19:41:58 mrsdurff – yup
19:41:59 dgoodman – links worked that time mark
19:42:03 dougsymington – funny
19:42:05 etalbert – It is the purpose not the tool.
19:42:06 mrsdurff – yes
19:42:23 dougsymington – was going to say the same thing–yes, Twitter has a tendancy to overwhelm
19:42:40 etalbert – I wouldn’t pick Twitter first for any teacher.
19:43:08 Ben Hazzard – microblogging sites, animoto, wikis/blogs
19:43:11 dgoodman – so many people tell me that they just dont get twitter but after they get more comfy with web 2.o in general they go bacl and look and get it
19:43:36 sheila A – That was me Deborah!
19:43:42 Ben Hazzard – microblogging = too confusing and don’t know the noise to vitamin ratio is too small
19:43:48 etalbert – I like twitter if we tweet mostly about professional matters.
19:44:02 dgoodman – its al in who you follow
19:44:04 Ben Hazzard – animoto – cool but shiny and not as well understood
19:44:06 dougsymington – Twitter makes perfect sense the first time you use it to find an answer to a particular question
19:44:21 etalbert – I wold start teachers with an igoogle page and go from there.
19:44:50 Ben Hazzard – blogging and wikis – without a good idea of the possibilities it is not going to take hold
19:44:59 dgoodman – same as you cathy
19:45:25 etalbert – This is definately where web filtering policies come in.
19:45:40 Ben Hazzard – My question when picking what people should do first: what do they already do in real life?
19:45:53 etalbert – A lot of what we are mentioning are blocked in my state in Oz.
19:45:58 dgoodman – gotta check out animoto more closely – have heard it mentioned quite a bit lately
19:46:13 Ben Hazzard – Do they have a digital camera? Then picasa, Flickr!
19:46:23 dgoodman – how about flip video camera
19:46:36 mjsamberg – What about the flip?
19:46:44 jepcke – Don’t think I’d show a newbie Second Life.
19:46:45 mjsamberg – Really cool piece of hardware.
19:46:49 mjsamberg – No.
19:46:58 dgoodman – no no no second life for newbie
19:47:15 etalbert – Media creation and sharing appeals to teachers and kids.
19:47:23 dgoodman – @mark loving the flip
19:47:25 Ben Hazzard – jepcke – excellent! stay away from SL… back up from the mouse!
19:47:33 jepcke – We are having great success with newbies and Moodle
19:47:41 etalbert – moodle is becoming popular here too.
19:47:43 jepcke – Newbies to tech that its
19:47:44 Ben Hazzard – loving the flip as well
19:47:45 mjsamberg – A few tools – I worry sometimes that we overwhelm teachers by showing them a ton of tools so that they dont’ know where to start.
19:47:51 jepcke – and we have an inhouse Moodle expert
19:48:00 dgoodman – @mark I agree
19:48:34 etalbert – Identify the purpose and learning need and then pick tool, product etc
19:48:38 dgoodman – highlight a few at a time-show real application o the tool and then move on
19:48:48 Ben Hazzard – @mjsanberg – a multitude of options does not overcome knowing the professionals we work with. INstead of rapid fire do the more individualized approach
19:49:05 jepcke – show them a site/tool that will help them solve a problem
19:49:16 mjsamberg – I’m going to do new teacher training differently – separate them by discipline and grade level to work with them in a less general setting.
19:49:30 Ben Hazzard – As what do you want to know? What do tools do you use in your personal life?
19:49:32 jepcke – differentiate for techers too
19:49:46 Ben Hazzard – amen jepcke
19:50:00 etalbert – Yes, relevance to teaching subject is important.
19:50:17 jepcke – many mid-range tech users get turned off when things are always so basic
19:50:37 jepcke – and the hig-end users just check out
19:51:03 etalbert – The late majority need coaxing! What’s in it for me!
19:51:03 sheila A – Years ago, we used a rubric for our technology skills. Is there anything out there that has Web 2.0 concepts on rubric/continuum
19:51:10 jepcke – Some teachers think I’ve taught with it for so many years so I don’t need it now
19:51:14 sheila A – for staff
19:51:21 dgoodman – good discussion as usual -thanks cathy
19:51:26 jepcke – @etalbert Very true
19:51:36 dgoodman – Intel has a datbase of rubrics for blogs, wikis, etc
19:51:47 dgoodman – its been great
19:51:59 mrsdurff – I did nothing
19:52:06 mrsdurff – but it was fun
19:52:11 sheila A – Thanks!
19:52:20 jepcke – @durff your presence is always reassuring
19:52:27 mrsdurff – coolcatteacher has good rubrics
19:52:31 kingre – Thanks Cathy!
19:52:44 ballardfr – Thanks everyone!
19:52:49 Ben Hazzard – Thanks!
19:52:53 sheila A – thanks for the rubric leads!
19:52:54 etalbert – Bye all!
19:53:01 mrsdurff – i was trying to re-attach a resume to an email
19:58:46 dgoodman – I heard about that at NECC
19:59:46 mrsdurff – audio gone – anyone else or just me?
20:00:03 dgoodman – i still hear
20:00:29 dgoodman – i think teachers teaching teachers discuss that last week
20:00:34 mrsdurff – then i need a browser restart-thanks
20:01:01 dgoodman – i am
20:01:03 Cathy E – http://flickr.com/photos/[email protected]/sets/72157605880686325/
20:01:45 dgoodman – he is a great presenter
