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Webheads chat logs from June 26, 2005
This is a quick annotated transcript of the Webheads chat session from Tapped In http://www.tappedin.org on Sunday June 26, 2005
Topics included blogging | Nordic voice conference November 7 to 12 | Chat with Nick Noakes on EdTech Talk | Jeff Coops's PowerPoint and interview with Dave Sperling | Dennis's work with WiA_OCb
2005.06.26
05:06:22 Login
Room: TI_Reception
After lots of hugging and greeting
DafneG . o O (
I love this early morning hugging )
ElizabethH: Hi Anna, David, and Daf!
ElizabethH: Looks like a quorum.
AnnaK: hi
SusanneN: Elizabeth asks why I like blogs, good question
DavidWe hopes it is a quorum
SusanneN: for myself, they're easy to write
DavidWe wonders if Susanne likes bogs, too
SusanneN: and I find so many relevant and interesting blogs writtne by others
DavidWe is SERIOUSLY outnumbered
DafneG: My students are starting to like blogs ;-)
Maggi: relax David
DavidWe calms down
Maggi: they hug not bite
RobertWB joined the room.
DafneG: I have always liked them. But I did not feel very comfortable blogging
Maggi: hi Bob
DavidWe waves to Bob
AnnaK: hi bob
DafneG: hi Bob
DavidWe: Señor Bob
ChristinLo joined the room.
SusanneN: although I am writing blogs in a personal language about my first hand
expereinces and discoveries, , I would never write anything bthat was not meant
for being read in public, Elizabeth
Maggi: moralm support for David
DafneG: finally, I feel comfortable
SusanneN: bob the Elder!
RobertWB: Hello to all on this fine? day.
DavidWe concurs with Maggi
DafneG waves hi to Christin
SusanneN: hello Christine!!
Maggi: Hi Christine
ChristinLo waves to everyone here
DavidWe: brb
ChristinLo: Susan, you were talking about blogs?
Maggi folllllws David to get bagel
DafneG: btw, I put The Confederation Bridge pictures in Flickr
http://www.livejournal.com/users/dygonza/
ChristinLo: I'm at Knowplace , Open weekend Course, about RSS
DafneG: oh sorry that is my LiveJournal blog
RobertWB: How is that class going for you Christin.
DafneG:
http://www.flickr.com/photos/daf/sets/495158/
ChristinLo: The class good, but it's brand new for me, and a little complicated
DafneG: I read that Sus learned everything about RSS in that class
ElizabethH: Daf--why do you feel comfortable now?
ElizabethH: with blogs, I mean?
RobertWB: It takes a bit to get your brain around it all, doesn't it..
DafneG: because I found LiveJournal which I find much more friendly than blogger.
JeffLe joined the room.
RobertWB: But such exercises keep us from things like Alzheimers later in life.
ChristinLo: Yes, I have to practice!
DafneG waves hi to Jeff
Maggi: true Bob
JeffLe: Good Morning all
Maggi: especially the men
DafneG: I feel oppresssed in blogger
RobertWB: Christin, I hope you and the rest of the group will join me next
weekend at Knowplace for Search Engines, Folksonomy, Tagging and Cybrarians.
RobertWB: Hi Jeff.
ChristinLo: Bob, I will drown, new terminology again!
DafneG: anyway I am using my blogger too:
http://dafraco.blogspot.com I blogged Sus' screenshot of her
presentation for my arch. students
RobertWB: Oh but good stuff all of it, Chirstin.
DennisOl joined the room.
AmyDw joined the room.
DafneG waves hi to Dennis
Maggi: Hi Dennhis
DafneG: hi Amy
RobertWB: Hello, Dennis and Amy
AmyDw: hi
DennisOl waves to Daf
DennisOl: Hi, Robert
Maggi waves to Amy
AmyDw: I am just figuring out how to use all this :-)
SusanneN: we do, Amy
DennisOl: Hi, Maggi
RobertWB: Be patient Amy, it will all come to you.
DafneG: Welcome to Tapped In, Amy and to Webheads
SusanneN: hello Dennis & Amy
ChristinLo: I'll wear a life jacket, Bob!
ElizabethH: The architecture presentation was terrific--Daf!
ElizabethH: Thanks for sharing all the good stuff with us.
DennisOl: Hi, Sus. Thanks for the comment on the browser you used.
SusanneN: it was such fun to participate Daf
RobertWB: Kewl...I will toss out inflatable ducks for anyone that feels they are
in over their heads.
DennisOl: Yes, Daf. You've done some amazing things.
SusanneN smiles to Dennis, that
RobertWB: You will be surprised how much you are already using all the things in
the course.
DafneG: thanks, guys
SusanneN: that's what blog conmments< are for
Maggi . o O ( Bob used kewl )
ChristinLo smiles
DennisOl: Sus: Definitely! I've added another section to the "Cyber Bridges"
blog, BTW.
DennisOl smiles back at Christin
DafneG: my students are amazed at my international friends ;-)
DennisOl: I'm amazed at your international friends, too!
SusanneN: it was inetresting to know that your students met us teacher veterans
as beginner users as well
DennisOl: . . . and at your students' thoughts.
JeffLe left the room.
JeffLe joined the room.
RobertWB: I suspect your students are just amazed with you, Daf....and they
shoulld rirghtfully be so.
JeffLe: Just want to let everyone know that EdTech Talk is going on the air
earlier than usual - in 10 minutes. Our guest is Nick Noakes from HongKong.
We'll be talking about electronic portfolios, digital storytelling, and his
thoughts from the recent New Media Consortium's Summer Conference .
DennisOl: Jeff: Sounds wonderful! I wish I could bilocate!
DafneG: we can listen while being here, I guess
SusanneN: they said after session one that they had got new ideas on how to
create their own presentations; that's why I decided to solve some techical
constraints I was having, by making my presentation in Flickr
RobertWB: Jeff can you tell the group how to log on for that?
DafneG: yes, I told them they could use photostory, buzznet photoblog, blogs,
web pages, and whatever
JeffLe: oh yeah. thanks.
http://worldbridges.com/livewire/
ElizabethH: Sus--you can make presentations in Flickr? Howso?
DafneG: but they had not seen Flikr used for that
DavidWe . o O ( Not THE Nick Noakes?!? )
ChristinLo: Dennis, could you give the url of the Cyberbridge blog, I want to
add RSS!
AnnaK left the room (signed off).
AnnaK joined the room.
DafneG:
http://www.flickr.com/photos/daf/
DennisOl: Christin: Just a minute . . .
SusanneN: Elizabeth, I cretaed an album and showed it as a slide whow in
Elluminate
DafneG: we could include sound links in Flickr, too
DafneG: that's the photo album I created with the photos sent by Stewart Nelson
DafneG: for my students
DafneG: he was one of the designers of the Confederation Bridge in CAnada, and
he came to talk to my students
SusanneN: with sound links in Flickr you have a near perfect presentation tool
IngridBr joined the room.
SusanneN: have not tried that myself yet though
DafneG: and you can leave messages like in Buzznet
AmyDw left the room (signed off).
DafneG: hi Ingrid
SusanneN: hello Ingrid, welcome
IngridBr: Hi everybody
RobertWB: Hello Ingrid.
DafneG: this is the real url to the photoalbum
http://www.flickr.com/photos/daf/sets/495158/
DennisOl: Hi, Ingrid!
DennisOl: Christin: The URL for the "Cyber Bridges" forms blog is here:
DennisOl:
http://wia-forms.blogspot.com/
ChristinLo: thanks!
RobertWB: Those are some terrific shots of the bridge, daf
DavidWe waves to Ingrid
DavidWe . o O ( Wie Geht's? )
DennisOl smiles at Christin
IngridBr waves back
IngridBr . o O ( gut danke )
DavidWe smiles
DennisOl: The draft of the Call for Proposals form is in its third revision,
BTW.
DavidWe reminds everyone that Elvis is on Philadelphia radio - 98.1 FM - if they
have access
DavidWe . o O ( for 2 more hours )
DavidWe hums along
Maggi: Hallo Ingrid....schön dich zu sehen
MichaelAC joined the room.
DavidWe wonders if there are Elvis songs sung in German
DavidWe wves to Michael
SusanneN: my flickr presentation set about bridges, for Daf's class, is at
http://www.flickr.com/photos/netopnyrop/sets/491420
DavidWe: Hi, MIchael. Welcome
MichaelAC: Hi there everyone
SusanneN: mello Michael!!!
DennisOl: Hi, Michael.
DavidWe . o O ( mello? )
Maggi: yes David
DavidWe nods
SusanneN: so good to see you
DavidWe . o O ( mellow Yellow - Donovan )
MichaelAC: v mello :)
AnnaK: hi Michael
DafneG waves hi michael
Maggi: Hi mc
DavidWe forgets to offer bagels, etc. to everyone
DavidWe . o O ( even whitefish )
DavidWe smiles
SusanneN: Michael, we also need to talk soon, about teh Nordic
Maggi gives mc a hug
MichaelAC: I understand Sus. Maybe we can meet when it gets coole there!
SusanneN: now that the WIAbeta conference will run one week later, I was
thinking perhaps we could
MichaelAC: That would seem like an obvious thing to do - yes
DennisOl gives a thumbs-up to Sus for the Flickr sets
DennisOl passes around poppy-seed kolach to go with the bagels and whitefish
RobertWB: Im sorry, Sus, I did not know the dates had changed.
SusanneN: Dennis, I created these because I was having problems w´ith my Power
point slides on Mac for Elluminate
MichaelAC left the room (signed off).
MichaelAC joined the room.
MichaelAC left the room (signed off).
DennisOl: Understood, Sus.
Maggi slaps a slice of whitefish on her bagel
SusanneN: I know nothing about changed dates Bob?
Maggi grabs some kolach too
DavidWe . o O ( kolach? )
SusanneN: the Nordic voice conference will run from
November 7 to 12
DavidWe: It's pretty good whitefish, by the way
Maggi: here...try it
DavidWe: Will Odin be there, Sus?
DavidWe winks
DavidWe: Thanks, Maggi
Maggi: open wide
SusanneN smiles to David and his excellent wit
ElizabethH: Hey guys--We're listening in at Worldbridges
Maggi puts a piece in David's mouth
SusanneN: where can I go to Worldbridges and listen, I
DennisOl: kolach is a round, rolled bread--sort of like a jellyroll.
SusanneN: 'I'm behind with this
DavidWe: Oh!
DavidWe: Could be good
DavidWe wonders if it goes with fish
ElizabethH: Here's the address, but you will need to register:
http://worldbridges.com/livewire/
RobertWB: There is also a chat area now at worldbridges.
SusanneN: I could not eat fish on bagels
DennisOl: David: Not really because it's sweet. It's tasty, though.
ElizabethH: They are just stating on "electronic portfolios" as a subject.
Maggi: and you are Danish Sus!
DennisOl: Thanks, Elizabeth. I'm not up for multi-modality at the moment, but
will go to Worldbridges later.
ElizabethH: Where is the chat area?
DafneG: I am there too
DafneG: you can chat either in Skype or in the chat area (nav bar on the left)
RobertWB:
http://www.worldbridges.com/livewire/chat.htm
Maggi: there is a link Elizabeth
DavidWe wonders what is wrong with Susanne
DafneG: I am just listening, reading here, and reading Dennis' blog
SusanneN: Maggi, bagels are not common in Denmark, I consider that as cakes
DavidWe: You have bread, though, right, Sus?
SusanneN: aren't they sweet bakery?
Maggi: they are not sweet Sus
DavidWe smiles
SusanneN: I see
DennisOl: Daf: You and Tere had some very good comments and suggestions. I've
started to implement them (in revision 3 of the Call form).
DavidWe: ic
SusanneN: I've never eaten one myself. now back to the webcast
DafneG: thanks, Dennis. I am reading your new entries ;-)
Maggi: they are like a rill with a hole in the middle
DennisOl smiles at Daf
RobertWB: Ive reduced my screen sizes in both and can keep up with the audio and
both text windows.
Maggi: roll*
ElizabethH: Got into the chat too.
RobertWB: I see Anna, Elizabeth and myself...Fiesta revistied
AnnaK: ;)
MichaelAC joined the room.
MichaelAC: Back again
SusanneN: wb michael
DennisOl: Hi again, Michael.
DafneG: wb, michael
RobertWB: Hi Michael.
SusanneN left the room (signed off).
SusanneN joined the room.
DavidWe . o O ( wb, Sus )
ElizabethH: I keep getting "welcome" from an automated voice in worldbirdges--what
a pain.
DafneG: wb sus
SusanneN: lost connection
DavidWe: No, you lost your connection?
DafneG: it sounds everytime someone joins the room, eliz
ElizabethH: aha
SusanneN: I was listning in world bridges but got disconneceted there as well
DavidWe: They are very welcoming?
DafneG: Sus, when will we have the link to the LT pres
MichaelAC: Where is this world bridges room? Are some of you there now?
DennisOl: BRB
RobertWB: worldbridges.com/livewire
DavidWe . o O ( capitals! )
DafneG:
http://www.worldbridges.com/livewire
ElizabethH: Hi Michael--we are at the WorldBridges conference out of Hong Kong.
MichaelAC: Thanlls Bob
DavidWe would like to go to Hong Kong for real
RobertWB: You are welcome
MichaelAC: Vance just said hi via Yahoo from HK airport!
DavidWe . o O ( show off! )
SusanneN: Daf, I don't know, we could ask Hope
RutyH joined the room.
DavidWe waves to Ruty
DavidWe: Hi, Ruty. Welcome
AmyDw joined the room.
RobertWB: Hi Ruty.
DavidWe: Hi, Amy, Welcome
SusanneN: oh, that's where he is today
DavidWe: LEt us know if you all have questions. Several of us are HelpDesk
volunteers
SusanneN: hello Ruty and Amy
SusanneN has to move away to get some coffee, any takers? Milk or sugar?
DafneG: say hi to Vance on my behalf
DavidWe: Coffee with milk, PLEASE!
DafneG: plain for me, Sus, pls
DavidWe: Say "salaam alecheim" to Vance, also
ElizabethH: That's funny--Vance is in HK and WorldBridges is coming out of HK,
too.
MichaelAC: Vance has jumped on a shuttle to HK city so he's gone already
<Michael had this backwards, I was in the city not able to connect to TI from my
hotel room and rushing to get a shuttle to the airport - Vance>
DavidWe: Oh, damn!
DavidWe grins
RutyH: hello to all and we say here SHALOOM
MichaelAC: Is the world bridges thing talking about Digital Storytellijg at the
moment? Am I in the rght place?
RobertWB: Shaloom Ruty.
RobertWB: Yes...you are at the right place
MichaelAC: Cool.
MichaelAC: Who's talking?
DennisOl: Hi, Ruty and Amy.
DavidWe: Shalom, Ruty. Are you a teacher?
DennisOl: Aleichem Shalom, Ruty!
AmyDw: hi again :-) I feel bad popping in and out while I figure out what is
going on ...
LeeB left the room (signed off).
DavidWe: Not a problem, Amy. You've just wandered in to a meeting of the
WebHeads
RobertWB: Dont worry about it Amy, are you having problems...
RutyH: I am weiting for Amy and Cristina T to join me on a conversation.
DavidWe . o O ( Teachers of English as a Second Language, mostly )
DavidWe nods to Ruty
DavidWe: Are you a teacher, Amy?
RutyH: yes David I am a teacher from Israel
AmyDw: yes
AmyDw: computer to elementary students in Delaware USA
DennisOl: Have you heard of Elaine Hoter, Amy?
DavidWe: I'm on my way to Phiadelphia for the start of the NECC conference
AmyDw: I will be there too
DavidWe: I'm in Bucks County right now, near Newtown
DavidWe: Me, too
DennisOl: Oops--I meant that question for Ruty.
AmyDw: wow
DavidWe: I'm giving a Birds of a Feather (BoaF) session on Wednesday - math and
technology -
DavidWe: We'll try to "Blow it" into TappedIn, too
AmyDw: I am working with contingent from IEARN
DavidWe . o O ( Live from NECC )
DavidWe: Oh, cool. I know Ed Gragert who works at the NY office of I•EARN
AmyDw: yep
SusanneN: sounds interesting David
AmyDw: some of the folsk wil be staying at my house
AmyDw: folks
DavidWe: Of course it is interesting, Sus. Otherwise....
RutyH: what is David doing?
DavidWe: Cool stuff, Ruty, always
DavidWe smiles
DavidWe: Friend of mine teaches Ottoman History at Tel Aviv University
DavidWe: We were in college together
RutyH: my English is poor. what do you mean?
MichaelAC left the room (signed off).
DavidWe: I work with math teachers mostly - helping them learn to use technology
DavidWe hopes Ruty understands that
DavidWe: There's a big web site that we began 13 years ago - the Math Forum -
www.mathforum.org
DavidWe: I've been going to the NECC conference for close to 10 years, I think
ElizabethH: Sounds good, David--NECC conference, I mean.
RutyH: I am working with science teachers helping them to use ICT
DavidWe: What do you teach, Ruty?
DavidWe: Sorry, bad timing, there
DavidWe nods to Elizabeth
DavidWe: Mostly teachers for school students or universities?
RutyH: I teach scuence: biology, chemistry and phisiks
DavidWe: I was a chemistry major in college
DavidWe knows some biology and physics, too
DennisOl: Ruty: Have you heard of Elaine Hoter?
Maggi: Andy Carvin and David Carvitt have linked podcasts and blogs to the
conference Elizabeth
RutyH: so go and see about "boil boil and troy"
Maggi: wrong last name
Maggi: David Warlick
RutyH: Dennis, who is Eliane? do you think about a girl from Lebanon?
JamesSB joined the room.
DavidWe: Right, David's a cool guy
DavidWe: But I've known Andy for over 10 years - he started the WWWEDU mailing
list and web page
DavidWe waves to James
DavidWe: Hi, James. Welcome
JamesSB waves to everyone.... looks at his watch
JamesSB: sorry I'm only an hour late!
DennisOl: Ruty: As far as I know, Elaine is still at Talpiot College. She
started a teacher-training site in the early to mid 1990s. She was an Internet
pioneer in Israel.
DavidWe: If any wants me to check particular things out at NECC (about ESL/EFL)
let me know - wex@pobox.com
DavidWe:
http://center.uoregon.edu/ISTE/NECC2005/glance/
DavidWe: That's the schedule of events
RutyH: how do I go to speek with Cristina and Amy in a privat room?
DavidWe: Make the (Internet) desert bloom
DavidWe: You can have a private chat with either one of them, Ruty, or both of
them
DavidWe: Or....
DavidWe: You can go to another "room" in TappedIn
RutyH: yes but how?
DavidWe: Thanks for joining the TappedIn community, by the way, Ruty
DavidWe: Well, to have a private message with someone...
DennisOl: David: I'll send you e-mail with things to look for.
DavidWe: click once on their name in the list of names, to the left of the chat
area...
DavidWe nods to Dennis
DavidWe: Please do, Dennis
BjB joined the room.
DavidWe hugs Bj
DavidWe: Morning, Mrs. Berquist
Maggi hugs BJ
RutyH: Thanks!
DavidWe: and then, Ruty,
DavidWe: click the little face icon at the bottom of the list of names
Maggi: double click Ruty
BjB hugs warmly
DavidWe . o O ( you can also double click on a name, as Maggi mentioned )
SusanneN hugs Bj warmly, so long time no see you!
ElizabethH: Hugs, BJ
DavidWe gets more cream cheese for his 2nd half bagel
JamesSB realizes he hasn't had lunch yet!
Maggi swipes some with her finger
DavidWe: Hey, there's more...
JamesSB goes to the kitchen to get something to nibble on
RutyH: I feel as if I have a cammera there
DavidWe combs his hair if Ruty is taking out his camera
DavidWe: I think this is a clean t-shirt
RutyH: Ruty is "she"
SusanneN: this is a very lively room on Sunday mornings!
DennisOl: Hi, BJ.
DennisOl: message sent, David.
Maggi: oopps...David took his glasses off
BjB waves hi to Dennis and Ruty
DennisOl waves back, smile on face
BjB: welcome to the Tapped In community, Ruty
AmyDw: this is really fasicnating! I think I sent a private message to Ruty but
not sure :-) Hope to meet some of you at NECC :-)
AmyDw: thanks for your help..
BjB: hi, Amy! From Delaware:-)
AmyDw: hi
RutyH: Hello Amy, now we wait for CristinaT
BjB . o O ( I'm originally from Delaware, now in south central PA )
DavidWe waves to Amy
AmyDw: oh - too funny
DavidWe is getting ready to go to Philly
BjB: my mom and brother live in Middletown, DE
DavidWe: I'll see you guys later on
RobertWB: HYi BJB
AmyDw: so we could be around the corner from each other
DavidWe: I have a bank account in Wilmington
DafneG hugs BJ
BjB: yep
BjB waves hi to Bob
BjB hugs Daf and Sus
Maggi: you can't do like at Yahoo Ruty and have a private message with more than
one at a time
BjB . o O ( I'm not quite awake yet...too excited about NECC to sleep last night
)
AmyDw: oh
Maggi: not together but separate
AmyDw: Stop by the International Reception sponsored by IEARN -
BjB welcomes Amy to the TI community also
AidenY joined the room.
RutyH: So if we have to talk what is the way?
DennisOl: Hi, Aiden.
AidenY: hello webheads
Maggi: here
AmyDw: can we make a new group?
DavidWe waves to Aiden
SusanneN hugs Aiden!
Maggi: or an individual private message
BjB: oh, cool, Amy. Linda Ullah does a monthly discussion on global projects and
frequently discusses iEarn
DavidWe waves bye
AidenY left the room (signed off).
AidenY joined the room.
DavidWe: Ciao, folks. I'm off to Philly
Maggi: or you have to go somewhere else
DavidWe . o O ( wb, Aiden )
AidenY: hi there again
BjB hugs David. See you later
SusanneN: bye David, have fun!
DennisOl: I enjoyed your communication with Teresa's students at "Have Fun with
English," Aiden. And I think CJ must've been one of their favorite visitors!
DavidWe: Thanks, Sus
DavidWe left the room (signed off).
DafneG hugs Aiden
SusanneN: I loved to listen to young CJ playing the recorder
DennisOl: Yes, I enjoyed that, too.
SusanneN: he was so focused and hard working
JeffC joined the room.
AidenY: Hi Denis, CJ also had a fun time recording.
AidenY hugs daf back
DennisOl: I bet he did, Aiden!
SusanneN: hello good ol
SusanneN: good old Jeff!
Maggi waves to Jeff
DennisOl: Hi, Jeff.
AidenY: CJ's now preparing for his final exams [this week]
RutyH: Amy we have to have her e- mail
Maggi: uo early Jeff
Maggi: up
JeffC waves... yup
DennisOl: Tell CJ Yeh-yeh Dennis wishes him luck!
DennisOl: (Some of my Taiwanese students call me Yeh-yeh.)
SusanneN: Amy & Ruty, why don't you get a private office?
DennisOl smiles
AidenY: I will Denis. Do you know what it means?
DennisOl: Yes--grandpa.
AidenY: lol, yes!
DennisOl: ^o^
SusanneN: aha, so a single Yeh means father?
AidenY: no, sus, Yeh means 'leaf'
ElizabethH: Hi Aiden!
RutyH: Susana, i AM NEW AND i AM WEITING FOR cRISTINAt AND aMY TO TALK ABOUT OUR
PROJECT.
JeffC: I wanted to share a Powerpoint presentation (in draft form) with the
group.
AidenY: but they almost sound the same, there's a difference in intonation
AidenY: hi Elizabeth, Good morning
DafneG: go ahead, Jeff show your ppt
DennisOl: Tone! How wonderful--but how frustrating for speakers of
non-tone-based languages!
DennisOl: Yes, Jeff. You've piqued our curiosities!
AidenY: i agree, Dennis.
AidenY: Yes, Jeff, please show us.
DennisOl smiles and nods
JeffC: You can view it online (use IE, not Firefox):
http://www.freewebs.com/jeffcooper/collaboration1.htm
AidenY left the room (signed off).
AidenY joined the room.
ElizabethH: Aiden--can you join us in WorldBridges?
IngridBr left the room (signed off).
AidenY: yeah sure, Elizabeth, when is this again?
JeffC: I can share it in the Powerpoint form through
http://www.yousendit.com/ or...
people can download it at
http://www.freewebs.com/jeffcooper/collaboration1.ppt
AidenY left the room (signed off).
AidenY joined the room.
JeffC: I appreciate any and all input... jbcoops@gmail.com
RutyH: i did and thanks
IngridBr joined the room.
SusanneN left the room (signed off).
RobertWB: Jeff, i am tryiing to load up your ppt.
DafneG: the webcast is about to finish
DennisOl: Jeff: I just browsed through all the slides: very interesting, very
informative. I also bookmarked it (I saw it in OmniWeb, not IE.)
JeffC: One of these days I want to get a program that converts powerpoint to
flash (or something more viewable).
JeffLe left the room (signed off).
AidenY: which webcast is that, Daf?
JeffC hasn't used OmniWeb... did it view ok?
DennisOl: Yes.
JeffC: cool
DafneG: I think there is one application that does that, Jeff, but I think you
have to pay for it
DennisOl: I just saw individual slides, though--not a timed presentation.
JeffC nods to Dafne.
JeffC: It's not a timed presentation.
RutyH: what is timed presentation?
DennisOl: I didn't really mean "timed"--I meant I didn't see it as a slide show.
I just viewed individual slides one by one.
JeffC: I've been offered a job teaching online... this is the material for the
course I am going to give.
RutyH: Amy did it last year
DennisOl: It's very good, Jeff. For the course, it would probably be better to
break it into a number of different PPTs, each on a specific topic, though.
DafneG: Elizabeth, while copying I closed the window and my chat was not saved
:-(
Maggi: looks good Jeff
ElizabethH: I'll grab it, Daf.
DafneG: thanks, eliz
ChristinLo left the room (signed off).
JeffC: Well... the course is only 5 hours... using Placeware. My plan was to
spend the first two hours introducing myself, the presentation, and getting to
know the students. The third and fourth hours would be getting the students
(guessing mostly educators) to use some of the sites (register at Tapped In,
Hilites, etc.), the final hour would be to get the students to come back with
ideas of their own.
DennisOl: Ah, I see. Well, that changes things.
AidenY: are some of you multitasking? split in two places at the same time?
DennisOl: Your plan seems good!
RobertWB: We are always multitasking....
DafneG: I was in Worldbridges
MaureenN joined the room.
DafneG: and surfing around
RobertWB: UJust finishing up at world bridges.
DafneG: now I am here
AidenY: that was what Elizabeth was talking about earlier
AidenY: I didn't get that
AidenY: is that over?
DafneG: yes, there was a webcast
DafneG: yes it is over
DennisOl: Is there a way a complete Worldbridges transcript can be made
available? Is that what you were referring to, Elizabeth?
DafneG: but you can listen tothe recording, Aiden
RobertWB: Each one of those gets a bit better every time.
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RutyH: can we put pictures here?
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JeffC: Yes Ruty... "image notes"
DennisOl: Thanks, Daf. I'll listen to the recording.
DennisOl: WB, Christin!
DafneG: your announcement page for the WiA-OC was praised by Jeff, Dennis
DennisOl: Really?
JeffLe: I'll put a link on worldbridges, if you like.
DennisOl smiles
DafneG: I asked him about a Worldbridges logo..
RutyH: where is the place?
AidenY: whta's the url?
DennisOl: No, don't like it yet, Jeff. It's still in development. It will be
ready soon, though.
DafneG: and he said they are going to have a contest to select a logo
DafneG: well, I will let Jeff talk about their logo
JeffLe: Speaking of praise, I was watching an interview
we did with Dave Sperling a couple of years ago and he had lots of praise for
Dennis' efforts on eslcafe.com when asked about his favorite parts of the site.
DennisOl: Aiden: It's
http://www.d-oliver.net/WiA-OC/
JeffLe: roger that. No link yet.
AidenY: thanks
DennisOl: Jeff: I did a lot of work with Dave when "The Cafe" was being started.
I'm also in touch with him regularly and will probably visit him this summer.
DennisOl: Aiden: Remember that this is a draft. One part is in the 2nd revision,
another the 3rd, but it's still in development.
AidenY: ok
DafneG: Dennis was also our star student in the TESOL "Teaching Vocabulary and
Grammar Online" course ;-)
DennisOl: Jeff: When Dave first started "The Cafe," he put out a call for people
to serve as a start-up team. I think I was the only one who responded.
DennisOl blushes at Daf's kind words
JeffLe: Interview is at
http://koreabridge.com/kotesol/2003/sperling.htm in case anyone would
like to hear the praise directly
DafneG: and we are really happy that he is a webhead now
ElizabethH: Daf--I managed finally to copy the text of the chat. I'll e-mail it
to you and Bob.
DennisOl blushes again
AidenY: how do I click a link, i could not open the link
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DafneG: thanks, Elizabeth
DafneG: you may have a popup blocker, Aiden
DennisOl: Thanks for the link, Jeff. Have you ever interviewed Dave Shaffer?
RutyH: use shift and the mouse together
BjB . o O ( or hold down ctrl as you click on the link )
DafneG: I think you have to use the ctrl key
JeffLe: No. I think I have a short video of one of his Kotesol presentations
somewhere.
DennisOl: Dave Sh has been active in online ELT for a long time--and is a
frequent presenter at KOTESOL conferences, no?
ElizabethH: I get annoyed with Sperling sometimes--he seems a great
self-promoter.
DennisOl: Elizabeth: He isn't.
AidenY: ok, will try
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DennisOl: But he comes across that way.
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DennisOl: You have to understand that he has financed EVERYTHING on his site
himself--and only decided to go (partly) commercial because he couldn't
otherwise afford to offer all the free services.
AidenY: it works but I lost my connection
Maggi: bye Christine
IngridBr: bye everybody
IngridBr waves bye
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Maggi: bye Ingrid!
DennisOl: Also, Dave Sp is a self-promoter because he has had little support
from academia--though he's had a lot of criticism.
DennisOl: end of sermon
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ElizabethH: Is he still doing the ESL Cafe, Dennis?
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DennisOl: Yes, Elizabeth.
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ElizabethH: I'll keep that in mind, Dennis.
DennisOl: The ESL Cafe is best known for its discussion forums and joblists now,
though.
DennisOl: It wasn't intended to be that in the beginning, but that's what
developed over time.
ElizabethH: I should check it out again?
ElizabethH: I have some students in REO who really want to chat, so maybe the
forum there would be the right place for them.
DennisOl: Well, I don't know if anything will change your impression. But if you
understand the reasons for his self-promotion, maybe you'll see it from another
point of view.
Maggi: I arranged for Dave to talk ov er the Internet at our local teachers
confe3rence
Maggi: he was great
DennisOl: The chatroom at Dave's Cafe is usually a safe place for students.
DennisOl: However, when a lot of teachers are there, the students are often
ignored.
Maggi: I send lots of people who come here there
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DennisOl: The chatroom is especially good for students when a participant named
"Auntie" is there. She's very good about trying to get all the student posters
involved.
Maggi . o O ( same here )
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ElizabethH: It's a real art
ElizabethH: I've got to go for now--good seeing you all.
JeffC: Maureen, I just read your post regarding a student with Aspergers. There
is a Special Ed group at Tapped In that you might want to post it to. Ooops...
too late... have to email her.
DennisOl: It was good to chat with you, Elizabeth. I've been an admirer of yours
for a long time!
ElizabethH: Jeff--wee you over in WorldBridges earlier/
ElizabethH: were you?
JeffC: me?
JeffC: or the other jeff?
ElizabethH: Why thank you, Dennis--have we met f2f?
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ElizabethH: Bob--I just sent you the chat transcript.
AidenY: me too, i've got to go and work on some stuff. Good night all.
DennisOl: Elizabeth: I don
ElizabethH: Bye Aiden--however brief it was fun.
RobertWB: Thanks Eliz, I got it to work anyway, but then I knocked myself out of
Tapped in.
DennisOl: Oops. I don't remember. Maybe. I used to go to TESOL every year.
DafneG: got it, eliz, thanks
AidenY: bye.
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DennisOl: However, I've known about your work for quite some time.
ElizabethH: Thanks for the tip on the Cafe, Maggi and Dennis--I'm going to steer
some students there.
DennisOl: There are also lots of Student Discussion Boards, Elizabeth.
RobertWB: It's been an interesting morning.
ElizabethH: Are the SL lists still going out of LaRobe?
ElizabethH: LaTrobe?
DafneG: I am leaving too, need to keep working
DafneG: see you around, folks
DennisOl: Yes, as far as I know, Elizabeth.
RobertWB: Me too Daf,
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RobertWB: Daf, did you try to Skype inat Worldbridge.
ElizabethH: Bye, Daf, and thanks for the work on the EVO materials. I hope to
get them all cleaned up by the end of June.
DafneG: not today, Bob, but I have done it before
RobertWB: Ok, I think that is what knocked me off.
DafneG: I have had no prob with skype so far
RobertWB: Bye all.
ElizabethH: Dennis--if there are any other Student Discussion Boards that you
have the address for, let me know.
DafneG: I have been here and in skype
ElizabethH: I'm at ehansonsmi@yahoo.com
RobertWB: later.
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