UstreamChat

01:29 justinreeve : sorry I always ask this, but is this being recorded? 01:30 openpd-1 : yes -- I hit the "record" button -- thanks for asking :) 01:30 justinreeve : thank you so much! 01:31 mrsdurff-2 : oh boy 01:31 mrsdurff-2 : look who it is 11:29 justinreeve : sorry I always ask this, but is this being recorded? 11:30 openpd-1 : yes -- I hit the "record" button -- thanks for asking :) 11:30 justinreeve : thank you so much! 11:31 mrsdurff-2 : oh boy 11:31 mrsdurff-2 : look who it is 01:31 justinreeve : It's your magnetic personality ;) 01:31 mrsdurff-2 : right 01:32 openpd-1 : Hi durff! 01:32 mjantzi : Howdy carpool buddy, Lisa! 01:32 mrsdurff-2 : hey! 01:32 mrsdurff-2 : Educon2.1 lies ahead!! 01:33 mjantzi : Yea, I'm dreaming of attending. 01:33 mrsdurff-2 : hi darren 01:33 mrsdurff-2 : gtfinish lunxh 01:34 nnorris-1 : @mrsdurff - whatcha eatin? 01:34 justinreeve : when's Educon 2.1? 01:35 openpd-1 : just an fyi -- streaming over wifi -- quality not great -- sorry 01:35 justinreeve : yeah, pretty choppy. I guess you get what you pay for :) 01:35 mrsdurff-2 : eating ww tortillas filled with mexican brown rice, rotel, and soy cheese 01:35 alanlutz-2 : Yo, Justin 01:35 Jackson224 : I am not getting audio 01:35 justinreeve : well, I'M getting what I paid for, at least 01:35 openpd-1 : can everyone hear audio? 01:35 nnorris-1 : very low 01:35 mrsdurff-2 : you didn't pay 01:35 explorer23 : last lady was too quiet 01:35 justinreeve : audio is a little choppy, but no big deal 01:36 justinreeve : that was the point, mrsdurff 01:36 mrsdurff-2 : can you turn audio up? 01:36 justinreeve : thanks for streaming this, openpd 01:36 alanlutz-2 : @durff how you can you be watching both ustreams? 01:36 mjantzi : Need more volume. 01:36 justinreeve : haha, we're a demanding group of freeloaders, aren't we? 01:36 mrsdurff-2 : you are 01:36 openpd-1 : any better? 01:36 explorer23 : will I be able to watch this later, I'm too laggy 01:36 justinreeve : Now fetch me the head of a pig! 01:36 alanlutz-2 : ha. Iknow! 01:36 mrsdurff-2 : perfect darren 01:36 mrscaldwell0 : better 01:36 mrsdurff-2 : yes! 01:36 mrsdurff-2 : ty 01:36 justinreeve : beautimous 01:37 mrscaldwell0 : What is the topic of session? 01:37 openpd-1 : it's being recorded 01:37 explorer23 : thank you 01:37 alanlutz-2 : how to find recording? 01:37 openpd-1 : viral professional development 01:37 alanlutz-2 : url? 01:37 justinreeve : just come back to this page when it's done 01:37 mrscaldwell0 : Thanks 01:37 justinreeve : it should be listed under "openpd's Video Clips" 01:37 mrsdurff-2 : there have been more ustreams today than any day of NECC 01:37 openpd-1 : It will alwys be available on te wiki - thewallscamedown.wikispaces.com 01:37 justinreeve : oh, http://www.ustream.tv/channel/openpd 01:37 mrsdurff-2 : wondering why 01:37 alanlutz-2 : great, thks 01:38 mrsdurff-2 : alan is paying a lot too 01:39 mrsdurff-2 : hey darren! 01:40 alanlutz-2 : great seat for a great price 01:41 mrsdurff-2 : this is darren's & robin's openpd wiki site http://openpd.wikispaces.com/ 01:41 openpd-1 : thanks for putting that up durff! 01:41 mrsdurff-2 : anyway to turn kelly up? 01:41 justinreeve : there's another ustream going on right now: http://hellotxt.com/l/G3GX 01:42 mrsdurff-2 : of this? 01:42 justinreeve : no, of Storyworlds 01:42 mrsdurff-2 : twitterholism! 01:43 mrsdurff-2 : i have that going too 01:43 mrsdurff-2 : but i like this better 01:43 justinreeve : because I'm here, of course 01:43 alanlutz-2 : me too 01:43 justinreeve : ;) 01:44 mrsdurff-2 : so eobin and darren got to meet this conference? 01:44 mrsdurff-2 : robin 01:47 mrsdurff-2 : i'm terrible at sl 01:47 cobannon-1 : Is audio cutting in and out on anyone else? 01:47 mrsdurff-2 : yes 01:47 misst2 : Yes 01:47 mrsdurff-2 : wifi courtesy of iste 01:47 cobannon-1 : @mrsdurff Me too, SL that is. Not good at all. Need lessons. 01:48 mrsdurff-2 : i just persist 01:48 alanlutz-2 : that's what I just said, in the other ustream 01:48 misst2 : I go to SL and never know what to do 01:48 alanlutz-2 : I'm there now waiting for keynote to begin. sleepign in a chair 01:48 openpd-1 : sorry about cutting ou folks -- it's the wifi in the convention center 01:48 mrsdurff-2 : LOL 01:49 alanlutz-2 : I'llhave my avatar catch keynote while I have lunch with son 01:49 mrsdurff-2 : PA! 01:51 mrscaldwell0 : I am still struggling with Second Life's value in K12 ed 01:51 justinreeve : I'm not entirely convinced either, mrscaldwell 01:51 justinreeve : one day I'm sure I will be though. 01:51 alanlutz-2 : MrsC you should be watching Storyworlds preso now. 01:52 mrscaldwell0 : I have it paused 01:52 alanlutz-2 : we are 01:52 justinreeve : but I'm not prepared to try to convince my tech department to unblock it 01:52 alanlutz-2 : O, me too. 01:52 mrsdurff-2 : i don't think the way sl is, that is has application. But TeenSL and OpenSim do 01:52 alanlutz-2 : actually I can listen to both at same time. 01:52 mrsdurff-2 : mutlitasker 01:52 cfoote : but I think this is good point..colleges are using it. 01:53 alanlutz-2 : haha right. I'm trying 01:53 mrsdurff-2 : no better, geek 01:53 justinreeve : oh, I forgot about TeenSL 01:53 mrscaldwell0 : That is creepy alanlutz... two ears, two audios 01:53 alanlutz-2 : all in the headphones! special set 01:53 mrscaldwell0 : It's special alright 01:53 justinreeve : does it annoy anyone that colleges seem to be the first ones to deploy cool educational technology? I'd like to see K12 take over the innovation. 01:53 justinreeve : it's like a silent race 01:53 mrsdurff-2 : @mrscaldwell - what is REALLY creepy that justi, alan, and I are all in both ustreams 01:54 cfoote : @justinreeve I think k-12 often is innovating 01:54 mrscaldwell0 : hahaha 01:54 cfoote : ahead of colleges 01:54 justinreeve : yeah, but colleges have more money 01:54 mrsdurff-2 : @justin i think you are correct 01:54 cfoote : it's so virtal that her favorite tools have already changed 01:54 cfoote : viral 01:54 cfoote : since she did the slides. 01:54 justinreeve : I think in terms of breadth, K12 dominates 01:54 mrscaldwell0 : Love that Alabama just had major budget issues because higher ed said they were not getting enough money 01:54 misst2 : where is Storyworls stream? 01:55 mrsdurff-2 : when i said so last year i was told i was wrong 01:55 justinreeve : but in just flat-out deployment of ed tech, colleges came first. They had online classes before K12 did. They had full-featured student portals before K12. 01:55 justinreeve : etc. 01:55 alanlutz-2 : http://www.ustream.tv/channel/ramapo-storyworlds 01:55 misst2 : ty 01:55 mrsdurff-2 : they don't teach minors 01:55 alanlutz-2 : trickle down effect 01:55 mrsdurff-2 : less litigation 01:56 alanlutz-2 : all great tech: Military first, business, then maybe education 01:56 mrsdurff-2 : i think the safety factor is the biggest obstacle 01:56 justinreeve : so true, alan 01:56 mrsdurff : http://openpd.wikispaces.com/ 01:57 alanlutz-2 : tech diff? 01:57 mrsdurff : yes 01:57 mrsdurff : i was thrown out of the ustream 01:57 mrsdurff : but i persist 01:57 alanlutz-2 : @durff you lost your #2 01:58 mrsdurff : ah well 01:58 mrsdurff : still in the other 01:58 alanlutz-2 : now you're #1 again 01:58 mjantzi : welcome back durff.--Persevere! 01:58 mrsdurff : :) 01:58 justinreeve : that #1 and #2 is the only thing keeping you from surpassing me on the next backchannel Wordle 01:58 mrsdurff : it is your wordle 01:59 alanlutz-2 : ahh, me too. I bet 01:59 justinreeve : maybe that's the problem 01:59 openpd-1 : sorry about that... set up in here is not the best 01:59 justinreeve : no need to apologize, openpd 01:59 justinreeve : we're just grateful you're doing this for us 01:59 abubnic-1 : Beth's 2nd Life - Literature Alive http://bethssecondlife.blogspot.com/2007/02/literature-alive-and-other-tales.html 01:59 alanlutz-2 : Yes, I feel like I've been at NECC 'and' make new friends 01:59 alanlutz-2 : made 01:59 openpd-1 : openpd = ssandifer 02:00 justinreeve : oh, hi ssandifer! 02:00 openpd-1 : hi! 02:00 mrsdurff : hi stephanie 02:00 mrscaldwell0 : This is my first ustream... so I am quite smitten 02:01 mrsdurff : saw you briefly 02:01 mrscaldwell0 : I may be on my sofa all day 02:01 openpd-1 : Hi durff! 02:01 mrsdurff : welcome mrscaldwell 02:01 openpd-1 : yes -- I goofed trying to chang camera setup... 02:02 mrscaldwell0 : I went to NECC by myself last year and did not really know how to do it in one day (paid myself, so did one day) 02:02 mrsdurff : it's weird seeing all of you that i know and i am not there 02:02 mrsdurff : and i have not met many f2f 02:02 openpd-1 : it's wierd that you're not here 02:02 mrscaldwell0 : Until I can go for the whole shebang, I will do it virtually like thise 02:02 mrsdurff : no $$ 02:02 justinreeve : I'm the same way, mrsdurff 02:02 openpd-1 : meeting face-to-face has been interesting -- will blog about it later 02:02 justinreeve : the only way I'd go is if I can get the tech department to pay for me 02:02 mrscaldwell0 : What are they using on the screen there? 02:02 mrsdurff : gotta save up for educon 02:03 justinreeve : I might be able to go to the Innovative Learning Conference this fall 02:03 alanlutz-2 : I was at last two NECC but only since then got active on Twitter and online 02:03 abubnic-1 : http://www.ustream.tv/channel/openpd 02:03 openpd-1 : the screen is showing the chatzy backchannel 02:03 alanlutz-2 : I want to go there too, Justin 02:03 abubnic-1 : But what is the chatzy URL? 02:03 openpd-1 : http://www.chatzy.com/492808953110 02:03 mrscaldwell0 : I am attending Constructing Modern Knowledge... do you know anyone attending that? 02:04 justinreeve : nope. 02:04 justinreeve : Looks like you're stuck streaming the entire thing :) 02:04 alanlutz-2 : my skype: alan.lutz 02:04 mrscaldwell0 : Hahaha, I have my orders justin 02:04 mrsdurff : now why have a seperate backchannel if there is a backchannel right here? 02:04 justinreeve : yeah, I don't get that either, mrsdurff 02:04 justinreeve : plus with chatzy, dont' you have to actually PAY to get the full chat log? 02:05 alanlutz-2 : yeah, that's cheap! 02:05 mrscaldwell0 : Alan, I just sent you a skype request 02:05 alanlutz-2 : had to save ech screen shot andpaste, right Justing? 02:05 mrsdurff : true 02:05 mrsdurff : now we miss it soooo much 02:05 justinreeve : right. I haven't been bothering to archive the chatzy sessions 02:05 mrsdurff : at educon we formed our own in skype 02:06 mrsdurff : until the chat rooms in ustream were unblocked 02:06 justinreeve : I really need a better system for logging these chats, too. I just save them as plain ol' text files 02:06 mrscaldwell0 : backchannels are like twitter... live microchat 02:06 justinreeve : they could be tagged and hyperlinked, for instance 02:06 mrsdurff : backchannels are synthesizing knowledge 02:06 mrscaldwell0 : I am so behind, I have not even thought to save chats... but would I go back and read them... 02:07 mrsdurff : prior knowledge is connected with what you hear 02:07 alanlutz-2 : MrsC I'll check for it. better than the unsolicted ones I get on skype ;-) 02:07 mrscaldwell0 : I guess it would be good to go back and get links and ideas from the chat 02:07 justinreeve : it's interesting you would say that, mrscaldwell. Chat rooms have been around a LONG time, and that's all this is. But now with Twitter, those who may not have been big on chat rooms before, unintentionally have their own personal chat room they can take anywhere 02:07 alanlutz-2 : SO MUCH to go back and glean from here! 02:07 mrscaldwell0 : true, justin 02:07 justinreeve : yeah, and I still have to watch the Storyworlds archive when it's over 02:07 alanlutz-2 : @justin and NOW they're called back channel, not chat 02:08 justinreeve : yeah, sorry. I meant backchannel. 02:08 justinreeve : How silly of me not to keep up with the memes. :) 02:08 alanlutz-2 : I mean it's a technicality that was pointed out. Like podcast vs audio file online 02:09 alanlutz-2 : Were you there for that one? 02:09 mrscaldwell0 : I am still struggling to get my teachers to know what a blog is... this would be way to much for them 02:09 alanlutz-2 : haha true 02:09 justinreeve : ugh, I know the feeling 02:10 justinreeve : and most of our teachers just use their blog to post assignments. 02:10 justinreeve : they completely miss the collaborative potential of their blog 02:10 mrscaldwell0 : yep 02:10 alanlutz-2 : GTG, lunch with son. I'll leave on to save chat. 02:10 mrscaldwell0 : nice to meet ya alan 02:10 justinreeve : see ya, Alan 02:11 alanlutz-2 : Thks! 02:11 justinreeve : actually, I can save it this time, alan 02:11 alanlutz-2 : Thks Justin. 02:11 justinreeve : I didn't get kicked out or anything 02:11 justinreeve : thank you, though. Have a good time! 02:11 alanlutz-2 : like some peeps 02:11 mrsdurff : good for you justin 02:11 alanlutz-2 : Hope to be on later today somewhere. 02:12 mrsdurff : mmm - that's an idea darren 02:12 mrsdurff : i should try that! 02:14 mrsdurff : it's not intuitive to adults, but is to kids 02:14 mrsdurff : oh my 02:15 mrsdurff : link for that listserve? 02:16 openpd-1 : @mrsdurff I missed it, but I think we can get it on the presentation wiki 02:17 mrsdurff : thanks 02:18 justinreeve : this one? http://www.secondlife.com/education 02:18 mrsdurff : and our show too 02:18 mrsdurff : Skype can be used from a flash drive 02:19 mrscaldwell0 : Skype from a flashdrive... how smart 02:19 mrscaldwell0 : never thought of that 02:19 mrsdurff : a middle school did that 02:19 mrsdurff : so i told the principal that i did NOT teach him how 02:19 mrsdurff : he thought it was funny 02:20 lorips : ahhh, found the right stream! 02:21 mrsdurff : wifi thanks to iste - let them know how much you appreciate it 02:21 openpd-1 : @durff LOL 02:21 openpd-1 : Don't worry -- I think they've heard from enough of this week re: the wonderful wifi :) 02:22 mrscaldwell0 : openpd, what kind of camera and mic are you using to stream this? 02:23 openpd-1 : two cameras -- sony dv and logitech webcam... just using builtin mic 02:23 mrscaldwell0 : really good for the webcam and builtin mic 02:23 mrsdurff : clap for steph 02:23 mrscaldwell0 : steph did a great job 02:24 cfoote : another tool I wanted to share...tpbookclubs.com 02:24 cfoote : place for teachers to do booktalks for pd online 02:24 cfoote : diff book every month. And I learned about this virally--while in the blogger cafe an hour ago!! 02:24 CSouthard : I love ustream - great pd for me (and you too) The audio is working well 02:24 mrscaldwell0 : so chatzy is not blocked if other irc's are? 02:25 openpd-1 : using Camtwist on Mac to create picture-in-picture 02:25 mrscaldwell0 : nice, I just downloaded camtwist 02:25 bvandyck-1 : I love the chatzy back channel Vicki showed it to us at GTA 02:26 openpd-1 : don't know if chatzy is blocked -- I jsut learned about that one this week... you would just have to experiement and see what is blocked and not blocked by your school/district 02:26 CSouthard : Just saved chatzy to my delicious 02:26 mrsdurff : education 02:27 CSouthard : Can someone post the chatzy backchannel link? 02:27 openpd-1 : ttp://www.chatzy.com/492808953110 02:27 mrsdurff : hmmm - no comment justin 02:27 mrsdurff : clap clap clap 02:27 greatnews : Chatzy isn't really a permanent link. It gets recycled if it's like the chatzy we used for CR20 LIVE. 02:27 mrscaldwell0 : good stuff 02:27 lorips : bravo 02:28 cfoote : thanks for coming everyone! 02:28 mrsdurff : bye all 02:28 justinreeve : thank you! 02:28 mjantzi : Gracias 02:28 cfoote : here's link to see the audience of our session http://www.flickr.com/photos/99107397@N00/ 02:28 openpd-1 : okay everyone! Thanks for chatting and watching! I'm going to stop the stream now 02:28 mrscaldwell0 : bye, going to check out another one 02:29 justinreeve : another one?