http://fm.ea-tel.eu/flashmedia/flashmeeting/fm16043_11e392-16043 http://fm.ea-tel.eu/fm/memo.php?pwd=11e392-16043 http://fm.ea-tel.eu/public This is the third meeting of 2009 for Global Education Collaborative members. The focus of this meeting will be organizations focused on global education initiatives. Anyone is welcome to attend and chat about their involvement with groups devoted to global awareness, social justices and broadening the perspectives of people. This is a second Flashmeeting event for GEC members who might find this time more convenient. education global ict k12 nonprofit organizations technology 0:1844:1 1845:1908:0 3391:3451:0 3452:5492:1 73:3578:0 3623:4580:0 4620:6817:0 6935:7089:0 7098:7987:0 174:1992:0 337:3801:0 338:1349:0 1368:3532:0 376:3273:0 444:539:0 478:3606:0 822:7204:0 1145:3315:0 1171:7677:0 1386:5547:0 1532:3942:0 4002:4414:0 4925:5547:0 2405:5880:0 5905:8368:0 3482:5008:0 5019:5407:0 3538:5050:0 3797:7262:0 4055:7869:0 4353:7890:0 6444:7877:0 6655:7969:0 8639:9724:0 8658:8710:0 8802:10194:0 hey, there...here we are again. loved last night...inspired and full of idea. gotta get a web cam...or a Macbook :) Hi Lucy - can't hear anything I can only stay for about half hour I'm at my son's music school, so won't be able to broadcast without a ton of background noise...yes, Eleanor, I can hear you. Lucy? Jacqui, you were on last night, right? Yes. I was very excited out our "conversation". It really is exciting Where are you from again? Hi Alice sorry not typing well today :)...more coffee needed. I am from Chicago...northern suburbs. Don't know where Lucy went hello from la Obama land?! Eleanor, and you? I forget from last night. Yes, we are Obama fans here! Hi Gigi - La Los Ang or Louisiana? Actually Pasadena-ish Los Angeles I'm at Suffern Middle School outside NYC about 1200 kids grades 6-8 I am originally from WEstchester Co.., NY. There you go My sis livesi n Valhalla and I visit often. I'm a NY'er at heart :). I am too I'm over at UCLA teaching in one of the grad programs but working on a PD program for a 700 person MS Hi Lucy! LOL Hi Lucy! Good morning Glad you're back...we were worried. Good morning To put out the word .... Teachers Without Borders is now accepting applications for our teams to Africa this summer.... Yes we can hear you ok Good morning Sharon, audio okay what's the time limit before invisibility? your time will come, Lucy.... What's the deadline for applications? end of the month... yes, I should do that..... thanks Lucy! great idea! There we go! Hi Everyone! Welcome Carol Anne! Hi Carol Anne! How do you like ePals? I have talked to the folks at Taking It Global, ePals, GSN.... but have used Global Virtual classroom - think a lot of those orgs... of the people who have the vision behind them, but not sure how much really happens with the projects.... we need to document our successes more! Sharon, strongly agree with this. There she is! Yay! working Rock Our World URL? www.rockourworld.org thank you say that again oops Lost you Lucy Are we doing any pre- and post-evaluations that can be shared with these programs? oops prohibitive to Africans - not much apple in Africa who has most penetration in Africa? definitely PC most of what has been donated is PC Natasha, we can hear you We have great classes in Africa! Macs are just too expensive.... but the moodle might work hey there you can still talk Natasha Hey Miguel! My friend!!!! Carol Anne - what parts of africa...? testing Sharon are you using the OLPC's for your projects Natasha you are broadcasting You are broadcasting Natasha. We hear you! Hey Carol;) Lucy and ALL!!! Hi Natasha.... we can hear you Look at the chat!!! Zambia, South Africa, Morocco, Uganda... she doesn't have chat selected - i think Zambia and Uganda have macs?? International schools? sorry about my delay ...haircut LOL! Zambia did not, we spoke to them by a phone call! ahhh.... that works Uganda, we raised money and sent one to them Not international schools, just little villages Carol: no image from u!? are they using it? ha lucky the video's not that great Hi, Miguel. Welcome. Hi Miguel - we can hear you Nice haircut JUst checking Is anyone else eharing anything? yes, we can yes can hear no different Gigi @alicebarr yes Different Gigi no problem She's in LA though Hi Lucy, Thanks for letting me know how things work. I do prefer to be heard and not seen today. I'm sorry for my faux pa We're glad you are hear, Natasha!!! Thanks! Whoo Hoo! Go Miguel! very cool.... I think Global projects have great potential to show technology as a great aid to forging relationships Miguel's school was our first high-ed school! Amazing experience! how did they lose the projects? you mean, they lost the contest? I thought he meant lost files @Lucy me too *These* are the kinds of successes we need to document and broadcast! I was a bit sceptical at first, but it really made the project richer! :) yes K-College! :) Skype is over 170mm internationally but only 2mm US -- not in our vocabulary Ha! You're English is totally fine! lol It would be fun to find a group of higher ed archi students for you to work with Our school takes off the iChat feature on our laptops - chatting and talking is bad and to be discouraged! No learning can happen with these tools! It's like blocking SmartBoards from websites Unfortunately, we throw out the baby with the bath water with so many of these applications Australia has the highest rate of skin cancer I could see the CAD students at New Trier connecting and working with the higher-ed students...powerful experience...higher-ed student learn by teaching... @sharon: Interestingly our students put a petition together to get it back on for using outside of class time Jacqui.. that would be perfect @alice - Were they successful? @sharon next step is to get teachers to see the value of it Anyone having issues getting in to FM today? THere's a guy in China reporting problems Our IT head actually tells parents NOT to let their children use those apps - it promotes INternet addiction, don't you know? @SHARON YES @sharon - that is unbelievable! Has anyone worked with MyHero and are they working globally? we are trying to help kids make good choices about these tools @alice Nice to know that reason prevails some times! I've worked with MyHero to all cant put video online: select USB (if u have iChat) ups iSight sory @sharon yup Yes yes yes I haven't worked with them but have been seeing them for YEARS at events No it cuts people off abruptly I graduated from that program! lol How funny, Eleanor Stan Silverman - tough courses @Eleanor I am frustrated with this at my school; I am all about openness and collaboration and have had my hands tied (new school this year for me) great! Hi Eleanor - No great - to know about Hi That would be greatl Yes Carol u have video thank you that would be terrific Sarah you are on Sarah we can hea you Since I started with global projects, I have been encouraged to see many others discovering and using ICT for edu projects - nice to hear about these initiatives yes! Yay! Charters! I work for charter schools. You should talk with the Environmental Charter High School in Lawndale, CA Hi Natasha - love green and global Welcome, Natasha! Welcome Natasha - nice to have you here! VERY cool place I have to go - so sorry to leave - Thank you Lucy See you all again Thanks for coming, Eleanor! I'm going to visit Environmental Charter in May! bye Eleanor get in touch with me - smcphers@nyit.edu Thanks for the warm welcome. Very neat people there and just launched an online toolset me too it is important not to overwhelm with too many Good question you are right, Miguel wiki yes Wiki is great Skype That is the challenge for me as well, Miguel.... Voicethread, skype, Discovere iChat! for sure! Google docs ning google docs too Twitter, FaceBook iChat is great ...it have it all: iChat theater is great depends on the task, but I use wikis as my central hub (with my students) yes I have to download it WetPaint has a very easy to use interface as a group wiki this is all Lucy's Personal Learning Network.... Wikispaces keeps files up after a wiki closes and Google can get to them in search, which was a problem for a recent group I use all of those too ah too bad Me too Try an iGoogle page? with links because one can embed so much in them We tried Ning with a program I did with about 12 countries' of grad students iGoogle pages aren't public though true You can't share your iGoogle page,r ight? Thought you could share tabs though We had a protopages site at a MS I'm working with an a vindictive kid broke in and scrubbed it out With Ning, you need it to be public yes, we used that you need lots of people I had my students choose an online space to promote a school in Nepal - half of them chose a Ning! you need someone driving the traffic We use base camp, but a bit too linear for users I despise SharePoint. have not heard good things about SharePoint I have to use SharePoint in my current classes and it is so clunky it is painful Yes, Plain English series...great! http://www.youtube.com/user/leelefever uau! I love those vids - use them all the time with my students We are considering SharePoint, so I appreciate this feedback... looks great Ok. I actually answered the last question wrong. I just started using stumble upon. still trying to get more from it yes The hard part to using Google docs is to get others to do it with me I just discovered it so I'm just learning. yes... My criteria for online collab spaces = embeddable, exportable great thx http://www.google.com/educators/p_apps.html http://www.google.com/educators/p_apps.html Being able to easily embed is key ;) @Gigi It is the new way to do web design! yes borrow, steal, grab, ;) Is there a level of google apps for educators that is free? and now Gmail suport varios accounts One of our frustrations with Google Apps (we use for students) is that you cannot use BLOGGER to create BLOGS. THat's been frustrating. It is a great way to manage a course - using a space with embedded content - no hyperlinking out all the time - ability to collaborate on course material @jacqui Agreed On now, Lucy. Bizarre - had to use Hotmail instead of Gmail account? I used Ning videos for LOTS of stuff -- good to display teaching materials I like using Picasa Lots of my students use Picassa. I use Webshots as I have more control I like the fact that photo-sharing spaces USUALLY use creative commons, which I now force my students to use when they are looking for and using images With our students, everything needs to be password protected, so all of our sharing is behind a wall Picasa 3 is FANTASTIC and now available for MAC, but heard that iPhoto in iLife '09 is brilliant. Some of my students are using Google Sites, which give you a fair amount of control iPhoto 09 ROCKS!!! Lucy....you're audio/video is breaking up a bit @Carol Anne Are you thinking of moving out to the unsheltered web? Google sites works well with Picasa but not Google Groups http://www.flickr.com/groups/numerical/ No, I work with kids that need to be protected flickr is blocked in many schools Flickr does nice slideshows With Rock Our World, we can work in a more open environment sorry ...phone call what is rock our world? audio getting choppy choppy... @Sarah: ROW is an international project that I run http://www.rockourworld.org/ now you are a still life Transmission is breaking for me too - right not working Thanks, Miguel... you beat me to it! ;) not working here either. http://www.flickr.com/groups/birdguide/ i'll check it out thanks yes, it is breaking up.... Lucy are you on wireless or a tethered connection? it does stop at some funny moments webshots is more searchable for resources for illustration @Sarah: You can check out previous rounds on our Moodle: www.discoveryeducatorabroad.com/rockourworld I show my students that searching for images on Flickr provides much better results than Google images Thank you!!! lol Do you have URL for quitation marks? Yeah, let me get them http://www.flickr.com/groups/apostrophes/ Thank you! Sharon, we do that same...we direct students to a particular section of flickr...http://flickr.com/creativecommons in the NON-COMMERCIAL LICENSE section http://www.flickr.com/groups/quoteabuse/ Would it be a good idea to create little clips for teachers on how to use each of these for class? Or does this already appear somewhere? Here are some others: http://www.flickr.com/groups/myfamilies/ Oops You were cut off, Miguel @Gigi: great idea LOL You cut yourself off? :) ALI still seems to be a little bit too closed off to general users. We need to open it up more. not sure what ALI is only my hair :D Apple Learning Interchange ups sorry http://www.flickr.com/groups/fivephotos/ IS the My Families similar to the project that National Geo did? http://edcommunity.apple.com/ali/ Not too many really know about it and it's not soo web 2.0 with group collaboration capablities. ahhh... I use a mac, you would think I might know At least the last time i looked at it More and more websites are having little video clips explaining how to use them -- it would be nice to have a clip library on things like how to use Flickr for class with text updates. Mini tours. Not sure, Alice. Tell us about National Geo Yes, Gigi...excellent idea. ONe of my goals this year is to create a visual library of technololgy in action to share with teachers. This tends to be a powerful way to demonstrate and share in our culture at NT. I agree Gigi... have you seen Atomic Learning? Atomic Learning is good, but WWW.LYNDA.COM is fantastic...great. No budget for it but have seen it Atomic Learning is a great resource of vids - we have a subscription at our school, but i honestly wonder how many use this terrific resource many of lynda.com videos are free...we pay coin to get a bigger library, but it's worth checking out. yes of course, I look at youtube first for any training videos! digital story telling is how i use it National Geo did a project a few years where they photoed familes in different continents and put all their belongings outside of their house great We share our student videos out of a local portal + from YouTube... I know that's not so 'politically correct' in some US districts @alicebarr WOW, bet that was interesting! To compare the amt of belongings my students all go to YouTube for instructions on how to do everything, including on how to get around our blocking.... ;) @Gigi Those are clever students! LOL or how teachers use digital media in their classrooms digital natives Lucy does this chat get archived on the Ning? Great links! Gigi...yes, our screenagers can navigate and breakthrough any block... Hi, Howie...your audio is faint. I'm going to for this link The best I heard was how when Firefox was banned at our school, the students found a way to get it on the library computers and changed the icon to read "Internet Explorer" - that one really cracked me up excellent term 'screenagers' ours searched in Spanish Firefox was banned! Yes, you are right, Howie Hard to hear you Howie not mine, admittedly :) What's the most compelling for them, Howie? @Lucy My previous school, can you believe it!!?? That's absurd!!!! Ning is nice on video (the volume is low :() Thank you. Sorry, Howie, I can't hear you... I had to change the name of my FF exe on my computer to use it yes Off topic, but there is a very cool plug-in for PPT that allows you to embed YOUTUBE videos into your slideshow. oh cool, Jacqui will look for it I've really enjlyed the discussion guys. I've got to sign off, but I'm looking forward to the next time. bye! VT is a great app bye, natasha. Bye Natasha! bye Yes, VoiceThread... Miguel have you used it? VT is running rampant at New Trier...the teachers love it, the students love it. am thinking GCast is only available in USA It would be perfect for you There is a Voicethread nin. ning...sorry. Miguel, you'd love VoiceThread! I didn't catch the last tool mentioned Howie yes, VT is so easy to use I'm getting some lag I have to get going soon myself - this has been terrific! New ideas http://flickr.com/photos/ha112/901660/ @Jacqui I see VT as the way for teachers to see the impact of media in theri classrooms Easy for kids and teachers It is easy in a tech-rich environment sorry about that With blocking, how do you bring video into the classroom? I'm working with a MS that blocks every wiki and ning, so am creating a "regular" website with content they can get to but difficult if bandwidth is low and access to computers is difficult Easy for all users not better I don't have a broadcast button soory (my english is soooooo bad: sorry) lots of background gain yes yes yes No.... ooh, mood lighting! I HATE to go. Thank you all @Miguel my Portuguese is much worse! LOL!!!! I'm just ran into a slow down of some sort lol Bye Alice!! Thanks for coming! ;) Thanks! Bye. Great show! yes Carol bye Alice miguel, here is that NING...excellent resource: http://voicethread.ning.com/ I'm having issues hearing anything Is it me? great thx I can hear her clearly bye Miguel Cooking: check out http://www.how2kids.com/how2cook.htm maybe to inspire? This is shot and produced by/with kids. carol is loud and clear Hi to all yes Hi Lucas Did that answer your quesiton? Hey Lucas!!! Ha! What is going on? lucas is on I'm logging out and logging back in lucas, hello Sorry to have to say goodbye.... great to hear about Rock Our World, will check it out @Lucas, I'm getting a little harrassed about doing a cooking show from Miguel! ;) Well deserved, I know! Ha, thanks for the positive outlook, Miguel. ha ha Bye Sharon! If you have quesitons, feel free to email me at rockourworld@mac.com eheheheheh Hey Lucas cheers my friend she's back...hey lucy. Hi Lucy Whoo hoo! Hi all. I'm listening in from North Carolina Hi Greg!!! go Carol! Miguel--do you use Google Docs? kids can contribute videos on it? I am staring to use Howie yes, kids can upload them I'm going to continue posting Flickr group links: http://www.flickr.com/groups/birdguide/ of putting it on YouTube I could see a ROW Flickr group of food having to fade out -- will catch the rest on archive -- all the best How many teachers are participating, Carol Anne? that would be great - so could my teachers join? We have 20 on the international team... and over 600 on the Moodle Yes! Applications are online - www.rockourworld.org ok i'll check it out thanks http://www.flickr.com/photos/kokogiak/66087367/in/set-1425737/ Web 2.0 collaboration tools are changing the way we teach, learn and communicate -- completely. It's so exciting and people unite and come together. I find it inspiring. Sorry random thoughts. Same, Jacqui!!!!! http://www.flickr.com/photos/youthlab07/1935905475/ do you have any teachers on meetings like this? I've had one or two colleagues attend... yes, a lot of teachers Yes, when we do, you are more than welcome to join in! but first time I see this program the flashmeeting I mean. sorry Hi Lucas!!! Lucas, what did we use? Where the kids were drawing together and talking? yes - i meant flashmeeting - this is my first. What do you mean? What Miguel is talking about is how we want to use videoconferencing... how do you set up a flashmeeting? Jonathan you want to introduce yourself? What program did we use, like this, where the teachers met... I can't remember the name Betty ? Lucas? introduce yourself yes yes yes Yes, we can here you there, lucas Sarah, you have to get a booking account I'll find the info for you :) UAU! Hi Betty! Hi Betty! You are very loud great to see that I wish we did not bump up against time zone differences (that's not realistic or possible), but an asynchronous experience is not as rich as a synchronous one. hi, Betty thanks lucy - that would be great Betty is in Indiana, right? Hi Betty We can hear you Tell us about what you do Go ahead, Betty ok greetings from Belgium Greg? Jonathan? Want to talk? for colabortion we use first BaseCamp Hi Lucas, a colleague, a french teacher at my school is interested in finding a sister class in Belgium. Could you provide some contact info. Better you talking than me, Miguel :) Yes, no problem FM acting strange??? had to get out and log back in mail me: LVANDEPAER@MAC.COM Good morning Hi Diane I did, too, Howie Never had a problem with it before Thanks lucas. Hi Diane! Lucas, I would also like to connect with french-speaking students. We have 2 french teachers in search of a videoconference activity - students to students. Lucy, not quite sure of the topic. Would love to contribute, but where are we going with the discussion? There seems to be too many threads of converstaion going on at once. Could we agree on an agenda to focus our conversation. Use CILC to find connections cilc.org Sorry so late coming to the meeting-long week. I can try, but I'm on the Flemish part We're all over the place, Jonathan! lol Ha! Still good to be here with you all. You jump in and say anything. Just introduce yourself yes I agree We're talking about projects, organizations and any Web 2.0 applications for integrating this stuff into the days to day life of a class yes of course Betty cannot use her web camera at this time. Sorry to be late it's better to be global That's find Betty Audio is just fine lucy---was my audio OK Remember, everyone, that Flashmeeting tends to cut you off quickly when you stop broadcasting. Yes I agree. Have go repair my internal mouse....technology sometimes controls! It was a little quiet, Howie. Yes ys look at http://www.teacher.be and go to NAS (lessons for teachers, but in Dutch) Jacqui teaches at New Trier High School, near where I am It's a great high school yes...or how teachers see it yes Jacqui Absolutely Hi Miguel. Flashmeeting cut off the question. Could you type it into the chat the same here So maybe we should be gathering more evidence ? From kids? Oohhhh Do you have a link, Jacqui? yes Don't think so hard... just jump in! The kids will embrace projects that include global social networking. You can use these tools after school, too. Great point, Carol Anne! I think so, kids have no problems with it, teachers are Here's the after school program run by a colleague. They are making great strides with all of this: http://iremix.org/ They are thinking outside the box and administrators - teachers are intimidated to try innovative instructions. The great thing about using technology in school, is that even though the teachers are afraid of it, kids have LOTS of time to figure it out! yes it is They, then can be the teachers! good point Diane great use tools kids love to use great Betty This is Betty's group: http://www.globalvisits.com/ My students are great helping each other and I hope they will help spread it. yes When I do district presentations, I include both teachers AND students... the teachers can figure out the curriculum standards, but the kids remember how to use the tools! I agree, but everything seems to stop or go with the teacher...I am not a practicing teacher...but someone to support, cheerlead, integrate, etc. It's tough on my end. yes Betty your right great point same here in Belgium yes can hear learn from students! always Argh. Had to leave and get back in Here's Betty's group http://www.globalvisits.com/ Global Visits is a non profit focused on university level classrooms sharing projects via technology. You are right....the studnets get it....the instructors do not. When I explan the fabulous opportuntiies they get exited, but then they get caught planning their syllabus and old traditional teaching tools. FB is not traditional - so this is the problem. Models of how to teach with web 2.0 are not taught. url? Great tip, Jonathan! Thanks, Jonathan. What was the link? I'm having issues with audio http://blog.wired.com/wiredscience/2009/02/attentionlost.html (?) I'd boil down to the problem to be that we don't know best practices in teaching we don't know our curriculum and methodology in a solid manner and because of this, we can't see the natural connections to these tools same with me Hi Amee! Yes, the models for teaching w/ web 2.0 are very new, still emerging - we're doing it and developing them at the same time! http://blog.wired.com/wiredscience/2009/02/attentionlost.html Yay! http://wiki.oercommons.org/mediawiki/index.php/Projects Very exciting Miguel....that is right! I said verbally to instructors just come with an idea you would like to do, and your tech savvy students will show you how to do it which also create excitement in the project and classroom. Always teaching! I've heard about your group via Esther W. great thanks http://www.oercommons.org/ Yes, Lucy, working with Esther Amee, how is OER similar or different from Curriki? Architect humor OER Commons is a network that gather pointers - metadata - to other materials,, to build a knowledge base about use. ahhh I have a student who got suspended but she can still work on her project since it is online. Her partner is glad about that. Thanks for the conversations. I'm signing off to cook dinner for our Chinese New Year Party this year. Have fun, greg And, to build culture of sharing across education Happy new year. Gregory......where are you now? ie country..... I'm stepping away for a sec ... 6 yr old needs something... keep talking people! yes Lucas My chiildren are from Taiwan and we celebrate chinese new year i see that's terrific Belgium speaks Dutch, French and German in one country!!! that's right Miguel is discussing English as a lingua franca New York City speaks many languaguages also.. we have similar language barriers esperanto great! si English should ONLY be a tool. We shouldn't be looking at English in terms of linguistic imperialism ;-) yes Jonathan yes Carol (not me) That always amazes me, too, Carol yes it is yes thats true yes thats true must go sorry, cooking evening There needs to be a cultural shift here in the U.S. Big hugs to you, Lucas! Thanks for coming, Lucas! I hope to see you soon!!!! :) no problem, come back next time I am joining you from my son's music school, and he is done with his lessons...I'm getting the boot. Thank you, Lucy, for creating this opportunity for us. This has been great. I look forward to the visiting the recording and joining you guys again. thanks for all the great info. Bye Jacqui! bye Jacqui Lucy--TKS have to run and get ready to teach a class bye, all. I so appreciate your ideas and thoughts. You're cracking me up! Thanks, Howie and Jacqui! I love this conversation too sorry yes Lucy love ASIA! :D LOL so many things to do No, Lucy - you're spot on - we all need to experience other languages and cultures. We absolutely loved having you there with us. yes yes! sadly not in Portugal thats a great example of global collaborative We have a LOT to learn from each other! YES Carol That's why global projects are so important! What are our next steps? Who is that? Hi!!! Let there be light. Paviter is coming to study in the US this summer. I do not teach at the grade or high school level....but to answer Lucy's question, could it be that schools curriculums are so heaily geared to studnets passing national standardized tests? LEaving little room for creativity, so as more globalization i the classroom? He has a a Fulbright Yeah! Yes, Betty... When are you coming, Miguel? Betty, that's exactly it. We need to teach our kids to be creative again! Lucy.....is Migueal the person you wanted me to meet? re Fulbright? If so.....hello Miguel, and where are you going to bee posted" We have a number of global and US case studies on OER adoption: http://wiki.oercommons.org/mediawiki/index.php/OER_Case_Study_Project Sure! Come anytime! It's called friendship! ;) great! I'm signing up for OER right now, Amee uau! great! UAUUUUUUUUU!!!!!!!!!!! Wow... how interesting u must share ur experience ! Do you know of Beth Kanter's work, Amee? No, do you have a link? yes yes for shore yes! thats it ! What about what Michael Wesch is doing at Kansas State? that's IT! I love Michael Wesch's work I'm presenting at a conference where he is keynoting. I can't wait to hear him. Does any one have connections in Africa? Amee, let me get Beth's web site. I have connections in Africa. What are you looking for? She's really interesting... yes, south africa EU: http://www.slideshare.net/europeanschoolnet/lre-associate-partners-presentation South Africa as well Also, I'm poking around OER. Should I list the Global Education Collaborative ning there as an organization? YES! My students are looking at some of the problems Africa is facing to do PSA. yes http://www.fastcompany.com/tag/beth-kanter We skyped w/ Sharon Peters about teachers without Borders. I want to open my students' eyes. @Diane: send me an email- I can put you in touch with a teacher who would be a GREAT resource for your class. rockourworld@mac.com readerdiane@gmail.com great! is thats a HUGE thing : the power of social media http://www.bethkanter.org/ My son is also from Cambodia - maybe I do know here - thanks! uau! Oohh neat (can I go also ;) ) yes his blog, he's eight: alittlebiggereveryday.blogspot.com great! sounds great I've lived in China for a decade. I am also open to those of you who want to make connections with a 'different kind of culture'. I'd LOVE to connect iwith you ALL! What do you mean "different"" South Africa project mentioned here - ISKME is researcher: http://marknewlyn.net/node/10 Lucy....that is Sharon Peters? Kyrygyzstan is low tech, few computers in the schools, etc thanks yes a great project she is also in Twitter Noble joined Global Visits and I can connect with there as well. Good ideas (I think) thats a great ideia Lucy YES! Sharon's the best Great Lucy, it would be great to see a directory of people to get it touch with. We'd be happy to work on a directory - to add to OER Commons database Yes, we can! Anyone can add items to the database yourself ;) under Contribute Content - oer community no one is talking? go Betty LOL ;) Hey Westley!!! uau!!!! great to see u! Good to see you again! nice! :D Yeah I'm having FM issues great! Westley, you make me proud to be an Australian. Great stuff. sorry can u post the link again I have to go. Looking forward to the next meeting. This is great. cya Betty and thanks I will be blogging from Kyrgyzstan once there. Great stuff! Thanks everyone! I need to run! great ! http://www.skoolaborate.com c u Carol Hugs to all! Hugs back! thanks Westley http://www.flickr.com/photos/cambodia4kidsorg/2251184710/ We work with Delia Browne in Australia, National Copyright Director Lucy, will set myself up for a better 'version' for the next meeting, but loved being involved with this. Thanks so much. hi henry HELLLOOOOOO hi nice to see you again keep haslting mummy pull her hair now we hear you! lol love watching mummy lucy try to concentrate LOL thats it! ;) Alright- I'm gonna buy my nephews & nieces iPods... that's actually been my dream concept for a while, Lucy... lol LOL I must go to NY! (maybe in next ADE camp ehehhehhe) we r make it! Set a topic, set a time... and we'll be there... ; ups ;) If you all get an accoun tin SL I can give you a demo in there please add my email: nmiguelseabra.ade@mac.com please feel free to contact me smal steps Lucy you have done so well so far Exactly! I need to remember that. I don't need congrats, but thank you... it's about what we can do together! Yes the hardest thing is to create community and you have done that Meeting each other to make the connections & add to our PLN is important it will now build We're getting there! Thank you, Miguel! Nice to meet you Miguel I will be in Portugual in July How can we accelerate this stuff? Thanks for some great ideas. You have to meet him, Miguel He travels around the world each summer. ok will try to catch up I'll be back... maybe a general theme can be how to sustain momentum? That's a good idea, Jonathan I think we need more people Bye If you all can bring a "friend" next time that would help as well uau! thanks so much! keeo in touch! cya Lucy big mwa I will pass the word to my little tech group. Yes, need to leave too, but great to meet huge HUGS from Lisbon! ;) super Skoolaborate http://delicious.com/tag/globaleducation Do you cross tag into Diigo Thanks for the link, Lucy... great stuff. http://www.diigo.com/list/elemenous/global-education http://groups.diigo.com/groups/globaleducation Look forward to seeing you in New York! thanks I'm excited! cya Are you going to CTL, Denise? Yes...when is your session? I've alway wanted to go to that conference I'm writing a search curriculum for kids through Google and we are piloting the curriculum there Coo it's an hour and a half workshop at some point Maybe Friday at 11 AM? Somethign like that. I will look for you I'm really excited and nervous! Awesome! Jonathan, say hi to your ADE bretheren in China Thanks for setting up the Ning. Bye to all. Bye Thanks for coming!! The log will be posted in rthe ning later on Hi tanya where are you from Sorry I have no webcam or microphone today Lucy sorry to have missed you today. I promote the use of FM for schools accross Europe. Hi reuw. Whare you from israel So whats your background ? Do you teach in a school ? yes ed tech coordinator in a high schol I teach in a school for pupils with learning difficulties. Im really interested in how web 2 tools can improve teaching and learning. it seems the session is over here, eh? I think there were connectivity issues. Its 6.30pm in the UK. we use wikis alot for projects. What time is it in Isreal ? 20:30 http://israel-faces-ii.wikispaces.com/ Great. I will have a look at your site. We are starting to use a class blog. keep in touch ! my e mail address john.warwick@stlukes.herts.sch.uk ok - all the best! maybe we could do some vc between students in our two schools ? or staff ! what age students? I can hear you reuw. When you are broadcasting ! Our kids are 11 to 16year olds. my grandchildren watching tv DO your kids speak english ? yes I can hear the TV we have classes that speak pretty well. Well then it would be good to set up a link we are now about to do project where kids do animoto clips. Isreal is only 2hrs ahead time difference. Great we use animoto too maybe your kids would be able to view and give feedback. Maybe we could share our kids efforts on a particular topic ? but we plan to do the clips with hebrew writing. we are working on my "family" No problem. That would be good for us We could do ours in English Even better. Our family is a great idea. We would need to set up a blog or wikki to share the kids efforts maybe we could get the kids to add a few sentences in English near each clip. we are thinking of mounting them on a wiki. we use wikispaces. So when you set up the wiki let me know the url i was planning on using Hebrew there also. i will have to consult with my partner about this idea. we could perhaps do an exchange about the clips and maybe then a short vc? Yes . great. I need to go now Dinner is ready. Lets talk further via e mail Bye for now we will be doing this project not in English class so will have to "negotiate" with kids to do some English with it. just tell me how many kids u have - we have about 70.