How Can We Transform Leadership and Teaching in Schools?

Kids Global Climate Change Institute

MassCUE 3.19.08

Session 1: 1:15 P.M.

Chat Log

 

 

01:03 drichards-1 :Broadcasting Kids Global Climate Change Session at session 1:15 EST and a second session at 2:30 EST today.

 01:08 tansmom : did I miss it?

 01:17 Wendy : No, we are just starting

 01:18 tansmom : ok great

 01:20 tansmom : want me to twitter it again

 01:20 wendy : Sure

 01:20 tansmom : ok

 01:20 wendy : I can talk to you here as well

 01:21 brianmullnl : hi dennis

 01:22 brianmullnl : Ah, it's Liz too!

 01:22 tansmom : what was the quiz?

 01:23 wendy : They gave a little quiz for the group!

 01:23 tansmom : ahh, ok

 01:24 tansmom : is Liz on twitter?

 01:26 darrendraper : Mr. Richards has definitely come a long way in a year!

 01:26 tansmom : I was thinking that too

 01:27 tansmom : I always assume that all of these people are years ahead of me in the web 2.0 game

 01:27 brianmullnl : I got to go to Falmouth and work with them. Great group of people

 01:27 darrendraper : Remember, Web 2.0 has only been around for a few years.  Even the "pros" only have a few year's experience.

 01:27 wendy : This is Wendy, his tech director

 01:27 darrendraper : Hi Wendy.

 01:28 wendy : Yes, Dennis has come a long way in a year

 01:28 wendy : Liz is on Twitter

 01:28 Darren-8554 : Wendy, if you type /nick then a space, you can then change your name.  If you're interested.

 01:28 wendy : Darren, thanks for reassuring that we are all still learning

 01:29 Darren-8554 : We are.

 01:29 tansmom : can she talk a bit louder?

 01:30 wendy : I will try to tell her

 01:30 tansmom : thx

 01:37 tansmom : this is the most involved presentation of twitter I have seen to date

 01:38 tansmom : kinda cool

 01:40 Wendy-3989 : Just one piece of the presentation puzzle

 01:40 tansmom : can you ask dennis to twitter or post all the wiki references later?

 01:41 Wendy-3989 : Yes.  I believe he has all of this on his wiki.  I will get the URL

 01:43 tansmom : I can hear dennis

 01:43 Wendy-3989 : Could you hear without the mic?

 01:43 Wendy-3989 : I made him put it back on so you could hear.

 01:43 tansmom : it was weak without the mic

 01:43 tansmom : thanks:)

 01:54 tansmom : wow, that's great

 01:54 Wendy-3989 : what is great?

 01:54 tansmom : 120 teachers blogging

 01:54 tansmom : un-blocking skype and youtube

 01:55 tansmom : not many places do that

 01:57 Wendy-3989 : it helps when you have such a visionary as your leader

 01:58 tansmom : how is a ning different from a wiki?

 01:59 Wendy-3989 : I think it has more options??

 01:59 mjmontagne : A wiki is a web page with an edit button really...

 01:59 tansmom : I have not done much with ning yet

 01:59 mjmontagne : A Ning community is more of a collaborative network

 02:00 Wendy-3989 : Thank you for helping clarify

 02:00 mjmontagne : Ning allows users to converse in a discussion board, post photos, videos, etc.

 02:00 tansmom : oh, ok..

 02:00 Wendy-3989 : Can I ask where everyone is from?

 02:00 tansmom : branson, mo here

 02:00 mjmontagne : I'm from Milwaukee, WI USA...but I'm on vacation in Florida right now

 02:01 tansmom : LOL, why aren't you at the beach!

 02:01 Wendy-3989 : I agree!!

 02:01 mjmontagne : Too hot for the beach!!!

 02:01 tansmom : too funny

 02:01 mjmontagne : just kidding...going to the pool shortly actually!

 02:01 Wendy-3989 : No sympathy here

 02:01 mjmontagne : rough life!

 02:01 tansmom : enjoy!

 02:03 mjmontagne : kids global cooling iniativie is another Ning community that students and teachers are using to foster conversation and action on this topic

 02:03 Wendy-3989 : yes.  Liz has created a ning.  Are you talking about a different ning?

 02:03 tansmom : I have run across it before I think

 02:04 mjmontagne : global cooling collective ning: http://globallycool.ning.com/

 02:04 tansmom : I am really looking to expand my connections beyond the classrooom

 02:04 mjmontagne : who is the audience here?

 02:04 Wendy-3989 : technology leaders, teachers, administrators

 02:05 mjmontagne : ahh

 02:05 mjmontagne : we're doing a 24 hour live earth day webcast

 02:05 mjmontagne : http://enviroscims.wikispaces.com/Earth+Day

 02:05 Wendy-3989 : cool when?

 02:05 tansmom : what age level do you work with mj?

 02:06 mjmontagne : we'll be broadcasting audio live throughout the day on earth day 08

 02:06 mjmontagne : I work w/middle grade students and teachers

 02:06 mjmontagne : grades 5-8

 02:06 tansmom : cool- mine are 3rd graders:)

 02:06 Wendy-3989 : that is perfect for our global climate project

 02:06 mjmontagne : but our earth day webcast has folks from all over the world collaborating

 02:06 Wendy-3989 : are you including scientist from Woods Hole?

 02:07 mjmontagne : we still need moderators for hour long blocks

 02:07 Wendy-3989 : Maybe someone from Falmouth can jump in?  I will talk to Liz

 02:07 mjmontagne : @wendy

 02:07 mjmontagne : that would be gr8

 02:07 mjmontagne : http://www.yteachersblog.com/blog2/?p=55

 02:08 mjmontagne : that is a link to the Yahoo Teacher blog post that was just posted on the event

 02:09 tansmom : cool- I dropped it in my delicious for later

 02:09 brianmullnl : Hope this wasn't already asked. For curiosity's sake, are you just using the internal mic on the computer for ustream sound?

 02:10 Wendy-3989 : Yes, Should we hook up a mic?

 02:10 mjmontagne : audio is actually decent

 02:10 brianmullnl : I hear nothing but mumbles

 02:10 brianmullnl : hmm, not for me

 02:10 mjmontagne : audio good hear

 02:10 brianmullnl : volume is up all the way

 02:10 tansmom : mine too brian

 02:10 brianmullnl : weird

 02:11 Wendy-3989 : Brian where do I turn up the volume?

 02:11 tansmom : it get's better when he comes to the front:)

 02:11 mjmontagne : audio/video buffers periodically, but that is the nature of Internet broadcasting

 02:11 brianmullnl : It's not breaking up, I hear it, just very low

 02:11 brianmullnl : ty in the audio settings

 02:11 brianmullnl : might be an input volume adjustment

 02:12 brianmullnl : if it's just me, don't sweat it

 02:13 Wendy-3989 : Any better?

 02:13 brianmullnl : a touch

 02:14 brianmullnl : let me go to another channel and see if it's across the board

 02:15 tansmom : is that kidssgcci.pbwiki.com

 02:15 Wendy-3989 : yes

 02:16 tansmom : ahhh, time

 02:18 mjmontagne : thanks for twittering this out, Dennis

 02:18 mjmontagne : Back to my vacation now!

 02:18 mjmontagne : cheers!

 02:18 tansmom : have fun mj!

 02:18 tansmom : soakup some sun for me:)

 02:19 tansmom : thanks Dennis

 02:19 tansmom : really good

 02:19 tansmom : clap clap

 02:20 tansmom : gotta run! See you later on twitter:)