Chatzy2

8/14/2019 Chatzy2

1/6

Educhat as of Tue May 5 01:34:45 2009 GMT (70 KB)

Page 2 of 2 - Char 51219 to 72580 - Newest entries at the bottom

MissMarista: people were against them cuz kids could erase

Ellsbeth: @thecleversheep That was indeed a treat! Now I sometimes let a student use my

presentation mouse...if it keeps them engaged. :)

@thorprichard: @aforgrave or that the idea for the overhead projector came from a bowling

alley. (scary, but true.)

anellewilson: I hate chalk!

aforgrave: Did you get to be the kid who was responsible enough to turn the filmstrip in time with

the BEEP?

SADONE: You banned chalk as I remember SHEEP!

BradnDeedo: Beating erasures after school because I haed the hots for Miss Stapleton

Tim: our machine turned automatically

BethMcEwen: @MissMarista - You'd be surprised how many of my grade 8s would agree with you

- who needs a pencil?? Argh.

charbeck: Interesting room configurations. My classes are all between 35 to 38 studnets. Not the

best for 2.0 learning

aforgrave: I hate chalk. Rather, I hate chalk dust. Everywhere.

msmithpds: i tried once switching to dry erase markers - and had a kid get sick over the smell - -

quickly returned to the chalkboard

@thorprichard: @aforgrave Or, the tapes that came with the film strips that said, "And when it's

time to change slides, listen for this tone..."

drpeppermom: not a chance. Too many distractions

msmithpds: chalk ruined my nails

Ellsbeth: @aforgrave Same here...really hate chalk dustPaula: airliners allow students (and teachers) to work the smartboard from anywhere in the room

GregoryLouie from x.x.x.148 joined the chat 10 minutes ago

tkraz: I remember a classmate changing the filmstrip cassette tape that a student teacher was

using to Led Zepplin. Tons of fun.

BethMcEwen: @aforgrave I know how you feel - to make matters worse I have Windows 98

computers (older than my students!)

GregoryLouie: Suggestion: Let's not talk about the past, let's talk about the tools and techniques

of the future.

msmithpds: HECK YA! @tkraz

lindseyb16: listening to michael wesch on edtech talk last week, his ollege classes are 400, he hasthem blog with rss to keep up

BadEd: I'll chime in with a hate of chalk dust too!

thecleversheep from x.x.x.87 left this message 10 minutes ago:

Hey @charbeck! I hear spring is arriving daily out west ; )

aforgrave: WRT airliners -- do you need to write with the airliner, but watch the projection screen?

8/14/2019 Chatzy2

2/6

@thorprichard: Anyone using this product? The SMART Table? http://www2.smarttech.com/st/en-

US/Products/SMART Table/

aforgrave: Rather than airliners, anyone using a tablet PC over WiFi to projector?

charbeck: @cleaversheep yep might get some heat soon too

lindseyb16: @aforgrave, you get the hang of that quickly though

anellewilson: we may all get interwrite tablets next year - already have several in the building

MaryKayG from x.x.x.61 left this message 9 minutes ago:

@BethMcEwen...and are your student USB drives deactivated?

Paula: yep, look at the screen, write on the wireless slate.

Educhat from x.x.x.87 left this message 9 minutes ago:

OK... What materials, technologies & activities do you hope to see available in the classrooms of

the tomorrow? Which tools will have staying power?

msmithpds: Tom Barratt is blogging about it http://tbarrett.edublogs.org/2009/04/25/smart-table-

in-my-classroom-two-introductory-videos/

Paula: handhelds. .

GregoryLouie: @thorprichard SMART Tables are too pricey. But I'd love one.

MissMarista: projectors/smartboards for sure

charbeck: I have a blue tooth mose and keyboard hooked up to a mac mini running my

smartboard

anellewilson: student response systems

aforgrave: Windows 98. Imagine. At least it was better than Win95. Which was better than

Win3.1. (Why we went there when the Mac OS was so much better, I'll never accept!)

windsordi from x.x.x.53 left this message 8 minutes ago:

Ways to change setup in your classroom to best use the school 2.0 tools? Take a look at

possibilities at http://tinyurl.com/dalznq


I really think the future is in projection technology. Projecting people into your classroom from

around the world.

Paula: I don't think SB will have staying power.

msmithpds: i like the flex cams too - helps with the hands on demos - i think they have a new

name now thoughEllsbeth: Cellphones & iPods...I'm amazed by the potential (and I'm a converted "cell phone Nazi")

drpeppermom: e books?Anything you want to read at their fingertips

BethMcEwen: New Ontario document about Technology in the 21st century http://www.opsba.org

/files/OPSBA_What%20If_Book_Apr1.pdf- if only our school boards would put their $ where their

mouth is.

8/14/2019 Chatzy2

3/6


I think students will record evidence of their learning on video, more and more

BradnDeedo from x.x.x.205 joined the chat 7 minutes ago

charbeck: I also think ti is about having people beam into your classroom. Making your classes

relevant because "real experts" are in the room

BradnDeedo: OOOOOPS

anellewilson: netbooks

lonestarschools: technology at the desks somehow - unobtrusive - allows for kids to look up

stuff, contribute to class discussion

tkraz: @Ellsbeth ditto. I agree.

GregoryLouie: MIT is building a camcorder nanoprojector personal wearable computer. It'll take

learning everywhere.

aforgrave: @janellewilson -- rather than student response systems, what about student cell

phones and a web app to collect the data?

BadEd: I think connections in real time from class to class, country to country are where it will beat. also mobile/wireless tech

msmithpds: i think laptops aren't going out because you can't see as much on a cell phone -

BethMcEwen: @MaryKayG You bet :0

MissMarista: argh, reading all this makes me so jealous, you all use/have tried so much cool stuff!

msmithpds: have you all seen etherpad.com?

@thorprichard: @Ellsbeth 1 1 1 :-)

lonestarschools: technology needs to be used to let kids learn at their own pace-speed way up or

slow down. Why have to learn algebra in9th grade for example?

BradnDeedo: mobile technology - mini comps/pdas/ipods

BadEd: @charbeck - It's amazing what happens when you bring an expert 'in' to your room. Greatresults in kids.

charbeck: I tried live blogging of classes for a while. 3 laptops and kids taking turns being scribes

etc. It worked ok

@thorprichard: (weird. That should be plus " " 1)

anellewilson: @aforgave that would work but would students provide own phone?

Denise Jordan from x.x.x.28 joined the chat 6 minutes ago

GregoryLouie: Imagine being able to scan a product's barcode and have the nanoprojector

display the Amazon review right on the product.

aforgrave: @BethMcEwen -- OPSBA put out the document -- I think the Ministry needs to pony up

the $$, and the federations will need to be supportive ...

@thorprichard: @msmithpds Thanks for the tip re: SMART Tables.

BethMcEwen: learning to use the Smartboard more effectively myself - wish I had ceiling

projection!

charbeck: @baded that is the best part. Kids see how easy it is to find experts on the web or in

real life. Instead of asking how to they find the answers

8/14/2019 Chatzy2

4/6


Nice example @windsordi. If the computers are durable netbooks, or notebook computers, they

will look less invasive.

@thorprichard: How about this one? http://www.livescribe.com/ (An example that demonstrates

how it works is here: http://bit.ly/jNMST )

GregoryLouie: Imagine being able to have a wearable computer read a text and display a video

linked to the text.

MissMarista: i have a projector but no smartboard--I feel like everyone has smartboards now :-\

charbeck: New netbooks are supposed to be under $200


I like using EtherPad. Kids worked collaboratively the other day to create a note from my

discussion. It was effective...gave students who struggle with the process some insight into

what others think/do.

BethMcEwen: @aforgrave - Yes, I read it this afternoon - great stuff, but now what?


GregoryLouie have you used QR codes? http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/QR_Code

lonestarschools: technology needs to be used for better, real time, individualized assessment.

msmithpds: here's an example of a teacher who uses an airliner - created all ppts for lessons with

flicker images - records lectures and blogs them

msmithpds: whoops http://tskinnersbec.edublogs.org/

Ellsbeth: @MissMarist if you have $40, you can convert a wiimote into an interactive whiteboard

lindseyb16: mssmithpd yes want to try etherpad with students

BradnDeedo: Our rural area needs distance learning opportunities

@thorprichard: @janellewilson Some suggest that mobile phone ownership goes up as the SES

goes down, i.e., high poverty leads to high mobile use/ownership.

msmithpds: have not grasped QR codes - what is that again?

charbeck: @bethmcEwen I also do not have an overhanging projector. Hard to use SB when the

projector gets hit all the time and yo uhave to re orient

anellewilson: @Ellsbeth that sounds good

@thorprichard: @msmithpds: 2D barcodes. (Think grid instead of stripes)

MissMarista: @ellsbeth theoretically my new school is getting them this summer, if they don't I'll

try the wiimote thing!Ellsbeth: Wyoming has been doing distance learning for awhile. Mostly done right now with closed

video broadcasts. Imagine what we could do with 2nd Life.

@thorprichard: It allows for more data to fit into the same space.

anellewilson: @thorprichard some of my kids don't have phones not because of SES, but

because parents think they are too young (6th grade)

8/14/2019 Chatzy2

5/6

GregoryLouie: @thecleversheep No but I've seen fiducials used with molecular models to display

orbitals in Magic Books

aforgrave: @janellewilson -- students are not allowed to have cell phones at school -- but I think

that perhaps a third of my 7s do -- they just can't use them for school stuff -- yet! I'm working on it

..

kitchenerd from x.x.x.28 left this message 3 minutes ago:we had a smart table on loan and we were underwhelmed...still a long way to go. not a flexible

tool limited by program and no saving ability. multitouch is cool though

msmithpds: could old cell phones be donated to act as response systems for those who can't buy

phones?


QR codes are hyperlinks via barcode http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/QR_Code

BethMcEwen: @charbeck - Yes! And not to mention students standing in the projection light.

Ellsbeth: @msmithpds That's a great idea.aforgrave: @BethMcEwen -- I think grass roots support (teachers, students, parents) will need to

be part of getting the WhatIF/OBSBA vision to work ..

MissMarista: heck I'd guess at least half of my 3rd graders have cell phones--and we're not an

especially affluent neighborhood either....

Asbella: @BethMcEwen - I mean how many dog shadows do they have to make before it becomes

boring???

drpeppermom from x.x.x.13 left the chat 2 minutes ago

BethMcEwen: I think a class set of ipod touches would be amazing! Think of the potential.

charbeck: @bethMcEwen I have become an expet at wrting through my own shadow

BradnDeedo: AZ allows tax credit for clubs so we're forming a club so parents can by itouch andbe reimbursed

@thorprichard: @janellewilson Oh that's definitely true too. :-) There is a question of age

appropriateness. And that's probably a more difficult problem to solve than getting access!

msmithpds: must watch Ted Talk on the future http://www.ted.com/index.php/talks

/pattie_maes_demos_the_sixth_sense.html

thecleversheep from x.x.x.87 left this message 115 seconds ago:

Does anyone see 3D coming to our chalkboards? http://www.ted.com/index.php/talks

/johnny_lee_demos_wii_remote_hacks.html

MissMarista: @asbella UGHHHH mine are still not tired of the freaking shadow animals!

GregoryLouie: Magic Books place a QR code in a book. A laptop with a camera then displays the

book with a video where the QR code would be

Ellsbeth: @BethMcEwen That's the one thing I would ask for in a classroom right now

Asbella: I feel ya @MissMarista - I feel ya

8/14/2019 Chatzy2

6/6

BethMcEwen: @aforgrave Hopefully the document gets adequate circulation to all important

stakeholders (parents, principals, trustees....) as well


Johnny Lee's whiteboard technology goes way cool towards the end of that TED talk!

@thorprichard: @aforgrave hopefully you're not teaching in Georgia. The state legislature made it

illegal to use cell phones for any purpose on school grounds. :-(

GregoryLouie: @msmithpds Yes. That was the video I saw. Couple that with AI and it will

transform education.

aforgrave: WRT interactive whiteboards, SMART tables, etc, check this out after the chat --

http://ohhello.tv/index.php/work/view/microsoft_sustainability/

anellewilson: Of course, I have one of the lamest cell phone/plans with no data so could also be

making me think diferently - I can't afford the cool stuff!

msmithpds: AI?

MissMarista: @thorprichard when was that? my school won't allow them anyways but hadn't

heard....

aforgrave: @thorprichard Man. Nope, not in


@gregory Talk about interactive text eh?!

anellewilson: @thorprichard I'm in GA - I'm sure lots of my kids are using phone on school

grounds!

Created at Chatzy.com

Chatzy2

Documents

Transcript of Chatzy2