WiP+Chat+-+Michelle+&+Myra,+Thursday,+June+5th,+2008

11:00 budtheteacher : Good morning 11:04 budtheteacher : This is Michele and she's going to be talking us through her idea for an 8th grade research course. 11:05 budtheteacher : http://cybercamp.wikispaces.com/ 11:05 budtheteacher : Scroll down to the bottom for her link 11:07 budtheteacher : "I got a little involved in the technology and I lost sight of the goal." 11:07 budtheteacher : important point 11:07 budtheteacher : THe link to Michelle's course: 11:07 budtheteacher : http://classes.stvrain.k12.co.us/course/category.php?id=14 11:07 budtheteacher : click on "login as a guest" to join 11:09 kpruitt : Bud are you requiring hybrid classes or is this something organic because its there 11:09 budtheteacher : I don't understand your question. 11:09 budtheteacher : try again? 11:09 kpruitt : does admin want this or do the teachers want to do this 11:10 budtheteacher : All are here by choice. We're offering credit and paying a small stipend for their time. 11:10 kpruitt : excellent 11:10 budtheteacher : teachers applied to participate 11:10 kpruitt : I envy the enthusiasm for the this 11:10 budtheteacher : MIchelle wanred us that she was nervous and not feeling very smart 11:10 budtheteacher : I think she's doing an excellent job - I'm impressed 11:11 kpruitt : ha...shes great!! 11:13 budtheteacher : The book she mentioned. 11:13 budtheteacher : http://www.amazon.com/Ice-Story-Shackletons-Lost-Expedition/dp/0395915244/ref=sr_1_1?ie=UTF8&s=books&qid=1212685964&sr=8-1 11:13 budtheteacher : AS a teacher, the struggle between choice and structure is a tricky one - she seems to have a handle on it 11:13 kpruitt : I recommend this book for more insigh to Hybrid learning using course managment sys http://dasdtips.blogspot.com/2008/04/book-recommendation.html 11:15 budtheteacher : be thinking of your stars and wishes for Michelle 11:17 MyraG : Lots of stars! 11:17 kpruitt : 11:18 budtheteacher : thanks, ken 11:18 budtheteacher : so I'm thinking about what they'll do with their explorer information. 11:20 budtheteacher : what templates do you use to help scaffold with students? 11:26 budtheteacher : For those outside the district - we call our Moodle installation the "virtual campus" 11:27 kpruitt : its not shovelware 11:27 kpruitt : its a learning system :) 11:28 kpruitt : Do yo have the wiki available on your VC? 11:28 kpruitt : she can do both 11:28 johrt : Thanks, KPruitt for the book recommendation. I just ordered a used copy. 11:29 kpruitt : NP 11:29 budtheteacher : nice - now I know I can mooch that book from Jerry. 11:29 kpruitt : It is great! SO easy to read and use 11:29 kpruitt : 10 yrs of Pepperdine research 11:30 budtheteacher : too cool 11:30 budtheteacher : thanks 11:30 budtheteacher : next up will be Myra talking about Google Apps for Education at her high school,. 11:30 kpruitt : the bottom line is setting up opportunities for collaboration 11:31 kpruitt : Myra, I have to run...Look forward to the reflection tonight 11:33 budtheteacher : Thanks for coming by! 11:35 budtheteacher : Beginning now is Myra,. Say hi! 11:35 budtheteacher : beginning with some participation 11:36 budtheteacher : http://classes.stvrain.k12.co.us 11:36 tgray352 : hi from Goodland, KS 11:37 budtheteacher : help yourself to the virtual campus - password might be CyberCamp. 11:37 budtheteacher : http://classes.stvrain.k12.co.us/course/view.php?id=221 11:38 budtheteacher : wow - a big resource. 11:39 budtheteacher : tanya - is that you? 11:41 tgray352 : yes - it's me 11:41 budtheteacher : goal at her school is "to create a collaborative environment where we can all learn together" 11:41 budtheteacher : well said 11:41 budtheteacher : excellent - hi! 11:41 tgray352 : love that goal 11:41 budtheteacher : me, too 11:42 tgray352 : we are planning some prof development in our district - and love this model 11:42 tgray352 : hard to hear though 11:42 budtheteacher : how about now? 11:42 tgray352 : better! 11:42 tgray352 : thanks 11:42 budtheteacher : neededto move the mic 11:43 budtheteacher : would be happy to talk to you later about the mdoel 11:43 budtheteacher : model 11:43 budtheteacher : help yourself to it 11:44 tgray352 : cool - 11:44 gwens : hello 11:44 budtheteacher : hi, gwens 11:45 budtheteacher : welcome 11:45 tgray352 : like the idea of branding the environment - but don't know how that is done 11:45 budtheteacher : MYra's got lots of links in her course page - you might want to take a look 11:46 budtheteacher : you can also do a search on "google apps for education" to find out how you might do something similar 11:48 tgray352 : good - will spend more time with that later - would be great for my 21st Century Skills class 11:48 budtheteacher : I think so - a big piece of necessary 21st century infrastructure 11:51 budtheteacher : Who in your school looks after your learning infrastructure? 11:52 tgray352 : i think that would be our tech director - Karla Murray - but our tech team is highly involved 11:52 budtheteacher : be thinking about your stars and wishes for Myra 11:53 budtheteacher : go ahead and start sharing them in the chat room, if you'd like. 11:53 kusdiva : bud- is Myra last or are there any more? 11:54 budtheteacher : MYra's the last one today - but we return on MOnday with three short presentations a day 11:54 budtheteacher : starting at 10:30am MST. 11:54 kusdiva : SO bummed- I was delayed in a mtg 11:54 kusdiva : will u b ustreaming Mon? 11:54 budtheteacher : oh yes 11:54 kusdiva : sweet 11:54 kusdiva : time? 11:55 budtheteacher : and everything will be archived to the blog. 11:55 kusdiva : most excellent and thanks! 11:55 kusdiva : I may have a group come in Mon 11:55 budtheteacher : 10:30am MST on Monday. 11:55 budtheteacher : great - would love to have them 11:55 kusdiva : 1130 our time (CT) 11:55 kusdiva : fab 11:55 budtheteacher : yep 11:57 kusdiva : myra mentioned "skyline high school" as a portal 11:57 kusdiva : is that hosted by her dist. or 3rd party? 11:57 budtheteacher : yes - that's her school where they'll be putting google apps for education into practice 11:57 kusdiva : got it 11:57 kusdiva : love the idea of gmail available through the portal 11:58 tgray352 : gotta run - thanks - will be using the info and the links to see what we can do here. 11:58 budtheteacher : ok 11:58 budtheteacher : take care and feel free to give me a call or shoot me an e-mail if you want to know more 11:58 tgray352 : ok - thanks a bunch 11:59 budtheteacher : you're welcome! 11:59 kusdiva : any idea what the preso tpics will be Mon? 11:59 budtheteacher : nope - haven't been decided yet. 11:59 kusdiva : I'm going to shoot out an invite 11:59 budtheteacher : the people - not the topics - but all the topics are interesting, I think 11:59 kusdiva : e 11:59 kusdiva : d 12:00 kusdiva : not sure what happened there- sorry 12:00 budtheteacher : no problem - chat room gets funky sometimes 12:02 kusdiva : I wish I could be a Freshman again! 12:03 budtheteacher : any other stars or wishes for Myra? 12:03 kusdiva : thanks all