Session+5+chat

06:32 JamieGustin : I'm from Magnolia, Texas 06:32 mrsdurff : they didn't intro you 06:32 sarahrolle : Englewood, NJ 06:33 mjantzi : Virginia Society of Technology Teachers 06:33 mrsdurff : Maryland 06:33 mjantzi : Howdy Jamie from Texas 06:33 JamieGustin : Hi mjantzi 06:33 MelW : Draper, UT 06:33 JamieGustin : Did Robin say your name is Margo 06:34 mjantzi : Yes, I'm Margo 06:34 JamieGustin : Nice to meet you Margo 06:34 mrsdurff : not i 06:34 mrsdurff : margo you go\ 06:34 sarahrolle : no headset, sorry. 06:34 mrsdurff : i do not! 06:34 JamieGustin : I'll do that 06:34 kdumont : Margo, are you on the board of VSTE. 06:34 sarahrolle : lol 06:35 mjantzi : I'll try as a rookie with skype 06:35 JamieGustin : Yeah 06:35 mrsdurff : you go girl! 06:36 jrolle : is blogger any relation to frogger? 06:36 mrsdurff : i like the reload thingy for firefox! 06:36 mrsdurff : reload twitter automatically 06:36 mrsdurff : jrolle - maybe Toad & Frog books? 06:37 kdumont : You run Frogger over, Blogger runs you over. 06:37 mrsdurff : that Margo is a fast learner! 06:38 mjantzi : I'm not on the VSTE board. Just attending the event. 06:38 sarahrolle : did ustream freeze? 06:38 robinellis : no sarah 06:38 sarahrolle : thnx 06:40 mrsdurff : i make more headway with those natives than with those immigrants 06:40 mrsdurff : yup-what darren said 06:41 robinellis : sarah is your ustream ok? 06:41 mrsdurff : i just have kid click on a tab or right click 06:41 mrsdurff : it's easier for them to open tab that way 06:43 mrsdurff : a chat could be going too 06:43 JamieGustin : It is a lot easier to collaborate on documents asyncronously 06:43 mrsdurff : to help with the logistical 06:43 mrsdurff : yes Jamie 06:43 sarahrolle : robin - I'm ok, must have been bandwidth. 06:47 KJanowski : trying to see if this works 06:47 kdumont : That worked! 06:47 KJanowski : yes! 06:47 KJanowski : thanks! 06:47 robinellis : Glad you are here Karen 06:47 KJanowski : great to be here! 06:48 KJanowski : just showed this option to my son and said that I wish his teachers would use this possibility 06:51 megormi : The edit history really is powerful 06:51 mrsdurff : many teachers are afraid of google presentations because of the chat 06:51 megormi : did you say "floppy disk"? 06:51 mrsdurff : i make kids present to us 06:51 lauranguiano : it's sad if they are using a floppy 06:51 lauranguiano : let alone if they lost it 06:51 KJanowski : Kelly, I also showed him how there are 27 of us from around the country using free tools that take teaching/learning to a new level 06:52 mrsdurff : good point darren 06:52 kdumont : It would take me 30 minutes to find a floppy drive to put it into. 06:52 mrsdurff : i think the chat is essential to augment metacognition 06:52 JamieGustin : To Kjanowski: That is very exciting to kids today 06:52 megormi : teh chat is a must for interacting 06:52 megormi : not yet 06:52 mrsdurff : yes 06:53 mrsdurff : please do 06:53 mrsdurff : yes darren 06:53 mrsdurff : i did 06:53 darrendraper-1 : http://docs.google.com/Presentation?id=ddcdxwbg_6fqxcrbhd 06:53 mrsdurff : thanks sir 06:53 mrsdurff : $5 06:53 KJanowski : @jamie - it should be exciting for teachers as well! 06:53 crafty184 : What is he using to highlight his mouse? 06:54 robinellis : mouse pose or something like that crafty 06:54 mrsdurff : idk chria 06:54 robinellis : Hi Alice 06:54 mrsdurff : chris - i can't type 06:54 JamieGustin : @ kjanowski - I