PLN+Session+Transcript

Transcript of Knitter chat conducted during the Personal Learning Networks Presentation:

babaganouj (nc) • 2009-06-17 13:24:24\\ welcome?

Anthony Martin (NC) • 2009-07-09 15:01:41\\

blakej (nc) • 2009-07-09 15:03:21\\ good snacks!

peggy weaver (NC) • 2009-07-09 15:08:28\\ tick tock

Johnnerlyn (NC) • 2009-07-09 15:09:47\\ Kudos on the snacks!!

Johnnerlyn (NC) • 2009-07-09 15:10:40\\ How do you save a word cloud image?

Bethany Smith (US) • 2009-07-09 15:13:54\\ In Wordle you can just do a right click - save as

Jim O (NC) • 2009-07-09 15:15:37\\ Paul Simon

Jerry (nc) • 2009-07-09 15:15:56\\ can knitter be used away from here; maybe with different session for a staff meeting?

Jim O (NC) • 2009-07-09 15:16:58\\ I think it can be used by anyone...you need to create a 'room' like he did with nc1to1.

peggy weaver (NC) • 2009-07-09 15:16:59\\ sigmund freud is spelled sigmund freud

Theda Rudd (NC) • 2009-07-09 15:18:10\\ the Internet is like a conversation in a very busy street market with merchants screaming about their products

Johnnerlyn (NC) • 2009-07-09 15:18:36\\ What if you are not a merchant???

Bethany Smith (US) • 2009-07-09 15:19:07\\ Knitter is a DW thing - chatzy is pretty good

Theda Rudd (NC) • 2009-07-09 15:19:14\\ i don't think we are merchants, and I find it hard to ignore all the screamign

orlando terry (us) • 2009-07-09 15:19:29\\ I am finally on!

Jim O (NC) • 2009-07-09 15:19:58\\ Welcome onboard Orlando!

Johnnerlyn (NC) • 2009-07-09 15:19:59\\ I think the net is more like a "free" TINSTAAFL ride to anywhere in the world.

orlando terry (us) • 2009-07-09 15:20:20\\ Thanks Jim!

Theda Rudd (NC) • 2009-07-09 15:20:56\\ An honest question: how much time per day does David Warlick spend reading and responding to blogs?

Bethany Smith (US) • 2009-07-09 15:21:29\\ I spend 30 min to an hour every day reading blogs

Jerry (nc) • 2009-07-09 15:21:34\\ i appreciate it Jim; are there parameters for starting ur own session?

Susan Chase (NC) • 2009-07-09 15:21:36\\ He probably reads a lot at night or in airports...follow him on Twitter

Bethany Smith (US) • 2009-07-09 15:21:41\\ Just like e-mail

Theda Rudd (NC) • 2009-07-09 15:22:38\\ I follow just a handful of blogs, but I don't take much time to respond

Jim O (NC) • 2009-07-09 15:22:39\\ Not sure Jerry...go back to knitterchat.com and I bet there is a login creation on the main page.

Theda Rudd (NC) • 2009-07-09 15:23:00\\ ^^^^^^ spends too much time on FB!

Bethany Smith (US) • 2009-07-09 15:23:36\\ Google Reader helps me read blogs more effectively

Theda Rudd (NC) • 2009-07-09 15:25:00\\ I will look for Will Richardson's blog about not knowing what his kids need to know for their lives in the 21st century.

Theda Rudd (NC) • 2009-07-09 15:25:34\\ Or I can go to mguhlin.wikispaces.com/futurerequireskidsto

Bethany Smith (US) • 2009-07-09 15:26:07\\ Miguel does some great bogging on tech stuff - especially Moodle

Theda Rudd (NC) • 2009-07-09 15:26:24\\ His last name is Guhlin?

Bethany Smith (US) • 2009-07-09 15:26:57\\ http://www.mguhlin.org/

peggy weaver (NC) • 2009-07-09 15:27:01\\ Here Comes Everybody by Clay Shirky

Theda Rudd (NC) • 2009-07-09 15:29:58\\ DW suggests that administrators encourage four teachers to begin blogging.

peggy weaver (NC) • 2009-07-09 15:30:14\\ Theda: I like this idea, too.

Morgan (NC) • 2009-07-09 15:30:39\\ The idea of blogging and technology of this kind really brings to mind the "6 degrees of separation."

Theda Rudd (NC) • 2009-07-09 15:30:56\\ Intentionally begin to build an ever-expanding network, until it begins to grown on its own.

blakej (nc) • 2009-07-09 15:30:59\\ I have been spending time this summer inviting our teachers to participate in Facebook. It is a microblog.

Jim O (NC) • 2009-07-09 15:31:50\\ Blake...is Facebook blocked at your school?

Theda Rudd (NC) • 2009-07-09 15:31:56\\ 26,000 educators are on the Classroom 2.0 ning

Bethany Smith (US) • 2009-07-09 15:32:02\\ http://www.classroom20.com/

Amy Strecker (nc) • 2009-07-09 15:32:39\\ I blog at www.oneseventeenmedia.wordpress.com

Amy Strecker (nc) • 2009-07-09 15:33:06\\ @blake -- very true. FB has become microblogging. It has evolved.

Amy Strecker (nc) • 2009-07-09 15:33:42\\ If anyone is looking to start reading blogs -- Google Reader is a great tool

Bethany Smith (US) • 2009-07-09 15:34:54\\ I live by Google Reader

Bethany Smith (US) • 2009-07-09 15:35:33\\ And I share with my teachers through Google Reader

Theda Rudd (NC) • 2009-07-09 15:35:36\\ Bethany: 2000????? wow!

Bethany Smith (US) • 2009-07-09 15:35:48\\ I need to check my actual # :)

Morgan (NC) • 2009-07-09 15:36:04\\ So when do we "unplug"? There is only so much time in the day to use all these tools?

Theda Rudd (NC) • 2009-07-09 15:36:30\\ recommends TweetDeck

Bethany Smith (US) • 2009-07-09 15:36:53\\ OK following 1000 - 2500 updates - looked at wrong # :)

Theda Rudd (NC) • 2009-07-09 15:37:20\\
 * -) That's still a big number to me!

Bethany Smith (US) • 2009-07-09 15:37:22\\ I unplug alot on the weekend - Smartphones have changed twitter for me

Bethany Smith (US) • 2009-07-09 15:37:59\\ I run Tweetdeck on my iPhone

peggy weaver (NC) • 2009-07-09 15:38:06\\ The apostrophe in y'all goes between the You and the All: y'all

Theda Rudd (NC) • 2009-07-09 15:38:54\\ so, some people have given up their blogs in favor of twittering all the time?

Bethany Smith (US) • 2009-07-09 15:39:19\\ I end up twittering more than blogging

Bethany Smith (US) • 2009-07-09 15:39:58\\ I also feel more comfortable responding to someone via twitter than in a blog response

Theda Rudd (NC) • 2009-07-09 15:40:06\\ Bethany, do you mix up all your twittering on one account: professional and personal? Do you have a recommendation for that for teachers?

Theda Rudd (NC) • 2009-07-09 15:40:54\\ I am still on Orientation Island

Theda Rudd (NC) • 2009-07-09 15:41:14\\ I can fly and segueway and now drive a car!

Bethany Smith (US) • 2009-07-09 15:41:25\\ I plan on having one account for to twit out school info

Bethany Smith (US) • 2009-07-09 15:41:55\\ My personal account I mostly use for edtech purposes - but I recognize I represent NCSU on some level

Bethany Smith (US) • 2009-07-09 15:42:35\\ There are ways to bypass Orientation Island so you can be on a closed island so you don't meet unsavory types :)

Bethany Smith (US) • 2009-07-09 15:42:56\\ There is also a Teen SL for under 18

blakej (nc) • 2009-07-09 15:44:04\\ Don't tell our governor about Lindens, it may become our teacher pay...

Bethany Smith (US) • 2009-07-09 15:44:16\\ @blake LOL!

Theda Rudd (NC) • 2009-07-09 15:44:41\\ @Blake: True! that

Amy Strecker (nc) • 2009-07-09 15:44:47\\ maintaining multiple twitter accounts became too much for me

blakej (nc) • 2009-07-09 15:45:01\\ @Bethany - I hope not

Amy Strecker (nc) • 2009-07-09 15:45:03\\ I consolidated and just consider everything I post professional now

blakej (nc) • 2009-07-09 15:45:32\\ Pender County Technology is experimenting with SL for PD

Amy Strecker (nc) • 2009-07-09 15:46:11\\ If you're just jumping in and looking to decide btw starting blog vs. twitter, I'd go for blog

Theda Rudd (NC) • 2009-07-09 15:46:18\\ @Amy, that's my experience, too!

Amy Strecker (nc) • 2009-07-09 15:46:34\\ start with reading more than anything else -- blog depth usually great

blakej (nc) • 2009-07-09 15:46:53\\ I had a Tweet this morning from a teacher asking for the URL to Second Life tutorials for getting started on SL

Amy Strecker (nc) • 2009-07-09 15:47:07\\ twitter is often lighter, but more of it -- often external links to blogs

blakej (nc) • 2009-07-09 15:48:30\\ can we get list of participants here using Twitter or FaceBook?

liz (nc) • 2009-07-09 15:49:21\\ good idea blake- we could add it to the ning somewhere

Amy Strecker (nc) • 2009-07-09 15:49:23\\ @blake, much of that info probably already on ning, would be nice to have together somewhere

Amy Strecker (nc) • 2009-07-09 15:49:31\\ maybe a new wiki page?

Amy Strecker (nc) • 2009-07-09 15:49:42\\ everyone could edit their info that way in one place

tecfacnoob (nc) • 2009-07-09 15:50:46\\ Second Life Tutorial Vid and a schedule of "live" support sessions for digital leaders: https://sites.google.com/a/tecfacnoob.com/ep4ep/Ho me/second-life-for-digital-leadership

tecfacnoob (nc) • 2009-07-09 15:56:06\\ https://sites.google.com/a/tecfacnoob.com/ep4ep/Ho me/second-life-for-digital-leadership....oops

blakej (nc) • 2009-07-09 15:56:17\\ http://blog.searchenginewatch.com/090303-121624 What a way to search keywords in Twitter from Google? Use this script in Firefox! I love it.

Morgan (NC) • 2009-07-09 15:57:44\\ With all these new tools I am learning about, it really seems like the emphasis is on working

Amy Strecker (nc) • 2009-07-09 15:58:08\\ @morgan, working in what sense?

Bethany Smith (US) • 2009-07-09 15:58:11\\ I was thinking we could add it to Ning profiles - but I'll see if we can add a page to the wiki

Bethany Smith (US) • 2009-07-09 15:58:22\\ Sorry - add Twitter IDs

Morgan (NC) • 2009-07-09 15:58:29\\ working smarter and more efficiently - sorry it cut me off

liz (nc) • 2009-07-09 16:00:07\\ working on what...social networking?? that we can't use in the school anyway

Bethany Smith (US) • 2009-07-09 16:01:29\\ Maybe we should call it "educational networking" instead of "social networking"

Theda Rudd (NC) • 2009-07-09 16:02:30\\ @bethany i am sure the term would sell better to the grown ups

Bethany Smith (US) • 2009-07-09 16:02:59\\ I always try to talk about ning as ed networking instead of social

Morgan (NC) • 2009-07-09 16:03:21\\ The sheer amount of info that is passed from person to person in these networks is astounding.

Morgan (NC) • 2009-07-09 16:03:46\\ The knowledge base for our students is growing by leaps and bounds, if we are measuring how well they access it!

Theda Rudd (NC) • 2009-07-09 16:03:50\\ @Bethany Is Ning really mostly used by educators and edtech folks?

Bethany Smith (US) • 2009-07-09 16:04:28\\ Ning is all over the board - but a good deal of educators use it

Theda Rudd (NC) • 2009-07-09 16:17:47\\ netvibes

Theda Rudd (NC) • 2009-07-09 16:24:11\\ tag galaxy

welcome :-  good snacks  tick tock Kudos on the snacks   How do you save a word cloud image  In Wordle you can just do a right click - save as Paul Simon can knitter be used away from here; maybe with different session for a staff meeting  I think it can be used by anyone   you need to create a 'room' like he did with nc1to1  sigmund freud is spelled sigmund freud the Internet is like a conversation in a very busy street market with merchants screaming about their products What if you are not a merchant    Knitter is a DW thing - chatzy is pretty good i don't think we are merchants  and I find it hard to ignore all the screamign I am finally on  Welcome onboard Orlando  I think the net is more like a "free" TINSTAAFL ride to anywhere in the world  Thanks Jim  An honest question: how much time per day does David Warlick spend reading and responding to blogs  I spend 30 min to an hour every day reading blogs i appreciate it Jim; are there parameters for starting ur own session  He probably reads a lot at night or in airports   follow him on Twitter Just like e-mail I follow just a handful of blogs  but I don't take much time to respond  Not sure Jerry   go back to knitterchat com and I bet there is a login creation on the main page         spends too much time on FB  Google Reader helps me read blogs more effectively I will look for Will Richardson's blog about not knowing what his kids need to know for their lives in the 21st century  Or I can go to mguhlin wikispaces com futurerequireskidsto Miguel does some great bogging on tech stuff - especially Moodle His last name is Guhlin  http:  www mguhlin org  Here Comes Everybody by Clay Shirky DW suggests that administrators encourage four teachers to begin blogging  Theda: I like this idea  too  The idea of blogging and technology of this kind really brings to mind the "6 degrees of separation "  Intentionally begin to build an ever-expanding network  until it begins to grown on its own  I have been spending time this summer inviting our teachers to participate in Facebook  It is a microblog  Blake   is Facebook blocked at your school  26 000 educators are on the Classroom 2 0 ning http:  www classroom20 com  I blog at www oneseventeenmedia wordpress com  blake -- very true   FB has become microblogging   It has evolved  If anyone is looking to start reading blogs -- Google Reader is a great tool I live by Google Reader And I share with my teachers through Google Reader Bethany: 2000      wow  I need to check my actual   :  So when do we "unplug"  There is only so much time in the day to use all these tools  recommends TweetDeck OK following 1000 - 2500 updates - looked at wrong   :  ;-   That's still a big number to me  I unplug alot on the weekend - Smartphones have changed twitter for me I run Tweetdeck on my iPhone The apostrophe in y'all goes between the You and the All: y'all so  some people have given up their blogs in favor of twittering all the time  I end up twittering more than blogging I also feel more comfortable responding to someone via twitter than in a blog response Bethany  do you mix up all your twittering on one account: professional and personal  Do you have a recommendation for that for teachers  I am still on Orientation Island I can fly and segueway and now drive a car  I plan on having one account for to twit out school info My personal account I mostly use for edtech purposes - but I recognize I represent NCSU on some level There are ways to bypass Orientation Island so you can be on a closed island so you don't meet unsavory types :  There is also a Teen SL for under 18 Don't tell our governor about Lindens  it may become our teacher pay     blake LOL   Blake: True  that maintaining multiple twitter accounts became too much for me  Bethany - I hope not I consolidated and just consider everything I post professional now Pender County Technology is experimenting with SL for PD If you're just jumping in and looking to decide btw starting blog vs  twitter  I'd go for blog  Amy  that's my experience  too  start with reading more than anything else -- blog depth usually great I had a Tweet this morning from a teacher asking for the URL to Second Life tutorials for getting started on SL twitter is often lighter  but more of it -- often external links to blogs can we get  list of participants here using Twitter or FaceBook  good idea blake- we could add it to the ning somewhere  blake  much of that info probably already on ning  would be nice to have together somewhere maybe a new wiki page  everyone could edit their info that way in one place Second Life  Tutorial Vid and a schedule of "live" support sessions for digital leaders: https:  sites google com a tecfacnoob com ep4ep Ho me second-life-for-digital-leadership https:  sites google com a tecfacnoob com ep4ep Ho me second-life-for-digital-leadership    oops http:  blog searchenginewatch com 090303-121624 What a way to search keywords in Twitter from Google  Use this script in Firefox  I love it  With all these new tools I am learning about  it really seems like the emphasis is on working   morgan  working in what sense  I was thinking we could add it to Ning profiles - but I'll see if we can add a page to the wiki Sorry - add Twitter IDs working smarter and more efficiently - sorry it cut me off working on what   social networking    that we can't use in the school anyway Maybe we should call it "educational networking" instead of "social networking"  bethany i am sure the term would sell better to the grown ups I always try to talk about ning as ed networking instead of social The sheer amount of info that is passed from person to person in these networks is astounding  The knowledge base for our students is growing by leaps and bounds  if we are measuring how well they access it   Bethany Is Ning really mostly used by educators and edtech folks  Ning is all over the board - but a good deal of educators use it netvibes tag galaxy