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Invitation Please feel free to edit the conversation with answers and solutions. Simply click Edit at the top right of the page and enter teacher as the password. You can insert text, in much the same way that you would with a word processor. However it is a very primitive word processor. You will see, at the bottom of the page, techniques for formatting your messages. |
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'''[+++The 'Native' Experience+++]''' Here is the transcript of your backchannel conversation for . This is a wiki page. As such, you can edit this page and insert text into the transcript, continuing the conversation, as I have done. To edit, click the EDIT link at the top of the page. The password is ''teacher''. You can indent your comments by inserting '''-->''' at the beginning text. Many HTML codes can also be inserted. Other formatting features can also be found at the bottom of the edit page. ---- <img src="http://davidwarlick.com/images1/Wordle_-_Create-20110819-132006.png" align="right" width="300"><img src='http://www.gravatar.com/avatar/7f39fcc720abd8b9787b378a95ee8149' height='25' align='left'>I am look forward to reading your conversation. ->[-David - 17 Aug 2011 - 9:17:44-] <img src='http://www.gravatar.com/avatar/d41d8cd98f00b204e9800998ecf8427e' height='25' align='left'>Vert cool! ->[-Trina - 17 Aug 2011 - 9:18:12-] <img src='http://www.gravatar.com/avatar/876a2d268f381d99b1b6325acb0b9dfc' height='25' align='left'>Awesome! ->[-Patsy - 17 Aug 2011 - 9:20:35-] <img src='http://www.gravatar.com/avatar/876a2d268f381d99b1b6325acb0b9dfc' height='25' align='left'>excellent workshop, valuable, pertinent, timely, thank you ->[-Patsy - 17 Aug 2011 - 10:08:30-] <img src='http://www.gravatar.com/avatar/d41d8cd98f00b204e9800998ecf8427e' height='25' align='left'>I see that there was not much conversation in the last session. ->[-Clovis - 17 Aug 2011 - 10:42:18-] <img src='http://www.gravatar.com/avatar/d41d8cd98f00b204e9800998ecf8427e' height='25' align='left'>Maybe there will be more ->[-Melanie - 17 Aug 2011 - 10:43:03-] <img src='http://www.gravatar.com/avatar/d41d8cd98f00b204e9800998ecf8427e' height='25' align='left'>Very interesting info. Great presentation. ->[-Melanie - 17 Aug 2011 - 12:30:43-] <img src='http://www.gravatar.com/avatar/d41d8cd98f00b204e9800998ecf8427e' height='25' align='left'>I am certainly looking forward to reading your conversation ->[-Clovis - 17 Aug 2011 - 13:59:44-] <img src='http://www.gravatar.com/avatar/c37a6ee2c441d38617d9dd588c36a670' height='25' align='left'>Great! ->[-Peggy - 17 Aug 2011 - 14:00:23-] <img src='http://www.gravatar.com/avatar/d41d8cd98f00b204e9800998ecf8427e' height='25' align='left'>How does it go straight to this convo? ->[-abrantley - 17 Aug 2011 - 14:00:33-] <img src='http://www.gravatar.com/avatar/d41d8cd98f00b204e9800998ecf8427e' height='25' align='left'>how come I am not connected to the knitterchat in the classroom next door ->[-Amie - 17 Aug 2011 - 14:01:04-] ->''Several people asked this question. Originally, I would establish a code for each event, and you would type your name and the event code. This would enable any number of classrooms to use Knitter Chat, as long as each had a unique code. '' -->''But the power of this too, in my humble opinion, is that the transcript is archived and added to the online handouts. So I decided to concentrate on that aspect. '' -->''Knitterchat is a person experiment and in constant beta. I recommend the following free tools for your consideration: * Backnoise -- http://backnoise.com * Backchan -- http://backchan.nl * Chatzy -- http://chatzy.com * Today's Meet -- http://todaysmeet.com/ (my favorite)- dfw '' - dfw<img src='http://www.gravatar.com/avatar/7f39fcc720abd8b9787b378a95ee8149' height='25' align='right'> <img src='http://www.gravatar.com/avatar/d41d8cd98f00b204e9800998ecf8427e' height='25' align='left'>My 8 year old asks questions constantly! If I ever say "I don't know" he always says, "well look it up on your iphone!" ->[-Dave - 17 Aug 2011 - 14:35:11-] ->''It's what I was saying, they have a sense that there is no unanswerable question. Answers are free! Of course that's not true. We have to work for the answers, look for reasons for considering one answer better than another one, do things with the answers, etc. We need to hope student learn that answers are not free. They require work. '' - dfw<img src='http://www.gravatar.com/avatar/7f39fcc720abd8b9787b378a95ee8149' height='25' align='right'> <img src='http://www.gravatar.com/avatar/c37a6ee2c441d38617d9dd588c36a670' height='25' align='left'>My battery is dead! Wanted to say, "Thanks for the info!" ->[-Peggy - 17 Aug 2011 - 14:51:36-] ->''That's sad! This is going to be the next huge technological advancement -- a 12 hour batter. ;-) '' - dfw<img src='http://www.gravatar.com/avatar/7f39fcc720abd8b9787b378a95ee8149' height='25' align='right'> <img src='http://www.gravatar.com/avatar/c37a6ee2c441d38617d9dd588c36a670' height='25' align='left'>Enjoyed your presentation! ->[-Peggy - 17 Aug 2011 - 14:51:53-] <img src='http://www.gravatar.com/avatar/d41d8cd98f00b204e9800998ecf8427e' height='25' align='left'>I'm sure you will be more talkative... ->[-Clovis Muddybluster - 17 Aug 2011 - 15:25:01-] <img src='http://www.gravatar.com/avatar/d41d8cd98f00b204e9800998ecf8427e' height='25' align='left'>How did it know what conversation to put me in? ->[-L Cherry - 17 Aug 2011 - 15:26:22-] <img src='http://www.gravatar.com/avatar/c4a8f53886ecb697492b801c190f5ae2' height='25' align='left'>Let's see if this works.. ->[-Michele De Leon - 17 Aug 2011 - 15:27:54-] <img src='http://www.gravatar.com/avatar/d41d8cd98f00b204e9800998ecf8427e' height='25' align='left'>Cool ->[-Michelle - 17 Aug 2011 - 15:28:08-] <img src='http://www.gravatar.com/avatar/d41d8cd98f00b204e9800998ecf8427e' height='25' align='left'>I'm thinking you are placed into the conversation concerning the time of the training. ->[-avmr - 17 Aug 2011 - 15:28:27-] ->''Nothing complicated here. There's only one conversation. If I was working toward Knitter Chat being a publicly available tool, then I would have a way to distinguish conversations. Above, I listed some of the backchannel tools that you might use. '' - dfw<img src='http://www.gravatar.com/avatar/7f39fcc720abd8b9787b378a95ee8149' height='25' align='right'> <img src='http://www.gravatar.com/avatar/d41d8cd98f00b204e9800998ecf8427e' height='25' align='left'>Can we use this in class, or did he set it up just for this presentation? ->[-Phyllis Wolfe - 17 Aug 2011 - 15:30:18-] ->''See above! '' - dfw<img src='http://www.gravatar.com/avatar/7f39fcc720abd8b9787b378a95ee8149' height='25' align='right'> <img src='http://www.gravatar.com/avatar/d41d8cd98f00b204e9800998ecf8427e' height='25' align='left'>I am sure you are awesome, however your training assumes everyone has the technology you have spent 15 mins describing to be interactive. ->[-K - 17 Aug 2011 - 15:31:46-] ->''I do not mean for this to be in anyway a belittling of your statement. But shouldn't I/we assume that the technology is available. Of course it isn't, but if it is next year or two years from now, it will be there because we expected it to be there. It simply is not reasonable to expect children to be made ready for their future by using 15th century technology. '' - dfw<img src='http://www.gravatar.com/avatar/7f39fcc720abd8b9787b378a95ee8149' height='25' align='right'> <img src='http://www.gravatar.com/avatar/d41d8cd98f00b204e9800998ecf8427e' height='25' align='left'>my concern about relying on technology to teach a lesson is that there are may times when the techonology doesnt work, leaving u stranded... ->[-Melinda - 17 Aug 2011 - 15:32:41-] ->''Yep, and it certainly happens. When I was in Massachuesetts a few weeks ago, we lost all electricity for the entire day. We made it work though and it turned out being a very useful workshop about technology.'' ->''That said, I think that the technology is becoming more reliable than it was, say, five years ago. '' - dfw<img src='http://www.gravatar.com/avatar/7f39fcc720abd8b9787b378a95ee8149' height='25' align='right'> <img src='http://www.gravatar.com/avatar/d41d8cd98f00b204e9800998ecf8427e' height='25' align='left'>I know kids today ->[-Phyllis Wolfe - 17 Aug 2011 - 15:34:07-] <img src='http://www.gravatar.com/avatar/d41d8cd98f00b204e9800998ecf8427e' height='25' align='left'>creating a vitual world with avatars takes a LOT of time. i have friends who are gamers and they spend hours getting their avatars perfect.. ->[-Melinda - 17 Aug 2011 - 15:34:21-] ->''I agree. For me, I spent about a half hour and did everything my self. I lot of people got to the shops in Second Life and buy cool hair, cloths, facial hair, tattoos, etc. There is actually an economy there. People actually make a living designing digital assess (hair, etc.) which they sell in the Malls in SL. Weird? '' - dfw<img src='http://www.gravatar.com/avatar/7f39fcc720abd8b9787b378a95ee8149' height='25' align='right'> <img src='http://www.gravatar.com/avatar/d41d8cd98f00b204e9800998ecf8427e' height='25' align='left'>Content. Since this is mandatory it would have been helpful if you would have transition the 10% who dont have or understand the tech you ->[-K - 17 Aug 2011 - 15:35:55-] <img src='http://www.gravatar.com/avatar/d41d8cd98f00b204e9800998ecf8427e' height='25' align='left'>Oops! I know today's kids multitask, but for me, if Im doing this, i'm not hearing the presenter. ->[-Phyllis Wolfe - 17 Aug 2011 - 15:36:04-] <img src='http://www.gravatar.com/avatar/d41d8cd98f00b204e9800998ecf8427e' height='25' align='left'>Cont describe into the purpose for the training. ->[-K - 17 Aug 2011 - 15:38:57-] <img src='http://www.gravatar.com/avatar/d41d8cd98f00b204e9800998ecf8427e' height='25' align='left'>These are all great ideas, but really...where is the time? ->[-avmr - 17 Aug 2011 - 15:43:19-] <img src='http://www.gravatar.com/avatar/d41d8cd98f00b204e9800998ecf8427e' height='25' align='left'>I agree, the time it would take to teach the kids how to work the technology would be overwhelming. ->[-Melinda - 17 Aug 2011 - 15:46:13-] <img src='http://www.gravatar.com/avatar/d41d8cd98f00b204e9800998ecf8427e' height='25' align='left'>I think scratch would be great at home with parents' help ->[-Melinda - 17 Aug 2011 - 15:46:39-] <img src='http://www.gravatar.com/avatar/d41d8cd98f00b204e9800998ecf8427e' height='25' align='left'>You would be surprised how much faster they learn than we do. I met a 2 year old that knew how to open my iPhone, find angry birds and play ->[-L Cherry - 17 Aug 2011 - 15:47:55-] <img src='http://www.gravatar.com/avatar/d41d8cd98f00b204e9800998ecf8427e' height='25' align='left'>true... they do pick up things easier than we do ->[-Melinda - 17 Aug 2011 - 15:48:45-] <img src='http://www.gravatar.com/avatar/d41d8cd98f00b204e9800998ecf8427e' height='25' align='left'>With all of this...there is something that is just as important...human interaction. ->[-avmr - 17 Aug 2011 - 15:48:53-] <img src='http://www.gravatar.com/avatar/d41d8cd98f00b204e9800998ecf8427e' height='25' align='left'>I agree that blogging is a great way to get the students writing. They get very excited to see people respond to their writings. ->[-Melinda - 17 Aug 2011 - 15:53:42-] <img src='http://www.gravatar.com/avatar/d41d8cd98f00b204e9800998ecf8427e' height='25' align='left'>How far does this conversation reach? Could students talk between walls? ->[-Lcherry - 17 Aug 2011 - 15:56:47-] <img src='http://www.gravatar.com/avatar/d41d8cd98f00b204e9800998ecf8427e' height='25' align='left'>We tried giving laptops to every student. The amount of technical problems over ran the learning. ->[-Melinda - 17 Aug 2011 - 15:59:13-] <img src='http://www.gravatar.com/avatar/d41d8cd98f00b204e9800998ecf8427e' height='25' align='left'>Personal Learning Networks are good. I've learned a lot from mine. ->[-Pat - 17 Aug 2011 - 16:03:28-] <img src='http://www.gravatar.com/avatar/d41d8cd98f00b204e9800998ecf8427e' height='25' align='left'>Great information... thanks for coming to Bastrop. ->[-Melinda - 17 Aug 2011 - 16:31:08-] Added line 1:
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