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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, contining 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-20111018-065312.png" align="right" width="350" /> -><span style="color: #900;">It would appear that most of the chat recorded by Knitterchat came out of Twitter. This is fine and I suspect that this will grow. As proofssionals, this is where the conversation should happen. I'm just happy to have captured it here, where I can insert my <a href="http://blog.idave.us/" target="_blank"> Worth</a> ;-) -dfw </span> - dfw<img src='http://www.gravatar.com/avatar/7f39fcc720abd8b9787b378a95ee8149' height='25' align='right'> <img src='https://api.twitter.com/1/users/profile_image/SLAofWNY' style='float: left; width: 35px; margin-right: 10px;'>[[http://twitter.com/#!/SLAofWNY|SLAofWNY (SLAofWNY)]] @DonnRiggi can sign your professional development certificate if needed #:FallSharing2011 15 Oct 2011 - 12:12:58 <img src='https://api.twitter.com/1/users/profile_image/SLAofWNY' style='float: left; width: 35px; margin-right: 10px;'>[[http://twitter.com/#!/SLAofWNY|SLAofWNY (SLAofWNY)]] Get directions to #:FallSharing2011 from Google Maps http://t.co/V7DUblUY 15 Oct 2011 - 10:26:36 <img src='https://api.twitter.com/1/users/profile_image/SLAofWNY' style='float: left; width: 35px; margin-right: 10px;'>[[http://twitter.com/#!/SLAofWNY|SLAofWNY (SLAofWNY)]] Registration for walk-ins to #:FallSharing2011 starts in 1 hour, are you awake yet? ps Quiche for breakfast! 15 Oct 2011 - 10:22:26 -><span style="color: #900;">I wish I could have enjoyed some of that quiche. It looked delicious. Alas, I've learned that I work (present) better on an empty stomach. </span> - dfw<img src='http://www.gravatar.com/avatar/7f39fcc720abd8b9787b378a95ee8149' height='25' align='right'> <img src='https://api.twitter.com/1/users/profile_image/WSWMidLibrary' style='float: left; width: 35px; margin-right: 10px;'>[[http://twitter.com/#!/WSWMidLibrary|WSWMidLibrary (West Middle Library)]] @SLAofWNY Looking forward to #:FallSharing2011 and the keynote from @dwarlick 14 Oct 2011 - 21:27:02 -><span style="color: #900;">I hope that I didn't disappoint! </span> - dfw<img src='http://www.gravatar.com/avatar/7f39fcc720abd8b9787b378a95ee8149' height='25' align='right'> <img src='https://api.twitter.com/1/users/profile_image/SLAofWNY' style='float: left; width: 35px; margin-right: 10px;'>[[http://twitter.com/#!/SLAofWNY|SLAofWNY (SLAofWNY)]] #:FallSharing2011 Walk-in registration for SLAWNY members is $45, nonmembers is $50 14 Oct 2011 - 21:22:12 <img src='https://api.twitter.com/1/users/profile_image/SLAofWNY' style='float: left; width: 35px; margin-right: 10px;'>[[http://twitter.com/#!/SLAofWNY|SLAofWNY (SLAofWNY)]] #:FallSharing2011 night-before prep is underway at Windom Elementary http://t.co/HbcuzBIk 14 Oct 2011 - 21:19:00 -><span style="color: #900;">It looks like Knitterchat capture Tweets from long before the event happened. That's OK! </span> - dfw<img src='http://www.gravatar.com/avatar/7f39fcc720abd8b9787b378a95ee8149' height='25' align='right'> <img src='https://api.twitter.com/1/users/profile_image/MichelleUnger1' style='float: left; width: 35px; margin-right: 10px;'>[[http://twitter.com/#!/MichelleUnger1|MichelleUnger1 (Michelle Unger)]] RT @SLAofWNY: @MichelleUnger1 Are you excited for #:FallSharing2011 ? http://t.co/YT44OzMT Only 5 days away! 13 Oct 2011 - 17:37:10 <img src='https://api.twitter.com/1/users/profile_image/WSLMS' style='float: left; width: 35px; margin-right: 10px;'>[[http://twitter.com/#!/WSLMS|WSLMS (West SenecaLMS)]] RT @SLAofWNY: Are you ready for Saturday?! The official hashtag is #:FallSharing2011 http://t.co/YT44OzMT 11 Oct 2011 - 22:51:19 -><span style="color: #900;">What if someone had explained to you the concept of the hashtag ten years ago. </span> - dfw<img src='http://www.gravatar.com/avatar/7f39fcc720abd8b9787b378a95ee8149' height='25' align='right'> <img src='https://api.twitter.com/1/users/profile_image/SLAofWNY' style='float: left; width: 35px; margin-right: 10px;'>[[http://twitter.com/#!/SLAofWNY|SLAofWNY (SLAofWNY)]] #:FallSharing2011 @dwarlick suggests using http://t.co/XfMomTNw for conference chatting to develop doc & Tweets 15 Oct 2011 - 12:20:15 <img src='https://api.twitter.com/1/users/profile_image/SLAofWNY' style='float: left; width: 35px; margin-right: 10px;'>[[http://twitter.com/#!/SLAofWNY|SLAofWNY (SLAofWNY)]] http://t.co/hreEv5Gm = handouts: click Event Notes, then Patron 2.0 #:FallSharing2011 15 Oct 2011 - 12:27:12 -><span style="color: #900;">I use to have a map of the world with flags for all the places I've presented at. You click the flag to get to your online handouts. It was a cool idea, but took too much time out of the presentations to explain. I may re-implement it anyway. We'll see. </span> - dfw<img src='http://www.gravatar.com/avatar/7f39fcc720abd8b9787b378a95ee8149' height='25' align='right'> <img src='http://www.gravatar.com/avatar/d41d8cd98f00b204e9800998ecf8427e' height='25' style='float: left; margin-right: 10px;'>Steph Kreutter scratch.mit.edu 15 Oct 2011 - 8:32:20 -><span style="color: #900;">I've often wondered if some sort of programming should be considered a part of being literate today, the ability to communicate with machines. I've not decided, thought I think I included a section about programming in the 2nd edition of "Redefining Literacy 2.0." </span> - dfw<img src='http://www.gravatar.com/avatar/7f39fcc720abd8b9787b378a95ee8149' height='25' align='right'> <img src='http://www.gravatar.com/avatar/d41d8cd98f00b204e9800998ecf8427e' height='25' style='float: left; margin-right: 10px;'>Steph Kreutter edublogs.org 15 Oct 2011 - 8:35:10 -><span style="color: #900;">James Farmer and Sue Water are great. They both believe in what they are doing with EduBlogs and provide excellent support. </span> - dfw<img src='http://www.gravatar.com/avatar/7f39fcc720abd8b9787b378a95ee8149' height='25' align='right'> <img src='https://api.twitter.com/1/users/profile_image/SLAofWNY' style='float: left; width: 35px; margin-right: 10px;'>[[http://twitter.com/#!/SLAofWNY|SLAofWNY (SLAofWNY)]] Responsive learning experiences motivate students (ie blogging w comments on) #:FallSharing2011 15 Oct 2011 - 12:38:35 -><span style="color: #900;">Yes! But I wonder if it is enough to realize that it motivates them. Why does it motivate them. Is it because it's technology? I don't think so. I think that it is because it empowers them. The can take on some of the control of their learning by having a degree of control over the content that they are exploring. That's it. They become explorers, discovering their world. That's better than ''being taught''. </span> - dfw<img src='http://www.gravatar.com/avatar/7f39fcc720abd8b9787b378a95ee8149' height='25' align='right'> <img src='https://api.twitter.com/1/users/profile_image/SLAofWNY' style='float: left; width: 35px; margin-right: 10px;'>[[http://twitter.com/#!/SLAofWNY|SLAofWNY (SLAofWNY)]] What do u use 4 your library blog? @dwarlick suggests http://t.co/LjnwZNmr #:FallSharing2011 15 Oct 2011 - 12:37:37 -><span style="color: #900;">I am not that familiar with the features of EduBlogs, which uses Wordpress as its engine. But if you can install the <a href="http://wordpress.org/" target="_blank">Wordpress software</a> (free) on a server (as low as a few dollars a month), then you can do almost anything. Wordpress is an amazing platform that can present an entire web site. My online handouts are, essentially, a Wordpress blog. </span> - dfw<img src='http://www.gravatar.com/avatar/7f39fcc720abd8b9787b378a95ee8149' height='25' align='right'> <img src='https://api.twitter.com/1/users/profile_image/SLAofWNY' style='float: left; width: 35px; margin-right: 10px;'>[[http://twitter.com/#!/SLAofWNY|SLAofWNY (SLAofWNY)]] "Google has turned us into a question-asking culture" #:FallSharing2011 15 Oct 2011 - 12:44:13 -><span style="color: #900;">Interestingly, I am headed to Canada right now, where the 3G networking of my iPhone and iPad will not work. I'll be limited to WiFi for access to the net, I will feel so cut off -- because I will not have access to ''answers''. </span> -><span style="color: #900;">That said, I think that it is important to realize, and that we make it a part of our message, that answers are not free. Getting answers is only part of it. We have to work to select the best answers and then to do something with them that helps us to accomplish our goals. Life's not a game show! ;-) </span> - dfw<img src='http://www.gravatar.com/avatar/7f39fcc720abd8b9787b378a95ee8149' height='25' align='right'> <img src='https://api.twitter.com/1/users/profile_image/SLAofWNY' style='float: left; width: 35px; margin-right: 10px;'>[[http://twitter.com/#!/SLAofWNY|SLAofWNY (SLAofWNY)]] How do u tackle a game w no manual? "Ask questions" ...leave students in library w questions to ask = more success? #:FallSharing2011 15 Oct 2011 - 12:50:16 -><span style="color: #900;">I've not yet fully imagined what this concept might look like in a library. I wonder what it would be like if you took your signs down and replaced them with small white boards, asking students to add notes indicating where to find stuff based on their research experiences. The expeditionary library. </span> - dfw<img src='http://www.gravatar.com/avatar/7f39fcc720abd8b9787b378a95ee8149' height='25' align='right'> <img src='https://api.twitter.com/1/users/profile_image/WSWMidLibrary' style='float: left; width: 35px; margin-right: 10px;'>[[http://twitter.com/#!/WSWMidLibrary|WSWMidLibrary (West Middle Library)]] #:FallSharing2011 @dwarlick says questions provoke conversation --> learning 15 Oct 2011 - 12:53:08 -><span style="color: #900;">We talk a lot about inquiry-based learning and essential questions. But we usually give them the questions -- and this is not bad. But might we also craft learning experiences and environments that prompt them to ask their own questions, based on what they are trying to accomplish? </span> - dfw<img src='http://www.gravatar.com/avatar/7f39fcc720abd8b9787b378a95ee8149' height='25' align='right'> <img src='https://api.twitter.com/1/users/profile_image/SLAofWNY' style='float: left; width: 35px; margin-right: 10px;'>[[http://twitter.com/#!/SLAofWNY|SLAofWNY (SLAofWNY)]] @farmchic Thanks for coming to #:FallSharing2011 15 Oct 2011 - 13:06:51 <img src='https://api.twitter.com/1/users/profile_image/WSLMS' style='float: left; width: 35px; margin-right: 10px;'>[[http://twitter.com/#!/WSLMS|WSLMS (West SenecaLMS)]] Inspire personal investment in students #:FallSharing2011 They learn something new each time they get something wrong so give em permission 15 Oct 2011 - 13:01:50 -><span style="color: #900;">We need to give ourselves permission as well. I often get something wrong in my blog. But it gives me the opportunity to say, ''"I got it wrong yesterday, and this is what I learned from it."'' </span> - dfw<img src='http://www.gravatar.com/avatar/7f39fcc720abd8b9787b378a95ee8149' height='25' align='right'> <img src='http://www.gravatar.com/avatar/d41d8cd98f00b204e9800998ecf8427e' height='25' style='float: left; margin-right: 10px;'>Steph Kreutter surprise me! 15 Oct 2011 - 9:09:43 <img src='https://api.twitter.com/1/users/profile_image/SLAofWNY' style='float: left; width: 35px; margin-right: 10px;'>[[http://twitter.com/#!/SLAofWNY|SLAofWNY (SLAofWNY)]] Use "share" feature fr @TeachingBooks 2 send teachers book info vs. signing into database = save time, more usage #:FallSharing2011 15 Oct 2011 - 13:59:32 <img src='https://api.twitter.com/1/users/profile_image/SLAofWNY' style='float: left; width: 35px; margin-right: 10px;'>[[http://twitter.com/#!/SLAofWNY|SLAofWNY (SLAofWNY)]] Use Reading Lists link (red book icon) 2 get perm URL (including updates) for yr schools reading list from @TeachingBooks #:FallSharing2011 15 Oct 2011 - 13:57:31 <img src='https://api.twitter.com/1/users/profile_image/SLAofWNY' style='float: left; width: 35px; margin-right: 10px;'>[[http://twitter.com/#!/SLAofWNY|SLAofWNY (SLAofWNY)]] #:FallSharing2011 Did u kno @RickRiordan_ last name is pronounced RYE-or-din? Thx 2 @TeachingBooks author name pronunciations! 15 Oct 2011 - 13:52:51 <img src='https://api.twitter.com/1/users/profile_image/WSWMidLibrary' style='float: left; width: 35px; margin-right: 10px;'>[[http://twitter.com/#!/WSWMidLibrary|WSWMidLibrary (West Middle Library)]] Use knitterchat.com to save conference notes & Tweets #:FallSharing2011 @BrianSGraham 15 Oct 2011 - 14:02:04 <img src='http://www.gravatar.com/avatar/d41d8cd98f00b204e9800998ecf8427e' height='25' style='float: left; margin-right: 10px;'>Steph Kreutter teachingbooks.net has a blog and a twitter you can folloe! 15 Oct 2011 - 10:13:35 -><span style="color: #900;">Do you have a Twitter that your patrons can follow? -- and your community? </span> - dfw<img src='http://www.gravatar.com/avatar/7f39fcc720abd8b9787b378a95ee8149' height='25' align='right'> <img src='https://api.twitter.com/1/users/profile_image/SLAofWNY' style='float: left; width: 35px; margin-right: 10px;'>[[http://twitter.com/#!/SLAofWNY|SLAofWNY (SLAofWNY)]] #:FallSharing2011 Like @TeachingBooks on FB to get updates 15 Oct 2011 - 14:18:47 <img src='https://api.twitter.com/1/users/profile_image/WSLMS' style='float: left; width: 35px; margin-right: 10px;'>[[http://twitter.com/#!/WSLMS|WSLMS (West SenecaLMS)]] RT @SLAofWNY: Use "share" feature fr @TeachingBooks 2 send teachers book info vs. signing into database = save time, more usage #:FallSharing2011 15 Oct 2011 - 15:04:49 <img src='https://api.twitter.com/1/users/profile_image/SLAofWNY' style='float: left; width: 35px; margin-right: 10px;'>[[http://twitter.com/#!/SLAofWNY|SLAofWNY (SLAofWNY)]] Vendor-time chat includes fixed vs flex schedules & planning a Books/Bagels event for teachers/administrators #:FallSharing2011 15 Oct 2011 - 15:00:12 -><span style="color: #900;">It would appear that KC has captured Tweets from other conference sessions. That's OK, I'll leave them. But I can't say much about them. </span> - dfw<img src='http://www.gravatar.com/avatar/7f39fcc720abd8b9787b378a95ee8149' height='25' align='right'> <img src='https://api.twitter.com/1/users/profile_image/WSWMidLibrary' style='float: left; width: 35px; margin-right: 10px;'>[[http://twitter.com/#!/WSWMidLibrary|WSWMidLibrary (West Middle Library)]] RT @SLAofWNY: #:FallSharing2011 http://t.co/YtTmG8j5 is free to students w an IEP or 504 plan, or yearly subscription is $50/year 15 Oct 2011 - 15:38:26 <img src='https://api.twitter.com/1/users/profile_image/SLAofWNY' style='float: left; width: 35px; margin-right: 10px;'>[[http://twitter.com/#!/SLAofWNY|SLAofWNY (SLAofWNY)]] #:FallSharing2011 http://t.co/YtTmG8j5 is free to students w an IEP or 504 plan, or yearly subscription is $50/year 15 Oct 2011 - 15:37:02 <img src='https://api.twitter.com/1/users/profile_image/WSWMidLibrary' style='float: left; width: 35px; margin-right: 10px;'>[[http://twitter.com/#!/WSWMidLibrary|WSWMidLibrary (West Middle Library)]] @Bookshare can read tests, great for IEP/504 plans #:FallSharing2011 15 Oct 2011 - 15:53:25 <img src='https://api.twitter.com/1/users/profile_image/SLAofWNY' style='float: left; width: 35px; margin-right: 10px;'>[[http://twitter.com/#!/SLAofWNY|SLAofWNY (SLAofWNY)]] Co:Writer offers students grammatically correct word options when typing --> audio & visual http://t.co/3MIIc8LF #:FallSharing2011 15 Oct 2011 - 16:06:19 <img src='https://api.twitter.com/1/users/profile_image/WSWMidLibrary' style='float: left; width: 35px; margin-right: 10px;'>[[http://twitter.com/#!/WSWMidLibrary|WSWMidLibrary (West Middle Library)]] Read Outloud can read tests & it helps students take notes without switching between screens #:FallSharing2011 http://t.co/yJHgvC7O 15 Oct 2011 - 16:25:54 <img src='https://api.twitter.com/1/users/profile_image/SLAofWNY' style='float: left; width: 35px; margin-right: 10px;'>[[http://twitter.com/#!/SLAofWNY|SLAofWNY (SLAofWNY)]] Afternoon session starts at 2 in the library #:FallSharing2011 15 Oct 2011 - 17:14:02 <img src='https://api.twitter.com/1/users/profile_image/SLAofWNY' style='float: left; width: 35px; margin-right: 10px;'>[[http://twitter.com/#!/SLAofWNY|SLAofWNY (SLAofWNY)]] @Christieh2oman Great lunch, especially the chips - peeps were talking! :) #:FallSharing2011 15 Oct 2011 - 17:12:52 -><span style="color: #900;">I enjoyed my Turkey Wrap... </span> - dfw<img src='http://www.gravatar.com/avatar/7f39fcc720abd8b9787b378a95ee8149' height='25' align='right'> <img src='https://api.twitter.com/1/users/profile_image/SLAofWNY' style='float: left; width: 35px; margin-right: 10px;'>[[http://twitter.com/#!/SLAofWNY|SLAofWNY (SLAofWNY)]] Congratulations to Cathie Marriott, winner of the Library Advocate of the Year award #:FallSharing2011 15 Oct 2011 - 17:28:37 -><span style="color: #900;">Yes! I was impressed. It's interesting that some of us have been involved in ICT and education for just about our entire careers. There's a lot of history there. In some ways, I think that we were more innovative in the early days than we are now. </span> - dfw<img src='http://www.gravatar.com/avatar/7f39fcc720abd8b9787b378a95ee8149' height='25' align='right'> <img src='https://api.twitter.com/1/users/profile_image/SLAofWNY' style='float: left; width: 35px; margin-right: 10px;'>[[http://twitter.com/#!/SLAofWNY|SLAofWNY (SLAofWNY)]] How to Flock: http://t.co/rLZ9MiGh #:FallSharing2011 15 Oct 2011 - 17:27:05 <img src='https://api.twitter.com/1/users/profile_image/SLAofWNY' style='float: left; width: 35px; margin-right: 10px;'>[[http://twitter.com/#!/SLAofWNY|SLAofWNY (SLAofWNY)]] Abridged History of Dry Mounting http://t.co/cQQFB7X3 #:FallSharing2011 15 Oct 2011 - 17:24:14 <img src='https://api.twitter.com/1/users/profile_image/SLAofWNY' style='float: left; width: 35px; margin-right: 10px;'>[[http://twitter.com/#!/SLAofWNY|SLAofWNY (SLAofWNY)]] Cathie Marriott says get your legislators to support SKILLS Act on Mon 10/17 #:FallSharing2011 http://t.co/vMTf8XOP 15 Oct 2011 - 17:35:08 <img src='https://api.twitter.com/1/users/profile_image/SLAofWNY' style='float: left; width: 35px; margin-right: 10px;'>[[http://twitter.com/#!/SLAofWNY|SLAofWNY (SLAofWNY)]] Co:Writer offers students grammatically correct word options when typing --> audio & visual or just visual #:FallSharing2011 15 Oct 2011 - 16:04:11 <img src='http://www.gravatar.com/avatar/d41d8cd98f00b204e9800998ecf8427e' height='25' style='float: left; margin-right: 10px;'>Lola How many peas make a pod? 17 Oct 2011 - 16:38:59 -><span style="color: #900;">Thanks so much for the conversation, and especially for your warm hospitality! </span> - dfw<img src='http://www.gravatar.com/avatar/7f39fcc720abd8b9787b378a95ee8149' height='25' align='right'> |