Warlick's CoLearners

Knitter Chat Transcript

Here is the transcript for the chat backchannel generated during my day-long workshop at the Centre for Education in Edmonton.

ccampbel14 -- Only 2 people in the crowd who know what Second Lifers are. David has an office on an island in Second Life where educators meet.
2009-11-05 09:56:18

I have to say that I am often suprised at the number of educators who are not familiar with Second Life. Even if you don't do it or don't like it, it's something that we need to understand. Anything that 13,000,000 people have joined is something we need to pay attention to. - DFW

deHaan -- I can't live wthout my mobile phone.
2009-11-05 10:02:49

Can you say the same thing about your laptop computer? -- DFW

deHaan -- @deHaan I can't live w/o my mobile phone
2009-11-05 10:03:25

Educatordave -- 21st century teachers must be master learners
2009-11-05 10:05:10

The more that I think about it, the more I am convinced that this one idea has so much potential to helping us instigate and maintain change. -- DFW

RSOldring -- Looks like ppl responded well to teaching students to work with light over paper.
2009-11-05 10:10:20

Educatordave -- Must educate students for THEIR future
2009-11-05 10:12:36

RSOldring -- Should also read James Harkin's "Lost in Cyberbia"
2009-11-05 10:15:39

Haven't heard of that one. Making note! -- DFW

ccampbel14 -- We are educating children for their future not our past or even our present.
2009-11-05 10:28:29

Another quote. "Students, as the enter their classrooms, shouldn't be walking into the past." -- DFW

Educatordave -- I
2009-11-05 10:29:29

ccampbel14 -- We need to ensure that everyone can read and that they have access to contemporary literary environments which are networked.
2009-11-05 10:36:32

ccampbel14 -- On-line students are learning freely with autonomy and diving into topics they are passionate about.
2009-11-05 10:46:06

Educatordave -- Teachers need to stay relevant
2009-11-05 10:47:36

Is this actually a professional responsibility? -- DFW

ccampbel14 -- What does it mean to be literate in this informational environment?
2009-11-05 10:53:04

ccampbel14 -- How do we drive learning in a ‘flat’ classroom?
2009-11-05 10:57:45

Where do you get the energy? How do we create learning engines? -- DFW

RSOldring -- Pew Institute study claiming society is more connected than previously thought - http://tinyurl.com/yzzlk33
2009-11-05 11:01:43

ccampbel14 -- How do we drive learning in a ‘flat’ classroom?
2009-11-05 11:07:19

sandra -- Just checking to see if this is working...
2009-11-05 11:30:11

ccampbel14 -- Be a digital detective!
2009-11-05 11:34:10

ccampbel14 -- In an open communication environment students must be able to show that the information they use is accurate, reliable, valid and appropriat
2009-11-05 11:43:05

This is important. It isn't just that they most know that it is true. They must be able to show/prove that it is true. -- DFW

ccampbel14 -- In an open communication environment students must be able to show that the information they use is accurate, reliable, valid and appropriat
2009-11-05 11:56:43

ccampbel14 -- Reading means EXPOSING WHAT’S TRUE.
2009-11-05 12:08:14

ccampbel14 -- Arithmetic means EMPLOYING THE INFORMATION.
2009-11-05 12:08:38

ccampbel14 -- Writing means EXPRESS IDEAS COMPELLINGLY.
2009-11-05 12:14:49

ccampbel14 -- Technology is the paper and pencil of our time.
2009-11-05 12:25:30

Hmmm! Is the computer (mobile phone) the pencil and te Internet the paper? Interesting exercize. -- DFW

theresa maylone (MI) • 2009-09-23 13:48:47
bumped off website

ccampbel14 (AB) • 2009-11-05 13:31:00
Contemporary Literacy: Exposing what is true, Employing the information, Expressing ideas compellingly, ...within an Ethical Context

Sid dH (AB) • 2009-11-05 13:31:24
Fast food IS great!

Bryan (AB) • 2009-11-05 13:33:46
yummy

Sid dH (AB) • 2009-11-05 13:34:18
Companion gardening...very cool. Isn't that commensalism?

EducatorDave (AB) • 2009-11-05 13:37:17
What tools do you use for your PLN?

Sid dH (AB) • 2009-11-05 13:38:19
who is the guy on the left? Andy????

Sorry. I don't think I named him. He's Andy Carvin... -- DFW

Bryan (AB) • 2009-11-05 13:38:37
whats the name of the blogger in the right picture?

Will Richardson -- http://weblogg-ed.com/ -- DFW

Bryan (AB) • 2009-11-05 13:38:56
Andy carvin is on the left

Sid dH (AB) • 2009-11-05 13:39:10
PLN tools: Twitter; Diggo; RSS Feeds; iTunes U

Sid dH (AB) • 2009-11-05 13:47:53
Cultivating a PLN, much like cultivating a garden, sometimes involves tilling under unproductive plants!

ccampbel14 (AB) • 2009-11-05 13:48:15
How do we help unproductive plants become productive?

Sid dH (AB) • 2009-11-05 13:48:47
5 Hp rototiller...diesel fuel, old tire, match...Kidding!

Sid dH (AB) • 2009-11-05 13:49:21
Fertilize? Water? Weed? Prune?

Bryan (AB) • 2009-11-05 13:49:31
Nice! (who wasn't thinking the same thing?)

Sid dH (AB) • 2009-11-05 13:50:15
I am pretty good at (verbal) fertilization. Is that helpful?

ccampbel14 (AB) • 2009-11-05 13:53:42
David Warlick: I blog so I can learn.

ccampbel14 (AB) • 2009-11-05 14:07:02
I have ventured into the world of Twitter but I am not so sure about Second Life.

EducatorDave (AB) • 2009-11-05 14:11:31
What is the educational purpose of Second Life?

Rob (AB) • 2009-11-05 14:12:41
how do you keep applications like second life or other virtual worlds for that matter from becoming all consuming?

Sid dH (AB) • 2009-11-05 14:17:30
Fear paralyzes. Education liberates!

Sonia (ca) • 2009-11-05 14:20:15
We have schoolzone so why would we need ning?

Sid dH (AB) • 2009-11-05 14:23:16
Ning allows you to extend beyond epsb. Schoolzone only includes epsb employees.

Rob (AB) • 2009-11-05 14:25:19
agreed. education is liberating. adding technologies that kids are using as tools to help us reach them is important

Rob (AB) • 2009-11-05 14:28:03
it's finding a balance

Sonia (ca) • 2009-11-05 14:28:56
Elementary is excercising with caution. Sharing their work always seems to be a FOIP issue.

EducatorDave (AB) • 2009-11-05 14:30:43
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EducatorDave (AB) • 2009-11-05 14:30:44
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EducatorDave (AB) • 2009-11-05 14:30:45
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EducatorDave (AB) • 2009-11-05 14:30:46
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EducatorDave (AB) • 2009-11-05 14:31:24
Do you use Diigo or Deliscious for social bookmarking

Sid dH (AB) • 2009-11-05 14:36:41
Diigo primarily

ccampbel14 (AB) • 2009-11-05 14:46:17
Tons of information on how to mine for information...I'm exhausted.

Rob (AB) • 2009-11-05 14:47:33
rss feeds look useful though, I have always wondered what those were exactly

ccampbel14 (AB) • 2009-11-05 14:48:13
I have used RSS feeds but nearly as effectively as he is showing us today.

ccampbel14 (AB) • 2009-11-05 14:48:24
I meant "not as"

Rob (AB) • 2009-11-05 14:48:59
I do think I could monitor a few of those feeds .. never would have explored them otherwise

Rob (AB) • 2009-11-05 14:49:39
it becomes your new age newspaper??

ccampbel14 (AB) • 2009-11-05 14:49:40
Walk into the classroom out of today.

Sid dH (AB) • 2009-11-05 14:50:20
With such up to the minute information avaialble to us, what does the future hold for static sources (like text books)?

Rob (AB) • 2009-11-05 14:51:45
they are living on borrowed time

Rob (AB) • 2009-11-05 14:52:28
i am excited for the use of rss newslinks etc for current events

Rob (AB) • 2009-11-05 14:58:53
good advice. finding 10 - 15 minutes a day to learn these technologies would be fairly easy to do

ccampbel14 (AB) • 2009-11-05 15:04:53
I believe we need to make this commitment to stay current in our profession.

Sid dH (AB) • 2009-11-05 16:24:33
Why does it always reduce down to the test scores?

Sid dH (AB) • 2009-11-05 16:25:25
When will the spectre of standardized testing quit haunting our practice?