07:08 jutecht : How's the sound?
 07:08 loonyhiker : sounds really clear
 07:10 jutecht : http://blogs.saschinaonline.org/pudongtok
 07:13 loonyhiker : it looks like a cool blog!
 07:14 jutecht : very cool
 07:14 ustreamer-26190 : hi jeff its sue who is speaking?
 07:15 jutecht : Hi Sue!
 07:18 ustreamer-26190 : just tweeted this
 07:18 jutecht : Thanks!
 07:19 ustreamer-26190 : ask if he has used voicethread to help with esl kids
 07:20 loonyhiker : hi sue!
 07:20 ustreamer-26190 : hello!
 07:21 ustreamer-26190 : have you guys tried tokbox for video conferencing?
 07:21 jutecht : no...is tokbox good? I'll have to have a look.
 07:22 jutecht : Haven't used VT with ESOL students specifically
 07:22 ustreamer-26190 : yep jo and I and 4 others tried it the other night -see jos blog
 07:22 jutecht : k
 07:22 ustreamer-26190 : does 6 video feeds and sound at once
 07:24 jutecht : http://teachers.saschinaonline.org/spower
 07:25 ustreamer-26190 : this is fabbo really full of ideas i have just been doing my class one too!
 07:25 loonyhiker : is tokbox like skype?
 07:26 ustreamer-26190 : yep but if you all have webcams you can see everyone and all talk!!
 07:26 loonyhiker : found out our district is requiring teachers to do a blog instead of webpage as their official "webpage"
 07:26 ustreamer-26190 : like flashmeeting but no leader
 07:26 loonyhiker : oh that is cool
 07:26 ustreamer-26190 : yup
 07:26 ustreamer-26190 :  abit choppy depending on bandwidth
 07:27 loonyhiker : is tokbox difficult to set up? i signed up for it but haven't used it yet
 07:27 ustreamer-26190 : no it was sooo easy 
 07:27 jutecht : http://teachers.saschinaonline.org/adecardy
 07:29 ustreamer-26190 : that was great added it to delicious
 07:29 jutecht : :)
 07:29 ustreamer-26190 : :)
 07:30 jutecht : First 7th Humanities
 07:30 jutecht : Second 8th grade math
 07:30 jutecht : this one
 07:30 jutecht : http://blogs.saschinaonline.org/chowitt
 07:30 jutecht : 5th grade
 07:31 loonyhiker : does anyone know what this voki is? 0 on the side of the blog?
 07:32 jutecht : http://www.voki.com/
 07:32 loonyhiker : someone must have known i would ask that! lol
 07:32 ustreamer-26190 : meez is great too 
 07:33 ustreamer-26190 : animated but not sound
 07:33 ustreamer-53016 :  abit quiet
 07:34 ustreamer-26190 : what a great idea will tell our lote staff!
 07:34 jutecht : :)
 07:34 loonyhiker : i can't wait to try it and put it on my blog!
 07:35 jutecht : It's pretty fun
 07:35 ustreamer-26190 : do a meez too
 07:35 loonyhiker : only i'm finding an avatar that looks MUCH better than i do lol
 07:35 jutecht : :)
 07:35 loonyhiker : do you have a meez link?
 07:35 ustreamer-26190 : meez.com?
 07:35 loonyhiker : thanks
 07:35 ustreamer-26190 : they dance!
 07:36 loonyhiker : i wonder if i could combine a meez and a voki
 07:36 ustreamer-26190 : no they are separate 
 07:36 loonyhiker : okay
 07:36 jutecht : http://global-citizen.wikispaces.com/
 07:36 jutecht : http://citizen-global.wikispaces.com/
 07:37 ustreamer-26190 : nice
 07:38 ustreamer-26190 : people are getting sick of me talking about wikis at my school Sigh....
 07:38 jutecht : me too
 07:39 jutecht : and now that I've stopped..everyone wants one :)
 07:39 loonyhiker : just had a mtg last nite about technology and ppl thought i kind of was overexcited about all this lol
 07:39 ustreamer-26190 : ha
 07:39 ustreamer-26190 : yup they tell me to calm down 
 07:41 loonyhiker : i did my first ustream last nite. boy that was scary too
 07:41 ustreamer-26190 : do they do digital portfolios 
 07:41 jutecht : yeah...ustream is scary at first
 07:41 jutecht : blogs=digital portfolios
 07:41 ustreamer-26190 : yep but if you use other software too..
 07:42 loonyhiker : thanks to jeff, my summer grad class will be required to do blogs, comments, and wikis lol
 07:43 jutecht : http://teachers.saschinaonline.org/mspudongpe
 07:44 ustreamer-26190 : this is great jeff even though it is not cooking:)
 07:45 loonyhiker : i have learned how to crochet by watching videos
 07:45 loonyhiker : over and over and over and over again lol
 07:45 ustreamer-26190 : could i learn to skateboard?
 07:46 loonyhiker : i think this would be a great way to teach social skills to autistic kids
 07:46 loonyhiker : show peers in appropriate situations as a model
 07:47 ustreamer-81986 : I was showing my kids Voicethread today and they could see the possibilities of how they could make voicethreads as something to put into an eportfolio. 
 07:47 jutecht : great stuff guys
 07:48 ustreamer-26190 : i am taking notes
 07:48 ustreamer-26190 : no recipes
 07:48 ustreamer-73345 : Good morning. Glad I could cathc part of this live
 07:48 jutecht : All the links will be in the show notes :)
 07:49 jutecht : Good morning
 07:49 loonyhiker : my kids have to have a portfolio to graduate with occupational diploma. digital one would be so cool!
 07:49 loonyhiker : they could explain the pictures
 07:51 loonyhiker : this was an awesome show! thank you! 
 07:51 ustreamer-73345 : this is vvrotny. You guys rock. I posted about your show, which I am finding so powerful
 07:52 loonyhiker : that's 6am ET :)
 07:52 ustreamer-81986 : Thanks guys - I'll tune in next week.
 07:52 ustreamer-26190 : thanks jeff
 07:52 jutecht : Thanks everyone!
 07:53 ustreamer-26190 : bye