Episode 28
Jeff and David catch up and plan the season. Essential Question From Morocco to Bangkok: How goes it? Links of the Week David: Check out the beauty of Morocco Jeff: Daneah & Jeff are interviewed at Women of the Web 2.0, Blended Learning (from Andy), K-12 Conference Chat Archive: 7:52 jutecht: Cool new chat features 8:04 mrichme: Hi guys from Arundel, Maine 8:06 jutecht: Hi mrichme…..good to see ya 🙂 Thanks for joining us tonight. 8:06 jutecht: Liking the new ustream chat…good upgrades. 😉 8:06 mrichme: I would agree 8:11 jutecht: This is what I love about overseas living….the amazing cultures you get to be in. 8:13 jutecht: David’s school: http://www.cas.ac.ma/ 8:18 atorris: hello gents! 8:19 jutecht: Hey @atorris….good to know ustream’s not blocked or the website. 8:20 sarahgrace7: figured out how to login. Hello from Beijing! 8:20 atorris: VPN my friend. I ma currently in the UK… virtually! 8:20 jutecht: Hi Sarah……thanks for joining us 8:21 jutecht: @atorris…..gotta love the VPN! 8:21 sarahgrace7: definitely love the VPN here in China 8:22 atorris: sarah… sshhh… it’s a secret 😉 8:22 jutecht: Interesting….never thought about the location of the international school have to do with more risk taking staff….there’s some food for thought. 8:22 atorris: inshallah, inshallah 8:23 mrichme: I think that is a very good point. 8:24 jutecht: Our small school in Saudi moved quickly….but a lot of people were more the risk taking type…and of course we had a good admin. 😉 8:25 atorris: Jeff.. that guy in Saudi was nuts. 8:26 jutecht: I know…..crazy guy let me start a handheld program. 8:26 atorris: Our 1:1 IB teachers are struggling with the load of content and managing the need for them to spend valuable classroom time on teaching a few technology skills. Do you see this as an issue?? 8:27 atorris: Like I said Jeff… crraaazzzyy! :-0 8:28 atorris: Hi all!! 8:28 atorris: shhhhh… it is a secret! 8:28 atorris: 😉 8:31 atorris: GREAT IDEA! 8:32 atorris: Captive set of kids to build skills with over time! 8:33 jutecht: That’s a great idea…there’s almost a month of school after the IB exams you could do some great tech stuff. 8:34 jutecht: @atorris….you on Skype? 8:34 atorris: Too early to tell at a deep level. I have always found the kids to be very connected to each other in ways that one would not normally expect. Common notes are common. 8:34 atorris: Google docs 8:34 atorris: wikis are everywhere! 8:35 atorris: our school is wiki crazy this year. 8:35 jutecht: http://www.coetail.asia 8:36 atorris: I have been approached by a stateside school on a collaborative project that is “cutting edge”. I had to tell the guy we had been doing that kind of stuff for two years running. 8:42 atorris: Ahhh… the dreaded h1n1 effect on PD! 8:44 atorris: Ughh… Edline! 8:44 jutecht: No…..not Edline! 8:45 atorris: i just read a report where a combo of traditional educational delivery AND online coursework delivers higher academic achievement! 8:45 atorris: I will try to find it. 8:48 atorris: Here it is: http://www.eschoolnews.com/news/top-news/index.cfm?i=59695 8:48 atorris: “Blended instruction” 8:48 jutecht: @atorris yep….blended learning is the future! 8:51 jutecht: http://www.edtechtalk.com/WomenofWeb2.0 8:52 atorris: Ahhh…. the Thinking Chick! 8:52 atorris: She’s awesome! 8:55 atorris: RFID lockers???? Nice! 8:56 atorris: Give this kid some kudos if you get a chance! http://portal.saschina.org/video/media/8088/Biosphere_8_-_Cassandra/ 8:57 howhat: we’re looking forward to having Kim at YIS this weekend 8:58 jutecht: She’s excited to come! 8:58 howhat: I’ll see I can find some IB teachers for you all 9:00 atorris: I will try to be available. This is the first day I have been home in an evening in 3 weeks! 9:00 atorris: 12/2/09 See er… hear you then! 9:00 howhat: it’s great having SOS back, thanks jeff 9:00 atorris: clear as bell here! 9:01 jutecht: That’s good 9:01 jutecht: glad auido was great 9:02 atorris: zaijian! 9:02 jutecht: Later! 9:02 atorris: grrr…….. 22 degree>>???? 3 here today! 9:03 jutecht: Thanks everyone! Sign Off *Next show date is December 2 at 8:00 PM Bangkok time. *Justin Medved will join us. Look to add “sospodcast” to your Skype contacts list so that you can call and join in the conversation. *Essential Question for the show: How can the IB curriculum be shifted? *Don’t forget to post Web sites/blogs to the SOS Diigo bookmarking site that support our upcoming EQ.