**This week\'s threads are brought to you by:** José Antônio da Silva in Brasília, Brazil **Date: **21 January, 2008 - 28 January, 2008 **Number of messages:** from #1066 to #

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Table Of Contents

Tools

Week 1

Week 1 Wrap up

Week 2

Live Sessions

Jeff Lebow/Dave Cormier
GMT
Michael Coghlan
Jeff Lebow Part II

Interesting

Tools

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Elfina
#1229
01/22/2008

Dear Dafne, In one of your postings you mentioned observing a lesson in SL. I was wondering if it is possible to arrange not so much a tour but an observation of an English lesson in SL. I observed once an English lesson in SL but it seemed to me that the lesson wasn\'t dynamic enough. I felt a little bored and disappointed. (I couldn\'t understand why there was so much fuss about it then.) But at that time SL had no audio feature which they added in August, if I remember right. I\'m very eager to see a good dynamic online lesson which both a teacher and his students are enjoying. I would really love to see SL in action! I think there will be a lot of people interested to do the observation. Thank you in advance. Best,

Elfina

leecywise
#1269
01/23/2008

Thanks for the welcome, Sasa! I look forward to diving in. Had a set back but I\'m not forwarding onward
. Leecy

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Tapped in

$\"Marie$ Marie Raye #1067 01/20/2008	Hi, Am really sorry to have missed the session. Had looked forward to being more active but my last exam for the semester is scheduled for today and was reviewing. Will read the summary, tho. Thanks for the summary. ---------------------------------
$\"Jose$ Jose Antonio da Silva #1074 01/21/2008	Hello Dear BaWers,If you want to follow up on your colleagues reflections on the liveTapped In tour we had yesterday, visit our bloghttp://baw08.wordpress.com/ read your colleagues\' comments and post yours. Those in Turkey, who arenot able to access Wordpress, can ask a friend to post his/her commentsof post directly to the yahoo group.Hugs to you all Jose Antonio
$\"Christina$ Christina Kwok #1078 01/21/2008	Same problem here, Monica, I can well relate, the tears, frustration, hairpulling and headbanging !! Jose tried to help me as best he could but my computer was crashing because of Java, I have since rebooted, uninstalled, reinstalled and I hope everything\'s A-Okay now but I guess I won\'t know till the next live, will I? Can somebody offer some suggestions? I do notice even once when there in the right place, it\'s not always transparent and obvious which room to go to. I see now that if you think you\'ll find things labelled BAW08, you\'re going to be sadly disappointed. The first one on Sunday 13 didn\'t say BAW at all but something like Webcast or Webstream, had Jeff Lebow inside so thought I was in the right place. Last nite\'s one had Becoming a Webhead in action so again thought that must be the right one but still not sure as I got in late after reinstallation of Java so who knows.............?? Any pointers here, anyone? christina. [Non-text portions of this message have been removed]
$\"Dafne\"$ Dafne #1095 01/21/2008	Hi Christina,To learn how to use TI, you don´t need to identify anysession or group. Just ask: how do I open an officehere?, or whatever question you have about theplatform, and I am sure they will lead you through theprocess, as they have done with other participants ofthis session who wisely went to TI before the session.They offer tours at different times that you can alsoattend. If you go through the chatlog, you will alsofind the instructions given by BJ during our tour. InTapped In, BaW does not have an office of our own, weare part of the Webheads in Action group.HTH, Daf
$\"Jose$ Jose Antonio Da Silva #1114 (Response to #1095) 01/21/2008	Hello Cristina, In Tapped In, there are about hundreds of different groups. BaW08 and Webheads is just one of them. Somebody who is online might be on these groups or not, but many people there are very likely to be able to help you with technical tips. You can always click on the tab HELP and see the names of the help desk staff. I fyou find one of them online, they will be very pleased to help you. Hugs José
$\"Jose$ Jose Antonio Da Silva #1105 01/21/2008	Hello Marie,There will be a second opportunity. The webheads always meet at Tapped In every Sunday at 12 GMT. Just drop by next time and you will meet some of us and get familiar with the tool.Hugs José Antônio http://thomasja.wordpress.com http://joseantoniook.edublogs.org
$\"Jose$ Jose Antonio da Silva #1140 01/22/2008	Hello Everyone,I was just wondering what would be some ways of using Tapped In for teaching. Have thought of any possible ways of using it with your students? Kind regards JA
$\"Nina$ Nina Liakos #1150 01/22/2008	I like using Tapped In for informal chats with my f2f class (often asa warm-up activity at the beginning of the lab class, sometimes withwebhead \"guests\" but so far not successfully outside of class) andwith former students who participated in a 2-week summer program herein Maryland and are now back home in Japan (a few of us chat aboutonce a month--the next one is in about 15 minutes!).I find it is most successful if done a few times with me in the roomhelping them find the office, detach the chat, change the font, etc. After that they can do it from other locations.I use my own office, NinaTL_Ofc, for these chats. Nina
$\"Dennis$ Dennis Oliver #1152 (Response to #1150) 01/22/2008	Hi, Nina--and everyone.In baw08@yahoogroups.com (message #1150), you wrote:I like using Tapped In for informal chats with my f2f class (often asawarm-up activity at the beginning of the lab class, sometimes withwebhead \"guests\" but so far not successfully outside of class) andwith former students who participated in a 2-week summer program herein Maryland and are now back home in Japan (a few of us chat aboutonce a month--the next one is in about 15 minutes!).COMMENTS:The chats that I\'ve attended with you and your students were goodexperiences. The students are often a little bit unsure of things atfirst, but they quickly learn how to join and participate in the chatand soon become quite engaged in it. I think they like the experienceof chatting online.I hope to join you in your chat today, by the way! I find it is most successful if done a few times with me in the roomhelping them find the office, detach the chat, change the font, etc.After that they can do it from other locations.COMMENTS:Yes, like everything else, there\'s a learning curve for TI chat (as wefound out yesterday), but once you learn the basic commands and thebasic ways to navigate through TI (or any online activity orplatform), everyone\'s \"comfort level\" increases and then everyonebecomes as involved as he or she wants to be.I use my own office, NinaTL_Ofc, for these chats.NinaCOMMENTS:I hope to see you soon! Dennis in Phoenix
$\"Dafne\"$ Dafne #1156 (Response to #1152) 01/22/2008	Hi all,Aiden Yeh a dear webhead friend and colleague fromTaiwan has carried out very interesting collaborativeprojects at TI. This is one of them:What`s in a name:http://www.geocities.com/aidenyeh/shih_chien/2ndsem/whatsinaname/Btw, Aiden will be our guest speaker together withRita Zeinstejer in week 6, to talk about blendedlearning. Daf
$\"Jose$ Jose Antonio Da Silva #1159 (Response to #1156) 01/22/2008	Hi Nina,A nice way of using Tapped In. I use a chat in the intranet with my students to review structures or as a warm up. I have never used Tapped In for this purpuse. I thin one advantage Tapped In is having the chatlog sent to your e-mail. You could get that transcript anddo othr activies with it. Thanks a lot José Antônio http://thomasja.wordpress.com http://joseantoniook.edublogs.org
Natalia #1164 (Response to #1159) 01/22/2008	This is a very nice idea, thank you, Nina. When Are you there in your office so that I can drop in. I missed the tapped in session on Sunday. I couldn\'t make it Natalia
Natalia #1167 01/22/2008	I looked, a very interesting project. May be I could do some coolaborative project for my students. I teach pre-service EFL primary and pre-primary teachers in Russia, St Petersburg. Natalia
$\"Fernanda$ Fernanda Rodrigues #1176 01/22/2008	Hi NinaIf you missed the tapped in session you can still read the chat loghere:http://baw-08.pbwiki.com/ti-tourBesides that, the webheads always meet at Tapped In every Sunday at 12GMT. Just drop by next time and see how it works. Fernanda
$\"Nina$ Nina Liakos #1184 (Response to #1176) 01/22/2008	Hi Natasha, since I am not normally at Tapped In, it is best to set upa time when we can meet there. How about 1700GMT tomorrow (Wednesday)? If Natasha can make it, I\'d like to extend an invitation for anyoneelse to meet as well. We can start in Reception and move to NinaTL_Ofc. Nina
Ronaldo Lima, Jr. #1186 (Response to #1184) 01/22/2008	I\'ll be there, Nina. Ronaldo
$\"Nina$ Nina Liakos #1188 (Response to #1186) 01/22/2008	Great, Ronaldo! See you then, then! Nina
Natalia #1194 (Response to #1188) 01/22/2008	Hi, Nina !Tnanks a lot for your kind invitation. I can make it tomorrow at 5GMT. It would be great to invite other people who missed Sunday. Iam looking forward to it Natalia
marina Marina #1244 01/23/2008	I\'ve been reading these wonderful ideas you\'ve given. I\'d never used these toolsbefore!As regards how to use it with MY students, impossible. We don\'t have acomputer lab and people -adults- come twice a week, 3 hs per week. Furthermore,not everybody has a pc.Anyway, I\'ve thought of an activity. Here it goes:a- I\'d send a group of students to Tapped-in. Let\'s say 16 sts.b- I\'d receive them in a certain room, but i\'d reserve two.c- They\'ll take part in a quizz show.d- Given the instructions, they\'ll divide in two groups, 2 rooms. They\'ll begiven 30 minutes.e- Each group will have to think of 10 questions. Here we\'ll think about thetopic. It might be about historical events, celebrities, etc.f- The facilitator will be present in case sts need help.g- After that, they\'ll connect to skype. It could also the following class-e- here, they\'ll connect in pairs. Ask each other questions . . . And thewinner is . . .You\'ll say if it\'s too hilarious.Another use:Teachers in Argentina need to work in more than one place and sometimes theseplaces are in different parts of the city. And this is a really big city!In my school, for ex, there are courses from 9 am to 10 pm. and more thean 100teachers So, when there\'s a teachers\' meeting very few can make itSkype sounds like the perfect solution to this problem.warmly, Marina Alfonso
$\"Jose$ Jose Antonio Da Silva #1248 01/23/2008	Hi Marina,We really appreciate the fact that you liked the ideas the participants haveposted here. Nonetheless, I just loved your idea for a Taped In activity. It isreally good. Chats generally produce meaningful communication if used to performtasks such as the ones you have described.Having computers and broadband connection is still a problem in may schools inBrazil too. Teachers here also work long hours and burnout is frequent.Thanks for your great contribution to the group. José Antônio http://thomasja.wordpress.com \">http://joseantoniook.edublogs.org
marina Marina #1249 01/23/2008	I\'ve been reading these wonderful ideas you\'ve given. I\'d never used these tools before! As regards how to use it with MY students, impossible. We don\'t have a computer lab and people -adults- come twice a week, 3 hs per week. Furthermore, not everybody has a pc.Anyway, I\'ve thought of an activity. Here it goes:a- I\'d send a group of students to Tapped-in. Let\'s say 16 sts.b- I\'d receive them in a certain room, but i\'d reserve two.c- They\'ll take part in a quizz show. d- Given the instructions, they\'ll be divided into two groups, 2 rooms. They\'ll be given 30 minutes.e- Each group will have to think of 10 questions. Here we\'ll think about the topic. It might be about historical events, celebrities, etc.f- The facilitator will be present in case sts need help.g- After that, they\'ll connect to skype. It could also be done the following class-e- here, they\'ll connect in pairs. Ask each other questions . . . And the winner is . . .You\'ll say if it\'s too hilarious.Another use:Teachers in Argentina need to work in more than one place and sometimes these places are in different parts of the city. And this is a really big city!In my school, for ex, there are courses from 9 am to 10 pm. and more thean 100 teachers So, when there\'s a teachers\' meeting very few can make itSkype sounds like the perfect solution to this problem. warmly, Marina Alfonso
Ronaldo Lima, Jr. #1296 01/24/2008	Hello everybody!I\'d like to congratulate and thank Nina Liakos for the amazing second-chacetour she gave at Tapped-in yesterday. Many participants who weren\'t able toattend the first tour could then get a pretty good glance at Tapped-in andits main features. Ronaldo

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Resizing images

anniebreckenridge #1072 01/20/2008	Hi all again,I loved the live session yesterday at Tapped In! What a feat tomanage all those inquisitive people and stay sane! Chapeau BjB!I have a simple question about posting my intro on the wiki, sorry!! I don\'t know how to resize my photo. I briefly pasted it in but ittook up half the page so I hastily removed it! Most of my photos arein \"my photos\" on my pc and I also use picasa 2 on my pc with a fewphotos on a private picasa webalbum. I think it\'s the \'private\' factthat is the problem... possibly. I only seem to get the \"do you wishto resize\" option for sending via email, otherwise I can\'t find theoption.Is there an idiot\'s guide anywhere? :-)Sorry if this has already been covered. Anne
$\"Saša$ Saša Sirk #1076 (Response to #1072) 01/21/2008	Dear Anne, have a look here http://baw-08.pbwiki.com/PreSessionThreads#79 - you should find some recipes which helped others (not Picassa though).Hope that helps, Saša
Mariana De Luca #1092 01/21/2008	Hi! I know we are past this subject but I\'m still trying to digest last week activities. I posted my profile on wiki participants but I couldn\'t make my picture smaller. I used thumbnails as suggested. The picture saved in the files show the sizes I want but when I put the link in the wiki it shows a different size.I don\'t know what to do, can anybody help me? Thanks
Ronaldo Lima, Jr. #1093 (Response to #1092) 01/21/2008	Hi Mariana!There is an easy way to resize pictures using a software that already comeswith Windows. Here are the steps:1- open the folder which has the pictures you want resized2- right-click the picture, choose \"open with\", and open it using \"MicrosoftPhoto Editor\"3- Once in the editor, click on \"image\" and then \"resize\"4- change the measurement unit for pixels (if necessary) and type the newsize you want (100x100 is fine)5- don\'t forget to save it with a different name, for example:mariana_resized6- upload it to the wiki (or any other server) and add the link to theparticipants galleryHope to have helped.Kind regards from Brazil, Ronaldo
$\"Dafne\"$ Dafne #1098 (Response to #1093) 01/21/2008	There is another way, Mariana.If you have uploaded your photo to our YG photosection. Click on the thumbnail created by YG (use themouse right button, select \"save picture as\" to saveit to you computer, then upload this photo to thewiki.HTH, Daf
$\"Jose$ Jose Antonio Da Silva #1110 (Response to #1098) 01/21/2008	Hi Mariana,I will acces the wiki and resize it for you. Hugs José Antônio http://thomasja.wordpress.com http://joseantoniook.edublogs.org
$\"Jose$ Jose Antonio Da Silva #1116 (Response to #1110) 01/21/2008	Hi Mariana,Your picture is great and it is the right size. I just inserted a last \| sign to box the text. It looks great now. Check it out. I also added you to my yahoo contacts. Feel free to conatct me if you need any help.Hugs José Antônio
$\"Jose$ Jose Antonio Da Silva #1107 01/21/2008	Hi Anne again,Here is the instruction on using yahoo to resize your picture given by Dafne:Our YG photo section can also be used to get thumbnails:* Upload your photo to the photo section (YG creates a thumbnail of your photo) Save this photo to your computer (use right mouse - select save as) upload it to the wiki publish it (Daf) If you have trouble doing it, you can send it to my email and I will resize it and place it there for you. Hugs José Antônio http://thomasja.wordpress.com http://joseantoniook.edublogs.org
$\"Jose$ Jose Antonio Da Silva #1109 (Response to #1107) 01/21/2008	Hello Annie,I agree with you. The session with BJB was stupendous. Kat has created a blog post about the session and you are welcome to post your reflexions there. http://baw08.wordpress.com/The easiest way to resize your picture is uploading it to the yahoo groups. When you do that you will get a thumbnail, than it is just copy the URL and paste it the wiki place designated for the photo. In case it doesn´t work for you, in the threads for week1 under RESIZE YOUR PICTURE there lots of suggestions http://baw-08.pbwiki.com/Week1ThreadsIf you need any extra help, just let us know. My skype ID joseantoniook José Antônio
anniebreckenridge #1121 01/21/2008

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Skype

Ronaldo Lima, Jr. #1088 (Response to #1085) 01/21/2008	Hi Mariana!Skype also has text chat, but in order to call other people you do need amic and speakers (or headphone, which is even better). However, you canstill attend today\'s live session without a mic, because it will bestreamed, but you will need speakers.Kind regards from Brazil, Ronaldo
$\"cristina$ Cristina Costa #1108 01/21/2008	Marina,you will need a headset if you wnat to skype with voice. still you can use skype for text chat and sharing of files. I found this feature very important in skype because the files can be transferred very quickly thru skype. Navysternchen : my skype IDCris
$\"Jose$ Jose Antonio Da Silva #1111 (Response to #1108) 01/21/2008	Hi Marina,Great You have downloaded yahoo. Concerning skype, you will need a headset if you want to use the voice feature (to talk to someone). If you are chatting to one person only you kieep listening to an echo. In a conference it will practically impossible to use the voice chat. Don´t worry, you can use the text chat till you get a mike. Tonight for example we will have text and voice chat. YOu will be able to listen everything, but won´t be able to use the voice chat.Hugs José Antônio http://thomasja.wordpress.com http://joseantoniook.edublogs.org
$\"Jose$ Jose Antonio Da Silva #1117 01/21/2008	Hi Dennis and Ronaldo,Thanks you so much for the clear concise explanations.ABraçosJosé Antônio http://thomasja.wordpress.com http://joseantoniook.edublogs.org
Natalia #1163 01/22/2008	I discovered Skype a week ago and I love it (Christina Costa taught me!!) I am interested how any of WEbheads use Skype. I see the following possibilities ( just ideas!!)Teaching Listening and Conversation1 one to one modea) The conversation. The conversation follows the chat ( the written text is is a kind of saying out the written text( chat)b) Teaching Responses in the Conversationthe chat offers a number of responses to the questions and the tutor asks the question and the student has to say the adequete response.I could go on with possibilities but it looks to me now they are all transferred from the \"tradtional classroom\". 2) group speaking. I think that it is a challenging thing both for the teacher and the learner.This fits more into the free practice stage for teaching ConversationBut then the question is what are the benefits for Skype apart from the fact that people can learn and teach at a distance.And what are the drawbacks/ pitfalls for using Skype for teaching languages?Can anyone share the experience of using SKYPE in THE EFL classroom ?Many thanks , Natalia
$\"Dafne\"$ Dafne #1165 (Response to #1163) 01/22/2008	Hi Natalia, I have been using skype since it wascreated back in November 2003. You can see here a webpage where I tell about my experience:http://www.geocities.com/dafne_gonzalez/wia/playing_with_skype.htmlI have also used skype for dictations in privatetutoring. I say a sentence and the student write it onthe text-chat and then reads it. Also, I write asentence/paragraph and the student reads out loud. So, Skype is good for reading, writing, listening andspeaking. Cheers ,Daf
Natalia #1169 01/22/2008	Thank you Daf,Wonderful ideas !I have a file now named \"Ideas for Using SKYPE\". I\'\' ll put yours there. Natalia
Sally La Luzerne #1197 01/22/2008	Hi Natalia,I haven\'t used Skype in my classes, but I recently read an article \"Making Skype more than just another desktop icon\" by Ben Redmond. The article introduces The MIXXER which is a language exchange community for teachers and students using Skype. You can find more information at http://www.language-exchanges.org/login.aspxIf any of you have used it, I would be interested in hearing your impressions.Best wishes, Sally
Evelyn Izquierdo #1198 (Response to #1197) 01/22/2008	Daf and Natalia:You\'ve given me some wonderful and useful ideas. Thanks! I thought that Skype was really good for speaking and listening, but hadn\'t realize that it is pretty good for reading and writing too. So, I think it can also be good for translation and interpretation purposes. ;-)By the way, how do you record a text chat in Skype? Is it like a Yahoo conference with voice? I\'ve never done it. Thank you very much in advance! Evelyn
Natalia #1200 (Response to #1198) 01/22/2008	Dear Evelyn,Thanks, your ideas are very interesting. But do you have any personal experience for using SKYPe for Language teaching. Could you oplease explain more. I am collecting examples and ideas.Thanks, Natalia
$\"Dafne\"$ Dafne #1201 (Response to #1200) 01/22/2008	Hi Eve,Text-chat in skype is automatically recorded just likein YM. Select \"view chat history\" (after placing thecursor over the person you chatted with using theright mouse button, you will see differentalternatives).Chatlogs are saved to your computer.HTH, Daf
$\"Jose$ Jose Antonio Da Silva #1202 (Response to #1201) 01/22/2008	Hi Evelyn,In skype, when you chat in skype, there is way to get the transcripts from your chat.Abraços José Antônio http://thomasja.wordpress.com http://joseantoniook.edublogs.org
Evelyn Izquierdo #1206 (Response to #1202) 01/22/2008	Dear Natalia: I\'ve never used Skype with my students. In fact, I\'m a Skype newbie. I\'ve just used it for some meetings with colleagues. Until today, I hadn\'t realized that Skype is a great resource to teach reading and writing too. I teach ESP to students who major in Education. Their written and oral skills in English are very basic. I\'m thinking about what to do. Uhmmm... Evelyn
Natalia #1208 (Response to #1206) 01/22/2008	He, EvelynI teach primary and pre-primary EFl teachers and Masters students specialising in EFL. I am also thinking what to do -\" Two heads are better than one\"
$\"Fernanda$ Fernanda Rodrigues #1211 (Response to #1208) 01/22/2008	Hi EvelynYou can choose either to have a chat history or not.Choose Tools/options/Chats ans SMS/chat settings:No history/ Keep chat history forever/2 weeks, etcYou can also clear the chat history; it may be useful for privacy~reasons in public computers. Fernanda
$\"Mary\"$ Mary #1214 (Response to #1211) 01/22/2008	I use skype and msn for online tutoring and translation help.Students canrecord individual voice clips in msn to save for listening to later.Using msn or skype or yahoo voice messenger for minimal pair practice inpronunciation is effective. It took one of my online learners several triesto perfect the pronunciation of a word. I am attaching the raw datatranscript of our tutoring session. I learned last night how to record askype call using Sony Sound Forge. I am attaching an excerpt of ourconversation.I used skype today to translate a learner\'s resume. We spoke when needed toclarify terms. I used mS Word track changes to edit his rough draft. Weexchanged the Word documents via the send file funtion.I prefer the MSN sharing folders because one can send large files such aspowerpoints, just by dragging them to the desktop from the sharing folder.The transfer is instaneous instead of the time consiming file transferoption.
$\"Hala$ Hala #1215 (Response to #1214) 01/22/2008	Hi Mary,Thanks for sharing experience and those very useful tips with the group!
$\"Mary\"$ Mary #1217 (Response to #1215) 01/22/2008	ok. If the files are too large to upload, I am hoping to turn the raw datainto a web page with sound (learning curve for me) adn I can post the linktothe group then. Who do we have to contact for permission to upload files?
$\"Hala$ Hala #1219 (Response to #1217) 01/22/2008	No permission needed!Go ahead! Hala
$\"Hala\"$ Hala #1221 (Response to #1219) 01/22/2008	It\'s me again!You can use YouSendIt, a tool used to send large files ( no download )http://www.yousendit.com/Then, you can only post a link to the \"Link\" section on the YG.Hope this would be of help. Hala
$\"Hala$ Hala #1235 01/23/2008	It\'s me again!You can use YouSendIt, a tool we use to send large files ( no download )http://www.yousendit.com/Then, you can only post a link to the \"Link\" section on the YG.Hope this would be of help. Hala
Natalia Malkina #1241 (Response to #1235) 01/23/2008	Dear Mary,Thak you very much for the attention you gave to thisdiscussion about Skype. Could you teach me hoe torecord Skype calls ( conversations?) Natalia
$\"Mary\"$ Mary #1246 (Response to #1241) 01/23/2008	There are two ways to record that I know of. Audacity is a free recordingsoftware. http://audacity.sourceforge.net/. To record a skype call you haveto configure skype to NOT automatically adjust sound levels (because skypemutes something, preventing recording).It is also possible to download sony sound forge software, but it has atrial version only for 30 days.http://www.sonycreativesoftware.com/products/soundforgefamily.aspWith both software programs you only need to click on the red record button,then iniciate teh skype call. In sound forge a window pops up and you needto click on the record button in that window.I followed this tutorialhttp://blog.iamnotashamed.net/2006/03/31/5-steps-to-record-a-skype-call-with-audacity-free/my version of audacity did not have the option to choose soundmixer, butapparently it is teh default in my version ecause it wroked.Let me know if you have any questions or wan to call me to reord a skypecall.
anniebreckenridge #1258 01/23/2008	Hi again, I got some experience of Skype last year when I took part in a European 3 language project where native speakers of English, Spanish and German helped non native speakers through moodle and Skype exercises. www.e-tridem.net. We found that most participants said Skype was what they had enjoyed most in the project. We formed groups of 3 adult language learners from the UK, Spain and Germany. For example, in weeks one and two we practiced German and had 2 Skype calls together to discuss a task we were collaborating on in Moodle. Our guide and helper for that task was the native German speaker in our trio or \"tridem\". Next 2 weeks we had a Spanish task with the Spanish participant keeping us right and speaking to us on Skype at mutually agreed times. The last 2 weeks it was the English task and I was responsible for the moodle task and initiated the 2 skype calls and kept things going. As we were speaking on Skype we could also write at the same time in the chat box. Sometimes we had technical problems eg a headset wouldn\'t work so the written element was really important as the person who couldn\'t speak could at least hear and write responses. It was fun, it was real and it was international - and it was free! And as has already been mentioned here, you could take a copy of the transcript (of the written element only) to analyse and work on weaknesses later. OK, I wasn\'t in the UK at the time but what did that matter? I\'m going to organize similar groups of learners and continue with the principles of the project. Clearly, you need to have a certain proficiency in the 2 foreign languages (we were language teachers)to hold a conversation but you could do it with 2 instead of 3 or just adapt the principle to your own students eg with very simple tasks and liaise with a class in another institution abroad. Can you imagine getting them to spell out names and addresses to each other for example! That would teach \'em! Learning by doing. Annie B
$\"Jose$ Jose Antonio Da Silva #1265 (Response to #1258) 01/23/2008	Hi Annie,The experience you shared about using skype illustrates the usefulness of these tools for learning. Technology can be frustrating sometimes, but it makes things real and it is effective for teaching.Tahnks for sharing this rich annecdote with usKind regards José Antônio http://thomasja.wordpress.com http://joseantoniook.edublogs.org
akaddar1 #1267 (Response to #1265) 01/23/2008	Hi Annie and allAnother instance of skype is skypecast (somehow like paltalk). Skypecast may be used as a useful tool to online instruction .If you have a skype account you can create you own skypecast The new versions of skype allow you to manage your skypecasts .When creating your Skypecast, you\'ll be prompted to enter a title and description and a name . You set its duration ,its starting time and its end .You may keep your skypecast unseen to public ;You can simply send the link to your students in an email to join you. As a moderator of your skypecast , you\'ll be able to mute or unmute selected participants or all participants. When participants are muted, they can request the microphone if they wish to speak. You can use text chat to communicate with them before you allow them to talk . You can even eject a participant from your skypecast in case of inappropiate behaviour. So long

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Java

$\"Silvia$ Silvia Colombo #1119 01/21/2008	Hi Daf, Thank you for your quick answer. Now I have another problem Java. I don´t know if I have it, I click on the java logo for an update. And it says that a subprogram is in operation. Then it says ready. A question: When getting to the chat what do I have to see on the screen? Thanks a lot for bothering you. Perhaps I should download java all the same. Silvia. ---------------------------------
$\"Dafne\"$ Dafne #1128 (Response to #1119) 01/21/2008	Hi Silvia,Try this page:http://www.java.com/en/download/manual.jspSorry I did not reply before I was observing a classin SL :-)If you have Java, it will tell you. Maybe you don´thave the latest version. You can try going to the chatroom now, before the session, if you can enter thechat room, you are ok ;-)hugs, Daf
Jeff Lebow #1130 (Response to #1128) 01/21/2008	Hello Silvia, Just in case you\'re using Windows Vista, there are sometimes extrachallenges associated with using Java. If that\'s the case, you canfind some help info at:http://forums.addoninteractive.com/showpost.php?s=baf3760276d2c55e4945b0cf4cf14cde&p=15424&postcount=8There is also a general help screencast for using our chat room at: http://worldbridges.net/screencasts/textchathelp/index.htmlIn case you still can\'t get in to the main chat, we will be monitoringthe backup chat at: http://webheadsinaction.org/chat2Good luck, Jeff
$\"Silvia$ Silvia Colombo #1143 01/22/2008	Dear Daf, Jeff and all, Thank you a lot for your guidelines. Yesterday I tried to be on the live session but I couldn\'t. I managed to enter chat room 2 as a guest. I couln\'t listen to the Webcast on the right. Is it called like thi? Then I decided to download Java and now it is in my PC. Today I tried and I could enter to chat room 1: It said:\"Welcome to Worldbridges chatroom\" I believe next time I will be able to both listen and take part. Sorry for bothering you, but all this is new to me and it takes time to handle it. One more question: On the right there is a TV screen, could I have listened to it without having java? Thanks a lot, Silvia from Argentina.
$\"Nina$ Nina Liakos #1146 (Response to #1143) 01/22/2008	I have Vista on my new home PC and have had no problems using Java sofar, knock on wood. Nina
$\"Silvia$ Silvia Colombo #1144 01/22/2008	Dear Jose Antonio and all, I missed the big event due to lack of experience with Java program. I\'m eager to listen to the recording. I hope next time I can manage. Thanks a lot! Silvia from Argentina.
$\"Jose$ Jose Antonio Da Silva #1157 (Response to #1154) 01/22/2008	Hi Silvia,It happens with everyone. Technology is never 100% reliable. The \"wonderful\" in my entrance doesn´t mean perfect or flawless. I think it has more to do with my enthusiasm. It was great because of the learning, but I also lost my audio a couple of times. Ronaldo also lost his, and some other people just got to the skype text chat and couldn´t listen to streaming. So we paused U-stream and opened windows, some people tried i-tunes. It was a productive chaos. This frustratin that we feel is also part of our learning. There was a moment that everything was so perfect: the sound was crystal clear (for most part of it, it was like that), then the problems started, but we managed to go around learning with these mishaps. Don´t worry, you have been doing a great job contributing to this session and I am sure you will have a chance to be in the next time. We will have plenty of opportunities to learn and test out these tools.Hugs José Antônio http://thomasja.wordpress.com http://joseantoniook.edublogs.org
$\"Fernanda$ Fernanda Rodrigues #1178 (Response to #1177) 01/22/2008	Hi SilviaYou don\'t bother at all when you ask questions. That\'s why we are allhere, isn\'t it? To ask, learn and share.I really don´t know if you could have listened to it without java, butnext time click on the TV screen to see what happens. Fernanda

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Sound files

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Wiki

$\"Yuly\"$ Yuly #1138 01/22/2008	Hi everybody, Does anybody know how to post/include/embed an audio file or a voice file in a wiki? I am designing a wiki to work with readings in Spanish and I would like to include a sound file of the reading that my students could play while reading the text. Any ideas? Yuly
$\"sharonbetts\"$ Sharon Betts #1141 (Response to #1138) 01/22/2008	Hello Yuly,There are several tools that can be used (week 4 you will learn some). You will see a short Evoca introduction at the top of Activities for Week 4.http://evoca.com/First you must register for Evoca.After logging into the site - Click on Create using a microphone (you can also call in from your telephone). The Create link is on the right side.Record your message and save.Click the Title of the Message - you will see an html buttonClick this button to get the code to embed into your wiki. Sharon
$\"Nina$ Nina Liakos #1149 01/22/2008	Is there an easy way to alphabetize those profiles on the wiki? It\'sreally daunting to try to find someone quickly.
$\"Dafne\"$ Dafne #1151 (Response to #1149) 01/22/2008	Yes, Nina, it can be done manually. However, I thinkthat if people need to look for the place to inserttheir profiles there are more chances to deleteinformation. We have been having this problem evenwhen participants need to add their info after thelast profile that was introduced. I don´t know howmany times I have had to revert the page to previousversions or to add profiles which have been deleted. I would also like to have it organized alphabetically,but I think that when we are learning about a newtool, we need to be less demanding while we get someexpertise on its use.My 2 cents ;-) hugs, Daf
$\"Dafne\"$ Dafne #1155 01/22/2008	Hi Yuly,While we get to week 4, you can take a look at thispage:http://baw-08.pbwiki.com/voice_and_textchatI have been using wikis for my blended and onlinecourses for some years now, and I embed videos, voiceapplications, calendars, screencasts, graphicorganizers, interactive exercises, surveys, maps, andwhatever is embeddable ;-)Cheers, Daf
$\"Fernanda$ Fernanda Rodrigues #1166 (Response to #1155) 01/22/2008	Hi YuliCan you tell us what wiki you are using? It may depend on the wiki. Forexample, with wetpaint you can include it as an attachment. Fernanda
$\"Teresa$ Teresa Almeida d\'Eca #1168 01/22/2008	Dear Nina,I totally second Daf\'s point of view that is already daunting enough for newbiews or newcomers to wikis. What I suggest you do - I did it just now because I couldn\'t find Margarida, my friend and colleague at school - is go to the \"Find\" menu in the browser and keyboard the person\'s name.Hugs, Teresa
$\"Fernanda$ Fernanda Rodrigues #1170 (Response to #1168) 01/22/2008	Hi NinaIf you know the name of the person you want to find you can perform asearch in the browser: Edit/Find in this pageI hope it helps Fernanda
$\"Kat$ Kat Urbaniak #1171 (Response to #1170) 01/22/2008	Nina,what I do is copy the table of contents from the participants page andpaste it into an Excel spreadsheet and then click A-Z to sort it. ThenI have an alphabetised list where I can click on any person\'s name toopen the participants page at the right place. Kat
$\"Dafne\"$ Dafne #1172 01/22/2008	Great idea, Kat! Thanks for sharing :-) Daf
$\"Nina$ Nina Liakos #1187 (Response to #1172) 01/22/2008	Great ideas all! Notice, Daf, I asked for an EASY way.... Like youcan alphabetize with one click in Excel or a word table, I thoughtmaybe.... but I guess not. Anyway the Find option is good; I didn\'tknow about that! Thanks. Nina
yya #1181 01/22/2008	Hi,Thanks a lot for your help. I am using wetpaint for my wiki, so I am going to try the attachment, and the other tools you have mentioned to see what works better for me.
$\"Dafne\"$ Dafne #1183 (Response to #1181) 01/22/2008	Hi Yuly,Wetpaint has a feature to embed widgets. However it isvery restrictive (few options), and you cannot usewikistyle or HTML only the WYSIWYG editor, not tomention all the ads :-( Daf
$\"Fernanda$ Fernanda Rodrigues #1190 (Response to #1183) 01/22/2008	Hi DafThere\'s a wetpaint option which is ad free:http://www.wetpaint.com/category/Education--Ad-Freebut I agree that having no html editor is a limitation; however you can insertYoutube videos and slideshare. Fernanda
$\"Yuly\"$ Yuly #1196 01/22/2008	Dafne,Thanks a lot for the help. I tried viewpoint and it works well for my purposes. Since you are teaching Spanish and I think there\'s someone else teaching it during the summers, I want to share my wiki with the group:http://leyendoenspa102.wetpaint.com/

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Other Chat Tools

$\"Jose$ Jose Antonio Da Silva #1238 01/23/2008	Good morning/afternoon/evening everyone,The discussion on using Skype and tapped In was really something. I am amazed by seein how productive it has been. I was wondering if any of you use popular chat tools such as MSN or Yahoo Messenger or any other your classes and how you use them. Kind regards
$\"Jose$ Jose Antonio da Silva #1263 01/23/2008	Hello Everyone, I was just thinking about one of the readings for this week and some issues involved in using popular chat providers (such as MSN/Yahoo/Google Talk in classroom. Do you have experience using them? How do you do it? Thanks a lot Jose Antonio
$\"sharonbetts\"$ Sharon Betts #1279 (Response to #1263) 01/23/2008	In our schools many of these chat rooms are blocked. However, I have found that by picking one like MeeboRooms for example - and convincing everyone to unblock it - you can have very successful conversations with students and parents. I embed the chat into a webpage or virtual classroom (we use Moodle, but others would also work). Sharon
$\"Jose$ Jose Antonio Da Silva #1280 (Response to #1279) 01/23/2008	Hi Sharon,That is the biggest problem. In the school where I teach they are also blocked. That is why finding alternatives like Meebo or Tapped In is important. I have never used Meebo though. Thanks for sharing José Antônio http://thomasja.wordpress.com http://joseantoniook.edublogs.org
$\"Ibrahim$ Ibrahim Rustamov #1283 01/23/2008	Hello Jose and webheads!Personally I use the so called \"Pidgin\" IM client that supports several accounts. For example, if you have Yahoo, MSN, ICQ, Google Talk, IRC and other IM software, you have probably lots of software installed in your computer. But it is possible to use only one Pidgin and be online in all of your accounts at the same time now. But there are some disadvantages as not having video or audio features of Yahoo or MSN in Pidgin.Find out more at pidgin.imHugs, Ibrahim
$\"Jose$ Jose Antonio Da Silva #1285 (Response to #1283) 01/23/2008	Salam Ibrahim,Wow! I didn\'t know of Pidgin. I have already bookmarked it http://www.pidgin.im/ . It seems really interesting. Just a curiosity. Have you used it in class? If so, what kind of tasks did you do?Hugs José Antônio http://thomasja.wordpress.com http://joseantoniook.edublogs.org
$\"cristina$ Cristina Costa #1302 (Response to #1285) 01/24/2008	Sharon,you might also want to try the html version of some chat rooms, which usually are able to trick the firewall: http://e-messenger.net/hope it works for you. it has for me! ;-) Cris
$\"Yuly\"$ Yuly #1303 01/24/2008	I am new to the use of Skype and I can see a lot of potential in the classroom. I was thinking on its use in testing. Assuming that we are interested in performance assessment and what students can actually do with the language, it would be nice to use skype to pair our students with other learners of the L2 around the world to solve language tasks over skype. Conversations could be recorded and assessed by teachers using a rubric containing not only the traditional grammar, vocabulary, pronunciation and fluency aspects, but also features such as task completion, negotiation of meaning and strategies used to complete task, etc. I feel the sense of achievement and motivation of our students can increase, because we are assessing their actual communicative abilities. This sounds ideal, however it\'s worth noting that some challenges may be faced: a) All students should have access to internet. A fast connection would facilitate the interactions. b) Finding students at the same level or a little beyond (i + 1). c) Design relevant tasks to students interest and curriculum content. d) Design a reliable rubric. e) Can we record such conversations over Skype or use other tools? The list could be long, but I think it would be interesting to try the idea to see what other challenges could arise and if the benefits are greater than the costs.
Rita Zeinstejer #1309 01/24/2008	Hi, Yuli. Very good ideas in your comment. I have used Skype with my students for joint projects with teachers and students from different countries, and all students involved (and teachers!)have enjoyed the experience. You point out several tips to make it a really succesful session, which are very important, such as pairing students of the same age and language level. This would be the basic and first condition, or else the project will fail. MOTIVATION is as important, since only if students find the topic appealing will they participate with intrinsec interest. I guess this is the most demanding part, as each group will pose different challenges, which we, teachers should pay heed to.In general, all students at an upper-intermediate level will be interested in cultural differences, having to do with topics concerning their age. I remember one project I carried out with Buthaina, an EFL teacher in Kuwait, which was so successful that the day my students met on Skype, after having interacted asynchronously in a blog through text, they got such a thrill that they didn\'t want to leave the session!!!And this is what we should try to gain from experiences like this, students\' zest to carry out the task through which they\'ll not only practise the language but learn as well while enjoying the whole process. Our main concern should be finding the right topic and designing a good activity to arouse learners\' attention and willingness to participate actively without their feeling it\'s a \"compulsory task\" they have to comply with.My two cents here. Good luck in your choices!! Rita
$\"Masoud$ Masoud Amiri #1354 01/25/2008	Hi Yuly,The idea of using Skype as a tool for performance testing(or assessment)sounds great but I think there are some factors which call for moreconsideration. You know, when it comes to testing we need to follow somesort of stardards or say criteria. So what are our criteria forconsidering the skype conversation as a sample of speaking skill? Another issue that might concern us is how we define operationally theconstruct we want to test--which performance do want to test? The other thing that worries me is the extraneous factors that mightcontribute to the invalidity of the test such as the interruptions in theconversations because of the technology problems. These interruptions willnegatively affect the students\' performance.Despite all these challenges, I do believe Skype and YM are among the besttools that develop confidence in the students regarding their ability toconverse in a second language in a stress-free environment. Masoud
$\"Dafne\"$ Dafne #1358 (Response to #1354) 01/25/2008	Dear Rita and Yuly,I agree with your arguments, except with the one thatyou need to have students of the same level for theproject not to fail. I believe, due to my own experience in the classroom,f2f and in blended courses, that heterogenous groupsare ideal to promote real interaction, scaffolding andnegotiation of meaning, two important aspects forlanguage learning to take place, acording to SLAtheories and to our experience at the university withour English for architecture and urban planningstudents. Chatlogs are a wonderful source of data tostudy interaction, scaffolding and negotiation ofmeaning. I wonder what others think about this.hugs, Daf
$\"Dennis$ Dennis Oliver #1379 01/26/2008	Hello to Yuly, Rita, and Dafne.I agree with both Rita and Dafne on whether students have to be at thesame proficiency level if Skype conversations are to work as vehiclesfor language learning. In my own experience with Skype conversations(including the one we had with Jeff Lebow here in BaW08), I think anumber of factors come into play, among them-- participants\' confidence in using Skype and/or a particular language;-- participants\' willingness to take risks and speak even when theyknows that there may be mistakes;-- participants\' awareness that each should monitor how long she/hespeaks; -- the number of participants in a Skype conversation;-- participants\' abilities to make adjustments \"on the fly\" to theiraudio settings.If a particular group is small and fairly homogeneous with respect tolanguage proficiency, confidence in USING a language, willingness todiscard a fear of making mistakes, and willing to \"yield the floor\"when two or more begin to speak at the same time, Skype conversationsusually flow smoothly and exhibit a high degree of interaction. Ifthese factors are unbalanced (and they certainly can be, even whenstudents are roughly equal in any of these or other skills), theconversations can STILL be highly participatory for all involved . . .with skillful facilitation by the teacher:-- You made a good point, Kiko. Do you agree, Ahmad?-- I\'m not sure that I understand what you mean, Tomoko. Eun-suk, canyou clarify what Tomoko said?-- Group 2\'s response was quite different from the responses fromGroup 1 and Group 3. Group 3, do you agree or disagree with Group 2?-- Now how about you, Group 1?-- Can someone from Group 2 add more information?-- Thanks, Vanko. I\'d like to hear more, but it would be interestingto hear what others have to say. How about you, Shu-fen?Ultimately, I think it depends on how the teacher has set up theconversation before it actually takes place. How much has thefacilitator choreographed the session by \"prepping\" the participantson how to make the Skype conversation an interesting, enjoyable,engaging experience? What strategies has the facilitator devised toensure that everyone will have the opportunity to speak? To whatextent has the facilitator anticipated potential problems and devisedstrategies for dealing with them as they happen or even BEFORE theyhappen?My two zloty\'s worth. Dennis in Phoenix
$\"Dennis$ Dennis Oliver #1383 (Response to #1379) 01/26/2008	Salaam, Masoud (and Yuly and everyone). In baw08@yahoogroups.com (message #1354), you wrote:Hi Yuly,The idea of using Skype as a tool for performance testing(orassessment) sounds great but I think there are some factors which callfor more consideration. You know, when it comes to testing we need tofollow some sort of stardards or say criteria. So what are ourcriteria for considering the Skype conversation as a sample ofspeaking skill? COMMENTS:Your point about following standards or criteria is an excellent one,in my opinion. If we have no criteria, how can we assess speakingskills? The criteria obviously have to be in place before anyassessment can be done, right?Another issue that might concern us is how we define operationally theconstruct we want to test--which performance do want to test? The other thing that worries me is the extraneous factors that mightcontribute to the invalidity of the test such as the interruptions inthe conversations because of the technology problems. Theseinterruptions will negatively affect the students\' performance.COMMENTS:I think these are also very thought-provoking points, Masoud. Here aremy personal responses:-- Criteria (probably in the form of outcomes) have to be establishedbefore assessment can take place. These criteria/outcomes should NOT be all of the criteria/outcomesthat have been established for a listening course since they are beingused for one activity within the course, not for the course as awhole. For an individual Skype conversation, for example, the guidingcriterion/outcome might be someting like \"The student will be able torespond appropriately and understandably, in English (or whateverlanguage). during live conversations with at least one other speakeron the topic of _____.\" -- A rubric should be used to assess the extent to which studentsperform the task(s) associated with a given criterion / givencriteria. This will probably involve establishing a rating scale from\"non-existent\' or \"poor\" or \"completely off target\" (etc.) to \"highlydeveloped\" or \"completely understandable / appropriate / on target\" (etc.) A truly objective, statistically valid assessment will actually beimpossible in a live group conversation unless before the onlinesession, the participants are made aware of the objectives of theconversation and the means of assessing the degree/extent to whichthose objectives are met. A truly objective, statistically valid assessment will also beimpossible unless all the participants are physically present in thesame place at the same time and using the same type of equipment. When there are no objectives in place before a live online sessionand when there are no means (such as a rubric) available forobjectively measuring whether/to what extent an objective is achieved,there are too many confounding variables for the assessment to bestatistically meaningful. -Despite all these challenges, I do believe Skype and YM are among thebest tools that develop confidence in the students regarding theirability to converse in a second language in a stress-free environment.MasoudCOMMENTS:I completely agree, Masoud. I see the confidence factor as being oneof the most critical elements affecting students\' ability todemonstrate the ability to participate in live conversations, and Ialso believe that almost anything we can do to \"lower the affectivefilter\" among our students will almost have salutary results.I hope there are more comments on your excellent post. Kheilimotishak\' keram!Best wishes to you, Masoud, and for now, Khoda hafez! Dennis in Phoenix
$\"Teresa$ Teresa Almeida d\'Eca #1431 01/27/2008	Hi, everyone!Before Week 2 comes to a close, I\'d like to tell you how I\'ve used a couple of voice tools with YLs (5th-6th graders).They\'ve recorded voice messages with HandyBits (offline voice mail), Audacity and my PDA to make contact with the outside world and receive responses that are heard in class. The four basic skills - reading, writing, listening and speaking - are practiced, because they start by writing the message on the board (it\'s a collaborative task) and copying it in their notebooks. Then they read it once or twice before one student or the whole class records it. Finally, they listen to the end product, which I later insert in one of our blogs.We\'ve also used voice messages/podcasts to roleplay dialogues (I should say that they mainly read from their textbook rather than act it out) and to say what we\'ve done in class in previous weeks (a sort of online diary of classwork). This is mainly done with my PDA (always with me). At home I transfer the file to my laptop, convert it to .mp3 with Audacity, upload it to my server and insert it in the blog. We\'ve also recorded \"Happy Birthday\" on several occasions.We\'ve also had live chats at Yahoo Messenger (recorded with Audacity) with Webhead friends throughout the world: Aiden Yeh (Taiwan) and Agata Zieba-Warcholak (Poland) in June 2005, Cristina Costa (England), Hala Fawzi (Sudan) and Michael Coghlan (Australia) in June 2007. The first year with Aiden and Agata we didn\'t prepare anything. It was a very impromptu session. Aiden and Agata (separate chats) both asked simple questions and the students replied. If they didn\'t get it, they\'d say: \"Repeat, please!\" The students also asked questions.http://64.71.48.37/teresadeca/school/fwe5-jun05.htm#21Jun05For the second live chat (2007) they prepared an interview in class using structures they had learned during the two years. I just asked them to think of questions they\'d like to ask one of my many friends throughout the world. The following lesson I surprised them with a live chat with the three teachers. It was a grand finale!http://call05-06.motime.com/post/665851We\'ve also received video messages from teacher-friends and sent them \"thank you\" video messages for their collaboration. These were recorded with Windows voice programs and a webcam. (You may have to click the Play button more than once to get it going.)http://64.71.48.37/teresadeca/school/fwe5-jun05.htm#6Jun05 (Daf)http://64.71.48.37/teresadeca/school/fwe5-jun05.htm#Dennis (Dennis Oliver)http://64.71.48.37/teresadeca/school/fwe5-jun05.htm#permission (Rodrigo, a 6th grade student)In last year\'s bog I embedded a MyChingo voiceboard and anyone could record messages. Several students recorded from home. We also recorded messages in class. I even used a few for listening exercises created with Quia.http://fwe2.motime.com/ (frame on the right)These are different activities through which students can practice language learned, communicate with the outside world, broaden their horizons, develop their e-literacy skills, while parents have a chance to follow their child\'s speaking skills.My two euro cents. Hugs, Teresa
$\"Jose$ Jose Antonio Da Silva #1437 (Response to #1431) 01/27/2008	Hi Teresa,Wow this is really great. You have shared so many gret ideas to work with voice and video. They are all very practical.What I like most about them is that they integrate the four skills as you have said, they promote interaction between students themselves and with people outside the class. Another good think about all of them is that students do not necessarily need be connected to the web to create content for those activities.Thanks a lot for sharing these ideas. José Antônio

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Yahoo Messenger

Natalia #1288 01/24/2008	I have downloaded Yahoo messenger and it works. But I still do not understand muc. Could anyone practice with me now Using the yahoo mesesenger ? My ID is malkinan Natalia
$\"cristina$ Cristina Costa #1301 (Response to #1288) 01/24/2008	Hi Natalia,I have just added you to my Yahoo!messenger. You are a messenger after all.Meet you onlinexxx Cris
$\"Susan$ Sue #1294 01/24/2008	Hi moderators,Will I be able to \'join\' the Michael Coghlan live session even if I haven\'t downloaded YM. When I read the \'agreements\' notices they frighten me a little with putting cookies on my computer. So, is it possible to join in and not speak, but just listen. (or read)Thanks for any advice, Sue
Michael Coghlan #1297 (Response to #1294) 01/24/2008	Hello Susan,The session will be recorded, but If you want to join live you will have to install Yahoo Messenger. As one of many webheads who have used YM over the years I am not aware of any nasties appearing on my machine as a result of using YM . - Michael
$\"Jose$ Jose Antonio Da Silva #1300 (Response to #1297) 01/24/2008	Hi Susan,He will also be using Slideshare for his presentation. I guess Slideshare will be only used as visual aid. In Yahoo messenger we will be using text and voice chat. So we will have the visual part with Slideshare and chat with yahoo. About downloading yahoo messenger, I have used it for quite some time and I assure you it is a great tool. We will make a recording of the conference available for those who can´t participate. Kind regards José Antônio http://thomasja.wordpress.com http://joseantoniook.edublogs.org

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Second Life

Natalia #1234 (Response to #1229) 01/22/2008	hell, Dafne,I am joining in to the this request. I am interested very much too. Natalia
$\"Dafne\"$ Dafne #1268 (Response to #1259) 01/23/2008	Hi Anna and welcome to BaWI am also a Moodler since 2003 and I love it. I havemy own Moodle, and I use it for my blended graduateand undergraduate courses at the university. As a fanof Web 2.0 tools, I combine Moodle with wikis,podcasts, screencasts, videos and all the applicationsI can use for my courses. I use Moodle for theadministrative and private part of the courses, eachstudent has a wiki used as an e-portfolio. This is thecourse wiki of the course I have just started. In thenavigation bar (at the bottom, you can see the linksto my students\' wikis. They are now creating them andadding their intros to the home pages. There\'s also alink to our Moodle. This is the first time they usepbwiki because they worked with wikispaces in theprevious courses. http://id3124-parallel.pbwiki.comNice to have you with us, Anna :-) Daf
$\"Jack$ Jack Burston #1328 (Response to #1324) 01/24/2008	Hi José et al,Those of you who are interested in Second Life, andvirtual world sites in general, should considerattending the CALICO conference in San Francisco, CA(March 20-22). There is a whole day pre-conferenceworkshop (March 19) devoted to the topic. For moreinformation, have a look at the CALICO conferencewebsite: https://calico.org/conference/index.php?id=6#slife Jack Burston Language Centre University of Cyprus ____________________________________________
$\"Jose$ Jose Antonio Da Silva #1329 (Response to #1328) 01/24/2008	Hello Jack,Thanks a lot for the tip. I will bookmark the event and make sure I do not miss it. Thanks for sharing.Kind regards José Antônio http://thomasja.wordpress.com http://joseantoniook.edublogs.org
$\"is_aub\"$ Isabelle #1326 01/24/2008	Hi Dafne !I too would love to join a tour of SL if you have the time/opportunity.Thanks a lot ! Isabelle
$\"Jose$ Jose Antonio Da Silva #1333 01/25/2008	Hi Jack,I was checking the site and it is not an online event. I wish I could go to San Francisco. Do you think they will make something available online?Thanks a lot José Antônio http://thomasja.wordpress.com http://joseantoniook.edublogs.org
$\"Jack$ Jack Burston #1338 (Response to #1333) 01/25/2008	José,I am not aware of any plans to go online with thevirtual worlds workshop. Feel free, however, tocontact the workshop organizers and ask. One (or more)of them may have something planned outside of theCALICO conference. Jack Language Centre University of Cyprus ____________________________________________
$\"Susana$ Susana Araújo #1344 01/25/2008	Dear Dafne and all,Please include me too! Yesterday I adventured myself in Second Life, but Igot lost flying in the middle of the ocean. I was trying to attend a meetingorganized by Universidade de Aveiro, but I couldn\'t manage to go/teleportfrom where I was...Add my Second Life name: Susie MorenoLooking forward to meeting you in SL! Susana Araújo
$\"Susana$ Susana Araújo #1346 (Response to #1344) 01/25/2008	Sorry... my SL name is Susie Morane (not Moreno)!See you there :)
$\"Dafne\"$ Dafne #1347 (Response to #1346) 01/25/2008	Hi everybody,I have created a table in the YG database section forthose interested in visiting Second Life. This is whatyou need to do if you want to be in the SL tour:First of all, make sure your computer meets all thetechnical requirements: http://secondlife.com/corporate/sysreqs.php(special attention should be paid to the graphiccard). If your system does not meet the requirements,you won´t be able to get to SL, or you will befrustrated if able to connect. I am making this clearto avoid frustrations ;-)* register in the SL site athttp://www.secondlife.com,* create your avatar* dowload the program * add yourself to the database in our YGhttp://tech.groups.yahoo.com/group/baw08/databaseCheers, Daf
$\"Susana$ Susana Araújo #1353 01/25/2008	Hi Daf and all!>It\'s done :) Thanks a lot!Can\'t wait, Susie
$\"Fernanda$ Fernanda Rodrigues #1364 01/25/2008	Hi SusanaI also tried to attend the meeting yesterday at Universidade de Aveiro,and was also a bit lost. I found someone who was lost too and talked toher, but I have no idea if it was you. Then somehow I managed (don\'task me how) to teleport to the place where the meeting was being held.I surely need to know more about Second Life too, but I think I\'ll needa third life to have time to do it.Hugs Fernanda
$\"Susana$ Susana Araújo #1365 (Response to #1364) 01/25/2008	Hi Fernanda!>What\'s your Second Life name? Mine is Susie Morane. You can add me :)Kisses, Susana
$\"Fernanda$ Fernanda Rodrigues #1366 (Response to #1365) 01/25/2008	Hi SusieI\'m Sara Alturas Fernanda
$\"marydimonaco\"$ Maria Rosario Di Monaco #1401 01/26/2008	Hi Dafne and everybody!I\'d love to take the SL tour. However, I won\'t be home till the 1st or 2nd of Feb. Hope it isn\'t too late. I can\'t believe the number of things I\'ve already missed! But you know, I\'ve been on the road and am now in Ushuaia, at the end of the world, 3,400 km from home(no complaints, I\'ve been to the most wonderful places you can imagine!)Anyway, I\'ve been peeping at what you people have been doing from time to time, but the most I could do myself was print out one of the readings to, at least, contribute to the forum.I\'ll do my best to catch up when I\'m back.Love Mary
$\"Dafne\"$ Dafne #1403 (Response to #1401) 01/26/2008	Lucky you Mary :-) Enjoy your trip, and take a lot of pictures to share with us ;-) I guess you will be on time for the visit to SL. If you have time, add yourself to the database in our YG, so we know how many people will join us in SL hugs, Daf
$\"Silvia$ Silvia Colombo #1407 01/26/2008	Dear Mary, Enjoy your trip in the south of our country! I guess you have taken lots of interesting photos to share with your BaW08 peers! See you soon, Silvia from Argentina.
$\"cristina$ Cristina Costa #1414 (Response to #1407) 01/27/2008	Hi Guys,please count me in for the SL adventure too: My ID is Kayla Helgerud. I will put it in the database.I have been missing some messages ...not sure but think some ended up in the bulk area: when are we meeting?beijinhos Cris
$\"Jose$ Jose Antonio Da Silva #1415 (Response to #1414) 01/27/2008	Hi SL tour guidesCount in for the Second Life tour also. My avatar is Paul Kurosawa. I have already put my name in the database.Abraços José Antônio
$\"Ocsovszky$ Ocsovszky Zsóia #1416 01/27/2008	Great, Jose Antonio,I am eager to learn more about this tool! :-) Zsofi
$\"natasabozicgrojic\"$ Nataša Bozic Grojic #1445 01/27/2008	Hello everyone. I have been away for four days and I find it difficult to catch up. I have missed a lot. I am interested in Second Life, but I know next to nothing about it. Please count me in for the tour if it is not too late already. Natasa
$\"Monica$ Monica Veado #1446 (Response to #1445) 01/27/2008	Hi Natasa,don\'t worry, all the materials and activities for week 2 can be found here:http://baw-08.pbwiki.com/Week2so take your time to do things as you time allows. You can also check our threads for week 2 athttp://baw-08.pbwiki.com/Threads-Week-2where you will find all our Yahoo messages (week 2) grouped according to the subject. The chatlogs and recordings of this week\'s live sessions are here:http://baw-08.pbwiki.com/Live_Sessions#Week2so you can read/listen to what we\'ve been discussing online.If you are interested in Second Life and would like to take a tour, add your name to the list found in our Database (click on \'Database\' link on the left here in YG and then on \'Second Life tour\'). Click on \'Add Record\' at the top of the page, complete the information and then click on \'Add Record\' box. Welcome back and have fun in week 3!Um abraço, Monica week 3 moderator

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Audacity

$\"Monica$ Monica Veado #1325 01/24/2008	Dear all,I missed Mike\'s live session on Thursday :-( but thanks to our wonderful week2 moderators I could access the chatlog - thanks, Dafne, for posting it on the wiki page!There were a lot of suggestions of programmes to record audio, so I\'d like to share with you a simple \'exercise\' I tried last Sunday. My brother and I have been playing with Audacity for a while, exploring its possibilities, and the sequence we made shows how you can add various tracks to the same recording, creating an interesting effect. The mp3 tracks were then transferred to Evoca and posted on the blog in sequence, so that you can see how we got to the final result. We used music but you could use the same technique to create news programmes, stories etc. with your students.There was very little editing and we only used a regular PC mic connected to his computer. Here\'s the linkhttp://tangrambr.blogspot.com/Um abraco, Monica http://projectplatypus2.blogspot.com
$\"Jose$ Jose Antonio Da Silva #1327 (Response to #1325) 01/24/2008	Monica,I have no words to say how much I liked it, but I will try. I did not know that besides being such a wonderful webhead you were also a musician. I went back to my childhood. The tune is wonderful, I didn´t know it, but it has the familiarity that you expect from people taht live in the same region. I am from Goiás, as you know, and my grandparents from both side were from Minas Gerais. So, besides taking me back to my childhood, it also brought me cherished memories of my grandparents.Big hand to audacity, it is indeed a wonderful tool. And the biggest hads to you an dyour brother. You are great musicians, audacity would do it alone. Thanks a million for sharing such a wondeful tune. For me, it is a hit already. Beauty lies in things as beautiful as this song. I sang along and just loved doing it.Thanks a lot for such a nice morning experience. José Antônio http://thomasja.wordpress.com http://joseantoniook.edublogs.org
Natalia #1330 (Response to #1327) 01/25/2008	Dear Monika,Thanks a lot for your wonderful site and for the beautiful song. I was singing along too ( thank you for the lyrics!!!)/Your voice is beautiful.Special thanks for the explanations how you did it. It makes many things clear.I understood everything though am a kindergarten webhead. I am going to try do anything myself, too, later.I have a couple questions:How do export YOutube files to your pagewhat is project Platypus? Who is it aimed at?The last thing You say in your blog that you are interested in collaborative projects. What kind of projects are you interested in?Do you think you might be intereted to do something with my students?Thank you for the wonderful piece about the dog. It brought special memories to me of my dog.Thanks a lot. You and your brother did a great thing! Natalia
$\"Saša$ Saša Sirk #1331 (Response to #1330) 01/25/2008	Dear Monica, this is absolutely beautiful. I loved listening to you guys. I listened to your recordings already awhile ago when I got the Evoca notification in my inbox - it was a wonderful surprise, I wondered what you are up to... and now I hear you say this was just a \'simple exercise\' you tried?! It\'s really wonderful. Thank you very much for sharing it with us, I enjoyed it a lot. Hugs,
$\"Fernanda$ Fernanda Rodrigues #1332 (Response to #1331) 01/25/2008	Dear MonicaWhat a beautiful voice you have! And what a beautiful song!And you make it seem so simple to do! I\'m going to try it! (I just needto borrow a new voice :))Beijinhos! Linda de morrer! Fernanda
$\"Jose$ Jose Antonio Da Silva #1336 01/25/2008	Hello everyone,Giving a continuation to what Mônica did with audacity, I posted an audio talking a little about my experience with it. I if you would like to listen, this is the link Abraçoshttp://joseantoniook.edublogs.org/ José Antônio http://thomasja.wordpress.com http://joseantoniook.edublogs.org
$\"Ocsovszky$ Ocsovszky Zsóia #1337 01/25/2008	Dear Monica,that is wondeful!!!Thank you for this experience!!!! Zsofi
Michael Coghlan #1342 (Response to #1337) 01/25/2008	Let me add to the chorus Monica :-) . Lovely song, and a great tutorlal on how to use Audacity. Thank you, - Michael
$\"Hala$ Hala #1343 (Response to #1342) 01/25/2008	Monica,Your voice is wonderful!Your tutorial is great!Thanks for the effort! Hala Hala Fawzi
$\"Teresa$ Teresa Almeida d\'Eca #1349 01/25/2008	Hi, Monica!Claps, claps, claps!!!! Fabulous! :-)I love the tune, the lyrics, the guitars and \"your\" voice! They all give me a sense of peace.Hugs to you and your brother, Teresa
$\"Dafne\"$ Dafne #1352 (Response to #1349) 01/25/2008	Awesome, Monica :-) I have created a link on ourtutorials page at:http://baw-08.pbwiki.com/Tutorials#VoicethreadHope you don`t mind ;-) Daf
$\"Teresa$ Teresa Almeida d\'Eca #1350 01/25/2008	Monica,I forgot to say that, besides being a teacher and a Webhead at heart, you\'re a fabulous singer with a very clear and beautiful voice!You have a future in singing, imho.Beijinhos, Teresa
$\"Jose$ Jose Antonio Da Silva #1363 01/25/2008	Hi you all,Mônica\'s tune was on my head all day long and caught myself humming it throughout the day. Inspired by her (don´t worry I ain´t singing , I know my voice is not that good) I recorded something on audacity talking about how I use it. I have posted the link earlier, but I guess no one noticed. I fyou have some time, please listen to it http://joseantoniook.edublogs.orgAbraços José Antônio
$\"Monica$ Monica Veado #1371 01/26/2008	Dear friends,thank you so much for all the kind messages you\'ve posted here and on my blog. I copied them to show my brother and, like me, he was absolutely delighted to learn you enjoyed listening to our recording. He is the real \'Audacity guy\' and has been playing with it much more seriously than me. I do believe that this tool offers some very interesting possibilities for class use, going far beyond the simple recording of our students\' voices for pronunciation/listening practice. Unfortunately, for most of us teachers, free time to play is a rare commodity... but I\'m sure your students will find very creative ways of using the programme! We discovered a kind of \'karaoke\' function which we\'re going to try at some point (when his/my neighbours are away on holiday, probably...)Thank you again for listening to the recording and making your comments. Um grande abraço, Monica http://projectplatypus2.blogspot.com
$\"Dennis$ Dennis Oliver #1373 01/26/2008	Oí, Mônica.I\'d also like to add MY reactions to the chorus!In baw08@yahoogroups.com (message #1325), you wrote:Dear all,I missed Mike\'s live session on Thursday :-( but thanks to ourwonderful week2 moderators I could access the chatlog - thanks, Dafne,for posting it on the wiki page!COMMENTS:I echo your thanks to Dafne, Mônica. I made every attempt to accessMichael\'s session, but had one problem after another--both on my Macand on my PC. sp I\'m also very grateful to Dafne.There were a lot of suggestions of programmes to record audio, so I\'dlike to share with you a simple \'exercise\' I tried last Sunday. Mybrother and I have been playing with Audacity for a while, exploringits possibilities, and the sequence we made shows how you can addvarious tracks to the same recording, creating an interesting effect.The mp3 tracks were then transferred to Evoca and posted on the blogin sequence, so that you can see how we got to the final result. Weused music but you could use the same technique to create newsprogrammes, stories etc. with your students.COMMENTS:I wouldn\'t call your exercise \"simple\" at all, but I WOULD call itoutstanding! Parabéns! Your final mix was beautiful and very engaging.It was even more special when I heard each separate track and readabout the adjustments you and your brother made to keep the finaloutput balanced. Very, very well done!There was very little editing and we only used a regular PC micconnected to his computer.COMMENTS:The fact that you did very little editing makes this contribution evenmore outstanding! Here\'s the linkhttp://tangrambr.blogspot.com/COMMENTS:I enjoyed reading and listening to each step of the tutorial and lefta comment. I also enjoyed the cartoon about re-setting the password(really funny) and the link to the YouTube video about Peter, Paul,and Mary brought back a flood of memories from my college days so manyyears ago: muito obrigado! I left comments on these posts, too.Um abraco,Monicahttp://projectplatypus2.blogspot.comCOMMENTS:Um abraço para você também! Dennis in Phoenix
$\"Monica$ Monica Veado #1374 01/26/2008	Thanks Dafne. Of course I don\'t mind! :-) Mônica
$\"Dennis$ Dennis Oliver #1376 01/26/2008	Olá, Mônica.I completely agree with what Teresa said in messages #1349 and #1350.I also felt peace when I listened to the song, and IMHO, too, youdefinitely have a future in music!Felicitações! Dennis in Phoenix
$\"Mary\"$ Mary #1385 01/26/2008	Dear (Querida) Monica,I found your tutorial very helpful, exemplary.What Is the name of the song you are singing?I want to find the lyrics, and I would like to post the link toengliwshmates, a yahoo group of Brazilian English learners, may I have yourpermission to post the link?beihinhos, Mary from Philadelphia
$\"Silvia$ Silvia Colombo #1391 01/26/2008	Thank you for sharing José! It was wonderful! Hugs, Silvia.
$\"Monica$ Monica Veado #1418 01/27/2008	Dear Mary,the song is called \'Sereno\' and you can find the lyrics when you scroll down the page to step 6. There is another verse that I didn\'t include but I can send it to you, if you want.Feel free to send the link to your lists and use the recording with your classes if you find it\'s useful (you can also send the link to the guys in Sony Music, if you happen to know anyone there... mmmm... on second thoughts, better not! :-D ).Um abraço, Mônica http://projectplatypus2.blogspot.com

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Week 1

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Week 1 Wrap up

$\"Silvia$ Silvia Colombo #1068 01/20/2008	Dear Sasha and Kat, Thank you for all your support and guidelines during week 1. You\'ve been so friendly, generous and patient. You\'ve made learning easy!!! I\'m delighted with Mbarek Akaddar\'s quote: \"If you don\'tknow ask, if you know share\". No doubt it sums up this wonderful community perfectly!!! Our active participation is the result of your enthusiasm and encouragement. Let\'s get ready for Week 2. Hugs, Silvia from Argentina. ---------------------------------
$\"Silvia$ Silvia Colombo #1069 01/20/2008	Dear Daf and Teresa, Thanks a lot for your warm support and encouragement during week 1. Our active interaction was due to your friendly attitude, patience, and constant care. I\'m getting ready for Week 2. Hugs, Silvia from Argentina. ---------------------------------
$\"Hala$ Hala #1071 (Response to #1069) 01/20/2008	Clap!!Clap!!Clap!It was indeed a week of interaction!>They have been enthusiastic, caring, encouraging, knowledgeable and always there :-)I agree, Dafne, 100%, but you forgot \"everywhere\", at Skype,wiki, here and at YM.It was indeed a week of warm welcoming and extra ordinary interaction.Thank you moderators and co-moderators for the hard work you have done.I loved week 1 threads,Sasa!Welcome week 2 moderators and good luck. Hala! ---------------------------------
$\"Ocsovszky$ Ocsovszky Zsóia #1073 01/20/2008	Ohh, such a scattered mind girl, like me :-)sorry, heres the correction:upload photo to the wiki:1. Go to edit page- you need a password, you can get it form the yahoo group- files-participants. html- there is the pass: bawpart2. once you enter, you will see a simple html editor. Dont be scarred3. go to FILE UPLOAD on the right4. Upload your picture- be sure the size not bigger than 100*100- y9u can resize it in any kind of graphical software or upload it to flickr and make thumbnail, so several ways to make it happen- Also is wroth to give a name to your photo in order to be able to identify later5. When ready, go to file\'s list and click on your photo- it will open in a browser window- and you get the url- you can copy and paste this link to the html editor--Is that OK?Did i pass the week 1? :-)Thank you Zsofi
$\"Saša$ Saša Sirk #1075 (Response to #1073) 01/21/2008	Perfect, dear Zsofi! A+ :-))) Hugs, Saša
$\"Christina$ Christina Kwok #1079 (Response to #1075) 01/21/2008	Comment/question from christina: How do I know what name to search for? Where do I find it please?from confused and troubled Christina (who\'s tried so hard to keep up all week, thought she\'d managed to cover every minor detail but always runs into problems at the final moment of reckoning, MISSED two broadcasts already !!+ How do you join an office in Tapped In if you are at the reception?Go to search page and make a search for the office you\'re looking forJoin to the group you have chosenGo to the yellow door right up and in the drop down menu, choose the office you would like to enter inClick on GO button and enter in the room!
$\"Marsha$ Marsha Chan #1097 01/21/2008	Thanks!Marsha
$\"Jose$ Jose Antonio Da Silva #1106 01/21/2008	Well done Cristina,Just remember taht there guided tours every week at Tapped In ( I am just not sure about the day and time). So you can always join and clarify your doubts. As you said, things there are not that easy to find, that is why we always have BJB help us with it.Hugs José Antônio
$\"patmsoares\"$ Patricia Soares #1132 01/21/2008	Hi Everyone, A couple a days ago I edited the participants gallery page and added my profile. Somehow it is not there :-( Can anyone tell me what happened? Do I have to edit it again? warmly PatSoares
$\"Dafne\"$ Dafne #1135 (Response to #1132) 01/21/2008	Hi Pat,You are right, it seems that in one of those massdeletions ;-) yours and others\' profiles have beenlost. I am going to get them back. Thanks for letting me know :-)Cheers, Daf
$\"Dafne\"$ Dafne #1136 (Response to #1135) 01/21/2008	Hi Pat,Your profile is back and 2 more :-)Cheers, Daf

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Week 2

$\"Jose$
Jose Antonio Da Silva
#1308
01/24/2008

Dear BaWersOne of the things we have been doing these days is conference calls. I have had some short conference calls with some of the members of BaW08. I have had Ehsan, Natalia, and Beyza on shor conference calls. We do encourage to start trying to make them. As you know there is always a moderator online and you can ask for help if you need assistance. So, if you see that some people in contact list are online, try to set a conference call.Just a piece of advice in netiquette (thank you Monica for bringing that up). Before calling someone, always check using text chat if this person is available and if he/she is willing to take part in that call. Kind regards

José Antônio
http://thomasja.wordpress.com http://joseantoniook.edublogs.org
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Welcome

$\"Silvia$ Silvia Colombo #1070 01/20/2008	Hi Fernanda, Dennis and Jose!!!, Hope to do my best during week 2 Hugs, Silvia from Argentina.
$\"Fernanda$ Fernanda Rodrigues #1081 (Response to #1070) 01/21/2008	Hi SilviaYou surely will!I hope to do my best as well. We are all here to support each other.Beijinhos from Portugal. Fernanda
$\"Jose$ Jose Antonio Da Silva #1104 01/21/2008	Dear Silvia,You are welcome to do your best. Count on us if you need help to do that and help us to do the same.hugs José Antônio

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Tasks

$\"Jose$ Jose Antonio da Silva #1084 01/21/2008	Hi Everyone,How is Monday going so far? I hope you are all having fun and looking forward to tonight\'s live session. Just a reminder for you to visit the wiki page for week 2 tasks http://baw-08.pbwiki.com/Week2If in week 1 you had to upload pictures and so on, in week 2 you will have to learn about some tools, read the texts (related to tools and their possible use in class) a and post to the forum, and some other tasks listed there. Please take a look and let us know if you have any doubts. Hugs Jose Antonio
Marina #1085 (Response to #1084) 01/21/2008	I\'ve already dowloaded yahoo messenger. As regards Skype, I understand I need a headset or microphone, is that so? If it is, I\'ll have to buy a new one, mine\'s broken down. Thanks, Marina
$\"Carina$ Carina Llosa #1145 01/22/2008	HiI was wondering about what to do with the \"questions of the week\". Are theyto set you thinking, or should we write the answer somewhere? Thanks Carina
$\"Dafne\"$ Dafne #1147 (Response to #1145) 01/22/2008	Hi Carina,The questions are answered in this list :-)Cheers, Daf
$\"Jose$ Jose Antonio Da Silva #1158 (Response to #1147) 01/22/2008	H Carina,Good you asked. You can post the answers here in the Yahoo Group mail as soon as you figure them out. Thanks José Antônio
$\"Jose$ Jose Antonio Da Silva #1286 01/23/2008	Hi Mônica,Thanks a lot. That is an important reminder. The texts are really interesting and there are study reports and ideas on how to use chat tools, accounts on the use of these tools, and issues related to their use. Realy worth reading and posting your opinions to the forum. Kind regards José Antônio http://thomasja.wordpress.com http://joseantoniook.edublogs.org
$\"Jose$ Jose Antonio Da Silva #1287 01/23/2008	Dear BaWers, I would just like to remind you of the live session we are having with Michael Coghlan today at Yahoo at 12:00 noon GMT. If you are not sure about GMT time, there is a clock on the top right of our wiki displaying GMT time http://baw08participants.pbwiki.com/ . To be able to partipate in the event you will have to download yahoo and place your info in our database. For more complete information on the event and procedures refer to Fernanda\'s message announcing the event. I would just like to remind you that you will receive an invitation on your Yahoo Messenger to join the conference. You will just have to accept it and you will be in. Kind regards
$\"Jose$ Jose Antonio Da Silva #1351 01/25/2008	Hello everyone,I know some of you have already read the readings for week 2. So how about droping a line at the forum commenting on the texts. It would be nice if soem members could post their ideas on the forum at http://www.hostingphpbb.com/forum/baw08.htmlHugs
Natalia #1367 01/26/2008	Hi, everyone,these are my answers to questions.1.How do you start Conference and invite guests online in YM?In the top Menu you choose \"Actions\"- Invite to the Conference -Your contact list opens and you choose the people you want to invite and click \"add\"/ To invite someone who is not on the list choose\" Invite the other\". The invitation list is formed and you click \"Invite\"2. How do you save Chatlogs in YM?When you have finished your text-chat choose \"Conversation\" from the \"Menu\" and then \"Save as\" .3.How do you display your picture at YM?In the main Window Of the YM choose \"Messenger\" - then \"Display Image\" Tick \"Share the picture\". You can choose between the pictures offered or you can choose one from your comp. Just like I did . Have a look !But I still have a question Skype and YM are very much alike . What is the difference?Thanks,Natalia
$\"Jose$ Jose Antonio Da Silva #1368 (Response to #1367) 01/26/2008	Good Morning Natalia,Congratulations. I am glad you have learned to explore these tools. Keep up the good job. It´s been a pleasure to hold chats and conferences with you.Hugs from Brazil José Antônio
$\"Fernanda$ Fernanda Rodrigues #1369 (Response to #1368) 01/26/2008	Hi NataliaSkype allows users to make telephone calls over the internet to other Skype users free of charge, or to landlines and cell phones for a fee.I think IM has added those features as well but, in my opinion, Skypehas better sound quality.Wikipedia tells you the whole story:http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Comparison_of_VoIP_softwarethese ones about yahoo:http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Yahoo%21_Voicehttp://yhoo.client.shareholder.com/press/ReleaseDetail.cfm?ReleaseID=190916and a comparison of VoIP software:http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Comparison_of_VoIP_softwareI also found this comparison with Gizmo. Has anyone tried Gizmo? http://www.aboutvoip.org/skype-vs-gizmo-free-voip-software.php Fernanda
Natalia Malkina #1370 (Response to #1369) 01/26/2008	thanks, Fernanda,These links are very helpfu l Natalia
Marina #1372 01/26/2008	How do you start Conference and invite guests online in YM? We click on \"actions\", choose \"invite to conference\" and select contacts from \"messenger list\", adding one by one. After that \"invite\". 2. How do you save Chatlogs in YM? While chatting,click on \"conversation\", after that \"save as\" and decide the name and location of the file. Then \"save\" 3.How do you display your picture at YM? We go to \"messenger\", \"my display image\" and then decide if you want to use one of the pictures offered by yahoo or your own from you pc. I\'ve enjoyed using these tools! Warmly, Marina
$\"adela_1234567\"$ Mirian #1377 01/26/2008	1) You click on Actions and then invite to conference. Select contacts or groups from the list on the left and click add to invite them to a conference. Invite. 2) Click on the conversation menu in the IM window. Select save as . Specify a name and location for the file and then click save. 3) Click on messenger, then my display image, share my picture, browse and then press ok. I\'ve also read Dafne\'s suggestions and comments about using jigsaws in classes and listened to J A\'s entry at edublogs. Great ideas and thanks for sharing. Mirian.
$\"Ocsovszky$ Ocsovszky Zsóia #1378 01/26/2008	Answers for week 2. Hello, here are my answers for week 2 :-) Zsofi How do you start Conference and invite guests online in YM? Go to ACTIONS—Invite Contacts to a conference—choose the contacts you wish to invite and add them to the list on the right. Than click to INVITE 2. How do you save Chatlogs in YM?When thechat window is open, go to CONVERSATION menu and click to SAVE AS—you can savethe chat in a text file3.How doyou display your picture at YM?Go toMessenger- My display image menu- choose own photo or an avatar—Now I couldchange it to female J Yuppiiii
$\"Jose$ Jose Antonio Da Silva #1388 01/26/2008	Hello Adela,Congratulations for doing such a good job in answering the questions on week 2 and also for investingating some of the extra tools we made available.Hugs from Brazil José Antônio http://thomasja.wordpress.com http://joseantoniook.edublogs.org
$\"Jose$ Jose Antonio Da Silva #1389 01/26/2008	Dear Zsofi,Job well done. Hope you have enjoyed week 2. It ws geat to have yur participation,Congrats JA
$\"Ocsovszky$ Ocsovszky Zsóia #1394 (Response to #1389) 01/26/2008	Dear JA,yes, I really enjoyed this week, is getting more intensive and interesting.Thank you for your support! Zsofi
$\"carlos.fcferreira\"$ Carlos #1398 01/26/2008	Here are, hopefully the answers to week 21 - How do you start a conference and invite guests at Yahoo Messenger?YM - Choose Actions, then invite contacts, then choose the contact and add him/her on the right and click invite2 - How do you save your chatlogs to your hard drive at YM? During the chat, when it is on, choose conversation and save3 - How do you display your picture at YM?go to image menu and choose photoLearning everyday!Greetings to you all from PortugalAm I ready for week 3? Carlos
$\"Silvia$ Silvia Colombo #1411 01/26/2008	Here are my answers to week 2 questions: 1) How do you start a conference and invite guests at Yahoo Messenger? First you should click on Actions in the top menu. Then you click on \"Invite to the Conference\". When your contacts list opens you should choose the ones you would like to invite and then you should click \"add\". If you want to invite someone who is not on your Messenger list, you should click\"Invite the other\". When the invitation list is ready you should click \"Invite\". A piece of cake! 2) How do you save your chatlogs to your hard drive at YM? When you finish with your text chat you should click on the conversation menu and then you should click on \"Save as\". Remember to write a name and select the location of the file. After that you should click on \"Save\". Another piece of cake! 3) How do you display your picture at YM? You should go to Messenger in the main menu. Then you should click on \"My display image\" and select \"Share the picture\" You will be able to choose between the pictures available at Yahoo or one from your PC. It\'s up to you! I\'ve chosen my own picture! You can even create your own avatar! It\'s fun! Remember to click on OK and that\'s it! I hope my answers are correct! I feel that I\'m making progress! Thanks a lot for your support! Cheers, Silvia from Argentina.
$\"Jose$ Jose Antonio Da Silva #1413 (Response to #1411) 01/27/2008	Dear Silvia,It has been a pleasure to have you with us this session. You already sound like a pro in skype and yahoo. Of course your answers are correct. Abraços José Antônio
$\"Silvia$ Silvia Colombo #1427 01/27/2008	Thank you for your support! Learning with and from others is an enriching experience I will never forget! Hugs, Silvia from Argentina.
isabelcneves #1447 01/27/2008	Dear Baw moderators Here are the answers to the questionsHow do you start a conference and invite guests at Yahoo Messenger?YM - Choose Actions, then invite contacts, then choose thecontact and add him/her on the right and click invite2 - How do you save your chatlogs to your hard drive at YM?During the chat, when it is on, choose conversation and save3 - How do you display your picture at YM?go to image menu and choose photoCan I just say something ? I think the questions are a bit technical an we sometimes learn by doing, by trial and error and honestly even if ´I write about it that doesn\'t mean I\'ll be able to do it later on. This is just an opinion from a sceptical teacher.all the best to the moderatorsisabel nevesGreetings to you all from Portugal

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Wrap up

$\"Fernanda$ Fernanda Rodrigues #1441 (Response to #1440) 01/27/2008	Dear BAWersWe are about to end week 2 and we all (Daf, Tere, Jose Antonio, Dennisand Fernanda), together with the other mods and comods who have helped, would like to thank all of you who so enthusiastically took part in the activities and sessions, and shared with us your opinions, knowledge and questions. This was indeed a great week!A special thanks to our wonderful guest speakers, Michael Coghlan, Jeff Lebow and Dave Cormier, who gave us the opportunity to participate in the live sessions and even have a party in Second Life!As from tomorrow (Monday), your friendly moderators are Monica Veado,Nelba Quintana and Jose Antonio da Silva, who you all have already met,so you are in good hands! Jose Antonio is a super moderator and he isstaying for week 3!If you have felt lost sometimes, you can always refer back to week 2 activities:http://baw-08.pbwiki.com/Week2Jose Antonio has created a Threads page for this week to make it easyto go back and reread some of the relevant topics of the week.Week 2 threads: http://baw-08.pbwiki.com/Threads-Week-2If you want to take a look at what is about to start, Week 3 activitiescan be found here: http://baw-08.pbwiki.com/Week3You are going to explore other exciting tools, so keep with us with yourenthusiasm and lively participation. We will all be learning and sharingabout blogs, podcasts and wikis, great tools which you will all enjoy.Have a great week 3! Week 2 Moderators Dennis, Fernanda and José Antônio
$\"Teresa$ Teresa Almeida d\'Eca #1438 01/27/2008	Dear all,Daf and I would like to send a very hearty \"Thank you!\" to our Week 2 moderators - Fernanda, Dennis Oliver and Jose Antonio (aka JA) - for a fabulous job, full of enthusiasm, constant support and encouragement, knowledge and warmth.We also send a warm \"Thank you!\" to our speakers, Michael Coghlan down under, a regular presence with us since BaW04, and Jeff Lebow and Dave Cormier for a double session. Fa-bu-lous!!!Finally, we applaud our participants for their commitment, participation and interest in the three live sessions. I think we all felt that that this week was slower in terms of message flow - about 340. It demonstrates what a strain Week 1 is, so the \"hangover\" generally follows. ;-)However, there were very interesting ideas being discussed that led Teresa to create a new wiki page that, hopefully, will be full of wonderful and practical ideas by the end of Week 6.Tomorrow is the start of a new week, another interesting week in terms of content, so it\'s certainly going to be another success. A word of \"Welcome!\" to the moderators, Monica Veado, Nelba Quintana and Jose Antonio.Hugs all, Teresa and Dafne
$\"Jose$ Jose Antonio Da Silva #1442 (Response to #1438) 01/27/2008	Hi Teresa and Dafne,We also thank you for all the support you have given us, checking our group messages and suggesting changes when needed and helping us whenever we neede. We would also like to express our appreciation for the enthusiastic participation of all course participants who helped us learn more with questions, suggestions, ideas and above all a great spirit of collaboration and friendship. Hugs to all José Antônio

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Live Sessions

baw08@yahoogroups.com
#1292
01/24/2008

Reminder from: baw08 Yahoo! Grouphttp://groups.yahoo.com/group/baw08/calMichael Coghlan live presentationThursday January 24, 200812:00 pm - 1:00 pmLocation: Yahoo MessengerNotes:Hi everybody,This is a reminder of the live session with Michael Coghlan in Yahoo Messenger at noon (12:00 pm) GMT - Thursday 24th January - text-chat and voice on the use of voice communication tools.Looking forward to seeing you there!

BaW08 team

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Jeff Lebow/Dave Cormier

$\"Jose$ Jose Antonio da Silva #1077 01/21/2008	Dear participants,We will start week 2 with another great live session. This is a livesession similar to the one we had in the EVO Kick-Off ceremonyconcerning the format and tools used. This session will take place inSkype and in the Webheads in Action chat room. We gather in the chatroom at: <\">http://webheadsinaction.org/chat>,where we will be chatting with all the attendees, while waiting for theguest speakers to introduce themselves and start the session in Skype.This session is streamed and everybody will be able to listen whilechatting. While we encourage everyone to participate with voice, itisn\'t required. You are welcome to just listen and join in the textchat.The guest speakers are Lebow, a dear webhead from Worldbridges thathosted the Kick-Off ceremony and Dave Cormier, the project manager forthe digital library interested in podcasting, Elgg, Wordpress, andWiki\'s. The audio session will also be recorded for those who cannotattend.If you don´t have Skype, please download it at: \"> (it is free, and you will love it). You will need headsets.Also, please visit the database in the Yahoo Group and add your name ifyou are planning to attend this live session.http://tech.groups.yahoo.com/group/baw08/database?method=reportRows&tbl=\\3Click on ADD RECORD and add your personal info.When: Monday, January 21,Time: 12:00 Midnight GMTLooking forward to meeting many of you, Jose Antonio da Silva On behalf of the EVO team
$\"Mary\"$ Mary #1083 (Response to #1077) 01/21/2008	Has this webcast already taken place or how do we figure out the time?Eastern Standard time is GMT -5 or 7 pm yesterday?Is it yesterday or today?What is the name of the skype chat to join?My apologies in advance for my confusion.
$\"Dennis$ Dennis Oliver #1086 (Response to #1083) 01/21/2008	Hello, Mary.In baw08@yahoogroups.com (message #1083), you wrote:Has this webcast already taken place or how do we figure out the time?Eastern Standard time is GMT -5 or 7 pm yesterday?COMMENTS:The first live sessions for Week 2 HAVE NOT YET HAPPENED. They will belater today (January 21st, 2008).The times are GMT (Greenwich Mean Time) because BaW participants arelocated all over the world. The schedule was recently changed to makeit less confusing to find the time. Is it yesterday or today?COMMENTS:The Week 2 live sessions are today. The first live session is at GMT 23:30 (GMT 11:30 PM) today. InPhoenix, where I live, GMT 23:30 is 4:30 PM. GMT 23:30 is 6:30 PM inEastern Standard Time, 5:30 PM in Central Standard Time, 4:30 PM inMountain Standard Time, and 3:30 PM in Pacific Standard Time. The second live session is apparently a repeat of the first session.It\'s scheduled for 1AM GMT on January 22nd. 0100 GMT is 8:00 PM EST,7:00 PM CST, 6:00 PM in Phoenix and MST, and 5:00 PM in PST. What is the name of the skype chat to join?COMMENTS:At first, the Skype chat will not be open to the group. The guestspeakers / moderators will announce when it is open and will tell thegroup how to sign on. My apologies in advance for my confusion.COMMENTS:No apologies whatsoever are necessary. Using GMT as a common point ofreference is a good idea, but it\'s a bit of a challenge for all of usto change \"normal\" time for us to GMT in order to be at a session whenit is scheduled. It becomes even more challenging when the time issimply given as 11:30 PM because then the time zone isn\'t clear unlessyou already know that the reference is to GMT, not EST or the standardtime in Barcelona or wherever.I hope this information is helpful, Mary. Dennis in Phoenix
Ronaldo Lima, Jr. #1087 (Response to #1086) 01/21/2008	Hi Mary!If your time is GMT -5, the webcast will begin at 7pm today (Monday, Jan.21). You can join the text chat at . Theaudio will probably be streamed (someone correct me if I\'m mistaken) and, incase you want to join the conference, you can give your Skype ID in the chatarea and someone will call you in.Hope to have helped! Kind regards from Brazil, Ronaldo
$\"Dennis$ Dennis Oliver #1089 (Response to #1087) 01/21/2008	Hello, everyone.In my reply to Mary (message #1086) regarding the live sessions today,I gave detailed information about the times of the live sessionsscheduled for today, but I didn\'t repeat José Antônio\'s note about theplace.We will meet at the Webheads in Action chatroom at WorldBridges:We will NOT meet at Tapped In!Sorry for the omission!Best wishes-- Dennis in Phoenix
$\"Jose$ Jose Antonio da Silva #1094 01/21/2008	Hello Everyone,So far only seven participants have added their names to the list of people planning to attend the live session at Worldbridges. Please add your name and contact details, so that we can have an idea of who and how many participants we are having. This is the linkhttp://tech.groups.yahoo.com/group/baw08/database?method=reportRows&tbl=3To add youself, just click on ADD RECORD and fill in the form and click save. Hugs Jose Antonio
$\"Dafne\"$ Dafne #1099 01/21/2008	The real time for the session is midnight GMT today.However, the YG calendar does not accept this time.So, we had to add it as 23:30 GMT. If you get to thechat room at 23:30 we will be there :-)If you learn what is the difference between your timeand GMT, you will be able to make the convertion. Forexample I know that in Venezuela I am - 4:30 GMT.There is a clock on our wiki with the time in GMT,this is a good reference. What time is it in GMT now?What time is in your country now?HTH, hugs, Daf
$\"Silvia$ Silvia Colombo #1102 (Response to #1099) 01/21/2008	Hi everybody! As I haven\'t been present at the kick-off Ceremony, I\'d like to know if we have to register beforehand at this environment to take part in the live session today. : \">Thank you Silvia.
$\"Dafne\"$ Dafne #1103 (Response to #1102) 01/21/2008	Hi Silvia,You only need to add your name to the database in ourYG. When you get to the chatroom, write your name andif you want your country - no password needed. If youwant to speak, make sure to have downloaded Skype.That\'s it :-)hugs, Daf
$\"Jose$ Jose Antonio Da Silva #1112 (Response to #1103) 01/21/2008	Hi Mary,The session is at 12 midnight GMT today. About the GMT time on the participants wiki http://baw08participants.pbwiki.com/ on the top right corner there is a clock with GMT time and you can figure out the Eastern Standard Time for it. I also get confused with time zones. The venue is Worldbriges http://webheadsinaction.org/chat and Skype is an alternative for chatting and will be used especially for those willing to ask questions or saying anything during the presentation. I hope I could help. Please let me know if you have any more doubts. Yu can contact me in skype ID joseantoniook or yahoo messenger ID joseaokc José Antônio http://thomasja.wordpress.com http://joseantoniook.edublogs.org
baw08@yahoogroups.com #1123 01/21/2008	Reminder from: baw08 Yahoo! Grouphttp://groups.yahoo.com/group/baw08/calJeff Lebow & Dave Cormier live presentationTuesday January 22, 200812:00 am - 1:00 amLocation: http://webheadsinaction.orgNotes:Hi everybody,This is a reminder of the live session with Jeff Lebow & Dave Cormier at http://webheadsinaction.org at midnight GMT - text-chat and voiceLooking forward to seeing you there! BaW08 team
Jeff Lebow #1127 01/21/2008	Hello all, Just wanted to let everyone know that we\'re looking forward to today\'s session at http://webheadsinaction.org/chat Also a few tips to make participation easier... Listening help info is at: http://webheadsinaction.org/help/webcasts You do not need to use skype if you only want to listen. We will be using Ustream and the Sandbox channel to stream today. If you have enough bandwidth, try using ustream. If the audio stops, press the play button again. If you continue to have problems or you have a low bandwidth connection, please try listening via the Sandbox A channel. If you would like to skype in and participate in the discussion, please read these instructions before doing so:http://webheadsinaction.org/help/participate I will mention some of these instructions below because they really help things go more smoothly. - Please test your skype connection beforehand by skyping \'echo123\'. This will let you hear how your audio will sound to everyone else. - PLEEEEEEASE use a headset. Using speakers instead of a headset will result in echo for other participants. - If you\'ve been listening to the webcast, make sure to TURN THE WEBCAST OFF before calling in. Also, please do not skype in right away. Try to make text contact first in the chat room, so we can bring people in as smoothly as possible. Don\'t worry too much about making mistakes - it\'s a \'low pressure\' environment and whenever Worldbridges and the Webheads get together, we have a chaotic good time. Experience has taught us however, that a bit of preparation results in more useful sessions and allows us avoid an hour of audio challenges. Talk to you soon, Jeff
$\"Dafne\"$ Dafne #1129 (Response to #1127) 01/21/2008	Thanks, Jeff! See you in a while :-) Daf
$\"Jose$ Jose Antonio da Silva #1137 01/21/2008	Dear BaWers, We did have a blast last night with Jeff Lebow and Dave Cormier. It was a fantastic live event. Thank you all for showing up and making this event so memorable. There is a new entry in our blog for you to post your comments. We will also make a link available in the blot with the recording of the webcast for those who could not be there or would like to listen to it again. Hugs Jose Antonio
$\"Ocsovszky$ Ocsovszky Zsóia #1139 (Response to #1137) 01/22/2008	Hello,for me that was a bit late, I could not attend the midnight meeting..:-(But I really would like to listen it. Shall I get a record to listen?Thank you Zsofi
$\"Dafne\"$ Dafne #1153 (Response to #1144) 01/22/2008	The recording will be posted today athttp://webheadsinaction.orgJeff will let us know when it is ready ;-) We willalso post the link to the blog entry at:http://baw08.wordpress.com/and on our live sessions page at:http://baw-08.pbwiki.com/Live_Sessions#Week2We will have another session with Jeff on Sunday 27 at17:00 GMTCheers, Daf
$\"Jose$ Jose Antonio Da Silva #1160 (Response to #1157) 01/22/2008	Hi ZsofThanks for your message. We know that this was too late for many people. Yes, the link for the recorded presentation will be posted on the course blog as soon as Jeff sends us the link. Don´t worry, we will have other sessions at worldbridges and we hope it will be in a more convenient time for you and others.Kind regards José Antônio
$\"Jose$ Jose Antonio Da Silva #1162 (Response to #1160) 01/22/2008	Hi Dennis,Great to know I have company in being so enthusistic about the event. I guess that besides Jeff\'s wonderful, crystal clear voice, and his broad experience in webcasting, there were your presence and the presence of so many of the webheads old and new. It was nice to listen to your story about how you scored so well in writing. It was also great to hear Chirstina, Evelyn, and others that had joined us for the first time. It was really a great party.Abraços from a scorching Brasilia José Antônio http://thomasja.wordpress.com http://joseantoniook.edublogs.org
$\"Fernanda$ Fernanda Rodrigues #1173 01/22/2008	Hi ZsofiI could not attend it myself, I was too tired and I had to get up todayat 7 again. The recording will be available soon athttp://webheadsinaction.organd I\'m very curious about it, as everybody is saying it was a blast!Beijinhos Fernanda
$\"Ocsovszky$ Ocsovszky Zsóia #1189 (Response to #1173) 01/22/2008	Thank you Fernanda for the url!Ill will listen it! Zsofi
$\"Ocsovszky$ Ocsovszky Zsóia #1191 (Response to #1189) 01/22/2008	Hello Jose Antonio,as far as I know on Sunday will be another session? Ill be there!Meanwhile I will listen the record.Regards Zsofi
$\"Jose$ Jose Antonio Da Silva #1192 (Response to #1191) 01/22/2008	Hi Zsofi,Enjoy the recorded session. I am sure on Sunday you will be luckier.Kind regards José Antônio http://thomasja.wordpress.com http://joseantoniook.edublogs.org
Jeff Lebow #1179 (Response to #1178) 01/22/2008	Hello, I really enjoyed webcasting with the Webhead Class of 2008yesterday. The audio recording, Ustream archive, and chat log are nowposted to http://webheadsinaction.org/node/291 . I had a doubleglitch in my recording systems that unfortunately resulted in losingabout 15 mins. of the conversation. Will hope to recapture some ofthat and continue the conversation during part 2 of BaW2008Worldbridges Webcast on Jan. 27. Stay tuned for more informationabout the the agenda for that session. Sylvia, having Java installed may help you access the Ustream . Evenif you can\'t listen to the Ustream, you should be able to listen usingthe \'Sandbox Channel\'. More listening help info at:http://webheadsinaction.org/help/webcasts...and indeed, your question is not a bother at all. Participating inthese kinds of webcasts can be a challenge and I appreciate everyone\'sefforts to join in yesterday. Looking forward to Part 2, Jeff
$\"Dafne\"$ Dafne #1185 (Response to #1179) 01/22/2008	Thanks Jeff :-)I also enjoyed the session in spite of my unstableconnection ;-)Have you checked the entry on the BaW blog?http://baw08.wordpress.com/hugs, Daf
Natalia #1199 01/22/2008	I wanted to find the archives for the event I missed but I didn\'t know where to find the missed session (webheadsinaction.org ) need help Natalia
$\"Dafne\"$ Dafne #1203 (Response to #1199) 01/22/2008	You will find the link on our live sessions page:http://baw-08.pbwiki.com/Live_Sessions#Week2and on our blog:http://baw08.wordpress.com/ Daf
$\"Jose$ Jose Antonio Da Silva #1204 (Response to #1203) 01/22/2008	Hi Natália,I have posted the link of the recorded event to our blog. http://baw08.wordpress.com/Enjoy it José Antônio
$\"Ocsovszky$ Ocsovszky Zsóia #1210 01/22/2008	Thank you Dafne, i will catch up! zsofi
$\"Silvia$ Silvia Colombo #1213 01/22/2008	Dear Fernanda, You\'re right we\'re all learning and sharing. Thank you for your support! Hugs, Silvia.
$\"Silvia$ Silvia Colombo #1216 (Response to #1213) 01/22/2008	Dear Jeff and all, I\'ve just listened to the recording of the live session at Worldbridges and it was great! There was a lot of interaction and enthusiasm! I hope I can manage on Sunday! Hugs, Silvia from Argentina.

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GMT

$\"Monica$ Monica Veado #1100 01/21/2008	Hi everyone!You can double-check your local time in relation to GMT clicking on the link below. Pass the mouse over the map or type the name of the city you are looking for.http://www.qlock.com/time/gmaps?map=1Um abraco, Monica http://projectplatypus2.blogspot.com
$\"Hala$ Hala #1101 (Response to #1100) 01/21/2008	Hi Monica,Thank you for sharing the link of qclock.My first time to see it.I usually get so confused when I want to join a virtual seminar or an online conference.The time zones are so confusing ; CST ( Central Standard Time), EU (European Union), etc.The minute I was introduced to the below website, I was hooked!http://wwp.greenwichmeantime.com/It has never let me down!Try this on CET http://tinyurl.com/34ajlqUm abraco,Hala Fawzi from cool KhartoumP.S Monica has sent me the an audio recording for the her famous Um abraco. Thank you so much Monica!! I will put it on my blog soon!http://www.qlock.com/time/gmaps?map=1
Sally La Luzerne #1118 01/21/2008	Hi Hala and Monica,Thank you both for the links to clocks. They make it very easy to figure out the time locally with regard to GMT.I am curious about the wwp in the address you gave Hala. I haven\'t seen or at least noticed a wwp Web site before.Best wishes from cold snowy Green Bay, Wisconsin, USA. Sally
$\"Teresa$ Teresa Almeida d\'Eca #1120 (Response to #1118) 01/21/2008	Hi, Sally!I think it\'s a typo. It\'s supposed to be www.....Hugs Teresa
$\"Hala$ Hala #1122 (Response to #1120) 01/21/2008	Ooops! Bernica, I don\'t know how it was changed to a ( p)!! Maybe because I was listening and enjoying Teresa\'s interview, testing my Portuguese ( problema), and enjoying the her favorite music! Lots of hugs, Hala
Sally La Luzerne #1124 (Response to #1122) 01/21/2008	Hi Teresa and Hala,I don\'t want to get hung up on a detail, but when I clicked on the link with wwp, it goes to the site and the link in the address line is wwp. It\'s not a typo. That\'s why I was wondering about the wwp.Hugs to you too! Sally
$\"Monica$ Monica Veado #1125 (Response to #1124) 01/21/2008	LOL Hala!Things like that may happen when we\'re multi-tasking!!! :-) Still, that was better than what I did a few days ago: put the TV remote control in the microwave (thank goodness I didn\'t turn it on!) while doing a thousand other things at the same time, then spent about half an hour looking for it everywhere! I guess my neurones decided to take a summer vacation... :-DUm abraço, Monica http://projectplatypus2.blogspot.com
$\"Kat$ Kat Urbaniak #1133 (Response to #1125) 01/21/2008	wwp in this case stands for \'wave and wait protocol\'. I don\'t know whythey chose it.Addresses on the internet don\'t need to start with www, they can startwith anything.Here is a tasty example:http://mmm.beer.com/Hope this kind of answers your question. :-) Kat
Sally La Luzerne #1134 (Response to #1133) 01/21/2008	Thanks, Kat. It does! Sally
$\"Fernanda$ Fernanda Rodrigues #1177 01/22/2008	On Tue, 22 Jan 2008 05:29:55 -0800 (PST) Silvia Colombo

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Michael Coghlan

$\"Fernanda$ Fernanda Rodrigues #1276 01/23/2008	Dear BaWers,We are pleased to invite you to attend Michael Coghlan´s live presentation on Voice Web tools, at Yahoo Messenger on Thursday, Jan 24 at 12:00 (noon) GMTInformation about Michael can be found at:http://baw-08.pbwiki.com/Live_Sessions#Week2DATABASE:We have created a table in the \"database\" section of our Yahoo Group to have a list of those planning to attend this live session with Michael Coghlanin Yahoo MessengerTo add your names, go to the yahoo grouphttp://tech.groups.yahoo.com/group/baw08- click on \"database\" - navigation bar on the left (below \"links\")- click on the table: \"Live session with Michael Coghlan \"- click on \"add record\"- Add the information asked in the boxes provided- Click on \"add record\" (at the bottom on the right)That\'s it!Thanks for your collaboration. With this list we will have an idea ofhow many participants will attend the session, and we will pass thisinformation to Michael CoghlanInstructions previous to the conference: - Donwload YM, add the coordinators and moderators Yahoo IDs to your buddy list- Add yourself to the database created for this session, if you are planning to attend-Login to YM 15 minutes before the session- Wait to be invited to the conferenceIMPORTANTIt is very important that we have the Yahoo IDs of all the participants. The coordinators and moderators will beinviting you all to the Yahoo conference, so wait till you get aninvitation. Week 2 moderators
baw08@yahoogroups.com #1277 01/23/2008	Reminder from: baw08 Yahoo! Grouphttp://groups.yahoo.com/group/baw08/calMichael Coghlan live presentationThursday January 24, 200812:00 pm - 1:00 pm(The next reminder for this event will be sent in 9 hours.)Location: Yahoo MessengerNotes:Hi everybody,This is a reminder of the live session with Michael Coghlan in Yahoo Messenger at noon (12:00 pm) GMT - Thursday 24th January - text-chat and voice on the use of voice communication tools.Looking forward to seeing you there! BaW08 team
Michael Coghlan #1298 (Response to #1287) 01/24/2008	Hi everyone. For those attending the live session using Yahoo Messenger in a couple of hours I will be referring to the slides athttp://www.slideshare.net/michaelc/integrating-voice.You can go through the slides right there inSlideshare, or if you wish you can download theppt file from Slideshare to your computer and work that way.Looking forward to meeting some of you at noon GMT. - Michael
$\"Christina$ Christina Kwok #1289 01/24/2008	Becoming a Webhead 2008Hi everyone,there\'s another session today live, I believe, at 12.00 GMT, with YMessenger, I think? Is anyone planning to attend? I don\'t see people talking about it in here so just wondered? I hope I can get my YM to work properly. Would appreciate someone replying to me.cheers, christina
$\"Saša$ Saša Sirk #1291 (Response to #1289) 01/24/2008	Dear Christina,you are right, there is another session at 12 gmt - check the database section in the Yahoo group - you\'ll find a number of people there who have already registered for this event. I plan to join this session to but am not sure I\'ll be able to make it in time. Hope to see you there.Warmly, Saša
Michael Coghlan #1299 01/24/2008	Sorry all - the CORRECT url:http://www.slideshare.net/michaelc/integrating-voice - Michael
$\"Jose$ Jose Antonio Da Silva #1305 01/24/2008	Dear colleagues,A new entry on our yahoo live session with Michael Coghlan has been posted to our bloghttp://baw08.wordpress.com/ , as well the chatlog and the slidshow used in the event. You can now visit the blog and leave your comments. José Antônio http://thomasja.wordpress.com http://joseantoniook.edublogs.org
$\"Jose$ Jose Antonio da Silva #1306 (Response to #1305) 01/24/2008	Hi Everyone,The link was not correct.http://baw08.wordpress.com/Kind regards Jose Antonio
$\"Moira$ Moira Hunter #1313 01/24/2008	Hi Michael,I can\'t open the slides and it\'s not a broken link- anybody else having the problem? Moira :-)
$\"Fernanda$ Fernanda Rodrigues #1319 (Response to #1313) 01/24/2008	Hi MoiraI can open this: \">http://www.slideshare.net/michaelc/integrating-voice Fernanda
$\"Moira$ Moira Hunter #1314 01/24/2008	Michael - ignore that, they\'re up now :-)))) Moira
$\"Teresa$ Teresa Almeida d\'Eca #1317 01/24/2008	Please excuse the name change, Rob! Teresa
$\"carlos.fcferreira\"$ Carlos #1320 01/24/2008	Although I planned to attend session 2 at 12:00 GMT I was unablew due to last time meetings in school. What a pity! Just saw thw presentation of Michael and found it very enlightning, specially for someone like me who has never done anything similar! Thank you
$\"Fernanda$ Fernanda Rodrigues #1321 (Response to #1320) 01/24/2008	Hi CarlosSchool keeps us so busy with meetings and paperwork we don\'t have timefor training or enlarging our horizons with other perpectives oneducation. I\'m sorry you couldn\'t attend the session. We\'ll place thesound file on the internet as soon as possible. Fernanda
$\"Dafne\"$ Dafne #1322 (Response to #1321) 01/24/2008	Dear all,I have created a wiki page with all the informationabout Michael\'s session:chatlog, slides, resources, song, screenshots, and therecording will be added when available.It is at:http://baw-08.pbwiki.com/Michael-YMThere\'s also a link on our live sessions page.Thanks to all who attended the session today, and veryspecially thanks to Michael for another great eventwhich was both educational and fun :-)hugs, Daf
$\"Hala$ Hala #1334 01/25/2008	Hi Fernanda, \"School keeps us so busy with meetings and paperwork we don\'t have time for training or enlarging our horizons with other perspectives on education.\"I wish one day, when you add to your CV that you are a \'webhead\", any institution will give you the hour issued on the contract saying:\"If a webhead, should be given an hour a day to enlargen his/her horizon with Webheads in Action; a community of practice for worldwide teachers. \"Nice to have dreams!hugs Hala
$\"Silvia$ Silvia Colombo #1341 01/25/2008	Thank you Dafne for your care. You always make it easy for us! Hugs, Silvia, from Argentina.
$\"Teresa$ Teresa Almeida d\'Eca #1348 01/25/2008	Dear Daf,What a lovely and lively page! I\'m dying to listen to the audio file.Beijinhos, Teresa
$\"Teresa$ Teresa Almeida d\'Eca #1356 01/25/2008	Great thought, Hala!It sure is nice to dream!Hugs, Teresa
$\"Fernanda$ Fernanda Rodrigues #1359 (Response to #1356) 01/25/2008	Hi HalaI wish my dreams and your dreams come true!I still believe in dreams, despite the condition of my neurones...:)Beijinhos Fernanda

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Jeff Lebow Part II

$\"Dafne\"$ Dafne #1386 01/26/2008	Hi everybody,This is a reminder of the second part of the session with Jeff Lebow at http://webheadsinaction.org, tomorrow Sunday, Jan 27at 17:00 GMTAt 17:30 all the EVO Moderators will join us to report on their sessions. Looking forward to interacting with you, Daf
Jeff Lebow #1408 01/26/2008	Hello All, I\'m looking forward to continuing BaW/Worldbridges playtime duringSunday\'s webcast. For those who have not yet participated in aWorldridges webcast, please take a look at this new screencast:http://blip.tv/file/626303and/or check out the webcast help pages at:http://webheadsinaction.org/help/webcastsandhttp://webheadsinaction.org/help/participateWe will primarily use the main chat room at: http://webheadsinaction.org/chatbut will also be using the BaW group skype chat again. A screencast about how to use the group skype chat is at: http://screencast.com/t/c5xDlpRvwxI also thought we might try using a VoiceThread. A help screencast isat: http://blip.tv/file/626610 and you can start commenting on theVoiceThread on the front page of http://webheadsinaction.org/Looking forward to more Webhead fun, Jeff
$\"Dafne\"$ Dafne #1410 (Response to #1408) 01/26/2008	Awesome, Jeff :-)I have just left a message on the BaW slide :-)See you tomorrow (or later today) ;-)hugs, Daf
$\"Jose$ Jose Antonio Da Silva #1412 (Response to #1410) 01/26/2008	Hello Jeff,Fantastic tutorial. I am sure it will make things easier for those joining us for the webcast today.Thanks for sharing.Kind regards José Antônio http://thomasja.wordpress.comhttp://joseantoniook.edublogs.org
$\"Fernanda$ Fernanda Rodrigues #1423 (Response to #1412) 01/27/2008	Dear participantsPart II of Jeff Lebow\'s sessionPresentation Jan, Sunday 27 at 17.00 GMT at http://webheadsinaction.org/chatI\'ve have created a table in the \"database\" section of our Yahoo Group to have a list of those planning to attend this live session with Jeffin WordbrigesTo add your names, go to the yahoo grouphttp://tech.groups.yahoo.com/group/baw08- click on \"database\" - navigation bar on the left (below \"links\")- click on the table: \"Part II of Jeff Lebow\'s session \"- click on \"add record\"- Add the information asked in the boxes provided- Click on \"add record\" (at the bottom on the right)Thanks for your collaboration. With this list we will have an idea ofhow many participants will attend the session.Hugs Fernanda Fernanda Rodrigues Setubal Portugal
$\"Teresa$ Teresa Almeida d\'Eca #1424 (Response to #1423) 01/27/2008	Dear Jeff,Awesome tutorials! Thank you!When you master a tool and explain it throughly and clearly, it always seems very simple. :-)I\'ve just added the tutorials tou our WiA Index (it needs some updating, but the days still have only 24 hours!!!), Tutorials.http://64.71.48.37/teresadeca/webheads/wia-index2.htmHugs, Teresa
baw08@yahoogroups.com #1425 01/27/2008	Reminder from: baw08 Yahoo! Grouphttp://groups.yahoo.com/group/baw08/calJeff Lebow & Dave Cormier live presentationSunday January 27, 20085:00 pm - 7:00 pm(The next reminder for this event will be sent in 2 hours, 34 minutes.)Location: http://webheadsinaction.org/chatNotes:Hi everybody,This is a reminder of the live session with Jeff Lebow & Dave Cormier at http://webheadsinaction.org/chat on Sunday, Jan 27 at 17:00 GMT - text-chat and voiceLooking forward to seeing you there! BaW08 team
baw08@yahoogroups.com #1430 01/27/2008	Reminder from: baw08 Yahoo! Grouphttp://groups.yahoo.com/group/baw08/calJeff Lebow & Dave Cormier live presentationSunday January 27, 20085:00 pm - 7:00 pmLocation: http://webheadsinaction.org/chatNotes:Hi everybody,This is a reminder of the live session with Jeff Lebow & Dave Cormier at http://webheadsinaction.org/chat on Sunday, Jan 27 at 17:00 GMT - text-chat and voiceLooking forward to seeing you there! BaW08 team
$\"cristina$ Cristina Costa #1436 01/27/2008	I will be there!Although without a headset - forgot mine at work! But I will be typing. That\'s the good thing about the web 2.0 - there is always an alternative! :-) Cris
$\"Jose$ Jose Antonio da Silva #1443 01/27/2008	Hello everyone,There is a new entry in our blog http://baw08.wordpress.com/ Please leave your comments about ourLive Session today.Hugs Jose Antonio
$\"carlos.fcferreira\"$ Carlos #1448 01/27/2008	I tried to leave comment on Baw blog on the live session today twice and got this server maintenance information. Due to the late hour, i give up. May you all have a wonderful week 3 Carlos
$\"Dafne\"$ Dafne #1449 (Response to #1448) 01/27/2008	Carlos, I have just been to the blog and I accessed itwithout any problem. Daf

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Ronaldo Lima, Jr. #1090 01/21/2008	Hello guys,I know I\'m coming a little late in this thread, but I just saw the very niceexcel sheet Fernanda just uploaded to our YG, and you know what I do? I keepa similar sheet in my google docs (if you have gmail, check it out, it is onthe top left of your screen). This way my passwords document protectedthrough my email account login, and I can access it from any computer withinternet access.Kind regards from Brazi l! (trying to lurk less...) Ronaldo
Marina #1091 (Response to #1090) 01/21/2008	Excellent idea, Ronaldo. Marina
$\"Teresa$ Teresa Almeida d\'Eca #1096 01/21/2008	Hi, JA!I\'ve always kept an Excel file with VIP info and copy it to the pen drive or print it out, if I\'m traveling and need it.My two euro cents.Hugs Teresa
$\"Jose$ Jose Antonio Da Silva #1115 (Response to #1096) 01/21/2008	Hi Teresa,This is a good idea. It is a more techie version of Daf\'s notebook.Thanks for sharing José Antônio
$\"Jose$ Jose Antonio Da Silva #1113 01/21/2008	Hi Ronaldo,That is a very nice way to do it. I have a document on my computer where I keep them. I feel like uploading it to the web, but sometimes I fear hackers would get them. There is also a program called keepass http://keepass.info/index.html that is a free/open-source password manager which helps you to manage your passwords in a secure way. I have learned about it last year, but never used it. You will have to download the program and it will encrypt your passwords. Hugs José Antônio http://thomasja.wordpress.com http://joseantoniook.edublogs.org
$\"Fernanda$ Fernanda Rodrigues #1126 01/21/2008	Hi RonaldoThat\'s a good idea to have a spreadshet in google docs so that you canaccess it anywhere. We indeed have a lot of great tools nowadays.Another one I like a lot is:http://www.rememberthemilk.com/to organize tasks, to-do lists, etc. Fernanda
$\"Kat$ Kat Urbaniak #1131 (Response to #1126) 01/21/2008	Ronaldo, good for you de-lurking :-) Kat Montreal, Canada
$\"Jose$ Jose Antonio Da Silva #1161 01/22/2008	Hi Fernanda,Thank you for the tip. I will try that link. José Antônio http://thomasja.wordpress.com http://joseantoniook.edublogs.org

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$\"Hala$ Hala #1142 01/22/2008	LOL!I am glad it ended up safely!How about visiting a relative, who lives near the area where you teach, on your day off and , knowing not how, you find yourself parking your car the university parking, which happened to be completely empty, saying to yourself \" I wonder where did everyone park today?\"I did it in November and the whole family is still laughing!It is aging in an innovative way, my dear !!Hugs, Hala
$\"Monica$ Monica Veado #1148 (Response to #1142) 01/22/2008	Dear Hala,in my family we joke that this might be a DNA problem (it only really works in Portuguese: DNA = Data de Nascimento Antiga, or Old Date of Birth...). But I\'ve been doing things like that for many years, so I\'ve stopped worrying now!!! :-DUm abraço, Monica http://projectplatypus2.blogspot.com
$\"Teresa$ Teresa Almeida d\'Eca #1193 01/22/2008	LOL, dear Hala! What an episode!! I couldn\'t stop laughing!!! :-))I guess you were the \"Stranger in the afternoon\"...Beijinhos, Teresa
$\"Hala\"$ Hala #1218 01/22/2008	Dear all, I would like to draw your attention that today more than 5 messages from this group were automaticlay directed to my \'Bulk\' folder on yahoo mail. Please make sure to check your bulk every while and then during EVO08, so as not miss an important post or notification. Cheers, Hala
$\"sharonbetts\"$ Sharon Betts #1227 01/22/2008	Hello everyone - I know you are just getting into week 2 and probably feeling pretty busy, but I have a collaboration invitation for you.I am so impressed with the breadth of BAW participants and hope some of you will consider this invitation:TAKING LEARNING GLOBALWe have just launched a new international student / mentor website for teens 15+ and adults that would like to mentor or share.The purpose is cultural exchange and global discussions pertinent to the young adult.Registration has begun this week and we would love to have any of you as well as any students that you have in this age group join\"Taking Learning Global\"The URL is: http://tlgplace.ning.comSign up on the top right side of the page - due to this being registration period, the sign-up is open and immediate. This is a low pressure learning environment using Ning as the social network. If you have any questions about the project, please email me.Hope to see you there, Sharon
$\"Hala$ Hala #1245 (Response to #1227) 01/23/2008	Dear Sharon,Thank you for the invitation.I have joined today and I will update my profile later today!I am much interested to send some of my students ( 17-19) to your website for \" cultural exchange and global discussions pertinent to the young adult.\" We will start blended learning second semester, mid February.Will that be OK ?Looking forward to a global interaction with students.http://tlgplace.ning.com/ Hala
$\"Silvia$ Silvia Colombo #1228 01/22/2008	Dear Hala and all, You\'re right, it has happened to me so I usually check it. Perhaps something important comes up! Hugs, Silvia.
$\"Jose$ Jose Antonio Da Silva #1232 (Response to #1228) 01/22/2008	Hi Hala,You are absolutely right. Icheck mine once in while. Sometimes, important stuff gets there: confirmation of recently open accounts, reset paswords, even messages that were originally not spams like digests for example.Hugs José Antônio http://thomasja.wordpress.com http://joseantoniook.edublogs.org
Anna Martynova #1231 01/22/2008	My name is Anna my yahoo ID is martynova.annaI work at Omsk State university, Russia. I teach speaking, writing andELT methodology to the students of FL department, internationalrelations and some adult business students. I\'m currently doinganother on-line course devoted to communities of practice. One of mytasks there was to explore Webheads. I was so amazed that i decided tojoin this group as I\'m eager to use Web 2.0 with my students who seemto be much more technically advanced then me:)I\'m looking forward to meet the group members online and sharing ourpractices. The tool I\'m currently more or less proficient with isMOODLE - I have my own MOODLE course about academic writing. It\'s inRussian, so any Russian-speaking members interested in joining mycourse are welcome www.eltarea.ru/moodle and choose my course
$\"Jose$ Jose Antonio Da Silva #1233 (Response to #1231) 01/22/2008	Hello Ana,I am Jose Antonio from Brazil. Welcome to the group. We are happy you have joined BaW08. Good toknow know you know how to use moodle. Some webheads are proficient on it. I myself have to learn to use it. We will have course on using it in the school where I teach http://www.thomas.org.br/new_ctj/home/home.php . I think moodle is a vital tool if you want to develop an online course. We just had our first online listening course and it was a great experience. Looking forward to learning from and with you. José Antônio http://thomasja.wordpress.com http://joseantoniook.edublogs.org
$\"ledburyrob1\"$ Rob Ledbury #1239 01/23/2008	Hi All,I\'m really glad I\'ve joined in and set my office up in tapped in. I\'m learning a lot. BUT...How does one cope with \"overwhelm\": e-mails by the buckeful, tons of postings, where do >I start!!? :-) Anybody else working fulltime?!And does anyone know how to edit my frappr \"pin\"..? Despite signing init wontletmechange teh pic...Thanks, Rob
$\"Jose$ Jose Antonio Da Silva #1240 (Response to #1239) 01/23/2008	Hi Bob,We also glad you joined in. One of the things that makes BaW such a nice community is diversity, so the more the merrier. Coping with \"overwhelm\" like you said is a challenge. Just do one thing at a time. You will have time to digest it later. It generally does not end in February and you will be connected to rest of the group the rest of the year and you can always ask somebody for help now and later. About editing the pin: when the icon MOVE THIS PIN appears you should enter your info, e.g, Name, City, State, Country and then a picture and a simple message. I willjust double check and get back to you.Where to start? Start where you like most, start with what is more appealing to you. Hugs from Brazil José Antônio http://thomasja.wordpress.com http://joseantoniook.edublogs.org
$\"Jose$ Jose Antonio Da Silva #1242 (Response to #1240) 01/23/2008	Hi Rob,It is me again. About the map, when it opens click on join and enter information as it asks you for it. Another sugestion on starting is seeing what the tasks of week 2 are http://baw-08.pbwiki.com/Week2. It will guide you through the course. The advice about doing what looks more interesting and appealing to you still holds. Hugs José Antônio
$\"Hala$ Hala #1243 (Response to #1242) 01/23/2008	Hi Bob,I always start with the last message.It makes life easier for me!Believe me, you will miss all this after the session ends!Welcome to the overwhelming BaW! Hala
$\"Jose$ Jose Antonio Da Silva #1247 01/23/2008	Hi Hala,That is a good tip. I have never thought of doing this way. Thanks a lot. José Antônio http://thomasja.wordpress.com http://joseantoniook.edublogs.org
$\"Monica$ Monica Veado #1253 01/23/2008	Hi Sharon, thank you so much for the invitation, it seems to be a wonderful project. I\'ll definitely join you there! Um abraço, Monica http://projectplatypus2.blogspot.com
$\"Monica$ Monica Veado #1254 01/23/2008	Hi Anna,welcome to the group! This is a great community and I\'m always amazed at how much we learn from each other and with each other here.I\'m Monica and this is my second year with the Webheads. I\'m sure you will find lots of interesting tools to explore with your students. Um abraco, Monica (Brazil) http://projectplatypus2.blogspot.com
$\"Dafne\"$ Dafne #1256 01/23/2008	Dear Elfina and Natalia,I observe classes in SL as part of my job forLanguagelab.com So, it is not up to me to inviteothers to observe classes. Our classes are not in aclassroom, students are taken to different locationsin the Languagelab city. Observing a class takes moreskills than just getting into SL since we cannotinterrupt the rhythm of the class, and we need toobserve from a distance, which implies a good controlof the camera and voice features. Antonella and I will prepare a tour where we will showyou some SL tricks, and we can discuss about what ittakes to teach in SL.Cristina, one of our BaW08 moderators, took part in aSpanish for beginners trial lesson and maybe she candescribe her experience ;-)The first thing to do if you are interested inattending the tour, is to register in SL, download theprogram and create your own avatar :-)Please read the technical requirements beforeattempting to download the program(http://www.secondlife.com )Cheers, Daf
sharonebetts #1259 01/23/2008	Hi Anna,What a small world when it comes to using these tools. I also useMoodle quite a lot and enjoy what is adds to a course. Welcome to ourWebheads. Sharon Betts
sharonebetts #1260 01/23/2008	I suppose adding another response is just enabling your \"overwhelm\". HA Just take it one step at a time. I agree with Hala in that I try to read the newest messages first and work my way back. I do work full time and am involved in several communities. Everyone is here to learn as much as possible - remember you can always come back and work through items that got missed. One of the nice points of online learning. Sharon
$\"Mary\"$ Mary #1264 (Response to #1261) 01/23/2008	I would like to go on the SL tour, too or see a recording of it. the jingscreencast by Jeff Lebow, a recording of how to use skype, was amazing.http://www.screencast.com/users/jefflebow/folders/Jing/media/3558d335-17fd-4a95-8b6b-26a203395356
$\"Beyza$ Beyza Yilmaz #1266 (Response to #1264) 01/23/2008	Dear Daf,I\'m also interested in SL observation.I\'ll be happy to observe lesson online.Thank you in advance.BeyzaPosted by: \"Dolphin Blue\" dolphin26blue@yahoo.co.uk dolphin26blue Tue Jan 22, 2008 5:15 pm (PST) Dear Dafne,In one of your postings you mentioned observing a lesson in SL. I was wondering if it is possible to arrange not so much a tour but an observation of an English lesson in SL. I observed once an English lesson in SL but it seemed to me that the lesson wasn\'t dynamic enough. I felt a little bored and disappointed. (I couldn\'t understand why there was so much fuss about it then.) But at that time SL had no audio feature which they added in August, if I remember right. I\'m very eager to see a good dynamic online lesson which both a teacher and his students are enjoying. I would really love to see SL in action!I think there will be a lot of people interested to do the observation.Thank you in advance.Best, Elfina
leecywise #1270 (Response to #1269) 01/23/2008	Muito obrigada, Mary! \"Back off\" may work in some situations, but I guess that would have to be explained to the student! I appreaciate the refs and will definitely not only follow through but add them to the newsletter I send out monthly. L
leecywise #1271 (Response to #1270) 01/23/2008	Thanks so much, Marina. Love the ref. Leecy
leecywise #1272 (Response to #1271) 01/23/2008	\'Brigada, Monica. Love Monty! Outro abraço , Leecy
leecywise #1273 (Response to #1272) 01/23/2008	Good tips, Marina. Thanks for the resource . Leecy
Sarah Braxton #1278 01/23/2008	Dafne, Thank you so much for sharing the articles about your 7th grade story grammar project and the associated teacher training. I do not have ESL students right now, but do have 7th graders with low reading abilities in English. This is something I can use with them...now! Sarah B.
Isabel #1281 01/23/2008	Hi everybody,It´s nice to see how this group is working hard and full of excitment.Learning is really an amazing experience!However, there is something that is really bothering me: people are replying to messages without erasing the original ones and leaving a very looong tail.In fact, for the participants that have chosen to read a daily digest( like me) it is really time consuming and pretty boring to go from one message to the other.Also , we should not forget that it is part of netiquette.warmly, Isabel-Brazil
$\"Saša$ Saša Sirk #1290 01/24/2008	Thank you, Isabel, for your kind reminder. The loong tails are the main reason, why I find it much more efficient to catch up with the messages directly in the Yahoo Group page (grouped by topic). I agree, it would be great if we all tried to pay a little attention to this. Thanks.Warm regards, Saša
$\"Jose$ Jose Antonio Da Silva #1293 (Response to #1290) 01/24/2008	Hi Isabel,I agree the long tails can be a hassle and some rationale might be applied in deleting them. I think people have different learning styles. The tails (not the long ones) sometimes help me contextulize messages and replies. Many times you are not sure what one message is about and the tail might be helpful in that case. I agree that when they are too long, it would be a good idea deleting them before replying.Abraços José Antônio http://thomasja.wordpress.com http://joseantoniook.edublogs.org
$\"Monica$ Monica Veado #1304 01/24/2008	Dear friends,I\'ve received a number of requests to add some of you to my Skype and YM lists and it\'s great that you are so interested in the potential of those tools.However, when you send someone your request, don\'t forget to write a short \'hello\' message saying who you are (and that you belong to BaW08), as sometimes your usernames are very different from your real names. For security reasons I only add people when I know who they are. I apologise if I have ignored your request; if that was the case, please send it again with an introduction and I\'ll be happy to add you!Um abraço, Monica http://projectplatypus2.blogspot.com
Anna Martynova #1307 01/24/2008	Hello Dafne Thanks for being so welcoming. i\'m a bit confused - can\'t come to grips with how this BAW course functions. I\'m going to be a bit slow at the beginning - just have to get into it somehow. Besides, I\'m having a conference at my uni today and tomorrow and a lot of prospective planning to be handed in tomorrow. So I\'ll be back to this course at weekend, hope you won\'t exclude me :)
$\"ledburyrob1\"$ Rob Ledbury #1310 01/24/2008	Thanks Isabel, Is there anywhere I can read quickly and easliy \"dos\" and \"dýnts\" of netiquette? Rob -Turkey
$\"Richard$ Richard #1315 (Response to #1310) 01/24/2008	Hi RobI have found http://www.albion.com/netiquette/corerules.html gives a niceoverview of netiquette... hope it helps! Richard
amma2jo #1311 01/24/2008	hi therei am really glad to be a member of such a group but what shall I do tofollow things i have missed so far????
$\"Teresa$ Teresa Almeida d\'Eca #1316 (Response to #1311) 01/24/2008	Hi!You\'re in Jordan, aren\'t you? But I didn\'t get your name when you introduced yourself.To catch up, you can go to our wiki and read the Weekly Threads pages available. It will be easier than reading all the messages.http://baw-08.pbwiki.com/Weekly_ActivitiesAnd then you can read about the Week 2 activities. You can also take a look at the live sessions we\'ve had so far. They\'re in our blog (link in the wiki). And you could start using some of the voice tools suggested for this week. HTH. Teresa
$\"Fernanda$ Fernanda Rodrigues #1318 (Response to #1316) 01/24/2008	Hi M.Y.NCould you please tell us your name?You can start by visiting our wiki:http://baw-08.pbwiki.com/on the menu on the right you have all you need to get started:add your profile to the participantes gallery, if you haven\'t done so;read the Weekly Activities and threads;do the suggested activities and readingsthen in the yahoo group http://tech.groups.yahoo.com/group/baw08/you can add your contact informationWe also have a blog:http://baw08.wordpress.com/a forum:http://www.hostingphpbb.com/forum/baw08.htmland a voice forum: http://vaestro.com/viewforum-683And of course, this YG, where you can ask anything so that we can guideyou.Hugs Fernanda
$\"Teresa$ Teresa Almeida d\'Eca #1312 01/24/2008	Hi, Richard!You can also take a look at my Email pagehttp://64.71.48.37/teresadeca/email/emailpage.htm#Discussion%20listsand go to Etiquette. There are several links, among them, Arlene Rinaldi\'s site.http://www.cs.biu.ac.il/home/leagal/netguide/index.html HTH. Teresa (Portugal)
$\"sharonbetts\"$ Sharon Betts #1335 01/25/2008	Anna,The one thing you never have to worry about is being excluded from the information in the wonderful group. Just take your time and work through as much as you can. Don\'t hesitate to ask questions on the way. Sharon (you\'ll find me co-moderating week 4)
$\"Silvia$ Silvia Colombo #1339 01/25/2008	Thanks for sharing! Hugs, Silvia from Argentina.
$\"Jose$ Jose Antonio Da Silva #1345 (Response to #1340) 01/25/2008	Hello Jack,Tahnks alot for the suggestion onthe PDF converter. About Week 3 Readings you can go to Week 3 http://baw-08.pbwiki.com/Week3 and click on the link suggested readings http://baw-08.pbwiki.com/Readings . You will then be on a page with a widget that has the readings to all weeks. Youw willhave to click on readings and scroll down and you will see the Week 3 readings. Hope it can help. Please let us know if you have any problems accessing themKind Regards José Antônio http://thomasja.wordpress.comhttp://joseantoniook.edublogs.org
$\"Fernanda$ Fernanda Rodrigues #1360 01/25/2008	Hi AnnaPlease don\'t be confused, take it easy, and try to follow the weekly activitiesdescribed in our wiki:http://baw-08.pbwiki.com/You can also find a lot of information in our yahoo group:http://tech.groups.yahoo.com/group/baw08/our blog:http://baw08.wordpress.com/and the Fórum:http://www.hostingphpbb.com/forum/index.php?mforum=baw08And don\'t worry, no one will exclude you!Hugs Fernanda
amma2jo #1361 01/25/2008	hi to all Please Dafne could you help me to know more about Second life. My PC requirements don\'t match those in the URL you gave us Best Regards MHMD
$\"Fernanda$ Fernanda Rodrigues #1362 (Response to #1361) 01/25/2008	HiThis is Second Life site:http://secondlife.com/a blog about Second Lifehttp://blog.secondlife.com/a tutorial:http://webheadlink.wordpress.com/?s=second+lifea wikihttp://sl.nmc.org/wiki/Getting_Started Fernanda
$\"Dennis$ Dennis Oliver #1375 01/26/2008	Hi, Jack.In baw08@yahoogroups.com (message #1340), you wrote in part:Dear José & Co,8< - - - snip - - - >8Incidentally, for those wanting to keep a permanent copy of readingsthat are only in HTML (web) format, I would suggest \"printing\" themout as PDF files. A good PDF converter can be had for free at:<http://www.pdf995.com/> Jack Burston Language Centre University of Cyprus COMMENTS: PDF995 seems like a very useful utility indeed, and the fact that a basic (yet still robust) version is available for free makes it even more attractive. It\'s a pity that it\'s Windows only, so I can\'t use it on my Mac. I have Acrobat Pro on my Mac, however, so this doesn\'t actually pose a problem for me, but I\'ll definitely download PDF995 to my PC. Many thanks! Dennis in Phoenix
$\"marydimonaco\"$ Maria Rosario Di Monaco #1402 (Response to #1391) 01/26/2008	Hi girlies!I can\'t believe how much progress you\'ve made. I\'ve been scanning the YM session and seen you there. Congrats! Get ready because I\'ll pester you to help me catch up when I\'m back. I\'m in my hotel room in Ushuaia, have just finished packing to start the long journey home tomorrow, and now I\'m taking advantage that here I have internet in my room for the first time in all these days.Love Mary
amma2jo #1397 01/26/2008	hello everyone! I am so sorry Icouldn\'t attend the session today but I am listening to the record thank to all mhmd
$\"Jose$ Jose Antonio Da Silva #1399 (Response to #1397) 01/26/2008	Hello Amma,Good to know you listened to the recording. That might be one of the sessions we had another day. Don´t worry, you didn´t miss a session today. There will be a session tomorrow Sunday at 17 GMT. If you are not sure about GMT time, there is a clock on the top right of our wiki http://baw-08.pbwiki.com/ and it displays GMT time. See you then. José Antônio http://thomasja.wordpress.com http://joseantoniook.edublogs.org
$\"Silvia$ Silvia Colombo #1406 01/26/2008	Hi Mary!, I\'m so pleased to hear from you! How are you doing in the south of our country? How beautiful it must be!! Thank you for your support! I can\'t believe you that you\'re doing your homework when you\'re on holiday! You\'re so hard-working, dear Mary! As soon as you arrive at our place I\'ll help you to catch up. It\'s a deal! Hugs, Silvia, a friend from Rosario, Argentina.
Andrew Pincon #1409 01/26/2008	Hi Teresa, Dafne, Sally and other 2008 Webheads: Sally La Luzerne-Oi and I met this Saturday afternoon in Green Bay, Wisconsin at the Atlanta Bread Co Internet Cafe and did a little online networking with Tapped In and B.J. Berquist. We also filmed a little clip to all 2008 Webheads with some local flavor during our Annual Winterfest of music, ice scuplturing, ice skating and bon fires. Here\'s the link to the streaming video: www.digibridge.net/webheads/winterfest2008.wmv See you all online soon. Kindest personal regards and abrazo Andy Pinconpincon@digibridge.org
$\"Teresa$ Teresa Almeida d\'Eca #1419 (Response to #1409) 01/27/2008	Dear Andy, Sally and Gabriella,What a very pleasant surprise this Sunday morning! Lovely video! :-))I loved \"seeing\" the three of you, together with Gabriella\'s stuffed pet. It was awesome to finally \"see\" very cute Gabriella. What are you drinking, Gabriella?!And it was very nice to meet Sally so early on in our acquaintance. It\'s a special treat, because we can work for years together and not meet Webheads.Thanks for such a wonderful souvenir of another Webhead meeting. Wonderful to see you too, Andy! I do hope we can all meet f2f in NY at TESOL this year.Have a wonderfuul Sunday!Hugs all, Teresa
$\"Teresa$ Teresa Almeida d\'Eca #1420 01/27/2008	Hi, Elfina!I\'ve just added your paragraph about Chinswing to the \"Applications for different Tools\" wiki page.I\'ll try to listen to your students\' recordings and vote.Hugs, Teresa
$\"Monica$ Monica Veado #1422 (Response to #1420) 01/27/2008	Dear Elfina,I\'ve just listened to your students\' stories in Chinswing. That was a great way of using the tool and integrating in a natural way different aspects of language learning - if you think about it, they are speaking, listening to each other, practising narrative writing, reading aloud, pronunciation, grammar, vocabulary...I\'ve used Chinswing with my students and it certainly holds very interesting possibilities for class use. Your activity made me want to go back to Chinswing and perhaps explore it some more! Thanks!Um abraço, Mônica http://projectplatypus2.blogspot.com
$\"sbetts0\"$ Sharon Betts #1434 01/27/2008	Great use of Chinswing, Elfina.I will listen to all their stories later this afternoon. Sharon

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$\"Dafne\"$ Dafne #1174 01/22/2008	Dear all,I just came across this page and thought it might beof your interest:How to search for Internet resources to use in alesson http://www.internet4classrooms.com/search.htm Cheers, Daf
$\"Jose$ Jose Antonio Da Silva #1175 (Response to #1174) 01/22/2008	Hi Teresa,A nice resource. Thanks for sharing José Antônio
$\"Teresa$ Teresa Almeida d\'Eca #1180 (Response to #1175) 01/22/2008	Actually, JA, it was Daf. :-)Hugs, Teresa
$\"Jose$ Jose Antonio Da Silva #1182 (Response to #1180) 01/22/2008	Hi Teresa,She just told me. Sorry. Doing too many things at one time. Abraços José Antônio
$\"Dafne\"$ Dafne #1205 01/22/2008	Thanks, Yuly :-)I love story telling: fables, legends, fairy tales,etc. :-)I have an article of a project I carried out while Iwas coordinating the High School English Program atColegio Santiago de Leon de Caracas, using stories:\"A Whole Language Project Using Story Grammars in theEFL High School Classroom\" http://exchanges.state.gov/forum/vols/vol36/no1/p14.htmand there is another article about the teachertraining to prepare teachers for this project:\"Story Grammars and Oral Fluency\"http://www.njcu.edu/cill/vol5/gonzalez.htmlEven though this is for EFL they can give you someextra ideas :-)hugs, Daf
Natalia #1207 (Response to #1205) 01/22/2008	Dear Daf, that\'s amazing! I also have my article on Storytelling and it was published in the Forum,too.http://exchanges.state.gov/forum/vols/vol33/no1/index.htmEver since I have developed the methodology and I have a bit different approach to text than yours Currently i am preparing an article in English for my Finnish colleguesThanks for the links. I will read them late more carefully. Natalia
$\"Silvia$ Silvia Colombo #1209 01/22/2008	Dear Daf, Thank you for sharing it with all of us. I\'ve just bookmarked it at del.icio.us so that I can browse it later. Hugs, Silvia.
baw08@yahoogroups.com #1212 01/22/2008	Hello,This email message is a notification to let you know thata file has been uploaded to the Files area of the baw08 group.
baw08@yahoogroups.com #1220 (Response to #1212) 01/22/2008	Hello,This email message is a notification to let you know thata file has been uploaded to the Files area of the baw08 group.File : /Teaching with Skype and MSN/A practice in phonics.doc Uploaded by : redcamarocruiser
baw08@yahoogroups.com #1222 01/22/2008	Hello,This email message is a notification to let you know thata file has been uploaded to the Files area of the baw08 group.File : /Teaching with Skype and MSN/ewertoneagleeyecherry.mp3 Uploaded by : redcamarocruiser Description : A recording of pronunciation correction of a Portuguese speaker in a skype chat. He is a professional radio broadcaster, so he learns faster than the average learner. You can access this file at the URL:http://groups.yahoo.com/group/baw08/files/Teaching%20with%20Skype%20and%20MSN/ewertoneagleeyecherry.mp3To learn more about file sharing for your group, please visit:http://help.yahoo.com/l/us/yahoo/groups/original/members/web/index.htmlfilesRegards,redcamarocruiser
$\"Mary\"$ Mary #1223 01/22/2008	Who should I send the file to, dear Hala? May I send it to you?
$\"Mary\"$ Mary #1225 (Response to #1224) 01/22/2008	Here is the sound file link.Here is the link for the file you uploaded:http://download.yousendit.com/5E79464F0493F0B9Thanks Hala for this very useful tool! http://www.yousendit.com/
$\"Hala\"$ Hala #1226 (Response to #1225) 01/22/2008	Mary, Your audio file works fine, but I am afraid the MS Word documentdoesn\'t\'.
$\"Mary\"$ Mary #1230 (Response to #1226) 01/22/2008	Dear Hala,Did you try to download the MS word document from the file section in theyahoo group?it is the the folder called Teaching with Skype and MSN .The fiel is called A practice inphonics.doc* .*I downloaded it without probelm from the file baw08 group filesection.Ifyou want me to send it to you as an attachment, let me know.
$\"Hala$ Hala #1236 (Response to #1230) 01/23/2008	Why don\'t you send it directly to the group baw08@yahoo.com Hala
$\"Hala$ Hala #1237 (Response to #1236) 01/23/2008	Sorry! I meant baw08@yahoogroups.comNormal to happen at 2.10 a.m.Happy you have manged to send us the link.Keep on webheading forward,Mary! Hala
$\"Jose$ Jose Antonio Da Silva #1250 01/23/2008	Hello dear BaWers,If you want to have a glimpse at what we have discussed so far, take a look at our Week 2 Threads http://baw-08. pbwiki.com/ Threads-Week- 2 . They are still being updated and some things will be fixed, but it might be helpful to you. José Antônio http://thomasja.wordpress.com http://joseantoniook.edublogs.org
Ronaldo Lima, Jr. #1251 01/23/2008	Hi Hala and Mary,I\'ve just read this thread and I remembered that last year somebody (I thinkit was Fernanda from Portugal...) suggested using bestsharing.com as analternative to yousendit, because there the file is available for 30 days(yousendit makes it available only for 7 days). Regards from Brazil! Ronaldo
Rita Zeinstejer #1252 01/23/2008	Hi, wonderful people,I am off work, but with so much to do that I seldom have time to even\"lurk\"..., so now that I am here I see I can suggest Beinsync to sharefiles and folders with others, athttp://www.beinsync.com/what_is_beinsync.phpCongrats on the fantastic job you are all doing, mods, coords and allBaWers, this forum is a gem!CU for week 6, but will do my best to be here more often, Rita
$\"Jose$ Jose Antonio Da Silva #1257 01/23/2008	Hi dear Rita,Thanks a lot for your kindness. I know time is really a rara comodity sometimes. Very kind of you stopping tosay helllo to us. Looking forwqard to week 6. Thanks a lot for the file sharing link. Hugs from Brazil José Antônio
$\"Monica$ Monica Veado #1255 01/23/2008	Dear all,why not take a look at our forum pagehttp://www.hostingphpbb.com/forum/baw08.htmland post your impressions/reactions/comments/questions about this week\'s readings? Some great discussions might emerge! ;-) Um abraco, Monica http://projectplatypus2.blogspot.com
$\"Mary\"$ Mary #1262 01/23/2008	Hala you wrote that you could not download the file Try this link, please.It works or me. The document is also in the archives section of the group. Iwonder if anyone else had download problems.http://www.yousendit.com/transfer.php?action=download&ufid=3AC5F89231E3386E-- http://www.goodsearch.comDesignate IHM Center for Literacy and GED programs (Phildelphia, PA) as the(recipiant).Each search = $0.01 for the Center.
$\"Fernanda$ Fernanda Rodrigues #1274 01/23/2008	Hi RonaldoIt seems www.bestsharing.com is no longer available.but you can try this one:http://www.sendspace.com/ Fernanda
akaddar1 #1275 01/23/2008	Hi Ronaldo : www.fileflyer.com is another free webservice to send large files Mbarek
Daniela #1282 01/23/2008	Dear Blogging4educators participants - I want to share a great resource with you. It\'s called Slideshare and it\'s extremely easy to use. Students and teachers worldwide share their power point presentations on this free website - I did that with my students - they were so motivated by the fact that their presentations are available on the web and anyone can see them, post a reply or a comment, add it as a favourite, etc. What is great about this website is that it records the number of viewers, so your students can compete - whose presentation was the most popular in the web! (Mine are still doing that :))You can also create a slidecast, which means that you add your voice to the slides - isn\'t that a great device for practicing speaking skills? (especially with shy student who do not want to speak in front of a larher audience). This is the link to presentations on skype and messengers - Check them out! I found tons of excellent information and I hope that you can do the same:http://www.slideshare.net/search/slideshow?q=skype&submit=post http://www.slideshare.net/search/slideshow?lang=en&submit=post&q=messengerThis is the link to my account - check on what my students have created and feel free to share that with your students as well. You can create your own account, upload your presentations, join groups like \"Web 2.0 education\" or \"ESL\", add favourites and get notified via e-mail every time a presentation related to your interests is posted.http://www.slideshare.net/daniMD Good luck!
$\"Jose$ Jose Antonio Da Silva #1284 01/23/2008	Hi Daniela,This is a nice tip. I am familiar with slideshare, but I am amazed to see how it has been improved. I did not know we cold also record voice with it. Another alterantive for those who wish to record skype voice chats. Your slideshows are quite interesting. We wil be working with blogs next week and this is another tool that can be used to make them more attractive.Thanks for sharing José Antônio
Ronaldo Lima, Jr. #1295 01/24/2008	It\'s true... I had used it last month... anyway, thanks for the other links,Fernanda and Mbarek, I\'ve bookmarked them and will try them out soon. Ronaldo
leecywise #1323 01/24/2008	I\'m catching up and loving all of the ideas and links everyone is sharing. I\'m particularly interested in the Second Life experience. As a money maker, Second Life is dipping, but the possibilities for teaching are endless! If you do give a tour, count me in! Also, I use Skype all of the time, but had no idea of how little of it I was using. Thanks one and all.This resource just showed up in my email. I created a jigsaw using a photo I had and sent it off in about 1 minute! They are featuring places around the world today. It\'s a free application that you can download or use online. I had mental images of classes completing each others\' jigsaws as they talked and laughed in a target language. What a hoot. Link follows:http://www.shockwave.com/jigsaws.jspThe home page has other links as well. Leecy
$\"Jose$ Jose Antonio Da Silva #1324 (Response to #1323) 01/24/2008	Hi Leecy,I have seen you around but hadn´t said hello yet. So hello and nice to e-meet you. It is amazing to think about how we find out we can learn more when we share experiences with others. The way you felt about skype is the way I also feel about so many things everytime I take this course. For example, you have just discovered a tool for creating puzzles that I did not know of. Thanks for sharing that with us. About Second Life you absolutely right. It will have adeep impact on language teaching. I also need to learn how to use it.Hugs from Brazil José Antônio http://thomasja.wordpress.comhttp://joseantoniook.edublogs.org
Sharon Betts #1355 01/25/2008	from Kyle Mawer & Graham StanleyThis is a great article / wiki on using Games with the ESL student:http://evogaming.wikispaces.com/AdaptingOnlineComputerGamesfortheClassroomMake you own online games:http://sploder.com/ Sharon
$\"Dafne\"$ Dafne #1357 01/25/2008	Dear all,I am freak of online jigsaw-puzzles, for my ownconsumption and for teaching. Personally, I solve 6 or7 puzzles a day (different cuts of the same puzzle),this relaxes me in between online tasks. I also createspecial jigsaws for Xmas, New Year, birthdays, etc.As for teaching, I use them in my graduate andundergraduate courses. Here are some examples:Undergraduate:two examples:With this jigsaw, I ask my English for architecturestudents, when studying construction materials, Whatdo you see in the puzzle? What is the material used? How many types of uses are given to the material? http://id2125-parallel.pbwiki.com/Week4#ActivitiesOn another unit (different course), I ask my studentsto recognize the kind of bridge presented in thepuzzle:http://id3-124dg.pbwiki.com/Week2#Activities(at the bottom of the page)Graduate course (one example)I use jigsaws in my e-projects course, to showparticipants that developing an e-project is likesolving a jigsaw, there are many stragies but there isalways a strategy which is more eficient (less timewhich implies more money) ;-)I give them a jigsaw with one simple cut. Ask them tosolve it, and then, at the end, they have to explainwhat was their strategy to solve it and how long theyspend in the process. Then, I ask them to use a morecomplex cut, and ask them to solve it, of course,which each cut they have to use different solvingstrategies, and this is discussed in terms ofdifferent projects. For each project you might have touse different strategies.http://e-proyectos.wikispaces.com/Semana+1(this course is in Spanish)With language students at the beginner levels:Create puzzles with questions. Students solve thepuzzle and the first one to finish answers thequestions. The background of the puzzle can be theanswer to the questions. For example: question: Whatdo you see? or What is this?, the background of thepicture is a table or any other object/food/body part,etc. It can also be used for counting, fill in theblanks, etc. I use http://www.jigzone.com for my jigsaw puzzles.I have loved jigsaw puzzles since I was a child (eonsago) ;-)I have a motto: \"A puzzle a day, keeps Alzheimersaway\" :-)hugs, Daf
$\"Ocsovszky$ Ocsovszky Zsóia #1380 01/26/2008	Hello All,I have just found a page with some ideas on using second life in education.http://sleducation.wikispaces.com/Take a look if you are intested in. Zsofi
$\"k.ergiz\"$ Nergiz #1384 (Response to #1380) 01/26/2008	Hi Zsofi Very useful page, indeed. I\'ve been looking for Mac shortcuts for SL and here they have it. I\'m posting this to the group as there might be other Mac users interested in this. Thanks for sharing! Nergiz
$\"Jose$ Jose Antonio Da Silva #1390 (Response to #1384) 01/26/2008	Hello Zsofi,Great link indeed thanks for sharing. I love wikispaces and we will be disscussing wikis on week 3.Hugs José Antônio
$\"Monica$ Monica Veado #1381 01/26/2008	If you are a fan of jigsaw puzzles, take a look at this site! Hundreds (perhaps thousands!) of wonderful puzzles to download and play on your computer. Some pictures are absolutely wonderful!http://www.yvettedefrance.com/PUZZLES/PUZZLE/puzzles.htmUm abraço, Monica http://projectplatypus2.blogspot.com
$\"Claudia\"$ Claudia #1387 (Response to #1381) 01/26/2008	Thanks for the link Monica. Amazing pictures. Claudia
$\"Teresa$ Teresa Almeida d\'Eca #1382 01/26/2008	Hi, everyone!Yesterday I started a new wiki page, \"Applications of different Tools\" (link in the Sidebar), based on your suggestions to uses/applications of different tools, Web 2.0 or not. Such is the case of jigsaw puzzles.http://baw-08.pbwiki.com/UsesofToolsI\'ll try to keep it up-to-date with the help of our mods.Enjoy! Teresa
jennapollock2003 #1392 (Response to #1382) 01/26/2008	Thanks Teresa! What a fabulous resource this will be. I love beingable to see all the ideas on one tool displayed together. Very useful :) -Jenna
$\"Ocsovszky$ Ocsovszky Zsóia #1393 (Response to #1392) 01/26/2008	Thank you Teresa,Is good to see all in one page, a nice order! :-) Zsofi
$\"Nina$ Nina Liakos #1395 01/26/2008	Daf hooked me on jigzone.com when she posted the puzzle \"Goodbye toSeattle\" on our webheads blog last spring. I now have the dailyjigsaw link emailed to me, but I can\'t figure out how Daf can find thetime to solve the puzzle six times over! I can barely find time to doit once. My favorite cut is bulbs--the first time I tried it, I hatedit, but as Daf said, I discovered a strategy for doing the puzzles andnow I almost always beat the average. You can also arrange to compareyour times on the puzzle with somebody else--I compare my times toDaf\'s if she has done the same cut before me. I had never thoughtabout using the puzzles in teaching, because they seem so nonverbal,so Daf\'s suggestions on how to use them intrigue me. Thanks, Daf! Nina
$\"Dolphin$ Elfina #1396 01/26/2008	Hello all, Though I missed the Yahoo Messenger live online session (I couldn’t attend it because I had classes that day), I went to the pbwiki page (Thank you, Dafne) and read through Michael Coghlan’s presentation at http://www.slideshare.net/michaelc/integrating-voice. Well, I’m looking forward to the recording now. I haven’t used Skype or Yahoo Messenger in teaching so far but thanks to you who shared their experiences and ideas about possible uses of these voice communication tools, I think I will give it a try! However, I have used chinswing and would like to contribute my 2 euro cents, too We experimented with Chinswing with my students (at Pre-Intermediate level) by recording their own stories. The task was to use Past simple and linkers as well as some keywords. I also asked the Chinswing participants to choose the best story. Though we did not get much feedback, the idea was new and worth trying, I think. You can find our experiment here: http://www.chinswing.com/pages/discussion.aspx?id=d70816cd-aa72-424c-9324-462ac9f70000 Your comments are most welcome. Thank you, AnnieB, very much for your input and your comments on my students’ stories. I believe it is really important for both teacher and students (not only mine) to get feedback on what they are doing from different people. For one thing, it makes you feel satisfied and helps to build up confidence (both yours and your students’). For another, it keeps you moving and working on things you need to improve (which I find motivating). Another thing I would like to comment on is PDF995. I absolutely agree with Dennis that PDF995 is a very useful utility. Thank you, Jack. I have downloaded both the printer and the converter and saved some articles from our weekly readings in pdf format (I converted them with PDF995) on my computer. The thought that I’ll be able to reach them at any time in case my Internet connection fails me, is very comforting. Looking forward to our today’s live session! Best, Elfina
$\"Dafne\"$ Dafne #1404 01/26/2008	Really nice pics. I especially like the 3D ones :-)I cannot save the page to my Del.icio.us. I wonderwhy.Thanks for sharing! Daf
$\"Monica$ Monica Veado #1417 (Response to #1404) 01/27/2008	Hi Dafne,you might want to give it another try. I got this link from my del.icio.us page so I\'m sure it can be saved... :-)Um abraço, Monica http://projectplatypus2.blogspot.com
$\"Silvia$ Silvia Colombo #1405 01/26/2008	Thank you Teresa for making it easier for newbies!!! Hugs, Silvia
$\"Teresa$ Teresa Almeida d\'Eca #1421 (Response to #1405) 01/27/2008	Hi Silivia, Jenna and Zsofi!It\'s nice to know that you find the \"Applications\" wiki page useful for newbies and non-newbies. :-)I\'m going to put the tools in alphabetical order for easier reference..Hugs, Teresa
$\"sharonbetts\"$ Sharon Betts #1426 01/27/2008	Good morning (at least here in Maine, USA),I just discovered a very interesting cartoon maker.Toonlet - http://toonlet.com/I even made a quick one to test it and found it very easy.You can find it in the Playground: http://baw08participants.pbwiki.com/playground Sharon
$\"Monica$ Monica Veado #1428 (Response to #1426) 01/27/2008	Hi Sharon,loved your cartoon! :-)Thanks for the link, I have a couple of students who will absolutely love playing with that!!!Um abraço,Monica http://projectplatypus2.blogspot.com
$\"Jose$ Jose Antonio Da Silva #1429 (Response to #1428) 01/27/2008	Hi SharonImpressive. I loved toonlet. The colors are bright and you can sahre them. I liked the one you placed in our playground.These are some I have on my delicious http://scratch.mit.edu/http://www.makebeliefscomix.com/comix.phpThanks for sharing José Antônio http://thomasja.wordpress.com http://joseantoniook.edublogs.org
Ronaldo Lima, Jr. #1432 (Response to #1429) 01/27/2008	Hey Sharon!Thanks for the suggestion. Here is the link to a similar website, where youcan make comic strips using photos (you own photos or images from googleimages, flickr...).http://www.comeeko.comRegards from Brazil! Ronaldo
Natalia #1433 (Response to #1432) 01/27/2008	hi, Sharon Congratulations for your cartoon ! Natalia
$\"Dafne\"$ Dafne #1439 (Response to #1433) 01/27/2008	I love cartoons :-)I created a cartoon for my students usingMakebeliefscomix:http://id3124-parallel.pbwiki.com/Instructions(at the bottom of the page)I am going to try the one at scratch.mit.edu :-)hugs,
$\"Dafne\"$ Dafne #1440 (Response to #1439) 01/27/2008	Thanks, Sharon! I\'ve del.icio.us-ed the site to playwith it when I have some seconds free ;-) Daf
Angeles Berman #1435 01/27/2008	It\'s a wonderful link Monica, Thanks for sharing :-)I\'ve had tons of work to do during these days and don\'t have a lot oftime to participate but always reading and learning :-)I\'ll try to be more ctive in the groups during next daysGo Webheads!!!! hugs and kisses ángelesb from México

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