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Re: Cool Cat Teacher Blog: Tips on Twitterpaneling from the #educhat Experiment

jerthebear — Fri, 07 Aug 2009 09:31:01 -0000

Vicki,
I really enjoyed this experiment. You mentioned that we needed to figure out a way to archive. I think I've discovered how to do it. I found an incredible desktop application called "the Archivist." The application is PC only and requires .Net Frameworks 3.5 which will download automatically if you don't already have it. Using this program, I did a search for #edchat and it pulled all tweets using that hashtag all the way back to July 29th! Also, this program will also update itself every 5 minutes, so you ALWAYS have the latest tweets for your search. You can then export all of these results to a spreadsheet, then import to Google Docs or something similar to make public or embed somewhere...I've archived all of the #edchat tweets from 8/5 beginning at 8 PM and ending at 11:28 PM and sorted them in chronological order. The results are perfect. http://spreadsheets.google.....

You can download the Archivist at http://on10.net/blogs/sarah....

I think this is the solution many of us have been looking for!

Re: December Giveaway

jerthebear — Wed, 17 Dec 2008 15:29:20 -0000

Good stuff. I hope I win something. That would make for a lovely holiday.

Re: The Great Lessons Project - Video Number 1

jerthebear — Mon, 08 Dec 2008 14:26:14 -0000

Thanks Fleep. We were trying to figure out ways to get around this "time" issue and a video series like this seemed to be our best option. Thanks for your feedback!

Jerry Swiatek
Regional Technology Specialist
Citrus High School
http://citrushightechnology...

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Re: Forvo: the pronunciation guide

jerthebear — Fri, 05 Dec 2008 13:55:55 -0000

Foreign Language student, Thanks for the feedback. If you click on the link for that word in my post, down at the bottom of the page there is also a Mongolian pronunciation of the word. It's probably the same japanese word with just a Mongolian twist to it.

Re: Web filtering in schools: unnecessary or necessary evil?

jerthebear — Tue, 02 Dec 2008 18:31:11 -0000

Tim,
Thanks for the comment. I'm not talking about removing the filter for pornographic material. In fact, we are bound by law to block that material. I am simply referring to the dozens and dozens of legitimate websites and web tools that are being wrongly blocked. I do agree with you with regards to teachers. If an unethical teacher is going to use the "open web" for inappropriate things, then that teacher should be dealt with swiftly and harshly. However, in the current situation, we penalize all of the ethical teachers (certainly the large majority) for the "potential" actions of a very small minority.

Re: Web filtering in schools: unnecessary or necessary evil?

jerthebear — Tue, 02 Dec 2008 18:23:29 -0000

JC,
Thanks for the comment. I agree with you to a certain extent. I agree that a web filter an help with virus protection, but the filters have been taken much too far that it is affecting the way our teachers can teach. Certainly, there is no risk of a virus infection from YouTube or Google sites, yet many districts block them anyway. It makes it difficult to do our jobs at times.

Re: Google Sites Video Tutorial

jerthebear — Mon, 24 Nov 2008 17:09:05 -0000

Marc,
Thanks for commenting! I'm glad you found the tutorial helpful. I hope everyone in your non-profit find it useful as well. I've been to your website and it appears you guys are doing some great things. Thank you for all you are doing. Please keep me updated and share any of the sites that are being created in Google Sites. I'd love to see them! Thanks again.