VanceS contributed 86 messages, 1 emote during 104 minutes.

 2007.09.09 05:09:01 Login

 Room: VirtualVance

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 Room: TI_Reception

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 JeffC: right... they meet here at this time.

 JeffC: there's Vance now.

 billc: hey Vance!

 VanceS: where?

 RemonaE: nce

 VanceS: oh, ya, me

 VanceS: hi

 billc: good timing

 VanceS: great, just got out of a meeting

 RemonaE: whoops...meant to say Hi Vance!

 billc: out of a meeting into a meeting

 JeffC: Bill... you might want to logout and log back in.  The fact that
 your name is all in lower case might mean that you have connection
 problems.

 RemonaE: just swiitched to large text

 billc: oh, thanks. I got booted the first time i logged in. Although i
 think that might be normal for me. Will give it a try. . .

 billc: be back. . .

 VanceS: if he has connection problems woudn't there be other symptoms?

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 VanceS: what's up?

 BillC: you were right JeffC, you must be a jedi or something. . .

 BillC: how are things in AD, Vance?

 VanceS: use the mouse, luke

 JeffC: just on Helpdesk here Bill... seen it before.

 BillC: i feel the source strong within you, young skywalker. . .

 BillC: thanks for the tip

 BillC: so if you continue with a strange connection, what might happen?

 JeffC: well... it generally effects someone when they try and use the top
 frame... like posting to Discussion, etc.

 BillC: You know, it's been really short tonight for me, but the wife's
 calling me for dinner. Gotta run. It's been fun talking!

 JeffC: anyhow... found an interesting site... still in beta...
 http://wiziq.com

 JeffC: it's for teachers... allows virtual classrooms, audio/video, etc.

 RemonaE: how interesting! It's just after 8:00 a.m. here in Kentucky and
 BillC is off to dinner

 JeffC: has features not found here... don't know if it's going to *stay*
 free after it comes out of beta...

 VanceS: Bill is in Chiang Mai, right?

 JeffC: yup... and it's 5a.m. here in Oregon.

 BillC: yup, bangkok time

 RemonaE: poor Jeff

 VanceS: 4:30 pm here in abu dhabi

 BillC: i'll check out the site-- maybe we can discuss more at length next
 week

 BillC: see you all!

 VanceS: cheers

 BillC left the room (signed off).

 RemonaE: I am here for a meeting with the webheads because I am taking a
 class in distance education that requires us to join a group and find how
 members are using tappedin in their practice

 VanceS: ok

 VanceS: if we can help let us know

 VanceS: we're webheads

 VanceS: I think others will show up shortly

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 RitaZ: good day, Vance, Remona and Jeff

 RemonaE: good day

 JeffC: Hi Rita

 VanceS: hi rita

 VanceS was clearing a paper jam

 RemonaE: while we are waiting on the others maybe one of you could tell me
 whether you use tappedin in your teaching and, if so, how?

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 VanceS: i sometimes schedule tutorials in tapped in

 VanceS: help students with research and internet searches

 RitaZ: sorry, Im back..., my pc is behaving weird :-(

 RitaZ: at TI, Vance (sorry, missed that)

 VanceS: how's it doing, did the tech guy come?

 RitaZ: ?

 RitaZ: not yet, next Wedn

 VanceS: so it's over heating

 RitaZ: I keep getting this system alert temperature warning, need to turn
 off!!

 RitaZ: yep

 VanceS: yuk

 VanceS: what kind of course are you taking Ramona?

 RitaZ: mainly when I have 2 programs open

 RemonaE: I am working on my master's in ed. tech.

 VanceS: where?

 RitaZ: where are you from, Remona?

 RemonaE: I am in eastern Kentucky, USA

 GloriaN joined the room.

 RemonaE: hi Gloria!

 GloriaN: hello

 RitaZ: are you doing your MA online, Remona?

 RitaZ: hi, Gloria

 GloriaN: Hi Rita

 BeeD joined the room.

 RitaZ: hi, Bee!

 BeeD: good morning

 BeeD: afternoon/evening

 RemonaE: Yes, the entire program is online...right now I am taking
 priniciples of distance ed. and a research methods type of class about
 grant writing

 RemonaE: Rita, you are in a

 RitaZ: may I ask what Univ you are studying at?

 RemonaE: whoops - you are in Argentina, no?

 RitaZ: yes, Remona

 RemonaE: Morehead State University, Morehead, Ky.

 RitaZ: good to know, thanks

 RemonaE: that is interesting to me because I am teaching high school
 Spanish and learned Spanish only in college

 RitaZ: ah, I see :-)

 VanceS: Morning Bee

 RitaZ: we could do tandem work ;-)

 BeeD: Hi Vance

 RemonaE: from what I have picked up along the way... there is something a
 little different about the Spanish spoken in Arg.

 BeeD: how did it go yesterday?

 RitaZ: yes, remona, like Am and Brit Engl

 VanceS: kinda hectic

 VanceS: the usual

 BeeD: lol

 VanceS: Rita was so hectic she fried her computer

 BeeD: did not manage to connect from my parents'

 VanceS: no big deal

 BeeD: no..what happened?

 VanceS: well, found the webcast academy folks online

 VanceS: they are very helpful

 RitaZ: I almost set fire to it, was mad, hearing without being able to
 speak nor write :-(

 VanceS: they keep an ongoing skype chat

 BeeD: the chat would not load on my parents' computer..so I gave up

 VanceS: so I had help there organizing the skype component

 VanceS: like when I dropped out someone called me back

 VanceS: but I was streaming

 VanceS: which was fun

 BeeD: wonderful

 VanceS: and there should be recordings

 BeeD: did you or someone manage to record it?

 RemonaE: I suppose each Spanish speaking country has its own
 peculiarities, but I wonder if it compares to state-to-state difference
 here - any idea

 VanceS: on my computer, haven't checked yet

 RitaZ: Vance, my stds wil love your message, thanks!

 VanceS: these will have to be edited

 VanceS: yeah, I put Rita's video at my pageflakes

 RitaZ: need to see how to record with better sound quality, Vance

 VanceS: that's a nice video, will make a nice part of our K-12 Online
 presentation

 VanceS: it's comprehensible

 RitaZ: we record it with a camera, thats it, not a video

 RitaZ: recorded

 BeeD: same thing

 VanceS: camera, not video??

 RitaZ: nope, photo camera, not video camera, different , Bee

 RitaZ: it was really good bearing that in mind

 VanceS: so you would need some kind of audio source separate from the
 camera

 RitaZ: but as we dont have a video, maybe I need to use an editor?

 VanceS: and then mix them later in a video editor

 RitaZ: uhhh

 VanceS: did you fall down?

 VanceS: or a coconut fell on your head?

 RitaZ: kind of :-)

 RemonaE: BeeD, I looked at your profile and noticed that you teach high
 school - do you use tappedin with your classes?

 RitaZ: my stds wont believe their eys when they see their video in your
 page, Vance..., they know about you!

 BeeD: no because I cannot open any of these environments online from the
 computer room without asking the tech dept beforehand

 RitaZ: well, they have seen your pages..;-)

 BeeD: they have to configure each computer and too lazy to do that

 RemonaE: just school rules or what?

 RemonaE: are the computers emacs?

 BeeD: no PCs

 VanceS: here's a direct link to the page that shows Rita's video at my
 presentation yesterday: http://www.pageflakes.com/vancestevens/13487192

 BeeD: but we are on a network and all the security precautions slow down
 the whole thing a lot

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 BeeD: YouTube is closed

 RemonaE: I don' t know yet if I will be able to use tappedin at school

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 BeeD: and so are most Web 2.0 tools (we have access but cannot upload or
 download anything)

 VanceS: I can't get YouTube where I am not

 VanceS: but it works fine from home

 BeeD: so cannot have stds do podcasts for instance

 RemonaE: Rita, do you use tappedin with your classes?

 BeeD: have to record them on my computer and do the whole thing myself at
 home

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 NinaTL: Good morning!

 BeeD: even scrapblog is a mess

 VanceS: hey nina

 BeeD hugs Nina

 VanceS: scrapblog/?

 NinaTL hugs Bee, Rita, Vance, and jeff

 RemonaE: that's kind of a lot of work...we can do podcasts at school.  Hi
 nina

 NinaTL: Hello to Remona and Gloria

 RitaZ: no, Remona, I have a classblog, but I'd like to use it, might be we
 could join our stds one day at TI?

 NinaTL: What's a scrapblog?

 RitaZ hugs Nina

 NinaTL: Rita, I just sent you 2 confusing emails.

 GloriaN: Hi Nina

 RemonaE: I'd like that and Gloria, too, we are from the same area

 RitaZ: confusing?

 NinaTL: about the order of the slides for your presentation

 NinaTL: You'll see

 RitaZ: ok, Nina, thanks, will take a look

 NinaTL: I confused myself

 NinaTL: So, a scrapblog is...?

 RitaZ: Remona, contact me via email rita@zeinstejer.com , we can plan sth
 ;-)

 RemonaE: cool.

 NinaTL: Remona and Gloria, do you teach Spanish?  Are you originally from
 Latin America?

 BeeD: Scrapblog is a blog I am trying to use with me little ones

 BeeD: it's flash based

 BeeD: http://scrapblog.com

 RemonaE: not at all...I am a non-traditional student who went back to
 college and earned a BA in Spanish...however, I have been to Spain

 GloriaN: yes teach High school Spanish in Kentucky- I am Mexican  born in
 Texas

 NinaTL: Cool

 RitaZ: nice kind of blog for kids

 NinaTL: I studied Spanish all through school (until college) but I can't
 function in it

 GloriaN: I spoke it as a first language then quit using it and forgot it-
 I had to study it in college

 RemonaE: I wanted to do a master's in Spanish, but the logisitics
 prevented it...

 NinaTL: I have a lot of Hispanic students in my evening class but only
 rarely in my regular job

 GloriaN: I also am a non traditional student and this is my 3rd year
 teaching

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 NinaTL: I'm from Maryland (Wash. DC area) and we have a lot of Central
 American immigrants here

 NinaTL hugs Claire

 ClaireB: hi guys

 ClaireB hugs all

 VanceS: hey claire

 RitaZ hugs Clari g'day

 GloriaN: Hi Claire

 ClaireB: whattsup?

 RemonaE: Nina, what is your regular job?  I have been trying to figure out
 how to become ceritified in ESOL - can anyone shove me in the right
 direction? hi Claire

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 MichaelAC: Hello everyone!

 VanceS: hey mc

 ClaireB: hi Michael

 ClaireB hugs michael

 RitaZ: hi, Michael, soo long!!!

 NinaTL: Hi Michael

 ClaireB: what is your background now, Remona?

 RemonaE: hi Michael

 VanceS: I've been checking out those tafe podcasts for moblie leraning

 MichaelAC: Yes Rita - seem to be too busy these days!

 VanceS: cool

 NinaTL: Remona, I teach ESL at the U of Maryland

 ClaireB: tafe?

 VanceS: TAFE

 MichaelAC: The podcasts from acquaculturepda - podomatic site?

 RemonaE: background?

 VanceS: them's the ones

 MichaelAC: TAFE = technical and further education sector

 RemonaE: I have a BA in Spanish and first language is English

 BeeD: hi Michae

 BeeD hugs Claire

 ClaireB: ah

 MichaelAC: TAFE is kinda like the Aust equivalent to the Community College
 system in the US

 ClaireB hugs bee excitedly!!!

 NinaTL: If you want to teach ESL in public schools you will need to find
 out the requirements in your state

 ClaireB: bee, i haven't seen you here for a very long time

 RitaZ: what are you up to these days, Michael? ;-)

 MichaelAC: Hi Bee - Alex has sent me here to whip uop w'head suppot for
 FNNW2!

 ClaireB: does maryland have requirements/

 RemonaE: ok..thanks

 BeeD: yes...I am seldom connected on WE

 NinaTL: Yes, of course

 ClaireB: perhaps because you go to to the country on weekends?

 VanceS: ok, whip up support MC, we're listening

 BeeD smiles at Michael

 VanceS: some of us

 MichaelAC: Too many wonderful things Rita - but today -
 http://flnw.wikispaces.com/

 ClaireB: nina, not all states do

 NinaTL: I just watched the scrapblog video, with half my attention--it
 looks neat!

 BeeD: yes Claire...I usually flee the city on WE

 NinaTL: Sorry

 NinaTL: Actually ours are new

 NinaTL: but all PS teachers need to be certified

 NinaTL: in something

 MichaelAC: Alex Hayes - coordinator of this event - wants to get webheads
 to sponsor in kind....

 BeeD: but got back yesterday night from the coast where I went tosee my
 parents

 ClaireB: cool

 BeeD: twas a long weekend

 MichaelAC: and wants to know what site the FLNW2 site should link to.
 Should that be webheads.info?

 VanceS: looks nice

 BeeD: and I thought I'd better return early to avoid traffic jams

 BeeD: but got stuck in one nevertheless

 NinaTL: How are your parents, Bee?

 BeeD: took me 4 hours to get back instead of 1.15

 MichaelAC: ouch

 ClaireB -( bee

 VanceS: hey my pic is there

 NinaTL: ohmigod

 BeeD: Took my parents out for lunch

 NinaTL: there=where Vance?

 RitaZ: wow, Michael, FLNW looks a nice enterprise...

 BeeD: it was their wedding anniversary

 MichaelAC: indeed Rita

 BeeD: 55 years

 ClaireB: and it didn't even break the website, vance

 NinaTL: Lovely, Bee

 MichaelAC: we want webhead support in person or online

 ClaireB: my in=laws have also been married 55 years

 RitaZ: can anybody join, Michael?

 MichaelAC: sure can Rita

 VanceS: I think if you link to http://webheads.info

 VanceS: it links to all the other sites

 MichaelAC: Ta Vance

 BeeD: webheadsinaction.org

 RitaZ: 55 years, Clari? breaking records! not many reach that stage today!
 :-)

 BeeD: as coming events

 MichaelAC: I thought that was the best one

 VanceS: if you link to http://www.webheadsinaction.org

 ClaireB: could someone give me a definition of "unconference?"

 BeeD: no set topics

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 ClaireB agrees with rita

 VanceS: it doesn't take you out to the wider webheadosphere

 BeeD: no set conference speakers

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 BeeD: everything happens on the spot

 ClaireB: i may make 55 years, but it will be with 2 different hsbands, lol

 VanceS: you can look up unconference in wikipedia

 BeeD: let me get you a film

 VanceS: good def there

 BeeD: showing what it is

 RitaZ: me too, Clari!!! lol

 ClaireB: sure, i could look it up, but i want you guys to tell me

 ClaireB: is an unconference always online?

 MichaelAC: http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Unconference

 MichaelAC: No Claire - usually offline actually

 RitaZ: never attended a f2f unconference, have you?

 MichaelAC: yep

 MichaelAC: they're great

 ClaireB: i get the spontaneious part, but i wasn't sure if it was on or
 off line

 MichaelAC: no agenda, no pre-planning

 ClaireB: by what you are saying, yes i have

 RitaZ: not even seen it, so must be an online breakthrough :-)

 MichaelAC: those who turn up are the roght people

 MichaelAC: right people

 MichaelAC: and agenda is negotiated on the spot

 NinaTL: Maybe it's more like a social gethering with people who all share
 (and talk about) a common interest

 MichaelAC: Yes Nina - but with many different topics

 ClaireB: sounds like a coffee klatch

 BeeD: http://barcamp.ch/download/Ryanne-BarCampSF816.mov

 BeeD: this is of a barcamp

 RitaZ: must be a good experience provided the speakers are savvies...;-)

 MichaelAC: yes - BarCapm is similar

 BeeD: but the idea is the same

 MichaelAC: in an unconf everyone is a speaker Rita

 ClaireB: did you all get the call for participation for worldcall?
 http://www.worldcall.org

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 MichaelAC: Yes I think I saw it Claire

 ClaireB: good deal

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 ClaireB: hi tom

 RitaZ: hi, Tom

 ClaireB hugs tom

 MichaelAC: Hello there Tom

 NinaTL: Hi Tom

 ThomasLev: hello!

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 BeeD: we should organize a webhead barcamp

 VanceS: Michael, I think the portugal server is in one of its funks and
 webheads.info is down at the moment

 RitaZ: so Worldcall will be in Japan..., too far away for me to attend f2f

 MichaelAC: oh

 NinaTL: Hi Bobbi

 VanceS: just letting you know; alternatively

 BarbaraS1: hi

 BeeD: Hi barbara

 RitaZ: hi, Bobby

 VanceS:
 http://www.geocities.com/vance_stevens/papers/evonline2002/webheads.htm

 NinaTL: excuse me going afk a moment

 BeeD: and Tom

 BarbaraS1: hi how are you all?

 VanceS: this is the same thing but on geocities

 MichaelAC: what is on geocities?

 ClaireB: ah come on rita, if you can go to russia, you can go to japan!

 ClaireB: hi bobbi

 ClaireB hugs bobbi

 VanceS: the original webheads pages were on geociteis and still are

 BarbaraS1: thanks...hugs back :)

 MichaelAC: O I c

 RitaZ: that was a unique treat, Clari...;-)

 VanceS: I moved them to Fernanda's server and mirror them there because
 they are available worldwide, portugal having offended few people
 geopolitically

 MichaelAC smiles

 MichaelAC: at the gentle Portugues people

 VanceS: but Geocities is reliable, http://webheads.info works 99% of the
 time

 VanceS: and I don't know if webheadsinaction.org is available in China due
 to the Tibet thing, no feedback recently

 MichaelAC: 'the Tibet thing'?

 ClaireB: it's hard to see how the Portuguese could offend anyone

 VanceS: do you remember when worldbridges was hacked?

 RitaZ: yeah

 MichaelAC: Yes I remember that

 VanceS: Ithink they might have a server that is off the chinese radar,
 maybe webheadsinaction is on that one

 BeeD: the daughter of a friend of mine has just come back from Portugal
 in shock saying there is a lot of racism and prejudice there...especially
 against Brazilians

 ClaireB: there is racism against many groups in portugal, believe me

 VanceS: when I was there in the 70's their soldiers were fighting in
 Africa

 ClaireB: same in the 60s

 MichaelAC: oh - so the Portuguese folks are not so gentle....

 VanceS: well, most are

 MichaelAC: except for our dear Teresa

 BeeD: fortunately the ones we know are

 RitaZ: which is what I thought :-(

 VanceS: like americans, or ozzies for that matter

 ClaireB: all the more irritating because they always accused usa folks of
 being racists (rightly so, unfortunately)

 ClaireB: of course not the webheads

 BeeD: in AU the feeling is strong as well

 MichaelAC: oh yeh - lots of racists here too

 RemonaE: I guess every group has its racists

 ClaireB: when i was in oz, there was someone called Pauline Hanson...

 MichaelAC: LOL

 MichaelAC: she's about to try and make a comeback Claire!

 ClaireB: there were demonstrations against her at melbourne uni

 MichaelAC: this time she has it in for Muslims

 BeeD: who is that?

 RitaZ listens to Clari

 ClaireB: racist politician

 MichaelAC: an idiot who want to reclaim Aust for white folks

 ClaireB: everyone at the universities seemed to hate her

 BeeD: in Europe the right wing is gaining force

 ClaireB: so hated her too, lol

 ClaireB: so I hated her too

 MichaelAC: she was quite dangerous for a time, but she;s become a bit of a
 joke

 MichaelAC: too thick to be really dangerous

 BarbaraS1: somehow i never heard of her

 BeeD: in the Netherlands, in France, in Austria

 MichaelAC: trisyllabic words always stumped here

 MichaelAC: her

 ClaireB: vance, you were there at worldcall, do you remember the
 anti-pauline hanson posters at the u. of melbourne, 1998?

 ClaireB: the students were holding rallies

 MichaelAC: http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Pauline_Hanson

 ClaireB: unfortunately, we north americans are famous for having folks
 like pauline

 ClaireB: at least wikipedia says "declining popularity"

 VanceS: no I don't claire, don't remember the name

 RitaZ: and unfortunately many peacemakers pass unnoticed

 BarbaraS1: interesting article lol

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 ClaireB: you were too busy watching australian footie with graham

 ClaireB: good point, rita; the hatemongers get all the attention

 BeeD: brb

 RitaZ: ots always the "bad" news that catches people's attention

 MichaelAC: well I am going to go and try and write an email to tell
 webheads about the Future of Networked learning conference. Nice to catch
 you folks.

 JeffC left the room (signed off).

 ClaireB: we will read it, michael; we always read your posts!

 RitaZ: nice to CU here, Michael, my pleasure :-)

 MichaelAC: Nice to hear Claire!

 VanceS: ok, Michael cheers

 MichaelAC: Bye everyone

 ThomasLev: see you Michael

 MichaelAC left the room (signed off).

 BarbaraS1: bye

 RemonaE: I feel like some type of voyeur just listening to you folks...the
 conversation is fascinating

 VanceS: welcome Remona

 RitaZ: true, Remona, this is always the case with Webheads, in all modesty
 ;-)

 ClaireB: yes, it may sound immodest to say this, but we are a great group!

 ClaireB: and we welcome newcomers

 RitaZ: so join us whenever you can again, Remona

 RemonaE: thank you...my pop-up blockers keeps blocking the links that you
 are sending

 ThomasLev: once we start talking about trying out new technology, you'll
 have more in common with everyone

 ThomasLev: you get the transcripts later, you can always work that out
 later

 BeeD: anyone using a Mac?

 BeeD: Claire?

 ClaireB: me

 BarbaraS1: no, i have one at work

 BeeD: I need a good image editor

 ClaireB: but i use pcs too

 ThomasLev: yo

 RemonaE: my computer just came out of the shop so I'm a little hesitant to
 take any chances..good idea about the transcripts

 BeeD: GIMP?

 ClaireB: try gimp

 BeeD: people say it is complicated

 ClaireB: not really

 BeeD: I have just downloaded seashore

 RemonaE: what is gimp?

 ClaireB: if you can pay a little money, try color it.

 BeeD: adobe photoshop?

 BarbaraS1: the school keeps upgrading my mac

 ClaireB: it does a lot but doesn't cost much

 BarbaraS1: every year I get a different model

 BeeD: GIMP is an image editro Remona

 BeeD: open source

 BeeD: and free to download

 ClaireB: http://www.microfrontier.com/products.html

 RemonaE: I'm familiar with adobe photoshop

 ClaireB: $ 59.95 at the company site, but there might be cheaper ways to
 buy it

 BeeD: 20 dls less than adobe

 ClaireB: what is seashore?

 BeeD: a simpler version of gimp

 BeeD: going to install it now

 VanceS: gimp is free

 ClaireB: also there is graphic converter, which is shareware

 BeeD: so is seashore

 ClaireB: my favorite is color it, even though it does cost money

 ClaireB: at least it's not hundreds of dollars like photoshop

 BeeD: I m not very proficient with image editing

 ClaireB: nor am i

 BeeD: it's trial and error for me

 RitaZ: not me either

 RemonaE: I worked for a newspaper (local) and played with image editing a
 little

 ClaireB: does gimp do batch processing?

 BeeD: not sure

 ClaireB: that's what i love about graphic converter -- if you have a large
 number of files, it will do the same operation on all the files

 BeeD: I need an image editor to do collages

 ClaireB: change of topic, did you see "let's start an esl blog carnival"
 http://larryferlazzo.edublogs.org/2007/09/06/lets-start-an-esl-carnival

 BeeD: used to have paintshop pro on the pc

 RitaZ: did I tell you Mercedes Rossetti came to Argentina last week? she
 stayed at my house, shes from Mexico, know her?

 RemonaE: I like paintshop...didn't see the "let's start..", but will look
 when I can

 BeeD: she edited my article on Blogs

 RitaZ: ah yes, she worked for TESOL mag

 ClaireB: oh yes, i know mercedes; is she still at your hous?

 RitaZ: she left yesterday

 ClaireB: how is she?

 RitaZ: great person, so generous and savvy

 ClaireB: i thought that she was from argentina!

 RitaZ: great, doing e-learning for Shell...

 RitaZ: yes, Clari, been in Mexico now for 6 years, true

 RitaZ: she LOVES Mexico and is proud of living there

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 SusanR waves

 RitaZ: hi, Susan

 SusanR: Hi Rita

 ThomasLev: Hi Susan!

 SusanR: Hi eveyone

 BeeD: hi Susan

 SusanR . o O ( wonders what the topic of the day is )

 RitaZ: miscellaneous, susan ;-)

 ClaireB: hi susan

 ClaireB: very miscellaneous

 SusanR listens

 ThomasLev: image editors, blog carnival, Mercedes Rosetti, racist
 politicians

 RemonaE: hi Susan...I'm new to webheads and just listening

 ThomasLev: in no particular order

 RitaZ: kind of unconference ;-)

 ClaireB: but it's online

 SusanR: a very newsy and welcoming group, Remona

 RitaZ: the online unmeeting...

 RemonaE: I think so

 RitaZ: what brought us here, Remona, how did you find us?

 RitaZ: you

 NinaTL: Sorry about that, I'm back

 BeeD: wb

 NinaTL: Hi Susan

 SusanR . o O ( checks Remona's profile )

 RemonaE: the professor, Nathan Lowell, of a class that I am taking about
 distance ed.

 NinaTL: Thanks B

 RemonaE: I need a pic on my profile...brand new to this

 NinaTL: That's easy

 NinaTL: Do you have an office here?

 NinaTL: I use mine for chats with students and former students

 BeeD: Oh Nathan?

 SusanR: I recall Nathan

 BeeD: send him my best regards

 RemonaE: yes..on the foreign language floor

 SusanR: meeting him online

 NinaTL: I don't actually know where mine is!

 NinaTL: I haven't met Nathan

 ClaireB: i must get on with my day; good bye to all!

 NinaTL hugs Claire, wishes her a good week

 RitaZ: bye, Clari, have a good week

 ClaireB left the room (signed off).

 BeeD: Nathan took part in my weblogging workshop in 2005

 ThomasLev: take care, Claire!

 RemonaE: will do...was that a question,. Susan?

 BeeD: and gave excellent suggestions - learnt a lot from him

 RemonaE: I am learning a lot, too

 RemonaE: we do meet online

 BeeD: he used the nickname "curmudgeon"...lol

 RitaZ: I also need to leave, guys, good session, as usual..., enjoy your
 week!

 BeeD: Ciao Rita

 NinaTL: Bye Rita

 NinaTL hugs Rita

 RemonaE: lol...his blog is entitled phaedrus

 RemonaE: bye Rita..I will email you

 RitaZ hugs all and leaves, ok Remona!!

 SusanR: do you have the link to Nathan's blog, Remona

 BeeD: I think his Dad died last year...he wrote a beautiful post for him

 NinaTL: Tom, how's your semester starting off?

 RitaZ left the room (signed off).

 VanceS: cya

 RemonaE: give me a sec

 RemonaE left the room (signed off).

 RemonaE joined the room.

 NinaTL: Well guys I am going to explore scrapblog for a bit before I go
 off to do other things

 NinaTL: including reading the chatlof for the conversation I missed

 NinaTL: chatlog*

 NinaTL: Have a good week, everyone

 NinaTL left the room (signed off).

 RemonaE left the room (signed off).

 VanceS: i gotta run too

 RemonaE joined the room.

 RemonaE left the room.

 BeeD: See you

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 VanceS: ok, bye for now

 BeeD: seashore seems to be working fine

 SherylM waves hello

 BeeD: hi Sheryl

 SusanR: Hi Sheryl

 ThomasLev: hello Sheryl

 RemonaE joined the room.

 SherylM: Are you having a webheads meeting?

 BeeD: yes..almost at the end

 RemonaE: Are you guys still here?

 BeeD: but welcome anyway

 SherylM: Thanks

 RemonaE: I think this is Lowell's blog address
 http://durandus.com/phaedrus

 ThomasLev: thanks for the link

 VanceS left the room (signed off).


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