SEEDlings

Ryan, Alice, Cheryl, Vince, Michael, Laura, Cathy W. , and guest Sharon Peters met on Skype. We couldn’t get the Skypecast to work but we able to Skype conference. Thanks to Ryan for organizing the group.

We decided we would like to try meeting once a month on Skype. The next meeting is February 15th. An e-mail will come out with the time and Skypecast directions.

Links

Cathy
Digital Microscope
COMPUVISOR.COM
12400 STATE HWY 71 WEST SUITE 350-199
AUSTIN TX 78738 USA
* Compatible with PC and Mac. Unit Price $87.59
http://www.compuvisor.com/qx5diblmicom.html

Ryan
History Links: MrDon.org
EasyBib

Michael R.
PlayStation 3
Google Reader newsreader
Lucy Gray’s Google Earth Project

Laura
Becoming a Webhead

Alice
Digital Game Learning

Sharon Peters (guest from Monteral)
Joining Wikispaces Tutorial in Camtasia
Camtasia (PC only) and SnapzProX (Mac)

Vince
ACTEM is interested in getting Web 2.0 tools to teachers.
NoteShare ACTEM is interested in setting up a state Noteshare server

Cheryl
Skype to phone number in $14.95 in US is until Jan 31
The Gizmo Project Free phone for your computer
Vyew

Mike A.
dead.licious Searches for broken links in your del.icio.us links
Wiki Search
wikibooks

As you noticed, I’ve tested my administrative authority by changing the theme. This one has a couple of nice features including search, font size, and a calendar. While exploring the different themes I ran into something to be aware of: not all themes work well. In particular, a number of the themes that I tried had no admin login. I had to back up to get back to the admin area, and then find a new theme that would let me (and you) administer the site.

Thanks for all the great posts.

Alice discovered or knew to look for the power to “bless” your postings. Thank you Alice for taking care of that. Several people sent me e-mails over the weekend asking where their stuff went. I apologize for the delay. I was out of town and off the Net. (The seperation anxiety was extreme.)

For me this raises a question of adminstration. Should everyone simply be given the keys to the admin kingdom or should we parse it out. Right now Alice and I have admin power. Simply because I set it up and Alice was online when I did it. Being an admin lets you post without the step of the moderator.

A case can be made for both sides and I don’t have strong feelings either way. Let me know what you think and we’ll sort it out democratically.