Skype Chat with Jenny Lesley and Liz 25/8/09

Just had lovely chat with Jenny, Lesley and Liz on Skype while preparing for tomorrow night. Skype was easy to use and we all soon got the hang of chatting and sending emotions to each other. We discussed the weather (of course!) at our various locations as well as some reflections on aspects of this course. While we were able to chat effectively in our small group, we were all wondering how we will manage to keep up tomorrow night. We will soon see!

Log of Skype Chat:

[8:45:51 PM] jenny-waterman: Hello! Please add me to your Contact list.
[8:46:50 PM] Sarah Eade: Sarah Eade has shared contact details with Jenny Waterman.
[8:47:02 PM] Sarah Eade: Hi Jenny
[8:47:54 PM] Jenny Waterman: Hi Sarah just trying to add everyone
[8:48:39 PM] Sarah Eade: Thats what I've been doing too. Have you used Skype before?
[8:49:12 PM] Jenny Waterman: Ages ago we used it for emt last semester, not successfully though
[8:49:17 PM] Jenny Waterman: what about you?
[8:50:26 PM] Sarah Eade: This is all a first to me!
[8:51:17 PM] Jenny Waterman: well we will all get there one day I hope. so how are you finding this subject?
[8:54:06 PM] Sarah Eade: It's all new technology and terminology. I am enjoying experiementing with different sites etc... but still don't really know what I'm doing half the time. You?
[8:55:22 PM] Jenny Waterman: Yeah I am finding it hard work, don't have a clue what we are doing and hating the game stuff.
[8:55:54 PM] Jenny Waterman: you are not that far from me, great another one close by
[8:59:57 PM] Sarah Eade: Where are you from?
[9:00:20 PM] Jenny Waterman: I am just north of Bendigo, and Lesley is at Heathcote
[9:01:05 PM] Sarah Eade: Ah. i'm from Ballarat, but work at Talbot PS. I've been to a few PDs at Bendigo this year
[9:01:43 PM] Jenny Waterman: okay

[9:00:15 PM] *** Lesley Anderson added Jenny Waterman ***
[9:00:25 PM] *** Lesley Anderson added Sarah Eade ***
[9:00:45 PM] Lesley Anderson: hi, can we talk like this??
[9:01:43 PM] Sarah Eade: Cool!
[9:01:56 PM] Lesley Anderson: hi sarah, sorry
[9:02:08 PM] Lesley Anderson: jenny and i were talking about conferencing
[9:02:12 PM] Lesley Anderson: and here we are
[9:02:19 PM] Lesley Anderson: easy
[9:02:24 PM] Jenny Waterman: how did you do that Lesley?
[9:02:31 PM] Lesley Anderson: go to contacts
[9:02:41 PM] Lesley Anderson: create new group
[9:02:42 PM] Sarah Eade: I was hoping to practice for tomorrow so this is good
[9:03:03 PM] Lesley Anderson: drag contact names to the blue rectangle
[9:03:06 PM] Jenny Waterman: right now we can talk together, hey Liz Evans is also on line
[9:03:21 PM] Lesley Anderson: liz has gone to do some work, i think,
[9:03:27 PM] Lesley Anderson: i was just talking to her
[9:03:33 PM] Lesley Anderson: she is in my pod
[9:03:44 PM] Jenny Waterman: right
[9:03:48 PM] Lesley Anderson: hey this could have possibilities for sharing
[9:03:55 PM] Lesley Anderson: it isn't blocked at school
[9:04:03 PM] Jenny Waterman: better than the chat last week
[9:04:05 PM] Sarah Eade: No one from my POD is really responding
[9:04:15 PM] Jenny Waterman: isn't it, must try it at school tomorrow
[9:04:33 PM] Lesley Anderson: same here sarah
[9:04:36 PM] Jenny Waterman: same here Sarah and I think that ius the top of the agenda tomorrow night
[9:04:38 PM] Sarah Eade: What grade do you teach?
[9:04:57 PM] Lesley Anderson: i teach 3 days a week
[9:05:05 PM] Jenny Waterman: me? I teach Yr 7 for maths and science and Yr 11 and 12 chem
[9:05:05 PM] Lesley Anderson: 1 day ICT
[9:05:24 PM] Lesley Anderson: 1 day 3/4, 1 day 5/6
[9:05:46 PM] Sarah Eade: Some of my kids and I are about to do Kids Congress in Bendigo.
[9:05:46 PM] Lesley Anderson: how about you sarah??
[9:06:04 PM] Lesley Anderson: okay, that sounds like fun
[9:06:10 PM] Sarah Eade: 5/6
[9:06:12 PM] Jenny Waterman: that is a great thing Sarah, our kids have gone the last couple of years
[9:06:40 PM] Sarah Eade: I did it last year, but am happy for kids to present this year!
[9:06:58 PM] Lesley Anderson: great
[9:07:14 PM] Jenny Waterman: I don't know whether our kids are going, as they are busy doing other stuff with 1 to 1
[9:08:05 PM] Sarah Eade: I look forward to it except its a long way from Ballarat to Bendigo!
[9:08:53 PM] Jenny Waterman: worse if you had to go to Melbourne though Sarah
[9:09:08 PM] Sarah Eade: Definitely!
[9:09:21 PM] Lesley Anderson: it is a big trip
[9:09:39 PM] Jenny Waterman: any trip with kids is a big one
[9:09:47 PM] Lesley Anderson: true, ture
[9:09:49 PM] Lesley Anderson: true
[9:09:50 PM] Jenny Waterman: Hey Lesley can you add Liz to this group chat
[9:09:56 PM] Lesley Anderson: yep
[9:10:04 PM] Lesley Anderson: are you talking to her?
[9:10:10 PM] Sarah Eade: Went to Canberra on camp with kids from Ballarat last year, now thats a long trip!
[9:10:10 PM] Jenny Waterman: yeap
[9:10:15 PM] Lesley Anderson: ok
[9:10:22 PM] *** Lesley Anderson added Liz Evans ***
[9:10:32 PM] Lesley Anderson: there she is/there you are
[9:10:36 PM] Sarah Eade: Welcome Liz
[9:10:53 PM] Liz Evans: Hello Sarah
[9:10:54 PM] Jenny Waterman: see Liz we are a little group now
[9:11:15 PM] Lesley Anderson: aren't we clever
[9:11:17 PM] Lesley Anderson: ??
[9:11:18 PM] Liz Evans: Gee this chatting is addictive. Hello again Lesley. I am actually go to go and do some study in a minue
[9:11:23 PM] Jenny Waterman: Yeah our 5/6's are off to Canberra later in the year
[9:11:29 PM] Lesley Anderson: yeah right, liz
[9:11:46 PM] Lesley Anderson: canberra?
[9:11:49 PM] Lesley Anderson: brave
[9:11:53 PM] Sarah Eade: This is work, isn't it!
[9:12:02 PM] Jenny Waterman: Hey can this be a voice and camera meeting?
[9:12:09 PM] Lesley Anderson: this is importatn research
[9:12:12 PM] Jenny Waterman: or just typing
[9:12:17 PM] Lesley Anderson: yes it can jenny
[9:12:23 PM] Sarah Eade: and good practice for tomorrow
[9:12:25 PM] Liz Evans: I'll have to stick to typing for tonight
[9:12:33 PM] Lesley Anderson: but i am too comfy to move to my cold, cold room
[9:12:38 PM] Liz Evans: I can imagine this will get hectic tomorrow
[9:12:42 PM] Lesley Anderson: and hook up my headset
[9:12:44 PM] Jenny Waterman: haha just asking
[9:12:46 PM] Sarah Eade: We can probably add this to our Blogs as a "chat"
[9:12:54 PM] Jenny Waterman: definietly
[9:13:01 PM] Lesley Anderson: for sure
[9:13:09 PM] Liz Evans: Lesley, you should move to Darwin it is so hot here. OUr build up season is on its way
[9:13:26 PM] Sarah Eade: Gee you have to read and type quick to keep up with just us here....
[9:13:46 PM] Jenny Waterman: research and practice, and if this works at school I am definitely going to try it with my seniors
[9:13:51 PM] Sarah Eade: Its freezing here (rain)
[9:13:55 PM] Jenny Waterman: Oh the heat,
[9:13:58 PM] Lesley Anderson: used to live in far north queensland
[9:14:09 PM] Jenny Waterman: Sarah you are getting the hang of chat,
[9:14:20 PM] Liz Evans: YOu guys are too quick for me.
[9:14:41 PM] Lesley Anderson: we have 2 fires going here
[9:14:43 PM] Jenny Waterman: Liz you get fast if you chat long enough
[9:14:57 PM] Lesley Anderson: we don't chat, do we, jenny?
[9:15:14 PM] Liz Evans: Do you guys know each other or live near each other
[9:15:17 PM] Jenny Waterman: not when we are not on the computer
[9:15:39 PM] Jenny Waterman: about 80 km apart
[9:15:45 PM] Liz Evans: Gee, 2 fires. That would kill me. I sweating here.
[9:15:46 PM] Lesley Anderson: we did our grad cert together in 2006
[9:15:55 PM] Sarah Eade: We are all from Vic and work in same region but have never met
[9:16:15 PM] Liz Evans: It is a bit isolated here in Darwin
[9:16:15 PM] Jenny Waterman: yes we suffered the course from hell 1 together
[9:16:29 PM] Sarah Eade: Have you always lived in DArwin
[9:16:34 PM] Lesley Anderson: and then rocked up to do it again!!
[9:16:45 PM] Jenny Waterman: Yeah you are a bit out of the way, I loved Darwin when we were there
[9:16:56 PM] Lesley Anderson: darwin is great, loved it too
[9:17:15 PM] Sarah Eade: Haven't been but its on the to do list
[9:17:37 PM] Liz Evans: I have been in Darwin for 15 years. Originally from Ireland. Couldn't stand the weather there so moved to Australia
[9:17:45 PM] Jenny Waterman: don't you love the to do lists, I
[9:17:51 PM] Lesley Anderson: what a contrast
[9:17:53 PM] Sarah Eade: Now thats extreme!
[9:18:01 PM] Lesley Anderson: where in ireland, liz?
[9:18:21 PM] Jenny Waterman: hot rain instead of cold rain
[9:18:21 PM] Lesley Anderson: to do lists
[9:18:29 PM] Liz Evans: Wicklow, South of Dublin.
[9:18:29 PM] Lesley Anderson: the ones that go on the fridge!!
[9:18:54 PM] Sarah Eade: :D
[9:18:58 PM] Jenny Waterman: yep, if I don't have a list, I can't do anything
[9:19:13 PM] Liz Evans: How do you get those funny faces and rain clouds
[9:19:15 PM] Lesley Anderson: same here, jenny
[9:19:20 PM] Jenny Waterman: right where have you found the emicons
[9:19:31 PM] Sarah Eade: click on smiley above the box
[9:19:33 PM] Lesley Anderson: (*)
[9:19:40 PM] Lesley Anderson: that is for us, we are stars
[9:19:58 PM] Jenny Waterman: okay (wave)love this
[9:20:16 PM] Jenny Waterman: we are going to be fabulous tomorrow night girls
[9:20:16 PM] Liz Evans: (y)
[9:20:26 PM] Lesley Anderson: we'll blitz em
[9:20:27 PM] Sarah Eade: found!
[9:20:33 PM] Liz Evans: I think I'll got dizzy with more people talking
[9:20:49 PM] Liz Evans: Where on our blog would we record this chatting
[9:21:00 PM] Jenny Waterman: yeah I agree, I couldn't cope last week
[9:21:17 PM] Sarah Eade: It was very hard to keep up
[9:21:55 PM] Jenny Waterman: OLR Exercise 2.3 Create and record your online personna?
[9:22:15 PM] Liz Evans: Last we the message thingy didn't post have the messages it was a bit silly and then sometimes your message wasn't answered
[9:22:16 PM] Lesley Anderson: what about it jenny??
[9:22:53 PM] Jenny Waterman: that is where we can put this chat in our blogs Lesley, we are online we are a community
[9:23:03 PM] Lesley Anderson: ok
[9:23:07 PM] Sarah Eade: and we have a persona
[9:23:09 PM] Lesley Anderson: that is cool
[9:23:12 PM] Jenny Waterman: and you could only see 3 or 4 posts
[9:23:33 PM] Jenny Waterman: definitely we have a presona
[9:24:08 PM] Sarah Eade: Keeping tabs on all the passwords etc is getting tricky!
[9:24:16 PM] Jenny Waterman: damn my typing is getting worse
[9:24:36 PM] Lesley Anderson: it is mind blowing
[9:24:39 PM] Liz Evans: I am keepign a list of passwords now as I've got so many
[9:24:39 PM] Jenny Waterman: haha yep that is a trick in itself,
[9:24:50 PM] Lesley Anderson: i have had to keep a list
[9:25:09 PM] Jenny Waterman: I print everything out otherwise poof gone as soon as I log off
[9:25:10 PM] Sarah Eade: I try to keep same ones for everything but is not always ok
[9:25:32 PM] Sarah Eade: Did you try Second Life
[9:25:58 PM] Jenny Waterman: had heaps of trouble with that one
[9:26:06 PM] Lesley Anderson: second life was ordinary
[9:26:23 PM] Lesley Anderson: don't see the point
[9:26:31 PM] Sarah Eade: It was an interesting but not something I'm really interested in
[9:26:32 PM] Liz Evans: I didn't like second life. Kept getting chatted up by people.
[9:26:36 PM] Jenny Waterman: I would like to meet someone there before I give an opinion
[9:26:52 PM] Liz Evans: It also seemed to have alot of people standing around doing nothing much
[9:26:53 PM] Sarah Eade: couldn't think of anything to say to people I didn't know
[9:27:07 PM] Lesley Anderson: i felt the same sarah
[9:27:21 PM] Lesley Anderson: and the battle of wesnoth is not much better
[9:27:23 PM] Sarah Eade: I think you need a shared interest
[9:27:31 PM] Lesley Anderson: i like strategy stuff
[9:27:42 PM] Jenny Waterman: I hate the fact that we are being forced into something
[9:27:44 PM] Sarah Eade: I haven't tried that next. That will be weekend task
[9:27:46 PM] Liz Evans: I can't get the hang of the battle of wesnoth either has anyone tried it as a group
[9:27:48 PM] Lesley Anderson: but it has to be interesting
[9:28:11 PM] Liz Evans: I am not sure this is really useful as a teacher most of these sites are blocked in my school
[9:28:22 PM] Sarah Eade: I'm not really interested in games so not looking forward to it
[9:28:33 PM] Jenny Waterman: I was going to get my son ( an avid gamer) to play it and tell me what he thought
[9:28:50 PM] Sarah Eade: I agree Liz. Also have to be careful with primary school kids - privacy etc
[9:28:55 PM] Lesley Anderson: i was talking to one of the kids at school and he plays runescape
[9:29:06 PM] Lesley Anderson: and loves it
[9:29:13 PM] Lesley Anderson: i think it is similar
[9:29:15 PM] Jenny Waterman: I found it interesting that as teachers we are being asked to do this when we can't use it at school
[9:29:25 PM] Lesley Anderson: true jenny
[9:29:40 PM] Lesley Anderson: i prefer games like theme hospital
[9:29:44 PM] Lesley Anderson: zoo tycoon
[9:29:48 PM] Jenny Waterman: the other problem is the cost of the internet to the kids
[9:29:48 PM] Lesley Anderson: sim city
[9:30:03 PM] Liz Evans: The sims is much more fun that second life
[9:30:15 PM] Sarah Eade: Yeah. I hate to see my next bill with all this downloading
[9:30:16 PM] Lesley Anderson: exactly, liz
[9:30:28 PM] Jenny Waterman: my kids loved the sim stuff
[9:30:33 PM] Lesley Anderson: i pay a flat fee
[9:30:45 PM] Lesley Anderson: and then get slowed after a certain amount
[9:30:46 PM] Liz Evans: I had to increase my speed to do this course. Am paying $110 a month for "broadband satellie" - yeah right.
[9:30:52 PM] Jenny Waterman: I had an internet bill over 150 last semester due to the downloads
[9:31:03 PM] Liz Evans: I get slowed too after a certain amount - not that I could be much slower
[9:31:24 PM] Sarah Eade: We can probably claim it on tax but will have to wait till next year
[9:31:26 PM] Lesley Anderson: ours is 180 a month for internet, phone, voip phone
[9:31:33 PM] Jenny Waterman: I had to put mine up to 12 Gb
[9:31:40 PM] Liz Evans: I am in the rural area and don't have land line. I live in a solar village and rely on solar power for electricity. We have a satellie for our internet.
[9:31:59 PM] Liz Evans: I can't get broadband any other way - not that I actually have it now.
[9:32:03 PM] Lesley Anderson: very green, liz, sounds great
[9:32:08 PM] Jenny Waterman: Right, we have to have a landline as no mobile coverage here
[9:32:19 PM] Lesley Anderson: same here jenny
[9:32:34 PM] Sarah Eade: I have wireless broadband. Very good
[9:32:36 PM] Liz Evans: Sounds great - pain mostly. Have to be always turning off lights and not havign too many fans on - not so nice in the tropics
[9:32:54 PM] Lesley Anderson: love wireless (y)
[9:33:42 PM] Lesley Anderson: we have 2 desktops and 3 laptops here
[9:33:57 PM] Lesley Anderson: wireless is fantastic
[9:34:19 PM] Sarah Eade: I have a desktop and my laptop, but since I got the wireless haven't used the desktop
[9:34:30 PM] Jenny Waterman: My wireless won't work outside the range of this room, walls too think
[9:34:49 PM] Lesley Anderson: i know, sarah, i am sitting in the lounge room on my recliner, in front of the fire
[9:34:57 PM] Lesley Anderson: chatting
[9:35:01 PM] Sarah Eade: in front of heater
[9:35:02 PM] Lesley Anderson: sad, hey??
[9:35:12 PM] Jenny Waterman: no Lesley we are not chatting we are researching remember
[9:35:19 PM] Liz Evans: Did you guys get the bad storm
[9:35:26 PM] Sarah Eade: :D
[9:35:41 PM] Jenny Waterman: Yep had to cancel the astronomy night
[9:35:42 PM] Lesley Anderson: lol, jenny
[9:35:48 PM] Sarah Eade: Its been very wet and windy but I haven't seen any damage
[9:35:57 PM] Lesley Anderson: it has been wet and windy here too
[9:36:09 PM] Lesley Anderson: had a couple of heavy showers and it is freeeeezing
[9:36:13 PM] Jenny Waterman: we have had trees down here
[9:36:25 PM] Jenny Waterman: hail and lots of rain
[9:36:28 PM] Sarah Eade: Driving home from Talbot to Ballarat was a bit hairy
[9:36:32 PM] Jenny Waterman: and very very cold
[9:36:50 PM] Sarah Eade: We could do with some of your heat Liz
[9:37:41 PM] Lesley Anderson: for sure
[9:37:46 PM] Lesley Anderson: warm is good
[9:37:47 PM] Liz Evans: Would love to share believe me. We have had a terrible dry season. ONly a few cold days.
[9:38:18 PM] Sarah Eade: mmm bring on summer I say!
[9:38:25 PM] Liz Evans: When it gets down to 17 degrees here we are so cold. I have to put on jackets, socks, gloves and hats.
[9:38:37 PM] Jenny Waterman: heat wave
[9:38:37 PM] Lesley Anderson: but not 45 degree heat
[9:38:52 PM] Sarah Eade: Well I'm not sure what temp is now but it must be near 0
[9:39:36 PM] Liz Evans: We don't ever get that hot. usually up to 35 or so it is the humidity that kills us.
[9:40:01 PM] Jenny Waterman: we are at 7 at the moment
[9:40:04 PM] Sarah Eade: My birthdays in January and it is nearly always in the 40s
[9:40:06 PM] Liz Evans: It is particuarly bad in the build up on playground duty. YOu have to bring a change of undies as the sweat just trickles everywhere
[9:40:20 PM] Sarah Eade: HaHa
[9:40:29 PM] Jenny Waterman: wow that is really bad lol
[9:40:30 PM] Lesley Anderson: lol
[9:40:35 PM] Liz Evans: 7 - oooooh (chuckle)
[9:41:00 PM] Lesley Anderson: it is a bit like that here in summer, liz
[9:41:07 PM] Lesley Anderson: flat chat hot!!
[9:41:23 PM] Sarah Eade: but i've never had to change my undies :D
[9:41:56 PM] Liz Evans: (chuckle)
[9:42:15 PM] Lesley Anderson: no, i know
[9:42:28 PM] Lesley Anderson: and these days we keep kids inside if it's too hot
[9:42:31 PM] Sarah Eade: (chuckle) stll laughing
[9:42:53 PM] Liz Evans: We keeps ours in in the wet when we have thunder and lightening or torrential rain
[9:42:54 PM] Lesley Anderson: used to be just wet day program
[9:42:55 PM] Sarah Eade: We had 2 days no school in summer in case of fires - none in sight though
[9:43:13 PM] Lesley Anderson: we had fires 12kms away
[9:43:15 PM] Liz Evans: We have flood days somedays if the creeks flood
[9:43:31 PM] Lesley Anderson: that used to happen here, too, the floods
[9:43:39 PM] Lesley Anderson: not for a while though
[9:43:39 PM] Sarah Eade: scary Lesley
[9:43:52 PM] Jenny Waterman: we dont have time off even when we have no power
[9:43:55 PM] Liz Evans: Yes scary
[9:44:00 PM] Lesley Anderson: was scary, sarah, i packed the kids and the caravan and left
[9:44:09 PM] Sarah Eade: I would too
[9:44:27 PM] Lesley Anderson: jenny, didn't you get closed down during the fire season at all??
[9:44:52 PM] Jenny Waterman: no not at all, we weren't in the fire area,
[9:45:11 PM] Sarah Eade: neither were we but it was just in case
[9:45:12 PM] Jenny Waterman: not much to burn at East Loddon
[9:45:12 PM] Lesley Anderson: ok
[9:45:18 PM] Lesley Anderson: lol
[9:45:45 PM] Lesley Anderson: i couldn't believe how close they got to kilmore/wallan
[9:45:55 PM] Lesley Anderson: that would be really scary
[9:46:13 PM] Liz Evans: I hope this summer is better
[9:46:20 PM] Lesley Anderson: so do i liz
[9:46:20 PM] Jenny Waterman: yeah, one of the teachers nearly lost her house in the Bendigo fires
[9:46:41 PM] Sarah Eade: I felt bad. I was at fortieth that day. We didn't know anything until next day. Felt guilty for partying when all those people were suffering
[9:46:50 PM] Lesley Anderson: we got out when the whole place filled with ash, here
[9:46:51 PM] Jenny Waterman: it is supposed to be worse because we have had so much rain
[9:47:33 PM] Liz Evans: Well, I am anxious to try and do at least one activity tonight so this time am really going to say goodbye. Will come back on tomorrow. Thanks for the chat ladies. (nod)
[9:47:39 PM] Jenny Waterman: I didn't know until my daugther rang to say that my mum might be evacuated
[9:47:55 PM] Sarah Eade: Goodnight Liz
[9:47:58 PM] Jenny Waterman: See ya tomorrow Liz
[9:48:08 PM] Liz Evans: :*
[9:48:37 PM] Sarah Eade: I've been leaving school stuff till weekends. Can't get head around it after school. Apart from this of course!
[9:49:19 PM] Jenny Waterman: same here Sarah, I do course work during the week and Sunday and school work at school and Saturday
[9:50:05 PM] Sarah Eade: It's been ok so far but hope to have finished before reports
[9:50:23 PM] Jenny Waterman: dpn
[9:50:28 PM] Jenny Waterman: don
[9:50:29 PM] Lesley Anderson: goodnight liz
[9:50:41 PM] Jenny Waterman: t talk about them, I have to get them ready for next week
[9:51:33 PM] Sarah Eade: I don't have to worry till next term
[9:51:47 PM] Lesley Anderson: same here sarah
[9:51:55 PM] Lesley Anderson: we only report twice a year
[9:51:59 PM] Jenny Waterman: we do reports each term
[9:52:05 PM] Sarah Eade: thats enough :)
[9:52:19 PM] Lesley Anderson: and we do journals twice a year too
[9:52:23 PM] Jenny Waterman: yeah I think we overdo them
[9:52:31 PM] Lesley Anderson: for sure
[9:52:46 PM] Jenny Waterman: okay cya later girls I am off to bed
[9:52:59 PM] Jenny Waterman: (wave)
[9:53:21 PM] Lesley Anderson: okay, me too, might finish some stuff for 569
[9:53:24 PM] Sarah Eade: Goodnight. Thanks for chat (wave)
[9:53:30 PM] Lesley Anderson: goodnight ladies
[9:53:36 PM] Sarah Eade: See you tomorrow nite
[9:53:49 PM] Lesley Anderson: for sure