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Subject: Adobe Acrobat Connect Pro - Chat Transcript from EDET group meeting 9-20-10 8pm Stephanie Hicklin:hi everyone christine:hello Stephanie Hicklin:would you all like me to get a free conference call line real quick? christine:i am ok typing but how about everyone else? Mandy Burdette:it doesnt matter to me Stephanie Hicklin:me either Mandy Burdette:typing is fine Melanie Walling:I'm good either way Mandy Burdette:how do you make the chat screen bigger? Mandy Burdette:thanks! christine:much better Melanie Walling:That works Stephanie Hicklin:so... Mandy Burdette:we need to come up with a team name! Stephanie Hicklin:how do we want to start Stephanie Hicklin:sounds good! Mandy Burdette:any ideas? christine:didn't we have info we have to type up and send in as well Stephanie Hicklin:i need to pull up the instructions Mandy Burdette:yea one of us have to email dr wissick Melanie Walling:Yes, we have to let her know how we will communicate, etc Stephanie Hicklin:i just came flying in the door at 7:55, haha Mandy Burdette:we need to know how we are going to communicate, how we will present weekly work, and... Melanie Walling:I will do that much if no one else does Mandy Burdette:our topic ideas christine:thanks melanie....if you don't mind christine:how about 4 amigos ...since she said we could do esol Mandy Burdette:sounds good! Stephanie Hicklin:yep sounds good to me Melanie Walling:sounds good to me Mandy Burdette:i like the idea of the wikispace to display our progress christine:I do too...but I like communication on here Mandy Burdette:me too! i like live chat better christine:live plus gives us a record in case we need to review something Melanie Walling:I like the live chat. But we also need a way to show our times when we are working on our project Stephanie Hicklin:yes, i like meeting here but using wikis to store everything Mandy Burdette:i think we post the time sheet on wikispace Stephanie Hicklin:have you all used specific wikis before? Mandy Burdette:im using it in my other class.... Stephanie Hicklin:i used one last year for work that was free, and it was really nice Stephanie Hicklin:i need to remember the name... christine:i have a couple...one for work..one for the other class Melanie Walling:I'm using wikispaces now for a class Mandy Burdette:i can set one up for us and send everyone the link and password Stephanie Hicklin:wetpaint is what we used Stephanie Hicklin:i'm sure they are all pretty much the same though Melanie Walling:This is what we have to submit for tonight and I will send it:1- How you will communicate2- How you will present your weekly work3- "Brainstormed" ideas for a topic - based on a need. christine:easy enough Mandy Burdette:ive only used wikispaces....but yall let me know whatever yall want Stephanie Hicklin:ok, sounds like we alredy have 2 of the three Melanie Walling:I'm good just let me know Mandy Burdette:so we will communicate through adobe connect and present weekly work on a wiki christine:do we want to do early childhood esol students christine:as a target Melanie Walling:Ok so now a opic Stephanie Hicklin:i have an idea that ties all of our backgrounds together Melanie Walling:Let's hear it:) Mandy Burdette:lets hear ot Stephanie Hicklin:my background is early intervention Stephanie Hicklin:we could have a child with special needs whose family speaks, say Spanish, who is transitioning into a special needs classroom at age 3 Stephanie Hicklin:that covers EI, ESOL, special ed, and early childhood christine:sounds good Mandy Burdette:that is exactly the situation of a student in my class! she's 4 though but was in school at 3 Melanie Walling:Wow Stephanie Hicklin:haha Stephanie Hicklin:well, i have helped with transition plans with lots of ESOL families christine:me too...our school has 34% esol Stephanie Hicklin:wow! where are you? christine:bluffton christine:near hilton head Melanie Walling:i have not had a lot of experience with ESOL but this summer I tookthe Sheltered Instruction workshop Mandy Burdette:so if that's our need...will the book topic be learning to speak english?! Stephanie Hicklin:wow, i am in rock hill, how about everyone else Mandy Burdette:im in columbia Melanie Walling:I'm in Aiken- Beech Island to be exact christine:book topic could be first days at a us school Stephanie Hicklin:yes Melanie Walling:True, a small child will need simple things like bathroom and teacher and desk..... Mandy Burdette:sounds good to me Stephanie Hicklin:yep christine:name the kid and then be "..."'s new school Mandy Burdette:yall will have to help me with spanish!!! Melanie Walling:Carlos Stephanie Hicklin:ok, haha we will Stephanie Hicklin:ok, Stephanie Hicklin:Mandy, just watch Dora a few times, lol Melanie Walling:LOL christine:so....Carlos' New School Mandy Burdette:haha christine:lol Melanie Walling::) Stephanie Hicklin: I think this is great  Stephanie Hicklin: so what is Carlos's special need?  Melanie Walling: me too 14 minutes and we have accomplished much.  Melanie Walling: He has Autism  christine: Since the book can have hot links...we could compare us and mexico in some of them  Mandy Burdette: so now that we know what we're doing....should we decide on jobs?  Mandy Burdette: i like that idea christine  Stephanie Hicklin: autism is good, tons of resources  christine: mine app was for the assessor  christine: my  christine: not mine  christine: lol  Stephanie Hicklin: mine was for content or multimedia  Mandy Burdette: whats the assessor?  christine: evaluator  Mandy Burdette: mine was the content but this topic isnt familar to me <span style="font-family: Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif;"> Melanie Walling: I'll do whatever, but I'm better with needs assessment or content <span style="font-family: Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif;"> christine: we need a project manager of sorts <span style="font-family: Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif;"> Stephanie Hicklin: ok, i'm going to go copy the descriptions so we can look together <span style="font-family: Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif;"> Mandy Burdette: i wouldnt mind doing the production manager/writer/proofreader? <span style="font-family: Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif;"> Mandy Burdette: i didnt understand the difference between the graphics designer and the multimedia producer <span style="font-family: Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif;"> christine: i think it is the same idea..depending on project <span style="font-family: Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif;"> Stephanie Hicklin: Graphics designer <span style="font-family: Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif;"> Stephanie Hicklin: # Multimedia producer - you have what it takes to put it together and teach the others about the process. <span style="font-family: Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif;"> Mandy Burdette: ok well since there are 5 jobs i guess we could combine that into one since we have 4 people <span style="font-family: Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif;"> Stephanie Hicklin: Content expert - <span style="font-family: Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif;"> Stephanie Hicklin: Production manager, writer and proofreader : you feel you are a leader and can get the group to work together sharing skills. You also have good writing skills and are good at proofreading. <span style="font-family: Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif;"> Stephanie Hicklin: # Assessment or evaluation expert <span style="font-family: Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif;"> Stephanie Hicklin: sounds good, sorry, i needed to read them again <span style="font-family: Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif;"> Stephanie Hicklin: so we should put graphics and multimedia together? <span style="font-family: Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif;"> christine: so graphics, content, manager and evaluator <span style="font-family: Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif;"> Mandy Burdette: ill do the production/writer/proofreader if thats ok with everyone <span style="font-family: Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif;"> Stephanie Hicklin: sure <span style="font-family: Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif;"> Melanie Walling: that's good I'd like content? <span style="font-family: Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif;"> christine: two down <span style="font-family: Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif;"> Stephanie Hicklin: ok, so i'll take graphics and christine you want evaluator, right? <span style="font-family: Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif;"> christine: sounds like a plan <span style="font-family: Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif;"> Melanie Walling: Cool:) <span style="font-family: Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif;"> Stephanie Hicklin: ok, i work for the university and have access to some pretty cool software, so that should work well <span style="font-family: Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif;"> Melanie Walling: Awesome <span style="font-family: Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif;"> Mandy Burdette: quick ?... <span style="font-family: Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif;"> Stephanie Hicklin: ok <span style="font-family: Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif;"> Mandy Burdette: do we each write our own individual final report or do we do it as a group <span style="font-family: Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif;"> Stephanie Hicklin: do you want me to pull it up and share my screen? <span style="font-family: Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif;"> christine: sure <span style="font-family: Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif;"> Stephanie Hicklin: ok give me just a second <span style="font-family: Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif;"> Mandy Burdette: sure <span style="font-family: Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif;"> christine: sounds like we have a great group <span style="font-family: Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif;"> Mandy Burdette: is there a way we can save our conversations bc in the email dr wissick sent today it sounded like she wanted these posted on our page <span style="font-family: Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif;"> Stephanie Hicklin: can y'all see that? <span style="font-family: Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif;"> Stephanie Hicklin: We can cut and paste it into our wiki <span style="font-family: Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif;"> Melanie Walling: I saw it for a split secone <span style="font-family: Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif;"> Mandy Burdette: its just purple <span style="font-family: Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif;"> Melanie Walling: second <span style="font-family: Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif;"> Stephanie Hicklin: did y'all see it then? <span style="font-family: Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif;"> Melanie Walling: Yes, we did <span style="font-family: Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif;"> Mandy Burdette: yea <span style="font-family: Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif;"> christine: i did <span style="font-family: Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif;"> Stephanie Hicklin: ok, good <span style="font-family: Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif;"> Mandy Burdette: i think we might just do one altogether <span style="font-family: Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif;"> Melanie Walling: I think that is what is expected <span style="font-family: Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif;"> Stephanie Hicklin: i saw that we have to do a screencast at the end and we just got Camtasia which is really cool screen cast software :) <span style="font-family: Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif;"> Melanie Walling: Cool <span style="font-family: Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif;"> christine: great! <span style="font-family: Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif;"> Mandy Burdette: good! <span style="font-family: Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif;"> Stephanie Hicklin: so what are our tasks til next time? <span style="font-family: Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif;"> Mandy Burdette: has anyone looked at the needs assessment document <span style="font-family: Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif;"> Melanie Walling: I have not <span style="font-family: Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif;"> Stephanie Hicklin: not in detail, i scanned it last week <span style="font-family: Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif;"> Mandy Burdette: That is what's due by next Tues. I'm guessing we just fill it in with our own info. <span style="font-family: Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif;"> Mandy Burdette: maybe we should look it over and plan to meet again to complete it <span style="font-family: Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif;"> Stephanie Hicklin: ok, so do y'all want to meet again towards the end of the week? <span style="font-family: Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif;"> christine: sure <span style="font-family: Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif;"> Stephanie Hicklin: ok, what about the wiki, who will set that up? someone may have already said that and I missed. <span style="font-family: Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif;"> Mandy Burdette: we can do that for the needs assessment if yall want <span style="font-family: Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif;"> Melanie Walling: I'd really prefer Sunday after noon if we can <span style="font-family: Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif;"> Mandy Burdette: i can set it up if yall tell me what site <span style="font-family: Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif;"> Mandy Burdette: Sunday @ 8? <span style="font-family: Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif;"> christine: sunday works for me <span style="font-family: Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif;"> Stephanie Hicklin: sunday is perfect. <span style="font-family: Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif;"> Melanie Walling: 7:30???? <span style="font-family: Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif;"> Mandy Burdette: 7:30 is good <span style="font-family: Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif;"> christine: ok <span style="font-family: Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif;"> Stephanie Hicklin: 7:30 not good for me <span style="font-family: Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif;"> Melanie Walling: i get up at 5:30:( <span style="font-family: Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif;"> Stephanie Hicklin: won't be home from church til right at 7:30. <span style="font-family: Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif;"> Mandy Burdette: wikispaces is all im familiar with...is that wiki ok for everyone? <span style="font-family: Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif;"> Stephanie Hicklin: and i have to get my kids in the bed <span style="font-family: Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif;"> christine: wiki is ok here <span style="font-family: Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif;"> Melanie Walling: wiki is good <span style="font-family: Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif;"> Stephanie Hicklin: wikispaces is fine with me too <span style="font-family: Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif;"> Mandy Burdette: ok great <span style="font-family: Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif;"> Melanie Walling: So, sunday @8:00? <span style="font-family: Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif;"> Mandy Burdette: so who is going to email dr wissick tonight? <span style="font-family: Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif;"> christine: i can do that <span style="font-family: Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif;"> Mandy Burdette: 8:00 is good for me <span style="font-family: Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif;"> Stephanie Hicklin: i'm sorry melanie, we are doing dave ramsey financial freedom, LOL <span style="font-family: Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif;"> Stephanie Hicklin: and I can't miss it <span style="font-family: Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif;"> Mandy Burdette: i heard that is awesome <span style="font-family: Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif;"> Melanie Walling: Sounds great! MY friends have done it too:) <span style="font-family: Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif;"> Stephanie Hicklin: it is awesome! <span style="font-family: Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif;"> Stephanie Hicklin: so 8 is ok? <span style="font-family: Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif;"> Mandy Burdette: yep <span style="font-family: Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif;"> christine: works <span style="font-family: Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif;"> Melanie Walling: yea, I'm good <span style="font-family: Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif;"> Stephanie Hicklin: ok, i'll set up the adobe meeitng <span style="font-family: Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif;"> Mandy Burdette: christine did you say you would email dr wissick? <span style="font-family: Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif;"> christine: i can <span style="font-family: Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif;"> Mandy Burdette: ok....can someone save this conversation too until wiki is up...im not sure how to do it! <span style="font-family: Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif;"> Stephanie Hicklin: yes, I'll do it right now. <span style="font-family: Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif;"> christine: email it to me if you don't mind stephanie <span style="font-family: Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif;"> Melanie Walling: That's good, I don't know how to do that <span style="font-family: Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif;"> Mandy Burdette: sounds like we have a great plan and a great group! <span style="font-family: Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif;"> christine: that way I can pull to email dr wissick