Chat transcipt (Wilna, Maggie, Brenda) Date 20 Nov 06h10-06h25 ____________________________________ wilna@borntolive.co.za says: morning wilna@borntolive.co.za says: up early?! Maggie says: Jipppp Maggie says: Had 2 make coffee 4 hubbie Maggie says: good wife wilna@borntolive.co.za says: podcasts are also an amazing tool wilna@borntolive.co.za says: have installed PodNova and are collecting aminsing clips for teachers to enhance their learning Maggie says: Iindeed- I have quite a few really fab podcast creators to show everybpdy... Maggie says: Have not tried THAT one Maggie says: web address? wilna@borntolive.co.za says: podnova.com Maggie says: thx!! Maggie says: Brenda is having hassles installing moodle on her pc- can you run it on your pc? Maggie says: I told her to contact u Maggie says: You need to run a moodle course wilna@borntolive.co.za says: Technical issue to rectify.... wilna@borntolive.co.za says: I have used Joomla for school site and not moodle... Maggie says: ohhhh Maggie says: I thought u did it in moodle wilna@borntolive.co.za says: But I have installed Moodle on the site on Friday! wilna@borntolive.co.za says: so I am a novice... Maggie says: OHhh so she must shadow u Brenda has been added to the conversation. Maggie says: B r u there? Brenda says: yup wilna@borntolive.co.za says: but will see what I can learn before 28 Nov Maggie says: Then u can both figure it out!! wilna@borntolive.co.za says: hi brenda Maggie says: W has used joomla on her school site Brenda says: ok Maggie says: but she is busy playing with moodle Brenda says: that's another one someone mentioned on the forum. Maggie says: What is the diff between j and M? Brenda says: is she using a server? Brenda says: I'm not sure. I don't understand the server stuff. Maggie says: W is the techie "nut" Brenda says: I should have done an A+ networking course. Maggie says: I did- still slueless wilna@borntolive.co.za says: J is CMS wilna@borntolive.co.za says: M VLE Brenda says: ok Wilna, so that's clear as mud Maggie says: What is the diff still?? Maggie says: wilna@borntolive.co.za says: Content Management System Brenda says: Acronyms! bad as the DOE Maggie says: wilna@borntolive.co.za says: Virtual Learning Enviroment Maggie says: BUt varsities also use moodle wilna@borntolive.co.za says: CMS manages articles per category and handles the dinamic display of it Brenda says: So Wilna is it possible to set one of the them up on a simple old laptop to play and learn? Maggie says: I know eugene use joomla at his school wilna@borntolive.co.za says: VLE does that but more - the interaction wilna@borntolive.co.za says: what do you whant to set up? M? Maggie says: So then moodle s more powerful? Brenda says: I wanted to create a M page to learn how it works and then use it at school. At the moment I have an intranet built in Front Page. About my level wilna@borntolive.co.za says: have u 2 heard about www.sloodle.org Maggie says: noooo Brenda says: noooo Maggie says: whats that? wilna@borntolive.co.za says: open sourceproject for education in virtual worlds like second life Maggie says: No y're cookin!! Brenda says: ok. wilna@borntolive.co.za says: but pieter says in SA we don't have the bandwidth for that... wilna@borntolive.co.za says: have to explore Maggie says: Hey thanx 4 telling us then... now we go hungry Brenda says: Listen Wilna at my school we don't even have an internet connection! wilna@borntolive.co.za says: I am compiling a list of social aplications in web 2.0 to share on 28 Nov Maggie says: FABBBB Brenda says: But I'm ever hopeful we'll get one so that's why I'm trying to learn as much as I can. Maggie says: Maybe u should get some outside sponsors?? Brenda says: Darn I'll be in Jozi for the weekend. I'll miss your workshop f2f. Maggie says: u r a disadvantaged school... wilna@borntolive.co.za says: I installed M om web srver Maggie says: A prof that came to give us a lecture told us that u could run it quite easiliy on a standalone pc Brenda says: I did set one up but I'm convinced my head stonewalled it. She's into total control and she's realised she cannot control hte internet! Maggie says: to play with wilna@borntolive.co.za says: ist is easier to experiment else one has to install php and MySQL etc wilna@borntolive.co.za says: yes Brenda says: I downloaded it but cant install. wilna@borntolive.co.za says: I have created a Web 2.0 group in FB for the kids to colaborate with on web 2.0 issuses Brenda says: All I know about installing is .exe file or Setup/ Install and there isn't such a file. wilna@borntolive.co.za says: we are going to testdrive it together after exam... Brenda says: That sounds exciting. Maggie says: That would befun Brenda says: I'd love to talk some more later but right now I have to get ready to go to my Stone Age school Maggie says: I have 2 go make coffeee 4 hubbie... wilna@borntolive.co.za says: There must be an instalation guide for pc's on the moodle site Maggie says: Acn I post this illuminating discussion to the ict group? Brenda says: I'll have to do some more browsing. There's a Moodle tech site on Facebook. Brenda says: It was one of the guys there who told me I need one of those SQL server things. wilna@borntolive.co.za says: moodle documentations on moodle.org as well Brenda says: Thanks Wilna. Whew, I'm blown away............ Maggie says: I ahve a server that has php and sql- I will set an acc for each of us then we can play Brenda says: Have a great day. wilna@borntolive.co.za says: I have installed MySql and php in the pass, quite tricky ... Maggie says: It is already insrtalled on my server Brenda says: Ok Maggs, you do it! wilna@borntolive.co.za says: I thing web site testing is much easier wilna@borntolive.co.za says: I will be experimenting on the website and then later maybe implement a intranet if information becomes to much for internet Maggie says: WE can learn with UUUUU Brenda says: Thanks Maggs, thanks Wilna Maggie says: Okie tataaa- can I post this?? wilna@borntolive.co.za says: we can cross that bridge when we come to it, together Maggie says: k Maggie says: Brenda says: wilna@borntolive.co.za says: I must also go, kids have to get dressed, etc. school waits for no kid, or teacher... Maggie says: shame----> Maggie says: taaaataaaa wilna@borntolive.co.za says: TFN Brenda has left the conversation. Maggie says: http://www.slideshare.net/hollyrae/jump-start-dynamic-learning-with-moodle Maggie says: Just got this!!! Maggie says: I belong to a slideshare group and they ahve just posted it to the group Maggie says: Just ion time learning!!! wilna@borntolive.co.za says: it is briljant !!! Maggie says: indeed- I like the learning pyramid wilna@borntolive.co.za says: crazy about the sides of the old and new learning enviroment Maggie says: I did that in media literacy in my honours year- we forget about that!! Maggie says: true!! wilna@borntolive.co.za says: not from treacher to learner anymore - we are co-leaners!! Maggie says: That is what I am trong to get through 2 everbody!!! Maggie says: Traditional techers are not going to like it though!!! wilna@borntolive.co.za says: I want to make a poster of those slides for my class, laminate it Maggie says: Fab ideaaa