Chat Log
Alado
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melanie ellis : Silvia I held the mic icon down and it turned red
Jose Antonio : Hi everyone
DafneG : hi everybody :-)
Sally La Luzerne-Oi : Hi everyone!
Aladoadmin : ola
Jose Antonio : Hello
melanie ellis : I'm hearing somebody!
DafneG : hola
silviacolombo : I can't hear now
Jose Antonio : Someone said Hola
DafneG : hi Andy :-)
Sally La Luzerne-Oi : My microphone doesn't seem to be working either.
Jose Antonio : Great I can hear now
melanie ellis : How did you get the hand up symbol Silvia?
silviacolombo : By pressing the mike at the bottom
silviacolombo : That's my problem
Sally La Luzerne-Oi : That's right. How are you Andy?
Aladoadmin : Silva do you want to talk
Jose Antonio : I had to install theplugin again. Mine wsnot working
Jose Antonio : I couldn´t get in
Aladoadmin : you just hit the Control key, which enables you to talk
Mary Di Mónaco : But I think i heard you Silvia
Aladoadmin : Ola, Daf
silviacolombo : Yes but I can't because of my mike settings
Jose Antonio : Hi
melanie ellis : Hello Daf
Aladoadmin : glad to hear and see you in here
silviacolombo : Hi Daf
Jose Antonio : Daf and her PCs
Mary Di Mónaco : Hi Daf
Jose Antonio : She is lucky to have many
Sally La Luzerne-Oi : Hi Daf
Aladoadmin : yes, we've seen your struggles with you new Vista
Aladoadmin : laptop
silviacolombo : Anxious early birds
DafneG : many that do not work, JA
Jose Antonio : I I have a problem with mine. I am in deeptrouble. I have only one. Poor JA
melanie ellis : What isthe syumbol like a zip file that comes up next to some names?
Mary Di Mónaco : when you want to talk you press the mic icon and just do so or do you have to wait?
DafneG : better to have one that works
Jose Antonio : ]That is true Daf
DafneG : if nobody is speaking you will speak immediately, Mary
silviacolombo : Mine doesn't work
Jose Antonio : I f I had many deffective ones, I would get desperate. I don´t know how you manage to keep your cool
DafneG : yes
Jose Antonio : Yes Mary
melanie ellis : Yes MAry!
DafneG : hola Mary
Carina : yes!
silviacolombo : Congrats Mary!
eleni : Hi Mary
Mary Di Mónaco : hi everybody!
Carina : hi!
DafneG : I heard some noise from you, JA, give it another try
melanie ellis : Jose Antonio there was a buzzing then from you
Jose Antonio : Mine is working ok.
Jose Antonio : I lost sound for a while, but now it is ok. Doyou think the buzzin ws from my mic?
melanie ellis : If your country isn't on the list do you just pick the nearesr point geographically?
Jose Antonio : All right
Natalia : Has it started already?
DafneG : no Natalia, we are testing our Internet connection speed
melanie ellis : Hi Natalia, not yet
Natalia : Good. I checked today earlier. Everything is working well with me
sharonb : hello everyone
DafneG : yes, I know, but since I am with slow connection, I prefer to write, sometiems my sound is choppy
Jose Antonio : Checking biforehand is good idea
DafneG : hi Sharon!
Jose Antonio : Fine Sharon Thanks
silviacolombo : Hi Sharon
Natalia : Yes, ilearnt my lesson
Natalia : Hi everybody
Mary Di Mónaco : Hi sharon
eleni : Hi Sharon
Natalia : I can't hear
sharonb : could you hear my hello? doesn't matter, as I like to let everyone participate - just wondered.
DafneG : are you guys checking your speed?
Natalia : Can I check my mike?
Aladoadmin : wee
sharonb : Great - hi natalia
Aladoadmin : hear you
Jose Antonio : Yes
DafneG : yesss
Aladoadmin : welcome
sharonb : is it cold in St petersburg?
melanie ellis : Hello Natalia
Jose Antonio : How are yu Natalia?
silviacolombo : Oh Hi Nat
Mary Di Mónaco : Hi Natalia!
Aladoadmin : very clear Natalia
Dennis : Hi, everyone.
Maru del Campo : Hi Everyone!
Aladoadmin : you can let it go
Aladoadmin : thanks
silviacolombo : Hi Maru
sharonb : you are gone now.
Mary Di Mónaco : Hi Maru
Jose Antonio : Maru how are U?
sharonb : Jose - you are making a participants list?
Dennis : I tried accessing this via a Mac and it didn't work well. Eventually, I could hear, but I couldn't chat.
Maru del Campo : I am fine Jose
Maru del Campo : yes
Jose Antonio : Yes I am sharon
Dennis : So I'm using my PC now.
melanie ellis : I didn't sign up on the database, but I am here!
sharonb : hi melanie - that is no problem
Dennis : I didn't sign up either, Melanie,
Maru del Campo : you bet!!
Dennis : Hola, Maru!
Dennis : Oi, JA.
Maru del Campo : I did not join as moderator because I only moderated my own sessions
silviacolombo : Hi Dennis
Mary Di Mónaco : Trying one of the sites on the list I lost the original page you'd posted. Does it matter, Andy?
Jose Antonio : Hi Dennis
Dennis : Hola, Silvia. I've enjoyed our message exchange.
silviacolombo : Me too
Mary Di Mónaco : I've got the page back now
Dennis :
Dennis : Hi, Andy.
silviacolombo :
Dennis : Privet, Natalia!
sharonb : Everyone think about Ibrahim (a co-moderator this week) - he only has power 5 hours in the morning and 5 in the afternoon - Can we all say hi for him when he reads the chat?
TeresaA : hi andy!
TeresaA : hi everyone!
Moira Hunter : Hi all
melanie ellis : Hello Ibrahim, thinking of you
Maru del Campo : Hi Ibrahim!!
Dennis : Hi, Mary and Sally.
Natalia : Hi, Ibrahim!
DafneG : hi Tere
Dennis : Salaam, Ibrahim!
sabrina : Hi everybody
Aladoadmin : good afternoon
silviacolombo : Hi everybody
Maru del Campo : Hi Daf! sound is fine
Aladoadmin : not at all
Dennis : Hi, Teresa. I hear you loud and clear.
DafneG : Please, go ahead Tere, my sound is choppy
Aladoadmin : you are on time
Mary Di Mónaco : Hi Teresa and everybody else
Dennis : Hola, Carina.
Aladoadmin : my pleasure as always
DafneG : thanks for being here, Andy
Natalia : Hi Mary!
Dennis : Hi, Sharon.
DafneG : the floor is yours :-)
Maru del Campo : Hi Moira!!!
Dennis : Yes, thanks, Andy.
Jose Antonio : Ibrahim is my hero. He´s go t the webhead spirit.
Moira Hunter : Hello dear Maru
Dennis : Yiassou, Eleni!
Aladoadmin : so Daf, is your Internet in Caracas problematic today
Maru del Campo : I am glad to see you here
Dennis : Bonjour, Moira!
Sally La Luzerne-Oi : Hello everyone!
DafneG : yes, Andy
eleni : Hi Dennis!
Moira Hunter : Bonjour Dennis
Dennis : Tekanis?
Aladoadmin : hi Moria
sharonb : Teresa - are yuo there?
silviacolombo : I can't hear now
DafneG : I will be happy if I can stay
eleni : Kala. Esy?
Moira Hunter : Hi Andy
Dennis : Hi, Leecy. Admirable job in Learning Times!
DafneG : yes, my connection is slow
DafneG : my sound is choppy
Dennis : Kalo, efkharisto.
sharonb : Our narrator, Leecy is here - welcome
Maru del Campo : I have taken many pictures of my cats and will use them to learn Moira.
DafneG : go ahead
Mary Di Mónaco : I want to congratulate you too, Leecy
TeresaA : absolutely!
eleni : KALA
Moira Hunter : :-) Maru
leecy : Hi, All. That experience yesterday was awesome!
Dennis : Oops!
isabel teixeira : Hello everybody
Dennis : Efkharisto!
mnadi : hi all
DafneG : seldom have cooperation
Moira Hunter : Hi ISabel
mnadi : has the meeting started?
eleni : kalo is good, kala is well
Dennis : Hi, Isabel!
leecy : Can't wait for more!
isabel teixeira : Hi Moira
Dennis : Many thanks, Eleni!
Dennis : I'll remember that.
sharonb : It is so great that this platform will run under nearly any platform
eleni : Dennis you seem to speak many languages
Dennis : It didn't work well for me on my Mac, Sharon, so I'm here on my PC.
Mary Di Mónaco : My internet connection goes on and off all the time on rainy days. It's rainy today :-(
Jose Antonio : Dennis. Nergiz is on her Mac and she is having problems lseeing te presentation
Maru del Campo : Hi Sally!!
Dennis : Yes, I have an "older" PC. Even that was a challenge financially, but a necessary one for situations like this.
Sally La Luzerne-Oi : Hi Maru
Mary Di Mónaco : But my connection is OK so far
Dennis : Yes, I had the same results as Nergiz on my Mac, JA.
Dennis : Mary: Are you using a Mac?
Mary Di Mónaco : No
silviacolombo : Hi Mary
Mary Di Mónaco : I think it's the server
Dennis : Oh, OK. Is anyone other than Andy using a Mac?
Mary Di Mónaco : Hi Sil
sharonb : It seems that adult learners sometimes have a little more trouble than the younger-set.
Dennis : Hola, Pato!
Pato : Hello everyone
Pato : Hi Dennis
silviacolombo : Hi Pato
Natalia : Hi Pato
Dennis : Hi, Mnadi. Or should I say "salaam"?
mnadi : yeah
Dennis : Hi, Sabrina.
sabrina : hi dennis
mnadi : wailaikum salaam
Maru del Campo : I think so Mary, but adults with no computer literacy respond well in Alado
Dennis : Shukran! Ahlan wa sahlan!
mnadi : thanks
mnadi : where r u from Dennis.?
Dennis :
Dennis : Phoenix, Arizona, U.S.A.
Dennis : You?
mnadi : you Arabic sounds cool
TeresaA : Frivolous Unanticipated Nonsense
mnadi : where have you learnt it?
Dennis : Shukran! But I only know a few words.
DafneG : F.U.N
mnadi : Morocco
TeresaA : lol
sharonb : But being in Alado - is always F.U.N - if not frivoulous
Dennis : I love the idea of F.U.N.!
TeresaA : me too, dennis. in both senses
Dennis : Definitely, Teresa!
Pato : In any sense, actually!!!
Maru del Campo : Yes, it works fine with low powered computers
Dennis : I think the element of "play" in learning is really important.
Pato : sure it is Dennis
Maru del Campo : I agree Dennis
Dennis : It's a very effective way of lowering the affective filter, no?
Pato : It is
Maru del Campo : My adult students laugh when the computer gives them a round of applause
Mary Di Mónaco : We all keep a child deep down
Dennis : I've seen that happen, too, Maru.
sharonb : Is alado available for others to use (like webheads)?
Maru del Campo : I is fantastic the way they respond and become engaged
Dennis : Hear, hear, Mary!
silviacolombo : It's good playing and having fun
Jose Antonio : Dennis, can you listen and see the presentation with in your Mac? Nergiz can´t
DafneG : I have used Alado a lot with my students, Sharon
sharonb : CAn you note on top of the PowerPoints - do the moderators see tools?
Dennis : And you do it very effectively, I'm sure, Dafne, based on what I've seen you and Teresa do here.
sharonb : OK - I know Breeze and understand your goals.
Dennis : My older computer and I are grateful that Alado can be accessed, Andy. Thanks!
DafneG : and I am here even with my Int. slow connect. problems
Dennis : Terrific!
Mary Di Mónaco : You' re thinking of accessibility, right?
DafneG : Teresa and I like to present here :-)
TeresaA : yes, we do, daf. :-)
Dennis : Where on the South Side is Olive-Harvey?
Dennis : I used to visit the South Side a lot when I lived in Illinois.
sharonb : I can see why you enjoy using this - it seems very user-friendly
maral954 : better late than never
Dennis : OK. I know where that is.
Dennis : I used to go to the South Side for blues and down-home food.
Maru del Campo : My students may get some of them, thanks!
DafneG : :-)
Sally La Luzerne-Oi : That's great!
silviacolombo : Good idea Maru
Dennis : I wish I could give you some of my older computers, Andy.
Mary Di Mónaco : Simple but great idea, Andy
melanie ellis : This is really ecological! I like it
Sally La Luzerne-Oi : This is good, Andy. We need to think about all those computers going in the ground.
sabrina : a great idea I like that
Dennis : I like it, too, Melanie. Kudos, Andy, for providing this salutory service!
sharonb : my passions are technology, education, environment and my leonbergers - I think many of us have a lot in common
Jose Antonio : Recycling these computers can help lots of people
maral954 : indeed
silviacolombo : You give jobs to a lot more people
Maru del Campo : indeed!
sabrina : I wish we could do the same inmy country
Jose Antonio : We could use soe of those in some poor districts of Brazil
silviacolombo : wishful thinking in Argentina
Dennis : My fingers are crossed, Maru!
Maru del Campo : Mine too!!!
eleni : recycling computers does simply not exist here!
Dennis :
TeresaA : that's fantastic, maru and an
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