Justin,

Great job hosting. Watched a good 30 minutes or so during lunch

Here’s the Ustream chat, just in case you need it:

07:17 greenpanthers : next set coming up soon
07:18 greenpanthers : tell us where you’re all watching from
07:18 sherrylj : Melbourne, Australia
07:18 tasteach : I’m a middle school teacher from Tasmania, the clean green state of Australia
07:18 gracekat : GraceKat: Sydney Australia. Year 3 teacher
07:19 tasteach : just put a tweet out for others to join us
07:19 greenpanthers : woohoo Guitar Hero showdown
07:20 sherrylj : I make free movies for primary teachers from http://www.inquiryschools.net
07:21 greenpanthers : this will be interesting!
07:23 greenpanthers : Guitar Hero showdown starting now
11:25 cburell : Hi from Seoul, Korea
11:25 cburell : Who are the contestants in the showdown?
11:25 cburell : thanks, camera man
11:26 greenpanthers : @cburell no prob (it’s kim btw)
11:26 cfoote : where is this ?
11:26 cburell : IS Bangkok ES
11:26 greenpanthers : @cfoote ISB Elementary School
11:26 howhat : Hi cburell this Brian from Japan
11:27 cburell : Hi Hansbeard
11:27 cfoote : ah cool
11:27 cburell : “clap for climate” great alliteration
11:28 sherrylj : great sound!
11:28 howhat : clap, clap, dance, clap, dance
11:28 cburell : okay, chatters, shake those booties.
11:28 cfoote : Ya’ll have fun
11:28 greenpanthers : getting some dancer on stage now
11:28 greenpanthers : dancing
11:28 sherrylj : Come on dancers! This is a request all the way from Australia!
11:28 cburell : gymnasts!
11:29 tasteach : go dancers
11:29 cburell : I want to go back to elementary school.
11:29 sherrylj : I wish I was up there with you!
11:29 cburell : yeah, close-ups are better.
11:29 gracekat : fantastic!
11:29 tasteach : great contest
11:31 cburell : hi gkat
11:31 greenpanthers : lefty flip is causing us some problems
11:32 greenpanthers : getting some feedback from MS Earth Day celebrations now
11:32 gracekat : hi Clay
11:33 gracekat : I’ll be at school for the next concert. Anyone know when it will be? On holidays now
11:35 sherrylj : Have fun kids. I will check in again later in the day.
11:36 gracekat : Nice to see the students haven’t lost their enthusiasm for dancing
11:36 tasteach : or bouncing
11:36 gracekat : yes : )
11:37 cburell : who’s hosting / emceeing?
11:37 greenpanthers : grade 2 getting ready to sing a student-produced song
11:37 greenpanthers : @jmedved is hosting
11:37 cburell : you guys are recording, right?
11:38 greenpanthers : @cburell yes
11:38 cburell : oh, there’s justin!
11:38 cburell : is it true you can only download recorded Ustreams if they’re less than an hour?
11:39 greenpanthers : @cburell uh oh - don’t now
11:39 greenpanthers : don’t know
11:39 greenpanthers : we have some shorter chunks due to tech problems anyway
11:42 howhat : clap, clap, clap
11:43 gracekat : Gee KISS takes me back to my schooldays
11:44 tasteach : rock n roll yeah
11:45 cburell : so fun
11:45 tasteach : great enjoyment even the MC showing lots of enthusiasm and a great voice
11:45 cburell : Justin’s great at this. Good camera work too. That’s the thankless job
11:45 gracekat : yeah. clap clap climate change
11:46 cburell : Yeah, the MC is Justin Medved of http://medagogy.edublogs.org (I think that’s the right URL).
11:46 greenpanthers : coming up: more Guitar Hero!
11:46 cburell : Justin’s a great guy.
11:46 cburell : Who’s on camera? Kim? Dennis?
11:47 greenpanthers : @cburell it’s Kim on camera Dennis is in MS
11:47 gracekat : Good luck getting them to leave
11:47 greenpanthers : grade 2/3 sucessfully left! quick
11:47 tasteach : looks like they’re all heading off
11:48 greenpanthers : grade 1 is ready to rock out
11:48 gracekat : Gee that’s quick
11:48 greenpanthers : grade 1 is ready to dance!
11:52 gracekat : Good to see Rock hasn’t died
11:54 greenpanthers : grade 2 on stage next
11:56 greenpanthers : Top 10 Things Kids Can do to Make the World a Better Place
11:57 greenpanthers : Video URL here: http://www.teachertube.com/view_video.php?viewkey=3b725e29567adc0779f1
12:01 greenpanthers : comments on the big screen
12:01 greenpanthers : say hello to our ES!
12:02 tasteach : g’day students from Tasmania, Australia
12:04 gracekat : Hello from Sydney, Australia. I’m enjoying your fun work.
12:05 greenpanthers : Jeff presenting Before, Now and Later (grade 5)
12:07 gracekat : here, here
12:07 greenpanthers : next up: more guitar hero
12:07 tasteach : well done, read very clearly
12:13 greenpanthers : guitar hero showdown for climate change!
12:15 tasteach : will be back later
12:15 gracekat : bye
12:15 greenpanthers : @tasteach bye! thanks for stopping by
12:35 jennylu : Go Bangkok - well done - We’re your Australian partners in PGC
12:36 gracekat : Hi Jenny
12:36 jennylu : Is this air guitar hero?
12:37 jennylu : Hi Grace - good to see you here
12:37 gracekat : It’s been music, poetry..
12:37 jennylu : Hi Clay - you here?
12:38 jennylu : Crowd loves you
12:40 greenpanthers : taking a quick break
12:41 greenpanthers : recess is over, new classes on their way down soon
12:41 jennylu : Who’s on next?
12:41 greenpanthers : after this round of Guitar Hero we have grade 4 poetry
12:41 jennylu : Guitar Hero seems popular
12:44 greenpanthers : they’re loving the guitar hero - an elementary version of a concert
12:46 jennylu : Good on you - great to see the whole school embracing the idea
12:47 greenpanthers : more video earth day pledges
12:47 gracekat : Must go now, bye all
12:47 greenpanthers : @gracekat bye! thanks for stopping by!
12:48 greenpanthers : highlights from earlier today while we wait for grade 4 poets
12:49 greenpanthers : ready for grade 4 poets!
12:50 jennylu : Great idea to do this - keeps your audience with you -we had some big gaps - really hard work for our MC who had to find a lot of material to keep the audience with him!
12:50 greenpanthers : @jennylu tough to go on all day, defiitely
12:51 greenpanthers : grade 4 poets setting up now
12:51 jennylu : I admire your efforts - well done
12:52 jennylu : Nice crowd shots
12:53 jennylu : @greenpanthers how did yesterday go -Sorry - I didn’t catch on that you had two concerts and missed yesterday
12:54 greenpanthers : Grade 4 play: The Man Who Learned How to Recycle
12:56 greenpanthers : @jennylu crazy storm yesterday - school cancelled, concerts rescheduled
12:58 jennylu : @greepanthers - when are you rescheduled for?
12:59 jennylu : Great work with sound and picture - good quality!
12:59 jennylu : Why aren’t families in US watching?
01:01 jennylu : @greenpanthers - gotta go -family waiting in car and hassling me - get Dennis and justin to email me if there is a new time for concert that had to be rescheduled jennyl@toorakc.vic.edu.au
01:02 jennylu : Great job all -please let everyone know you had a few viewers fron australia tuning in and appreciating your efforts.
01:03 greenpanthers : @jennylu thanks! will let justin and dennis know
01:03 jennylu : Bye - terrific job
01:17 greenpanthers : our music department rocks!
01:28 tasteach : different form of dance there
01:29 greenpanthers : next up grade 3
01:30 greenpanthers : but first some poems from grade 5
01:31 greenpanthers : first up: Howard!
01:31 greenpanthers : comments are up on the big screen - give some feedback to our poets!
01:31 greenpanthers : next up Andrew!
01:31 tasteach : lovely clear voice Andrew
01:32 tasteach : these are great poems
01:32 greenpanthers : And on to Aaron!
01:33 greenpanthers : Sebastian’s up!
01:34 tasteach : wish my grade 6/7 class could write poetry like this
01:34 greenpanthers : Next up: Mii!
01:34 greenpanthers : Last one: Kirre!
01:36 greenpanthers : time for grade 3
01:37 greenpanthers : grade 3 presents their Earth Award project
01:44 greenpanthers : dance with grade 5 is up next!
01:53 greenpanthers : intermission
02:20 tasteach : this is a well organized concert
02:21 greenpanthers : just a half hour left!
02:21 greenpanthers : almost over
02:50 sherrylj-1 : This has been an amazing effort kids. You are to be congratulated and so are your teachers!
02:51 sherrylj-1 : I wonder how all of you feel about the day?
02:51 sherrylj-1 : I am going to hunt for blog posts next week.
02:53 sherrylj-1 : I think long cool drinks are in order for the teachers and students!
02:54 greenpanthers : Last 4 poems for the day
02:54 greenpanthers : @sherrylj-1 thanks! feeling exhausted right about now, that’s for sure
02:55 gracekat : well said
02:55 sherrylj-1 : The quality of the video and audio in particular is very good now
02:57 sherrylj-1 : Well delivered and vivdly descriptive poetry!
02:59 gracekat : xcellent work Bangkok!
02:59 sherrylj-1 : Thank you all for the invitation and the experience!
02:59 gracekat : I mean Excellent
02:59 sherrylj-1 : signing off!
02:59 greenpanthers : thanks all for coming! signing off now!
03:00 gracekat : bye