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Heidi Befort-Featured Teacher

05/04/2013

Date: Saturday, May 4, 2013
Time: 9:00a m Pacific/10:00am Mountain/
11:00am Central/12:00pm Eastern
Location: Blackboard Collaborate (Formerly Elluminate)

About Heidi:
Heidi Befort is an amazing gr. 4/5 teacher in Black Mountain Elementary School/Cave Creek Unified School District, AZ. She is a National Board Certified teacher/Middle Childhood and was named one of the top 10 educational bloggers of 2012 and 2013 by Education World. http://www.educationworld.com/a_curr/top-educator-blogs-2013.shtml She maintains a blog called "Globicate" that focuses on the earth, geographic knowledge, global awareness, shared responsibility for real-world issues and global community. It is loaded with free resources for teachers. Once a month she contributes a Common Core-friendly writing lesson (inspired by WritingFix) and a writer's notebook idea from her own website. http://writinglesson.ning.com

Recording (full):
https://sas.elluminate.com/site/external/jwsdetect/playback.jnlp?psid=2013-05-04.0925.M.ACE02B5F35AA7E7975F015AAC6F794.vcr&sid=2008350

Tiny URL for Recording:
http://hnyctt.me/cr20live-HeidiBefort-FeaturedTeacher-5-4-13

Recording Chat: http://wiki.classroom20.com/CR20LIVE+MAY42013

Audio Recording (mp3):

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Tricia Fuglestad-Featured Teacher Art & Technology

04/27/2013

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Date: Saturday, April 27, 2013
Time: 9:00a m Pacific/10:00am Mountain/
11:00am Central/12:00pm Eastern
Location: Blackboard Collaborate (Formerly Elluminate)

Recording (full):
https://sas.elluminate.com/site/external/jwsdetect/playback.jnlp?psid=2013-04-27.0923.M.ACE02B5F35AA7E7975F015AAC6F794.vcr&sid=2008350

Tiny URL for Recording: http://hnyctt.me/cr20live-TriciaFuglestad-4-27-13

Recording Chat: http://wiki.classroom20.com/CR20LIVE+APR272013

Audio Recording (mp3):

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New Teacher Community and #ntchat

04/13/2013

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Date: Saturday, April 13, 2013
Time: 9:00a m Pacific/10:00am Mountain/
11:00am Central/12:00pm Eastern
Location: Blackboard Collaborate (Formerly Elluminate)

Recording (full):
https://sas.elluminate.com/site/external/jwsdetect/playback.jnlp?psid=2013-04-13.0848.M.ACE02B5F35AA7E7975F015AAC6F794.vcr&sid=2008350

Tiny URL for Recording: http://hnyctt.me/cr20live-NewTeacherChat-4-13-13

Recording Chat: http://wiki.classroom20.com/CR20LIVE+APR132013

Audio Recording (mp3):

Video Recording

Follow-up Reading/Viewing Suggestions: (links shared by participants during the session have been added to this list and also to the Livebinder)

LiveBinder Link: https://www.livebinders.com/play/play?id=837824
(Note: Click on tab for "Lisa Dabbs-New Teacher Communities" in the LiveBinder)

http://www.teachingwithsoul.com/ (Lisa Dabb’s blog)
http://www.livebinders.com/play/play/86210?binder_id=86210&tab_layout=side# (New Teacher Chat Livebinder created by Lisa Dabbs)
http://pinterest.com/teachingwthsoul/ (Follow Lisa on Pinterest)
https://www.facebook.com/teachingwithsoul (TeachingwithSoul on Facebook)
http://therookieteacher.ca/ (Natasha Dunn’s blog)
http://transformingtheclassroom.edublogs.org/ (Jaime Vandergrift’s blog)
http://www.livebinders.com/play/play_or_edit?id=78343 (Dean Mantz’s ePortfolio)
http://developingeducation.ca/ (Derek Keenan’s blog)
http://www.teachingwithsoul.com/ntchat (New Teacher Chat)
http://tweetchat.com/room/ntchat (New Teacher Chat on Tweetchat)
http://www.teachingwithsoul.com/new-teacher-mentoring-project (New Teacher Mentoring Project)
http://www.teachingwithsoul.com/lisas-newbie-lounge (Lisa’s Newbie Lounge)
http://www.edutopia.org/user/7360 (Lisa Dabbs Resident Blogger on Edutopia)
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=d8E73iaxEWM (Lisa Dabb’s interview on Edu-Vue)
https://www.smore.com/85pz-classroom-2-0-live-saturday-show (Smore announcement with details about today’s show on Classroom 2.0 LIVE)
http://www.ascd.org/professional-development/webinars/lisa-dabbs-webinar.aspx?utm_source=social-media&utm_medium=ascdfacebook&utm_campaign=dabbs-webinar-archive (New Teacher Toolkit webinar by Lisa Dabbs on ASCD)
https://www.livebinders.com/play/play?id=362891 (Peggy George’s Livebinder for free online PD opportunities: webinars, webcasts, Google Hangouts, virtual conferences, etc.)
http://cybraryman.com/chats.html (Educational chats on Twitter)
http://www.edweb.net/newteacherhelp (New Teacher Help Community on Edweb.net)
http://www.ascd.org/conferences/annual-conference/conference-daily/2011-new-teachers.aspx (Blog post by Robyn Gee: Supporting New Teachers)
http://www.ascd.org/publications/educational-leadership/may12/vol69/num08/The-Challenges-of-Supporting-New-Teachers.aspx (Interview with Linda Darling-Hammond: The Challenges of Supporting New Teachers)
http://www.ncpublicschools.org/educatoreffectiveness/beginning/ (Beginning Teacher Support Resources-NC)
http://www.ncpublicschools.org/docs/educatoreffectiveness/beginning/mentorteachershandbook.pdf (NC Mentor Teacher Handbook)
http://www.k12.wa.us/BEST/Administrators/pubdocs/SupportingNewTeachers-IdeasforPrincipals.pdf (Ideas for Principals-Supporting New Teachers)
http://www.naesp.org/resources/2/Principal/2006/N-Dp34.pdf (NAESP-Principals’ Role in Supporting New Teachers)
http://www.learnnc.org/lp/pages/4064 (New Teacher Support-UNC)
http://blogs.kqed.org/mindshift/2011/08/new-teachers-seek-support-online/ (Online Support for New Teachers)
http://www.newteachercenter.org/index.php (New Teacher Center-online resources)
http://www.scholastic.com/teachers/teaching-strategies/new-teacher (Scholastic Survival Guide for New Teachers: Guide filled with resources, tools, and tips)
http://www.ascd.org/publications/educational-leadership/may99/vol56/num08/The-Good-Mentor.aspx (ASCD: The Good Mentor)
https://vimeo.com/47684451 (Panel Discussion with new teachers: Supporting new teachers-experience as new teachers and providing support for them)
http://www.ascd.org/publications/educational_leadership/may12/vol69/num08/Preparing_Technology-Connected_Teachers.aspx (ASCD: Preparing Technology-Connected Teachers)
http://www.edutopia.org/blog/collaborative-mentoring-for-new-teachers-lisa-dabbs (Lisa Dabbs: Collaborative Mentoring for New Teachers)
http://learningcenter.nsta.org/discuss/default.aspx?tid=5!plus!yzLkuKqc4_E (Discussion Forum: Why Must We Mentor New Teachers?)
http://www.wested.org/online_pubs/LI-06-04_chap4sampleall.pdf (Preparing Mentor Teachers as Collaborative Coaches)
http://www.edutopia.org/blog/mentoring-new-teachers-lisa-dabbs (Mentoring Matters: Will You Take Up the Challenge? - Lisa Dabbs)
http://www.edutopia.org/groups/online-learning/35443?page=1 (Creating a Culture of Online Learning and Mentoring-Keith Heggart)
http://blogs.edweek.org/teachers/classroom_qa_with_larry_ferlazzo/2013/04/response_ways_to_observe_teachers_without_demoralizing_them.html (Larry Ferlazzo: Ways to Observe Teachers without Demoralizing Them)
http://virtconlive.com/ (DEN Spring Virtual Conference: Saturday, April 20, 2013)

Links shared by participants in the chat log during the session:

http://cybraryman.com/howtochat.html (Cybraryman: How to Chat)
http://www.cybraryman.com/edhashtags.html (Dean Mantz: Educational hashtags from Cybraryman)
http://bit.ly/DIYPD (biororz:We just did new teacher training this weekend. My presentation was about Twitter. Here is the doc that I shared with them to help them get started).
http://cybraryman.com/plnstars.html (Dean Mantz: List of awesome EDU PLN stars)
http://edupln.ning.com/ (Dean Mantz: EDU PLN)
http://edupln.ning.com/group/thenewteachermentoringproject (Dean Mantz: New Teacher Mentoring Project via EDUPLN)
https://plus.google.com/communities/106515386592911248775?
utm_source=chrome_ntp_icon&utm_medium=chrome_app&utm_campaign=chrome (Dean Mantz #ntchat Google+)
http://lmnet.wordpress.com/ (Shamblesguru: If a new teacher librarian then join LM_NET ... no debate ... DO IT)
http://tweetchat.com/room/liveclass20 (Tweetchat for Classroom 2.0 LIVE)
@teachteKBeck(Kristen) Tweetdeck allows me to have my three Wednesday Chats right next to each other: #ntchat (lurker) #sbgchat (standards based grading) and #ptchat (parent/teacher chat)
http://www.youtube.com/user/NewTeacher1stYear (Dean Mantz: New Teacher 1st Year on YouTube)
http://www.edutopia.org/groups/bridges-first-years-practice (Edutopia community for Bridges First Years Practice)
http://smartblogs.com/education/2013/03/27/utilizing-twitter-chats-for-professional-development/ (biororz: More on Twitter chats)
http://tweetchat.com/room/globalclassroom (Robyn Thiessen: #globalclassroom is also part of my PLN and an amazing group of educators)
http://www.flickr.com/photos/courosa/344832659/in/set-72157615129270288 (Dean Mantz: Typical Teacher Network image from Alec Couros)
http://www.flickr.com/photos/courosa/2922421696/ (Dean Mantz: Alec's connected teacher diagram)
http://www.youtube.com/user/EduVue?feature=watch (Peggy George: all of the EduVue recordings are here--new program but have already had 4 shows)
https://plus.google.com/101359780931017796250/posts?%20utm_source=chrome_ntp_icon&utm_medium=chrome_app&utm_campaign=chrome (EduVue on Google +)
http://tweetchat.com/room/eduvue (Peggy George: follow EduVue on Tweetchat #eduvue)
http://biororz.sqsp.com/onething/2013/4/6/dropping-the-f-bomb-in-class (biororz: I find fear is crippling with lots of technologies... I just wrote a post about the real F-word with Facebook...fear).
http://www.shambles.net/pages/staff/r_newteach/ (@shamblesguru [thailand]
New Teacher area on Shambles)
http://www.feedly.com/ (Feedly-Google Reader alternative)
http://www.shambles.net/pages/learning/ict/rssreader/ (@shamblesguru [thailand]: see RSS Readers)
http://larryferlazzo.edublogs.org/2013/03/13/google-reader-is-being-shut-down-here-are-some-alternatives/ (Google Reader alternatives from Larry Ferlazzo)
http://tweetchat.com/room/edsg (@shamblesguru [thailand] There is a Tuesday chat of Singapore teachers use hashtag #edsg)
http://feedspot.com/u/b276bfcc16eb (LucianeCurator @web20education I just saved all my favorite 500 blogs from google reader to feedspot in 15 min)
http://tweetchat.com/room/DENChat (McTeach (Karen) Tweetchat for Discovery Education #DENChat Thursdays, 7pm CDT)
http://therookieteacher.ca/the-lounge-podcast/ (Natasha Dunn: TheRookieTeacher.ca also runs a podcast called The Lounge - we are always looking for cohosts. If this sounds like something you would like to get on board with, please let me know. I absolutely love to create and discuss EDU Topics! @RookieTeacherCA … please @ message or DM)
https://www.teachingchannel.org/questions/advice-for-new-teachers/?utm_source=buffer&utm_medium=post04131302&utm_campaign=twt/&buffer_share=d9e43 (Teaching Channel: Advice for New Teachers)

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Technology & Music Education-Kyle Pace

04/06/2013

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Date: Saturday, April 6, 2013
Time: 9:00a m Pacific/10:00am Mountain/
11:00am Central/12:00pm Eastern
Location: Blackboard Collaborate (Formerly Elluminate)

Recording (full):
https://sas.elluminate.com/site/external/jwsdetect/playback.jnlp?psid=2013-04-06.0857.M.ACE02B5F35AA7E7975F015AAC6F794.vcr&sid=2008350

Tiny URL for Recording:
http://hnyctt.me/cr20live-TechandMusicEd-KylePace-3-6-13

Recording Chat: http://wiki.classroom20.com/CR20LIVE+APR62013

Audio Recording (mp3):

Video Recording

Follow-up Reading/Viewing Suggestions: (links shared by participants during the session will be added to this list and also to the Livebinder)

LiveBinder Link: https://www.livebinders.com/play/play?id=837824
(Note: Click on tab for "Kyle Pace-Music & Tech" in the LiveBinder)

https://twitter.com/kylepace (Twitter)
http://www.kylepace.com (Website)
http://kylepace.wordpress.com (Kyle’s Blog)
http://www.kylepace.com/kp/meet (About Kyle Pace)
http://www.alfred.com/Products/Integrating-Technology-with-Music-Instruction--00-30889.aspx (Kyle’s music and technology book co-authored with Greg Foreman-Using standard technology teaching tools to aid student learning and teach essential music skills)
http://www.edweek.org/leaders/profile/kyle-pace/ (Education Week’s 2013 Leaders to Learn From Award winner)
When You Begin to Add Technology into Your Classroom…
http://mustech.net/2013/02/when-you-begin-to-add-technology-into-your-classroom/ (Article: When You Begin to Add Technology into your Classroom
)ISTE 2011 Panel Presentation: Music & Tech - Harmony in the Making https://sites.google.com/site/musicandtechharmony/home
Recent CNN article - Everything I need to Know I Learned in Music Class: http://schoolsofthought.blogs.cnn.com/2013/03/20/my-view-everything-i-need-to-know-i-learned-in-music-class/
Lee’s Summit Instructional Technology Music Resource page: http://its.leesummit.k12.mo.us/music.htm
Facebook Music PLN Group: https://www.facebook.com/groups/musicpln/
Technology for Music Education: http://www.ti-me.org/
Kyle’s Public Diigo Library of curated links all related to Music: https://www.diigo.com/user/kylepace/music
Interactive Whiteboard Music: http://iwbmusic.blogspot.com/ - by one of our own elementary music teachers @webraune!
http://www.edweek.org/leaders/profile/kyle-pace/ (EdWeek 2013 Leaders to Learn From Award for Kyle Pace)
http://www.alfred-music.com
http://virtconlive.com/ (DEN Spring Virtual Conference: Saturday, April 20, 2013)

Links shared by participants in the chat log during the session:

http://www.freeplaymusic.com/ (Free Play Music)
http://youtu.be/ajBzqNO4X1s (Video explaining TOS for FreePlayMusic.) The use / purpose must be non-revenue generating, either directly or indirectly (promo, demo or other similar uses are consider indirectly revenue generating for the purposes of the preceding sentence). Free Personal use excludes broadcast use of any kind, including, without limitation, web, blog, and podcast, gaming or shareware. ...when FPM music is used by students within a school or class assignment. The assignment must be part of student curriculum, must only be viewed or heard within the classroom, campus, on a school’s closed circuit television and/or public announcement system and shall be free from any charge or admission fee. Free Student Educational Use excludes the use by any school in extra-curricular activities including, without limitation, the use in clubs and the use of any kind in performance, non-broadcast multimedia, DVD duplication, distribution and/or broadcast on a public or educational access TV, cable or radio channel, web, blog, and podcast.
http://freeplaymusic.com/licensing/termsofuse.php (FreePlayMusic Terms of Use)
http://www.noteflight.com (NoteFlight-online music writing application that lets you create, view, print and hear music notation with professional quality, right in your web browser.)
http://musescore.com/ (Sheet music sharing site)
http://its.leesummit.k12.mo.us/ (Lee’s Summit Technology and Instruction resources)
http://hpe.leesummit.k12.mo.us/gforeman/ (Highland Park Music-Greg Foreman)
http://www.nafme.org/ (National Association for Music Education)
http://musiced.nafme.org/news/2013-jazz-appreciation-month-has-a-cool-vibe/ (April is Jazz Appreciation Month (JAM), and the 2013 theme is “The Spirit and Rhythms of Jazz.” This year’s theme highlights the social cultural history of jazz, musical rhythms and cultures that gave birth to jazz, and how jazz influences other music).
http://www.smithsonianjazz.org/ (Smithsonian Jazz website)
http://thepracticeroom.net/ (The Practice Room: Sight Singing Online)
http://tinyurl.com/FreeTech4Teachers-Music (FreeTeach4Teachers blog-fantastic technology resources! This is a link to his music resources)
http://www.polleverywhere.com/ (Poll Everywhere-a free alternative to classroom clickers for real-time student responses)
https://sites.google.com/site/rushtonsresources/ (Rushton Hurley’s free tools for teachers and students including audio/video/images)
http://youtu.be/n-tvt0Zgcyc (Happy Birthday to Kim from the Muppet Show Jazz Band)
http://youtu.be/pgJgBtoXNaM (Telannia-Great video of music education in high school. Pearl-Cohn Entertainment Magnet High School is home to a first-of-its-kind student-run record label, managed through a strategic alliance with Warner Music Nashville and a state-of-the-art recording studio.)
https://itunes.apple.com/us/app/figure/id511269223?mt=8 (Figure app: Got three minutes and want to make some music? Figure is the fun music-making app for instant inspiration).
http://nodebeat.com/ (Nodebeat app: Create your own music in a matter of minutes or listen to NodeBeat generate its own. Easily share your creations with others or save them for later to show your friends).
http://notamusician.com (Jpatten: iOS apps give non music teachers opportunities to easily teach music concepts. Started site for helping address these concepts here)
http://youtu.be/JbULsWhKH4E (@plnaugle(Paula Naugle) I wrote and had my students perform a rounding cadence for math class)
https://docs.google.com/document/d/1gRlQh1Y7bWn7iXJ83z6fj_LepngboIR-tT8sf4xkwd8/edit ( @plnaugle(Paula Naugle): Here are the words for the rounding cadence)
http://www.smartmusic.com/ (SmartMusic-music education software)
http://www.finalemusic.com/ (Finale: music notation software)
http://shambles.net/music/ (@shamblesguru [thailand]: Music area on the Shambles website)
http://bit.ly/videoscribeauthoring (@shamblesguru [thailand] New web2 presentation tool is VideoScribe by Sparkol which I'm having fun with. Gives you the ability to explain concepts, illustrate talks and engage an audience in a new and incredible way. Videoscribe is both an iPad App and also desktop OS & Windows Applications)
http://www.apple.com/ilife/garageband/ clinds: Only use student-generated music for background music now. If you have GarageBand on a computer, students can quickly make their own intro and outro music).
http://www.musictheory.net/index.html (MusicTheory.net provides lessons, exercises and tools)
http://musiced.nafme.org/resources/copyright-center/united-states-copyright-law-a-guide-for-music-educators/ (Copyright law for music educators)
http://musiced.nafme.org/resources/copyright-center/copyright-law-what-music-teachers-need-to-know/ (Copyright Law: What Music Teachers Need to Know)
http://wiki.creativecommons.org/Podcasting_Legal_Guide (Creative Commons Wiki: Podcasting Legal Guide)
http://www.socialbrite.org/sharing-center/free-music-directory/ (Kim Caise: Free Music Directory-a free resource for finding legal, podsafe music; music or other sounds that are always safe to include in your podcast, Webcast or blog)
http://www.podcastdirectory.com/podcasts/892 (Podcast Directory: Podsafe Audio Podcast-Podcast-talk about Pod Safe Music, independent musicians and podcasting).
http://cybraryman.com/music.html#other (@cybraryman1 Jerry Blumengarten: My Music Tech sites--includes Kyle’s Lee Summit)
http://bcdwebsearch.wikispaces.com/Copyright (Maureen @bcdtech this is the wiki I use for my 7th graders about copyright)
http://www.learninginhand.org/podcasting/Podcasting_Booklet.pdf (Tony Vincent’s Podcasting Booklet)
http://www.filebuzz.com/files/Free_Music_Library/index.html (Kim Caise: Free Music Library-FileBuzz)
http://prezi.com/prezi-for-education/ (Prezi for Education)
http://prezi.com/pricing/edu/ (Free student/teacher licenses on Prezi)
http://shuttercal.com/ (Ruth Nation: I've started documenting students classroom learning with Shuttercal)
http://www.shambles.net/pages/school/sounde/ (@shamblesguru [thailand]:Some sources of music and sound effects that can be used freely in teaching & learning)
https://sites.google.com/site/rushtonsresources/ (Peggy George: There are some great free resources on this link from Rushton Hurley which includes many audio/video/image resources)
http://www.shambles.net/pages/staff/ITSEN/ (@shamblesguru [thailand]: Special Needs and ICT resources)
http://www.shambles.net/pages/learning/sen/mobile/ (@shamblesguru [thailand]: Special Needs and iPad)
http://blog.michaelmarkowski.com/archives/2012/02/technology-in-the-classroom-skype/ (Example of a Skype call with a composer for a HS class clinic with students performing his music)
https://superintendent.k12albemarle.org/?tag=skype (HS students share music performance via Skype with other classes for peer feedback)
@plnaugle(Paula Naugle) We did a Christmas carol singalong via a Google Hangout. Had seven classes from around US and Canada in the GHO. Great fun.
Jan Wells 2
My class in KS skyped with Paula to perform our music program parts. 4th graders in KS did a dress rehearsal of a program they were going to present to parents to my students in LA via Skype.
http://k12onlineconference.org/?p=443 (Joyce Valenza’s keynote presentation using music for helping students learn about research strategies “The Wizard of Apps” http://k12onlineconference.org/?p=443 Backstory about the production: http://k12onlineconference.org/?p=491 )

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Weebly for Student ePortfolios-Valerie Burton

03/23/2013

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Date: Saturday, March 23, 2013
Time: 9:00a m Pacific/10:00am Mountain/
11:00am Central/12:00pm Eastern
Location: Blackboard Collaborate (Formerly Elluminate)

Recording (full):
https://sas.elluminate.com/p.jnlp?psid=2013-03-23.0749.M.ACE02B5F35AA7E7975F015AAC6F794.vcr&sid=2008350

Tiny URL for Recording: http://hnyctt.me/cr20live-Weebly-ValerieBurton-3-23-13

Recording Chat: http://wiki.classroom20.com/CR20LIVE+MAR232013

Audio Recording (mp3):

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Teaching with Gooru-Xenia Shih

03/16/2013

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Date: Saturday, March 16, 2013
Time: 9:00a m Pacific/10:00am Mountain/
11:00am Central/12:00pm Eastern
Location: Blackboard Collaborate (Formerly Elluminate)

With Gooru, a free search engine for learning, you can quickly find topic-relevant, standards-aligned resources and organize them into teachable and sharable “collections” — all in one place. Xenia coordinates community and partner outreach for Gooru, a free search engine for learning. Gooru is developed by a 501(c)(3) non-profit organization whose mission is to honor the human right to education. Xenia is a marketing and social media specialist who is passionate about working with non-profit organizations, in particular education non-profits. Although she does not come from a teaching background, Xenia has tutored, mentored and coached youth, and she was inspired to work in education by the numerous amazing teachers she has had. She joined Gooru in November 2011.

Recording (full):
https://sas.elluminate.com/site/external/jwsdetect/playback.jnlp?psid=2013-03-16.0700.M.ACE02B5F35AA7E7975F015AAC6F794.vcr&sid=2008350

Tiny URL for Recording: http://hnyctt.me/cr20live-Gooru-3-16-13

Recording Chat: http://wiki.classroom20.com/CR20LIVE+MAR162013

Audio Recording (mp3):