On Thu, Jul 9, 2009 at 6:04 AM, Martin Dengler <span dir="ltr"><<a href="mailto:martin@martindengler.com">martin@martindengler.com</a>></span> wrote:<br><div class="gmail_quote"><blockquote class="gmail_quote" style="border-left: 1px solid rgb(204, 204, 204); margin: 0pt 0pt 0pt 0.8ex; padding-left: 1ex;"> <div class="im">On Wed, Jul 08, 2009 at 05:54:35PM -0400, Jeff Elkner wrote:<br> </div><div class="im">> On Wed, Jul 8, 2009 at 4:42 PM, a k <<a href="mailto:a.akennedy@gmail.com">a.akennedy@gmail.com</a>> wrote:<br> </div><div class="im">> > 1) can we capture the text of the chats the students are having?<br> > > (I'd like to do a linguistic analysis--ESPECIALLY if they chat<br> > > after class--WILL THEY DISCUSS Scratch procedures?<br> </div><div class="im">> 1. The chats are stored in the journal, but we don't know if there is an<br> > easy way to move them to a flash drive (Luke is trying as I type).<br> <br> </div>Are you going to tell the kids you're spying on their Chats? :(</blockquote><div><br> Of course we are, Martin! In fact, I plan to use this opportunity as a "teachable moment" to discuss the difference between public speech and private speech and the implications of things like recorded chat files as they impact privacy in the 21st century.<br> <br>jeff<br></div></div><br>