Introductions

Please introduce yourself, let us know a little bit about you, and where you are from.

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Permalink Reply by Steve Hargadon on March 28, 2008 at 9:34am

Hi, Kimberlee. Welcome.

It will be fun to see which Web 2.0 technologies "grab" you for this task. I can immediately think of ways that you could use blogs or wikis to do some fun things. Maybe you are already.

You might also want to check out http://education.ning.com. I suspect you'll find the Ning platform might be a good one for connecting teachers!

Steve

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Permalink Reply by Anne Mirtschin on April 2, 2008 at 5:16pm

Hi Kimberlee, this is indeed a great place to start. I teach in Australia and have made some wonderful connections with teachers around the globe. My students have also been connected by this means. Join some of the wonderful groups that are part of this classroom and if you are interested in connecting to other countries, check out the distance collaborations group

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Permalink Reply by kolson on April 2, 2008 at 6:14pm

Welcome, Kimberlee! This is definitely a great place to start. CR2.0 can help connect you with people and resources from around the world - let me know if I can help you with anything!

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Permalink Reply by Michael Baker on March 28, 2008 at 12:41pm

My name is Michael Baker. I am the Online Learning Coordinator, CFF Coach, Computer Teacher and Distance Learning Coordinator for South Side Area School District in Hookstown, PA. I am a Keystone Technology Integrator and a soon-to-be 3-year staff member of the KTI summit. I started the Eduwiki.us project with 19 other Keystones last summer. My wife and I have three beautiful daughters and I spend my free time playing in a rock band.

MB

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Permalink Reply by Steve Hargadon on March 28, 2008 at 1:32pm

Welcome! :) Can't wait to collaborate.

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Permalink Reply by Anne Mirtschin on March 28, 2008 at 10:46pm

Hi Michael, I teach information technology to years 4-10. I would be interested in knowing more about the eduwiki.us project with 19 other keystones, as I teach in Australia and am not certain what they are.

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Permalink Reply by kolson on April 2, 2008 at 6:07pm

Michael - Welcome! It sounds like you have a lot to teach us with all of your tech experience - great to see you hear and I'm looking forward to learning from you!

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Permalink Reply by Gina Minks on March 28, 2008 at 5:04pm

Hi, I'm Gina. I work for a high tech company as a technical training developer. I'm also pursuing my Master's degree in Instructional Systems at Florida State University.

I am interested in finding ways to use social media to capture the "water cooler" learning that is very prevalent in technical environments.

I live outside Boston now, but I am from Northwest Florida originally.

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Permalink Reply by Helen Otway on March 28, 2008 at 5:42pm

Hi Gina,
Welcome to Classroom 2.0 or should I call it Water Cooler 2.0! I am intrigued with your metaphor and would love to find out more.

Helen,
Classroom 2.0 host

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Permalink Reply by Gina Minks on March 28, 2008 at 5:48pm

I got the term from this paper:
Frauenheim, E. (2007). Your co-worker your teacher: collaborative technology speeds peer-peer learning, Workforce Management, 86(2), 19-23.

The idea is that lots of learning happens around the water cooler, or like at my company at the lunch tables. If you happen to be sitting at a table where one of the experts sits, you will pick up useful tidbits that the expert knows, that doesn't get taught anywhere.

It would be interesting to see if there could be a way to capture that learning so it could be shared with everyone.

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Permalink Reply by Steve Hargadon on March 29, 2008 at 12:38am

Reminds me of the story John Seely Brown tells about the copier (?) repair guys and how much they learned from each other, and how little of their actual learning came from the formal repair classes. Now I'll need to go look that up! :)

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Found it. http://serendip.brynmawr.edu/sci_edu/seelybrown/ About half-way down, the tech reps story from Xerox.

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Permalink Reply by Mini on March 28, 2008 at 5:49pm

HI my name is Katie and I teach in Schiller Park, IL which is about a mile outside of the NW city limits of Chicago, and literally right across the street from OHare Airport. I am a 4th grade classroom teacher and I am currently working on my masters in administration. I am really looking at integrating technology more in my classroom. We currently have a classroom blog and the students are using various programs thoughout the day on an individual basis. I use powerpoint presentations with integrated unitedstreaming clips incorporated into them as well. I feel like I'm just chipping the iceburg of technology and am so interested in doing more with it. Any suggestions, please send them to me!