Introductions

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

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Permalink Reply by Hedrick Ellis on January 28, 2009 at 9:39pm

I'm a former social studies teacher. I recently left my employer of 16 years, Tom Snyder Productions. While there I worked in professional development and product development. My next venture is to consult with schools to help them make the best use of web 2.0 tools and other free web resources. My website is EdTechLearning.com. My blog is http://edtechlearning.wordpress.com

I live in Arlington, MA with my wife and 2 children.

Some of my passions include: playing soccer, listening to rock and roll and making CDs, listening to Red Sox games on the radio, cats, and traveling

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Permalink Reply by Michael Estes on January 29, 2009 at 11:45am

My name is Michael and I am a 5th grade teacher and coach at Halstead Middle School in Halstead, KS. This is my 6th year teaching and I have 4 more classes until I am finished with my masters in school leadership/school administration.

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Permalink Reply by Nancy Bosch on January 29, 2009 at 6:27pm

Hey, I'm from OP Kansas. Welcome aboard.

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Permalink Reply by Julie Perrault on January 29, 2009 at 6:38pm

Hi I'm Julie from Ontario Canada. I teach grades 6/7 all subject areas (except French). I'm new at this web 2.0 stuff but starting to learn

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Permalink Reply by Debbie Salahi on January 30, 2009 at 12:13am

Hi! I am brand new to social networking. I am a second grade teacher at John Marshall Elementary in the Anaheim City School District in California. I'm enrolled in my second class in the DEN/Wilkes Master of Science in Education program (Instructional Media). I am a STAR Discovery Educator. I use a lot of technology, but I am new to Web 2.0 tools. I am excited to bring more technology tools into the classroom for my students. I am looking forward to meeting other educators and sharing ideas and resources.

I really enjoyed Steve Hargadon's tour of classroom 2.0 you can find it on the Welcome page on the left hand side under "Tour of Web 2.0" webcast video. At first I made a link, however since you have to install Elluminate it is a little tricky.

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Permalink Reply by Vikrama Dhiman on January 30, 2009 at 8:34am

I am Vikrama Dhiman, Product Manager, WiZiQ.com, freelance corporate trainer and an ex-Technology Lecturer at a premier College of Technical Education. I am passionate about teaching online, efficient software development practices, Web 2.0, marketing and usable designs. I am glad to be a part of this community and hopefully will learn a lot from here, and contribute in my humble capacity.

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Permalink Reply by Tim Naylor on January 30, 2009 at 3:18pm

Hi all, my name is Tim Naylor and live Washington DC. I work with Blackboard helping K-12 districts extend their face to face instruction into an online environment. I joined this group first and foremost because I am truly passionate about making a difference in education, specifically through the use of technology. In addition, I am hoping gain a better perspective of the challenges that educators face on a day to day basis.

I am always available for a meaningful dialogue regarding your perception of where technology vendors should fit in this ecosphere. Whether you hate Blackboard or love it, I would appreciate any and all feedback on your experiences with our organization or software.

Thanks for taking the time to read!

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Permalink Reply by Mary Lewis on January 30, 2009 at 4:21pm

Welcome Tim,

I am taking a podcasting course in Duval County, Jacksonville, FL. using Blackboard, and I really like your program. You said, "I work with Blackboard helping K-12 districts extend their face to face instruction into an online environment." I might be interested in teaching online; I now use wikispaces and blogmeister with my English classes. Have you communicated with Duval County about putting individual teachers online?

Mary Lewis

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Permalink Reply by Peggy on January 30, 2009 at 6:03pm

I worked in industry for 19 years and quit to finish my teaching degree. I completed by Bachelor's degree and started teaching in 1994. I taught various business subjects until September 2007 when I was approached about becoming the Classrooms for the Future Coach. I had no idea what this would involve and don't know if I still know but it has been anything but boring. I look forward to being able to help the teachers in my district learn and do more with technology to enhance their lessons. This at times seems overwhelming since their comfort level with technology spans from not knowing how to bookmark a website to wanting to try to create wikis. It sure does keep my job interesting.

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Permalink Reply by Tara O'Toole on January 30, 2009 at 6:47pm

My name is Tara O'Toole. I am a math teacher at Spring-Ford High School in Royersford, PA. I teach algebra II and geometry. I am new to ning and trying to learn the ins and outs. My ning account is: otoole@ning.com

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Permalink Reply by jprosko on January 30, 2009 at 7:28pm

Hi. I’m Jacob Roskovensky, District Library Media Specialist for the Shiloh CUSD#1 of Hume IL. I am working on my masters in Instructional Media. I am looking for ways and ideas to weave Web 2.0 tools into our school district.

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Permalink Reply by Mrs. Wasemann on January 30, 2009 at 9:32pm

This is my sixth year teaching. This is my 4th year teaching 8th grade American History at my School McKeel Academy of Technology in Lakeland Florida. My school is a charter k-12 program made up of three “schools” with one of them expanding into a duplicate program. I ‘m located at the big McKeel 6-12. We have two elementary McKeel’s located near by in town. The south campus is expanding to a k-7 program by next year and a k-12 program in 2-3 years. In a couple of years homecoming will be very interesting with McKeel Downtown and McKeel Southside. I’m also currently in my third year of a Federal Turning Points in American History Grant program. My school currently for technology consists of smartboards, our website and a new student technology cluster of robotics, imedia and web design. Now my school is putting its focus on its teachers becoming 21st century. Because of this, I recently started my masters in Instructional Media through Wilkes University and Discovery Education. That is how I joined this PLN.