Introductions

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

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Permalink Reply by Morten Oddvik on April 14, 2009 at 12:59pm

Hi everyone. I'm Morten Oddvik and I work as a teacher in Norway where I work at an international school. I'm a member of a sister network del&bruk (in Norwegian) at Ning and find it very rewarding, and I'm hoping to share and participate here in Classroom as well.

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Permalink Reply by Paul Edelman on April 15, 2009 at 4:44pm

Hi Everyone,

I'm an educator and founder of TeachersPayTeachers.com. Looking to connect with teachers on the forefront of technology to learn as much as possible about what is happening in innovative classrooms.

Best,

Paul Edelman
http://www.facebook.com/pages/TeachersPayTeacherscom/73502446873

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Permalink Reply by Nancy Bosch on April 16, 2009 at 6:38am

Jamie, I you haven't alread check out Larry's blog, he does all things ELL,ESL. SLL.

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Permalink Reply by Nancy Bosch on April 16, 2009 at 6:39am

Cristina, You'll learn a lot hanging around here.

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Permalink Reply by Bushra Faisal on April 16, 2009 at 9:35am

Hi I'm Bushra, a graduate student of Educational Computing and I have nearly completed my Masters project. Its great to be here!

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Permalink Reply by Gail Ritchie on April 16, 2009 at 6:37pm

Hello! Gail Ritchie from Burke, Virginia, USA. I'm looking forward to learning from and with you all!

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Permalink Reply by Greg Limperis on April 16, 2009 at 7:09pm

I am a Technology Facilitator in an Urban school district with a population of over 80% hispanic and 85% on free or reduced lunch. I have had the privaledge of working with them integrating technology into their daily learning for over 13 years. I started as a 6th grade teacher and after 2 years becan a Technology Facilitator. I have been one of the lead facilitators in my district for over 11 years now in two 40 million dollar state of the art schools. I run a television studio daily in my school, I teach students grade 5-8 daily computers, I maintain a network of over 300 pc daily, I customize databases in order to use data to drive instruction in both Math and Reading. I train staff in the use of varios forms of hardware and software. I operate on an as needed basis as an administrator in my building. I wiki, blog and podcast. I am a social networker.

Please join me at my website, http://tech-in-ed.ning.com or find me on www.linkedin.com where I manage the group Technology Integration in Education which has over 1000 members .

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Permalink Reply by Jason Fabbri on April 16, 2009 at 9:25pm

Hello,
My name is Jason Fabbri. I'm in Roseville, CA. I volunteer at my boys local elementary school regularly. I am a SW Engineer, and am really interested to see where and how technology can be better leveraged in the classrooms.

Looking forward to catching up on all of the content in Classroom 2.0. Looks like a great resource.

Jas

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Permalink Reply by Rich Murphy on April 16, 2009 at 10:27pm

Hello folks... My name is Rich Murphy, I am a com studies PhD student at the UNiversity of Nebraska - Lincoln. I teach speech communication at a small state school in north eastern Nebraska. My research is in online communication, specifically social networking in education. I imagine my first step should be to make some type of presence on classroom 2.0! Love the idea of using Ning or Elgg to add a 2.0 dimension to my courses. Looking forward to seeing what everyone does in the classroom.

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Permalink Reply by Nancy Bosch on April 17, 2009 at 8:45am

Welcome aboard--you've come to the right place. There is another ning, I think it's geared for people who use ning in the classroom, you might pick up some tips there too. It's http://education.ning.com/

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Permalink Reply by Bernadette Roche on April 17, 2009 at 2:28pm

Hello! My name is Bernadette Roche and I am the Director of Technology at Oakhill Day School, a small independent school in the Kansas City area. My job is three-fold: 1) instructing students; 2) providing professional development for staff; 3) maintaining ALL tech equipment in the building including infrastructure. This is my second year in the position, coming off 10+ years in 5th-6th grade classrooms as a "tech-inclined" teacher. I readily admit I haven't had enough time to investigate Web 2.0 tools and implement them in my instruction, but you all are providing lots of inspiration.