Introductions

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

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Permalink Reply by Shelley Halpain on August 26, 2009 at 2:31pm

Hi, I am Shelley Halpain from Fair Oaks, CA (just outside Sacramento). I am a Virtual Assistant and I am happy to have found this site!

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Permalink Reply by Dale Ferrario on August 26, 2009 at 8:51pm

Hi. Dale Ferrario from the Silicon Valley. Long time Sun Microsystems employee. Recently started a non-profit called FreshBrain in order to help address the educational gap that I see with our teens around technology. Joined a while back but finally have my head above water and am not participating.

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Permalink Reply by Keren Arnon on August 27, 2009 at 9:45am

Hi .
I am a math teacher in an Israeli high-school (7 to 12 grade).
I am always looking for new ideas and ways to get the kids more involved in their studies. I think i've found the right place...!

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Permalink Reply by Eric Henry on August 28, 2009 at 10:25am

Hello everyone!

I worked in software for a decade before becoming a math teacher at the O'Bryant High School in Boston, Massachusetts. Now I'm going into my second full time year of teaching. I *LOVE* my new career, my school and my students.

I am teaching a couple sections of Geometry (which I am familiar with), a section of Algebra II (which I've never taught but feel comfortable jumping into) and a class called Technology Literacy (for which I have next to no idea what I will teach). I do have some of my own ideas for the Tech Lit course: a project where students create a family tree using a wiki, a video classroom sharing with a school in Jamaica using Skype, Facebook/technology safety, etc. I start the school year on September 10th, I just got married this summer and I'm having a baby in December so I'm trying to keep it simple. I'd love to primarily base the Tech Lit course on someone else's curriculum/syllabus. Please let me know if you have a suggestion for where I can find a syllabus or who I should ask for one.

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Permalink Reply by Jack Hutchinson on August 29, 2009 at 3:53am

I am happy to share out my own scope and sequences and standards overviews with anyone who wants to plow through them. The can be found here at my curriculum overview website

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Permalink Reply by Kevin Cummins on August 28, 2009 at 3:21pm

If you are looking for some great resources tools and e-learning apps that will make your professional life a great deal easier check out my blog at www.edgalaxy.com with regular updates and lesson plans.

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Permalink Reply by Anne Mirtschin on August 28, 2009 at 5:15pm

Kevin, this is great - your blog, I mean!. I thought I knew many web2.0 tools and I do use them regularly in my classes but you have certainly brought my attention to even more - and many of them are so simple. Thanks for sharing.

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Permalink Reply by peter beach on August 28, 2009 at 7:57pm

Peter b science teacher Australia

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Permalink Reply by Keren Taylor on August 28, 2009 at 9:58pm

Hi all,

Keren Taylor here. Executive Director and founder of "WriteGirl" (www.writegirl.org) - we are a creative writing and mentoring program for teen girls, based in Los Angeles.

We match teen girls with women writers for one-on-one mentoring, workshops and public readings. Pairs meet in cafes, libraries, sometimes parks....many of our girls do not have regular internet access, so our focus has been on in-person meetings and workshops. We work with over 300 girls annually.

In addition to the mentoring program, we also partner with six alternative schools where we offer creative writing workshops.

This year, we'd like to do some blogging with our school programs. We have about 150 girls altogether in that program, and I'm really not sure what kind of platform to work with. Can anyone offer some guidance for us?

Thanks! Looking forward to learning more about online education tools!

-Keren

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Permalink Reply by Jonathan Wylie on August 30, 2009 at 2:05pm

Hi, I'm Jonathan Wylie. I teach in 4th Grade at Walker, Iowa. I taught for 5 years in Scotland and England before moving to the states. This year will be my 4th year teaching in Iowa. I am looking forward to joining the discussions.

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Permalink Reply by Deb Taylor on August 30, 2009 at 3:10pm

Hi! I'm Deb from Hudson, Kentucky. I'm currently making preparations (getting my virtual classroom, finding ways to advertise, learning more, etc.) to start my own tutoring business on and offline, mostly on. I've been an online tutor for a company, but look forward to doing it for myself!

I look forward to meeting others here!

Deb

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Permalink Reply by Jennifer Maichin on August 30, 2009 at 10:44pm

Hi, my name is Jenn Maichin and I have been a special education teacher at a middle school on Long Island for 13 years. I am obsessed with helping my LD students understand and accept their disabilities, then find their strengths and use them to become independent learners. Technology has been a wonderful tool, not only to help them to comprehend produce quality work through different tools, but as a teaching tool for me. Through the many web 2.0 applications, I can now reach every student through his or her primary learning style. So far, I have been teaching myself many of these methods. I am looking forward to learning within a community of like minded peers.