Introductions

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

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Permalink Reply by Amber Ziemba on February 6, 2010 at 10:45am

Hello! I am a high school librarian in PA looking to share ideas with other librarians about how they have used Web 2.0 tools to promote their libraries and engages students. I'm looking forward to some great conversations!
-Amber

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Permalink Reply by David Ickowski on February 6, 2010 at 3:21pm

Hi everyone,

My name is Dave Ickowski. I am a 4th grade teacher in McLean, VA. I am looking to find out how to use the newest technologies in the classroom.

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Permalink Reply by Maha Bali on February 7, 2010 at 9:43am

hi everyone - wow, this is a huge group! This is Maha Bali - I am from Egypt but I am in the UK these days. I work as a Senior Instructional Technologist at the Center for Learning and Teaching at the American University in Cairo, but I also teach Educational Technology for teachers part-time, and I am doing a PhD in Education at the University of Sheffield, UK part-time as well. Looking forward to learning with and from you

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Permalink Reply by sherif shaaban on February 12, 2010 at 4:05pm

hi maha,I'm Sherif ,I'm want to understand how you " doing a PhD in Education at the University of Sheffield, UK part-time as well"? thanks for you.

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Permalink Reply by Matthew Kump on February 9, 2010 at 11:59am

Hello, I am Matthew Kump. I am a first year graduate student (Curriculum & Instruction) and am also acquiring my secondary licensure. I am excited an nervous changing gears from Business & Marketing to Education. Over these past few years I have this new found love for learning and sharing and I want to share it. I want to bridge my technical knowledge with my future classroom. I still have a year or two, but it is something that really makes me excited that I could make a difference in someone's life like a few teachers I had in my childhood made a difference in mine.

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Permalink Reply by Edie Jett on February 9, 2010 at 3:00pm

Hi... I am an Adult Educator in WV and am trying to figure out ways to incorporate all forms of technology into my teaching. Most of what we do in our learning center is one-on-one so it is difficult to do group projects. I am working on a time line wiki, however, which I hope will be successful. It doesn't require a lot of teamwork.

I will be looking for creative ideas from all of you!

Glad to be here!

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Permalink Reply by Scott Lake on February 9, 2010 at 5:18pm

Hi! My name is Scott Lake and I am from central Pennsylvania. I am Pre-K teacher who is currently taking graduate courses at Wilkes University. I am new to the Ning network and look forward to exploring what all Ning has to offer.

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Permalink Reply by Amy Beth Lambert on February 10, 2010 at 5:56pm

I am Amy Lambert, from Mount Orab Ohio. I am a full time graduate student at Xavier University in Cincinnati, working on initial Middle Childhood licensure in social studies and science. My undergraduate work is in Anthropology and Archaeology. I am a substitute teacher and am currently serving in the United States Navy Reserves. My professor has required membership in classroom 2.0 for a class in Instructional Technology.

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Permalink Reply by Mark McBride on February 11, 2010 at 6:54am

Hi! Mark McBride from Buffalo State College in Buffalo, NY. I am glad to be here.

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Permalink Reply by Phil on February 11, 2010 at 8:43am

Yikes! I could not find out how to start a new forum so I thought I would post my question here.

I am looking for a news article I found a while back about reforming schools. I believe it was on msnbc.com, but am not 100% sure. It was about a principal who turned around a failing school near the Mexican border in either Texas or Arizona. He did it through reward for his students.

Did anybody else remember seeing this article? If so, could you send a link?

We need to turn around our failing school and are looking for ways to motivate students.

Thank you,

Phil

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Permalink Reply by Maha Bali on February 15, 2010 at 2:10am

hi Phil,

can't answer your question, but to start a new forum topic, click the "forum" tab at the top, then there is a red link on the right-hand top side called "+ Add Discussion" which I think would allow you to start a new topic

Good luck