Introductions

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

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Permalink Reply by Kaviraj Goodoory on September 22, 2009 at 6:02am

HI. Am Kaviraj Goodoory from Mauritius, a little island found in the Indian Ocean. I have started making students realise the potential of using eportfolio and how they could use technology to bring life into it. Hope that I do get ideas from here and be able to share some of my experiences as well. I work with well trained teachers and at times with teachers having little formal education but huge teaching experience. So the work is challenging and interesting as well!

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Permalink Reply by Ruth McDonald on September 22, 2009 at 6:46am

Hi, I am Ruth, Mother of 5 ages 2-19, studying Masters in Online and Distance Education with the Open University.

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Permalink Reply by Shannon Mitchell on September 22, 2009 at 4:01pm

Hi, my name is Shannon and I am in the elementary ed program at William & Mary. One of my ed courses is a tech design class and we had to pick a forum such as Ning, Wiki, etc. to get involved in for the semester. I have chosen Ning to explore for my project. I hope to get involved in the community and get ideas for incorporating technology in the classroom. I look forward to exploring more on Classroom 2.0.

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Permalink Reply by Lorna Gagneux on September 23, 2009 at 10:46am

Hi, my name is Lorna Gagneux. I am the Manager, Technology Resource Center at Prince George's Community College in Largo, MD. My team supports faculty in the development of multimedia learning objects, and the use of instructional technologies.

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Permalink Reply by Mel J. Janousek on June 18, 2010 at 3:22pm

Lorna,

I am a teacher in the Education Department at Central Community College in Columbus, NE. I would like to communicate with you concerning integrating technology at the community college level.

Mel J. Janousek

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Permalink Reply by James Cross on September 27, 2009 at 1:37pm

Hi there

I'm James Cross, a music teacher at High Storrs School, a big secondary in Sheffield, UK with a mixed urban intake. Interests are digital video, social media, and informal learning. I'm in my third year of teaching, and I'm starting to get really excited by trying out new stuff. Been using Tumblr, in conjunction with Vimeo (YouTube is blocked at school, grrr) a lot, for example: http://y11music.tumblr.com/

Can't wait to get involved with the community here, it's got me really excited!

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Permalink Reply by Mike Smith on September 27, 2009 at 4:14pm

Mike Smith, Barrington Nova Scotia

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Permalink Reply by Bill Tracey on September 28, 2009 at 10:10am

Hello
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My name is Bill Tracey and I am a Professional Development Consultant for Credenda Virtual High School and College in Saskatchewan, Canada.

I am originally from Newfoundland and am now living in Northern Ontario.

I am interested in chatting with people who deliver professional development, with special emphasis on 21st Century Learning and Web 2.0 tools.

The delivery of our PD sessions are completely online (no F2F) using Elluminate for real-time sessions and other tools for alternate means of collaboration. If anyone is interested in joining in, please contact me.

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Permalink Reply by Rachel Lau on September 29, 2009 at 3:08am

Aloha, from Hawaii. I'm an 8th grade social studies teacher at a private K-12 school in Honolulu. We are a 1-1 school. I am a great fan of technology and am always interested in learning new ways to integrate tech into my curriculum.

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Permalink Reply by Save The Redwoods League on September 30, 2009 at 4:39pm

Hi there,

I'm the Outreach Manager for Save The Redwoods League. We're an SF based non-profit focused on saving redwoods through protection, restoration and education. We've just launched a brand new, free kit for educators that includes a Redwood Transect Activity you can do with your students - you can check it out here: http://education.savetheredwoods.org/kit/index.html.

We offer a bunch of free educational resources and are continually building out our tool kit for educators. Feel free to contact me or our Education Program Manager (education@savetheredwoods.org) should you have any questions!

Thanks - I'm really excited to be a part of this community.

Regan Ranoa
Outreach Manager

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Permalink Reply by agnes_griffins on October 1, 2009 at 2:04am

Hello guys! I'm Agnes and new from this forum. I'm here to contribute information and gather ideas and information from all of you guys. See around and have a nice day.

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Permalink Reply by HBallouBerry on October 1, 2009 at 10:17am

I am a middle school teacher. I teach 8th grade reading! Sometimes I feel like saying 8th Grade Reading in the same sentence is an oxymoron! What I mean by that is that many many 8th graders do not enjoy reading, that is not saying all of them...but many! Therefore I am looking for creative, innovative ways to engage my learners!