Introductions

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

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Permalink Reply by Janet Barnstable on August 7, 2010 at 7:22am

Hello Hugo,

Check out Global Virtual Classroom and see if the contest or clubhouse would fit your needs.

Janet

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Permalink Reply by Hugo D Gunawan I on August 7, 2010 at 9:27am

Thanks Janet! the link is awesome..I'll read along...once again, thank you.

Hugo

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Permalink Reply by Janet Barnstable on August 7, 2010 at 10:06am

I participated since 1996 when it first started and have loved the challenge and am always amazed with the kids learning!

Now that I've retired, I'm still able to be involved as program manager. Know I'll miss working with the kids, but working with teachers is good too. :-)

Janet

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Permalink Reply by Matthew Eric Bassett on August 9, 2010 at 7:06am

Hi folks! I'm Matthew. I'm a final year MSci student in mathematics and a programmer. Obviously, I have a keen interest in education, especially education technologies. I'm trying to develop software that takes advantage of the latest technologies specifically for online education, and am trying a startup company doing just that (its called Sneffel.com!) I'm here in hopes of meeting and building relationships with actual educators and learning about what technology problems are out there in real life (and not just in my head). Good to meet you all!

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Permalink Reply by Kristopher Witker on August 9, 2010 at 10:54am

Greetings! I'm Kris Witker - 5th grade - math, science, and religion teacher in Toledo, Ohio. I'm a sports & technology nut and use both when ever possible in my daily lessons. Looking forward to finding great ideas, as well as sharing, on Classroom 2.0.

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Permalink Reply by Iwona Wajda on August 9, 2010 at 2:51pm

Hello,
My name is Iwona. I worked in Schiller Park, Illinois. I have been teaching 4th grade for 3 years and I really enjoy this grade. This year I would like to find a partner teacher with who I can have a cross classroom collaboration project. We can use Skype to have book discussion, create Wiki, Voki, Voicethread. If you interested please reply and I will contact with you.

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Permalink Reply by Janet Barnstable on August 9, 2010 at 3:07pm

Hi Iwona,
I'm practically a neighbor! I live in Addison and taught in Oak Park for 17 years, Forest Park for 20. Now that I'm retired, I'm program manager for Global Virtual Classroom. There is both a contest and a clubhouse. Take a look and see if this fits into your plans.
Janet

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Permalink Reply by Iwona Wajda on August 9, 2010 at 6:48pm

I would like to do it. First I have to ask my principal. Can two classes participate because I work really close with my team teacher? I know that she would like to do this with me.

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Permalink Reply by Janet Barnstable on August 10, 2010 at 7:56am

Yes, certainly. The general guideline is not more than 40 students from one "class" but two or more teachers can be together. Then you will be assigned two partners from another country for the contest or for the clubhouse, you'd get to choose. I am jbarnstable@gsbi.com

Feel free to email also with any questions.
janet

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Permalink Reply by Michelle Lee on August 10, 2010 at 4:41pm

Kia ora ra koutou mai Aotearoa New Zealand,

Hi there I'm an eLearning advisor from Unitec New Zealand but my background is in Maori Language Programmes. Maori is the indigenous language of our country and for the last 20 years we have developed many teaching approaches and strategies to retain our language as it has been a risk of dying. This has been at all levels of education. I would be really interested to here how you are using eLearning in language learning particulary 'kinesthetic use of the computer as a conduit'.

Thanks, Michelle

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Permalink Reply by Sameer Mehta on August 10, 2010 at 10:21pm

Hi guys,

My name is Sameer Mehta, and I am recruiting educators to participate in a beta test for this new educational software that Adobe is launching, called Adobe. We have a bunch of testers from users of this forum, and I would love to open it up to all of you. Please email me at sameer.mehta@edelman.com if you are interested in participating in this new multimedia software to transform the educational landscape.

Thanks!
Sameer Mehta
sameer.mehta@edelman.com