Introductions

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

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Permalink Reply by Daniel De Kay on January 18, 2009 at 10:19pm

Pues amigo, sigue tu corazon! Vale la pena!!
Daniel

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Permalink Reply by Julie Baird on January 19, 2009 at 4:24am

Hi Kevin. Welcome to this forum. I'm not an administrator. I am a TPRS German teacher who does a lot of technology. Our school will soon be affected by the budget cuts. As we understand it, required courses will not be affected except that class size will probably increase. Some of the required courses are tech courses. Our tech director gets paid with different monies than the teachers (I believe). I don't know how his funding will be affected. In our FL dept. we have 3 languages and 5 teachers. If we don't have enough retirements or people leaving in the core areas then probably French or German will be cut. The teacher with the lowest seniority in our department is Spanish but I don't know if the admin will choose that route and make the other Spanish courses larger or not. I doubt it since most people in this area think that Spanish is the only useful language.

All of this is speculation. I'm anxious to hear what administrators will say.

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Permalink Reply by Daniel De Kay on January 18, 2009 at 10:17pm

Hi folks,

I teach wilderness-oriented emergency medicine courses for a school called NOLS (National Outdoor Leadership School). I teach wherever the school sends me; I've been fortunate enough to get to Central and South America, India and New Zealand. Mostly I teach near Yosemite National Park which isn't too bad, either. I'm a surfer, love to travel, and I've been involved with the old Spanish pilgrimage route, El Camino de Santiago. I'm up for a chat about that or anything else. I hope to meet some of you....
Daniel

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Permalink Reply by Michael Tanczos on January 18, 2009 at 10:25pm

Michael Tanczos from Easton, PA. I teach the Cisco Networking Academy Program at Easton Area High School along with AP Java. I was pivotal in introducing Moodle to the Easton Area School district and currently administer our school’s Moodle server and have been for the past four years. I have a B.S. in Computer Science from Penn State University, an M.Ed in Curriculum and Instruction from Kutztown University, and a CCNA, CCAI from Cisco Systems. I am looking for strategies to better incorporate technology into instructional methods.

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Permalink Reply by Boyd on January 19, 2009 at 8:24am

Hi,
My name is B oyd and I am interested in distance learning and its progress around the world.

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Permalink Reply by Herlina Surbakti on January 19, 2009 at 8:35am

Hi all,
My name is Herlina Surbakti from Jakarta, Indonesia. I have been teaching Indonesian Studies at the Jakarta International School. I am looking forward to learning new things and I am excited about it. I also volunteer to train Indonesian teachers in my spare time.

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Permalink Reply by Alfredo Tifi on January 19, 2009 at 5:41pm

Hi all
I teach Chemistry in Italy searching to implement technologies in collaborative learning, as shared concept maps, wikis and shared writing (google docs).

ICT: the proof of truth
ICT could be a great stuff if they were just for passionate teachers. I am not satisfied. In my daily work I struggle to enhance collaborative learning and to establish a continuum between the class and homework, among teacher and Students, among mates, between the book and autonomous search for information. All that is strongly supported by ICT's. The response of students to these proposals is influenced by the dominating traditional system and most of times they prefer individual studying to the technology. This happens everytime they realize that technologies aren't a distracting subject or an escaping vehicle, but indeed they are a way to engage themselves more and more in applicating to study in a visible way for the teacher and opther mates.

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Permalink Reply by Patty Blome on January 19, 2009 at 5:47pm

Hi there! I'm Patty Blome from beautiful San Diego, CA. I am an English 9/Read180 teacher, English Resource Teacher, 2008-09 High School Teacher Advisor for Scholastic.com and a S.D. County Teacher of the Year. I am hoping to learn and contribute what I can with other cool educators through this collaborative networking site.

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Permalink Reply by Cassie Roberts on January 19, 2009 at 8:08pm

Hi, my name is Cassie Roberts and I am from Wisconsin. This is my second year of teaching. I taught middle school science last year and am doing some subbing this year. I am just entering the world of web 2.0 and I am excited to begin my journey.

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Permalink Reply by Naqeeb on January 20, 2009 at 3:56am

I am Naqeeb Ali. I am from islamabad, Pakistan

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Permalink Reply by Naqeeb on January 20, 2009 at 4:03am

I am Naqeeb Ali. I am from islamabad, Pakistan. I am a student of Bechlor of Electronics. I seek for people who could help me in my course!

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Permalink Reply by Jerry Overmyer on January 20, 2009 at 1:26pm

Jerry Overmyer is the Mathematics and Science Outreach Coordinator for the MAST Institute. Jerry has extensive teaching experience in secondary and college mathematics. His background is in mathematics education and how technology can be used to narrow the “digital divide” in education. Jerry is the coordinator for MAST WebConnect, and MAST expert on quality Internet resources for teachers and students in mathematics and science.