Introductions

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

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Permalink Reply by Sam on March 17, 2009 at 10:41pm

Hi,

I'm an ICT teacher who does more in the IT side (i.e. running the IT networks etc) at the school these days then teaching

cheers

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Permalink Reply by Hongming on March 18, 2009 at 3:52am

Hi

Math Teacher from Singapore. Passionate about the use of IT and games in education.

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Permalink Reply by Fiona Arthurson on March 18, 2009 at 4:11am

Hi! My name is Fiona Arthurson and I am a Primary School Teacher (That's Kindergarten to Grade 6) from NSW, Australia (Marks Point Public School...about 2 hours north of Sydney on the East Coast)
I currently teach Year 3/4 for Literacy and Numeracy and also teach Science and Technology to Grades K - 4.
I have just started learning about blogging and wordpress. I have started a school blog called:
http://www.markspointclassroom.com
Please have a look if you have a minute or two to spare. If you could leave a comment for the kiddies that would be great!
Also if anyone has any tips, advice, feedback, HELP...I would really appreciate it!
Please add me as a friend and I've just joined twitter too so if you are on twitter I am classroom09.
I'm looking forward to having a look around in here and networking with you.
Warm regards,
Fiona Arthurson
Newcastle, Australia

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Permalink Reply by Jenny Clay on March 19, 2009 at 4:12am

Hi everyone - I've only just been introduced to Ning this year and it's been great to find a community so passionate about Web 2.0 as the future of education. I'm an executive in my school and I see it as my job to help facilitate the incorporation of new technologies in education, even if I am not the expert. I joined this group so I could learn more - are there any other Australians out there or is it mainly a US based group?

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Permalink Reply by yogi on March 19, 2009 at 5:26pm

Hello, This is Yogi, Hyderabad, India. Excited to be here!

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Permalink Reply by Jocelyn Coates on March 20, 2009 at 11:18am

Hi everyone. I'm Jocelyn Coates and I am working on my Secondary English certification. I've never joined a community like this before! I look forward to learning many new things.

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Permalink Reply by William Chang on March 20, 2009 at 12:04pm

Hello, 2.0rs!

Glad to have found this network! I work as an elementary science specialist in the Los Angeles USD (today, with the universal budget crisis, who knows about Monday?)

Always amazed at how technology can make classroom instruction and professional development more engaging and meaningful!

Happy to see a community of learners/educators built around Web 2.0!

--William

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Permalink Reply by Stephen Gibbs on March 20, 2009 at 5:08pm

Hello Everyone,

My name is Stephen Gibbs, middle and high school Computer Teacher, residing in sunny South Florida. I am here to meet new educators and share ideas. I am new two having an online community, so if you have any pointers please feel free to let me know.

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Permalink Reply by Anna Leijon-Guth on March 20, 2009 at 7:44pm

Hi Everyone
My name is Anna Leijon-Guth and I am originally from Sweden, moved to Portsmouth, NH 14 years ago and love it! I am currently in the process of getting certified as a computer teacher, since technology and photography are 2 of my passions. I am looking forward to be a member of this network and to soak up, as well as share my knowledge with all of you!

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Permalink Reply by Bob Zenhausern on March 21, 2009 at 9:39am

Good to be here. I am a retired college professor who is running a non profit for benefit of education and for persons with disabilities.

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Permalink Reply by Ed Rousculp on March 21, 2009 at 10:19pm

Hello to all. I'm Ed Rousculp from Toppenish, Washington. After 14 years of teaching middle school and high school language arts, I moved to higher ed. I teach courses related to literacy across the curriculum and coordinate the program's ePortfolio project. I'm interested in using blogs and other Web 2.0 tools in the classroom.

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Permalink Reply by Joitske Hulsebosch on March 22, 2009 at 4:32am

Hi, my name is Joitske Hulsebosch, I'm consultant and freelance teacher. I advise about collective learning between professionals, and how to speed it up/catalyze/facilitate it. I have a particular interest in joining this ning community because more and more I am using ning, but I have a question about ways to deal with huge number of messages and interaction. Doesn't it become utterly chaotic at some point, should you start archiving? By observing this large community and how the leadership is dealing with it, I think I can already learn a lot!