Introductions

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

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Permalink Reply by Marama Stewart on May 12, 2009 at 3:18am

Hi all! Marama Stewart here from little old New Zealand. I teach Year 3&4 at Russell Street School. I'm looking forward to sharing and collaborating with you all!

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Permalink Reply by Gini Moore on May 12, 2009 at 11:11am

Gini here, presently living in Virginia (that's appropriate!). I grew up in Hawai'i and still go back annually. I do the website for the Hawai'i State Society of Washington, D.C. www.hawaiistatesociety.org and play 'ukulele in the HSS 'Ukulele Hui. I taught for 26 years at the elementary level in Fairfax County, VA, then took a leave of absence to go home, and picked up an M.Ed. in Ed. Tech from U. of Hawai'i. Came back and worked as a School Based Technology Specialist for Fairfax County for five years. Then retired, then worked as an Instructional Technology Coordinator for Arlington County, then worked as a consultant for D.C. schools. Now I am working halftime at Burgundy Farm Country Day School as a technology teacher. I love this school, but have recently found out that my job is being dropped next year. Anyone hiring???

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Permalink Reply by fiona turner on May 12, 2009 at 4:19pm

Hi I am Fiona, I teach HE in an FE college and am currently studying a Masters' module in online education and training. I have set up a Ning social networking site at www.web2tech.ning.com to ask for contributions to the blogs or comments on others' blogs for a short research project before my final research paper - feel free to comment on the site too! My focus is social networking

I live in Uttoxeter which is a market town in the middle of the UK with my children. I am looking forward to some sunny days!

This is a great site for inspiration,

I welcome any feedback or ideas

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Permalink Reply by Nancy Bosch on May 12, 2009 at 4:43pm

Fiona, If you need some interaction from teachers you might post this as a discussion so everyone can see it. Welcome, N

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Permalink Reply by Erik Brillon on May 13, 2009 at 7:49am

Hello, I am Erik and live in Connecticut. I work full-time for the University of Bridgeport helping faculty learn and use technology more effectively. I am an adjunct member of this university along with teaching course online for various other institutions. Looking forward to connecting with other members of the profession as we move more towards technology at my university.

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Permalink Reply by Grant MacKenzie on May 14, 2009 at 9:12pm

My name is Grant MacKenzie and I look forward to learning how to use technology in education. I teach physical education/Leadership and Community at Allen Park Middle School in Michigan. Great site!!!!

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Permalink Reply by Cara Heitz on May 15, 2009 at 5:15pm

Hi, I'm Cara and I live in Cordova, Alaska. I teach 7th grade life science, 9th grade health, high school Biology, Marine Biology and Anatomy & Physiology. I am thrilled to see all that this Ning has to offer and look forward to exploring away...

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Permalink Reply by suegmc on May 16, 2009 at 12:27pm

My name is Sue and I teach math at a community college in Arizona. I have been creating my own animated Flash tutorials for the past few years and just got a Livescribe smartpen for Mother's Day :-) I plan on turning some of my math classes into Hybrid courses; meeting only part of the the time face-to-face and the other class time will be online. I am hoping to get some ideas from folks here on creating fun and interesting online lessons and activities for my students.

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Permalink Reply by Carola Jones on May 16, 2009 at 10:48pm

Greetings All! Carola here in the Blue Ridge Mountains of Western North Carolina in Cullowhee & Penland. Interested in online teaching tips, especially fundamental art courses.

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Permalink Reply by suegmc on May 17, 2009 at 6:38pm

I love the Blue Ridge Mountains! I am here in HOT Arizona! My husband is from the south and he misses it.
I am currently making my own online animated Flash tutorials and I thought you might be interested in seeing my 12 year old's artwork. He has taught himself to use Fireworks and I have used him to create most of my artwork.
http://www.mc.maricopa.edu/~glascoe/arithmetic/arithmeticindex.htm

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Permalink Reply by Steve Ediger on May 17, 2009 at 6:22pm

Hi, I'm Steve Ediger, International IT Director, currently positioned at United World College-USA. I like the international flavor of Classroom 2.0. It should provide a great mix of ideas. I'm learning technology, pedagogy, economics (p2p-style) at the moment.

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Permalink Reply by Rabbi Spicehandler on May 18, 2009 at 6:40am

Hi! I am Judy Spicehandler from Glencoe IL . I am the director of a K-12 Jewish supplemental school connected to my synagogue (I am also a rabbi). I have about 600 children in my school. I am a relative novice to 2.0 but I have a lot of enthusiasm and am trying very hard to get my teachers (mostly over forty) on board. I could use a lot of help! I am also interested to know if there ate Jewish educators in Classroom 2.0.