Introductions

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

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Permalink Reply by Sondra Sparks on May 26, 2011 at 5:31pm

Hi Everyone! My name is Sondra Sparks and I teach kindergarten in Tonganoxie, KS. I am very excited to have this opportunity to learn and share with other teachers.

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Permalink Reply by Katie Pitner on May 28, 2011 at 8:04am

Hi! I'm Katie Pitner from Kansas City, KS--looking forward to collaborating:)

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Permalink Reply by vanessa.blode on May 28, 2011 at 7:42pm

Hello everyone,

My name is Vanessa from Melbourne Victoria.

I am a graduate teacher so I am new to the profession and to blogs, tweets etc. But I am looking forward to getting involved to improve my teaching practice and engagement of my students.

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Permalink Reply by Amy Katherine Burchett on May 30, 2011 at 2:11am

Hi everyone, I'm a HS ESL teacher currently based in Manila, in the 'pines. I am just beginning my online learning journey and am interested in creating or joining a dynamic network of ESL teachers to which I can contribute and learn from. I am trying to focus on making the learning environment more fun in order that my students become more engaged in the process of learning.. and less obsessed with task completion and grades!!

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Permalink Reply by Cindy Lassonde on May 31, 2011 at 3:15am

I can't believe I just found out about this site! I'm going to tell ALL of my students about it. I teach literacy grad and undergrad courses at a state college in upstate New York. I'm eager to see what other profs are doing on and with the site.

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Permalink Reply by Lisa M. Anderson on June 7, 2011 at 11:35am

My name is Lisa and I'm from Arkansas. I just joined today and I'm interested in how this site works!

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Permalink Reply by Amanda Wheeler on June 12, 2011 at 4:54am

Hey all!

My name is Amanda and I work across government schools in Northern Victoria Australia. I am interested in making the links between student wellbeing in education and technology. We have just begun a ning http://clickonwellbeing.ning.com/ to connect up people who are interested in wellbeing in schools. We are looking at restorative justice, drug education, austism spectrum disorder, ethcial digital citizenship and student engagement currently with other pratice areas like sexuality education and truama informed practice to come.

I have been thinking about how to help to develop and re-inforce empathy in students using the web as a conduit - would love some ideas and links to tools or directions to a group that might already exsist here that looks at things like that...

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Permalink Reply by Robert Conings on June 12, 2011 at 11:07am

Hi, my name is Robert and I'm working on an European project between schools. The aim is that students will teach the teachers about useful tools one can use in the classroom. Students will enhance their English, their digital skills will increase and their selfesteem will get a boost. Have a look at http://ict4u-project.eu

Reactions are more then welcome.

Kind regards,

Robert

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Permalink Reply by Miranda Keskes on June 12, 2011 at 7:51pm

Hello fellow teachers,

I just joined and am still a bit curious as to what exactly "Web 2.0" is all about, but I'm anxious to find out. I'm an English and theatre teacher anxious to find ways in which technology can make learning more authentic and meaningful for students and ways in which it can make me a more efficient and effective teacher.

Looking forward to seeing all this site has to offer,

Miranda

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Permalink Reply by Sandra Mardirosian on June 13, 2011 at 8:38am

Hello Everyone!

My name is Sandy. I teach 8th grade Math and language arts in Chicago, Illinois. I'm really hoping to learn about Ning and incorporate it into my math and reading classes this coming September. I really want to get familiar with many of the ways to use tech. in my classroom. This will be my summer project this year. I like Ning because I invite who is there but I wonder if I can also make it private so some things come just to me and everyone on the site is not able to see it? Any help from everyone will be greatly appreciated as I take on this adventure!

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Permalink Reply by Jennifer Kot on June 13, 2011 at 5:27pm

Hello. I'm Jennifer & working on MLIS k-12 thru Kent State. I live in Columbus, Ohio and work for a public library as children's programming specialist. Looking for technology in the classroom info.

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Permalink Reply by Carolyn Pepe on June 14, 2011 at 12:40pm

My name is Carolyn Pepe and I live in Irvine, CA. I just received my Master's Degree in Education. During my Master's program we spent a lot of time (three semesters) learning how to integrate technology into the curriculum. I would often post during my Master's program that using technology scares me, but I was willing to learn more. I joined this and other technology websites to learn more about meaningful ways to integrating technology successfully into the classroom.

I am currently looking for a full time position in order to share all of the wonderful things I have learned throughout my continued education.