Introductions

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

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Permalink Reply by Nancy Bosch on September 29, 2008 at 9:29am

Welcome aboard! I'm sure you'll learn a lot hanging around here. N

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Permalink Reply by Tom Welch on September 29, 2008 at 10:54am

I'm a futurist, an education "revolutionary" trying to help figure out ways to help free the future for our learners. I'm currently working on a project to set up a series of "Virtual Learning Magnets" with support of the Council of Chief State School Officers and NASA .

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Permalink Reply by Nancy Bosch on September 29, 2008 at 11:15am

Well that sounds fun! Let us know if we can help you in any way around here! N.

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Permalink Reply by Lisette G. Casey on October 1, 2008 at 9:05pm

Hi.
I'm teaching 8th grade Science in Manitou Springs, Colorado. I'm interested in learning how I can better infuse web 2.0 tools into the classroom. I've recently created a classroom blog - feel free to check it out. I'm learning each day how to make this process an exciting experience for my students. Thoughts???
http://mrscaseys8thgradeearthscience.blogspot.com/

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Permalink Reply by Nancy Bosch on October 2, 2008 at 6:34am

Welcome aboard, I know you will learn a lot by hanging around here!

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Permalink Reply by Tim Barlow on October 2, 2008 at 4:02am

Hi all,

Tim Barlow from Melbourne, Australia (about me). I've been a member here for a while but I'm more of a lurker on forums than a contributor, I always feel that what I could add has already been said.

I've also been using Web 2.0 tools for a while, I have several blogs (the best is http://mrbarlow.wordpress.com/) and a few podcasts but I am always keen to learn more.

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Permalink Reply by Nancy Bosch on October 2, 2008 at 6:33am

Welcome aboard, there is a lot to gain from lurking! I do it a lot myself but generally have to put in my 2 cents!

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Permalink Reply by Scott Meunier on October 2, 2008 at 4:54pm

Hello, Bonjour, and Konnichiwa.

My name is Scott Meunier and I am a Canadian teacher. I am passionate about using graphic design technology to aid students in their personal expression and interest in their schooling. I also specialize in working with at-risk youth in an inner-city setting.

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Permalink Reply by Julie Baird on October 3, 2008 at 3:42pm

Hi all! I'm Julie Baird and I teach German at a high school in Syracuse, Indiana (not New York). I love working with technology but it doesn't always love me back. Most of the time I have major frustrations with our equipment when I take my students to the computer lab. However, that doesn't stop me. I firmly believe that we need to integrate more technology into our lessons and into student assignments. I'm looking forward to learning how to bring more Web 2.0 components into my students' lives to improve their learning or their enthusiasm for learning German.

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Permalink Reply by Tonette McNeese on October 3, 2008 at 7:38pm

My name is Tonette. I'm currently a junior at APSU in Clarksville Tn. I'm majoring in education and looking forward to teaching as soon as I graduate. My dream grade is third. I was born in St Louis Mo. My husband and I have two beautiful girls and one grandson.

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Permalink Reply by David Zuckerman on October 5, 2008 at 5:05pm

I'm from the East Coast (NH, MA, CT, NY, NJ, and MD -- back and forth at different times) -- and now I live in Portland, OR, for the second time. Too much travel.

Much of what I'm going to say here is also said on my profile page, but here you go: I work for a start-up non-profit that will offer information and guidance to people who are 50+. We hope to generate a (perhaps small) group of volunteers who want to write for the group as a way of helping with the site, and a larger group of volunteers who want to offer various other kinds of help.

It is important to me that each of these volunteers feels recognized and rewarded for his/her contributions; it will be useful if they come to feel like a team helping and supporting each other, working together on common goals; and there is a very specific need to teach blog writing, or if you will, "short-entry writing for information sharing on the web."

But I am new to all this, and my ambitions for the site far outdistance the skills I currently carry with me. I know something of what works in education and training at the face-to-face level, but virtually nothing about translating my knowledge into new web-based tools.

It kind of seems that Ning’s the Thing that will help and I look forward to deciding how to put this all together.

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Permalink Reply by Camilo Montenegro on October 5, 2008 at 6:33pm

Hi everyone! My name is Camilo and I teach Language Arts and History in Mexico City. My main interest at the moment is the future of human interaction with ICT. I use computers in the classroom, and as part of the curriculum, as much as possible (which, fortunately, is quite a lot) but feel like I have not yet tapped into the positive potential technology offers when applied to education. Specifically, I am concerned with using technology to strengthen the skills and characteristics which make us human, and which will be all the more necessary in a world dominated by immediate and personalized access to information.