Introductions

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

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Permalink Reply by Laura Verheyen on October 16, 2008 at 1:37pm

Hi All,
I'm an e-learning instructional designer in Colorado Springs trying to evolve my skills in line with Web 2.0. I look forward to sharing ideas and learning from what others are doing.

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Permalink Reply by J Sheridan on October 16, 2008 at 3:59pm

Hi! Josh Sheridan, here. I'm from Belmont, CA. I teach digital high school art- focusing on animation, computer graphics, and web design.

I love the ideas that this site puts forth and am working on incorporating more of the same ideas in my teaching.
Cheers
JS

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Permalink Reply by Nancy Bosch on October 16, 2008 at 5:14pm

Welcome, there have been several discussions about technology in the art room. Here's one that got a lot of comments, A Life or Death Question For Art Teachers. N.

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Permalink Reply by Heather Mekelburg on October 16, 2008 at 8:48pm

Hi everyone, I'm Heather Mekelburg from Knoxville, TN, currently a grad student in Instructional Technology with the University of Tennessee

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Permalink Reply by Adla Coure on October 16, 2008 at 10:48pm

Hi everybody, I am from Sydney in Australia (high school teacher) and my school is implementing a laptop scheme (as will virtually every school in the country - a Government initiative) and I am hoping that some of you might be able to share which web 2.0 tools you use in the classroom that you think are most effective. A lot of our staff at the school aren't quite sure where to start looking and I volunteered to do some research. Any tips or your own experiences would be very greatly appreciated. Thank you so much in advance!

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Permalink Reply by Nancy Bosch on October 17, 2008 at 6:58am

You've come to the right place. On the home page you can search by tool--email, blogs, wikis, nings, etc. Good luck, N.

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Permalink Reply by Lisa Eckley on October 18, 2008 at 10:48am

Hello. I'm Lisa Eckley, a teacher in southern New Jersey. I just went to a workshop this week and learned about ning. I really want to bring my teaching tools into the 21st century and am looking for ways to get started. I'm hoping to get a group of teachers in my school interested in working on this together. Let me know if you have ideas!

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Permalink Reply by Mark Miller on October 18, 2008 at 10:59am

Greetings and salutations. My name is Mark Miller and I'm a first grade teacher in rural Maine. I'm particularly interested in how best to use technology with primary age students with varying degrees of reading abilities. I've just learned about Voicethreads and hope to use that with my students this year as a bridge between beginning and more experienced readers and writers. I would like to hear from other primary teachers, as well as anyone with research results regarding technology and early learners (ages 4-7). I'm looking forward to expanding my learning community with this group!

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Permalink Reply by Nancy Bosch on October 18, 2008 at 5:02pm

There have been several discussions at CR20 on using technology with the little guys, do a search and see what you can find. Let me know if you can't find the discussions and I'll track them down. N.

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Permalink Reply by Sara Henretty on October 18, 2008 at 4:49pm

My name is Sara and I teach at a middle school on post in Ft. Hood, TX. (It's the biggest military installation in the free world.) That said, I'm fortunate to have students of various backgrounds in my classes. I'd love to learn and collaborate more with others to incorporate web 2.0 in the classroom.

Espero que podamos conocernos pronto!

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Permalink Reply by Julia Fotheringham on October 19, 2008 at 5:19am

Hi there - I've visited the Classroom 2.0 site many times, so thought I'd best get around to joining. I work for Scottish Further Education Unit, who act as a lead agency for further education Colleges in Scotland. We are involved in developing strategy, supporting change and in staff development. My role at SFEU is in the Centre for Learning Effectiveness, and part of my remit involves working with college staff to help them to identify opportunities for introducing technology into their classrooms, and to exploit the learning potential of Web 2.0 and other tehcnologies.
I'm about to start my research for a Masters in Technology Enhanced Learning, and I'm going to be focussing on digital citizenship and how this concept sits in the context of our Scottish Curriculum (known as the Curriculum for Excellence) for 3 - 18 year olds.
Looking forward to being part of the Classroom 2.0 activities.
Cheers
Julia

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Permalink Reply by K. L. Evans on October 19, 2008 at 8:34am

HI, My name is Karen (my friends call me Kiki) and I am one of fourteen facilitators at Frisco ISD. I was a classroom teacher for 14 years and completed my Masters in Educational Technology in 2002. August 2008 will begin my seventh year at Frisco ISD as a Technology Integration Facilitator (TIF).

As a Technology Integration Facilitator, my primary duties are: assisting educators in integrating technology into their curricula, curriculum writing and multiple staff developments. Additional duties include:

* Assist teachers in creating/planning multimedia projects (i.e. Claymation/Movie Maker/etc)
* ForeThought, Workshop, eschool, Outlook, MS Software Applications, District Software and Document Camera training/troubleshooting
* UnitedStreaming/Study Island/School Objects (eduphoria!) support
* Organize videoconferences involving outside providers and inter-district locations
* Provide web resources; develop computer centers; templates; create scavenger hunts; hotlists; and WebQuests
* Fulfill any/all additional technology requests from educators

I am currently facilitating a book study for Frisco ISD educators interested in learning the what’s and why’s about Web 2.0 and how it may be applied into their classroom curricula. Please visit our blog, http://web20bookstudy.blogspot.com/. Please feel free to follow our Book Study but please know only invited participants may comment on posts.

Additionally, please visit http://www.dovewhisper.com/computercenter.htm. These computer centers were developed in an effort to assist teachers in incorporating technology into their curricula.

I am thrilled to find this site and plan on sharing it with with my book study!
Peace,
Kiki