Introductions

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

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Permalink Reply by David Keane on December 29, 2008 at 8:24pm

I am currently a high school principal in Fort Dodge, Iowa.
I am also attending Iowa State University as a member of a superintendent preparation program in my "free time".

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Permalink Reply by Amber on December 29, 2008 at 9:40pm

Amber, from La Mesa CA. 8th grade science teacher. Currently in the middle of my Masters Degree in education technology from San Diego State (a distance program).
Mother to two great kids Madison age 8 and Drew age 10 months.
Madison plays soccer, and it has become a full family activity. Drew, well he doesn't do much yet, but he keeps me on my toes.

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Permalink Reply by Lynn on December 30, 2008 at 12:40pm

I am new to this site and eager to learn! I teach high school English, have a masters in gifted ed from Uconn and am interested in developing technology literacy in my classes. I just finished one online grad class and still taking another. One thing I am looking for is an online, SAFE book group for students to discuss novels. I am learning to use Moodle, but it is not available outside of our school building. I am looking forward to reading and learning!

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Permalink Reply by Nancy Bosch on December 30, 2008 at 2:36pm

We have done online book discussions on 10 different books. You need a platform with threaded discussions meaning, like this site, each person can comment both to the original post and each comment. You could use this platform but it limits the threads to 7 responses. I've used both Moodle and Blackboard for these discussions. A blog won't work, I tried it because in most blogs you can't comment on the comments.

You can see our Moodle discussion here, use baguest as both username and password to look around, there is not one going on now. I teach gifted K-6th and have mixed opinions about book discussions--let me know if you want to hear more. I've written about it here, there have been several discussions. N

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Permalink Reply by Chris Llewellyn on December 31, 2008 at 9:58am

Hey Lynn, a lot of schools and students use Rafi.ki our moderated community as a safe place to discuss books. It is extraordinary to see just how popular Harry Potter is all over the world! As a teacher you can register for membership at www.rafi.ki.

Any questions please drop me a line,

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Permalink Reply by Tracey Drum on December 30, 2008 at 1:18pm

Hi everyone. I'm Tracey, from Seattle, Washington. I teach 4th and 5th grade. I've been teaching for 12 years. Today was the first day that I've encountered the term "ning". I have so much to learn. I'm interested in finding new ways to integrate technology in the classroom to help my students (and myself) acquire 21st century skills. I'm also looking for ways to help the teachers at my school dive in. I'm a "peer coach" at my school, which basically means that I got a state grant this year to work with a teacher to help her integrate technology. Next year it will expand to coaching several teachers. We're lucky in a lot ways, because our school is newly built and has lots of cool new gadgets. (Airliners, Quizdom, United Streaming, 30 laptops, document cameras) Unfortunately, we haven't had time to learn how to use them effectively. So I'm trying to get us there. I can see that Classroom 2.0 is a perfect resource for this.

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Permalink Reply by Hui-Wen on December 30, 2008 at 10:25pm

Hi there,

Glad to be a member at this wonderful website. I had been a college instructor in Taiwan for 3 years, and now am a doctoral student in education in Moscow, ID.

I have a passion for integrating Web 2.0 into teaching. Hope I can learn something new from everybody.

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Permalink Reply by Mrs. Antoinette on December 30, 2008 at 10:37pm

Hi I'm Antoinette. I am a pre-service teacher. My major is Business Teacher Education and minors are Earth Science and English. I am excited about this site and all that I will learn as well as the friends I will make!

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Permalink Reply by Chris Llewellyn on December 31, 2008 at 7:36am

Hi there!

I am one of the facilitators on Rafi.ki, an international online community of more than 1100 schools from more than 100 countries.

Feel free to have a look at our website- www.rafi.ki or these recent UK articles- here and here

I really look forward to exchanging ideas about Web 2.0 and meeting interesting educators from around the world.

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Permalink Reply by Dara on December 31, 2008 at 8:53am

Hi,

My name is Dara (rhymes with Sarah) and I actually read about ning in the NEA today magazine for this month!

I am a music teacher in an elementary school and am greatly frustrated by the lack of funding for technology in my classroom...so I thought I would see what is out there in the big world... :-)

drop me a note!

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Permalink Reply by Jennifer Moon on December 31, 2008 at 9:46am

Hi!
I'm Jennifer. I am an Education Specialist and work with 6th grade students with learning disabilities. I found Classroom 2.0 through an article in NEA Today magazine. (Trying to get caught up on reading before my vacation is over)
I am also active in my local association and represent my local in the California Teacher's Association State Council. I am looking forward to sharing and collaborating with other educators.
Happy New Year everyone!
Jen :)

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Permalink Reply by Nancy Stewart on December 31, 2008 at 9:58am

Hello everyone. I am a learning-behavior specialist in the suburbs of Chicago. I teach eighth grade special education, and I co-teach an English and a math class. My school has a 1:1 laptop initiative, and I am among a small group of teachers from our district participating in a PLP cohort with Will Richardson and Sheryl Nussbaum-Beach. I am enjoying the learning and sharing happening in that community and look forward to being a part of this one.