Introductions

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

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Permalink Reply by Robin Snider on January 6, 2009 at 6:23pm

My name is Robin and am an intermediate school (grades 5-6) tech apps teacher. I don't have a tech background, but you learn what you teach! I love my job, and wish I started in this area years ago! I am learning that it's easy to become overwhelmed and to try and concentrate on one area at a time. I just set up my first blog minutes ago, and am searching for blogs to follow. In the plunge into web 2.0, I would enjoy responses to my blog:
http://snidro.blogspot.com/

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Permalink Reply by Nancy Bosch on January 6, 2009 at 6:49pm

Welcome Aboard---I'm sure you'll learn a lot. Don't get overwhelmed.

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Permalink Reply by Crystal on January 6, 2009 at 8:11pm

Hi,

I am Crystal. I teach English to non-native speakers. After spending nearly 5 hours on Ning today making my classes and class groups, I'm ready to see what else I can do.

Thanks!,
Crystal

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Permalink Reply by Jorge Nelson on January 6, 2009 at 10:05pm

Hi all.

I am a veteran international educator who is passionate about getting all schools to think about learning versus teaching.

Some of my fav's are Seymour Papert, Ed Deming, Plato, Lao Tzu, Eduardo Chaves and currently I am very impressed with Clay Christensen's "Disrupting Class" - wow does he GET it.

Glad to see such a diverse group of concerned educators here!

Congratulations, Steve, on moving things forward for the sake of the kids...

Most sincerely,

Dr. Jorge Nelson (Jorge)

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Permalink Reply by Erin Wilson on January 7, 2009 at 12:21am

Introduction-Erin Wilson
I teach 9th grade biology at Kapalama campus. I am very interested in incorporating technology in my classroom. I think that it helps engage my students.. I have been a Kamehameha for six years, and before 2002, I taught middle school in Los Angeles. I grew up on Kauai, and graduated from Punahou. I love working with Kapalama's student body. The students are well behaved and academically reliable.
Aloha,
e

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Permalink Reply by Erin Wilson on January 7, 2009 at 12:31am

My name is Erin, and I have been teaching secondary science for 13 years. I started in Los Angeles in a bilingual program, and now, I work at a large private school in Honolulu as a ninth grade biology teacher. I'm interested in incorporating technology into my classroom. It raises student interests and makes my job as an educator more successful.
Here is a picture of my new baby and me. Her name is Elena Rose.

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Permalink Reply by Tim on January 7, 2009 at 5:00am

Hi there. My name is Tim and I am an ELL teacher working in an international school in China. This is my 14th year teaching, with 10 years experience in Michigan and Texas, and now my 4th in China. I am working on my Ph.D. in Educational Leadership.

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Permalink Reply by Joan Lipman Green on January 7, 2009 at 9:13am

Happy New Year everyone! I joined this group a while ago, but soon after became totally swamped. I never introduced myself or became active as I now hope to do.

My name is Joan Lipman Green. I live in Potomac, MD- just outside of Washington, DC. I am originally from Buffalo, NY. I graduated from Northwestern University back in the mid- 80s (undergrad and grad) and have spent the last 23 or so years as a speech-language pathologist working with children and adults who have a wide variety of communication, cognitive, literacy and learning challenges. After working in hospitals, home care and rehab, I started my own practice called "Innovative Speech Therapy" (www.innovativespeech.com) in the early 90s. I specialize in using technology to help people reach their goals.

In addition to intensive speech therapy using technology, I train therapists, teachers, professors and family members about how they can use technology to enhance what they do. I wrote a book on this topic called "Technology for Communication and Cognitive Treatment: The Clinician's Guide" (www.ittsguides.com) and provide a series of webinars using application sharing to show software to help people with a variety of issues (aphasia, cognitive deficits, school-related challenges) in a number of different settings (schools, hospitals, private practice, graduate programs, assisted living, home.)

I have 4 school age children and really appreciate the opportunity to network with you all because I find that between being a Mom, private practice owner, speech-language pathologist, professional coach and trainer and product developer, I have little time to socialize with colleagues.

My latest project is developing an online video training library to help families and professionals learn more about software, tools and strategies to improve communication and learning.

Does anyone have experience using dimdim.com, Adobe Captivate 3, Camtasia Studio 6 or Elluminate for this purpose? There is a huge price difference and varying features. I am trying to decide which one to go with.

Any insights, guidance or suggestions would be very much appreciated. I know a great deal about software to help people with disabilities, but am not well versed with Flash, website development or html. I wish I had more time to learn about it.

Thanks and I look forward to communicating with you:)

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Permalink Reply by ladonza on January 7, 2009 at 9:30am

My name is LaDonza Fayard. I am a teacher in Biloxi.

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Permalink Reply by zephaniah powell on January 7, 2009 at 9:31am

Hello everyone!! just wanted to intro. myself---I teach in Biloxi, MS(9th grade/World Geo./MS Studies) Have a good day to all

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Permalink Reply by gloria on January 7, 2009 at 9:34am

hey, What school?

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Permalink Reply by zephaniah powell on January 7, 2009 at 9:38am

Biloxi Middle, right across the street from Keesler Air Force Base. My school was the old high school but our district built a brand new high school and transplanted all of our 8th/9th graders to the old high school.