Introductions

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

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Permalink Reply by Maegan Heindel on January 30, 2012 at 9:02am

Hello! I'm Maegan Heindel, former elementary teacher and school librarian-in-training in Madison, Wisconsin. Looking forward to connecting and getting tips on how to support classroom teachers.

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Permalink Reply by Fabrizio Maggi on January 31, 2012 at 2:32am

Hi everybody. I'm an Italian teacher of English. I teach in a secondary technical high scool nera Milan. Presently I'm doing a PhD concerning Web 2.0 tools, foreign language learning through CLIL methodology. I’m highly interested in your opinions and proposals

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Permalink Reply by Greg Wilborn on January 31, 2012 at 10:42am

Hello follow educators! I work for a 30,000 student district in Colorado Springs, CO, USA and I am in charge of our strategies for evolving learning via technology. We use the term Personalized Learning and he have an aggressive vision for change that we are now planning and executing. I have taught at the high school level and worked as a data and assessment coach all in Colorado Springs School District 11. I look forward to learning and collaborating with members from all over the world.

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Permalink Reply by mrstowell261 on January 31, 2012 at 5:00pm

Greetings, my name is Matthew.

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Permalink Reply by Thomas Nixon on February 1, 2012 at 9:35am

Hi Everyone,

My name is Tom Nixon. I teach elementary school band outside of Baltimore, MD. I grew up in New York but moved down here to study music education at Towson University. I now teach full time and am working on my graduate degree in educational technology at Loyola University.

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Permalink Reply by Elizabeth Shuman on February 1, 2012 at 9:52am

Hi everyone!

I'm enrolled in a full time Educational Technology graduate program in Baltimore. For one of my courses, we were asked to join a professional network and this community was recommended. So here I am! I'm looking forward to connecting with others, sharing resources, and learning new things!

Thanks,

Elizabeth

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Permalink Reply by Mark Williams on February 1, 2012 at 5:51pm

My name is Mark Williams and I am the co-founder of instaGrok (www.instaGrok.com). I am passionate about developing technology to teach 21st Century research and curation skills. We have developed a safe, age appropriate educational search engine and electronic journals for recording research activities. I am in an educational start-up incubator in Palo Alto, CA called ImagineK12. I would appreciate feedback from the community on our technology.

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Permalink Reply by Angela Reynolds on February 3, 2012 at 8:57am

Mark,

I work with my k-8 students in the Tech lab teaching them research methods on the computer. I will check out our site and use it with my kiddos.

I will let you know what they think (they are very critical as I am sure you know).

Angela Reynolds

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Permalink Reply by Lynn Smith on February 2, 2012 at 9:47am

Hello! I'm Lynn Smith from Salem, Illinois. I'm currently taking three courses towards my Masters in Computer Education and had to find a PLN to join. I think I made a good choice!

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Permalink Reply by Eric Pitt on February 2, 2012 at 1:50pm

Hey guys, my name is Eric. I work for a company called MentorMob, an e-learning startup that has developed a free tool for educators to organize online content in Learning Playlists for their students. I'd love to connect with educators looking to use technology to take their classrooms to the next level. Any feedback that you have would be much appreciated.

Glad to be here!

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Permalink Reply by Helen Kraus on February 2, 2012 at 4:04pm

Hello- my name is Helen and I am a Special Education major- hoping to graduate in two years with a masters degree. I am excited to be a part of this so I can learn more about special education, inclusion, and classroom managament and hope to build support for the future!

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Permalink Reply by James Annunziato on February 3, 2012 at 10:23am

Hello, My name is Jim Annunziato from Milwaukee Wisconsin. I have founded Milwaukee Knowledge Builders LLC, a tutoring company focusing in math and science. I'm looking forward to colaborating with teachers in all subjects to explore ideas on how I can better serve my kids and develope my business.