Introductions

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

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Permalink Reply by Nalan Guder on April 11, 2012 at 2:02pm

Hi everyone,

My name is Nalan. I was born in Famagusta town in 1967. I am Turkish Cypriot living and working here in North Cyprus. I've been teaching English as a Foreign Language since 1989. When I graduated from the university, I worked for government schools for three years but then decided to work at the English Preparatory School of Eastern Mediterranean Univeristy. Apart from teaching, I am interested in learner autonomy, integrating technology into classroom teaching and currently Web 2.00 tools. I completed my Master's degree in Educational Technology and TESOL at the University of Manchester in 2001. I have just completed an online Certificate course from The Consultants-E , London. This summer I will be attending a technology course in Bodrum, Turkey.

Since last July I have been integrating Web 2.0 tools into my teaching. I have created a blog and would like to share it with you.http://nalan-summerschool2011.blogspot.com/

I am pleased to be part of this community and share my experiece with you all. Kind regards, Nalan Guder

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Permalink Reply by Cynthia Sarver on April 11, 2012 at 11:53pm

Hi, I'm Cynthia Sarver from SUNY Cortland in Central NY, where I teach English preservice teachers, among other things, how to use new media to foster constructivist teaching environments. I have been a member of this community for a while, but for some odd reason, have not begun participating til now. I should also mention that my students and I are collaborating with Jim Groom and Alan Levine this semester in their #ds106 MOOC and are having a great time and learning a TON!

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Permalink Reply by Danna Revis on April 14, 2012 at 4:25am

Hello all! I am the training coordinator for a program in a state agency in Virginia. I am very interested in educational technology and am currently working towards an MA in learning technologies through Pepperdine University. It's an awesome program!

My agency has a statewide videoconferencing system, so I use that equipment lots in my training. We also use online learning. For my action research in grad school I'm working on using online discussion to supplement our online training efforts especially. Hopefully we will one day use online discussion and even social media widely in our agency. There's still a fairly rigid view that social media is for fun, not for learning, though, in our state government. That view is changing, but slowly.

Look forward to learning from and with all of you!

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Permalink Reply by Nancy Smith on April 16, 2012 at 8:18pm

Hello,

My name Is Nancy, and I teach in higher ed. I am currently a PhD student in curriculum and instruction in instructional technology. Would love to collaborate and meet new people. Just wanted to say hi!

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Permalink Reply by Nur Aira Abdrahim on April 18, 2012 at 1:43pm

Hey Nancy,

nice to see a familiar name & face from our class :)

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Permalink Reply by Kristina Sarr on April 17, 2012 at 9:39am

Hi, I'm Kristina. English and Special Ed, high school. I'm in New York. Just checking things out!

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Permalink Reply by Kelly Hart on April 20, 2012 at 7:52am

I'm Kelly Hart, 7th grade LA/Reading in NE KS. Looking forward to making some connections and learning a lot!

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Permalink Reply by Dorothy Caufield on April 20, 2012 at 4:58pm

Hi Everyone,

Dorothy Caufield, middle school language arts teacher in Sussex, New Jersey. I teach 6th and 8th grade. This is my 28th year of teaching.

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Permalink Reply by Susan B Bardin on April 20, 2012 at 8:25pm

My name is Susan B Bardin. I am currently a computer science teacher in Jacksonville, Florida. I began my teaching career as a computer teacher in a small catholic school in SC way back in 1988. Prior to that I was in computer sales- so I've been around a while. But I find all the changes to be exciting and keeping up with it all is quite challenging, but fun.

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Permalink Reply by Nadiya Bourourou on April 21, 2012 at 1:56pm

Hi everyone. I'm Nadia, an English teacher from Tunisia, passionate about learning new technologies and modern methods.

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Permalink Reply by Calvin Carr on April 21, 2012 at 10:49pm

Hello, my name is Calvin Carr.

This fall, I'll be pursuing my Master's degree in Mass Communications at San Jose State University. I plan to teach at the college level and leverage my 35 years of B2B (Business to Business) marketing experience along with my entrepreneurial background.

For the past 26 years I've been a publisher and owner of computer trade magazines serving the B2B marketplace. Previously, I owned my own retail store. I graduated from St. Lawrence University in upstate New York where I majored in history and certified to teach high school; after training at the American School of Florence, Italy.

So, I'm returning to my roots, by pursuing a teaching career. Currently I plan to teach both in the class room as well as online.