Brian C. Smith

Male

United States

Profile Information:

School / Work Affiliation
Monroe #1 BOCES
Blog
http://briancsmith.org
Website
http://its.monroe.edu
Favored IM Account
Google: brian@briancsmith.org
Skype Account
brianc.smith
Twitter / Plurk / Other Account
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About Me
I'm an instructional technology specialist in upstate New York serving 10 school districts. Interests lie in professional learning, creative and physical technologies for teaching and learning.

Comment Wall:

  • Karen Fasimpaur

    Hey Brian. It was good to see you at NECC (and on the Classroom 2.0 ning)!

    Jun 29, 2007

  • Hans Feldmeier

    Hi from Germany!
    Hans

    Jun 30, 2007

  • John Maklary

    Hi Brian,

    OK, I found classroom 2.0 over here! Oops on me. Talk soon.

    Jul 14, 2007

  • Neil A. Rochelle

    Hi Brian,
    I'm a displaced Rochesterain. Superintendent in a suburb of Buffalo now. In fact from the district that your D.S. Dr. Willie worked for several years. Glad to see the Web 2.0 thing moving into schools your way.

    Jul 25, 2007

  • Karen Fasimpaur

    Hi Brian. I'm in Salisbury right now. To see what we're up to visit mahc.wikispaces.com and twitter.com/mahetc2007 (make sure to click With Others). We're having a great time. Too bad you're not here. :( Let me know if there's anything I can do to help the "cause" in your area.

    Jul 25, 2007

  • Patrick Aroune

    Hi Brian -
    I work for Neil in a role similar to yours, only on a district level. I have family in Rochester and am always looking to expand my professional network. Would love to share thoughts and ideas.

    Jul 25, 2007

  • Patrick Aroune

    Brian - Doing more than I ever anticipated. I try my best to work on media literacy and collaboration using delicious, diigo (love this tool), wikis, online whiteboards, and Sheryl Neussbaum Beach just introduced me to Elluminate. Students blog, research with blogs, and podcast assignments. Currently, I teach economics and have learning teams of four to five students, design a team wiki, based on a specific problem solving issues surrounding Global Warming (usually with an economic slant). The teams are to utilize delicious and diigo to collaborate in their research. They formalize their findings and produce a white paper which they either post to their wiki, a blog, or podcast using audacity. Rather large scale, but I am finding in my fits of experimentation, that these assignments are much more engaging and authentic. Would love to hear your ideas and thoughts on how you are implementing these technologies.

    Aug 9, 2007

  • Russ Wilcox

    Hello From Kansas. We're trying to start our own tech revolution here at the Education Service Center. Always interested in learning how others are integrating technology into classrooms...especially in different areas.

    Aug 14, 2007

  • Russ Wilcox

    Hey Brian,

    Would love to collaborate on some ideas, especially in regards to putting technology to work for smaller schools. In a larger metro area, the challenge may not present itself the way it does in some of the smaller, less populated areas...but always good to dig and see what can happen!

    Aug 17, 2007

  • Alison Saylor

    Hi Jacinta, I am looking for middle school students (classroom) to collaborate on a joint "20 question" project, each class sending messages on a wiki to each other- sharing something about where they live, how they live, their lives and friends, photos, video and cumulate by having the other class make a guess as to where the class is from. Any contacts or ideas for me? Thanks! Alison Denver Colorado US

    Aug 22, 2007