Welcome Julie Anne!
If you don't know him you should meet Tom Heminway, American working in Turkey and a member of this site.

Hi Julie,
Welcome to Classroom 2.0. I was a visitor to Izmir many years ago.
Happy exploring,
Helen

Hi Julie Anne, and welcome to the network! It's great to see someone else from Turkey here. Please add some more info to your profile so we know what you teach, what you're interested in. Are you in the IB program there?

Hi Julie Anne,
Welcome! My friend Lee Corey used to teach in Turkey (Izmir I think)-- what a neat coincidence. At which school do you teach?

Hi Julie. I occasionally write about education in Turkey on my blog. In fact, I'm planning something today or tonight about the new jr high testing system. I'm gearing up for some discussion about cultural factors that affect people's approach to technology. I'd appreciate comments from you and your colleagues as well.

There are some blogs and other online communities for ed administrators, if your husband is interested in that sort of thing. I think some of them could benefit from an international perspective. Also, I think there's a need for more IB-oriented networking.

There's another network here on ning called 'Developing Real Learners'. It's about implementing the IB Learner profile. Let your IB coordinator know about it. I think these education networks need a lot more people in the GMT+ timezones!

btw, I'm Tom and my school is TED. ;)

hi tom...thanks so much for the response...i did a quick run through on your blog...wow...you are such more more intellectual about turkey than i am at this point ..please keep in mind that i am an elementary/middle school English teacher..i am just learning about Turkey...my husband is the intellect in the family...i, however, am seriously concerned about the lack of technology in Turkish schools....and the test driven mindset...i teach 5th grade right now and we are all about getting ready for the SBS exams...and they don't even take it until 6th grade....so NOT sure that is the way to go....please keep me updated...and again, visit Izmir anytime...we don't have tons of space in our flat...but we do provide a decent bed and breakfast sort of lifestyle...isn't there an upcoming conference in ankara? will you be there???? that's another one of my passions and i am going to try to find as many conferences in Turkey as possible to spread the word....about what is really out there in the world...have a great week...we have two days off due to children's day....yippee dooo!! cheers..julie

Julie, We are working on hosting an IB training-of-trainers workshop for Turkish A1 and Turkish Social Studies. We're waiting on approval from Geneva to bring in the subject coordinator. Is that the one you heard about?