Hello Anne, Thank you for the welcome. I teach middle school sp.ed. here in Egypt, and I take online classes for my masters from UNE in the states. I am just beginning to get the hang of using technology with students. They are sure happy that!

deborah

Dear Anne,
It's been so long we've not chatted in skype. My computer is gone. I need to buy another motherboard which is really expensive, dn't know when i can buy new one. How's everything with you. Would you mind if i ask you to write to me in this id? gopisu@gmail.com or savschool2000@yahoo.com

Thanks Anne. It looks like there may be a lot I can learn here about ways to use online communication in education. It is a fast changing field, so there needs to be ways to deal with the volume of content and the number of innovations out there.

One thing I need to consider at the moment is the difference gender makes when approaching social networking. Are boys as keen on blogging as girls? Is an appropriate subject matter enough to get engage boys, or is it more successful to start with online forums or another approach.

sue

sue

Anne, yes I teaching Accounting I and have three students taking Accounting II independently. I also teach Computer Applications, Desktop Publishing I and II, and MultiMedia. I'm on my way to school right now - we might get a full week in with no snow days!

Thanks Anne, the first visit has been very inspiring.

Thanks Anne, so its a matter of making social and collaborative technology relevant for boys. That makes sense, at least some boys would like writing. Tthe boys in my family have no desire to write, which biases my opinion somewhat.

sue

Anne, Thanks for your nice note. I feel like we should know each other by now! I'm glad you like Reinventing, we're working on a revised edition now, especially updating the appendix, which we knew would have a short shelf life with all the amazing tools coming down the pipe.
I know it's a ways to travel, but might I see you at NECC?

Thanks for your insights, Anne, they are helpful.

Thanks for the welcome message Anne! It's great to hear you're on the CERT team. The world is a better place thanks to volunteers like you.
cheers
Rob

Hi, Anne!

All that means is that I teach online courses for different colleges and universities. :-) I have taught on several different platforms and enjoy incorporating new Web 2.0 features into existing courses or creating new courses.

I recently helped launch a Public Speaking course using webcams and Skype. It has been amazing to teach!

Peace to you,

Darla

Hi Anne,
Thanks for the introduction there's so much to explore here. I'll have to take it step-by-step though

Thank you for the "hello." I will look around and contribute as much as possible

Thanks, Anne. I'm already finding much of value.

Thank you!! :)

Hi Anne
I've been really interested in the innovative ways you've been using Web 2.0 technologies - I'm really just beginning, but I'm hoping to inspire some of my younger staff to really get onboard for the future!

Hi Anne. I'm very excited to have joined Classroom 2.0. I spent quite some time last night exploring and I feel that it will be very useful. Hope to talk to you again soon!

Hi Anne, glad to talk to you. I saw yout comment about the classes you give using a vitual classromm right. I´d like to know how this class works, is it paid, is this tool heavy?
Thak you for your help!
Nilson

Thanks for the reply Anne, would love to work with you in the future.

Jody

Hi Anne,

It`s not really the availability of technology that is the problem - it`s the different culture of usage. We have plenty of computer rooms around campus, and audio visual equipment in classrooms is improving to allow we teachers to use a variety of authentic materials.

But the Japanese teenager / young adult doesn`t use a computer anywhere near as much as they use a mobile phone. Technology is geared much more towards the mobile here than it is (I think) in other countries.

When I was casting around for blogging platforms I wanted to find something simple enough to look at on a mobile browser, and flexible enough to post to from a mobile phone email address...this way, I hope the students will actually interact with it a bit more.

A little strange, but not bad. After three years in a city that is 19 million upstate NY is a little slow. And nothing is spicy enough. But, it is nice to understand everything and really learn some new stuff in a great job.

Thanks Anne - Please hit the red feedback button and let me know what you think -- we're listening! If you like it, please spread the word.

I am a graduate student, studying for my Master’s of Education in Instructional Technology, through the University of Maryland. I am currently taking a course that focuses on Global Perspectives in Technology Integration. My research partner, Regina, and I have been working over the course of this class to find ways that Australia is improving education through the integration of technology in an effort to write a proposal as to what schools in the United States can learn from your programs. We located you as a 2008 Microsoft Australia Innovative Teacher Award recipient and felt there was much you would have to offer us in terms of improving our research. With a little help from Google, we were able to locate your blog in hopes of receiving your feedback.

I have included 13 questions below that we would greatly appreciate you answering to help us improve and further our research. We are required to write an overview of your responses and would appreciate your feedback (if possible) by 16 April to allow us sufficient time to complete this assignment.

We thank you for your feedback in advance and look forward to your responses.

Sincerely,

Tiffany Carrizales and Regina Cockerill

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Questions:
1. What initially inspired you to begin integrating technology into your curriculums?
2. What was specifically helpful in encouraging your professional growth in terms of becoming technology literate?
3. To what extent do you feel technology should be required to be included in the curriculum?
4. To what extent do you feel that technology should be utilized at the pace and comfort level of the professional?
5. How have you encouraged fellow educators to embrace technology integration into their classrooms?
6. What do you feel is the largest obstacle in getting educators motivated to integrate technology into their curriculums?
7. What methods have you witnessed and/or experienced for enforcing technology integration upon educators that was not well received? What factors contributed, in your opinion, most to the negative response?
8. What are you especially proud of, in terms of your professional development experience, that you would recommend to another nation hoping to follow your example? For instance, have you lead or attended a professional development course to meet to policy standards that was especially motivating?
9. Which learning management systems (i.e., Blackboard, WebCT, WebCT Vista) have you had the most experience with and which one would you most recommend to a trainer hoping to introduce this technology to novice educators? Why?
10. Aside from learning management systems, which additional technologies do you find most useful for actively engaging your students in synchronous and/or asynchronous activities? Why?
11. What other people would you recommend I talk to?
12. What other recent books or articles do you think would be useful?
13. Are there some websites you would recommend?

Hi Anne,

Thanks for the welcome. I'm looking forward to making lots of connections on here!

Sam

Yes, well Korea and NY are pretty different. NYC is most similar, but out here in upstate...yes it is laughable. However, you can find the time and amazing resources when you are out. I remember when I went Wwoofing in Australia and worked at one farm up in Katherine and the owner was also a teacher at the long distance radio school. It was amazing to see what they were doing for those kids. And that was almost 10 years ago, I would love to see what they are doing now.

Thank you. I'll look foward to hearing from others

Anne, Thank you so much! I am really excited to hear your responses and incorporate your experience into my research. If you prefer, you can email your responses to me at tiffsznn@hotmail.com

Tiffany

Anne, Thank you for the clarification... I am chuffed that you agreed to do this interview! The ability to connect with educators this way is really a testament to distance learning!

Thanks Anne! I was trying to find something fun and lighthearted. :-)

I got the email, thanks Anne. I am sure that your responses will prove beneficial both in my research as well as in my professional development.

Tiffany

Thank you its great to be here :)))

Thank you for the greeting and the info. I will look into the possibilities.

Hi Anne,

Check this out, if you're interested.

http://tinyurl.com/slculture

Info about a project I was involved with over the last two years

Ok, thanks for the help.

Hi Anne,
thanks for the response. First of all i would like to request you to view my page for the book chapter proposal. And I woudl like you to contribute a book chapter on the themes and sub themes given in it.
secondly can you suggest me the way to circulate the proposal to all the classroom 2.0 members.
thanking you
tamishra

Thank you for you suggestion.yes ma'am kindly look into the proposal and contirbute a write up.
tamishra

Thanks Anne, i am really looking for assistance and guidance in the use of Web 2.0 within my classroom. Should you have any ideas or suggestions i would be more than happy to listen. Thanks again. Kate

Thank you for the welcome! Right now we are using Second Life for professional development for our teachers and Quest Atlantis for our kids. I'm very interested in learning more about the open sim concepts. If you are one twitter I suggest you follow @RichWhite He does a lot with open sim and virtual worlds in education.

Wow. Thank you for the nice comments. How fun to teach web 2.0 to all of those grade levels. I would like to take the summer to create lessons and projects for a weekly tech club with 15 students. Do you write your own curriculum? Which grade levels do you recommend I take for this tech club pilot year? Do you have an outline for topics/tools you introduce in a year? Thanks for any discussion and ideas. :)

Greetings Anne. Thanks 4 being my first contact. What's happening "Down Under?" This is a great site, and I'm looking forward to teaching web 2.0 as part of an introduction 2 the visual arts.

great! what types of online media do you work with? I am currently building my own animated Flash tutorials and my son is creating all the artwork!

the link didn't show up to the website...
http://www.mc.maricopa.edu/~glascoe/arithmetic/arithmeticindex.htm

great ideas, thanks! I will look up some of those things. My son would love the cartoon site!

Thanks for the encouragement! Can you give an easy example of something they would want for their own use?

Thank you.

Thanks for the welcome Anne. I've had a bit of a look around already, and yes, it's a great site, with so much to explore! I'm looking forward to learning lots!

Thanks Anne. I agree with you about Susan T. I've been following her for over a year now. She's definately a great role model. I am looking forward in expanding my list of inspiring people. What I've seen so far, Classroom 2.0 is the place to find such people. I hope I could contribute as well.

Thanks Anne. I have been playing with woordle for the last hour and can see the potential. I had a teacher who was into voicethread last year so am more familiar there. The message seems to be coming in loud and clear that if I can get them to begin almost anywhere my teachers will get hooked, ust as I did.

Hi Anne,
I was privileged to hear you speak so enthusiastically about your work with bringing the world to our back door on Saturday at the ICTEV conference. It has inspired me to collaborate with 2 senior classroom teachers (Years 5/6) on developing a class blog and presenting it as part of my unit of study for Uni. I am currently out of the classroom and am the school's ICT coordinator (part time). So any hints or ideas would be most appreciated.

Hi Anna,

Oh, I just mean things like Facts on File, EBSCO, etc.

ZPM

Thanks Anne,
basically - where is the best place to start?? I just want to keep it as simple as possible as my colleagues have less knowledge of blogs than I do.