Jon Orech

63, Male

St. Charles, IL

United States

Profile Information:

School / Work Affiliation
Downers Grove South High School
Blog
http://jonorech.blogspot.com
Website
http://jonorech.wikispaces.com
Twitter / Plurk / Other Account
Twitter: jorech
About Me
I taught English for 24 years before becoming the instructional technology coordinator at Downers Grove South High School in Illinois. In the classroom, I always tried to promote best technology approaches to ensure student learning. Currently, my focus of research is in the area of Collaborative Technology, specifically, embedding structured Cooperative Learning pedagogy into teaching with Web 2.0 tools to improve student learning. Away from school, I savor the "Four F's": Family, Football, Fishing, and Food!

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  • aledoux

    Thanks for the advice Jon Orech. will be checking out the info in your wikispaces, blog, and even twitter.

    May 8, 2009

  • aledoux

    Thanks, Jon. Read -the creative educator article- and enjoyed reading it. I hope it will inspire our teachers towards taking steps in this direction as well.

    May 11, 2009

  • Richard Close

    Jon

    Great talk today my is posted and you are welcome to use it in your class.

    We have a series of partnerships on "I am Africa. This is my story..." http://i-am-the-story.ning.com 

    Under the training tab you will find sotry telling guides and other materials. You should also look at the minidocumentaries by Jeff Mohamed

    There are a couple of Rwanda connections. 

    Here is the link to Isaro that are just getting started

    http://i-am-the-story.ning.com/group/isaro-foundation-rwanda

    I would love to see writing between countries. We even have a group from Pakistan.

    Hope this helps you

    RIchard

    Apr 21, 2012