Jill Thoreson

Female

Webster Ctiy, Iowa

United States

Profile Information:

School / Work Affiliation
Webster City High School
Blog
http://thoreson.typepad.com/
Website
http://jthoreson.com
Favored IM Account
Windows Live messenger is the only one I have right now. I am "jamminsoul"
Twitter / Plurk / Other Account
http://twitter.com/jamminsoul
About Me
jamminsoul
I am a high school special education teacher. I work with students in grades 9-12 who have mild/moderate learning disabilities and behavior disorders. I have a BS in English and a BA in philosophy and have just started my master's of education program in special education.
I have 2 children, a 17 year daughter and a 14 year old son. I am very proud of the young adults they are becoming.

Right now I am very overwhelmed with all the web spaces about 2.0 tools. I am just getting started and am just starting to learn so I can begin using technology in my classroom. I can see wonderful possibilities...it is just trying to figure out where to start!

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  • Mark Cruthers

    Hi Jill,

    I know the myriad of web 2.0 tools can be overwhelming. I'll just recommend a couple for you take a look at, Wiziq's virtual classroom and authorstream's power point presentation platform. Both are web based platforms, have a bunch of features and free basic service. I think both tools may be helpful if you wish to work with your special ed students online some.

    Jan 1, 2009

  • Jack

    Cool! We'd be stoked to have your students participate! Thanks for the link to Wordia. It looks slick

    Jan 2, 2009

  • Jack

    Hey Jill,

    Our Brainyflix video contest just ended, and I wanted to thank you for helping us get the word out. We got 800 submissions from across the country!

    That said, MIT was really happy with the results and will let us run another contest, so we're going for it! But this time, we're gonna have kids create Brainypics flashcards - which are images and sentences paired up with a one of our SAT/ACT words. The contest ends May 22nd, and there'll be iTunes and a cash prize like last time. To boot, we'll double the payout if the kids can hit a certain goal. More details at brainyflix.com/main/contest_rules.

    Do you mind telling students and your colleagues again?

    Thanks,
    Jack

    Apr 24, 2009