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About Me: I am a retir(ing) teacher who worked for Worcester Public Schools, Doherty Memorial High School, MA. I also taught at Worcester State College and Mount Wachusett Community College, Evening Divisions.

I taught English, many aspects from AP Literature, English and American Literature to Film and Literature, Women and Literature, Creative Writing and...

In the last eight or so years before I retired, I became obsessed with connecting curriculum with technology. My projects ranged from creating class web sites (for my courses and for other teachers) via blackboard (when it was free) to collaborating with Dianne Klien and her students at Bowling Green High School (Ohio), web-based learnings, hyper-text research papers, PowerPoint presentations, etc.

Now I, like many, am absolutely passionate about Web 2.0 and the possibilities for educators. I am especially enthralled with Nings. Nings are free and offer many features for classroom teachers. Once again, we are only limited by the lack of our imaginations.

Presently I have a consulting business, Blackfish Ed, that emphasizes making easy connections between curriculum and technology for educators. (Hey, hire me...no retirement or health insurance to pay... A Great Deal for the both of us!)

At 8:45pm on April 24, 2009, Jack said…: Hey Joann,

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 passing my message along to students and your colleagues again?

Thanks,
Jack

At 8:33pm on February 11, 2009, Sandra Lawrence said…: J.
I like your new profile.

At 12:10pm on January 9, 2009, Mark Cruthers said…: Hi Joann,

With your passion for Education Technology, I recommend 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.

At 8:10am on January 7, 2009, Jack said…: Yes, we are having some technical issues with the homepage. For more contest details, please try http://www.brainyflix.com/main/contest_rules

At 7:32pm on December 25, 2008, Jack said…: Hi Joann! Hope you're enjoying the winter break. I was wondering if you, your educator contacts or students would be interested in participating in a Vocab Video Contest @ MIT. Please let me know. Thanks!