Introductions

Please introduce yourself, let us know a little bit about you, and where you are from.

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Permalink Reply by Blair B Swecker on October 7, 2009 at 5:25pm

Hi, I am Blair Swecker form Mechanicsville Virginia. I am attending University of Richmond to get my teaching license after raising my two kids. I currently work with children with multi-categorical special needs and autism. My students are wonderful and hope to have them in my classroom next year. It is just a challenge to take this on much later in life and the support has been wonderful.

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Permalink Reply by Lucian on October 8, 2009 at 10:28am

My name is Lucian and I am teacher and education counselor in Special School Caransebes . I like very much to help and work with my students with special needs . Please vote me here ( see and write the code and vote ) . Here is our website
http://differentbutequaletwinning.webs.com/
A presentation with my students with special needs .

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Permalink Reply by Lucian on October 8, 2009 at 10:30am

Our project ,,Different but equal " fight against discrimination of students with special needs .

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Permalink Reply by Blair B Swecker on October 8, 2009 at 2:20pm

I really liked your presentation. I work with elementary age Autistic and MR children in Virginia. Our students love to go out and do any kind of gardening. I just can't keep mine very clean. Your students did a great job. Where did you plant the trees and what other group projects have you done with your students?

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Permalink Reply by Natalia on October 8, 2009 at 10:57am

Hello everybody. Mi name´s Natalia. I´m from Argentina. I live in Campana which is a small city but is very nice.
I´m 28 years old and I´m married.
I want to improve my English and because of that reason I decided to join to Classroom 2.O

Best regards,
Natalia

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Permalink Reply by Corin Drozdowski on October 8, 2009 at 12:01pm

Hello All,

I am a resource room teacher working for a county in northern NJ. My program is a little different, as we service private schools; parochial schools, yeshivas, etc. Right now, I service two schools. My larger school is a K through 8 environment, and I teach almost everything as well as collaborate with the classroom teachers on how to effectively help my students be successful in their classroom. My second school is a high school where I provide more of a tutoring environment at the end of the school day. My work is never boring as in the morning I could be teaching basic phonics, and then the afternoon explaining algebra concepts.

My classroom contains a Smart Board, and I have access to the internet. I find them both to be an extremely helpful resource. Many of my students don't get the concepts in the regular class, so they come to me for 40 minutes once a week for that subject. I need to get as much impact as possible in the time allotted. It is usually helpful to find the weakest link in their understanding, and target where I can strengthen that. If I can find a game or something on the internet, it becomes a fun take home idea for them to practice at home. It then becomes less like homework, and more fun.

I'm looking for new ways to get "the most bang for the buck" as it were for my class. I would like to see how I can incorporate web2.0 concepts with my students.

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Permalink Reply by Alex Montoya on October 9, 2009 at 3:12am

Hello everyone1 My name is Alex Montoya. I am more interested in learning language. I also love to participate and take part in any education networks just want to immerse myself and learn.

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Permalink Reply by David Withrow on October 9, 2009 at 9:03am

Hello, David Withrow @ Harford Day School in Bel Air MD. Director of Technology with 30 years of classroom experience.

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Permalink Reply by Katy Dunn on October 9, 2009 at 9:06am

Hello, I am Katy, a teacher from DC. Happy to explore here.

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Permalink Reply by Deborah Fischer Oleisky on October 9, 2009 at 9:19am

I am a chemistry teacher at a girls' school outside of Baltimore, MD. I love using computers and am interested in using more online activities or creative things that will engage students on the subject of Chemistry. I am new to Classroom 2.0 and I hope to form relationships worldwide. Is anyone interested in doing a project (or lab) where our students can share and collaborate?