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Permalink Reply by DEPCO, LLC on April 20, 2011 at 1:24pm

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Permalink Reply by Kaushilya G Weerapura on April 19, 2011 at 8:44pm

I am Kaushilya (Kaushi), a doctoral candidate at McGill University. My focus is on strategic information processing in academic contexts, which falls within the larger scheme of Educational technology. I am interested in how collaboration could help strategic information processing and how it could be facilitated through technology.

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Permalink Reply by norbert kiprop boruett on April 23, 2011 at 1:29am

kaushilya- your research sound powerful- is it how human process and understand material- i encountered the blooms digital taxonomy - it ismay interest you if you have not encountered it

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Permalink Reply by Winky Jenkins-Rice on April 20, 2011 at 8:48am

Good morning. My name is Winky Jenkins-Rice and I'm the Director of Educational Programs at a non profit. We support several 21st century instructional models with extensive PD and materials.we currently are partnering with over 50 schools and 600 teachers! I am looking forward to connecting with other innovative leaders!

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Permalink Reply by NINA ZHELEZAROVA on April 21, 2011 at 4:50am

Hello from Bulgaria!

Nice to meet you !

My name is Nina Zhelezarova and i am primary teacher.

I like new technoly and i want to know more for new inovation education programme for children in the class

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Permalink Reply by Mary Lee Newman on April 20, 2011 at 9:38am

Hi.

My name is Mary Lee Newman. I'm a mom of three and elementary teacher on the Monterey Peninsula in California. I went to the Learning and the Brain Conference in San Francisco in February, heard Tony Wagner speak, sat next to a wonderful technology director for a middle school in Chicago who told me about some amazing ways her school is integrating web 2.0 tools in the classroom, and I am very excited to try some new things in my classroom.

I am a definite digital immigrant, but have my 15 year old son and husband to help me. It also turns out that my students are pretty savvy. One of my first new projects was for my third grade class to do oral history clips on Garage Band. Two of my students had older siblings who us GarageBand all the time and they worked out the bugs the first day. My next project is a space unit on "Are We Alone?" starting next week. My goal is to get our Schoolyard Solar System walk, reports, posters, and oral presentations in a publicly presentable format so that we can share with other third grades. All advice is welcome!

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Permalink Reply by a.gama on April 20, 2011 at 9:43am

Wow - it sounds like you have some really cool ideas! Awesome!

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Permalink Reply by NINA ZHELEZAROVA on April 21, 2011 at 4:56am

Hello from Bulgaria !

Nice to meet you !

I am too primary teacher and i want to learn for new inovation method for a chlildren in class.

I will be glad to communication with you for a new technology in class.

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Permalink Reply by Doug Lawslo on April 20, 2011 at 10:14am

My name is Doug Lawslo and I live in Lake Havasu City, AZ. I am a teacher that has had the dubious honor of creating a technology program that has grown to the point where I have had to leave the classroom and become full-time technology coordinator. When I accepted the job I envisioned working closely with teachers to assist their technology integration along with managing the 180+ computers and our 3 networks. Sadly, I have met with resistance from many of my colleagues because, I believe, of their own technological insecurities. I seem to be viewed more as a threat than a resource.
I am now working desperately to get back in the classroom so I can at least prepare my students for the myriad challenges that will face them in our ever-increasing technologically based world. I believe the two greatest challenges facing education today are the shunting aside of modern-day Jeremiahs wondering the wilderness of technological illiteracy and a focus on teaching instead of learning.

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Permalink Reply by DEPCO, LLC on April 22, 2011 at 7:34am

Hey Doug, I think what your doing is great! In time, everyone should, hopefully, become more comfortable with the technology and you will be able to spend more quality time with your students =)

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Permalink Reply by Veruska Sousa on April 20, 2011 at 2:37pm

Hi, everybody! I'm Veruska Sousa. I help teachers planning classes in the computer laboratory. I taught Portuguese Language, but I love technology. I want to share informations about classes using the computer as instrument of work. I wait to meet many friends here.

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Permalink Reply by Traver Ochs on April 21, 2011 at 8:20am

My name is Traver Ochs I am an Education Student at Richard Stockton College of NJ, looking for insight and support on my journey through the world of Education.

I am looking to become an Elementary Social Studies teacher, maybe secondary if the position presents itself once I take the Praxis 2 in the next few months, I would love to hear any and all comments and opinions on what you folks think about how to go about finding a job and getting my feet wet in education.