Introductions

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

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Permalink Reply by Marsha Goren on September 2, 2011 at 9:43am

Dear Melissa, I am copying this message for you. I hope you are all well and have a wonderful school year. I am writing to tell you that we are beginning our peace project for the year in honor of the United Nations International Peace day on September 21st, 2011

We invite our friends from around the world to participate in our project by writing about peace at your school, towns, city or countries. Since I am also the project director of the GVC Clubhouse there two ways in which you can send project. If you use the clubhouse wiki then please:

http://gvc-clubhouse.wikispaces.com/peace

Go to New Page and create a page called Peace - and add your school's name or organization. TAG the page: peace, and it will appear on the wiki menu. OR send your text, images or videos to marsha@gsbi.org to post on the Global Dreamers website Peace 2011-project. See Peace Archive

We are sharing our work with the Global Virtual Classroom and hope to have a great collaboration with all of the wonderful educators and kids from around the world.

Please join us. Wishing everyone a great year and looking forward to hearing from all of you,.

Sincerely,

Marsha Goren

http://www.globaldreamers.org

GVC project director of the GVC Clubhouse

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Permalink Reply by Melissa Johnston on September 2, 2011 at 1:06pm

Thanks, Marsha! This looks like something we might be able to participate in. My kids are working hard to learn the ins and outs of their netbooks. Appreciate the comment and invitation.

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Permalink Reply by Ashley Weber on September 2, 2011 at 4:09pm

Hello everyone. Ashley Weber, 7th grade Social Studies teacher from Gardner, KS - we're a small suburb of the KC metro. Have used Ning with my students before and am excited to check out all of the great things here!

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Permalink Reply by Brenda Schnell on September 4, 2011 at 3:43pm

Currently, I am applying for substitute teaching. My Iowa certifications are in business -- general and business - office and multioccupation. Also, I am taking classes to keep my certification.

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Permalink Reply by Dave Craig on September 5, 2011 at 5:31am

Hello everyone, Dave Craig here and I teach 4th grade in Middletown, NY. School year sure to keep me busy but nice to have this place as a resource for reflection and sharing.

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Permalink Reply by Tara Liston on September 5, 2011 at 7:49pm

Hi everyone! First grade teacher, Tara Liston, from a small district in Iowal. Looking to improve my PLN and share great ideas with other first grade or lower elementary teachers!

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Permalink Reply by Eddie Wright on September 5, 2011 at 8:48pm

How is everyone doing? Eddie Wright here and I work in a Kansas City, KS high school. I love to learn from others and see other's opinions on topics I'm interested in.

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Permalink Reply by Steven Jackson on September 6, 2011 at 4:25am

Good morning! I am sitting at my desk on the first day of school. So excited, couldn't even sleep last night. My name is Steven Jackson and I've been teaching mathematics into my 7th year at Mason High School in Michigan. Excited about trying to "flip" some lessons in my precalc classes. I'll try to post how it works out on here so you can learn from my mistakes/successes (same thing, right?). Have a good school year everyone!

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Permalink Reply by Roxanne Arvidson on September 6, 2011 at 7:00pm

Hello everyone. My name is Roxanne Arvidson, and I teach 4th grade in Kansas City, MO. This is my 6th year of teaching, and I just began working towards my eMINTS certification. eMINTS will provide me with strategies and techniques to use in my classroom to help enrich my instruction. I am looking forward to learning even more from all of you!

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Permalink Reply by Mark Welch on September 11, 2011 at 5:00pm

I'm Mark Welch, editor & publisher of LessonIndex.com, a web site directory of literature lesson plan resources.

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Permalink Reply by TJ Wolfe on September 11, 2011 at 11:02pm

Hello!

My name is TJ Wolfe. I'm from Greenville, NC, but taking/teaching graduate classes through NC State University in Raleigh, NC. I'm a former middle school teacher passionate about implementing technology in classrooms. I recently decided to leave the classroom and go back to school to find a way to help teachers incorporate technology in their classrooms, in an easy and efficient way. I came up with an idea I believe helps any teacher, no matter where they are on the technology understanding and implementation spectrum.

Since so many young people are online and using Social Media (SM), but so many more teachers are not, who will teach them about their digital footprint? Teachers need to consider spending time understanding technology themselves before they can tell their students what is good and not good on the internet and through SM. Please visit www.thecatchsystem.com for details on how I think teachers can be helped in their learning and understanding of technology so they can better serve students and the future!

Thanks for a great platform for teachers to connect and learn from one another! :)

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Permalink Reply by Matt Simmons on September 14, 2011 at 6:35pm

Hello everyone. Matt Simmons here. I'm currently the Director of Technology for the Brookville Area School District in Pennsylvania. I am also enrolled in the Educational Technology Leadership program at the George Washington University. I look forward to collaborating with the group.