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Permalink Reply by Amy Fedderly on January 13, 2009 at 1:01pm

Hello Everyone! I am a Middle School administrator in Huntington Beach California.

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Permalink Reply by robyn clarke on January 13, 2009 at 6:28pm

Hi everyone. I'm Robyn Clarke from Silverdale, NSW Australia. I am a primary assistant principal and Stage 3 Literacy support teacher. I am passionate about embedding technology into everything I do in the classroom and especially enjoy collaborative projects with other schools that encourage my students to develop social responsibility.

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Permalink Reply by Steven Katz on January 15, 2009 at 6:03am

Hey everybody, I'm Steve Katz. I am a southern California native in my 18th year teaching, number 8 in Costa Rica. I have taught all core subjects and many different electives, but have mostly taught social studies & dabbled in tech classes. I really enjoy having my students create video projects that go along with the curriculum, and I used my experience doing this (and my handouts) to write a book for teachers who want to integrate video projects into their classes (http://teachwithvideo.com). I have also presented at a few conferences, and was recently made the Director of Educational Technology at my school. I'm glad to finally be part of this community.

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Permalink Reply by pnichols on January 15, 2009 at 6:09am

Hi everyone, My name is Paul from Switzerland and I am looking to participating in forums and discussions.

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Permalink Reply by Dave Crusoe on January 15, 2009 at 7:38am

Hey everyone,

Glad to join the group... it's excellent to find such a strong community of tech educators online. We're educators who are founding the Public Learning Media Labs, a nonprofit dedicated to producing free educational and social-serving web-based software.

The first our of apps, http://www.boolify.org, is out & about to undergo some updates; others, including data application, history app, and environmental app are all in the works, and due out soon.

Of course, we'll let y'all know when we're releasing something new for beta or public use!

Cheers and glad to be aboard,
--Dave
http://www.plml.org

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Permalink Reply by Elizabeth on January 15, 2009 at 11:37am

Hi! I teach at an independent school, and am lucky to have great access to useful technology. I have a SmartBoard in my classroom, and am hoping to use a Senteo system in the future. I look forward to learning from y'all!

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Permalink Reply by Larry Emmons on January 15, 2009 at 12:45pm

Hi, Larry here. I'm the IT Director at Culver Academies with partial oversight of the Educational Technology department. I'm fairly new to the educational world (20 years in corporate America) so I joined this group to learn from those who have educational experience/background when it comes to technology in the school. Thanks...

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Permalink Reply by Nancy Bosch on January 15, 2009 at 12:53pm

Welcome aboard, I'm sure you'll learn a lot hanging around here. This won't come as a surprise but education tech is a lot different than business world! Enjoy, n.

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Permalink Reply by Coach Kearney on January 15, 2009 at 1:10pm

I am a veteran teacher of 24 years and this year I am a Reading Coach for an alternative middle/high school in FL. I have a Special Education background and have spent 12 years at the elementary level and 12 years in the middle grades. Just this year, I have begun to teach a class of Intensive Reading (10th-12th grades) which is fun for me. Working directly with students helps me to enjoy that teacher student relationship that I've missed being out of the classroom.I enjoy technology and try to use it to engage my students. Our school (as many) does not have an endless supply of funding and is limited on the technology available. Specifically, we are limited on personnel who are looking to ichat, blog, create imovies, use digital story telling...etc. I am trying to get my students reading for pleasure and understand some of the reading strategies needed for reading success. I can easily match girls with texts...the boys at my school are much more challenging for me. I welcome ideas and suggestions!

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Permalink Reply by Nancy Bosch on January 15, 2009 at 1:21pm

Coach, I teach gifted K-6 and many of my kids are voracious readers (3-5 years above age mates) I'm always looking for high level books for 6th graders with appropriate content. Two science fiction books recently recommended to me are The Hunger Games, The BarCode Tattoo (and sequel). We also read Airborn by Kenneth Oppel --(steampunk genre, series of three books, very well written, great vocab) pirates, airships and love. Let me know if you need more suggestions, I've got several hundred great books in my class library. N.

PS Hate to say it but if you could convince the guys---they would love the Twight Series by Stephene Meyers

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Permalink Reply by Ashley on January 15, 2009 at 2:56pm

Hey! I'm Ashley, from Burlington, NC but go to school at ECU. I'm in my final semester student teaching with fourth grade. I'm looking forward to including technology into my instruction. If you have any great ideas please let me know! Love all the suggestions I can get!!!!!

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Permalink Reply by Mark Mayo on January 15, 2009 at 9:06pm

Ashley, you might look into this online video seminar starting this week: http://evovideo09.wikispaces.com/

It is sure to have some good ideas for using video in the classroom. It is focused on ESL/EFL language teaching, but I'm fairly certain the underlying principles of using video would apply to any age and subject.

Mark Mayo

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