Introductions

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

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Permalink Reply by Hind Sinada on January 22, 2010 at 5:31am

Hello,thanks 4 the great tips &the encouragement,and I'm very keen 'n' ready 2 take the journey.Ihope we meet 'n' discuss a lot about integrating ICT in classroom,specially the Web2.0

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Permalink Reply by Jennifer Regruth on January 17, 2010 at 12:13pm

Hello, all!
I am Jennifer- a veteran fourth grade teacher from Seymour, IN-the great Midwestern section of the United States. I enjoy teaching and really love the kids!
I stumbled onto this site while searching for new ways to use more technology and less paper in my classroom. Our school has a 72% poverty rate, so not all of them have internet or computers at home...so any ideas are welcomed!
I can't wait to get started!

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Permalink Reply by Samantha Chaput on January 17, 2010 at 10:39pm

Hello,

I am Samantha Chaput I come from a small town called Cheshire, MA. I am a sub there and have been doing it for 5 years now. I plan on getting my a masters in education. I am very happy i was approved to this website.

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Permalink Reply by Anne Mirtschin on January 19, 2010 at 4:43pm

Hello Samantha and a warm welcome to classroom2.0

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Permalink Reply by Samantha Chaput on January 19, 2010 at 4:56pm

Thanks for the warm welcome. I miss teaching right now.

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Permalink Reply by Vicki Gaughan on January 18, 2010 at 4:10pm

Hi. My name is Vicki. I am a 10th grade student in Florida at a less then perfect school.
Since I plan on becoming a teacher one day, it would be nice to see how everything is really run and base my system of teaching on that.
Expecially because this is an online way of communication, I would really like to see this shoot up and become the way of learning.
The class that I wish to teach is High School band. It is where my heart and soul is. It would be nice to pass down my love to another generation.

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Permalink Reply by Anne Mirtschin on January 19, 2010 at 4:42pm

Hello Vicki and welcome to classroom 2.0 Great to see your early interest in teaching.

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Permalink Reply by Daniel DiFalco on January 21, 2010 at 11:42am

My name is Daniel DiFalco, and I am currently a Physical Education and Adapted PE teacher at Ardsley Middle School, in Westchester NY. I graduated from Cortland State in 2007 with a degree in Physical Education/ Kinesiology. On top of teaching, I also Coach three sports (Football, Skiing and Lacrosse). I am currently pursuing my Maters in Educational Technology part time. In my extremely limited free time, I like to fish, rock climb, ski, and play sports. I currently play on a men’s lacrosse team and compete in skiing competitions on the weekends.

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Permalink Reply by Deborah Hansen on January 21, 2010 at 11:51am

I am so pleased to have found my way to Classroom 2.0! I am a former middle school social studies teacher who is now district coordinator for character education. I also write curricula and create professional development components for a company here in Jacksonville that creates high-interest teen literacy books.

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Permalink Reply by Mark Heckel on January 21, 2010 at 11:56am

I'm Mark Heckel, an Information Technology Training Specialist at Penn State University. I'm a former public school teacher, and very interested in the pedagogical side of technology in the classroom.

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Permalink Reply by Anne Reed on January 21, 2010 at 12:06pm

I am a gifted resource teacher in Arlington Public Schools, located at Washington-Lee High School. In our new school we have Smart Boards in all classrooms and our ITC is leading a professional learning community in using Web 2.0 tools. It is overwhelming, so for me, I am taking one tool at a time and assessing its practical and effective use in the classroom. The tool I am learning about now and applying to a pedagogical scenario is Wall Wishers. Using this tool, a classroom teacher and I are posing a Socratic question for students to which they respond live and must post evidence to back up their responses. We will use the responses to analyze visually how they provide evidence, the depth and clarity of ideas, and repetition. Through this visual approach we hope to improve the seminar process in our classrooms. Here is an example:

http://www.wallwisher.com/wall/RbeqlBgHiB

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Anne Reed