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Permalink Reply by Wisteria on May 9, 2008 at 11:29pm

Hi, I just stumbled on this wonderful blog/forum and decided to sign up. I teacher K-5 students media literacy skills. I also collaborate with open and willing classroom teachers to integrate the skills learned with their classes. Available planning time is often the issue. I live in the Northeast and save retired greyhounds. I have four of my own names, Mystery, Lion (Cowardly Lion), Webster, and Wizard. Yes, the names were picked...their racing names were worse. How about Redbud Diablo. Well I guess that;s me, except that I am outgoing, peppy, serious yet laugh and joke a lot too. Lastly, I'd rather buy books than clothes or food. It's a sickness ....OCD for bookworms. LOL Have a GREYT weekend, Wisteria

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Permalink Reply by Anne Mirtschin on May 10, 2008 at 12:05am

Hello Wisteria, I like your sense of humour and welcome to classroom20. You will find lots to keep you busy here, so enjoy your time looking around and enjoying all the online material that can be found here.

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Permalink Reply by Wisteria on May 20, 2008 at 11:07pm

Hi Anne...I'm just getting back...sorry for the delay. I had a family wedding that was somewhat princess like. I kept looking for the fairy godmother to flitter down from the ceiling, until I realized I was the "Fairy God Mother." Actually, it was an awesome wedding on Cape Cod. Where are you from? I am excited about this site. I am a member of NING. I have a book blog
http://bookwormsdinner.blogspot.com
and a tech blog..sort of in a prenatal stage. You can look at it though. I would love your opinion if you wouldn't mind.
http://windsofweb2point0.blogspot.com/
Talk soon....thanks for responding. Nice to meet you.

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Permalink Reply by John C on May 16, 2008 at 5:07am

Hello, my nme is John Coliton and I am a faculty member at Montgomery College (in Maryland) and this week I am attending a conference in Virginia about Web 2.0 Technologies and New Media. One of the exercises was to create a Ning profile and then wander around a bit and explore. Part of that exploration led me to Classroom 2.0 so I joined up. After four days of exposure to blogs, wikis, podcasts, social bookmarking, social websites, immersive realities (Second Life), Audacity and Camtasia - I'm sure there is a course here for our students (I teach computer applications). Now I have to figure out how that kind of course would be structured and how it fits into our curriculum. So much to learn and so few months in the summer to learn it.

John

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Permalink Reply by Tracy on May 16, 2008 at 7:09am

Welcome John! I have just started learning about all of these things myself. I am trying to familiarize myself with the technology, as well as figure out how it can help my middle schoolers learn to read, write , speak and listen better in English.

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Permalink Reply by Anne Mirtschin on May 16, 2008 at 3:00pm

Hello John, I love all the tools you have mentioned - blogs wikis, nings etc but even though there is so much to learn, they are powerful learning tools and if you take small steps with someof them, you will soon realise the applications for classroom use. However, the learning will continue on, as new tools and ways of using them are discovered. Welcome to this wonderful classroom!

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Permalink Reply by Paul Janowitz on May 16, 2008 at 10:49am

We just launched www.StudentsKnow.com and it is the first social student-2-student learning network with rich media and an extremely easy to use interface. It also has a full featured Facebook widget for your students to access direct class and tagged video feeds. You may contact me direclty at paul@studentsknow.com

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Permalink Reply by Anne Mirtschin on May 16, 2008 at 3:02pm

You are so fortunate to be able to use facebook. Unfortunately it is blocked in our school.

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Permalink Reply by Wisteria on May 20, 2008 at 11:17pm

Facebook is blocked in our school also. We have a prohibitive network, but sometimes it is because of the old infrastructure. We are in the process of upgrading at the high school, then it will filter down to the middle and elem. When we all try to do too much video streaming ....CRASH. When we have some sites blocked, fortunately I am a media specialist and I have the liberty to unblock if I think it is ok. Ahhhhh...I just love the power.
NOT just kidding. It really is a pain. We have to teach our students to be more media aware because these messages they see will only get worse not better. Ok...I'll step off my box.

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Permalink Reply by Nazli on May 16, 2008 at 11:08am

Hello - Nazli here from Computer Science Department at Millersville University. What a great forum! I am interested in integrating Web 2.0 technology in my research/ teaching/ service projects.

Best,
Nazli

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Permalink Reply by Anne Mirtschin on May 16, 2008 at 3:02pm

Hi Nazli, you will enjoy integrating web2.0 technology into your classroom. There are some wonderful resources and ideas to be shared on this ning. So, take your time, have a good look around and make some new friends who can collaborate with you.

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Permalink Reply by Liza Moss on May 18, 2008 at 10:51pm

Hello,
I am the teacher librarian in an Australian high school in the Newcastle area which is 150 kms north of Sydney. I am hoping to learn a lot by taking part in this site (I am not a techie). Sometimes I think school gets in the way of exploring just what could be done with technology.

Liza Moss

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