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Permalink Reply by Anne Mirtschin on May 6, 2008 at 10:40pm: Hello Jim and welcome to classroom20. I am just a new grandma as well - well I was 10 months ago. You will find lots to keep you happy here. Web2.0 allows the teacher to be a facilitator which I love to be.; ▶ Reply to This

Permalink Reply by Art Lader on May 7, 2008 at 12:46am: Art Lader here. I am a secondary school teacher in Aiken, South Carolina. I am also a passionate Moodler and am a consultant for Moodlers. This site was recommended by a colleague and I am looking forward to participating here.

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Permalink Reply by Anne Mirtschin on May 7, 2008 at 1:57am: Hello Art and welcome to the site. I am sure you will find much to keep you interested and occupied.; ▶ Reply to This

Permalink Reply by Art Lader on May 7, 2008 at 2:42am: Thank you, Anne. I am sure that you are right about that. Looks like a great site and an active community.

(By the way, my post should have said consultant for Moodlerooms, not Moodlers.)

Nice to be here. :-)

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Permalink Reply by Michael Reed on May 9, 2008 at 5:31am: Hi Everyone,

I just wanted to say hello and say a big thank you for those who got this site started. I think there are countless opportunities to employ education technologies within my school district.

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Permalink Reply by Anne Mirtschin on May 9, 2008 at 1:47pm: There are absolutely countless opportunities here and I love the fact that so many members come from so many countries, cultures and backgrounds but we all have a common purpose. I still keep coming back to see what the latest discussions are about and there is always something new to be learnt or shared.; ▶ Reply to This

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; ▶ Reply to This

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.; ▶ Reply to This

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/
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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.

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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.; ▶ Reply to This

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!; ▶ Reply to This

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