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Permalink Reply by Sue P on June 30, 2008 at 9:37am

Hi Rosalind!

I am also a social studies teacher and this past year began using podcasting in my class as a review tool. We created "masterycasts" and you can see them in the Ancient World history and US History sections of my website-www.masterymaze.com.

It was a very successful project. The students downloaded them to their iPods and other players, while some just accessed them on the site. You can also have the students write the scripts or do the podcasts themselves.

I had 100% passing on the NYS regents exam and I think the podcasts really helped. I serve needy inclusion classes, and the students felt better able to tackle the tests with the ability to access me 24/7!


Sue

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Permalink Reply by Jamie Pruden on June 30, 2008 at 8:23am

Hi all,

I'm Jamie. I've lived in the SF Bay Area all of my life (well... except the first two years and while I was in the Army.) I work at St. Ignatius College Prep in San Francisco and teach nights at the Castro Valley Adult School.

For the most part, I'm a Mac and FileMaker Pro expert, but my business card says "Business Analyst and Mac Guru".

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Permalink Reply by Joni Turville on June 30, 2008 at 11:25am

I have looked at classroom2.0 but just never found the need to sign up. I use facebook for my personal networking, but wasn't sure about using this as professional networking, so I'm excited and interested to see the possibilities.

I work on school improvement projects for a district just outside Edmonton, Alberta, Canada. I also do consulting for different organizations, and to do writing and speaking nationally and internationally on topics like differentiated instruction, technology in education and adult facilitation strategies.

I am the proud momma to two amazing teenagers. For fun, I like to hang out at Fry's and gaze at the shiny gadgets, golf, ski and read.

I'm also at NECC for the first time ever, and I'm enjoying it! I'm a little distressed with how my hair is getting exponentially bigger as the days go by in San Antonio. I'm afraid I'm going to take someone's eye out.

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Permalink Reply by Jeff Johnson on July 1, 2008 at 3:02pm

I'm Jeff Johnson, technology coordinator in the Glendale-River Hills School District in Glendale, WI. I have a great life partner, 2 dogs, 3 semi-grown chiildren, a bicycle and still love working in schools afyer having done so for more than 20 years.

I've been an educator since 1983 and involved in technology leadership and advocacy -- in an official capacity, at least -- since 1996.

I'm originally from Minnesota and made it to Wisconsin via Missouri (78-83) and Florida (83-86).

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Permalink Reply by Jen on July 2, 2008 at 7:04am

Hi. My name is Jen. I teach Geometry and Algebra 2 in Louisiana

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Permalink Reply by Christine on July 2, 2008 at 2:31pm

HI All,

I'm Christine I'm going to be teaching 6th Grade technology this year. I've had my Master's Degree in Learning Technologies/ Educational Technology since 1997, the internet was just starting to be used in the classrooms, besides mine, at that time.

I live in NJ, I am married, and have 2 children. I taught for 10 years as an elementary classroom teacher, and staff development instructor, and then I decided to stay home with my children for a few years. During my time as a SAHM(stay at home mom), I ran an internet business, so I've returned to teaching last Sept. I've been a member of a number of social networking forums related to my internet business, so I'm looking forward to connecting with other educators and how they use technology.

Glad to find the site since I'll be teaching technology this year! I'm looking forward to 2.0!

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Permalink Reply by Audrey McGowen Fine on July 2, 2008 at 3:04pm

Hi everyone!
I'm a teacher of gifted student in Birmingham, AL. This was soooo easy to join since I already had an NING account with my HS alumni site. I'm looking to learn more.... I'm just starting to learn about SL but seem to be walking in circles and teleporting to empty sites:)

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Permalink Reply by Jerry Q Clayton on July 2, 2008 at 4:07pm

Howdy all. Jerry Clayton here from Denver, CO. I teach Career and Technical Education at Denver West High School. In particular, Multimedia, Web Page Design and Desktop Publishing. I also do the Yearbook, the school paper and am the FBLA (Future Business Leaders if America) adviser. WOW! Try to get all that on a business card. Anyway, I'm happy to be here and would love to haer from anyone who shares similar experience or interest. I have been en educator for 6 years. Prior to that I was in sales and salesmanagement for 30 years.

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Permalink Reply by Al Tucker on July 10, 2008 at 10:00am

Hey Jerry, Welcome! I also came from an industry background to teach at a CTE school - my subject is Graphic Communications and Printing Technology. I've been at it now for 11 years and I still love getting up every day.
Like you, I'm also the yearbook advisor. (my class just completed their first)
Web 2.0 technologies allow for all sorts of yearbook management opportunities. We use Flickr as an image server and Moodle as a content management tool. Every day seems to offer new technologies that I can use with my students. We're going to create a digital yearbook in addition to our paper format this coming year and this site has been a terrific boost in helping me get a handle on how to keep my kids engaged in their learning. Let me know if I can help you in any way.

Al

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Permalink Reply by Kate Fanelli on July 3, 2008 at 1:17pm

Hi. I'm Kate. I teach math to high school students in a day treatment setting for students with emotional impairments. Glad to be here. A lot of the topics are topics that I'm interested in. Happy to be a part of it all.

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Permalink Reply by Sarah Peacock on July 4, 2008 at 5:06am

Hi All, Sarah Peacock here from Sheffield, UK. Work for a City Learning Centre delivering innovative projects using technology across a number of schools. Nice to meet you!

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Permalink Reply by Tony Hine on July 6, 2008 at 11:57am

I have always been interested in teaching, and I understand the power of the Internet to teach. I have set up my own Ning web site on my specialty subject which is MS Access, called "MS Access Hints and Tips" .

I demonstrate some of the things that you need to know about MS Access the things they don't teach you in books.

I use Camtasia to do screen recordings (screencams) and then I save them to a web site called Viddler which saves the video in a high definition format, so that when you view it it does not look fuzzy like the screencams on YouTube.

I was looking through the list of "popular Ning sites" and saw this one "Classroom 2.0" found your explanation of web 2.0 realize that defining Web 2.0 in your own wiki was so very web 2.0 (ironic) which I liked! That's why I joined up.

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