Introductions

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

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Permalink Reply by fiona turner on May 12, 2009 at 4:19pm

Hi I am Fiona, I teach HE in an FE college and am currently studying a Masters' module in online education and training. I have set up a Ning social networking site at www.web2tech.ning.com to ask for contributions to the blogs or comments on others' blogs for a short research project before my final research paper - feel free to comment on the site too! My focus is social networking

I live in Uttoxeter which is a market town in the middle of the UK with my children. I am looking forward to some sunny days!

This is a great site for inspiration,

I welcome any feedback or ideas

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Permalink Reply by Nancy Bosch on May 12, 2009 at 4:43pm

Fiona, If you need some interaction from teachers you might post this as a discussion so everyone can see it. Welcome, N

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Permalink Reply by Erik Brillon on May 13, 2009 at 7:49am

Hello, I am Erik and live in Connecticut. I work full-time for the University of Bridgeport helping faculty learn and use technology more effectively. I am an adjunct member of this university along with teaching course online for various other institutions. Looking forward to connecting with other members of the profession as we move more towards technology at my university.

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Permalink Reply by Grant MacKenzie on May 14, 2009 at 9:12pm

My name is Grant MacKenzie and I look forward to learning how to use technology in education. I teach physical education/Leadership and Community at Allen Park Middle School in Michigan. Great site!!!!

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Permalink Reply by Cara Heitz on May 15, 2009 at 5:15pm

Hi, I'm Cara and I live in Cordova, Alaska. I teach 7th grade life science, 9th grade health, high school Biology, Marine Biology and Anatomy & Physiology. I am thrilled to see all that this Ning has to offer and look forward to exploring away...

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Permalink Reply by suegmc on May 16, 2009 at 12:27pm

My name is Sue and I teach math at a community college in Arizona. I have been creating my own animated Flash tutorials for the past few years and just got a Livescribe smartpen for Mother's Day :-) I plan on turning some of my math classes into Hybrid courses; meeting only part of the the time face-to-face and the other class time will be online. I am hoping to get some ideas from folks here on creating fun and interesting online lessons and activities for my students.

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Permalink Reply by Carola Jones on May 16, 2009 at 10:48pm

Greetings All! Carola here in the Blue Ridge Mountains of Western North Carolina in Cullowhee & Penland. Interested in online teaching tips, especially fundamental art courses.

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Permalink Reply by suegmc on May 17, 2009 at 6:38pm

I love the Blue Ridge Mountains! I am here in HOT Arizona! My husband is from the south and he misses it.
I am currently making my own online animated Flash tutorials and I thought you might be interested in seeing my 12 year old's artwork. He has taught himself to use Fireworks and I have used him to create most of my artwork.
http://www.mc.maricopa.edu/~glascoe/arithmetic/arithmeticindex.htm

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Permalink Reply by Steve Ediger on May 17, 2009 at 6:22pm

Hi, I'm Steve Ediger, International IT Director, currently positioned at United World College-USA. I like the international flavor of Classroom 2.0. It should provide a great mix of ideas. I'm learning technology, pedagogy, economics (p2p-style) at the moment.

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Permalink Reply by Rabbi Spicehandler on May 18, 2009 at 6:40am

Hi! I am Judy Spicehandler from Glencoe IL . I am the director of a K-12 Jewish supplemental school connected to my synagogue (I am also a rabbi). I have about 600 children in my school. I am a relative novice to 2.0 but I have a lot of enthusiasm and am trying very hard to get my teachers (mostly over forty) on board. I could use a lot of help! I am also interested to know if there ate Jewish educators in Classroom 2.0.

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Permalink Reply by Noemi Szoychen on May 22, 2009 at 4:53pm

Hi Judy,
You are not alone! I've been trying to get in contact with other Jewish Educators throught different social networks but I guess there are still very few of us here.
My name is Noemi Szoychen, I live in Jacksonville, Fl and I've been in Jewish education for about 23 yrs. ( I am in my fortys), So it's been almost half of mylife.I am a very eclectic jew. I am sefardi born in Mexico, who lived in Israel for 2 years in Israel (I've got my certification as a Jewish Educator in Jerusalem at Machon Greenberg L]Morim) and who emigrated to the USA 15 yrs. ago. So this is the short story.
I am a passionated of integrating Jewish Education with Technology and Arts. You can visit my blog to have an idea of the different projects I work on: Jewlearn-it
I am teaching Middle School Judaic Studies and Hebrew at the Martin J. Gottlieb Day School, and also I am the Technology and art resources especialist for the Jacksonville Jewish Center Religious School. 5 years ago, I did not know much about computers but I am always willing to learn new things everyday and here I am.
If I can be of any help let me know!
Shabath Shalom,
Nomy

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Permalink Reply by Rabbi Spicehandler on May 25, 2009 at 3:53pm

Thanks Naomi. I had 2 days to play on the computer , since Sunday school is over for the school year and Monday the synagogue was closed. I feel like I have learned tons in the last 2 days. But
as with all learning the more I learn the more I know that I don't know! So yes- I can use all the help I can get! I will follow your blog and see where it leads! I too have a blog but it is on Wordpress and it is more about Judaism and Education than it is about technology (although I can see that technology is going too infiltrate my blog any day now).Take a look if you like. It is at http://rabbijudy.wordpress.com/.

Darim is a great Jewish Education place to go for tips on all things 2.0. I subscribe to Jew.0 . Do you know about them?

Judy