Introductions
Please introduce yourself, let us know a little bit about you, and where you are from.
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Permalink Reply by Sue Palmer on
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Hi Laurie-
Our tech director is looking into switching from the BOCES provided Schoolwires system to a Moodle site. This past summer I created a content management site in Drupal at www.masterymaze.com. I would be curious to know how it compares to Moodle. Drupal is also open source and I was told it is better for media than Moodle, and as a result I chose it as my platform. I am creating video podcasts. The site evolved into a learning community site to be used by the world. We are only up a couple of months and are focusing on getting the word out this new year. Please let me know what you think. Thanks for the info.
Sue P aka The Maze
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Permalink Reply by Laurie Korte on
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Hi Sue,
I don't have any information about Drupal's content management site. Moodle has so much support and so many people developing ideas I haven't found an end. Please feel free to visit a Ning with a bunch of "moodlers" discussing what they do with it at http://moodlemeet.ning.com
Laurie
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Permalink Reply by Anne Pemberton on
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Laurie,
When you said it is a newer application of Blackboard, I know what you are about.
I suspect, that many teachers will put their courses online "as is", but many more will revise their courses, especially adding new resources. Tell your teachers, especially elementary and special ed teachers, to check out the resources on http://www.educationalsynthesis.org ... Of special interest are the reading books (My Own Books) which are individualized, then read online or printed into a booklet. The Famous Americans is another popular resource. You may want to tell your special ed teachers that My Own Books came from an experiment to involve an autistic nephew into reading and history. Andrew loved the books about HIS adventures in history and other areas.
Anne
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Hi Nick and welcome.
I teach secondary social studies and this is a very important topic that I try to cover as much as I can in my class. I am glad you are focusing on it. Students today do not understand the differences between many types of media and information in general which they receive. This is something which we need to cover as teachers. Great stuff on your ning. I will join as soon as I get a minute later.
Feel free to see our site as well. Thanks!
Sue P aka the Maze
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Permalink Reply by Jeremy Brown on
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Hi, everyone! I'm Jeremy Brown. I am a special education teacher in Rockville, Maryland, USA. I teach young children (grades K-5) with autism. I also do some co-teaching in science with the general education teachers in my building. Instructional and assistive technologies are professional interests of mine. I try to incorporate technology, especially Web 2.0 tools, whenever it would be beneficial for my students.
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HI Jeremy and welcome.
I am a gen ed social studies teacher who co teaches as well. I have all inclusion classes and I am in the last throws of my special ed cert. Because of the difficulties my students have faced in passing the standardized tests in NY, I started podcasting and using web 2.0 tools. It has transformed my classroom and results! There are many things we can do to address learning styles and reach all the kids we have. I recently launched a learning community site to share my work and facilitate collaboration! Feel free to explore and use it if helpful! I am also looking for collaborators to add and share content. Good luck!
Sue P aka the Maze
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Permalink Reply by Beth Poss on
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Hi Jeremy! I am new to Classroom 2.0 also! Nice to see a familiar face here:)
Beth
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Permalink Reply by Anne Mirtschin on
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Hi Beth, Hope you are enjoying your time so far with classroom2.0. When I joined there was 1 familiar face, too. Now I have lots of them from the new friends I have made. I have been a member for 8 months now and have learnt so much from it. I teach grades 4-10 information technology and have been able to introduce many web2.0 tools and collaborative projects to my classroom. Have a look around at the members, and make friends with people who have similar interests and we look forward to hearing more from you.
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Permalink Reply by Linda Rice on
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Hi all,
I'm Linda a middle school principal from Colorado. After seeing Warlick's presentation I thought I'd better start entering this new era of technology collaboration. So I'm just beginning to explore and learn.
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Welcome! You will learn much here!
Sue P.
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Permalink Reply by Lee Allan Sanders on
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Hello, I'm Lee Allan Sanders from the central coastal region of California, USA. I am a degreed educator and taught high school and adult evening education for several years, then moved into the telecomm industry as a trainer and marketing manager, so i could earn enough to support my family while still trying to live in California! For the last several years I have been employed by California's largest and most successful university system as a Learning Officer, in the exciting field of online learning. I am responsible both for assisting in the design of the "packaging" that we use when preparing our courses for delivery, and also for creating online courses that teach faculty how to teach online. I'm happy to be part of this community, and, as time permits, I shall participate as much as possible *:-) Have fun!
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Permalink Reply by kHUSHBOO on
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Hi
I hail from india and is in process of developing a website for mathematics learning. Going forward the approach will be collaborative learning and one way of achieving this form of learning is using technology. It is important to relate your learning to the surrounding for enabling the kids to apply their learning to real life situation. I constantly delve into research to come up with ideas that can be converted into activities. I believe it is important for a kid to accept challenges outside the text books and this is possible only if he has understood the concept properly. We aim to achieve this through our website. I would be immensely pleased if you guy's can have a look at our site and also give us valuable feedback. The url for the same is http://www.inhomeacademy.com.
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