Introductions

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

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Permalink Reply by Lisa Dick on December 13, 2008 at 12:07pm

Hi everyone! Im new to implementing the whole web 2.0 concept because of limitations with our parish smartfilter. That all changed recently when Edublogs was unblocked:) I hope this sight is also unblocked but cant test it until Monday! Anyway, I teach computer education classes at our local high school (web design, multimedia, computer science). I start new classes in January, so if anyone is looking to join classes for a project send me an email:)

Thanks,
Lisa

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Permalink Reply by Eric Ditwiler on December 13, 2008 at 1:38pm

all right, now I am TOTALLY confused

What happened to what I just typed? Do I get to type it all over again?

I am Eric Ditwiler, I work in the Dean of Faculty's office at Harvey Mudd College which calls itself "The Liberal Arts College of Engineering, Science and Mathematics" and has about 750 students and 80 faculty. It is a member of the Claremont Colleges. I am also a Ph.D. student in higher education at the Claremont Graduate University. I am hoping to do some of my writing on technology and education--specifically on how technology is enabling constructivist pedagogies. I was a pioneer in Web 1.0 a decade and a half ago but it is apparent that I have some catching up to even understand what Web 2.0 is let alone what it can do.

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Permalink Reply by Tamora Pierce on December 13, 2008 at 1:47pm

I'm not a teacher. I found my way to one of your book discussions about science fiction, and since one of the things I have come to do is recommend books for people, both on my website and on my live journal, I pitched in--only I had to join to pitch in! I doubt I have much to contribute to most of your fora, but since I do have the time to read a lot of books, I hope no one will mind if I contribute there!

Tamora Pierce
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Permalink Reply by Jesse Sped on December 13, 2008 at 5:51pm

Hi all! I'm a student getting my Mild2Moderate credential in the Accelerated Collaborative Teaching (ACT) program at CSUN. I'm about to enter my 2nd (and final) semester... I hope to get a job special ed. working with students w/autism. I hope to meet others who are in the field, as well!

* I would like to learn how to help my students (w/autism or in special ed resource classes) use sites like this to enhance writing & social skills exercises. Thanks to all for your dedication to the profession!

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Permalink Reply by Harriet on December 15, 2008 at 3:04pm

Georgia Virtual School has had several autistic students be rather successful taking online classes! I know it is a challenging group to work with since the spectrum is so broad!

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Permalink Reply by Jesse Sped on December 16, 2008 at 5:15pm

Good point, that! I worked with students of different levels. I was thinking of someway of enhancing the writing & social skills via IM & e-mail... I'll look into GVS.. thx!

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Permalink Reply by David Lunn on December 13, 2008 at 7:50pm

Hi from Cincinnati. I'm a 2nd year English teacher. I'm looking for new ways of connecting old literature to my students. I'm also looking to collaborate with teachers and students especially in England. I teach 5 sections of British Literature.

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Permalink Reply by Nancy Bosch on December 14, 2008 at 7:03am

Take a Look at Google Lit Trips and Kevin's Heroic Journey. Great ways to connect old lit to new tools. I've also seen blogs written as literary figures or historical characters.

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Permalink Reply by Julio César Atencio villanueva on December 15, 2008 at 1:56pm

Hola
Saludos del Profesor de Lengua Castellana y Literatura ~~JULIO ATENCIO~~ les escribo desde el Callao Capital del ceviche en el Perú.soy docente de Instituto , Espero ciompartir con ustedes experiencias yconocimientos .Feliz navidad para todos

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Permalink Reply by Lucia Mourelle on December 15, 2008 at 2:32pm

Hola Julio!
Del ceviche y de fantásticos escritores! aquí en Buenos Aires cada vez tenemos mas restaurantes peruanos, me encanta el ceviche de mariscos!!! Sería interesante hacer algo juntos. Profesor de que edades eres? cómo es el ciclo escolar en Perú, entran en vacaciones ahora?feliz año para ti
un abrazo
Lucia

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Permalink Reply by Laurent on December 15, 2008 at 2:57pm

Hi everyone. Laurent Burman here - I'm new to the field of education (18 months now with GlobalScholar) having worked in consumer, internet and mobile technology for the past 9 yrs (P&G, Amazon, Helio) so I'm eager to learn from educators what works/doesn't both on the technology/tools front and with respect to your kids. I believe I can bring some experience around applying these in the consumer space to the conversation - but of course, you'll all be the judge of that. :-)

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Permalink Reply by Leslie Lord on December 15, 2008 at 3:01pm

The non-profit that I work for is considering a plan to introduce mobile broadband (WiMAX) to K12 school districts, nationwide. I am interested in understanding how students can benefit from secure, wireless access to coursework and the Internet.