Introductions

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

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Permalink Reply by J Aleta Villanueva on February 4, 2012 at 10:04pm

Hi. I am "Teacher Aleta" at the Builders School and "Prof V" to my students at the University of the Philippines Open University. I've eagerly posted via the discussion forum and now here to say my hellos. I've been a gradeschool teacher most of my life here in my country and have become an online teacher at the higher ed since 2007. It was quite a struggle adjusting to the online world. Last year, I've started to comfortably navigate the web after spending a few years in my unive's community site and playing around with Google apps. Ever since I've become part of the WizIQ community/platform, I have finally moved around other sites to learn virtually and the experience has become most interesting. I am here to learn more of course and largely to observe how this community operates to give me new and fresh ideas when it comes to encouraging other teachers in the Philippines to maximize what the Web 2.0 has to offer. I hope to sustain my attention for a year here at Classroom 2.0, amidst all other work which needs to get done. Thanks for having me.

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Permalink Reply by Jill Horneman on February 9, 2012 at 1:26pm

Hello, My name is Jill. I am majoring in Special Education and would love to work with others to help me learn how to work with students and other teachers.

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Permalink Reply by Kaitlin Nugarus on February 9, 2012 at 1:26pm

Hi, I'm Kaitlin! I am a Special Ed major, and cant imagine doing anything else with my life. I am looking forward to meeting, learning from and colloborating with other education professionals to expand my knowledge and experience.

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Permalink Reply by Daniel Hettinger on February 9, 2012 at 1:27pm

Hello all! I am Daniel from the south suburbs of Chicago. I am currently in college pursuing a career in the field of special education. Any guidance and insight that you can provide for me will be greatly appreciated.

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Permalink Reply by Lauren Biggs on February 9, 2012 at 1:30pm

Hey Everyone,

I'm Lauren from Chicago, Illinois. I am currently an undergrad student at Lewis University studying combined elementary and special education with a concentration in history. I've gone through most of the education program at Lewis leaving me with a year and half left until I am a certified teacher. Glad to be here to learn great ideas from fellow professionals with great experiences in the teaching field.

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Permalink Reply by Elizabeth Zimmer on February 9, 2012 at 1:30pm

Hey! Elizabeth from Chicago, IL

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Permalink Reply by Laura Maffei on February 11, 2012 at 3:38am

Hi everybody!

I'm Laura from Italy. I teach Literature, History and Geography in a lower secondary school (students 11-14) in Tuscany, near Florence and Siena. Since the very beginning of my career as a teacher, I've been involved in International cooperation projects and in the development of CLIL courses for my pupils. I'm looking forward to sharing my experiences with other teachers and learning from each other. And of course, I'm always looking for new hints & ideas for educational technology!

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Permalink Reply by James Cressey on February 12, 2012 at 1:58pm

Hello, I'm James. I am a special education / school psychology person. Teaching at the college level now, in my first year as an assistant professor. After 1 semester I am already fed up with Blackboard and I have migrated most of what I do onto other sites, such as my Google Site and an Edmodo group. I would like to use a blog or wiki with students next semester. I am also interested in the PLN phenomenon and introducing students to this idea as they enter teaching. So I hope to learn a lot from other techie teachers out there!

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Permalink Reply by norbert kiprop boruett on February 13, 2012 at 12:53am

James- i support your thinking- i am a certified Moodler and i have found the Google educational applications very useful. just to name a name a few google forms- for making quizzes,google docs sharing documents and wikispaces for sharing sites and discussions

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Permalink Reply by Soledad Hernandez on February 15, 2012 at 5:37am

Hi, I´m Soledad from Viedma, Rio Negro in Argentina. I´m an English teacher and translator and I work as a virtual tutor in an institute and at the university where I teach english to adults.Most of the time I use 2.0 tools to enrich my classes and motivate students. This place is really very useful to help us in our job. I keep reading. Sole

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Permalink Reply by Jean Kennedy-Hubler on February 15, 2012 at 10:52am

Hi, I am Jean Kennedy-Hubler a librarian and teacher at Valley View Middle school in Snohomish, WA. I am so glad to be able to connect with PBS and all of you hard working caring people.

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Permalink Reply by John Hogan on February 18, 2012 at 12:48pm

Dia daoibh frm Ireland. My name is John Hogan and I am a Primary School teacher in Tipperary. I love ICT and I love that children love it to. I joined to learn more so I can help them more.