Introductions

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

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Permalink Reply by Danna Revis on April 14, 2012 at 4:25am

Hello all! I am the training coordinator for a program in a state agency in Virginia. I am very interested in educational technology and am currently working towards an MA in learning technologies through Pepperdine University. It's an awesome program!

My agency has a statewide videoconferencing system, so I use that equipment lots in my training. We also use online learning. For my action research in grad school I'm working on using online discussion to supplement our online training efforts especially. Hopefully we will one day use online discussion and even social media widely in our agency. There's still a fairly rigid view that social media is for fun, not for learning, though, in our state government. That view is changing, but slowly.

Look forward to learning from and with all of you!

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Permalink Reply by Nancy Smith on April 16, 2012 at 8:18pm

Hello,

My name Is Nancy, and I teach in higher ed. I am currently a PhD student in curriculum and instruction in instructional technology. Would love to collaborate and meet new people. Just wanted to say hi!

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Permalink Reply by Nur Aira Abdrahim on April 18, 2012 at 1:43pm

Hey Nancy,

nice to see a familiar name & face from our class :)

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Permalink Reply by Kristina Sarr on April 17, 2012 at 9:39am

Hi, I'm Kristina. English and Special Ed, high school. I'm in New York. Just checking things out!

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Permalink Reply by Kelly Hart on April 20, 2012 at 7:52am

I'm Kelly Hart, 7th grade LA/Reading in NE KS. Looking forward to making some connections and learning a lot!

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Permalink Reply by Dorothy Caufield on April 20, 2012 at 4:58pm

Hi Everyone,

Dorothy Caufield, middle school language arts teacher in Sussex, New Jersey. I teach 6th and 8th grade. This is my 28th year of teaching.

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Permalink Reply by Susan B Bardin on April 20, 2012 at 8:25pm

My name is Susan B Bardin. I am currently a computer science teacher in Jacksonville, Florida. I began my teaching career as a computer teacher in a small catholic school in SC way back in 1988. Prior to that I was in computer sales- so I've been around a while. But I find all the changes to be exciting and keeping up with it all is quite challenging, but fun.

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Permalink Reply by Nadiya Bourourou on April 21, 2012 at 1:56pm

Hi everyone. I'm Nadia, an English teacher from Tunisia, passionate about learning new technologies and modern methods.

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Permalink Reply by Calvin Carr on April 21, 2012 at 10:49pm

Hello, my name is Calvin Carr.

This fall, I'll be pursuing my Master's degree in Mass Communications at San Jose State University. I plan to teach at the college level and leverage my 35 years of B2B (Business to Business) marketing experience along with my entrepreneurial background.

For the past 26 years I've been a publisher and owner of computer trade magazines serving the B2B marketplace. Previously, I owned my own retail store. I graduated from St. Lawrence University in upstate New York where I majored in history and certified to teach high school; after training at the American School of Florence, Italy.

So, I'm returning to my roots, by pursuing a teaching career. Currently I plan to teach both in the class room as well as online.

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Permalink Reply by Ellen on April 22, 2012 at 4:03am

Hello all from the Netherlands! I am Ellen and work as a lecturer at the International school of Amsterdam. www.isa.nl

Would love to exchange thoughts and ideas about anything with regards to education. Thank you

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Permalink Reply by reyhan on April 22, 2012 at 12:37pm

Hi,

I am K-12 English teacher in Türkiye. I try to integrate web 2.0 applications in my classes. It is so exiciting to be here and take part in webinars.. I hope It will be effective for accomplishing studies.Looking forward to learning and sharing technology.

Kindly,

Reyna

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Permalink Reply by Paraskevi Andreopoulou on April 22, 2012 at 2:59pm

Hi! I'm a language teacher and a language school owner of 2 somewhere in Greece! Please to meet you all here! I'm also a Cambridge DELTA Holder, I 've obtained the Diploma from S.Michael's College in Vermont, U.S.A. and I 'm an MAPDLE (Masters in Professional Language Development ) student....I'm here to be inspired by all teachers from around the world and to be informed of the latest advancements in language teaching that will help me with my Masters studies... Oh, any links for CLIL and Learner Autonomy?

Thanks once more for the welcome!