Introductions

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

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Permalink Reply by Jason Schrage on March 10, 2008 at 11:56am

I teach 8th grade social studies in New York State. I am interested in using Web 2.0 technology to give my students more control of their learning - essentially to develop a more student centered classroom.

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Permalink Reply by Nancy Bosch on March 10, 2008 at 1:34pm

Welcome aboard, there have been several good discussions here about the teaching of Social Studies. There is one going on now about teaching slavery. My comment is always to use the primary sources that are available online, in my opinion, one of the neatest things about the Internet. It's what brings history to life--I've got a blog you might enjoy on using primary sources in the classroom--A Very Old Place

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Permalink Reply by Soultravelers3 on March 10, 2008 at 7:40pm

Wow, another great blog by you! I am really a super fan and love everything you do Nancy Bosch. ;)

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Permalink Reply by Nancy Bosch on March 10, 2008 at 7:55pm

Aren't you nice! I'm envious of your life, let me know when we can come and visit. N

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Permalink Reply by Soultravelers3 on March 10, 2008 at 8:34pm

Grin. Anytime!

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Permalink Reply by Jason Schrage on March 10, 2008 at 8:40pm

Thanks Nancy! it is great to see such an active forum of excited professionals!

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Permalink Reply by Sue Palmer on March 10, 2008 at 6:45pm

Welcome fellow New Yorker! I teach Global 9 and US History in New York as well. You can see more about me on my page here as well as my site and Blog. You are welcome to use any of my work. I have podcasts which my juniors use for review for their tests and the regents in the Subjects sections of the Maze.

Great to have a neighbor join the group. I have learned amazing amount here!

Sue

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Permalink Reply by Jason Schrage on March 10, 2008 at 8:42pm

Likewise - Is there a way of knowing or finding out if there are any other New York teachers out there in this forum?

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Permalink Reply by Nancy Bosch on March 10, 2008 at 9:08pm

You might try to search for "New York" and see what happens.

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Permalink Reply by Alessandro Allegri on March 10, 2008 at 4:23pm

Hi, Alessandro Allegri here, from Italy, maths&physics high school teacher. New to Web 2.0, curious and glad to be here. :-)

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Permalink Reply by Helen Otway on March 25, 2008 at 2:40pm

Hi Alessandro. Nice to have someone from Italy. I hope you have had a chance to explore some cool new Web2.0 tools here.
Helen

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Permalink Reply by H Songhai on March 10, 2008 at 8:04pm

Hey Everybody,

I'm H Songhai from Philadelphia, PA. I teach Media Literacy and Digital Archiving at Hope Charter High School. I'm an advocate of the paperless classroom, blogging, Internet broadcasting and Personal Start Pages like iGoogle, Netvibes and Pageflakes.