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 March 3, 2008 at 11:50am

Hi Dan I agree. After looking at your homework help section, I invite you to take a look at my review podcast site. If you visit the Subjects sections, you will have access to review podcasts and material in many areas. I am adding to it weekly. Your kids can download the materials on their iPods or similar players and listen wherever. It is free and open to all.

Thanks.

Sue

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Permalink Reply by Glenn E. Malone on February 21, 2008 at 11:17pm

Howdy!

Glenn Malone, Elementary School Principal, Puyallup, WA.

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Permalink Reply by Lisa Burden on February 22, 2008 at 10:47am

Hey Everyone!

I teach Honors Spanish I at middle school, as well as Teen Leadership. I also have a leadership club, where we learn by doing! I just learned early this school year about wikis and how to use them, so I started a social network among my students and then taught other teachers how to use them at my campus. The kids love to do this!! Our next step is to communicate with othe studnets using the Wikispaces Messages.... contact me if you are interested!!

Our school district is very committed to the idea that education MUST change, and we are VERY interested in hosting a Classroom 2.0 conference here near Austin, TX.

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Permalink Reply by Sue Palmer on February 23, 2008 at 3:21pm

Hi Jennifer and Welcome!

You will love it here= Lots to learn and share!

Sue P

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Permalink Reply by Tekkieteacher on February 23, 2008 at 2:59pm

Hello All!

I'm an Instructional Technology Resource Teacher in Virginia. Looking forward to sharing ideas and thoughts!

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Permalink Reply by Sue Palmer on February 23, 2008 at 3:20pm

Welcome!

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Permalink Reply by Hilary Greenebaum on February 23, 2008 at 6:26pm

Hi everyone,

My name is Hilary (one L mind you, there is another one who has 2!). ASide from being really interested in politics... Ive been a teacher - adminstrator - and now PhD student. Really interested in teachers and 2.0 technologies and what school leaders can do to encourage them.
We live in beautiful Denver. What a great site! This is wonderful! Thanks for contributing.

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Permalink Reply by Kerry Eberhardt on February 24, 2008 at 10:46am

Hey there everyone from Morris County NJ! I am a high school biology teacher and I am so excited to be part of this community. As I am writing this I am thinking how incredibly cool it is that this is even possible! Sometimes I get so wrapped up in using Web 2.0 as a tool in education that I forget how totally awesome it is and how many possibilites there are compared to the past! I am excited to discuss applications of Web 2.0 in the high school setting and how to adapt education to the changing world around us :] - Kerry

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Permalink Reply by Sue Palmer on February 24, 2008 at 11:22am

Hi Kerry- I am also high school social studies. You can see my page to see my work in podcasting with my inclusion and at risk kids! Welcome!

Sue

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Permalink Reply by Julia Ault on February 24, 2008 at 5:21pm

Hello everyone, Julia Ault here from Carmarthen, Wales, UK.
I will be finishing my undergrad degree in Information Systems with Management this summer and am studying for my dissertation on informal learning using social networking. I am involved with a local case study on greening business and will also be undertaking theoretical research to underpin the case study.

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Permalink Reply by Hilary Greenebaum on February 25, 2008 at 2:25pm

Hi Elizabeth,
Do you use the school 2.0 map? I had not seen that so am appreciative of the link. How are you using it?
thanks! Hilary

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Permalink Reply by Jeremy Davis on February 25, 2008 at 2:33pm

Hi all!

My name is Jeremy Davis and I'm with a company called Calvert Enterprises. I have an absolutely brilliant 5 year old daughter (spoken like a proud daddy) who is starting kindergarten in the fall.

I am very fortunate in that my job with my company is all about thinking up new ideas and seeing if there is a business to built around it. It's really an open canvas which is just awesome.

Right now I'm in the middle of incubating an idea directly related to technology & very early education (pre-k through about 3rd grade). I'm not giving any details yet since I don't want anyone to steal my brilliant idea! ;)

I am a firm believer in building community around ideas to help generate new thought, validate assumptions, even spark controversy. I considered trying to build a community here around what we're doing, but decided to host and build a separate one as I am *really* only focused on this young age group. So much of what I see out there is for older kids, and that makes a ton of sense given how they use technology. But, I think we have something of value for the younger ones and - probably more importantly - their parents and teachers.

The community is called ChimeInOnline.com. As mentioned, I am hoping to hold educationally oriented conversation there specifically related to our young kids. How does that relate to my work? I'm hoping that in participating in community among like-minded people on the topic, I may glean some nuggets of information to help improve what I'm doing. As I mention on the site, even if it turns out there isn't a business or service that comes out of things, I'm hopeful this will be a great and interesting resource for interested people.

If that sounds interesting, check out the site at www.ChimeInOnline.com.

I hope this isn't seen as me trying to poach Classroom 2.0 members!! I am thoroughly enjoying lurking in conversations here and will maybe stop lurking and participating soon. I definitely see my community as very different from this one since it's so focused.

Jeremy Davis