Introductions

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

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Permalink Reply by Sarah Peacock on July 4, 2008 at 6:06am

Hi All, Sarah Peacock here from Sheffield, UK. Work for a City Learning Centre delivering innovative projects using technology across a number of schools. Nice to meet you!

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Permalink Reply by Tony Hine on July 6, 2008 at 12:57pm

I have always been interested in teaching, and I understand the power of the Internet to teach. I have set up my own Ning web site on my specialty subject which is MS Access, called "MS Access Hints and Tips" .

I demonstrate some of the things that you need to know about MS Access the things they don't teach you in books.

I use Camtasia to do screen recordings (screencams) and then I save them to a web site called Viddler which saves the video in a high definition format, so that when you view it it does not look fuzzy like the screencams on YouTube.

I was looking through the list of "popular Ning sites" and saw this one "Classroom 2.0" found your explanation of web 2.0 realize that defining Web 2.0 in your own wiki was so very web 2.0 (ironic) which I liked! That's why I joined up.

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Permalink Reply by Erin Borino on July 6, 2008 at 8:04pm

Hi, I'm Erin. I've been an Educational Technologist for 17 years in a K-5 school in Rockaway, NJ. I'm married and have 2 children. Along with teaching computers to students, I am responsible for all the technology in my building, am head teacher and teach some staff development courses. I work a lot with the teachers to help them incorporate teachnology into their daily lessons. I'm looking forward to sharing as well as learning a few new things!

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Permalink Reply by Chris Beedham on July 7, 2008 at 6:38am

Hello folks! I am Chris Beedham from Warrington, England where I am Primary ICT Consultant. Constantly on the lookout for innovative ideas using ICT which I can share with colleagues, teachers and pupils I work with. Looking forward to being a part of what looks like a lively community!

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Permalink Reply by Michelle TeGrootenhuis on July 7, 2008 at 10:57pm

Hi! I'm Michelle TeGrootenhuis, but the kiddos call me "Mrs. T.G."

I love teaching 5th grade at a small school in NW Iowa. Before I switched to 5th grade, I taught 2nd grade for 12 years. I'm also our district's K-5 Reading/Lang Arts Curriculum Specialist.

My family and I live on a farm which my husband manages. I have two kids, a daughter in middle school and a son in elementary.

http://www.mrstg.com

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Permalink Reply by Ilana Bittner on July 8, 2008 at 9:32am

Hello friends!

I'm ilana Bittner from Columbia, MD, a community created in the "new town" design of the 1960's. Located between Washington DC and Baltimore, people move to our community for the schools... that's the #1 reason as tracked by realtors. Yet, as a parent, I see many of the same challenges as other districts. I believe we're falling behind in innovative teaching and learning, with our school system's growing fear not to mess up what we already have.

I'm also a media producer at Pixel Workshop, a media studio with e-learning clients like McGraw-Hill, Prentice Hall, and Harcourt. We also just completed our first independent production called TripFLIX, a DVD for kids and families.

Looking forward to leaning and sharing.

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Permalink Reply by Jacques Cool on July 8, 2008 at 10:07am

Hi, my name is Jacques Cool, from New Brunswick, Canada. I've been involved in distance learning since 2001 and have been in the francophone Public education for 22 years, doing different things, mostly at the HS level. I must say that e-learning has provided me with the most exciting work experiences mainly because I've been surrounded by great colleagues and hey, this is where to be when thinking 21st-century learning and the impact of ICT. This is my fourth, no fifth, Ning community; great tool!

Merci et au plaisir d'échanger avec vous tous!

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Permalink Reply by Marlessa Benson on July 8, 2008 at 2:11pm

Hello,

I teach ASTRONOMY and BIOLOGY at Kimberly High School in Wisconsin. I am interested in learning and sharing about these two courses.

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Permalink Reply by Tom Anderson on July 8, 2008 at 7:08pm

Greetings
I am Tom Anderson, from Crookston, Minnesota. I am forever looking for new resources to use to improve my teaching. I teach the physical sciences and earth science at a small rural school. I have just completed my 5th year of teaching and I am working towards a masters degree in science education.

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Permalink Reply by Helen Otway on July 13, 2008 at 4:31am

Hi Jeanine,
Welcome to Classroom 2.0. I think you may find this clssroom useful for your homework!
Helen

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Permalink Reply by Tim Owens on July 9, 2008 at 8:20am

My name is Tim Owens and I'm married to Emalee Owens. I work in IITS at Longwood University in Farmville, VA and I am currently obtaining my masters in Instructional Technology from Virginia Tech. My wife and I blog at Changing Ed and I regularly do videocasting over there was well.