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Plurk and Twitter are social networking sites. They are both micro blogging sites and are a great way to build your PLN, Personal Learning Network, and find new resources. Amber, Vicky, and Nedra are all on Plurk. Feel free to friend any of us.


 * = ===Name === ||= ===Have you ever participated in an ===

online collaborative project?
||= ===What do you hope to get out of this project? === ||= ===Any Thing Else You'd Like to Share? === ||= ===[|Twitter] ===

[|Name]
||< ===[|Plurk Name] === || How Tall is a 1st Grader, Voices of the World, Time Zone Experiences, Monster Project and [|A Room With A View] This year in addition to this project, we are participating in: How Tall is a 1st Grader, Time Zone Experiences, and Monster Project ||< This was a fun experience last year and I'm excited to do it again. I hope that everyone tries to participate in the Winter At Our School pictures & Holiday Traditions VoiceThreads. ||= We're a PC lab with old equipment and if we can do it anyone can! ||= visionsbyvicky ||< visionsbyvicky || trying to get back in the swing now that I'm feeling a bit more comfortable || LaCava || No, I have never participated. I have also never used a Wiki and have very limited experience using technology with my students. I am excited to get started. || I hope to learn new things I can do with my students technology-wise. I also would like my students to be involved with activities with other classes across the country. || I am a 2nd grade teacher. I have one computer in my classroom. We do have a computer lab for 50 minutes/wk. I hope to get at least one project each month. More would be great, but I am going to start small and not overwhelm myself. ||  ||   || Not on Plurk much, mostly on twitter. || [] by clicking on archives. || I want the kids to continue to be excited about learning with technology. || We'd like to Skype(mrsgsclass) and are learning how to use our Mimio Interactive Board in our classroom. || suser1 (My PLN)
 * Amber Coggin || Yes, Scary Spuds. I hope to participate in more in the future. || I hope for all of us, students and teachers, to make new connections. I hope my students learn about winter in other places while also learning to use new tools. || <span style="font-family: 'Comic Sans MS',cursive;"> || <span style="font-family: 'Comic Sans MS',cursive;">mrscoggin || <span style="font-family: 'Comic Sans MS',cursive;">mrscoggin ||
 * = <span style="font-family: 'Comic Sans MS',cursive;">Nedra Isenberg ||= <span style="font-family: 'Comic Sans MS',cursive;">Yes. Last year I've participated in Scary Spuds, Online Autumn, and Winter Wonderland. ||= <span style="font-family: 'Comic Sans MS',cursive;">I'm looking forward to learning how to use some new tools, making connections, and seeing other creative projects. ||= <span style="font-family: 'Comic Sans MS',cursive;"> ||= <span style="font-family: 'Comic Sans MS',cursive;">NedraI-not there much ||< <span style="font-family: 'Comic Sans MS',cursive;">NedraI ||
 * = <span style="font-family: 'Comic Sans MS',cursive;">Vicky Sedgwick ||< <span style="font-family: 'Comic Sans MS',cursive;">Last year various classes participated in: This project, Online Autumn,
 * <span style="font-family: 'Comic Sans MS',cursive;">Michelle Russell || <span style="font-family: 'Comic Sans MS',cursive;">I participated last year and it was a great experience! || <span style="font-family: 'Comic Sans MS',cursive;">I hope the students will have fun. I am excited to participate in a collaborative project that is "outside" of the school. || <span style="font-family: 'Comic Sans MS',cursive;">I am a Technology Resource Teachers at a 1-5 school in Long Grove, IL || <span style="font-family: 'Comic Sans MS',cursive;">michellerussell ||< <span style="font-family: 'Comic Sans MS',cursive;"> ||
 * <span style="font-family: 'Comic Sans MS',cursive;">Barb Smith || <span style="font-family: 'Comic Sans MS',cursive;">I participated last year. The kids really enjoyed it! || <span style="font-family: 'Comic Sans MS',cursive;">I want the kids to enjoy doing this while also learning new skills. I can't wait to show them other projects and where those schools are located! || <span style="font-family: 'Comic Sans MS',cursive;">I teach computer to grades 2-4, but have chosen only to do 2nd this year. All grades was a bit overwhelming last year! || <span style="font-family: 'Comic Sans MS',cursive;">wants2bbeachbum ||  ||
 * Jennifer Kraft || I was actually working at the High School level last year and participated in the Net Generation Education Project, one created by Vicki Davis and Julie Lindsey. It was an amazing experience and I can't wait to share this type of experience with my Life Skills kiddos. || I want my kids to experience life outside of our small county and see what kinds of things they really can do. || This will be an interesting test of what kinds of computer skills my kiddos have and what they can gain. I'll also be seeing what types of UDL and assistive technology I might need to complete this type of project. || teachrtechr - typically don't post or check here || agapejen -
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 * Norma Goddard || Yes, I have participated in many online projects. I have participated in most of Susan Silverman's online projects and many by Jennifer Wagner. They have been so exciting and fun for the students and me. || I am hoping to learn some new tools and ways to incorporate technology into my teaching and my students learning. || Our computer lab time is on Thursday afternoon, so I plan to begin as soon as we can! I can't wait to get started. || teachtech14 ||  ||
 * Ann Oro || I have participated in several collaborative projects with my students. || I am hoping to give my students a stronger connection to other students with their work and practice digital citizenship with my students. || I teach Kindergarten through eighth grade computer classes. I'm focusing on third grade students with Winter Wonderland this year. || njtechteacher || njtechteacher ||
 * Patti Harju || Yes, I have participated in a few online projects including Jen Wagner's and this Winter Project last year. || I enjoyed the creative ideas last year. The students also enjoy looking at what other classes created. || I teach 2nd grade and enjoy having the second graders show the rest of the school what they can do! || scout7 || scout7
 * Susie Goneau || Yes, I have participated in technology projects mainly through Jenuine Tech, ie Jen Wagner. You can find our recent projects on []. Previous tech projects can be found at the bottom of

mrsgsclass (Class Updates)

[|http://mrsgsclass.com] ||
 * I have learned so much from following educators on Twitter! || Web site:
 * Nikki Sowers || No, I haven't. This is my first time. I am working with our TRT, so hopefully this experience will be a great one and I can do more in the future. || I want my students to be exposed to a wide spectrum of technology and see what other students their age are doing in their classrooms. ||  ||   ||   ||
 * Meghan Schaefer || Yes! I participated in Winter Wonderland last year and many of Jen Wagner's projects. || I like learning new ways to integrate technology into the curriculum. || I am a 1st grade teacher. || Meghan1st || MeghanS ||
 * Judy Walter || I partnered with one of my 3rd grade teachers and participated in the Monster Project last year. Actually, our partner class was Mrs. Sedgwick's group. It was a blast! || I work with K-5 teachers. I am especially looking for ideas for integrating technology for K and Gr.1. || I am a Curriculum Technology Partner. I service three elementary schools and 45 teachers. My job is to provide support and professional development for teachers so they can learn to use the technologies available to them in their curriculum. I do work with kids in classrooms while I model using the technology. || njwalter ||  ||
 * Marsha Harris || I have never "participated" in the collaboration before, but I did "steal" a few of the activites and use them in my lab last year. I'm excited to be part of an exciting project. || I'm interested in making some technology connections with other teachers and share lessons and ideas! || Instructional Technology Specialist 1st-5th. Independent school in Atlanta...this is my 2nd year in the lab and my 10th year teaching.

www.linktolearning.wikispaces.com ||  ||   ||
 * Katie Zorzi || I have never participated in an online collaboration before but I have done a few projects with my class on our class wiki. Last year we blogged on our wiki about our baby chick hatching project and NBC news featured us on their "teacher says" segment. It was so much fun! I am really excited to work with other classes and teachers in an online collaboration. || I am interesting in connecting with other teachers and sharing ideas. I want my students to understand how important technology is and what they are capable of doing with it. || I am a kindergarten teacher with two classes, AM and PM. This is my fourth year teaching. We have a class webpage and a wiki page. Check us out!

Class Website

Class Wiki ||  ||   || Class Website Class Wiki || Have, but never use! ||  || I don't use it often and when I do it's more personal than professional use. ||  || Winsper || I've participated in a few of Jen Wagner's projects~Oreo Cookies come to mind~but a few years back when I was a classroom teacher. I haven't participated in any online collaborative projects in my current position as a technology integration specialist. || I hope to have my students get excited about viewing other students' work from outside of our town. I'm looking forward to learning something new and having fun during this winter season! || I work in two schools with student populations around 450-500 each in Plymouth, MA. I see students in grades 1-5 every other week for one hour sessions. I work in each of my buildings for 2 1/2 days per week. We are an all PC district but are beginning to infuse MACs here and there when we can. || kwinsper ||  || Foose || I participated in Jen's [|St. Patrick's Day Lucky Charms]Project. I also participated in a Postcard Project and loved it. It was not continued this year :-( and I couldn't find one with my state still available. || Some hands-on technology experience/exposure for my students and learning more about some web tools myself. || I'm a second grade classroom teacher. This is my 30th year of teaching and with a new SMARTBoard and 15 technology grad credits under my belt with in the past 12 months, I'm obsessed about technology, and enjoying teaching more than ever! || dianeaf I've learned so much from my technology/Smartboard twitter PLN ||  || http://worldtrees.ning.com/profiles/blogs/trees-around-the-world || I hope to learn more about what teachers are doing with technology and to get to know others who are passionate about teaching. || Feel free to have your class write on our blog if you see the gingerbread man. He ran away at the beginning of the year and we have been hearing from him.http://web.me.com/didarrow/Room2/Class_News.html I teach Kindergarten but am an artist, reading recovery teacher and have been working on my Masters in Gifted Ed. at UCONN ||
 * Julie DeWaters || This is the first time I have participated in an online collaborative project outside of an online course. I am excited and nervous to be participating. || I want to make connections and share ideas. I also want to learn how to find other global projects to participate in to expand my students' horizons. Our district uses very little of the technology available on the Internet, at least from what I see, so I am hoping to set an example! ||  ||   ||   ||
 * Diane McCoy || I have not participated in an online collaboration before, but I have "found" other classes online and shared in "penpal" activities. This is my 2nd year working in our Computer Lab and I discovered wikispaces when I was looking for a penguin activity last year. || My students will get a chance to see what other kids do in different parts of the country. I will learn how educators use technology in their labs. || I teach in a K-5 public school and see 835 students or 42 classes. I see my students every 6-8 days.
 * Ellen Kowal || Yes, but not recently. || Good ideas, different ways of doing the same lesson. || I teach technology using Macs at a public school in Howard County, MD. I see kids K-5 for one hour a week. || ejkowal
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 * Lorraine Leo || This is the first time that I have participated in the Winter Wonderland project. I coordinated a Smiles Across North America project, [|The Circle Song Project] and my students and I have participated in the voyages of the [|Great American II and II] from 2001 - 2009. || I hope to make connections, learn from the network of teachers involved in this project, and share ideas. || I am a technology integration teacher in a K-6 private, parochial school. I meet with my students 40 - 45 minutes once a week. I enjoy bringing the global community into my classroom via skype, Voicethread, and the DiscoverE virtual classroom. We are on a mac platform. This is my first year using a SMART Board. ||
 * Diane Darrow || Two projects with Jen Wagner the oreo cookie project and then the holiday exchange card. I have tried to start up my own project about trees
 * Melanie Hamrac || This is the first project I've participated in. My students and I are really enjoying the experience. || I hope to learn more and more ways to integrate technology into my lessons and become more excited about teaching. || I have a blog [|www.mhamrac.edublogs.org] and a wiki [|www.site21.pbworks.com]. I am obsessed with finding new and meaningful ways to use technology in my classroom and to stay connected with students and parents. Please follow us on Twitter; we are

3rdhamrac on Twitter ||