Teacher+Info

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, [|A Room With A View] and the [|Human Genetics Project] ||< I'm looking forward to introducing my students to some new tools or new ways to look at the tools they think they already know. I also think my students will enjoy learning about winter in other areas of the country or world. For myself, I'm hoping to make connections with other educators and classrooms and can't wait to see all of the projects everyone creates. ||= We're a PC lab with old equipment and if we can do it anyone can! ||=  ||< visionsbyvicky || Piggott || No, I can't wait! || Since I'm new to teaching technology, I want to step out of the box and do interesting projects! || Vicky, I'm with you on an old equipment....we only have 16 computers for a whole class (sometimes with 31 kids) ||  ||<   || (I haven't really used this yet) ||< MeghanS || Anderson || Yes. With my junior Kindergarten classes the following: [|Holiday google earth project] || We are looking forward in participating in as much as we can so that it just becomes second nature to us to use this material on a frequent basis. || I am working with another Kindergarten teacher on here. Mrs. Kelley. I am her EC Technology Specialist. We will be posting to her page. || kellipds I love twitter. I use it all the time!!! ||<  ||
 * = Nedra ||= Yes. This year I've participated in Scary Spuds and Online Autumn. ||= I'm looking forward to learning how to use some new tools, making connections, and seeing other creative projects. ||=  ||= NedraI-not there much ||< NedraI ||
 * Mary Ann Fama || Yes. the Pumpkin Seed Project. || I'm looking forward to see what teachers are doing across the country. I hope to share my students work and add to my project files. || I'm new to the wiki. I'd like to learn to use it with confidence. ||  ||<   ||
 * = Vicky Sedgwick ||< Not until this year but we're jumping in with both feet and more this year. Various grades that I teach are participating in: Online Autumn
 * 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. ||  || mrscoggin ||< mrscoggin ||
 * Jennifer
 * = Maddy Shapiro ||< Yes. This year we are participating in [|Alien Exchange Project], Voices of the World Project, and a wiki project with another class in our district. ||< I'm looking forward to introducing teachers and students to Web 2.0 tools. Collaboration is an important part of 21st century learning and this project will help support that goal. ||= I'm an Instructional Technology Specialist at a K-5 school. Having lots of fun with all the Web 2.0 tools! ||< MsShapiro ||< MaddyS ||
 * = Bob Frost ||= Haven't before, jumping in now. ||= The kids will see a bit more than just our little world. I'll be pressed to do a bit more with the tools than I have before. ||= I'm in good shape hardware/software wise. But I don't get to see the kids often enough for my likes. ||= BFrost-- (if you follow me, I'll follow you.) ||<  ||
 * Amanda Asbell || No - I am very excited about starting with this one! || I really hope to learn more about Web 2.0 resources to use in my lab and want to expose the children to people/places/activities outside their little worlds. || PK-2nd tech teacher -sees the students once every 6 days. Mac lab || asbella - just got on twitter and still trying to figure it out. ||<  ||
 * Michele McCracken || No, but I love the idea! || In addition to building on integration of tech in my regular 2nd grade, I look forward to being connected to teachers with this interest in mind! || Was a Tech/Lab teacher and now in the regular ed class. I miss it and want to keep fresh! || Not yet. ||< Not yet. ||
 * Michelle Russell || I participated last year and it was a great experience! || I hope the students will have fun. I am excited to participate in a collaborative project that is "outside" of the school. || I am a Technology Resource Teachers at a 1-5 school in Long Grove, IL || michellerussell ||<  ||
 * Cindy Rolf || No, but I am excited to try one! || I am looking forward to having my students connect with others around the country. I am also excited to try some new tools I have not used before. || K-6 computer lab teacher. Brand new PCs this year. I wish I had my students more! || cindyrolf ||<  ||
 * Ann Oro || Yes and the students and I are looking forward to this experience. || I hope the students will be able to enjoy some feedback from other schools. || K-8 computer lab teacher. I see my K-3 students once per week for 42 minutes. || njtechteacher ||< njtechteacher ||
 * Christina Troxell || I have collaborated with other adults online. However, those projects did not involve sharing and posting student work. || I am looking to help my students make connections with other students from different states. I also hope to share with my teachers, an example of how teachers can collaborate over long distances. || K-6 Computer Resource Specialist. I co-teach lessons in the computer lab with the classroom teachers. I also provide basic tech support and professional development to the faculty. || ctroxell ||<  ||
 * Meghan Schaefer || This is my first time! I am very excited to participate. I am also participating in the Gingerbread Man Project. || I am looking forward to using Web 2.0 resources, collaborating with other teachers, and putting some excitement into those long winter months. || I'm a 1st grade teacher and I am trying to integrate technology more. || mschaefer1
 * Kelli
 * Kristen Magyar || Yes we have participated in

Online Autumn Gr. 1

Global Art 4 CaringGr.3

[|Holiday Card Exchange] Gr. 3

[|A Room with A View]Grs. 3 and 4

Who Lives with You Grs. 2, 3,4

[|Digital Flat Stanley] Gr.3 || I am looking forward to working with a 3rd grade classroom teacher to expose her to some of the new web 2.0 resources that are available to integrate technology into her classroom. || I am a computer teacher in three buildings. 7th Grade Keyboarding at the middle school.

Grades k, 1, 2, at one school.

Grades 3 and 4 at another school.

I have 22 student computers in each lab. || kmagyar ||  ||
 * Liana Iaea Honda || NO! That's why I'm so excited! || I hope this will show students that they have a real audience, that they are producers of text (and video/art, etc) and that this world is, indeed, flat! || I have a great appreciation for the coordinators of this project and all of the teachers participating. I look forward to more collaboration projects (and hope to one day coordinate one for all of you) || lihonda ||  ||
 * Annemarie Stoeckel || Yes: Travel Buddies, Autumn Online, Global Art for Caring, Monster Exchange || That the children will realize that they have a larger audience than just their teacher and that they should be very proud of their work. I also like to see what tools other teachers are using for collaboration. || I teach computers grades 1-4 in two different schools for a total of close to 400 students a week. I'm very appreciative of all the work that was put into this project - I don't know how you teach and put something like this together. || astoeckel || astoeckel ||
 * Susie Klausmeyer || No, but have wanted to do it for a while || I'm looking forward to showing my students what others are doing, plus stepping out of my comfort zone for a while before I take on maternity leave. || I teach computers to grades K-5 (30 minutes per week) and 7th grade keyboarding/Office Applications (45 minutes per day for one quarter during the year). I thank the coordinators of this projects because of all the work that has gone into this plus their lessons for their own classes. ||  ||   ||
 * Kris Sheehan || We are working on Tooth Tally in kindergarten and will start Monster project in grade 2. I have collaborated on projects with adults in online courses. || I am hoping my teachers will want to get involved with more global projects and I am hoping to meet other tech integrators. || I have been a high school tech teacher for the past 8 years and this is my first year as an elementary tech integrator. I am enjoying it so far. I work with grades K, 2, 4 at an American school in Shanghai, China. We integrate technology and have a flex schedule which has been working very well. || kirshee ||  ||