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An introduction to me...

Hello,

My name is Fiona and I am an internet/web2.0 junkie, networking with my PLN on Twitter, Flickr or in an assortment of nings and virtual worlds most days.  

My husband and I both work full time and study part time, we can often be found sitting side by side in our respective online worlds - the 21st Century equivalent of passing our twilight years in rocking chairs. 

Our daughter is a teenager so rarely circles in our orbit (unless she needs money) and our son has joined the Navy so we have to forge our own social life now rather than live for theirs!

I teach Year 3 at a new school on the Gold Coast which is full of new electrical things.  This year has started well with all of the computers working and I have the role of supporting the teachers two days a week with the ICT elements of their units. I am also a member of the team that presents PD as part of the SMART Classroom inititative in the South Coast District.  I will be speaking at a conference in Sydney later in the year about using the Nintendo Wii effectively in the primary classroom and also encouraging educators to develop their own online Personal Learning Networks.

I am about to embark on the fifth subject of eight for a Master of Education (Education Technology) with USQ.  I have thoroughly enjoyed the experiences to date and love the global networking.  I do ponder over what I will get from completing this degree.  There are still so many teachers and school leaders who do not recognise how to use the internet to network students and themselves with the world and who will not listen to those of us who can translate and show them how to harness the power!  It has been important for me to find others like myself who are keen to use computers and confirm that I am on the right track.  I do get disheartened from time to time.

Feel free to have a look at one of the projects I'm in, a bit of fun with my Twitter network.  We have to take a photo of ourselves every day and post it on Flickr, commenting on the photos of others and responding to what others comment on ours. It is fun seeing what people look like and sharing in their lives.   http://www.flickr.com/photos/fionabanjer/sets/72157611998224574/

Click here for the photos of all contributors http://www.flickr.com/groups/twitter365project/pool/

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Posted at 08:13AM Feb 21, 2009 by Fiona Banjer |  Comments[0]