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Anyone can follow a study group on P2PU. Participating is the next level of engagement. The sign-up is a space where interested individuals can express their interest and background in the topic and commit to working with the rest of the participants. Please answer the following set(s) of questions if you want to become a participant or organizer.

Standard Set

This set of signup questions is common to all study groups, courses, ... in P2PU. The answers to these questions will be public once you get accepted.

What made you interested in this topic?
What do you hope to achieve by participating?
Are you interested in helping with the study group organization?

Answers

Anonym July 9, 2013, 3:13 a.m.

Bio:
am Jesmion Ibekwe, was born in approx. Dec. 1955, attended Nursery and elementary school, later proceeds to study with Manchester College, and bible college in Yenke Yekapa Liberia onlines, i was once the proprietor of a commercial school, named: 'ies-commercial-school' in suleja abuja, am currently a religion's teacher in 'mhsc' and with many internets, i was awarded with attractive badges by the peer2peer university community, 2013, as a super-blogger, hero, contributor, introduce, text-editor, live, event-certified and html's writer of 2013, etc. #education

Location: Uruagu Umudioka, Dunukofia, Anambra, Hebo, Biafra, Nigeria
Standard Set Answer:
iam disposed to helping
Isaac Torres Jan. 12, 2013, 10:03 p.m.

Bio:
Computer and Videogame geek, currently studying a Master in Learning Technologies at UDG [MEX]. My goal is to improve education in my country.

Location: Lagos de Moreno, Mexico
Standard Set Answer:
In advance I apologize for my broken English, I'm not a native speaker of the language, so I hope you can be understanding and patient with me if I commit a mistake.

From my perspective, technologies will play a major role in education. Be competent in its use, will be crucial for the young in the future, and it's our mission and responsability, teach them to use this tools properly, not from the technical side, but rather make them aware of the consequences for their actions and the benefits that can be obtained, when using technology reasonably.

I expect to harness the knowledge and experience from the experts and from all of you, and thus, improve my skills about teaching.

I feel bad because at the moment I am unable to help because of my occupations, but I hope in the future to contribute something to the group.
Jose Rodriguez Oct. 27, 2012, 5:09 p.m.

Bio:
5th grade teacher in Los Angeles. Exited about living and learning on the web.

Location: Los Angeles, California
Standard Set Answer:
I became interested as an invite from Karen in her Keynote for K12 online conference 2012. I am interested in finding spaces online to engage myself in conversations around teaching and learning. I participated in study groups with educators from South America and headed by Diego Leal on several ocassions following the connectivism open course.
Chris Sloan Oct. 24, 2012, 6:33 p.m.

Bio:
I teach high school English and media at Judge Memorial in Salt Lake City, Utah.

Location: Salt Lake City, UT
Standard Set Answer:
I've been following some of the School of Ed discussions and thought I'd participate. In particular I'm catching up on some of the K12 online conference postings.
Wesley Fryer Oct. 24, 2012, 9:21 a.m.

Bio:

Educator, author, digital storyteller, husband, dad. I'm here for the learning revolution. I like playing with media!

Location: Oklahoma City, Oklahoma, USA
Standard Set Answer:
I've been involved with K12Online since the start in 2006 and am eager to have conversations with other educators about the topics raised in this year's conference presentations.

I hope to deepen my understanding of ways ways pedagogy and digital tools can intersect as a result of my participation in conversations here.

I'm also eager to learn more about P2PU which I've heard Karen Fasimpaur discuss and share but haven't personally learned about yet!
KevinHodgson Oct. 24, 2012, 5:38 a.m.

Bio:
I teach sixth grade and I am part of the Western Massachusetts Writing Project

Location: Leeds, Massachusetts
Standard Set Answer:
I am following Karen's presentation from K12 Online to here, in hopes of being part of a conversaton.
fboss Oct. 23, 2012, 12:12 p.m.

Bio:
Taught Art for 18 years in a post primary school in Dundalk, Ireland and now working in teacher Continuing Professional Development with the NCTE (www.ncte.ie - now itself a part of the Professional Development Service for Teachers in Ireland).

Location: Drogheda, Ireland
Standard Set Answer:
What made you interested in this topic?

I've followed this Conference every year that it has been running and always enjoyed the very high quality content.

What do you hope to achieve by participating?

I hope to pick up some new ideas that I can share with Irish teachers.

Are you interested in helping with the study group organization?

Sorry, but I don't think I will have time as I'm involved in a couple of online courses at the moment (hoping I can keep up wit hthe K-12 Online Conference too)

Paul Allison Oct. 22, 2012, 4:49 p.m.

Bio:

I'm a consultant with the New York City Writing Project and a Connected Learning Ambassador for the National Writing Project.

Location: New York City

Standard Set Answer:

Let's re-re-re-re MIX!

thusme Oct. 19, 2012, 2:02 a.m.

Bio:

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Jane Krauss Oct. 17, 2012, 8:15 p.m.

Bio:

Long time educator now doing professional development and writing on the topic of project-based learning and the tools that support it.

Location: Eugene, OR

Standard Set Answer:

I want to learn from like-minded people who are constantly enhancing their practice through peer-to-peer learning.

carlaarena Oct. 14, 2012, 10:27 a.m.

Bio:

A Brazilian EFL teacher, explorer of the potential of technology integration into language learning, I started to dig into the possibilities of tech-applications some years ago and have been going on new cyber-journeys with my students ever since. I am a teacher trainer and site content manager at a Binational Center in Brasilia, Casa Thomas Jefferson. I am a blogging fan (or addict!) and enthusiastic Webhead.

New and emergent technologies keep me going further and perceiving the world in different ways, with different colors, shapes, voices. They give me support to take my students along. They teach me that there's no limit for connectivity. English, then, is the means to decode the messages and that's what I try to show to my learners.

Some of my class projects you may want to visit are the International Exchange Blog with Dennis Oliver, Brazil and Brazilians, SambaEFL, http://ctjonline.blogspot.com and elearningCTJ

My personal learning and teaching reflections can be found at Collablogatorium.

When I'm not in the professional spectrum, I'm with my family, having fun with my two little boys and my husband. I love to travel, read, take photos, meet people, have fun with friends, listen to music, sing for fun, and invent different kinds of activities against boredom.

Location: Brasilia

Standard Set Answer:

k12 Online is part of my professional development endeavor for some years now.

I'm always in the look for connecting to different ideas and people to help me and co-workers excel in the classroom.

I'd love to contribute with this project in any way it is possible.

Sheri Edwards Oct. 13, 2012, 12:22 p.m.

Bio:

Geeky Gramma, Middle School Language Arts teacher, Technology Director in rural Northcentral Washington State, USA

Location: WA, USA

Standard Set Answer:

This will help me connect with and understand the K12Online info. Thanks

Claudia L'Amoreaux Oct. 9, 2012, 1:23 p.m.

Bio:

I focus on the future of learning, participatory design, the transformative power of games, and OER. I'm the Curator for NROC's Connected PD project, an experiment in "community-sourced" professional development. I'm also working on a tech-enabled collaborative learning project for NFTE.com, working with an inspiring group of teen entrepreneurs and their teacher/coaches. I'm a Senior Associate with the Natoma Group. I spent 2006-2010 at Linden Lab, deep in the Grand Canyon of Second Life, as Education Community Manager and later, Director of Education. I'm working on a mini-Hive in my local community to support self-directed and aspiring self-directed youth, starting with Documentary Makers for the Social Good.

Location: SF Bay Area

Standard Set Answer:

I'm very interested in teacher-initiated online conferences. Love the extensive use of multimedia in this one.

I'd like to learn what's working for the teachers involved, and where the big barriers are to innovation and effective change.

I will help communicate out to the Connected PD community some of the insights surfacing in this #k12online12 space.

Liz Renshaw Oct. 5, 2012, 11:09 p.m.

Bio:

I'm an educator in the adult literacy,language and numeracy.

I've just moved outside the institution to look at some new directions in life. Being an early adopter Ive been at the edge for a while now so time to step outside... and see what comes...

Joining the P2pU community seemed a good way to engage with some innovative informal learning whilst 'working' across the globe with other educators.

Location: New South Wales AUSTRALIA

Standard Set Answer:

This is a great topic, so i'm going to hang out here and join in the discussion. There are some innovative professional development models coming out of the US at the moment, so I'm here to check them out. I'm in Australia so it's really exciting to be contributing to a global discussion. My dream is the day that we have a global curriculum! So let's get started here.

I'm also have great respect for the work of Karen, School of Ed and P2PU. It's always a very enriching and growing learning experience to stop by P2PU :-)

Valerie Burton Oct. 3, 2012, 11:16 p.m.

Bio:

I am an English Teacher, Intel Trainer, Den Star & Techno Geek who is trying to improve education one tweet, blog and wiki at a time. Online since 07-2009

Location: New Orleans, Louisiana

Standard Set Answer:

I am a LifeLong Learner and this K12 Online Conference community is a wonderful place to share and gather resources.

I hope to learn, share and grow from my interactions with this Learning Community.

I would be open to helping out with organizing study groups.