Sep 22 2007
About Me
So – why should you listen to what I have to offer? Obviously you don’t have to – just click to another page. But if you decide to read on and even, maybe, come back then I’m glad that you found this site to be useful. I have been using the internet in the classroom clear back in 1994! I remember using Netscape’s Mosaic to “browse” the internet – such as it was at the time! LOL! Even back then though, I realized this was going to be an amazing tool for classrooms and we would be on the cutting edge of teaching students how to use this resource for their education. Since then much has come about – research tools, pictures of far away places, email with classmates on the other side of the world, spam, myspace, powerpoint, and so much, much more.
What I find really amazing about all of this is the fact that the state of West Virginia has been a leader in bringing technology into the classrooms. Every one of West Virginia’s public schools have internet access. Check out what the 2005 Technology Counts Report had to say about West Virginia schools.
Since I come from a family with several generations of teachers, I am very well aware that teachers work, live and teach on a shoe string budget. I will strive for my resources posted here to not only be of excellent quality, but to be extremely affordable (read: free) or low cost and well worth the investment.
Please feel free to give me your feedback and let me know what you’d like to see more of!
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Dear Sonja Phillips,
I just wanted to make sure that you were invited to our education “Blogger Summit”. We hope you can make it and feel free to share this invitation with any other bloggers in the area that might be interested. The invitation is attached below.
Alex
ED In ‘08 Blogger Summit
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Strong American Schools is excited to announce the ED in ‘08 Blogger Summit. Conference details are as follows:
May 14th – 15th
Palomar Hotel, Washington DC
Registration is Free!
An opening reception is scheduled on the evening of Wednesday, May 14th. Cocktails and hors d’oeuvres will be served before the screening of a new documentary film on education, Two Million Minutes. A Q&A session with the filmmakers is set to follow.
Then join us for an all-day conference on May 15th. Nowhere else will you have an opportunity to meet and network with fellow education bloggers, participate in panels, attend workshops, and help tackle some tough questions on the state of education in America.
Space is limited, so be sure to RSVP today!
Register at http://edin08.com/bloggersummit/
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