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Hi everyone! I'm Tina Photakis from Adelaide in South Australia and I'm so happy to be learning online with you all. I am a primary (elementary) school teacher and have been teaching for a long time (30yrs+) but I am still as passionate today as I was all of those years ago. My career has included teaching the Greek Language Reception to Year 7, general classroom and  specialised teacher - Geography, English as a Second Language, Network Manager, Choir trainer. My passion is using technology to connect students and teachers globally - I want to instil a sense of adventure in the students to seek more than what is in the classroom. As Julie says - to flatten the classroom.

I am on Twitter as @tina_p

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Thank you USA, Mexico, Wales, England, Bahrain, Australia and New Zealand - great to see 18 hours of time zones in the meeting. Excellent conversations. See all resources here:

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Greetings from Bahrain!!! I teach grade 4 at Riffa Views International School. Last year, along with the amazing Randi Wilkinson (below), grade 4 implemented the Together in the GCC Project joining together schools in the Middle East. This ignited my passion to increase global connections into the classroom through the already implemented project based learning in G4. Along with Margret Wang, we are currently in the process of linking up RVIS with independent schools in Princeton, New Jersey.

Originally, I am from Chicago, IL, USA, but called Tampa, FL home for 8 years before seeking out my life long dream of international teaching and world travel. As a former Graphic Designer/Art Director, I feel a unified digital presence is key as both a teacher and/or individual. Throughout this course my goal is to build my teacher presence as much as I worked on my personal presence. You can check digital footprint my connecting below.

Teacher
@Ms_OMeara

Personal
www.lifemeant.com
Twitter: @lifemeant
Facebook: https://www.facebook.com/lifemeant/

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Hi! I am Raelene White from Adelaide in South Australia. I teach in a small school as a year 6/7 teacher. I am really interested in how to connect with my students and being mindful of how to best prepare them for the future. I look forward to learning and meeting you all.
You can find some websites I have collaborated on here:
http://economicsandbusiness.weebly.com/#/
Twitter: @RaeleneWhite3

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Hi everyone! Sorry I am so late in responding. I am the Elementary Learning Support Specialist at Riffa Views International Schools. I am from Los Angeles, California (last stop anyway). I am looking forward to this course as I am also the President of Teachers Across Borders and are looking for ways to connect with teachers from developing countries in a more collaborative and ongoing way as opposed to working together for a couple of weeks every year.

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Hi folks! Unfortunately I'm going to have to leave joining in the conversations over the next few weeks. We had the phone call today informing us of our forthcoming  Estyn inspection! Due to arrive the week commmencing 7th November so I have plenty to do until then! I will still be folllowing your learning on twitter! 

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Hi folks! Unfortunately I'm going to have to leave joining in the conversations over the next few weeks. We had the phone call today informing us of our forthcoming  Estyn inspection! Due to arrive the week commmencing 7th November so I have plenty to do until then! I will still be folllowing your learning on twitter! 

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Hello all, Wow, this is clever. Never used Padlet before. Why do I think I am about to embark upon some exciting new learning around use of technologies! I am proud to say that I am head teacher of http://bader.org.uk/ in the north east of England. The Bader team work to the mantra: Learning is the Work, in Getting Better at Getting Better. We have been working on embedding Visible Learning principles for the past two years, sharing that journey, amongst others, with two inspirational schools in Wales, led by Tracy and Michele (see bios). What is more, in looking further afield, visiting New Zealand in July/August, I was privileged to visit Wendy's school, the simply wonderful Newmarket. This way of learning is a first for me + I am truly excited about learning from and with you all as we collaborate through this course. Thank you, Julie!
Twitter: @smfeasey
Blog: http://bader.org.uk/visiblelearning/

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Cheers from Mexico! My name is Perla Zamora, I'm teach Technology Class in The American School of Tampico, also I offer advisory for teachers on Technology Integration in the Classroom. This is a special school year because our school is celebrating 100th Anniversary!.
I live in Tampico, Mexico. This is a beautiful and small city and port in front of Gulf of Mexico. Our weather is warm and humidity is part of our daily life since we are sorrounded by rivers, lagoons, lakes and the sea. I love to read, listen music, meet people and spend time on the beach and relating through social networks. I have two children, he is 18 years old and she is 8 years old, plenty of fun raising kids!
I have some experience on Global Learning and I like to learn new strategies to improve my teaching style and help my students and co-workers. I'm happy of belong to this group and learn from you guys.
@pzamoraats
www.ats.edu.mx

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Hi everyone! I'm Randi Wilkinson and I am the Technology Integrationist at Riffa Views International School in Bahrain. I'm from Wyoming, but spent most of my teaching career at a STEAM academy in Las Vegas before moving here. I finished my COETAIL certificate last year where I first learned about all the exciting possibilities within global collaboration. Also so excited that we have 4 RVIS teachers joining this cohort!
@randiwilkinson1

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Hi! I am a high school social studies / economics teacher in Riffa Views International Schools in Bahrain. We are a small private school on a tiny island. Our school is moving towards Project Based Learning. We've also started collaborating with private schools in Princeton. As a result, I'm looking for ways and strategies to ensure effective partnerships that are beneficial for both the teachers and students.

@msmkwang

I am not that active on Twitter, but I will :)

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Hi everyone.  I am Tracy.  I have been a Headteacher for 8 years, five at my current school, Ysgol Merllyn.  We are a one form entry primary school in sunny North Wales.  Our school has worked in collaboration with Michele from Pembroke Dock and Simon from Bader amongst others.  We have also developed Visible Learning and are now embarking on introducing Singapore Maths, Google Apps for education, working with Bangor University to implement precision teaching and longer term, becoming an accredited Philosophy for Children centre.  I love finding out what's beyond North Wales in the education world.
Find me on twitter
@tracy_merllyn

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Hello All! It is nice to meet everyone virtually! Warm regards to all from the University of Pennsylvania Museum of Archaeology & Anthropology (Penn Museum)! I act as the Outreach Programs Manager for the Penn Museum, under this role I serve as the main virtual educator responsible for coordinating, facilitating, and developing virtual field trip to the Penn Museum for K-12 students, university students, and life-long learners! The Penn Museum, located in Philadelphia, PA, is dedicated to the study of ancient civilizations and houses a world-renown collection of ancient world artifacts from around the globe. I am eager to begin the course, as it has been inspiring to work for an institution who us dedicated to using technology to educate visitors in past and present research.  Allyson Mitchell (@A_Rahill_Mitch) Penn Museum (www.penn.museum)

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Kia ora (warm greetings) from Wendy principal of Newmarket Primary School in Auckland New Zealand. Newmarket is a small school right in the middle of a bustling (for New Zealand) business district with primary pupils ages 5 - 11 years. At NPS we are all busy redesigning our local curriculum, our school environment/spaces,  with a big focus on student agency and the leveraging of e-tools to support learning in this process. Exciting times to be a leader and greatly looking forward to working with Julie and a new global network.
Nga mihi @newmarketschool

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Hi everyone! I'm Michele, a primary school headteacher from Pembrokeshire in Wales, in the UK. Our school has over 650+ pupils from ages 2 - 11 years. We've been working on developing Visible Learning over the last two years, based on the work of John Hattie.  We are also a Pioneer School, working with the Welsh government, designing the new curriculum for Wales!  I look forward to collaborating and learning with you all! I'm also on Twitter @HeadPdcs

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Welcome! Global educators - this is YOUR Padlet. I invite you to share a digital handshake - more than one if you wish - and introduce yourself via this medium.
This pic is me speaking at an Intel Visionaries conference last June in Denver...everyone received a copy of my book - hot off the press!