Meet an EdCamper

Meet another EdCamper- 

Naomi Harm

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Name 

Naomi Harm

Are you on Twitter?@nharm

Favorite quote, tagline, or saying, or brief bio"Livin' the dream" “Life is truly grand when you love your job and the inspiring individuals you work with on a daily basis!" "The most important thing in education is to make young people think for themselves." Albert Schweitzer

What is your current role in the education world?National Intel Senior TrainerEd Tech Literacy SpecialistNational and International Keynote Presenter

Describe your experiences with an "Unconference" such as this one?The unconference approach is an opportunity to truly network collaboratively with like-minds and also connect with individuals that bring a new and different perspective to the world of teaching and learning. The heart of the "courageous conversations" that take place during an unconference is personal and professional, while sharing experiences through varied communication modalities in a given day. Robust communication channels that will enrich the day of learning include backchannel chats, face-to-face conversations, live video streams, texting, QRCodes, Flickr photos, Twitter streams, Facebook posts, live blogging, and interactive workshop sessions.

If you were going to dream big for schools/teaching what would your dream be?My dream would be to provide schools with a robust instructional PBL scope and sequence passage of training and implementation, to meet the differentiated learning needs of our 21st century educators and students, while providing an architectural designed learning space that is environmentally astatic and scensory driven. I would also provided everyone with the book "The Third Teacher" http://www.thethirdteacher.com to provided a solid foundation of how and why the new creative and collaborative design of a learning space can inspire life long learning.

Do you have a website or blog? 

Blog: Innovative Educator 2.0

Any resource, site, or tool, you'd ike to share? Here is my cloud of resources to share with everyone: Box.net: Trunk.ly Social Bookmarklet: 

Meet another EdCamper- 

Erica Roberts

Erica is a middle school technology teacher looking forward to her first EdCamp!

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Name 

Erica Roberts

Are you on Twitter?@iteachcomputers

Favorite quote, tagline, or saying, or brief bioI try to make a difference in the life of every child, every day by participating in professional collaboration with other educators to effectively support technology integration across the curriculum.

What is your current role in the education world?I teach technology in a 7th and 8th grade junior high school. I also support the teachers I work with by showing them new technology tools, making suggestions how they can use the tools in their curriculum, and supporting them when they get "stuck."

Describe your experiences with an "Unconference" such as this one?This is my first unconference.

If you were going to dream big for schools/teaching what would your dream be?Unlimited bandwidth, no web filtering (the teachers should be the filter!), and a handheld device for EVERY child.

Do you have a website or blog? 

http://www.iteachyoucomputers.com/

Any resource, site, or tool, you'd ike to share? 
I love using Edmodo in my classroom!

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Sue Gorman

Sue is a technology coordinator interested in  discussing Challenged Based Learning

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Name 

Sue Gorman

Are you on Twitter?@sjgorman

Favorite quote, tagline, or saying, or brief bioI want to put a ding in the universe. ~Steve Jobs

What is your current role in the education world?Technology Coordinator Racine Unified School District, Racine WI

Describe your experiences with an "Unconference" such as this one?EduBloggerCon ISTE 2010 I wasn't sure what to expect. I came wanting to meet many of my PLN from twitter, face-to-face. My favorite part of the day was the Web 2.0 Smackdown. Awesome.

What topics/themes are you hoping to discuss at EdCampChallenged Based Learning with mobile devices (we are getting several classrooms of 1:1 iPads).

If you were going to dream big for schools/teaching what would your dream be?My dream for schools comes from Chris Lehmann...and I quote him, "We have a goal -- 100,000 students writing their declarations of education. Can you imagine? 100,000 students all telling the adults: "This is how we learn best. This is what we need from our schools. This is what we need." We want the students to consider some essential questions about schools and learning:
When and where do I learn best?What does an ideal learning environment look like?How closely do our current places of learning resemble our ideal learning environment?What barriers to learning/growth exist within our current learning environments?What will we do to make our current learning environments more perfect places to work and learn?So what can we, the adults, do?"

Do you have a website or blog? 

https://sites.google.com/site/suejgorman/

Any resource, site, or tool, you'd ike to share? 
Challenging StudentsSymbalooEDU

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Pernille Ripp

Pernille is a 4th grade teacher excited to attend her first "unconference" 

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Name 

Pernille Ripp

Are you on Twitter?4thgrdteach

Favorite quote, tagline, or saying, or brief bioFourth grade teacher on very honest journey tearing her own beliefs and teaching style apart.

What is your current role in the education world?I am fourth grade teacher trying to change the world one student at a time.

Describe your experiences with an "Unconference" such as this one?I have never been to one, only jealously watched tweets from them, I am so thrilled to be going to one.

What topics/themes are you hoping to discuss at EdCampI might be too shy to lead something but I sure hope there will be discussion of how we can implement student-led learning, perhaps no rewards/no grades and maybe even how to get others to integrate tech.

If you were going to dream big for schools/teaching what would your dream be?That grades, homework, and rewards would be thrown out. Classroom wall would be torn down to encourage collaboration and teachers would actually trust each other rather than compete.

Do you have a website or blog? 

Oh yes, Blogging Through the Fourth Dimension

Any resource, site, or tool, you'd ike to share? There are too many to pick just one

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James Gubbins

Jim is a district technology coordinator looking forward to talking about educational reform. 

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Name 

James Gubbins

Are you on Twitter?@JMGubbins

Favorite quote, tagline, or saying, or brief bioI'm just a little Ed Geek in a big tech pond! Always willing to learn and grow!

What is your current role in the education world?I am currently the District Technology Coordinator at Maine Township High School District 207 in Park Ridge, IL, providing support and professional development for all things technology related for our administration office and special education satellite schools. I'm constantly scouring the internet for the latest Web 2.0 tools and helping educators find ways to successfully integrate these utilities into existing curriculum.

Describe your experiences with an "Unconference" such as this one?So far I've only attended virtually through social networking and am really looking forward to my first live attendance and meeting many of my digital colleagues face to face for the first time!

What topics/themes are you hoping to discuss at EdCampI'm looking forward to conversations about educational reform and how it relates to technology integration and discovering the efforts and progress being made in these areas

If you were going to dream big for schools/teaching what would your dream be?Interconnected collaborative learning that is not tied to standardized test scores and focuses on the student as an individual.

Do you have a website or blog? Zenodotus

Dr. Disk/Xanga 

Webtopia TV

Any resource, site, or tool, you'd ike to share? Currently, my favorite online application is http://paper.li because it allows me to aggregate all the information shared on Twitter based on hashtag into one daily newspaper.

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Josh Stumpenhorst

Josh is a middle school social studies and LA teacher who is very excited to attend his first "unconference".   

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Name 

Josh Stumpenhorst

Are you on Twitter?@stumpteacher

Favorite quote, tagline, or saying, or brief bioThis is pretty much who I am

What is your current role in the education world?I am a 6th grade Social Science and Language Arts teachers.

Describe your experiences with an "Unconference" such as this one?This will be my first "Unconference".

What topics/themes are you hoping to discuss at EdCampI am hoping to discuss a variety of topics. I would like to see some discussions about grading and different ways to report student progress beyond traditional methods. Some other topics I would like to jump in on is how social media is playing out in schools and digital literacy skills. I am also interested in leading some discussion on student driven learning if there is interest in it.

If you were going to dream big for schools/teaching what would your dream be?My dream would be a school where kids came when they wanted and choose what they learned based on interest and needs not curriculum and testing schedules

Do you have a website or blog? I blog at http://www.stumpteacher.blogspot.com/

Any resource, site, or tool, you'd ike to share? Here is a handful of video tutorials I have created for a few of my favorite tools. 

Meet another EdCamper- Tiffany Zarling

Tiffany is a high school English teacher.  This will be her first "Unconference"! 

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Name

Tiffany Zarling 

Are you on Twitter?@tdzarling

Favorite quote, tagline, or saying, or brief bio"Develop a passion for learning. If you do, you will never cease to grow." Anthony J. D'Angelo

What is your current role in the education world?I am a 9th year English teacher (mostly seniors), District Moodle Administrator, and District Technology Group Facilitator.

Describe your experiences with an "Unconference" such as this one?This will be my first "Unconference".

What topics/themes are you hoping to discuss at EdCampStandards based grading would be helpful to learn about, as our district is working toward that. Professional development and tech integration are two things that I could talk about, if needed.

If you were going to dream big for schools/teaching what would your dream be?Much more individualized education than is currently available. Allowing students choice and control over their education has been helpful in my classroom. It would be even better if it were applied across the board.

Any resource, site, or tool, you'd ike to share? English Companion Ning  An amazing resource for ELA teachers of ALL ages!