Introductions

Tell us about yourself and why you are here...

My name is Kevin Jarrett, I am a K-4 Computer Teacher at Northfield Community School in Northfield, NJ, USA. I blog at [|http://www.ncs-tech.org] and am [|@kjarrett] on Twitter. I see my 577 students once a week for 42 minutes in a lab setting. My plan is to use my class mascot ([|Gumdrop]) in whole-class activities throughout my curriculum. Not exactly sure what that will mean yet. Since it's only one Webkin, there is no way to involve each class member meaningfully, but I'm still learning the system (taught by my 12 year old daughter). Stay tuned... -kj-



I am Linda Nitsche, a gifted support teacher at East Vincent Elementary School in Spring City, PA, USA. I blog at [|NitscheNotes] and I am lnitsche on Twitter. My class website is the LearningHub. I work with kindergarten through sixth grade students in a push-in and pull-out model. Our enrichment program meets by grade levels for two hours a week and the remainder of my time is spent in classrooms providing support across all subjects. I strive to find ways to bring interesting opportunities to classrooms that support the learning of all students. Last year, two second grade teachers joined in on a Webkinz projectas an extension of their study of communities. My second grade students also really helped me to better understand the Webkinz world. Their project placed a Webkinz in each of their classrooms which enabled the classes to friend each other's Webkinz, creating yet another community.