Who is this guy?
First and most important of all, I am a teacher. I have been teaching for eighteen years and I learn something every day.
I teach full time and enjoy being involved with research to improve what we do in our classrooms. I am involved with efforts to redefine literacy and what it means to be literate in our twenty-first century, technologically advanced society.
I write articles, give presentations, and think about classrooms 2.0 and the possibilities for learning.
My classroom has been featured in several articles in Middle School Journal, Technology and Learning, and in the recent books New Literacies in Action, The Socially Networked Classroom and Personal Learning Networks. I have also been featured on CBC, CNET, and MSN.
I have been honoured to win one of Canada’s highest teaching awards; the Prime Minister’s Award for Teaching. I have also been named an Outstanding Middle Years Educator in my province, as well as winning several other awards for the innovative integration of technology into everyday classroom life.
I live in a small rural community and think geography is irrelevent on our hyperconnected globe. This leads to the tagline of my blog: “Even From Here.”
email: glassbeed@gmail.com
Skype: glassbeed
Twitter: glassbeed
Classroom community: Idea Hive
delicious bookmarks: cfisher
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I am also the husband to this incredible lady, the father to two teenage sons and between all of that, I’m also the mayor of my hometown, the booming community of Snow Lake, MB.
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Similar to you, I teach in a small rural school. For those of us who teach students in agricultural areas, we sometimes get asked, “Why do I need to know this? This has got nothing to do with farming.” I thought you might enjoy reading the attached article, which points out why these students will benefit from web 2.0 tools, surfing the net, etc. in order to be successful. The fact that it’s from a farm magazine (passed onto me by my husband, the farmer), means the message will hold more weight with these students, than any other type of paper or website. I’ll be sure to post the hard copy I have at home on my classroom bulletin board on Monday.
http://cornandsoybeandigest.com/ag-issues/1115-future-leader-skills…
Heather Durnin
Class Website http://hdurnin.pbworks.com
Blog http://hdurnin.wordpress.com
Twitter @hdurnin
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Pearson Education Inc., would like to request permission to reuse material for which you hold the copyright. My colleague Anna Waluk emailed our request letter to you as well as a selection excerpt demonstrating how your material would be used in the Pearson text.
Because this is a rush effort we are making every attempt to get in touch with rights holders as quickly as possible and so that is why I am contacting you here as well. Please do respond at your earliest convenience, either to myself, or to the initial email from Ms. Waluk. Any expedience on your part would be greatly appreciated.
Sincerely,
Megan Washburn
212-843-5000
Electronic Publishing Services
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New York, New York 10022