Say hello!

[AMANDA SALT]

Please take a mo to introduce yourself, as detailed or informal as you wish..
I'll start. I'm Amanda Salt, Head of Spanish and Community Link Manager in Grosvenor Grammar School in Belfast. I started this ning because I am rapidly becoming obsessed with alll things web 2.0, and because I firmly believe that the best way to improve the teaching and learning in your classroom is by talking to others.. Here's to us!!

[Isabelle Jones]

I am Isabelle Jones and I am Head of Languages at The Radclyffe School in Oldham, near Manchester. I am a Ning addict and I started a private Ning for our Oldham SLN last September. If you want to join it to compare notes, just click on send message on my page and send me your email for an invite. I teach French and Spanish from Year 6 (primary outreach) to Year 11. Amanda will tell you that I LOVE technology and I blog at My Languages.Looking forward to meet you all (virtually or at the next IOW conference??)

Isabelle
http://isabellejones.blogspot.com

[AMANDA SALT]

Welcome, Isabelle, and thanks for joining us. I knew you couldn't resist ha ha!

Isabelle Jones said:

I am Isabelle Jones and I am Head of Languages at The Radclyffe School in Oldham, near Manchester. I am a Ning addict and I started a private Ning for our Oldham SLN last September. If you want to join it to compare notes, just click on send message on my page and send me your email for an invite. I teach French and Spanish from Year 6 (primary outreach) to Year 11. Amanda will tell you that I LOVE technology and I blog at My Languages.Looking forward to meet you all (virtually or at the next IOW conference??)

Isabelle
http://isabellejones.blogspot.com

[Helena Butterfield]

Hi,
I'm Helena Butterfield and I'm not from Belfast...BUT...I'm a keen ninger (if you can say that) and run a similar ning in the Durham Tees Valley area in the Northeast of England...feel free to join if you wish.
I teach French, German and Spanish to Yrs 4-11. I am addicted to technology and nings. My blog is The Langwitch Chronicles . Looking forward to meeting you!

[Lauren Rosen]

I'm Lauren Rosen and I direct the University of Wisconsin Collaborative Language Program. We use a hybrid approach for teaching Arabic, Chinese, Japanese and Russian to college students. I'm a former secondary school Spanish teacher and active in helping language educators integrate Web 2.0 tools effectively. I continue to work closely with K-12 language teachers. Lots of projects in the works at the moment but debating about the use of Ning vs. Wikis for creating community as a follow up to many workshops and seminars I present. In the past I have always invited participants to continue the discussion in a wiki. It's rare that I get much response. Looking forward to seeing what kind of community grows around this Ning.

[AMANDA SALT]

Hi Lauren, welcome to our ning.. I am really excited to have people join from outside our small island, and hope we can hekp each other develop..Amanda