Introduce Yourself

[jgmac1106]

Tell us about you. Describe why you are here.

[SueRP25]

I'm Sue. Asst. Prof of Literacy at Central CT State Univ. I'm trying to figure out how Discourse works. Been with #WalkMyWorld since its birth.

[kate_booth]

My name is Kate Booth and I am a primary school teacher in Coffs Harbour, New South Wales (NSW), Australia. I also have an interest in the use of virtual worlds in education. I joined the #walkmyworld project as I am always on the lookout for rich literacy opportunities for my students. This year (2016) I have a grade 2 class and a number of my students are from the year 1 class I had in 2015. Therefore, this will be their second year as contributors to the #walkmyworld project. We will use our class blog - mrsboothsclass006.edublogs.org and our class Twitter account - @BoothsClass to communicate and post our learning events.

[knsilves]

My name is Katarina Silvestri, but I typically go by Katie. I am a second year doctoral student and research project manager (Center for Literacy and Reading Instruction) at the University at Buffalo working towards a literacies focused degree in Curriculum, Instruction, and the Science of Learning. My interest in #WalkMyWorld was piqued thanks to Ian's post on the LRA listserv around this time last year, and I participated in the project as a "singleton," just to see what it was all about. After a few interesting, serendipitous meetings and turns of events, I started working on a book chapter about #WalkMyWorld along with Kate, Sue, Ian, Bill, and others; we also presented at LRA together on #Walk in an alternative session around the larger topic of MOOCs and online learning environments.

I'm super excited to be a part of the planning this time around, and I hope to bring a couple of UB friends and colleagues on to the project!

[thewritingteacher]

Stephanie Loomis. HS teacher, first year doc student, interested in connected learning, digital literacy, art, and storytelling. Word for the year: reflect.

[juliebwise]

Julie B. Wise (For publications, I use the B. in my name for two reasons: 1) It flows very nicely; and 2) There is another author out there named Julie Wise who does soul readings and healing courses.) I am a doctoral candidate in literacy at the University of Delaware. I stumbled upon #WalkMyWorld on Twitter during one of it's first years as a participant. I loved it and Ian generously invited me into the group. I skipped most of last year's #Walk, book chapter, and LRA presentation due to doctoral course work and being president of Pennsylvania's State Reading Council (KSRA). But now I am back and excited to explore #Walk a little deeper. My Twitter is @readingsecrets