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Introduction
It's Jaime Barraza from Northwood Jr. High. I teach 8th Grade Dual Language Social Studies and Spanish, and 6th Grade ESL Reading/Writing. Here's Northwood's website. Out of all the great things that make up my profession, I think the best thing at Northwood is the camaraderie (incidentally a Spanish cognate). I feel as though the environment is a place where the focus is on the student's success, but also has a strong platform for teachers to breed success among students with a strong support system.

Favorite Things
-My puppy CHICO!!! (He's from Wrightway Rescue in Niles)

-Running along the Lakefront on a cool Saturday morning

-Music (of any sorts)

-Horseback riding

- Insanity is doing the same thing over again expecting different results" (Or something like that...)

Burning Questions
What implications will Web 2.0 have not only on our teaching, but our lives as a whole? I found Chico by recommendation of an old high school friend on Facebook. A few weeks ago I put out a status update asking if anyone had any recommendations on where to find a good shelter to rescue a dog. Out of the many responses, Wrightway proved to be the best. Had it not been for this person I haven't seen face-to-face since highschool, we may have not adopted Chico.

Web 2.0 stuff
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Thing 12- Using a slideshow tool media type="custom" key="5021073" All of these pictures were downloaded from flikr.com under CC License User: [|OneLaptopPerChild]

media type="custom" key="5050017" This slideshow was made with animoto. It's really cool, and can see how the students could use it for a presentation.

Thing 19: Hurricane Katrina media type="youtube" key="_SLXYRJnYm0" height="344" width="425"

Final Project
Here it is! media type="file" key="Final Project.mov"