{"id":1111,"date":"2011-11-03T12:34:34","date_gmt":"2011-11-03T16:34:34","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/blog.gretchenschaefer.com\/?p=1111"},"modified":"2012-09-02T21:06:39","modified_gmt":"2012-09-03T01:06:39","slug":"technology-the-small-world","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"http:\/\/blog.gretchenschaefer.com\/?p=1111","title":{"rendered":"Technology & the Small World"},"content":{"rendered":"

One of my twitter contacts (@jswiatek<\/a>) put the call out earlier this week for people that could skype in to a professional development session for some of his teachers at Crystal River High School<\/a>, in Crystal River, FL. I had the time available, so I volunteered, and planned to talk about the Brewer schools’ use of Skype in the classroom.<\/p>\n

When it was time, I introduced myself and gave a brief bio of what I do and where I live, and then we chatted about Skype, and at the end, one of the teachers raised his hand and said “My name is George, and I grew up in Hampden, attended the University of Maine, and my family is good friends with the Husson family! How much snow do you have? ” George even knew of my hometown!<\/p>\n

This is part of why I love technology — my connection with Jerry originated when we both blogged for LearnNC at Instructify<\/a>, and then we have connected on Twitter as well, and the skype call was borne of that — but how cool that that connection would lead all the way around to finding someone from my own neighborhood!\u00a0<\/p>\n

Resources for Jerry:<\/p>\n

Brewer 4th graders Skype Across America<\/a><\/p>\n

Brewer High<\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

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