Welcome - Let's get acquainted!

[Rob_Hugo@PortNW]

Hello everyone 😀 ,

Welcome to the web discussion forum for the USCI/NCTA Spring 2010 "East Asia Since 1800" seminar - South Bay!

This is a space in which we can all get acquainted prior to the seminar. To that end, it would be great if you can reply to this post and provide the following:

1. Your name
2. Your school and teaching assignment
3. A photo (if you so desire; see attached "Using the Web Forum Guide" for detailed instructions)
4. Anything else about yourself that you would like to share

We will be posting information relevant to the seminar here, so please check in regularly. Also, for the ease and convenience of all forum users, please limit the number of new threads you create. If something can be shared, discussed or expanded upon under an existing thread, let's do so.

Thank you for your consideration, and welcome to the forum!

- Xin

[Anonymous]

Dear Everybody,
My name is Barret Graf. I am a 6th grade language arts and social studies teacher at Carver Middle School. I have been a teacher for 8 years.
I am really looking forward to getting started in this class and putting everything I learn to good use.
See you soon!
Barret

[Anonymous]

Hi-- My name is Diane Paull-- I teach at Educational Partnership High School - an independent study high school in Long Beach. -- I have been at this particular school for -- yup -- 20 years. We teach at risk students. Before this assignment - -when I first started teaching I taught junior high -- yes -- back then it was called junior high - in both Los Angeles and Hollywood.

[Anonymous]

Hi!

My name is Monica Weston and I am a teacher of many talents, as many are in this economically challenging time for schools. I currently teach at Burcham K-8 in Long Beach. I am a 3rd and 4th grade Language Arts Intervention Teacher, a 6th grade Technology I Teacher, a K-5th grade Computer Lab Teacher, and 6th -8th grade Open Lab Teacher. I am married with a 1 year old daughter.

This weekend my husband and I are working in conjunction with the San Pedro Kiwanis Club to sponsor a Family Kite Fly in San Pedro @ the 22nd St. Park on Saturday, June 10th from 10am-2pm. There will be free kite making for kids!!! We would love to see all of you there! It is a great way to celebrate Asian History traversing into America.

[Anonymous]

I am Nancy Stansbury - the oldest, if not the wisest, of the South Bay Spring Seminar students. I teach a three period Humanities Block at Manhattan Beach Middle School. One period is Reading, one period is Writing, and one period is Social Studies. China is an important part of the 6th grade Ancient History curriculum and our literature text includes myths, legends, and short stories which have Asian themes. I am hoping that this seminar will help me to develop interesting lessons that will increase my 6th graders' appreciation of the East and make relevant connections between its history and my students' world.

[Anonymous]

Nancy -- I'm sure I'm not the wisest but I'm in the running for the oldest!

[Anonymous]

Howdy... I am Victoria Damrel and I teach visual arts in an IB high school in Lynwood. Firebaugh received it's International Baccalaureate status in 2008 and has been teaching Mandarin Chinese since that authorization. We sent a cadre of students to China last summer for three weeks and all my students who attended came back with a real appreciation for Asia and China. I have attempted to incorporate the arts of Asia into my lessons, as the majority of art history I have studied has focused on Western Art. I look forward to learning more an collaborating with you all.
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[Anonymous]

Hello everyone.
My name is R. Laura Goodwin. I am a teacher at Maywood Academy High School, LAUSD, LD6.
I am currently teaching United States History and A.P. U. S. History, but have taught at all levels in the high school social studies (world history, civics, economics).
I am very excited to be participating in this seminar and look forward to working with everyone through our next weeks together.

[Anonymous]

Hi, My name is Pat Rice. Tossed by the winds of fate and contracting economies, I have taught many grades and subjects from Detroit to LA. I hope to put down a few roots at Gardena High School, LAUSD where I currently teach 9th grade Science and Health and which I really enjoy.
My background is in engineering so I am grounded in worldly practicalities, but I have also worked as a writer, so my head is often found in the clouds.
I think this class should be fun and it will be good to meet all the different teachers gathered together for this purpose![Edit by="price on Apr 7, 11:24:10 PM"][/Edit]
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[Anonymous]

Hi Everyone,
My name is Mickey Choe. I teach Algebra at Culver City Middle School. I have been teaching math for 5 years. I use to be a Kindergarten teacher previous to teaching math. I am looking foward to these seminars. 😀

[Anonymous]

Hello Everyone,

My name is Jill Botelho. I am a 9 Grade World History teacher at Mission Vista High School. I teach a survey course it covers wide range of topics. Our regional foci are Africa, Asia, and the Middle East. While I review and cover standards from grades 6,7,10, I incorporate as many current issues as possible. I am excited to have the opportunity to study east Asia in depth, as I understanding this region is critical to today's students.

I look forward to chatting with everyone

Jill Botelho

[Anonymous]

My name is Carol Reynolds and I teach ceramics at Mira Costa High School. I am looking forward to a vibrant and challenging seminar. East Asia is of course the motherland of ceramics and is one of the reasons Europe was so befuddled by China. How the heck did they get that beautiful porcelain and cobalt ? Having attended a porcelain european conference in Germany a couple of years back, China was a dirty word as we sat in the old porcelain factory in Selb-Plossberg, amid the abandoned homes, as all of the work was being produced so cheaply in china that the factory had closed and was turned into a museum. Germans finally figured it out, and Meisen was born, but after a couple of hundred years we seem to have come full circle.

[Anonymous]

Hello everybody.
I am Kerri Atkins. I teach 7th and 8th grade social studies at Parras Middle School in Redondo Beach. I took this class because I don't have a very strong "Asian" history background and since I teach about China and Japan in 7th grade I thought I should probably know a little more about the cultures!

Looking forward to meeting you all these next few weeks.

[Anonymous]

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Hi Everyone. My name is Tayo Balogun. I teach Algebra 1 to 8th graders at Culver City Middle School. I have been teaching for a long time; 11 years! And I still feel like I have a lot to learn. I went to Japan this year and had a great time and I'm looking forward to learning more about cultures that I have little to no knowledge of.
I also look forward to chatting with you guys.
See you Tuesday.

[Anonymous]

Hello! My name is Liz! I teach 8th and 6th grade science at LACES in Los Angeles! I have been teaching for 13 years and am originally from Detroit! I am looking forward to getting to know everyone!

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