Collaborators

Add your name and any contact information you'd like to provide here, if you wish to contribute to this project. Add your color here too!
 * Collaborator Contact Information**

Web Manager of Weber School District Location: Ogden, Utah Email: justin@justinreeve.com Twitter: @justinreeve Skype: justinreeve Role: Hosting the site, setting up and configuring Moodle. I'll help develop some course content when I can, but I started grad school in January so at that point I won't have much time to do anything but technical backend work. However, I believe I'll have a chance to make some of my school projects intersect with Digital Parent. I'll also make myself available in the evenings to talk to parents if we add the "Chat with a Teacher" block.
 * Justin K. Reeve**

Location: Corning, NY Email: RjWassink@gmail.com Twitter: @RjWassink Skype: Role: Not sure at this point - a collaborator and the person who will register the domain name. I'm working 2 jobs and trying to rehab an old house, so not sure how much time I'll have to contribute. Tuesday nights I participate in #edchat on Twitter religiously, and most other nights I play online for an hour or two before going to bed. I'm halfway decent with graphic design and/or "small details"... editing and the like.
 * Ryan J. Wassink**

Location: Fremont, OH Email: cfoster@streaks.net Twitter: @celfoster Skype: Role - Collaborator and lots of experience with Moodle. I am a High School teacher - grades 11th and 12th. I am willing to create any courses we as a group decide to create. Open to any and all suggestions.
 * Cel Foster**

Location: Berlin, MD Email: mzmacky2@gmail.com Twitter: @mzmacky Skype: ir-ish42 Role: Happy to do whatever is needed. I teach high school also and am one of the moodle administrators for our school.
 * Colleen McGuire**

Location: Pepper Pike, OH Email: mguidos@orange.k12.oh.us Twitter: @maguidos Skype: Role: Just heard about this today when Justin mentioned it during FETC Virtual Conference. I have an eLearning certification from UWStout (great program) and try to do as much online facilitation as I can while still working full time for Orange City Schools as a Technology Integration Supervisor.
 * Mary Ann Guidos**

Location: St. Catharines, Ontario, Canada Email: lornacos@gmail.com Twitter: lornacost Skype: lornacos1 Role: Collaborator, course content writer, all round what is needed. Have a Moodle for parents started and a Ning network for teachers working with parents. (closed) Currently project facilitator for the Parent Reaching Out Project at the Niagara Catholic District School Board. Link to Parent workshop http://www.ourschool.ca/digitalparent. Peggy George, after attending the FETC Virtual Conference, pointed me to this really worthwhile initiative.
 * Lorna Costantini**

Location: Calgary, Alberta, Canada Email: cgseibel@gmail.com Twitter: Skype: cindy.seibel Role: Like Colleen - happy to help with whatever is needed. Unlike Justin - recently finished grad school, and my work was focused on technology-enabled parent engagement. Currently co-host Parents as Partners bi-weekly webcast with Lorna Costantini on [] who pointed me to this exciting initiative.
 * Cindy G. Seibel**

Technology Integration Supervisor Orange City Schools Location: Pepper Pike, Ohio Email: jkane@orange.k12.oh.us Twitter: Skype: jennette.kane Role: I provide technology professional development to the staff at Orange City Schools. Web 2.0 technologies are a large part of that focus. In addition, I'm currently developing an online course in Moodle focused on internet safety, cyber bullying, privacy, and copyright. I would like to eventually share my resources with the parents in my district and beyond. This project seems like a great opportunity to do that. I learned about this opportunity when Justin posted the link in the lounge chat room. Thanks for sharing!
 * Jennette Kane**

Retired elementary school principal and pre-service teacher education instructor for Arizona State University-West Location: Phoenix, AZ Email: pgeorge@mac.com Twitter: pgeorge Skype: pgeorge1 Role: Willing to support and contribute in any way that I can. I am passionate about parent involvement in education and think it's essential to find ways to support both parents and schools in communicating with the use of online tools (especially Web 2.0 and open source tools). I told Lorna about this fantastic opportunity to collaborate because of her commitment to parent engagement and her role as co-host in Parents as Partners, and now she has "hooked" me into participating. :-)
 * Peggy George**

Location: Toronto, ON, Canada Email: gay@peopleforeducation.com Twitter: Skype: Online communications manager at People for Education, a charity with the mandate to improve public education in Ontario. We also have a ning. [|http://www.peopleforeducation.com] I'm a self-taught web woman, responsible for all P4E's web content for the last 3 years. We're developing web workshops to give parents free online communications tools (e-newsletters, website creation, online surveys) to use in their school communities. Happy to help where I can, as time allows :) Glad to work with such a keen, wise bunch of people!
 * Gay Stephenson**

Parent, IT Consultant, Photographer, Geek Location: Carleton Place, ON, Canada Email: ross@button.ca, ross.button@cgi.com Twitter: neternity Skype: rossbutton Virtual Office: http://vroom.button.ca Blog: http://sloppynet.blogspot.com Professional: http://ross.button.ca Schools: http://schoolfinder.button.ca Stream of Share: http://www.google.com/reader/shared/neternity Photography: http://neternity.smugmug.com Role: I provide technology advice to large corporations and organizations. Been in the business before the birth of the PC. I'm a School Council co-chair for an elementary school and a high school with children in each. Also one in University and two college grads as well. I'm quite busy but willing to help out as my time permits.
 * Ross Button**

Parent, Communications Consultant, Trophy Wife/Child Bride Location: Toronto, ON, Canada Email: aeringuy@gmail.com Twitter: @aeringuy Skype: aeringuy LinkedIn: [] Blog: [|www.gospacerace.com]; [|www.nocarnocigar.wordpress.com] Stream of Share: http://www.google.com/reader/shared/aeringuy Role: Digital communications consultant within the non-profit and educational publishing areas. Social tech trainer for organizations, including Toronto Board of Trade, Wellesley Institute, and Oxford University Press. Advocate for 21C teaching and learning in Canadian schools. Grew up without even a Coleco Vision, and making up for lost time through latent geekery. Mum to a 7 year old in Grade 2. Happy to help in any capacity, including resource development, presenting, wine swilling. Kinda funny looking.
 * Aerin Kelly Guy**

Parent, School Parent Representative of Catholic Education Wodonga Council (Australia), Transition Aide Location: Wodonga, Victoria, Australia Email: noskefamily@westnet.com.au Twitter: MarieTN Skype: Mariekeln Role: Lorna invited me to attend and I feel honoured to be here. I have a great passion for engaging parents in school life. I am an active member of the school community that my children attend and am the school's representative on Catholic Education Wodonga Council. I believe that parents should be welcome in school communities. Parents and teachers together educate children. One cannot function without the other. I have two boys. The eldest is in Grade 5 and the youngest is in Grade 3. Our school will be launching a 1:1 laptop program in March 2010. Parents are very positive about it and want to learn all they can about how technology can best suit their children. I am excited to be part of this and am happy to help in whatever way I can. **
 * Marie Noske