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Hi All! This is my first attempt at setting up a wiki, so I thank you in advance for your patience!!

On this homepage, I believe we're supposed to post a brief paragraph about ourselves, including contact information and scheduling considerations. (See below.)

Also, I've tried to create 5 additional pages, each one devoted to a different curriculum development approach. If you want to add any other approaches, please just create a new page for each one you wish to add. Each of us will add information to the pages according to the guidelines in the Week 4 discussion D4.1 instructions (I've set up the sections on each page). (The links are below:)

Backward Design/Backward Planning Approach

Task Analysis Approach

Curriculum Mapping Approach

Deliberation Model Approach

Grassroots Taba Approach

Hope this is helpful!

Here's the personal info section:

Jennifer Vaida. I teach 7th grade English in an independent faith-based K-12 school in the San Francisco Bay area. Before this iteration of my career, I taught HS and college-level English in the greater Miami area. (I also did a stint in the corporate world, working for a management consultant/trainer and as an HR manager. Teaching is much better!) My email is jennifer.vaida@waldenu.edu, and I'm usually available before 7am PST (I try to carve out early morning time for my Walden work, so I can use the rest of my day for my teaching/grading). I'm a little overwhelmed with this term's course but am hoping I'll figure out how to juggle everything.

Jenny Douglas. I currently teach 2nd grade at a title I school in Winter Haven FL. It is a small town in between Orlando and Tampa. I have always taught at Combee elementary. I have been teaching for 5 years and 2nd grade is the highest grade I have taught. I love teaching and am also part of my school's PBS team or positive behavior system. My email is Jenny,McDonald@waldenu.edu, and I am usually available after 5 pm EST. I am a mother of two so free time is far and few between as I am sure it is for everyone I know we all have jobs outside of Walden. Good luck, I know this class is tough for me.

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My name is Claudia Ovalle. I Live in Texas. I am teaching 4th grade - bilingual-Language arts/Social Studies. I am also a GT facilitator at my campus. =====

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Right now I feel overwhelmed with the class we are taking plus all the work and responsibilities I have at the schooo I am teaching at. =====

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I have two boys, which are my priority. As you can see, I am very busy and with so little breaks. =====

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I love teaching and probably that keeps me motivated. My e-mail is ovalle.claudia@waldenu.edu I am available at 7 pm central time. =====

My name is Lee Ann Patterson. I teach 6th and 7th grade reading and language arts in Calhoun County, Georgia, a small community in between Albany, Georgia, and Dothan Alabama. I started as a reporter for the Albany Herald after college and then moved to education a few years later after I married my husband. We have two children, Rachael, age 4, and Brian Jr (BJ), age 2. I also have a thirteen-year-old stepdaughter, Ariel, who has lived with us for the last year. I have a lot going on with classes and teaching, as well as teaching Sunday School at my church and working with the youth. I also am helping with the 4-7 year old cheerleading in our local recreation department. Like the rest of you, there's always a lot going on, but I am excited about working on this degree from Walden and becoming a better teacher and eventually moving into new areas. My e-mail is leeann.patterson@waldenu.edu, although I am more likely to respond to an e-mail sent to leepatt25@gmail.com. I am not usually available for chatting because my main source of Internet access is at school, since I live in a very rural community where Internet is not widely available.

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