Janet+Zydney

Hi, everyone! I am an associate professor in Curriculum & Instruction: Instructional Design and Technology. Here's a picture of me teaching. I have a 6 year old son and a husband named Mike. Mike is a professor at NKU, Chase Law School. We have lived in Cincinnati for about 6 years. Prior to moving to Cincinnati, we lived in Lexington, Kentucky. This is where I did my post doc and where my son was born. We are originally from New York. Both my husband and I grew up on Long Island, but we spent the most recent years in New York City (Manhattan and Brooklyn). I went to NYU and my husband went to Columbia University, so we spent a lot of time in and around those schools. We miss New York (especially the pizza and bagels), but we are enjoying our new home in Cincinnati. We love the zoo, the aquarium, and the Children's museum. We are having so much fun exploring the city. Generally speaking, I enjoy using technology, although sometimes it can be frustrating. In general, I find it makes my life easier, and it is a great way to engage learners and connect with others. I have high expectations for this course and for my students in my courses.

I prefer to be called "Janet," but if that makes you uncomfortable, then call me "Dr. Zydney"

__**Hope for this Class**:__

I hope you will gain a lot out of this collaborative experience into the integrating technology in the classroom. I expect that each of you will have a lot of your own past experiences to bring to the table which will make all of our learning deeper.

__**Fear of this Class:**__

I fear that we won't be able to cover everything that I want to. :(

__**Educational Technology Means to Me:**__

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I chose this picture because it makes me think that children, for better or worse, are being introduced to technology at a younger and younger age. We started skyping with Bradley and his grandparents when he was a toddler and it has helped them stay connected from a distance. Now, we have Bradley and his baby cousin skype. What a new world we live in where we can stay connected to people in such new ways! How do we as teachers capitalize on the tech skills children are coming into our classrooms with and how can we prepare them to handle such sophisticated ways of communicating?

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