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===Welcome to my wiki. I am Rich Hubbard Director of Technology for Amboy CUSD 272. The purpose of this wiki is to increase Teacher and Staff awareness about the District's Tech initiatives, Web 2.0 & 21st Century Tools and general information about technology.===

I use both Mac and PC's at work and home. I am believe in the right tool for the task at hand, sometimes it is a Mac and other times it is a PC. That being said, my personal choice is the Mac.
===Twitter is a big part of my PLN. Check out this website to see why I am so passionate about using twitter in our District. Take five minutes of your time to watch the video at the top of the page. Eric Sheninger Principal at New Milford High School===

**I am often asked how do I find time to keep current with technology, I use several tools to condense content into one location. One is my daily tech newspaper - The Rich Hubbard Daily**


 * Another tool I use to curate information is Scoopit, The topics I follow. **

**I use Instapaper, a simple tool to save web pages for reading later. Instapaper**


 * I have started using Pinterst to curate websites. Links to my boards:**
 * **Education Links for Teachers**
 * iPad Resources and Essentials
 * BYOD - Bring your own device
 * Stem Resources
 * Twitter Resources for Educators

===**Free Technology for Teachers - a blog written by Richard Byrne with free resources and lesson plans for teaching with technology. This link loads a page on his blog with downloads** **covering Google Tools for Teachers. Link to free downloads**===

** The Super Web Tools Book for Educators follow this link to read to download the pdf file. Blogging About The Web 2.0 **

The wiki is going to be a fluid document and comprised of different ares of content:

 * ===WEB 2.0: a repository of links, sites and information.===
 * ===General web links and resources - an area Teachers and staff can share their links to web sites and resources they have found useful.===
 * ===A list of some of the tools and Web 2.0 apps I use and are part of my PLN - personal learning network. //n. – the entire collection of people with whom you engage and exchange information, usually online.//===