Sheri Halagan is a third grade teacher at Gurney Elementary in Chagrin Falls, Ohio.  She has taught third and fourth grades for the past 25 years.   As a National Board Certified teacher, Sheri enjoys mentoring other teachers through the process.  She is a co-leader of the Gurney Service-Learning Club, serves on the district LPDC committee, mentors entry year teachers and is currently working towards certification to be the Responsive Classroom district trainer.  Sheri also spends her time volunteering for Key Ministry, an organization that assists churches in welcoming and including children and families affected by hidden disabilities.  She was awarded with the 2010 Chagrin Falls Teacher of the Year and was a finalist for Ohio Teacher of the Year.  Website:  http://www.chagrinschools.org/olcClassView.aspx?classID=1008               Blog:  http://halagan.blogspot.com/    Email:  sheri.halagan@chagrinschools.org      

Jake Francis is a pre-service teacher at Cleveland State University.  Jake also has a Bachelors degree in American History & Military History from Ohio State University, and is currently finishing up his educational work, with plans to teach middle or high school history soon.  Jake talks about his experiences at Beachwood, particularly what he learned about technology and teaching. 

Today, I will be posting the first of several interviews with teachers in my building and from around Ohio.   These podcasts, will range in topics from: classroom management, first year stories, integration of technology, special education issues and maybe even parent interviews.  I hope you find them helpful.  Our goal in the future will be to put these podcasts into Itunes for download as an RSS feed.   

T.C. Messer (email: pmn@beachwoodschools.org ), is a Language Arts teacher here at Beachwood Middle School.  It was my pleasure to sit down with her for 20 minutes and chat about her students and classroom.  T.C. mentioned a few sites that are linked below as well as a few images from the wiki she discussed. 

noodletools:   http://www.noodletools.com/
wikispaces:  http://www.wikispaces.com
glogster:      http://edu.glogster.com