Blogging Professionally

Welcome to the Tech for your Class blog,

My name is Larisa Useda and I work with the Rochester City School District in Instructional Technology.  I assist, introduce and support teachers with new technology as introduced in our district.

My background is teaching English as a Second Language.  I taught ESOL at Monroe High School in Rochester, NY and overseas in Istanbul, Turkey and Taegu, Korea.  I have blogged with my students. I have worked with teachers to blog with their students. Yet, this is my first professional blog.  It is about time!

In this blog, I will post new sites and web tools as a showcase and to show how teachers can use with students.  



Location: Rochester, NY, USA

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  1. pollyalidaMarch 29, 2015 at 9:28 PM

    Welcome to the workshop! Love the word cloud you included.

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    1. Larisa UsedaApril 5, 2015 at 2:04 PM

      Thanks Polly! I am excited to continue on with the cool tools.

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