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Colleagues, students and parents are welcome to email me or follow our classroom via social media accounts.
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vonbargeng@issaquah.wednet.edu Please feel free to email with any questions, comments, concerns, issues, dramas or nice things to say. I follow a "reply within 72 hours" guideline. Please understand that during some parts of the school year, my email inbox is overflowing with messages and that teaching is always my #1 priority during the school day. |
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@vb_ibbio I primarily use Twitter to connect with other IB Biology teachers around the world. I often post science news articles that relate to the IB Biology curriculum. Using #ibbio, I'll post photos from the classroom or redacted samples of student work. I also participate in Twitter chats, real-time "hashtag conversation." |
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@ibbioteacher I use Instagram to post photos from the classroom and periodic pictures from my life outside of school. |
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Linkedin
@biologyforlife I use Linkedin as a way to stay connected to colleagues and former students. I am a member of some some professional groups within the platform. Little to no information about our classroom happenings gets posted to Linkedin. |
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Remind "vB" I use Remind to send text message reminders to students about things that are happening in class. There are separate accounts for IB Biology I and for IB Biology II. |
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Facebook
@IBbiologyinthenews At any one time there are three active Facebook groups related to our classes. There is a page that is a clone of my Twitter posts, where I share science news articles that relate to the IB Biology curriculum, photos from the classroom or redacted samples of student work. This page has over 700 followers: IB Biology teachers and students from all over the world! There are also closed, student only groups for both IB Biology I and IB Biology II in which students ask questions of each other and of the teacher(s). All posts must abide by the school district guidelines for user generated content and are subject to public disclosure. |