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		<description><![CDATA[Thanks for visiting, this is a launchpad for the various content that I manage.  You may have reached this page via my Twitter profile, or through a link that I posted.  I hope that this page allows you to find the information that you are looking for quickly and easily.  Please contact me if you [...]<img alt="" border="0" src="http://stats.wordpress.com/b.gif?host=duross.wordpress.com&amp;blog=6799698&amp;post=1&amp;subd=duross&amp;ref=&amp;feed=1" width="1" height="1" />]]></description>
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<p><em><strong>Contact</strong></em></p>
<p>I can be contacted many ways, some of the most popular:</p>
<p><a href="mailto://fduross@gmail.com">email</a></p>
<p><a href="http://twitter.com/duross">Twitter</a></p>
<p><a href="GoIM?screenname=MrDuRoss"><img src="http://api.oscar.aol.com/presence/icon?k=key&amp;t=MrDuRoss" alt="AIM" /></a></p>
<p><em><strong>Blogs</strong></em></p>
<p>I teach two science classes, 7th grade life science, and 9th grade Living Environment.  For each of these classes I maintain a class blog.  I post to these blogs several times a week.  I usually summarize what has been going on in class, any upcoming assignments, and I also post copies of labs and notes.  I also post screencasts of our Powerpoint notes.</p>
<p><a href="http://podcast.nhart.org/groups/7thgradescience/blog/">7th Grade Science Blog</a></p>
<p><a href="http://podcast.nhart.org/groups/livingenvironmentais/blog/">9th Grade Living Environment Blog</a></p>
<p><em><strong>Podcasts</strong></em></p>
<p>Whenever I am completing notes with my students I record the Powerpoint slides from the computer and audio from our classroom.  I prepared these videos as video podcasts that are available via iTunes.  Clicking the links below will open iTunes and allow you to subscribe to the podcasts.</p>
<p><a onclick="return mugicPopWin(this,event);" oncontextmenu="mugicRightClick(this);" href="http://phobos.apple.com/WebObjects/MZStore.woa/wa/viewPodcast?id=295354239">7th Grade Science Podcasts</a></p>
<p><a onclick="return mugicPopWin(this,event);" oncontextmenu="mugicRightClick(this);" href="http://phobos.apple.com/WebObjects/MZStore.woa/wa/viewPodcast?id=295198804">Living Environment Podcasts</a></p>
<p><em><strong>School Website</strong></em></p>
<p>Our school uses SchoolCenter for its website and I have an official school page on that site.  I really don&#8217;t update it at all, since I am now using the blogs above for posting content.  This page mainly just has my bio and pointers to the blogs.</p>
<p><a href="www.newhartfordschools.org/duross">Mr. DuRoss&#8217; Hompage</a></p>
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