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=**Welcome to my wiki and to EDUC 318**=

Hello and welcome to our class wiki, I am Dan Davis your instructor, coach, and encourager. I currently teach 4th grade in a rural community on the Eastern Shore. This is my second career and my most enriching choice. Integrating technology into the classroom is what I believe I do best. Teaching this class, especially at Salisbury. There I was a non-traditional, midlife, career changer, student, and received my BS and my MS in education. I hope you enjoy taking the class as much as I enjoy teaching the cours e.

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