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Pathways
Teacher,
Skowhegan Area Middle School, Skowhegan, Maine, 1999 to present.
Pathways
is a 12 week exploratory class for 7th graders. In Pathways an
integrated career education/technology class. The curriculum involves
Internet safety, self
awareness, potential career investigation, entrepreneurship, and
basic budgeting concepts. Students develop a variety of projects
including podcasts, brochures, presentations, movies, and webpages.
These projects then become part of an html based progressfolio
that
illustrates
their journey through the class.
MLTI Teacher
Leader, Skowhegan Area Middle School, Skowhegan, Maine,
2002 to present. The teacher leader is responsible for disseminating
information from the MLTI state level to the teachers in our school,
encouraging integration of the laptop into teachers curriculum,
notifying of training opportunities, and managing the school's MLTI
First Class email accounts.
Literacy Leadership Team, Skowhegan Area Middle School, Skowhegan,
Maine, 2008 to present. Our team works on planning, integrating,
and implementing school wide use of literacy strategies across
the curriculum throughout our entire school to engage students
in higher levels of reading and reading comprehension.
National Teacher Training Institute, Maine PBS,
Lewiston, ME, 2002 Master Teacher and 2003 Mentor Teacher. NTTI
involves writing lesson plans that integrate the strategic use of
video and the Internet into those lesson plans. Once these lesson
plans are completed the authors present them at an NTTI conference.
Lesson plans are also made available to other educators from the
NTTI web site.
Technology in the Classroom Award, Maine PBS,
Lewiston, ME, 2002. An award given to one teacher each year who
demonstrates exceptional use of technology within their classroom.
Staff Development, Skowhegan Area Middle School,
Skowhegan, Maine, 2000 to present. Have taught a variety of computer
classes to colleagues who want to better utilize technology in their
classroom.
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