Professional Portfolio
Below you will find my resume, examples of technology integration projects I've worked on, professional development materials I've created, a link to my National-Louis Master's Portfolio, and information regarding my professional associations, activities and recommendations.
Resume | Integration Projects | Professional Development | NLU Portfolio
Presentations & Workshops | Recommendations | Professional Affiliations
You can view my resume here or download it as a PDF.
Autobiography ePortfolio |
Civil Rights Glogster |
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Humanities students embarked on a 5 month exploration of their lives and what they have learned. Students were given writing assignments, each containing a technology component. Students created Animoto videos, iMovies, audio recordings and Glogster multimedia posters to supplement or present their writing. All writing and multimedia was added to the students' wiki pages to create an electronic portfolio. Student Examples
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Students researched key events and people associated with the Civil Rights Movement. Using their information, students created a glog, multimedia poster, to present their informaiton. Students incorporated video, images and audio to make their presentations more engaging. Student Example
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Perspectives on War |
Stories of the American Revolution |
Students researched the lives of Japanese Americans and German Americans in order to better understand that how countries have dealt with foreigners or "alien enemies" during war time. Students used their research to write a first person account of life during World War II for those of Japanese and German descent. Student Examples German & Japanese American Experiences
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An integrated research project in which students assumed the role of an individual involved in the American Revolution. Students researched a person or event and wrote a first person account of the American Revolution. Student stories were recorded and coordinated with historical images to create digital stories. Student Examples |
Poe Poems |
Spanish Speaking Countries Google Earth Trips |
As part of a Language Arts unit on Poe and poetry, students learned about deciphering and interpreting poems and visualizing what the poetry means. To reinforce these skills and strengthen students' visual literacy, we worked to create a multimedia interpretation of a Poe poem. Student Examples
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Students in a 6th grade Spanish class chose Spanish speaking countries to learn about and present to their classmates. To reinforce geography skills and learn about the culture, students created Google Earth trips based on six place categories. These examples are KMZ files and require Google Earth to view. Click the Video link to see recording of a trip. Student Examples Trip 1 Trip 2 |
As part of my Master's program in Technology in Education, we created an online portfolio. In this portfolio you will see examples of an interactive Flash lesson on Genetics and Heredity, an online professional development web site on Digital Cameras in the Classroom, a Podcasting e-newsletter, and a WebQuest created with Dreamweaver. You will also learn more about my vision of technology in the classroom.
As a teacher, and now, instructional technology coach, I have had the opportunity to provide teachers with hands-on experiences using a variety of technologies. Below are links to resources used.
Whiteboard Web Wonders - Illinois Computing Educators Conference, 2011
Download the Inspire Flipchart or access the Diigo list
Inspired Learning - Illinois Computing Educators Conference, 2011
Share Your Inspire-ation - Northern Illinois Computing Educators Mini Conference 2011
Help! I Have an Interactive Whiteboard. Now What? - Rock Island Computing Educators Mini Conference, 2011
Resrouces to the Rescue - Rock Island Computing Educators Mini Conference, 2011
How'd You Do That?!? - Rock Island Computing Educators Mini Conference, 2011
Whip Up a Wiki - Illinois Computing Educators Conference, 2010
Teacher 2.0 - National-Louis University, 2009
Show Me a Story - Symposium Presentation, National-Louis University, 2008
Recommendations from Educators
Suzanne Ott - Colleague
Maureen Miller - Administrator
Amy DiBasilio -
Ben Celano - Colleague
Mary Mostyn - Colleague
Recommendations/Commendations from Schools
James Giles Letter of Commendation
Resurrection High School Letter of Recommendation
International Society for Technology in Education Member 2001-2010
Illinois Computing Educators Member 2006-2010
NEA Member 1999-2010
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