As Technology Support Specialist for the North Canton City School District elementary schools, it is my job to provide teachers with technical assistance in using hardware, software and new equipment and communicate with them to coordinate classroom curriculum with technology. I am also responsible for maintaining Web Pages for each building and searching the Internet for sites of value to our staff and students that can be integrated into daily classroom curriculum. My husband Tom is a Ceramic Engineer. We have two grown children, David and Tiffany, who are both NCCS alumni. Our totally spoiled Yellow Lab, Izzy, allows Tom & I to share her residence in Greentown. Franklin Institute Science Museum OME Program During the 1999-2000 school year I was honored to be selected as a Fellow by the Franklin Institute of Science in Philadelphia, Pa. Clocks...Teaching Time, focused on The Franklin Institute's collection of timepieces, was the effort of the 1999-2000 "Wired@School" educators. During the school year 2000-2001 I served as Online Museum Educator. Two chapters of Online Museum Educators—one working in North America with artifacts from The Franklin Institute Science Museum and one working in the United Kingdom with the Science Museum, London's collections-worked together for 10 months. The outcome of the project is a collection of teacher-created resources that support museum artifacts known as "Pieces of Science." I was delighted to be joined by Mrs. Ann Sowd of Hoover High School in the 2001-2002 Online Museum Educators Project. Follow this link to read more about The Online Museum Educators Program. My contribution to the program was "Grandbuddies", an intergenerational project pairing first grade students with residents of a local retirement community. Online Collaborative Projects I have collaborated with Susan Silverman from the Comsewogue School District in New York State on several online projects: Whale
Tales 2004 Students
had a whale of a time Kidspired Frosty Readers 2004, a wintertime collaborative online project featuring "Kidspiration" software and winter literature. Kidspired Bunnies 2003, the 3rd third collaborative Internet project that combines Kidspiration software and literature. Kidspired Frosty Tales 2003, a collaborative online project featuring "Kidspiration" software and winter literature. A sequel to "Kidspired Tales". Kidspired Tales 2002 - A fall K-2 project. The objective of this project is to help teachers develop new literacies into their content area instruction and will feature shared activities designed with Kidspiration™ software. "Cinderella Around the World" Participating classes read multi-cultural versions of Cinderella. After reading the story students engaged in language arts, social studies, math or science activities that were showcased on a web site. "Frosty Readers 2001" and "Frosty Readers 2002" attracted classrooms from across the United States, Canada and South Africa. "Spring Into Life" The topic of study for this project was on animals and/or plants that become active in the springtime. What a perfect time to learn about migration and hibernation, not to mention protective coloration! Students engaged in multi-disciplinary activities with a science emphasis
"To laugh often and much; to win the respect of intelligent people and the affection of children; to earn the appreciation of honest critics and endure the betrayal of false friends; to appreciate beauty; to find the best in others; to leave the world a bit better, whether by a healthy child, a garden patch or a redeemed social condition; to know even one life has breathed easier because you have lived. This is to have succeeded."
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