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I asked for and received a tape recorder for Christmas. I was amazed and fascinated at how this piece of tape could actually record and playback your voice. -
We used a CopyStand to take photos from books in our library and sent film away to create slides that we played on a carousel slide projector alongside with a tape recorder used to record the song BusRider by The Guess Who from vinyl -
Took a Media in Education Class at UVM and worked at UVM Media Center in the basement of IRA Allen Chapen as workstudy job. Considered pursuing Educational Media Specialist Major, but chose Secondary Education Social Studies instead -
Took at Word Processing Class in NYC using M.U.S.I.C. system developed by McGill University
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/MUSIC/SP. -
I walked by the IBM showroom in NYC on my way to work and was in the midst of the BUZZ where the personal computer came into play. -
Brought my first computer Radio Shack TRS-80 Model 4 https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/TRS-80_Model_4
Wrote a grant to get these for my classroom at Concord High School. Learned to code using BASIC. -
My first account using a Fidonet based Computer Bulletin Board Service and 300 baud modem -
Taught my first community college class "Intro to Computers" using PC's at Kennedy Systems such as the Osborne 'luggable' that ran CPM. Mr. Kennedy also taught me DBase II -
Added PC's to Cabot School as a Business Educator. (Word Processing & Accounting Software)
WordPerfect was king and its use of Reveal Codes allowed you to edit 'under the hood' -
Started work for Total Software Services, created a PC Training Department and wrote database applications in DBASE 2, Dataease & Visicalc -
Integrated Apple computers into Business Education Program at North Country School. No IT department meant you learned to repair your own computers as a teacher -
To upgrade our typing lab to computers meant learning to administer my first computer network Lantastic and Window's NT -
When the Internet was now a local phone call in the NEK, my students learned Linux and introduced it to us. We accessed the Internet using GOPHER & ARCHIE, accessed email using a system called PINE and Eudora. Took my first UVM class with "Intro to Telecommunication with Sandy Lathem" -
My students and I learned to use HTML and Database driven websites. Students created first Web Server at North Country Union High School. Won several International CyberFair contest including this first place award in 2001 https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=kwFGjllMcxg&t=9s -
Completed Masters in Internet Engineering at Marlboro College Graduate Center (learned to code in Java and Perl, built a Linux Server, and completed castone using Cold Fusion based website supporting Girls & Women in Tech. I opted for this program so I could keep up with what my students were learning independently and better prepare my students for their future. Started TechSavvy Girls program as part of capstone -
I developed a series of CTE programs at North Country Career Center including Business Technology, Computer Technology, Internet Technology, and eventually created a personalized learning approach to career and technical education called IT Academy -
I started my work as a Tech Integration specialist in a K-8 school in St. Albans Vermont. I completed the first series of courses in Tech Integration offered at University of Vermont -
Became a Google Certified Innovator and one of the first schools in Vermont to adopt Google for Education tools. Saw that Cloud based computing as an Technology Equity Strategy -
Worked to introduce Open Source Software as a strategy for digital equity and one to one laptop readiness while at St. Albans City School. We also created student tech leadership teams called TechSavvy Kids -
Created and implemented a plan for one to one laptop program at St. Albans City School, along with projectors in every classroom for making learning visible. -
District wide position in tech integration and digital learning, strong focus on using ipads as one to one devices -
Design and deliver summer institute and school residency programs around learning through creating and making, featuring integrated STEAM based learning and makerspaces. (2012 - Present) -
Adjunct at UVM College of Education teaching Ed Tech Certificate Program (2013 - 2023) Prior to that taught higher ed tech classes from 2007 - 2010 through Marlboro, St. Michaels, and Castleton. -
From 2013 - 2020, we lived and learned in a mobile lifestyle in a 1983 vintage bus using technology to teach online developing pedagogical and instructional strategies that work well remotely. -
The TechSavvy Girls program I started during my Masters Program grew from 12 girls to over 50 girls over 20 years -
Exploring the role of AI in education, asking questions, participating in collective inquiry, exploring new AI technologies for creative and constructivist pedagogies