My primary responsibility as of this writing is as District Technology Resource Teacher for Fayette County Public Schools. In this position I am responsible for...
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The District Technology Office
monthly E-Zine TIPS. -
The Fayette County Video-Linked Classroom, a secondary classroom-sharing initiative using compressed video conferencing.
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Electronic discourse through management of the Fayette County Email Discussion Lists and the Fayette County Schools Forums.
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Direct technology integration support to District high schools.
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Web
development and support, including a resource
website in the
support of educational technology and multimedia. -
Stages of Teaching with Technology - a PD initiative delivered on line.
I also support district-wide multimedia interests, including
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music recording, production, MIDI, and digital delivery,
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Video production - both live and through non-linear editing.
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Web streaming of multimedia including Real content,
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Live video streaming.
Outside of the 9-to-5 workplace, I am involved in the following pursuits:
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Doctoral studies in Instructional Systems Design, University of Kentucky
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Editor and moderator, EDTECH educational technology LISTSERV (part of the Michigan State University H-Net family)
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Partnered with Dee, Educational Media and Consulting of Kentucky -
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Editor and
distributor of The E-Line - a core content-based Internet resource email newsletter
distributed every other week in support of Kentucky teachers,
including past attendees of the Kentucky Department of Education Summer
Teacher Academies. -
Web manager for the University of Kentucky chapter of Phi Delta Kappa, of which I am a member of the board.
I provide here a few of my professional writings:
- My Rank 1 Portfolio based on Kentucky's Experienced Teacher Standards
- The Classroom in Bits - a qualitative study of high school distance education.
- "In the Pursuit of a Virtual Community of Practice: Electronic Mail Discourse as a Technology Integration Resource" (Word format - also available in RTF) - paper presented at the fall conference of the Association for Educational Communications and Technology, Chicago, 2004. The appendices are available separately in Word format.