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Summary

As a globally recognized classroom teacher and educational technology blogger, I will bring to your organization experience and ideas for improving student engagement and learning through the use of technology.

Work History

MSAD #17 - Oxford Hills Comprehensive High School

South Paris, ME, United States
Aug 2005 - Present
Teacher 
  • ACTEM Educator of the Year - Finalist 2010
  • Piloted 1:1 laptop program at the high school level in 2006.
  • Taught the school's first blended online course.
  • Conducted technology integration workshops for staff.
  • Coordinated the "Laptop Squad" to assist teachers in the use of MacBooks as instructional tools.
  • Member of ACTEM and ISTE.
  • Teacher of US History and Contemporary World Studies.
  • Teacher of special education classes and college preparation courses.
  • Served on Subject Area Curriculum Committee.

Free Technology for Teachers

ME, United States
Nov 2007 - Present
Owner/ Author 
  • Author of Free Technology for Teachers.  Reviews of services and ideas for using free web-based resources in education.
  • Winner of 2008, 2009, 2010 Edublogs Awards for Best Resource Sharing Blog.
  • Keynote Speaker and featured presenter at numerous conferences across the United States and Canada. A complete list is available here http://www.freetech4teachers.com/p/work-with-me.html
  • Built a daily subscriber base of 40,000+ readers yielding nearly 750,000 monthly page views.
  • Published nine ebooks for educators including two on Google Apps for Educators.

School Library Journal

New York, NY, United States
Sep 2010 - Present
Columnist 

 

  • I write a monthly column titled Cool Tools. 
  • Articles introduce readers to free technology tools that can be used in classrooms and school libraries.

 

MSAD #17 - Oxford Hills Comprehensive High School

United States
Jan 2004 - Aug 2005
Long Term Substitute  
  • Taught 9th grade Introduction to Literature.
  • Developed, with English Department, local area common assessments.

FedEx Ground, Inc.

ME, United States
Feb 1999 - May 2005
Operations Service Manager 
  • Supervised 20-25 package handlers in the safe and efficient loading and unloading of trailers.
  • Coordinated dispatch of local and long-distance package delivery and pick-up. 
  • Recruited and hired package handlers.

Education

University of Maine at Farmington

Farmington, ME, United States
May 2001
Bachelor of Arts, History

Certifications

7-12 Social Studies Teacher

(Maine DOE)
Jul 2013

Grades 7-12 Social Studies Teacher Certification.

Interests

  • Fly fishing
  • Hiking
  • Volunteering at a local animal shelter. 

Google Certified

Google Certified Teacher

In December 2009 I became a Google Certified Teacher.

Award Winning

2010 Edublog Award
Best Resource Sharing Blog
Edublogger Award 2008

Twelve Essentials

Superbook Cover

The Super Book of Web Tools for Educators is an ebook that I designed and edited with contributions from ten other prominent educational technology writers. 

Twelve Essentials for Technology Integration

This was my first ebook released in June of 2009. It was downloaded more than 5,000 times within the first month of publication.