Visiting Lecturer: Fitchburg State University

I am happy to announce that I will be teaching a new graduate course titled "Technology Integration for the 21st Century Classroom." I consider myself a technology guru when it comes to integrating technology into the curriculum. I will not lie, I have no idea and no interest in what makes a computer or internet work. What I do care about is going through the vast educational technology that is out there right now and weeding out the good from the bad. I have much experience working with other subject areas and have received a lot of technology training from Apple and from my years teaching for Virtual High School. While at Pentucket, I served on the District-Wide Technology Committee. As a result of all these experiences, I want to give teachers a hands-on opportunity to embrace technology and feel comfortable making lesson plans using technology.

Here is the course description:
This course is aimed at giving educators hands-on training of the latest tools for creating a 21^st century classroom enriched with meaningful technology. Each class will feature project-based guidance on a specific type of technology followed by a discussion of implementation into all content areas. Candidates will incorporate what they learned into a Weebly website for future use.

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