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HHH0608 Fall 2007

• A teacher who wants to make a difference– Dual Certified Elementary & Special Education (Birth – Grade 6)– Soon-to-be “Technology Specialist”

• A lover of the arts– Dance, theatre, drawing/painting, photography, writing– Metropolitan Museum, Lincoln Center

• A person who relies on the support of family, friends, and colleagues

• Bachelor’s Degree in Child Study– St. Joseph’s College, Patchogue

• Pursuing Master’s Degree in Educational Technology (Surprised?)– L.I.U. C.W. Post, Brookville

• Currently employed by Commack UFSD– Mandracchia-Sawmill Intermediate School– Teacher’s Assistant, Grade 3 Inclusion

• Professional Affiliations– Commack PTA– Commack SEPTA– NYSUT– NAEYC– ISTE (Thank you, Michele)

AFTERbefore

I just couldn’t stand the black and white…

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• Basic computer knowledge– Microsoft Office programs, Adobe Photoshop

• Web design = Yahoo PageBuilder

• Time to breathe

• Our big idea…. MAKE CHARACTER EDUCATION MEANINGFUL!MAKE CHARACTER EDUCATION MEANINGFUL!

– “Committed to Character” Collaborators: Darlene, Rob, Suzanne Developed character education program to be used by teachers across

grade levels Successful completion of program allowed students earn the right to

design a square for the “Virtual Character Quilt”

• Click here to visit our website (Don’t forget to watch the video!)

• My biggest success so far has been learning to edit video files using Movie Maker

• Other successful endeavors– Website design– Digital photography & editing– Designing instructional materials with MS Word

• I want to learn about– Flash (Quite frankly, it scares me!)– CSS– More video editing techniques

• (Real Life)– “Don’t Eat the Pictures” Sesame Street at the Metropolitan

Museum of Art (My day job meets my weekend hideaway )

– The pas de deux from “Romeo and Juliet”

• (Paid Life)– “21st Century Learning”

– “Pay Attention” How well do you know your students?

– “Did You Know” Puts a lot of things in perspective…

– “Constitution Day” Something I’ll be using in my own classroom this week!