Teacher+Leaders+2011

Teacher Leaders

Kristy Dyer - LPVEC: kdyer@lpvec.org
Kristy is a Special Education teacher for the Lower Pioneer Valley Educational Collaborative. She currently teaches in a substantially separate classroom for students with emotional/behavioral needs in grades 6-8. Kristy has developed a passion for learning about how to integrate technology in the classroom, which she feels is a medium the students can relate to in this day and age. Kristy utilizes the vast array of Web 2.0 tools, her classroom wiki, and smartboard technology (with her Mimio that she can't live without!) daily in her classroom. Although there are too many to mention, a couple of Kristy's favorite tools to use in the classroom are [|Pixton] and[| Xtranormal]. = =

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[[image:New_Literacies_Profile_Picture.jpg width="176" height="107" align="left"]]Dolores Frazer - Ashland Middle School dfrazer@ashland.k12.ma.us
Dolores Frazer is an eighth grade English teacher at Ashland Middle School. She has worked in education for fifteen years and is currently earning a C.A.G.S degree in Educational Leadership from American International College specializing in curriculum, instruction, and assessment. As a teacher leader, Dolores has facilitated professional development workshops using UDL and Understanding by Design principles, and has participated in pilot programs to help shape educational assessments of twenty-first century literacy skills. She uses technology in her classroom to foster literacy through digital storytelling with slideshow software, research projects that shape public policy, and online collaboration through Wikis and Moodle. Dolores is committed to helping today’s educators build progressive curriculum that supports sustainability and global understanding by integrating technology and pedagogy.

**[[image:2005Weddings179.jpg width="114" height="126" align="left"]]Kathleen Hillman - West Springfield Public Schools: hillman@wsps.org**
Kathleen Hillman teaches computer apps to students at the West Springfield Middle School as an Instructional Technology Specialist. Kathy earned her undergraduate degree from the University of Massachusetts and her Master’s degree from Lesley College. She has been teaching computers since 1989 spending 7 years teaching at St.Thomas Elementary School. She is passionate about her students and is always updating her skills and adopting the lastest Web 2.0 tools into her curriculum. At the present time, Dropbox is her new favorite tool and trying to create lip-dubs. She serves on her district's Tech Team and Innovation Schools Grant Committee. In her spare time, she is co-president of the West Springfield Education Association.

[[image:DSCN3123.jpg width="98" height="152" align="left"]]LaurieAnn Riley - Chelsea Public Schools: //rileyl (at) chelseaschools.com//:
Laurie currently works as the District-Wide Lead Librarian for Chelsea Public Schools and the Librarian at the Williams Middle School Complex in Chelsea, MA. Laurie has worked her way through the grade levels -- starting out as a preschool/kindergarten teacher, then an elementary librarian, and now a middle school librarian. Perhaps its time to move on to high school! Working with the Chelsea Public School libraries, Laurie has developed a greater understanding of how school libraries can become the one place where all students are “equal” learners. With the proper resources (print and nonprint), every student -- regular education, special education, English Language Learners -- can find what they need to support their education and partake in successful learning experiences. Laurie has been collaborating with teachers to implement many Web 2.0 tools in to their curriculum. Her current favorites are Go!Animate and Animoto.

Alexandra (Lexi) Runnals -arunnals@lpvec.org - LPVEC
Lexi teaches 9th through 12th grade English at LPVEC and has also worked this past year on designing and teaching English courses via Moodle. She just completed her Masters in Education with a focus in Distance Learning from Northeastern University and learned about a lot of great resources that she hopes to implement in her own classroom and share with others. Right now her favorite tool is Google docs and Google sites, as she is currently websites for all of her English classes at LPVEC.

[[image:amsalvon.gif width="114" height="136" align="left"]]Anne Marie Salvon - Longmeadow Public Schools - asalvon@longmeadow.k12.ma.us
Anne Marie is the instruction technology teacher at [|Glenbrook Middle School] in Longmeadow, where she has worked for the past 6 years instructing students on Web 2.0 tools; internet safety; digital citizenship; authentication of websites; researching, typing & presentation skills; and how to become proficient using Microsoft Word, PowerPoint and Excel software. As a part-time facilitator of [|iEARN's]** (International Education and Resource Network) **online courses, Anne Marie assists educators from different countries in acquiring the necessary 21st century skills to integrate global exchange and collaborative learning technologies into their classrooms. She is also a part-time Associate at Performance Consulting, LLC - where she perform hands-on, interactive**[| Myers Briggs Type Indicator]** (MBTI®) workshops for students, faculty, and businesses to help them understand how different personalities impact learning environments and communication. Anne Marie thoroughly enjoys learning and teaching how to empower students/teachers to take positive action in their communities by working together to use 21st century skills to create original, thought-provoking media.

===Lynn Waltermire - Adams Cheshire Regional School District - [|waltermirelatacrsd.net]===waltermirel@acrsd.net===

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Lynn teaches 8th grade English at Hoosac Valley Middle School in Cheshire, she has worked there for 10 years and has always dedicated class time to infusing technology into classroom lessons. She participated in the New Literacies Institute in the Summer of 2010 and it is her goal to continue to bring awareness regarding the importance of technology in the classroom. Her favorite digital teaching tool is for students to create their own Google website. Students then present their five page website to peers, parents, and administrators. This lesson is in line with 21 Century Skills and the new Massachusetts English Language Arts Frameworks.=====

**[[image:Cheryl_Morin.jpg width="133" height="175" align="left"]]Che****ryl Morin - Wareham Public Schools- __cmorin@wareham.k12.ma.us__**
Cheryl works at Decas Elementary School in Wareham. The last two years she worked as a Reading Coach. This role allowed her to support teachers in best instructional practices. In the upcoming years she will be taking on a new role: part-time Instructional Leader and part-time interventionist. In both of these roles, Cheryl will need to apply the knowledge of 21st Century Skills to best assist the teachers in her school and the students she will be working with. Currently Cheryl is working on her doctorate at Northeastern University in a hybrid program which has helped hone her knowledge of distance learning. She is working on her Ed.D in Educational Leadership with an emphasis on Curriculum and Instruction.

===Sarah Wheaton - Chatham Public Schools swheaton@chatham.k12.ma.us===swheaton (at) chatham.k12.ma.us=== Sarah has served as a library media specialist at Mattacheese Middle School in West Yarmouth for the past eleven years, where she has extensively collaborated with teachers to design projects that integrate technology. Prior to becoming a media specialist, she taught English in grades 7-9 and is very familiar with the new literacy framework through her work on Dennis-Yarmouth Regional School District's literacy action planning committee. This fall she will continue her career as a media specialist at the Chatham Middle and High Schools. Fluent in many Web 2.0 tools, her favorite tool at the moment is Glogster, with its many applications across disciplines.