Technology
is a passion which began a decade ago. Through the years, I've gained
experience and expertise working with CTAP and SCORE, developing technology-integrated
curricula web sites and presenting staff development programs. I participated
in these programs as a way to gain technology skills and experience.
At a certain point in my professional teaching career, I made a conscious
decision to reinvent myself from a social studies and visual arts
teacher to a technology coordinator or consultant. It seems that every
8-10 years, I go through a major career change that has always turned
out to be a growth opportunity.
As I pursued the technology program possibilities, I found a very
bleak landscape. The programs that sounded exciting were too far away
to attend and very expensive. I also knew that teaching full-time
and attending a traditional grad school program full-time would probably
overwhelm me.
I am a great believer in synchronicity and the power of a higher force.
As I mulled over my dilemma about finding a grad program, an e-mail
came across from CTAP Region 3. The e-mail stated that an innovative
educational technology program was in the planning stages at California
State University, Sacramento. I immediately called and found that
no one knew what I was talking about!
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