High School Teacher

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Placentia-Yorba Linda USD

Yorba Linda, CA w: 714-***-****

United States

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Summary

"He has been integral in the progress our teachers are making in the integration of technology

in the classroom." - D.Watts, Curriculum Instruction Specialist PYLUSD

Profile -

5 + years of meaningful technology integration in the classroom

Curriculum Development ~ Building graduate level courses for online learning for the

University of La Verne as well as developing inline high school curriculum.

Google ~ Certified Teacher, Apps Edu Trainer, Chromebook Evangelist

Professional Development ~ Cue to You lead learner, consultant and trainer for Orange County

Regular host on the weekly

Department of Education, EdCamp California leader/facilitator, Orange County CUE board

Google Educast.

member.

Going Online

Work History

Taking Your Class

Placentia Yorba Linda USD

Online

Yorba Linda, CA, United States Sep 2001 - Present

Presentation for CCIS

Educator

conference, Sacramento, Fall '11

I have worked in an elementary classroom since 2001 teaching multiple subjects to a diverse

group of students. Although in Placentia-Yorba Linda School District, my schools have been

highly diverse with a large percentage of Hispanic, Korean, and ESL students as well as

New Tools for

many students of higher SES.

Over the course of the years I have team taught a multi-age 3/4/5, a 2/3 combination, 3rd

Podcasting

grade, and a 3/4 combination class. With all of these classes I have infused technology into

the curriculum through blogging, podcasting, wikis, video conferencing, video productions,

The New Pocasting

and using ANGEL LMS to create a hybrid structure for some of my students. Currently I

teach biology at our independent study high school, La Entrada. I enjoy the new challenges

Presentation for San Gabriel

of high school as well as the unique structure of the school. I was brought on board to create

Valley CUE tech fest '11

new online learning opportunities for our students in high school using this campus as a

pilot

VoiceThread

University of La Verne

Differentiating Instruction

La Verne, CA, United States 2009 - Present

Using VoiceThread

Adjunct Professor

Currently I teach Education 407, Computers in Education, to credential candidates both This was my presentation at the

undergraduates and graduate students. I teach this class both face to face and online. Some of the OC CUE Tech Fest 2009.

big ideas we explore in this class are the suite of tools included in Google Apps for Ed, social

networking and bookmarking for teachers, creating a Personal Learning Network, mobile learning

Diigo for Educators

with cell phones and other devices, creating and maintaining a classroom blog to extend classroom

learning, creating a professional website for personal use, creating web based learning projects,

Do You Diigo?

and researching project based learning.

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In the fall of 2010 I started teaching a new hybrid class EdTech 510, New Learning Technologies.

This class looks at the history and pedagogy of on line learning, best practices, and tools available

This was my presentation at CUE

to create collaborative learning communities in an online environment with ultimate goal of teaching

2010 on Diigo for educators.

students how to be effective online educators.

MERIT Faculty

Krause Center for Innovation, CA, United States

Annual CUE

Instructional Team

Conference

For more than a decade, the Krause Center for Innovation at Foothill College (KCI) has hosted

one of the premier technology-focused professional development programs in the United States.

MERIT is aresearch-based, educator development program designed to help teachers bolster their

curriculum with student-centered, technology-enhanced learning activities to motivate, challenge

and inspire the diverse learners and leaders of the future.

The MERIT Program seeks to show through qualitative and quantitative measures that

engaging technology in the hands of a well-trained teacher can improve student learning.

Participants have the opportunity to learn to use and contribute to a variety of resources f or

collaboration, and are required to design projects not simply to provide dynamic learning

Participants will compare

experiences for their students, but also create open educational resources that will be of value to

traditional teaching strategies

other teachers and students near and far.

with a broad range of 21st

Participants range in age and experience with technology, but all who are accepted have shown

century options optimal for the

the potential to help their colleagues develop their understanding of and techniques with a

hybrid and online class setting as

variety of powerful technologies. While the program is open to teachers of a variety of

well as powerful supplementing

disciplines, the program includes a special focus on math and science, where there is a significant

the f2f class. Participants will

need in so many schools to help students develop confidence in and excitement for their future

compare traditional delivery

possibilities with these subjects. In helping to make learning and teaching more dynamic, MERIT

strategies with a palette of Web

is working to bring education out of the past and into the future that unfolds before us

2.0 possibilities including RSS

constantly.

feeds and Blogs, cell phone

blogging and microblogging,

Google documents,

CUE to You

spreadsheets, and presentations,

Zoho Creator and database,

United States May 2011 - Present

asynchronous digital storytelling

Lead Learner

and collaboration, including

CUEtoYOU "Lead Learners" are K-12 and Higher Ed educators drawn from CUE's exceptional VoiceThread. Participants will

roster of conference presenters, experts and thought leaders. These are not merely instructors or leave with a list of group oriented

trainers. CUE embraces the belief that the best leaders are also learners. possibilities for their hybrid and

online classes. This session is

aligned to NACOL standard 3.

Google Apps Marketplace

2010 - Present

Grow your PLN

Training

Google Apps for Education offers a free set of customizable tools that enable faculty, staff and

Growing Your Personal

students to create, collaborate, share and publish. My training goals are to keep everyone engaged

Learning Network

and be sure that they leave with something they can use immediately. I am a teacher and a lifelong

learner who is passionate about educational technology.

This is the presentation I gave at

the OC CUE Tech Fest 2009.

Education

National University - School of Education

La Jolla, CA, United States 1998 - 2001

Masters of Education, Education (CLAD)

Bachelor's Degree in Human Behavior '99

Certifications

Google Certified Teacher Jul 2011 - Has no expiration

(Google)

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Google Apps Certified Trainer Dec 2010 - Has no expiration

(Google)

Professional Clear Multiple Subject Teaching Credential 2001 - 2011

(California Commission on Teacher Credentialing)

Preliminary Administrative Credential (California Commission on Teacher Credentialing)

Professional Clear Single Subject Teaching Credential Aug 2011 - Has no expiration

(California Commission on Teacher Credentialing)

Affiliations

OC CUE Board eLSIG DEN Star

Currently I serve on the Currently I serve on the Discovery Education

board for the Orange curriculum committee for Network Star educator

County affiliate of CUE. the eLearning Special for several years.

Interest Group affiliate of

CUE.

Diigo Pioneer Google Apps CT Google Certified

Educator Teacher

Diigo Pioneer Educator

and teacher for many

years.

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Skills

Online Learning (Advanced)

3-4 Years Experience, (Currently in use)

Training

Chromebook Evangelist Fall '11 - Current

CUEtoYou lead learner Spring '11 - Current

Orange County Department of Education Consultant and Trainer Summer '09-Current

Lead Aeries Report Card Trainer for PYLUSD Winter '08 - Current

NURD trainer for PYLUSD Fall '08 - Spring '09

Trainer/On site professional development for Tierra Software Fall '09 - Current

Trainer of trainers for Verizon/Thinkfinity Spring '10 - Current

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