XMind

Timeline of Technology Fascination

1. 01/1996

   1. Graduated from the University of Michigan

   2. Clueless about computers and the Internet

2. 08/1996

   1. Began teaching 1st/2nd grade at Flint Community Schools

   2. Began publishing student work on the Internet

3. 08/1999

   1. Began teaching 3rd grade at Aurora Public Schools

   2. Began teaching students how to maintain their own websites

4. 08/2002

   1. Submerged in Master's program but inspired!

   2. Started a web design business

5. 03/2003

   1. Earned Master's in Technology in Education

   2. Began experimenting with organizing life with a handheld device and computer

6. 08/2003

   1. My fantastic daughter was born

   2. Began to let the web design business wither away

7. 08/2004

   1. Began work as an ET/IL Coach at Aurora Public Schools

   2. Continued refining website skills and handheld strategies

8. 08/2006

   1. Began teaching technology at Frontier K-8

   2. Learned video broadcasting via a daily student news program

9. 08/2007

   1. Began work as an Instructional Technology Coach

   2. Emersed in Open Source software: Linux, websites, graphic editors, etc.