From Pittsburgh to Savannah
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| Downtown Pittsburgh |
How did a Northern boy from Pittsburgh, PA wind up becoming a Southern Gentlemen in Savannah, GA? After spending a few winters in Western Pennsylvania one might say it was the cold damp weather. Others who have walked the Oak engulfed garden-like streets of Savannah would say it was the beautiful charm of Savannah. For me it was both.
I began my career in education
after finishing 21 years in my first career as an United States
Marine. I retired as a Major in 1995 and began my teaching
career here in Savannah after being certified in middle grades education at Armstrong Atlantic State University (AASU). I taught social studies, math and reading in
elementary and middle school in Savannah-Chatham County. In my second year
of teaching my principal assigned me to the computer business lab and
established me as the school’s technology coordinator. That’s when I was bitten and it all
started.
I began instructing teachers and students alike in the
use of technology to enhance instruction and assignments. My reputation and
results of working with students and teachers in technology earned me a
position as the first certified teacher to become a member of the Chatham
County’s Instructional Technology Team.
Feeding on my enthusiasm for teaching teachers technology I was later selected to be a member of the Educational Technology Training Center at Armstrong
Atlantic State University where I taught the State's certification program in Integrating Technology. After a time with the training center I
returned to Savannah-Chatham County’s school district as the Director of
Instructional Technology. After being there a few years I once
again returned as a member of the Educational Technology Training Center at AASU as the
Lead Instructional Technology Specialist.
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| Forsyth Park Fountain |
Educationally, I have a B.S. degree in General Engineering from the United States
Naval Academy in Annapolis, as I mentioned, a teaching certificate in middle grades education
from Armstrong Atlantic State University, a M.Ed. in Technology in Education
from Lesley University, Cambridge, and currently pursuing a M.S. in
Education Media Design and Technology from Full Sail University in Orlando. A life-long learner...I believe I am.
Pittsburgh photo obtained from //http://www.iiofpitt.org/
Forsyth Park photo obtained from http://www.nps.gov/fopu/historyculture/savannah.htm
