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From Pittsburgh to Savannah

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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. 

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