About Author

My passion is working with educators and connecting effective pedagogy and technology.  Currently I am working as an Educational Consultant with my Be Tech Inspired company.  I recently completed  instructional design work for Bakersfield College.   My goal is to make learning more interactive, connected, and accessible.

Working in collaboration with subject matter experts at Bakersfield College I recently completed instructional design work for the Launchpad program to create over 40 online learning courses using the LMS Canvas. Tasks included review content provided from SME and format Canvas courses to achieve accessible and mobile-friendly design.  Also support use of technology tools and consult on instructional delivery options. 

As a middle school teacher,  I worked diligently to provide tools and resources to students to make learning fun and engaging.   Using online discussions and skills practice,  interactive collaborative software and Google tools, movie making, project based learning, students were always actively engaged in their learning.

My MA in Learning Technologies drives me to work with more teachers and students; helping them to use technologies in collaborative and creative ways.  Building knowledge through maker-spaces, a maker mindset, and harnessing facets of constructivist learning theory guides my practice.

Check out my Action Research on a Technology Community of Practice within a Middle School.

From 2014-2017, I enthusiastically took on the role of Technology Coach for our school. Striving daily to enhance technology use by teachers and students, I coordinated technology tools, assisted teachers and students as needed with technology and training, visited classrooms as a guest technology teacher.

In 2017, I returned to the classroom as an Explore teacher, allowing students time to explore, their "Genius" in areas of interest while also providing opportunities to create and collaborate using foundation technologies such as circuits, electronics, video, audio, and more.