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About this course

     This course is to support your skills integrating technology into your teaching practices. The process will include discussions regarding why and how to use of technology and experiences in discover and enhance computer skills with common programs. Ultimately the student will outline a lesson or teaching unit integrating some fo these technologies.

About your instructor

     My bachelors degree is in mathematics. After graduation and a year of graduate work, I worked for ten years as a mathematician programming computers and establishing computer systems in Alaska. The next fifteen years were spend in a remote part of Alaska near Denali, also called Mt McKinley, North America's highest and arguably most beautiful mountain, raising our family of three children and making wooden toys. As our children moved on, I accepted the position of director of student activities at Jamestown College, my Alma Mater in North Dakota. Three years later we moved to Oregon where I earned my MS Ed-IT at Western Oregon University. Since graduation I have taught at Chemeketa Community College and here at Western.

     Currently we live in the foothills of the coastal range a short drive from WOU. Here we built our dream home which we share with our dog, cats and several farm animals including Joe, a miniature horse who thinks he is a big loveable dog. Back in Alaska our oldest son works on the North Slope, On the other end of the continent we have two infant grandsons and in the center of the continent we have two young granddaughters. With Medicare as a part of our life style, we cherish our family and friends, which includes our students.