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Meet the Digital "Media Specialist"

Katie Morrow

Teaching fifth grade for over ten years in Northeast Nebraska, I have to say that I will always be a fifth grade teacher at heart. Currently I teach technology courses K-8 at O'Neill Public School as well as graduate education courses for Doane College. Along my journey in education I have found opportunities and motivation for my students in the area of technology integration. I use technology to motivate, challenge, remediate, collaborate with, and foster a love of life-long learning with my students.

Technology Timeline

Apple Distinguished Educator, Class of 2007 http://ali.apple.com mrsmorrow@mac.com
SMART Technologies "Best Practices" Case Study See pages 16-17 in the Summer 2007 "i.e. Interactive Educator" magazine Download a pdf copy of this issue.
Technology and Learning's "Leader of the Year" 2005 Read more at this link: http://www.techlearning.com/story/showArticle.php?articleID=174907896&pgno=4
SMART BOARD Lessons Podcast- Featured interviews http://www.pdtogo.com/smart/ Episode #69 (Creating Student Podcasts with SMART Recorder) http://pdtogo.com/smart/?p=80 Episode #24 (Improving Writing Fluency) http://pdtogo.com/smart/?p=34
NETA's Featured Speaker 2006 Read more at this link: http://neta.lps.org Listen to a podcast of one of my sessions here.
Janet Caughlin and Tony Vincent's Book "Handhelds for Teachers and Administrators" 2nd Edition My pdf pages
NETA's Excellence in Teaching with Technology Award 2005 Read more at this link: http://neta.lps.org/teacher_opps/teachers/teacher_winners.html#katie
Jordan Fundamentals Grant http://nikebiz.com "Music and Media in Motion" project 2007 "Eagle Eye News" project 2006
Guest Reviewer for Corwin Press educational technology books http://www.corwinpress.com/
SMART Exemplary Educator http://education.smarttech.com/
Confratute (University of Connecticut) Presenter 2002 http://www.gifted.uconn.edu/confratute/
SMARTer Kids Foundation "Connections" Project http://www.smarterkids.org/k12/connections/index.asp
Peter Kiewit Teaching Excellence Award