To obtain employment as a technology demonstration teacher.
Experience
Technology Demonstration Teacher - February 2004
to present
Lubbock ISD -
Lubbock, TX
Implementation of eSember district online attendance and gradebook
- Phase 1 - 3 Pilot schools - April 13, 2004 - May 27, 2004
- Phase 2 - 11 more secondary schools and 4 more elementary schools - August 16, 2004
- Phase 3 - 31 more elementary schools - January 4th, 2005
- Phase 4 - Special campuses online 2005-2006 school year
Coordinate Technology Staff Development classes - scheduling, time cards, payroll
Teach Technology Staff Development classes - see list below
Elementary Computer Technologist - August 1999 to February 2004
Wheelock Elementary - Lubbock ISD -Lubbock, TX
- Teach the technology TEKS to all kindergarten through sixth grade students
- Integrate technology into the content curriculum TEKS through collaboration with the classroom teacher.
- Teach the teachers how to use technology and integrate technology into their classroom curriculum effectively.
- Troubleshoot and maintain all building technology.
6th grade teacher - August 1993 to May 1999
P. F. Brown Elementary - Lubbock ISD -Lubbock, TX
- Taught mathematics to 6th graders for three class periods per day.
- Taught other core subjects to my own homeroom class.
Education
Texas Tech University - Lubbock, TX
Master of Education / Instructional Technology - Spring 2002
Information Processing Technologies II Grades (1-8) certificate - Fall 2000
Courses taken included: Instructional Technology Foundations, Computer Assisted Instruction, Administrative Educational Technology Program, Planning and Development of Instructional Materials, Networking, Online Communication and the Internet
Lubbock Christian University - Lubbock, TX
Bachelor of Science in Interdisciplinary Studies - Summer 1993
Elementary Education (Grades 1-8), Specialization � Mathematics (Grades 1-8)
Various
committees:
District
Technology committee, CPOC, United Way, Accelerated Reader,
Student Council, PTA (President 1996, Brown Elem.),
participant of
TechLinks grant at
Texas Tech for all 3 years
Techlinks
Project Video
Classes
Taught:
Intro to MS
Windows, Intermediate MS Windows (Win 95, 98, XP), MS
Outlook, MS Excel, MS Word, MS FrontPage, MS Intermediate
PowerPoint (all MS products are 97, 2000, 2002), Intro to the
Internet (Explorer), Inspiration (v6 and 7),
MarcoPolo,
Intro to Mac (OS 7 and 8),
Altiris
Vision,
NetOp
school,
Digital Storytelling with Windows Movie Maker 2, Digital
Storytelling with Windows Photo Story 3,
eSembler gradebook,
Other
Software I Use:
MS Publisher, MS
PowerPoint, MS Access, Paint Shop pro v7, Easy Roxio CD
creator basic, Ahead Nero Express, SnagIt v7, Cool Edit Pro
v2, Macromedia MX (Dreamweaver, Flash, Fireworks, Director)
(trying to learn all 4), Open Office, Audacity, The Gimp, Firefox,
Thunderbird
Other Interests
and Experience:
HTML, Java and
JavaScript implementation, Flash animation, digital camera,
multimedia tutorials, networking, graphics editing
Websites I have
created:
http://www.lubbockisd.org/sfirenza
(professional)
http://home.swbell.net/sfirenza
(personal)
http://www.lubbockisd.org/sfirenza/documents/index.htm
(handouts I have created)
http://www.lubbockisd.org/wheelock (now edited by someone else)
Conference Presentations:
"Get Inspiration to Create websites" -
RTIC 2004- Using the Inspiration export to HTML tool,
students can easily create a website.
"Creating Clay/Stop animation movies"- RTIC 2004 - Students
create stop animation movies using clay.
"Get Inspiration to Create Websites"- TCEA 2005 - Using the
Inspiration export to HTML tool, teachers can easily create a
website.
�Increasing Student Time on Task: Our Success� - TCEA 2005 -
Using NetOp school teacher can better manage their time in
the computer lab.
"Digital Storytelling using Photo Story 3" - TCEA 2006 -
Create Digital Stories with a simple and free tool from
Microsoft.
Member
of:
Texas Computer Education
Association
Texas Classroom Teachers
Association
Lifetime member of Texas PTA