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is currently an Instructional Technology Specialist for Forsyth
County, mentoring new ITS in the district and
supporting the district's vision for technology . Kathy has thirty-four
years teaching experience in Forsyth County Schools. She previously
taught at Midway Elementary as an Interrelated Resource teacher
working with Learning Disability and Behavior Disorder children.
During that time Kathy utilized technology to modify and enhance
instruction to appeal to the different learning styles and ability
levels in her resource room. Kathy was recognized for her skills
at integrating technology in the curriculum and was named Forsyth
County Teacher of the Year for 1995. From 1997-2007, Kathy worked
as the Instructional Technology Specialist for Midway Elementary.
Kathy
attended the University of Georgia and received her bachelor’s
degree in the area of Exceptional Children. She earned her
Master of Education degree at Georgia State University in the
area of Interrelated Education. She presented at The
Georgia Educational Technology Conference in Macon in 1998
and 1999 and at the Technology and Learning Conference in New
York in 1998. In June 2000, she presented Excel
in the Classroom is Elementary at the National Educational
Computing Conference in Atlanta. During the Bush-Gore campaign
she contributed to the Microsoft Classroom Teacher Network
Campaign 2000 Online Education Debate. She recently participated
in Promote
Georgia 2003 as the coach for the Midway
Promote Team. In March 2003, she was a featured speaker at
the
Michigan Association for Computer
Users in Learning Conference. She conducted a half day workshop
at NECC 2007, in Atlanta utilizing Fireworks and Dreamweaver to
post student work utilizing a web photo album.
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