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PERSONAL INFORMATION
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Grew up in Breckenridge, Texas in a family of three children with roots in ranching and the oil and gas industry; enjoyed showing livestock, FFA, and UIL
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Graduated from Tarleton State University in 1988 with degree in Business and teaching fields of business and English
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Began teaching English at Hico High School
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Taught English at Whitney High School
- Taught English at Eastland High School
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SIGNIFICANT FACTS
My husband and I have been married for 14 years, and we
have two children, Link, who is 13, and Libby, who is 9. We
are active in our church, First Baptist Eastland, where
I am involved in children, youth, and ladies' ministries. I
also prepare the presentations as well as run our LCD system for
worship services. At school I sponsor middle
school cheerleaders and lead tours of Europe during spring break
each year.
REASONS FOR TEACHING TECHNOLOGY
I
took a year off from teaching to work with my husband in our family
owned business and enjoyed the year away. However, the
"once a teacher, always a teacher" urge took over, and I wanted to
return to the classroom. The only opening was in technology,
and I had gained extensive experience in word processing, desktop
publishing, spreadsheets, and databases while working in our
company. I took the job thinking I would be teaching BCIS, so
imagine my surprise when my principal told me he had changed me to
web mastering!
PREPARING TO TEACH
TECHNOLOGY
My only
experience with websites was in paying a handsome sum to have our
company's website constructed! I quickly began surveying all
my "techie" friends to see what program I could teach myself the
fastest, and Front Page seemed to be the front runner. I
basically stayed one page ahead of the kids all year last
year! Fortunately, I fell in love with page design
and had great fun incorporating a sense of flair and drama to it. I
am really proud of our site, considering how little I knew this time
last year! If you haven't seen it, take a look at http://www.eastland.esc14.net/.
Now I am ready to learn the more technical aspects. Our website, my students, and I have already benefited from what I've learned in TATC.