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Welcome to the exciting and ever changing world of a school media specialist. It's a world of education that I love and one I am eager to share with you as a speaker, workshop facilitator, writer, and online instructor through the University of Wisconsin-Stout where I teach Innovations and Opportunities for Media Specialists and Digital Classroom: Teaching Information with Primary Sources. In 2006 I received a Top Online Educator honor from Walter McKenzie's SurfAquarium. A favorite part of teaching on-line is getting to know students from throughout the United States and other parts of the world. I have also taught for Library Media Education Department at Minnesota State University-Mankato.
In my day-to-day job I am the Lead Media Specialist and co-webmaster for Winona Area Public Schools in Winona, Minnesota. Previously I was a media specialist at Winona Middle School. Highlights of recent school years included moving into new media centers at our Senior High Schoo and an elementary school. We also moved into new spaces at an elementary school and expanded media services at our new Area Learning Center.
Select the link on the right for the full text of recent articles published in Multimedia and Internet @Schools, School Library Journal, LMC Connection, and other professional journals. Other publications include a chapter on staff development in the Educational Media Technology Yearbook 2000 (Libraries Unlimited) and Skills for Life: Information Literacy for Grades 7-12 (co-editor, Linworth 2000). Select Workshops and Speaking links on the right for information about workshop topics and speaking or consulting availability.
In 1999 I was a Library of Congress American Memory Fellow. The lesson my partner and I developed focuses on German Immigration to the Upper Midwest. I am currently a member of a Library of Congress Professional Development Committee working with LOC staff to develop online PD activities for educators. I am eager to share the riches of those exciting collections of primary resources with educators.
I have also been an adjunct instructor at Winona State University and am currently a member of the Dean's Advisory Council for the College of Education. I am an avid fan of the Winona State University basketball team!
My other "hobbies" include serving as a member of the World Book Publishing Editorial Advisory Board. I have also served on the Linworth Publishing Advisory Board, the Knowledge Quest Editorial Advisory Board and have worked with publishers of professional journals and books.
Another area of professional pride is my involvement in the Minnesota Educational Media Organization. I am active member of MEMO and currently the editor of the MEMORandom newsletter and the co-program chair for the fall 2009 conference. I have been the State Vice President, State Telecommunications Division chair, and an active member of many committees including the Information Power implementation committee and conference planning committees. Recent involvements include helping to develop a data gathering tool for Minnesota school media centers and working with the team that developed the Minnesota Standards for Effective Library Media Programs and working with the committee that developed the criteria for the 2002 and 2004 Census of Minnesota Media Programs.
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Updated June 2009
Articles published in School Library Journal, LMC Connection, Book Report, Minnesota Media, and other journals
Topics, Comments and Handouts
Topic list, recent workshop handouts, consulting and staff development
Contact me
UW-Stout:Innovations and Opportunities for Media Specialists (ongoing)
UW-Stout Digital Classroom: Teaching Information Literacy with Primary Sources (ongoing)
Minnesota State University-Mankato: Information Resources ( Spring 2009)
What's it Like to Take an Online Class? (Multimedia & Internet @ Schools)
