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Ms. Gail Stebbins
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Kentucky Avenue School
Hometown:
Pittsburgh, PA
Class Information:
Room Number: Middle School
Students per Class: 17
Class Description:
Grades 6-8. Small private school,
Position:
library instructor
Needs:
LCD projector, white board, library shelves (4 feet high, 3 shelves), library books, cameras + pc cameras + video cameras for students to post images and vodcasts to wikis/blogs.
My Philosophy:
Encourage class participation - students learn best from each other. Build upon knowledge that the students already have. Encourage class collaboration - in class and online. I have established a wiki site http://kasmiddle.pbwiki.com/with our lessons and I'd like the students to join me in editing the site. I also established a del.icio.us account, kasmiddle, for collaboration. Developorganization skills - We want the students to learn to navigate the web safely, and in an organized manner. Organization is their key as their list of assignments each school year will grow, and while the web is a terrific tool, it can also be a terrific waste of time. We are teaching organization skills with spreadsheets, wikis, organization theory, del.icio.us accounts.
Personal Information:
About Me:
I have done website design for Fortune 500 companies. I have done adult education as well. I have 15+ years technical writing and editing experience. 10 years experience writing and publishing web content. I am experienced in adult education and creating Internet research lesson plans. I have an excellent ability to organize and present technical information in an easily understood format. Also = reading knowledge of Spanish.
College and Degrees:
Masters of Library & Information Science, University of Pittsburgh, Pittsburgh, PA April 2008 18 credits towards K-8 Teaching Certificate, Notre Dame de Namur University, California 2004 B.S. in Computer Science, State University of New York at Albany May 1984
Activities:
Is this personal activities? I enjoy hiking, cycling and rock climbing.
Favorite Books:
Mrs. Bridge by Evan Connell Mr. Bridge by Evan Connell Year Of Wonders - A Novel Of The Plague by Geraldine Brooks A Mind at a Time by Mel Levine
Favorite Quotes:
"Hope for the Best. Expect the worst. Life is a play. We're unrehearsed." Mel Brooks
Interests:
Teaching, cataloging, organizing information, indexing, Internet social networking sites.
Employment History:
Kentucky Avenue School - library instructor 2008 - present GraduateSchool 2006 - 2008 Office of Congressman Lantos 2001-2005 Intel Corporation 1993 - 1998 Bloomberg Corporation 1991-1993
Why Do I Teach?:
I always learn more when I teach. I find it energizing when people are interested in what I'm interested in. I have worked on web development since 1995 and feel that I have a lot of offer folks with all levels of Internet/computerknowledge.