Preparing for STEM: Don’t Let This Happen to Your Daughter!

For me, it was really weird… I came up in the Pittsburgh Public Schools in the mid to late 1970s. At that time, experimentation in public education was ramped.  There was forced busing at my elementary school (East Hills, if you know anything about The Burg); white kids from other parts of town were bused  to my neighborhood (the black one); like that was supposed to fix  the academic achievement problems, LOL!  Also, my elementary school was brand new at the time, and was a model of the “open classroom learning environment” that was popular at the time.  I just remember constantly being distracted because you could always be able to see and hear stuff going on in the other classrooms.

 

Technology and Tots

Well, family the time has come. I am really a grandparent! LMBO   Well, not actually, my brother is Pop, but with the birth of my niece’s son in May of this year, I have now joined the official ranks of our family elders; watching our children raise their children.  As I write this, Nia and I are on a journey to meet Little Q and catch up with the rest of the family out west!  You know me, (smile) I’m always thinking about educational media and technology and kids, so

 

Hello Family: In the Beginning

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Monday, March 17, 2008

In Memoriam: Dr. Dennis Pett

It is fitting that I begin this journey by paying homage to my teacher and mentor, Dr. Dennis Pett; an Indiana University professor for over 30 years and icon in the educational technology industry.

Dr Pett’s pioneering work in the areas of visual literacy; the uses of audio-visual materials in education and instructional television has long been held as a standard of excellence by educational technologist across the country.