25 Years in Instructional Technology

Archive of My Professional Life
by Eileen Backofen

Technology Still Counts, but it's time to move these links to an archive.
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I'm proud of what my colleagues and I accomplished in Instructional Technology from 1984 - 2007. We progressed from the Apple IIe with 64K to powerful hand held computers connected to the world. I'll save these pages, as they appeared at my retirement in June 2007, as a memory.
Distance Learning Courses Facilitated: (PBS, ETLO) Using Technology in the Social Studies Classroom Count on It! Number Sense for Grades K-5 Building Critical Thinking Skills for Online Research Using Real Data in the Math Classroom Designing a Virtual Field Trip Creating Units to Support Differing Learning Styles Teaching with WebQuests for Grades K-12 Distance Learning Proposal "Information Technology in a Global Society" VATFACS Conference 2007 July 29 - Aug 1 Virginia Beach "Take Your Class on a Virtual Field Trip" (powerpoint)	My Philosophy of IT My Resume	Archive: George Mason High School Falls Church, Virginia Technology in the Classroom Intro and Background My Technology Programs Intro and Background Lasso Online (2001-2007) "News As It Happens" Replaced the traditional student newspaper It was the first of its kind in Virginia Now online school news is the norm Some links may be broken and graphics missing since it has been 10 years since the retirement of Michael Hoover and mysel GMHS Powerpoint 2002 The occasion of this presentation is now a distant memory