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I have been teaching at the elementary level for 21 years. My first five years were in third grade and the rest have been in second. I have had many different levels of children from Downs to very gifted. I have had many special ed children except deaf and blind. I do get to meet with all the different teachers at the coop this year because of a special needs child I have this year that has Rothmund Thomson Syndrome. I really do not have much experience using a lot of technology in the classroom because our district is just starting to see the importance, but not very much freedom yet.
 * Kim Talley**

I have in the education field for 13 years now. My first year I taught 7th grade Texas History and coached football, basketball, and track. I moved to another district my 2nd and 3rd years to coach baseball, my teaching assignment was awkward. I taught 8th grade US History for 3 hrs and then walked across the street to teach every social studies subject offered at the alternative school. At the time I was not thrilled about the alternative school assignment, but looking back, I gained so much experience from working with those types of students. For the past 10 years I have been teaching 8th grade US History, and for 3 of those years I was the Varsity Baseball coach. I left the coaching position to pursue a career in professional baseball as a scout and part time instructor. I have since left the baseball arena to strictly focus on obtaining my masters and furthering my career in education. I began experimenting with technology about the time I arrived at my 3rd school. I bought Frontpage and book titled Frontpage for dummies and began building my own independent website for my students. I then reinvented my teaching style to incorporate technology that is difficult to explain, but it encompasses music, animations, websites, videos, and collaboration between the students and myself. Over the past 3 or 4 years I have moved more towards the student centered model and have designed several projects that involve problem skills for my gifted-talented students and Advance Placement students.
 * Jason Greer**

I've been teaching for 14 years. I taught English (plus journalism and speech) for 9 years in California in LAUSD. Now I teach Economics to seniors in Mesquite TX. This year I have really pushed the envelope in using technology in my classes. I have almost felt like a first year teacher with the steep learning curve I have encountered. Luckily, I teach a semester class, so I was able to fix many of my first timer mistakes from the first semester. I have really been fascinated lately with how to incorporate cell phones in my lessons. I'd like to them to work for me rather than against me! I also do a lot of multimedia with my students, both student and teacher created. I was able to got o the TCEA conference in Austin earlier this month and I am still trying to incorporate all the great ideas I learned there.
 * Tammy Brown**

I have been teaching technology-based courses in graphic communications at the higher education level for 10 years. I initially taught in San Diego, CA for Palomar College and the San Diego Community College District, and moved in Texas in 2009. I currently teach for Texas State Technical College in West Texas. While teaching, I worked as a full time graphic artist, web designer and art director. The skills that I used in the graphic design area translate very easily to those necessary in the Educational Technology career field. I love using technology in the classroom and exploring new ways to utilize and share technology with my students.
 * Kirsten Cooper**