Many in my choir of connected educators continue to “push the envelope” with innovative and creative ways of producing, creating, and learning with their students and others. A lot of us have chucked the “life-long learners” speak to be a “life-long contributor” of their PLN. We are constantly on a spaceship of exploring. Then there
I recently bumped into a parent of a student I taught a couple of years ago. He is an early adaptor, a student constantly searching for new ways to create and learn. When I had him in class, he was making games in flash and creating his own web browsers. He created a website that
I just finished “What I Did On My Summer Vacation,” clearly a very 20th century topic. Now on to the 21st century topic. “Cool Tech I Am Used This Summer.” Instead of a travel log, I am showing how I used my summer vacation “time” to use cool tools and websites. I really learned a
Carol Broos is working for the Golden Apple Foundation using her arts and technology background as the Technology Coordinator. Her passion is to bring infuse music and technology together in education. She recently retired after thirty-three years of teaching music grades kindergarten through eighth grade in Illinois.
She is on the SET Connections Board, Chair of the Golden Apple Foundation Academy Board, and Poster Co-chair for the Illinois Computing Educators.
2009 Apple Distinguished Educator
2009 Illinois Music Teacher of the Year
2008 Golden Apple Fellow
2006 Japan Fulbright Memorial Fund Teacher
She is a member of the Advisory Board of the Music Educators Journal for NAfME. She hosts a podcast show on EdReach.us called aRTs Roundtable that posts on Wednesdays, where arts educators discuss current issues involving the arts and technology.
