About the Author
Beginning a career in independent schools in 1991, I bring 19 years of experience to Ravenscroft. For the last 13 years I have dedicated my career to improving technology in independent schools both on the instructional and infrastructure levels.
Presently, I serve as Chair of NCAIS' Commission on Technology, sit on NAIS' Curriculum & Technology Task Force, am a member of the Consortium of School Networking’s CTO Advisory Council and is a contributor for NCAIS Innovate and edSocialMedia.com. Previously, I have been a SAIS/SACS Visiting Team Member (2010, 2008, 2006), have founded NCAIS' Commission on Technology (2008), and been a member of NCAIS' Technology Conference Planning Committee (2009, 2008 - Chair, 2007, 2006), as well as founded the TAIS Technology Directors Association (2005).
Prior to my appointment to Ravenscroft in the Fall of 2006, I served as Technology Manager at The Hill Center in Durham, NC (2003 – 2006), Network Administrator & Technical Support Manager at Convent of the Sacred Heart in Greenwich, Connecticut (1999 – 2003), Director of Technology at Trinity-Pawling School in Pawling, New York (1997-1999), Associate Director of Admissions at Trinity-Pawling School (1994-1997), and Director of Admissions and Public Relations at Xavier High School in New York City (1991 – 1994).
I hold a Master of Science in Education, Administration and Supervision from Fordham University and a B.A. in Psychology from Loyola College in Maryland.
Posted May 27, 2009
Unless you are presently living in hiding, in the mountains of a remote land, you have no doubt seen Twitter and other social networking sites referenced in the mainstream media. My hometown paper here in Raleigh, The News & Observer, has written over 80 articles since the start of 2009 that reference Twitter. Unfortunately, most [...]
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Posted April 16, 2009
Bluntly stated, and with almost comedic dead pan, that line was delivered during a session on Web 2.0 tools and Social Media that I was presenting at the North Carolina Association of Independent Schools Annual NCAIS TECH conference a few weeks ago. The attendee, a development professional, was clearly struggling with the conversation that morning [...]
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