Educational Background

Michigan State University (East Lansing, MI)

University of Michigan (Ann Arbor, MI)


Additional Training

Integrated Thematic Instruction - Brain Based Learning (Susan Kovalik)

If you go to this page you will see Kaleva Norman Dickson listed as a district-wide implementation model.  I was involved with facilitating technology integration strategies to enhance brain based learning models.

Intel - Teach to the Future Training

Intel Teach to the Future is a worldwide effort to help both experienced teachers and preservice teachers integrate technology into instruction and enhance student learning. Participating teachers receive extensive training and resources to promote effective technology use in the classroom. Hands-on, face-to-face professional development is disseminated through a train-the-trainer model.

Intel ACE (Applying Computers in Education) Training

Intel ACE was a forerunner to Intel's Teach to the Future project.  The central focus was to explore and develop educational resources that could improve student learning.  The major difference in the two programs was that Teach to the Future was a train-the-trainer model that required providing instruction to other teachers once you were trained.

Choice Theory, Reality Therapy and Lead-Management (William Glasser)

Reality Therapy is a method of counseling / problem-solving, based on Choice Theory which is aimed at helping people gain more effective control over their lives. It is an approach that has been proven effective in counseling, parenting, education, leadership, and management. Key components in the Reality Therapy process involve helping people (ourselves included):

  1. Take an honest look at both what they want and what they are doing to get what they want.
  2. Evaluate the effectiveness of what they are doing.
  3. Use this self-evaluation as a springboard for positive personal change.

Lead Management is the application of Choice Theory to any situation where one's responsibility is to manage others. This would include managing workers, students, our own children, members of social/civic groups, etc. Lead management, which relies on intrinsic motivation, sharply contrasts with traditional boss management, which relies on extrinsic motivation through the application of coercive techniques such as incentive plans and various forms of punishment.


Professional Memberships

ASCD, Association for Supervision and Curriculum Development
ISTE, International Society for Technology in Education
 AACE--Association for the Advancement of Computing in Education
 Association for Educational Communications and Technology
 H-EDTECH Discussion Network