Candidate for
Director; Wissahickon School District

I live and work in the technical community and technology has become so important to the future of our community and our children. We need to make sure that our children are knowledgeable and comfortable with the technologies that they will encounter in their work environments or their higher education pursuits. But which technologies should we invest and introduce to our students? We live in exponential times and technologies are coming at us so fast that often by the time one invests in a given technology it is already obsolete. For example, according to Scott McLeod, a professor at the Univ. of Minnesota, half of what students will learn in their 1st year of a 4 year technical degree program will be outdated by their 3rd year of study. So it is important that these technology investments be made wisely and it's where I can make a significant contribution.

Also I make and balance the marketing budget for our organization and I do this in an era where every year we have to do more with less. So I can be very effective in working with our school district in helping determine how best to spend and balance our school's budget.

I use and strongly support the 21st Century Learner program. It's certainly the way of the future and a program that our school district should embrace. Our teachers must engage our students to use technologies and their skills to think, create, analyze, evaluate, and apply because that's what will be expected of them in their future job or educational endeavors.