Instructor Spotlight
Our courses are taught by an outstanding team of MSU adjunct faculty, many of whom are:
- K-12 classroom teachers themselves who have experience using educational technology in the classroom
- Graduates from our certificate program
- Exceptionally skilled in educational technology
- Winners of awards such as technology Teacher of the Year from the Michigan Association of Computer-Related Technology Users in Learning (MACUL) and the national award of the International Society for Technology in Education
This quarter’s instructor spotlight is . . .
Carolyn McCarthy, Educational Technology Coordinator
Shiawassee Regional Education Service District and
an MSU Educational Technology Instructor
Carolyn has been teaching in the Certificate program since 1997. She was so excited about the hands-on approach where all her assignments could be used in her classroom, that she asked to be able to join the teaching staff to help deliver these courses around the state, and feels really fortunate to have taught it in England for two summers as well. 
Carolyn graduated from Lesley College (Cambridge, MA) with her undergraduate teaching degree, and received her Masters degree in Special Education from the University of Michigan. She holds a Continuing Teaching Certificate K-12. Her heart is in education, and helping adults and youth learn to use technology to experience success in life-long learning and career activities.
Carolyn has taught over 17 years in special education classrooms K-12, been a technology coordinator for a large district, and an administrator for over 13 years. She is currently the Educational Technology Coordinator for the Shiawassee Regional Education Service District. She received the Technology-Using Teacher of the year award from MACUL and nationally from ISTE in recognition for her work in integrating technology into the classroom. Carolyn’s special education students created their own videos, multimedia CD portfolios, and ran their own small businesses to fund technology for their classroom. She has a tender spot for special education students and assistive technology applications.
Carolyn maintains an educational resource and training web site at http://www.sresd.k12.mi.us/pages/pro-dev/training.html as well as her own MSU site http://msu.edu/~voyagers/.