Instructor Spotlight: Michelle Hart
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 . . .
Michelle Hart, Instructor of MSU Educational Technology Certificate Program, Technical Specialist, Ann Arbor Public Schools.
Michelle Hart has worked as a technical specialist and technical assistant for Ann Arbor Public schools since 1996. Although much of her job is working with wiring and hardware, her first love is working with teachers and students in the classroom. She models lessons for teachers who might not know how to present technology to students, offers teacher training and professional development, actively participates on technology committees in each of her buildings and has been involved in three major technology bond rollouts for the Ann Arbor Schools. She is enthusiastic and committed to using technology in the classroom.
Before moving to Ann Arbor, Michelle spent time as a middle and high school language arts teacher in Minnesota and Wisconsin. When she moved to Michigan she spent time as a long term sub and when the opportunity came up to work with teachers and technology she jumped at the chance. She has been a member of MACUL and is currently a member of one of her school’s MI Champions Team, a state grant whose purpose is to design and deliver a statewide model for professional development that will create the skill set necessary for building based “Technology Integration Champions” at the local level.
Michelle received her bachelor’s degree from University of Minnesota in Secondary Education. She went on to pursue her education and received a Masters Degree in Educational Technology from Michigan State University in 2006.
In her free time, Michelle enjoys spending time outdoors, reading, working with her dogs and traveling. She has two college age children, one of them is currently attending Michigan State. Go Spartans!
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