Web 2.0     21st Century Classroom Technologies      From Bleeding Edge to Reality

The Changing Use of Technology in the 21st Century Schoolhouse

The World Wide Web, as we first knew it, was about reading. Web 2.0 is about reading, writing and sharing information. The implications for educators are numerous.  

Contact Info:

Ouida Myers

Grant Consultant/Administrator

Instructional Technology Section

North Carolina Department of Public Instruction

Contact Information:

Email: omyers@dpi.state.nc.us

SkypeID: blue.celica

Phone: 919.807.3271

Blog: http://ouida.blogspot.com/

Website: http://ncwiseow.org/it/

About Me:

A Birmingham, Alabama native, Ouida taught Health and Physical Education at Tarrant High School, near Birmingham, Alabama, from 1972-1986.  Following her love for health education, she worked from 1986-1989 as a public health educator in an adolescent pregnancy prevention program. 

From 1989-2004, Ouida was an education specialist with the Alabama Department of Education. While there she worked with Safe and Drug Free Schools, HIV/AIDS education, Health Education, Health Services, Curriculum Development and finally, Technology Initiatives.  Since March of 2004, she has worked in Instructional Technology for the North Carolina Department of Public Instruction.  At DPI she manages Title II-Part D, Enhancing Education Through Technology (EETT), a part of No Child Left Behind.  When given the opportunity,  she loves to help others be successful in the use of technology.

Responsibilities:

• Title II Part D - EETT
• Instructional Technology web master
• Moodle administrator

Tasks I'm Working On:

• Budget approvals and amendments for EETT
• Approving Charter School Technology Plans
• Revising the Instructional Technology website
• ETLO Faciliatator Training
• Conference Presentations