Biographies


 * [[image:patsy_kraj.jpg width="136" height="187" link="@mailto:PKraj1@my.westga.edu"]] || Mrs. Patsy Kraj earned a Bachelor of Science from Northeastern Illinois University.(Major biology and minor sociology) She has a Masters of Education in secondary education. Mrs. Kraj is working on an Ed.S in Instructional Technology at the University of West Georgia. She is certified in Science 6-12, Math6-8, and is adding on Business and Technology. Her interest areas include integrating technology into the curriculum and distance education. She desires to be a change agent and help schools focus on increasing learning for 21st century learners.

Click on picture to email Mrs. Kraj. || || Ms. Keri Driver has a B.S. in Political Science from the University of West Georgia as well as a Master's in Public Administration, also from the University of West Georgia. After completing her master's degree, she received her teacher certification in secondary social studies (grades 6-12). Ms Driver has taught sixth grade social studies for the past 4 years. She is currently working on her Ed.S in Instructional Technology. She chose to pursue this degree in order to become more effective with integrating technology into her curriculum in order to provide her students the most update resources available. She is also very interested in the decision making process that schools and school systems engage in when making decisions regarding the level of use of technology and technology purchases.
 * [[image:keri_driver.jpg width="203" height="153" link="@mailto:kdriver1@my.westga.edu"]]

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 * [[image:ruth_cooper.jpg width="118" height="169" link="@mailto:erwcooper@gmail.com"]] || Mrs. Ruth Cooper received a Bachelor of Science in Early Childhood Education from the University of West Georgia and is nearing completion of her Masters of Education in Instructional Technology from the same institution. She has taught various grade levels within different private and public schools systems. Currently Mrs. Cooper is a Title 1 Support Teacher working with students from kindergarten through fifth grade in a computer lab setting. She has held this position for the last thirteen years. Her continually interest in integrating technology into all curriculum areas within the elementary classroom is the basis for her participation in this professional learning opportunity. Mrs. Cooper’s experience in designing technology based lesson plans which directly link to Georgia Performance Standards and National Educational Standards gives her an insight which she hopes to share with other faculty members as they build a quality resource base for effective instructional activities.

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 * [[image:josh_dempsey.jpg width="181" height="136" link="@mailto:jdempse2@my.westga.edu"]] || Mr. Josh Dempsey earned a Bachelor of Fine Arts Degree in Mass Media with an Emphasis in Television Production from Valdosta State University. He has worked for ESPN, FoxSports, and CNN. I also spent three years as a producer for NBC affiliate WALB-TV. For the past four years Mr. Dempsey has been teaching Broadcast Video Production at North Cobb High School. For a year before that he worked as an elementary special education teacher with the Fulton County School District. Currently, Mr. Dempsey is pursuing his M.Ed. from The State University of West Georgia. He hopes to take this knowledge and use it to push his students and himself to an even greater and more effective use of technology in the educational process.

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