Thursday, June 27, 2013

An Introduction

Hello Remi and Ladies of EDT 632!  I am sincerely looking forward to working with you and getting to know you through this course :-)

I am Danna.  

Through my affiliation as an Ed Tech grad student at UM-Flint I was so happy to be among amazing (an understatement) educators, collaborators, and innovators at the 
iiE Gathering in Ann Arbor for four days last week.  What a great experience!  


Sia in the University of Michigan's Duderstadt Center's Virtual Reality Lab.  


Remi's keynote during the iiE Gathering last week.


I am grandma to Jackson, age 3, who was painting at my house yesterday:





Here is a collaboration of a different sort by Jackson and "Mama" Fuller:

Jackson and I spend our days together every summer Monday and Tuesday. 

Two weeks ago my husband Mike and I celebrated our 33rd anniversary.  We have been best friends since I was 20 years old.  Mike and I also celebrated our son Michael's 30th birthday last week and our son Jordan's 27th in May.  Next month we celebrate Michael's anniversary of his wedding to our daughter-in-law Johanna :-).  

My family has been a great support to me as I've earned my BA-K-12 visual arts--K-12 reading specialist, an MA in Educational Leadership, and now my MA in Education Technology.  LIfe is good!

I just completed EDT 630 in Ann Arbor with amazing people, and am currently enrolled in EDT 631 and 632.  

In the fall I will go back to full time work as the visual arts instructor at Ionia High School in Ionia, Michigan.  Here is a link to my website there (always a work in progress!) I am currently trying to get my collection of this year's images posted showing the wonderful works of art by my beautiful students:



In the fall I will begin my 6th (I think) year as an adjunct instructor in graphic design at Kendall College of Art and Design in Grand Rapids, Michigan.  

I am a long time member of the National and Michigan Art Education Associations.  

I've learned so much in a short period of time in the Ed Tech program at UM-Flint.  Here is a link to my web portfolio, also always in the process of change.

Enough about me!  I want to hear about you!  I'm looking forward to learning with you :-)

--Love and peace to all,

Danna