Karen Richardson - Faculty Associate
Credit: Karen Richardson
Adjunct Faculty
College of William and Mary, Williamsburg, Virginia
Karen Richardson began her education career as a high school English teacher and moved to middle school, where she taught language arts and computer skills for nine years before leaving the classroom to work with several technology-related grant projects at the College of William and Mary. She is regional coordinator for the Virginia Initiative for Technology and Administrative Leadership (VITAL), a project funded by the Bill & Melinda Gates Foundation to help superintendents and principals understand their roles in technology integration.
In addition, Richardson is an adjunct instructor at the college, teaching technology-related courses to preservice teachers in both elementary education and special education programs. She is also a doctoral student at the college, studying curriculum and educational technology. A recognized leader in instructional technology in Virginia, Richardson works with the state Department of Education as well as local school divisions to plan and implement training. She has received several awards and honors related to her work, most recently Honors of the Society from the Virginia Society of Technology in Education. Visit Richardson online at www.ivyrun.com and www.simplykaren.org.
GLEF resources are wonderful. In my course ED304: Instructional Technology in Elementary Education, I use two GLEF video segments to illustrate the effective integration of technology. We kick off the course by watching A "Fantastic Super" Use of Technology; two class sessions later, we watch Assessment for Understanding.
