Dr. Katie Klinger, a recognized leader and mentor in Educational Technology, was the primary designer of the National University Virtual High School, lead faculty statewide for National University's Educational Technology master's degree program, and Director of Grants and Research for the National University System. She was the lead investigator for a four-year, $1.27 million U.S. Department of Education grant through the Preparing Tomorrow's Teachers to Use Technology (PT3) initiative, working with higher-education faculty and master teachers to design lesson plans that helped more than 14,000 educators enhance their science, technology, engineering and math (STEM) skills. She partners on grants with Sally Ride Science to empower elementary school and middle school girls to explore the world of science.
Dr. Klinger's passions include digital equity and access, and culture-based education; all three passions are woven around STEM and environmental sustainability as she works with school communities and non-profits in traditional, charter, and conversion charter schools in Hawaii, the Navajo Nation, and California. In her spare time as a teacher, she designs grants for math and science project-based programs that foster investigative, hands-on learning – often using Edutopia articles, special reports and videos resources for evidence based research. She is honored to sit on the Advisory Committee for the International Society for Technology in Education's Digital Equity Summit held annually at NECC. Recently, Dr. Klinger created STEMtube.com to host student generated science project photos and videos.
Blog Posts
This is the first post in a two-part entry.
Grassroots efforts are revitalizing the understanding of how STEM (science, technology, engineering, and math) applies to everyday life for communities in Hawaii. The journey began in Hilo at the Institute for Astronomy nine months ago...
Read More.I'm always surprised when I speak with people who expect schools to innovate without support from the outside. Every innovative program I have been involved with has included strong partnerships with businesses, nonprofit organizations, and other community-based organizations. With a shared...
Read More.Over the years, we have seen drug abuse spread throughout our schools, even at the elementary school level.
Read More.When single mom Kelly Stern moved to Hawaii in 1990, she did not know the local public school system was poorly rated in educational quality compared to those in other states across the nation. Private schools were financially out of her reach, so Stern reached out to other families in similar...
Read More.This year's Digital Equity Summit, sponsored by the International Society for Technology in Education, included a dynamic exchange of ideas and strategies. The excitement and camaraderie...
Read More.This is an update on the new charter school in north Sacramento we introduced in my first Edutopia.org blog post, "A Fairy Tale in the Making: One Woman's Quest to Connect Children of the World."
Read More.As educators, we naturally view the world in the context of creating positive opportunities for teaching and learning. Yet many times, when this happens, our ideas also have an effect on how communities pass values and expectations along to their children.
Read More.Once upon a time . . . sound familiar? Remind you of a fairy tale? And don't we learn valuable lessons from fairy tales? Of course! The story I am about to share with you is a real-life fairy tale about a Harvard-educated woman who wanted children to learn to speak to each other around the world...
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