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
I recently read with interest an article, "British Kids Log On and Learn Math - in Punjab" published in the New York Times. It reports that schools in...
Read More.Reading local newspapers about yearly school progress can certainly be discouraging. And as backwards as it may seem, each article makes me wonder if we are indeed setting the "bar" for success too low? Too low, you say, when students often do not make the minimum proficiency set by each state...
Read More.Even though Hawaii was one of the states awarded Race to the Top funds back in the second round, we still know it takes the grass roots efforts of parents and teachers to make positive change for their children...
Read More.I continue to be amazed at the high quality articles in our local in-flight magazine. Hawaiian Airlines should receive a medal every year for their astounding Hana Hou magazine, which fortunately for everyone "off island" is also featured online...
Read More.STEM at MIT is an exciting Web site experience that promotes their summer institute, mentoring program, and parents' programming. The site also offers a resource page with links to NASA Kids, Discovery Channel, and the MIT museum...
Read More.A resource like STEMtube would have been fantastic for our family when my son, Philip, was in middle school. He did his science fair project on "Extracting Iron from Cereals" because he realized that in reading the labels on cereal boxes, it was...
Read More.I agree with Maurice Elias's blog entry about furlough days for Hawaii's public schools -- a total redesign of the school day to meet the needs of our 21st-century learners. This means relevant, creative-project and service-learning environments...
Read More.Recently, Hawaiian Airlines, in its in-flight magazine, ran an inspiring article titled "Kicking Bot" that every K-12 teacher in America should read as food for thought.
Read More.Society today seems more likely than ever to accept the idea of holistic solutions to educational and community problems. Each day, foundations are created to reach out to populations that are unable and unprepared to empower themselves.
Read More.Being an educator in Hawaii is a truly humbling experience. Each day -- as you work with high-need schools -- you realize that your personal contribution will help not only the immediate community of teachers, students, and families but also future generations as well.
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