User:Monica
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Statistics: This user has uploaded 8 files, and made 69 total edits.About Monica Larson
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Hey there. I'm a professor at Shepherd University in the Communications Department. I'm still relatively new to academia. I started my career as a graphic designer, moved onto the Web in the early 90s, studied marketing, and founded three .com companies. I'm happiest working in education because I feel like I'm doing something really worthwhile. It also gives me ample opportunity to work on my own creative projects. So many of my students are technophobes, it is great to open them up to the opportunities offered by tech and allay their fears. Both my parents were teachers, so it kind of runs in the family. I teach courses that combine a love of technology and design with social issues and popular culture. Some people call this area intermedia.
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Working at Shepherd also gives me a flexible work schedule to be with my family. (Husband David and three great kids.) In addition to teaching at Shepherd, I'm just finishing up my MFA in computer Arts New Media from Academy of Art University in San Francisco. I"m doing it all online.
So here's the Globalaria template for my info...
- Meaning of your name: Messenger
- School you represent: Shepherd University, Shepherdstown WV
- Role in Globaloria program at your school: I'm the pilot project. Woo-hoo.
- Favorite food(s): Salmon in all forms.. raw to smoked I love it.
- Favorite music: Indie
- Place in the world you'd most like to visit: Egypt is pretty high up there
- Hobbies and things you like to do outside of school: I like creating stuff. I created three kids, so that takes some time too.
- Educational or Social issue(s) you are passionate about: Mountain Top Removal. Better education for the children of West Virginia. Leaving the smallest foot print possible.
- Favorite technology 'gadget' and why: my iPhone. It keeps me in touch with the people I care about.
- Describe when you started using computers: I got my first Mac back in the 80s.
- Describe what you like to do on the internet: I like learning and communicating.
- In what ways have you used computers in your teaching, previously? My students know they'll be pushed to use technology at every step. It is intrinsic to my work.
- Why did you join the Globaloria program? For fun and profit?
- What do you hope to achieve in Globaloria this year, personally? I want to improve my action scripting, and refine what I'm already doing involving teaching with tech.
- What do you hope for your students to achieve in Globaloria this year? I want them to be as excited as I am when introduced to new ways of learning.
