• BS Elementary Education, St. Paul Bible College, St. Bonifacius, MN
• BS Family and Child Development, St. Paul Bible College, St. Bonifacius, MN
• Regular Education PreK-8, VA
• Learning Disabilities K-12, VA
• Instructional Technology, VA
• Educational Networking, VA

Awards

• 2006 Named to Who's Who Among America's Teachers - 10th Edition

• 2005 Named to Who's Who Among America's Teachers - 9th Edition

• 2004 Named to Who's Who Among America's Teachers - 8th Edition

• 2003 Governor's Innovative Technology in Education Award, Region VII

• 2002 Governor's Innovative Technology in Education Award, Region VII

• 2002-2003 and 2003-2004 Golden Web Award (Stonewall Jackson Computer Lab)

• 2002-2003 and 2003-2004 Golden Web Award (Southwest VA Reading Council)

• Presenter at the VSRA State Convention 2005, "Technology and Reading", February 2005.
• Designed BVPS Student Services Webpage
• Designed VHS Culinary Arts Webpage.
• Virginia Middle School Webmaster, 2004 - Present
• Blue Ribbon Judge, 2004 Governor's Innovative Technology in Education Award
• Virginia Educational Technology Advisory Committee (VETAC) 2004-2007
• Presenter at the VSRA State Convention 2004, "Paths to Literacy with Technology", March 2004, Richmond, VA
• Conducted In-service , "Scanning and Digital Imaging", Bristol VA Public Schools, November 2003
• Presenter at the VSRA Leadership Conference, May 2003, Williamsburg, VA
• Presenter at the VSRA State Convention 2003, March 2003, Roanoke, VA
• Technology and Reading Chair, VSRA, 2003 to Present
• Webmaster for the VSRA (January 2003 to Present)
• Technology Chairperson/Webmaster, Southwest VA Reading Council 
• Developed the Stonewall Jackson Tech Team.
• Presenter at the Fall 2002 SACS Conference, Emory, VA, "Using Technology to Enhance Instruction".
• Conducted a workshop on Technology Integration for Russell County VA Teachers, November 2002, and at the North Carolina Educational Technology Conference, December 2002.
• Presenter at the SACS State Conference, Williamsburg, VA, February 2003.  
• Presenter at the Spring 2002 SACS Conference, Williamsburg, VA, "The Peer Review Team".
• Elementary Instructional Support Expert Panel Member, AECT Project 2002

• Southwest Virginia Reading Council
• Virginia Society for Technology in Education
• Virginia State Reading Association
• International Reading Association
• International Society for Technology in Education
  

I am currently an Instructional Technology Resource Teacher for the Bristol VA Public Schools.  Prior to this year (2005-2006), I taught children with various disabilities in grades 1-5.  

I assist teachers with ways and ideas to integrate technology into the curriculum as well as offering software support. I have been fortunate enough to have the opportunity to lead several in-services for teachers, including Inspiration, Introduction to Windows, Smart Board, and Accelerated Reader.  I teach Adult Education Computer classes at Virginia High School as well.  

I have completed the coursework for Instructional Technology and Educational Networking after at the University of VA.  I have been trained in CISCO and A+ Hardware and Software.

I serve as the Technology Chairperson for the Southwest VA Reading Council. I am the Webmaster and Technology and Reading Chair for the Virginia State Reading Association. I have presented at various conferences and in-services over the past few years, including SACS, NCETC, and VSRA.

I serve on the Virginia Educational Technology Advisory Committee (VETAC) as a liaison for the VSRA.

For the past 10 years I have worked with the Internet.  It didn't take long for me to figure out that this was one of the most prevalent teaching tools that I would ever encounter.  I have come to depend on it as an integral part of my teaching. 

I have used the Internet in my own Resource Classroom as well as in the lab classes that I taught.  My students with learning disabilities became proficient at finding needed information and finding answers to questions.  We used the Internet for researching specific information such as writing a report on a certain Children's Author.  I also found it very useful for drilling math facts.  Many sites are available that give immediate feedback and the children can work on their own.  In my classroom, there were several age groups and varying grade levels so this was important.  I was able to work one on one with children while others were working at the computers. They used sites on the World Wide Web to reinforce skills they were learning, to locate information on assigned topics, and to save pictures that could be used in other projects.  These are things I will share with other teachers to use in their classrooms.

We also became involved in email projects and have received letters from around the world.  This has been very exciting.  For one project, we had a large map displayed with pushpins marking all the cities and countries that had sent us email. Another email project was having pen pals. I did this a little differently than just signing up for a service.  I contacted friends and former college roommates and matched up my students with their children.  These pen pals came from numerous states and countries, different families, and various educational experiences.  Some of the pen pals were in private schools.  Others were home-schooled. The children had a wonderful time with this project.

In the computer lab, I worked with classes on a number of projects which utilized the internet.  We did a biography project, web quests, Hyperstudio and PowerPoint presentations, used sites such as Fun Brain, Big Chalk, and Brain Pop, and created students' own websites.  I plan to continue to develop similar projects this year to share with teachers. I have built this website to assist teachers in finding ways to integrate technology into their daily lives and also to align with the VA Standards of Learning. 

I am presenting workshops at conferences around the state, which will help teachers use technology to enhance instruction.  I have included several regular classroom teachers in these presentations to share what we are doing in their classrooms as well.

I am also excited to see how the skills the students are obtaining are catching on at home.  Parents are telling me how excited the children are about what they are learning and how the children are teaching them.  Many adults feel that they are "computer illiterate" and it is a challenge for me to instill in the children the excitement to go out and teach others.

I have spent a lot of time designing my websites (www.bvps.org/mwarren, www.vsra.org, www.jewelrybybelieve.com, www.bvps.org/vms, www.bvps.org/culinaryarts, and www.swreadingcouncil.org). I have attempted to make these sites useful tools for educators and also something that parents and students can utilize.  I have begun a newsgroup for the members of the Southwest VA Reading Council and am hoping to see it really take off.  I am also enjoying working on the Governing Council of the VSRA and being the Webmaster for this organization. 

I am excited about how the Internet has become an integral part of my life.  I plan to continue to grow and share my knowledge with others.