Technology & Learning Authors
Bill Bateman
Bill Bateman has been teaching and an active computer user since 1986 following a career in advertising as a creative director. The last 10 years he has worked at Ventura County Juvenile Court Schools, a maximum-security facility for minors. While others passed out worksheets, Bateman wrote and implemented both the Technology Plan and the State High School Digital Grant for the three school sites. He also acted as system administrator and technology leader, and was in charge of developing and implementing staff training through his "Cyber Cafı" program.
Currently working towards his MCSE, Bateman is also Webmaster and site designer, as well the author of numerous articles, seminar presentations, and even mysteries.
He is frequently observed with a Krispy Kreme donut, tweaking the nose of the arrogant and complacent more often than prudent, though seldom at the same time.
Jeffrey Branzburg
Jeffrey Branzburg, a technology consultant and president of Branzburg Associates, Inc., is a former supervisor of instructional technology for school districts in New York State, as well as for the New York City school system. He is a contributing editor and regular columnist for Technology & Learning Magazine.
Susan Brooks-Young
Susan Brooks-Young has been involved in the field of instructional technology since 1979. She was one of the original technology users in the district where she taught and has continued to explore ways in which technology can be used to facilitate student learning. She has worked as a computer mentor, technology trainer, and technology curriculum specialist. As a site administrator technology continued to be a high priority for her, and in 1993 she was key in founding Computer Using Educators' Administrators Special Interest Group, which still serves as a network and resource for school administrators across the country and in Canada.
Prior to establishing her own consulting firm, Susan was a teacher, site administrator, and technology specialist at a county office of education in a career that spanned more than 23 years. She has published articles and software reviews in a variety of education journals during the last 15 years.
Kim Carter
An educator for 25 years, Kim Carter was 1991 New Hampshire Teacher of the Year and 1996 New Hampshire Media Educator of the Year. The parent of three teenage sons, she is a contributing editor to Technology & Learning magazine, as well as a consultant for About Learning, Inc., instructing the "Fundamentals of 4MAT" online course. Kim Carter is a co-conspirator in the design and implementation of the SchoolTech Expo Conferences and Leadership Institutes for New York City and Chicago. She currently serves as Director of Information Services at Souhegan High School in Amherst, New Hampshire.
Paul Fleisher
Paul Fleisher has taught elementary and middle school students in the Richmond, Virginia Public Schools' Programs for the Gifted since 1978. He has also written more than two dozen books for young people and educators, including Lifecycles of a Dozen Diverse Creatures, the Webs ofLife series, Tanglers and Brain Food. His most recent books are Gorillas, Ice Cream Treats: The Inside Scoop, and the newly re-issued five-volume series Secrets of the Universe. Earlier in his career, Paul also created several pieces of educational software, including the award-winning Perplexing Puzzles. He has contributed articles and reviews to Technology & Learning since 1987. A complete list of his publications is available at www.paulfleisher.com.
Paul is married to educator Debra Sims Fleisher. He is a long-time activist in civic organizations that work for peace and social justice, including the Richmond Peace Education Center and the Virginia Forum. In 1988 he received the Virginia Education Association's Award for Peace and International Relations, and in 1999 he was awarded the Thomas Jefferson Medal for Outstanding Contributions to Natural Science Education.
In his spare time, you may find Paul gardening, walking through the woods, or fishing on the Chesapeake Bay.
Carol Holzberg
Carol S. Holzberg, Ph.D., of Shutesbury, Mass., is an anthropologist and computer journalist. She writes for several publications, works as a technology consultant, teaches computer classes to adults and kids, and serves as technology coordinator at three schools in western Massachusetts.
As a technology journalist, she covers the latest and greatest Macintosh and Windows products. As technology coordinator, she plans engaging computer activities to enrich conventional classroom instruction, troubleshoots ornery installations, maintains Macintosh and PC networks, and tinkers with Internet connections (It's a thankless job, but someone has to do it!). She also writes technology grant applications (several of which have received funding!). When she's not tech-coordinating at school or writing magazine articles in the home office, she takes long walks on the country roads of western Massachusetts, reads poetry, bakes fabulous chocolate brownies (recipe available upon request), and copes stoically with the newly foundfreedoms ofan empty nest.
Ilene G. Rosenthal
Ms. Rosenthal is a co-founder and Senior Vice President of Lightspan, Inc., an educational software and Internet company focused on improving student achievement by motivating students, involving families, and extending the learning day. She also writes a column for Technology and Learning which provides an in-depth look at education policy and funding from inside the beltway.
Ms. Rosenthal has extensive experience in education, government funding, and public policy work. In addition to being a teacher for a number of years, during which time she designed curriculum and authored textbooks, she also served as General Counsel to the Software Publishers Association (now called the Software and Information Industry Association), and General Counsel to the Government Operations Committee of the U.S. House of Representatives.
Ms. Rosenthal received her J.D. from Georgetown University and her B.A. from Wesleyan University in Middletown, Conn.
Judy Salpeter
Judy Salpeter, an experienced educator and education technology specialist, is program chair for SchoolTech Expo and other Technology & Learning events. Editor in chief of Technology & Learning from 1994 to 2000, she now serves as consulting editor to the magazine and works as a freelance writer and consultant.
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