Bernajean Porter aka “Bernajena Pinazzo” in Second Life (SL)
AKA writer, speech and debate coach, inventor, auntie, teacher of possibilities, media maker, futurist, master of survival techniques when working with adolescents, professional speaker, technology consultant, teacher of teachers, long-term technology user, promoter of anything that increases joy, spirit and outrageous possibilities in all aspects of life for kids and adults and now… a digital storytelling guide and Second Life learner!
Bernajean Porter provides a spectrum of practical tools and services to scale and sustain technology’s potential culled from 22 years of national and international experience. Her work reflects a belief that technology can accelerate all the journey of students rediscovering their joy, spirit and personal success as learners. Bernajean’s philosophy of work uses cutting edge organizational processes for building local capacity to translate the power of technology’s potential into actual classroom practices for ALL students. Her enthusiasm and vivacious presentations create an energetic climate for all learners. When it comes to doing the hard or impossible things now necessary in schools to ensure students having out-of-this-world possibilities, Bernajean’s personal motto of “Da Um Jeitinho”- there is ALWAYS a way – sets the tone for her dedicated long, term work with national and international educators.
She is author of Grappling with Accountability 2002:MAPPing Tools for Organizing and Assessing Technology for Student Results; Evaluating Digital Products: Training and Resource Tools for Using Student Scoring Guides; DigiTales: The Art of Telling Digital Stories; Nutz and Boltz of Engaging and Empowering Large Groups; and contributor to Snapshots: Educational Insights from the Thornburg Center. Bernajean has been on presidential advisory boards, worked as a state department of education technology consultant, recognized by ISTE as Consultant of the Year, directed state-wide initiatives, and participated in multiple technology literacy challenge grant training/assessments. Bernajean’s work uses the application of systems thinking and chaos theory to deal with the challenges of change and re-culturing efforts in education today..
Bernajean’s workshops and presentations are invigorating, fun and stimulating!
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Contact Bernajean: Bernajean.Porter@ARCampus.us, 720-381-6336
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