Class 12: Looking Ahead

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Today we will have two guests – experienced educators here to talk about instruction, technology and getting a teaching job.

Corin Ahlberg is Director of Technology at Woodburn School District. For the last 10 years she has served in technology leadership roles at Cascade Technology Alliance, Forest Grove School District and Beaverton School District. Before that, Corin was a teacher/technology integration specialist at Willamette Education Service District, Corvallis School District, Tigard-Tualatin School District and Parkrose School District.

Mike Gwaltney is an educator with over 30 years experience as a teacher and administrator in independent schools. Before coming to Portland he taught in the Los Angeles area at Servite High School, Chaminade College Preparatory and the Marlborough School. In Portland, he served as history department chair at Oregon Episcopal School and later became upper school head at Rocky Hill Country Day School in Providence, RI. Mike is currently a Portland-based consultant with Independent School Management.


Assignment 10: Letter from the Future | Futures 23-A10

Student will write a letter from their future selves to their present selves. Treat it as an opportunity to think about what’s ahead for you. Have fun with it and don’t be afraid to drop in some embedded content like we did in our first post. Give it a clever title and feature image.

Begin the letter as follows:

April 12, 2033

Dear former me,
It seems like only yesterday, I was at UP.  It was the spring term, 2023. 

So much has happened since then …

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