Diana's Bio

Firt and foremost, I am a mother of two small children, 4 and 1 years of age. It is a beautiful, busy time as a working mom. Fortunately, I love my work and I have learned how juggle 25 things at once with only a few drops here and there. :)

My current role is as a Project Manager for MEDB's Women in Technology Project. WIT is a workforce development program based on Maui but offering STEM eduction programs statewide. I am fortunate enough to be the facilitator of our GeoTech for Hawaii Schools initiative, and I have really enjoyed working with teachers across the state via GIS workshops and other geospatial PD opportunities. I have also developed a program called Island Energy Inquiry to help science teachers integrate energy science more effectively into the classroom by way of authentic scientific inquiry. We recently published curriculum and have run statewide workshops for teachers for two years now. Students across the state are building wind turbines, conducting energy audits of schools, and developing PV System proposals for schools as a result! FUN!

My real passion, though, is geospatial technology, and my goal is to help support the growth of a project-based, place-based geographic inquiry project that engages students in authentic collaboration as they solve real world problems! I think I have found the right group to work with on this!! I look forward to our continued collaborations and conversations!

Bio for Alan

Hi,

Good to see that we are expanding partnerships with AK, as well as working with some "old" friends.  As with most of you the ending of the school year has kept me very busy but some exciting things are on the horizon.  My area of specialization is in science and technology education and I have been a teacher in Hawaii for 27 years. Teaching has allowed me some great opportunities and I especially like traveling to Alaska, but have also had the opportunity to travel throughout the US and Europe. The main goal for me is to continue to work in science education and develop programs that are not only fun, but provide unique and innovative learning experiences for the students and teachers that I teach.  With that in mind I just accepted a new position with the Hawaii DOE as a State Office STEM teacher (based in West Hawaii).  My hope is that this will allow me  to spend more time developing science programs and projects and less time monitoring schools for federal compliance.


I will be in Craig Alaska in June working with some of the Craig School teachers and there may be some connections that could be developed from that group of teachers.  I think Katie has already been in touch with some of organizers of the Craig workshops.  This is a link to the brochure for the workshops if you are interested is what will be covered:

 www.ccsd.k12.ak.us/staffweb/cbobo/img/tech_camp_broch_11.pdf

 Will keep you updated on projects that we develop in Craig.........


Aloha,


Alan