Jennifer Dorman is the recipient of the 2006 Pennsylvania Council for the Social Studies Middle School Level Teacher of the Year Award. Jennifer Dorman is a 9th grade American History teacher at Holicong Middle School in the Central Bucks School District. In addition to teaching, she also holds numerous leadership positions: 9th grade team leader, new teacher mentor, student teacher, cooperating teacher, professional development liaison, master practitioner, co-chair of the Central Bucks strategic planning committee on technology, member of the District Technology Advisory Committee, and student exchange program coordinator. Her web site (http://www.cbsd.org/holicong/jendorman/) offers insight into the types of activities Jennifer’s students experience in her classroom.
Jennifer enjoys collaborating with fellow educators through her involvement with the Keystone Technology Integrators Program , Discovery Educator Network (DEN), and the Pennsylvania and Delaware Discovery Educator Network Advisory Board. She consistently attends regional DEN and Keystone events along with regional and national conferences. Jennifer shares her passion for educational technology and best practices through professional presentations in her district, other school districts, and statewide and regional conferences, such as the Pennsylvania Educational Technology Exposition and Conference , the Parent Awareness Training Conference , and the Three Rivers Educational Technology Conference.
Jennifer believes that the key to sustaining a high level of creativity and innovation in the classroom is to never stop being a student herself. She earned a Masters of Science Degree in Educational Technology in 2003 and frequently enriches her teaching by researching and piloting new instructional technologies. She has led the way in her district with the implementation of interactive whiteboards and other engaging peripherals and innovative software applications, such as digital video editing. In an effort to enrich her instruction with 21 st century technology skills, engage her students in rigorous and relevant ways, and connect members of the community to the learning experiences, Jennifer is employing Web 2.0 technologies, such as blogs, wikis, and podcasts, as instructional resources and classroom extensions. Jennifer also connects to the professional learning community in her district and to the larger community of nationwide educators through many of the same mediums (http://holicong.wikispaces.com/, http://jdorman.wikispaces.com/, http://www.discoveryeducatornetwork.com/).