| Michael
Lipinski is presently a Computer Integration Specialist at the
Erving Elementary School. Mr. Lipinski has over twenty-five years
experience teaching elementary school students in all subject areas.
An early advocate for integrating computers into elementary schools,
he has extensive experience developing age appropriate technology
skills with his students. Selected as the IBM and Classroom Computer
Learning Massachusetts and New England Regional Computer Teacher of
the Year in 1989, he is an expert in the use of computers to enhance
student learning across the curriculum.
Mr. Lipinski has
participated in a number of National Science Foundation summer
programs and institutes both as a participant and an instructor.
Most recently, Mr. Lipinski served as the technology coordinator for
Conscious Creations: Computers, Minds and Society, a two year NSF
institute at St. Paul's School in Concord, NH. He has also
participated in SummerMath for Teachers (Mount Holyoke College),
NEWEST (NASA, Houston), Project TEME (Greenfield Community College),
The Project for Products, Processes and Technology (Simmons
College), Math Connection (Greenfield Community College), SPACEMET
(Amherst College), the Franklin Institute Online Fellows and as a
NSF SCI-MAT Fellow for Independent Study in the Humanities. Mr.
Lipinski is the webmaster of the Erving Elementary School web site
located at www.erving.com. The Erving web site was a grand prize
winner in the International Cyberfair 96. The Erving Elementary
School was selected as a Massachusetts Technology Lighthouse School
and District in 1997, 1998 and 1999. Mr. Lipinski is responsible for
all Lighthouse programs at the school. He has a BA and MA in
education from the University of Massachusetts. |
