"Within each of us there is an Owl, a Rabbit, and Eeyore, and a Pooh. If we are smart, we will choose the way of Pooh. As if from far away, it calls to us with the voice of a child's mind!"
Received this great quote from Lisa Gonzales, Jason Project Coordinator
Barbara
Bray 
bbray@compstrategies.com
Barbara founded Computer Strategies in 1990 to provide relevant
and customized technology workshops for teachers. Barbara has
provided support to public and private schools around the bay area
as a facilitator, grant writer, and consultant for over 10 years.
She taught classes at UC Berkeley, Cal State Hayward, St. Mary's
College, was program chair of East Bay Computer Using Educators
(CUE), and presented at numerous national and international
conferences. Her expertise is working with school technology teams
as she facilitates the design of their staff development plan and
guides the implementation of their plan. Barbara received the Gold
disk award from CUE at the Fall 1998 Conference for her dedication
to teaching, learning and technology. Find out more about
Barbara.
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Janie
Mah
jmah@compstrategies.com
Janie recently joined Computer Strategies as our marketing
manager and trainer coordinator. She was an instructor and owner
of KidQuest Computer Learning Center in Cupertino. She was also an
ACOT "Apple Classroom of Tomorrow" teacher and trainer where she
conducted technology lessons and curriculum
planning ideas to administrators, teachers and business
developers. Janie's enthusiasm and passion in educational
technology is apparent through her workshops where she offers
instructional strategies and technical skills to the
participants.
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Barbara
Cohen blk@compstrategies.com
Barbara is on leave from Computer Strategies. She has joined
the faculty of Phillips Brooks School in Menlo Park as their
Technology Coordinator. Many of the participants of Barbara's
workshops will really miss her and so will we. But don't worry,
Barbara plans to offer after school workshops for us in the
future.
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Linda
Kennedy lindak@compstrategies.com
Linda has been working as a Technology Coordinator/Computer Teacher at Sleepy Hollow School in Orinda, CA for the past eight years. She works with students, teachers, and staff to use and integrate technology into their classrooms. In addition to working at Sleepy Hollow School, Linda has been working as a part-time Technology Consultant with Computer Strategies working as a coach at Bessie Carmichel in SF and assisting in the design of web resources. She has also been instrumental in developing different school web sites which you can visit at: http://www.sleepyhollowschool.com or http://www.belmontoaksacademy.com. The computer program at the schools she has worked at are thriving and well regarded by students, parents, and teachers. Linda loves showing others how to use technology as a learning and teaching tool.
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Marilyn
Nicholson marilyn@compstrategies.com
Marilyn is Computer Education Project Manager in San Ramon
Valley Unified School District. She is past-president of East Bay
Computer-Using Educators (CUE) and won a CUE gold disk for her
hard work and dedication to technology in education. Her workshops
are designed with practical techniques that help each participant
learn at their own pace. Marilyn spends much time working on her
districts web site. Check out San Ramon Valley USD's Technology
Resource Center where Marilyn works.
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Trena Noval trena@compstrategies.com
Trena has 15 years classroom teaching experience at the middle school, high school and college levels. From 1994 to 1996 she was contracted by the San Francisco Unified School District to work with a team to pilot a technology integration program at Burton High School. Here she worked as a Curriculum Technology Integration Specialist with teachers and students on many successful classroom-based technology projects. She has worked for the past three years in the educational software and website development industry as a Producer and Content Developer. She holds a MFA Degree in Media Arts and Technology and is a new member of the Computer Strategies team as a coach with Oakland's middle school teachers for the Virtual Museum Project.
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Jean
Sawyer jean@compstrategies.com
Jean is the computer teacher at Assumption School in San
Leandro and is one of the technology trainers for the Oakland
Diocese. She has worked with Computer Strategies for almost three
years where her infectious enthusiasm makes her a popular and fun
instructor. Jean's expertise ranges from a warm compassion for
reluctant users to challenging the more advanced users.
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Wendy
Snyder wendy@compstrategies.com
Wendy is a middle school teacher with 12 years experience at Orinda
Intermediate School as a 7th grade science teacher and the Technology
Resources teacher for the school site. Currently on leave, she works for
Computer Strategies, focusing on one-on-one coaching to successfully
integrate technology as a curriculum tool. Visit the Core Values virtual
museum project to see an example of her teacher's work. You can also visit
the website she created & maintains for her daughters' elementary school in
Berkeley. http://bpta.simplenet.com/cragmont/
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Keith
Thomas keith@compstrategies.com
Keith has just left his position as a computer science
instructor and mentor teacher at Walnut Creek Unified School
District to move to Mendocino. Keith is the HyperCard expert where
his students have provided many projects for the CUE CD-ROM. Keith
and Marilyn co-present each year at many conferences and offer
classes on multimedia for UC Berkeley. They offer amazing
workshops that give participants practical strategies on using a
variety of productivity tools including Hyperstudio and
ClarisWorks.
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Our team is growing and also
includes many educators who share their expertise either at
workshops or behind the scenes in developing rich curriculum and
support materials. You will see their names added to this list and
at future workshops and conferences.