Linnea C. Gibson
Education
Michigan State University
Masters of Arts in Educational Technology Educational Technology Endorsement Summa Cum Laude East Carolina University
Teaching Certificate Elementary Education Michigan State University
Bachelors of Arts in Elementary Education Majors: English Language Arts, Social Studies, Teaching Speakers of Other Languages (TESOL) Magna Cum Laude Miami University
Bachelors of Arts in Elementary Education |
East Lansing, MI
August 2011 - December 2013 earned May 2012 GPA 4.0 Greenville, NC
August 2012 - May 2013 GPA 4.0 East Lansing, MI
August 2008 - May 2011 GPA 3.8 Oxford, OH
August 2007 - May 2008 GPA 3.9 |
Professional Experience
Charlevoix Emmet ISD
K-12 Science Consultant Amplify Science Professional Learning Specialist Design Specialist Conn Magnet Elementary School of Entrepreneurial Design Director of Innovation Kenan Fellow Bayer CropScience Division Brentwood Magnet Elementary School of Engineering Magnet Coordinator STEM Coordinator Instructional Technology Facilitator Mt. Elliott MakerSpace MakerCorps mentor M.B. Hubbard Elementary 4th Grade Teacher - All Subjects Teach for America Corps Member Eastern North Carolina Region |
2019 - Present
2018 - Present 2015 - 2018 2016 - 2017 2013 - 2015 2014 2011 - 2013 2011 - 2013 |
Publications & Presentations
Digital Presence and Publications
Webmaster MySTEMakers Phenomenal Science Conn Magnet School of Entrepreneurial Design (Schoolwires) Making Matters (presentation) Apptastic Daily 5 (presentation) Brentwood Magnet Elementary School of Engineering NCDPI STEM Application Site STEMakers TeKNOWlogy Czerney MAET Portfolio Techiness Classroom 2012-2013 Math Tools Evaluations Math Course Management Tool Classroom 2011 - 2012 Class Economy ESL Assessments (research) Assessing Science Learning (research) Teaching Literacy Contributor to WCPSS STEM Blog Contributor to WCPSS Magnet Blog STEM & Literacy Blog News WRAL - Conn Magnet Elementary on WRAL ABC11 - Raleigh Students Pitch their Big Ideas News & Observer - Conn elementary Principal Camps on Roof TWC 14 - Brentwood name top STEM school WCPSS Brentwood Named One of State's Top STEM Schools Connect a Million Minds NRMPS - School Showcase: Fluency Friends Presentations Convergence - Wake County Public Schools Google Certified Educator Level 1 Bootcamp North Carolina Technology in Education Society TECHnically Citizen Science Convergence - Wake County Public Schools TECHnically Citizen Science Staff Development -- Conn Magnet Elem School of Entrepreneurial Design Google Bootcamp PD4U - staff selected PD sessions Google App Splash STAR Committee trainings Apple TV in the Classroom Introduction to Web Design Appy Hour Beginner PBL Workshop STEM Leadership Team (train the trainer) North Carolina Technology in Education Society Conference Student Showcase: Conn Entrepreneurial Design Statewide Code.org Workshop host Wonder Wake - Wake County Public Schools Making Matters North Carolina Technology in Education Society Conference Apptastic Daily 5 Student Showcase "We Wonder Wednesday" -- Brentwood Elementary Appy Hour Coding for Teachers Reading Apps & Intervention Creating with Video Apps Tipping the Classroom Discovery Education Google Apps Steps to a Paperless Classroom iPad Basics Introduction to SMARTNotebook Staff Development Early Release -- Brentwood Elementary MakerSpace resources STEM & Literacy Integration Web Design for Beginners Web Design for Intermediate Challenge Based Learning: Start with Standards v. Challenge Wonder Wake -- Wake County Public Schools iNnovative iPad iNtegration North Carolina Technology in Education Society Conference iNnovative iPad iNtegration Student Showcase STEM & SIOP -- Wake County Public Schools Personal Financial Literacy -- NC Department of Public Instruction Teacher Best Practices Panel Classroom Economy Classroom Economy Destination Innovation IV -- Nash Rocky Mount Public Schools iNnovative iPad iNtegration Destination Innovation III -- Nash Rocky Mount Public Schools Web 2.0 and BEYOND! Staff Development -- M.B. Hubbard Elementary Publications Bayer Crop Science, 7 Ways to Make Science Make Sense EdNC, STEM education comes alive during internship at Bayer Kenan Video to highlight program Bayer Making Science Make Sense Volunteer Spotlight Mobile Learning: A Handbook for Developers, Educators, and Learners Referenced, Access Granted: News of the North Carolina College Access Grant, PFL from K-12 |
April 2018 March 2018 Fall 2017 2015-present April 2018 2017-2018 Fall 2017 2016-2017 school year August, 2015 September, 2015 January, 2016 Fall 2015 2015-2016 March, 2017 November, 2015 Fall 2015 November, 2015 2014-2015 March, 2015 March, 2015 2014-2015 December, 2014 December, 2014 November, 2014 November, 2014 November, 2014 October, 2014 October, 2014 October, 2014 September, 2014 September, 2014 2014-2015 October, 2014 October, 2014 September, 2014 September, 2014 September, 2014 2012-2013 April, 2013 2013-2014 March, 2014 March, 2014 2013-2014 2013-2014 March, 2014 April, 2013 March, 2013 June, 2013 June, 2012 2011-2013 August, 2016 August, 2016 2015 June, 2013 |
Grants, Awards, & Honors
April, 2018
December, 2017 Spetember, 2017 July, 2017 April, 2017 March, 2017 October, 2016 July, 2016 April, 2016 April, 2016 January, 2016 October, 2015 December, 2015 January, 2015 November, 2014 November, 2014 November, 2014 October, 2014 September, 2014 2014 - 2015 December, 2013 October, 2013 2013-2014 2013 - 2014 2012 - 2013 2013 - Present 2011 - 2013 2011 - 2012 2008 - 2011 May, 2011 2008 - 2011 2010 2007 - 2008 |
Google for Education Trainer
Google Certified Educator Level 1 & 2 Design Thinking EdEx Fellow SummerSTEM Coach & Trainer (WCPSS & Wake Ed Partnership) WCPSS Employee Excellence Award Magnet Schools of America: School of Distinction Conn PTA Mini-Grant SummerSTEM Coach & Trainer (WCPSS & Wake Ed Partnership) Kenan Fellows Program for Teacher Leadership: 2016-2017 Fellow Burroughs Welcome Fund: PRISM Grant Innovative Teacher Award Finalist Conn PTA Mini-Grant Target Field Trip Grant TWC Innovative Teacher Award BMESE Recognized as a STEM School of Distinction Delta Kappa Gamma - Iota Gamma Chapter Mini-Grant November Staff Recognition Recipient October Staff Recognition Recipient September Staff Recognition Recipient MTAC Committee Chairperson Graduated Summa Cum Laude WCPSS Employee Excellence Award Discovery Education Network Ambassador - Phase I and II MTAC Committee Chairperson M.B. Hubbard Elementary Teacher of the Year Discovery Education Network STAR Teach for America Corps Member Teach for America Leadership Cohort Deans List for all eligible semester Graduated Magna Cum Laude National Society Collegiate Scholars President of the MSU Chapter 2010 - 2011 Awarded Platinum Chapter Award for 2010 - 2011 Nominated for Most Engaging Chapter 2010 - 2011 Recipient of the Officer Award 2011 Executive Vice President 2009 - 2010 Vice President of PACE 2009 - 2010 Awarded Gold Chapter Award 2009 - 2010 Kappa Delta Pi Literacy Committee Friendshop Coordinator Oxford Scholar at Miami University |
Research Experience
Conn Magnet Programming Vision Team
WCPSS Magnet Marketing Committee WCPSS Minecraft Pilot Program NCSU ASPECT Pilot Program Evaluation of Math Tools in the Classroom Writing Workshop and Common Core Standard Course of Study: Teaching Students to be Writers Parental Communication and the Effects of Technology Implementation of TPACK Child Study: Literacy Development Gender Roles in a Kindergarten Classroom Disney's Controversial Content Ethnographical Study: Bagel & Deli |
2015 - 2018
2015 - 2018 2014 - 2018 2013 - 2015 Spring, 2013 Summer, 2012 Spring, 2012 Fall, 2011 Spring, 2010 Fall, 2008 Spring, 2008 Fall, 2007 |
Experience
Brentwood Magnet Elementary School of Engineering
Technology Proficiency
Voicethread
Wikispaces/Wikipedia/PBWorks
Socrative
Prezi
Blogging
- School Improvement Team, Leadership Team, MTAC, and Climate Committee
- Blackboard Administrator, IoS Coordinator, Lotus Notes Administrator, Technology Contact, and future DEN Ambassador
- Writer of Magnet Schools of America application
- Team Lead for MSA Pilot Program
- Magnet Coordinator; conveying magnet objectives, pursuing and planning opportunities for students and staff, marketing, graphic design of the brochure and promotional materials.
- Serves as part of the Principal's Cabinet
- Facilitator tours for visiting parents and school personnel
- Writer and webmaster for NCDPI STEM Recognition application
- NCSU ASPECT Grant Implementation Team
- STEM Team and Science Olympiad instructor
- Curriculum development for STEM and technology instruction
- Established after school Minecraft club
- Planning and collaborating with grade level, intervention, and specialist teachers to integrate technology and meet technology standards
- Integrating STEM, emphasizing engineering concepts into all curriculum and learning
- Providing Professional Development for all staff members on a variety of strategies and tools
- Participating in Magnet, STEM, Instructional Technology, and other meetings
Technology Proficiency
- Microsoft Office
- Web Design
- Ipad Applications and the Classroom
- 1:1 Ipad Classroom, Small Groups, One Ipad in the Class
- Discovery Education
- ClassScape
- MClass
- Online Course Development using CMS
- Flipped Classrooms
- Google Apps: Drive (Forms), Mail, Plus, Maps, etc.
- ActiveInspire - Promethean Board
- SMARTBoard
- Podcasting
- Movie creation and editing
- Web 2.0 Programs for instruction and production of student work (including but not limited to)
Voicethread
Wikispaces/Wikipedia/PBWorks
Socrative
Prezi
Blogging
Professional Development
- Project Learning Tree 2017
- NCTIES Conference 2017
- UNC Worldview 2016
- Project Wet 2016
- Kenan Fellows Program for Teacher Leadership
- Bayer Crop Science intern
- PBL Coach & Trainer Training 2015
- Scaling STEM 2014, 2015
- Bridging the Gap 2015
- WCPSS ITLMS Learning Convergence, Spring 2014, Fall 2014, Spring 2015, Fall 2015, Spring 2016, Fall 2016, Spring 2017
- SummerSTEM by WCPSS and Wake Ed Partnership
- North Carolina Center for the Advancement of Teachers - Online Courses
- WCPSS STEM Collaborative Network
- NCTIES Conference 2013
- NCCTM 2013 Math Conference
- SuccessMaker 2013, 2014
- Camp Brentwood 2013: SIOP, MClass, Math and the Common Core, ELA and the Common Core
- Destination Innovation IV: iMovie, ABC's of Guided Reading by Scholastic, What should a 21st Century Classroom Look Like?, Virtual Field Study
- Michigan Association for Computer Users in Learning
- Discovery Education PD and Webinars
- North Carolina Center for the Advancement of Teachers - Beginning Teacher Program
- NC Falcon Modules
- NC Education Common Core: The Call for Change, Understanding the Standards, Revised Blooms Taxonomy
- NRMS Math Foundations
- NRMS Reading Foundations
- NRMS Non-Violent Crisis Intervention
- NRMS Beginning Teachers
- NRMS Putting the 'Social' Back in Social Studies
- NRMS Technology Sessions
- Simple K-12 Webinars
- Meeting the Needs of Diverse Learners
- Rap Rhythm & Rhyme: Rebuilding the Writing Foundation
- Writing to Reveal a Wider Range of Thinking
- iMovie presented by Apple
- 21st Century Classrooms
Affiliations/Memberships
Michigan Science Education Leadership Association
National Science Education Leadership Association Michigan Science Teachers Association National Science Teachers Association Michigan Association of Computer User Learning Michigan Math and Science Leadership Network Associati North Carolina Technology in Education Society Michigan Association for Computer Users in Learning Kappa Delta Pi National Society of Collegiate Scholars |
2013 - Present
2008 - 2011 2010 - Present 2008 - Present |