Vickie Johnson

1. VickieJohnson Professional Portfolio

2. Professional Qualifications • Bachelors Degrees • University of Minnesota Morris Morris, Minnesota • Music Education K-12 • Math Education Minor 7-12

3. University of Nebraska Kearney Kearney, Nebraska • Math Education Endorsement 7-12 • Elementary Education K-6

4. Teaching Experience • Music K-12 • Summit Public School Summit, SD 1979-1980 • Taught Music K-12, private piano lessons • Turtle Mountain High School Belcourt, ND 1980-1982 • Vocal Music Director • Loup County Public School Taylor, NE 1983-84, 1995-1997 • Music K-12, Band and Choir, Pep Band and Sophomore Class Advisor • Litchfield Public School Litchfield, NE 1988-1990 • Music K-12, Pep Band, Band and Choir • Sargent Public School Sargent, NE 1990-1992 • Music K-12, Pep Band, Band and Choir

5. Math 7-12 • Turtle Mountain High School Belcourt, ND 1980-1982 • Vocational Math, Applied Geometry, Geometry, and Basic Math, Cheerleader Advisor • Wakefield Public School Wakefield, NE 1997-1998 • Math 7, Math 8, Vocational Math, Title I Math, and Title I Teacher • Lexington High School, Lexington, NE 1998-2006 • Basic Math, Refresher Math, Applied Math, Pre-Algebra, and Algebra II • Broken Bow Public School Broken Bow, NE 2006-2011 • Math 7, Math 8, and Pre-Algebra • Member of the Technology Committee and Math Committee • Worked with the State of Nebraska Department of Education • Rewrite the Math Standards • Write NeSA Math Test questions • Help set cut scores • Write Check 4 Learning Questions

6. Professional and Educational Goals • Masters in Instructional Technology with an Emphasis in Assistive Technology • My goal is to continue teaching and to use my expertise to help out administrators, teachers, and parents to get the best out of the Instructional Technology available for educators and students.

7. Background • Having had two special needs children of my own and having taught many students in my classroom that can benefit from the use of Assistive Technology, I felt compelled to get as many classes in Assistive Technology as possible. I feel that any time we use technology to help the students it can be considered Assistive Technology. There are just some students that may require more assistance than others.

8. As a parent of a non-verbal, non-ambulatory child, we have tried, discarded and tried again many different types of Assistive Technology. • Our oldest son could have benefitted from the use of many different types of Assistive Technology, but his teacher’s did not offer it to him nor were they receptive to our suggestions.

9. Technology used • I have knowledge of and have used the following pieces of technology. • Wolf Communication system • Computer • LCD Projector • MIMIO (Interactive Whiteboard) • Clickers (Student Response System) • MOBI (Interactive Chalkboard) • LiveScribe Pens • Document Cameras • Kindle

10. Computer Programs • Microsoft Office Suite • Word • Power Point • Excel • Outlook • Publisher • ALEKS • Computer Math Program

11. Future use • Often times teachers are not aware of what is out there that is available for their students. They may be afraid to try something new, out of their comfort zone, and without someone who can help them learn the program or device. This is where I hope to be of assistance to the teachers, students and parents. • Most schools have an Instructional Technology person in place, but I know of very few who have someone knowledgeable about the different types of Assistive devices and or programs out there.

12. Even though I have taught for many years and may be eligible for retirement in the near future; with this degree in place, I could retire from teaching and work on a consultative basis with many schools in the area.