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Project Type: Transmedia Learning
Project Website Role: Co-Creator / Executive Director @ Platform Shoes Forum (a non-profit organization that I established) This project was my MFA thesis from Rockport College 1998-2010 |
2001 MFA Thesis: Zoey's Room
Hip cyber-hostess “Zoey” hosts her own chat room for girls every day after school. She encourages girls to explore STEM topics through fun challenges called Tec-Treks, which expand their knowledge on a range of 21st century skills, including Internet research, databases, word processing, science, business math, digital and video proficiency, robotics, engineering and website design.
- Formed partnerships with Girl Scouts, National Girls Collaborative, YWCA of New England, Alliance for Technology and Women and Smith College.
- In 2002, when past Governor of Maine, Angus King, issued Mac iBooks to every 7th grader in the state, Erin joined forces with the Maine Learning Technology Initiative to establish and deliver a comprehensive after-school program for skills development and proper educational use of the laptops.
- Zoey’s Room’s Fab Females mentoring program lives on with the National Girls Collaborative Fam Fems network
- Now Advisor to Emmy Award Winning SciGirls
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Zoey's Room PSA for Time Warner
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Creating the STEM Pipeline
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Awards
Top 30 Educators to Re-Imagine the Future by Teaching and Learning (2010)
National Leaders in Learning Award Winner in the General Excellence Category by Cable in a Classroom (Washington DC 2007)
Top 20 Educators to Watch by National School Board Association (2007)
National Leaders in Learning Award Winner in the General Excellence Category by Cable in a Classroom (Washington DC 2007)
Top 20 Educators to Watch by National School Board Association (2007)
