Hello! My name is Daniel McElheny. I was born and raised in Grand Rapids, Michigan and I currently live about 30 minutes to the northeast of Grand Rapids in Belding, Michigan. I am wrapping up my 4th year as a high school social studies teacher at Forest Hills Eastern High School. During my time at Forest Hills Eastern I have taught U.S. History, Civics, Economics, and Sociology. Last week Thursday I wrapped up my first semester teaching AP Government when my students took their AP Exam.
I keep pretty busy outside of my teaching day. I coach the boys and girls cross country and track and field teams - we have about 90 total athletes this spring. I also serve as a class advisor and have worked with our Model UN students outside of school.
I started the educational technology program last August, but took the winter term off to focus on building and teaching my AP course. I am excited to get back at it as I enjoyed the courses I took in the fall. My district adopted a BYOD program two years ago and the professional development that accompanied that program piqued my interest in educational technology. As a teacher I am interested in using a variety of instructional methods in my classroom and I am excited about the possibilities multimedia technology offers both as an instructional tool and as a mode for students to create through.
Looking forward to a great semester!
Welcome back, Daniel. It's great to see you have such a diverse schedule and still manage to do school. I'm excited to see where the semester takes us with this topic. I'm sure you will be able to use multimedia in so many different ways in your subject area.
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