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My name is Renee Hawkins. I'm the Director of Instructional Technology, Chair of the Technology Department, Lower Division Technology Coordinator, and the proud coach of the GFS Smarties, our Fourth and Fifth Grade FLL Robotics Team. I have taught music, history, and English as a Second Language before moving into Educational Technology 12 years ago. All in all, I've been a classroom teacher, dorm parent, or advisor for the past 27 years. This is my 10th year at Garrison and I guess I have finally figured out what I want to do when I grow up. Most recently I've been tasked by my Head of School and members of the Board of Trustees to explore online and blended learning opportunities for Garrison Forest.

I'm pushing myself to live a connected life. I share a blog with my friend Susan Davis (The Flying Trapeze), I Twitter and LOVE Diigo. We have just set up the GFS Teaching and Learning Ning for our faculty to start collaborating and sharing. I think is an exciting time to be in education.

This is my first PLP experience although I've been following it through members of my own PLN (Thanks Susan and Larry!). Two of our Division Heads participated in the PLP Boot Camp for Administrators this past summer and returned to campus energized and determined that our faculty should have a PLP experience too. I'm looking forward to learning, connecting, and sharing with my own team and the PLP network.