Paula Conley To Help Write Education Program

Tue., Jan. 26, 1999

Paula Conley, a teacher at Sorensen Elementary School in Coeur d’Alene, was selected to help write lesson plans to enhance recently developed national education technology standards for students at an International Society for Technology in Education (ISTE) tech team program held in Arizona.

Conley, who was one of 25 teachers and district technology coordinators chosen from more than 100 applicants, served on a writing team for language arts content for the third- through fifthgrade range. She has a master’s degree in computer education and serves as the prototypical classroom teacher at Sorensen.

Teams wrote detailed lesson plans that integrate technology and included links to Web sites that teachers may use to support the lessons. The lesson plans will now go through a process of review and revision before publication this summer with teacher access available from written versions or via the Internet.

Dr. Heidi Rogers, from the University of Idaho and incoming ISTE president, was part of the leadership team. Funding was also provided by the U.S. Department of Education.

Air Force Airman Christina M. Daems, granddaughter of Mary and Terry Squires of Kellogg, has graduated from avionics test stations and component apprentice course at Sheppard Air Force Base, Texas.

Army Sgt. Julie A. Jacquot, daughter of Elaine Ferguson of Coeur d’Alene, and John Ferguson of Hayden Lake, has graduated from the Army Basic Noncommissioned Officer Course at Fort Jackson, S.C.

Jacquot is a 1986 Coeur d’Alene High School graduate and received an associate degree from North Idaho College in 1994.

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