Teacher, IT Director, Publisher Cool Cat Teacher Blog, Co-Founder Flat Classroom Project
Albany, Georgia Area
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- Teacher, Technology Administrator at Westwood Schools
- Presenter, Consultant, Freelance Writer, Founder at Bright Ideas, Inc.
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- Marketing Associate Development Program at GTE
- General Manager at Palmer Wireless, Inc. d/b/a Cellular One
- General Manager at Palmer Wireless
- Market Planner at Contel Cellular
- Market Planning Administrator at Contel Cellular/ GTE
- Education
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- Georgia Institute of Technology - Georgia Tech College of Management
- In Service Staff Development Training - over 150 hours
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Vicki Davis’s Summary
Currently at Westwood Schools, in Camilla, Georgia, Vicki is transforming the way people think about teaching. Her co-created Flat Classroom project won ISTE's award for Best Online Learning Project for 2007 and was included in version 3 of Thomas Friedman's book The World is Flat. She has also co-founded two other award winning projects including the Horizon Project and the Digiteen project (digital citizenship.) More than 500 students in 11 countries have participated in these projects.
Vicki blogs at the popular Cool Cat Teacher blog, is a blogger for Tech Learning, is a co founder of the Women of Web 2.
Vicki has presented at many online conferences and at some face to face conferences (when her teaching schedule allows) including a recent keynote at Google Teacher Academy in 2008. She is a member of ISTE and the CSTA.
Vicki has written for several publications about Web 2 technologies in the classroom and continues to pursue freelance work both writing for magazines and course content development work and consulting.
Vicki's goal is to publish inspirational, instructional books and blogs helping people adapt and learn in a changing technology-centric society and further the cause of global collaborative projects between the classrooms of the world.
Vicki Davis’s Specialties:
education, teaching, technology education, computer science, Web 2, global collaborative projects, wiki-centric teaching, classroom blogging, use of social networking in the classroom to teach, use of mobile technology to teach, cell phones, ipods, mp3 players in the classroom, interactive white board, digital storytelling, youtube, video making, genuine assessment, project based learning
Vicki Davis’s Experience
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Teacher, Technology Administrator
Westwood Schools
(Educational Institution; 11-50 employees; Information Technology and Services industry)
July 2002 — Present (6 years 1 month)
Teach computer science, information technology, keyboarding, accounting, computer graphic design, current events, while integrating wikis, blogs, podcasts, and all types of Web 2 and social networking technologies. Co-creator of two award winning global collaborative projects that have received recognition for their ability to connect and facilitate communications between students of diverse backgrounds.
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Presenter, Consultant, Freelance Writer, Founder
Bright Ideas, Inc.
(Information Technology and Services industry)
January 1996 — Present (12 years 7 months)
2003-present Training, presentations, keynotes, and freelance authoring for organizations wanting to understand and promote educational advancements and the effective use of technology in the classroom. This includes Web 2.0 technologies, global collaborative projects and digital citizenship.
Past Presentations include:
Maine Educators Conference
NECC
Discovery Educators Online Webinar
Classroom 2.0 Webinar
Princeton University
Georgia Association of Technology Educators
Columbus University Center for Quality Teaching and Learning
Illinois Computer Educators
Google Teacher Academy Keynote 2008
and others...
1996-2003 Initially this company provided technology related services to organizations who wanted to effectively implement and integrate computers, software, and the Internet into their operation. This included: public school systems about how to integrate technology into the classroom and adult-ed contracts with local colleges and businesses. -
Marketing Associate Development Program
GTE
(Public Company; 10,001 or more employees; GTE; Telecommunications industry)
May 2001 — March 2003 (1 year 11 months)
Development program which sent me to various six month assignments so that I would learn the entirety of the diverse telecommunications business.
GTE Personal Communications Services - Market Research manager –
Nations first market trial of PCS in Tampa, FL - 1993
GTE Mobile Communications- Product Marketing - Product Analyst -
1992-1993
GTE Telephone Ops - Business Development - Account Exec - 1992 -
General Manager
Palmer Wireless, Inc. d/b/a Cellular One
(Public Company; 51-200 employees; Wireless industry)
May 1994 — February 1996 (1 year 10 months)
General Manager - Albany MSA and GA9 RSA
n Responsible for daily operations and management of a 13 county area
including 32 employees and multi-million dollar budget
n Quadrupled market performance within two months and created
positive cash flow for the market
n Created distribution strategies, located and opened 4 new locations
within the market resulting in 200 additional activations per month in
the markets.
n Spearheaded company data and leading technology efforts in local
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General Manager
Palmer Wireless
(Public Company; Education Management industry)
1994 — 1996 (2 years)
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Market Planner
Contel Cellular
(Public Company; Education Management industry)
1992 — 1994 (2 years)
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Market Planning Administrator
Contel Cellular/ GTE
(Public Company; 10,001 or more employees; GTE; Wireless industry)
March 1993 — May 1994 (1 year 3 months)
Coordinated pricing and revenue activities in 15 Metropolitan Service
areas and 21 Rural Service areas across the country
Developed and presented business plans and budgets for 15
partnerships
Proposed capital budgeting plans ($20M+)
Developed pricing and revenue generating strategies resulting in highest
customer growth (64%), operating cash flow ($5.2M greater than
budget), capital efficiency, network performance, and customer
satisfaction (95% highly satisfied and satisfied) and lowest churn (1.55%)
in the company. The Area administered won President's Award for Best
Area Performance.
Vicki Davis’s Education
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Georgia Institute of Technology - Georgia Tech College of Management
BS, BS - Management, minor- English, 1987 — 1991
1991 - Who's Who in American Colleges and Universities
1991- Outstanding Young Women of America
1991 – Recognition as Graduate with Highest GPA from Georgia Institute
of Technology Management Program
1990 - Outstanding Management Major, College of Management, Georgia
Institute of Technology
1987-1991 - Georgia Scholar- Activities and Societies:
- founder and president- Student Alumni Association, founder/charter member - Georgia Tech Ambassadors program - president - Executive Round Table, president - Lambda Sigma sophomore honorary, Management Major Representative - Student Government, Omicron Delta Kappa - Greek Honorary, Teaching Assistant - Dr. Phil Adler (Strategic Management), Research Assistant - Dr. Danny Boston (Race & the Underclass)
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In Service Staff Development Training - over 150 hours
Genuine Assessment, Anti Bullying, Project Based Learning, Cooperative Learning, Differentiated Inst
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Vicki Davis’s Interests:
writing, blogging, technology, new technology, innovation, history, the history of change, business, gadgets, global collaboration, educating students who will be successful and relevant in an uncertain, unpredictable job market
Vicki Davis’s Groups:
International Society of Technology Educators (ISTE), CSTA (Computer Science Teachers Association), Women of Web 2 podcast, Edublogosphere, Member of the Press, Camilla Chamber of Commerce
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Edubloggers member
Vicki Davis’s Honors:
ISTE's Online Learning Award 2007, Edublog Award for Best Wiki in Education 2006, Edublog finalist for best Teacher Blog in Education (2006, 2007), Wikispace of the Month - December 2005, Past President - Camilla Chamber of Commerce, Georgia Rotary 6100 Governor's Award 2000, Leadership Georgia Class of 2001, Cable in the Classroom Leading in Learning Finalist 2008
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