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Hello, I'm Mrs. Gallagher-Edlund.

I graduated from Millersville University with a degree in Math and Elementary Education. While teaching at King Elementary Schoolas a 4th and 6th grade teacher, I went back to Millersville and got my masters in math and computer education. I loved teaching the little kids and remember when I took my first field trip of 6th graders to New York. what a disaster!! The bus driver got lost and my class and I boarded a ferry to Battery Park, NY without the bus. We met up with our bus and driver, but it was very scary as a second year teacher.

In 1985, I transfered to Lincoln Jr. High School, now Lincoln Middle School, and taught 8th grade math, 9th grade algebra and 9th grade computer class. How I loved teaching algebra, but as the computer age grew, so did my passion for teaching technology. My first 9th grade computer class used the Radio Shack TRS-80's, commonly called the "trash 80".

After teaching 8 years at Lincoln, I transfered to McCaskey East High School. I taught computer classes to the pre-IB 9th grade classes. I remember teaching mastery criteria....students were tested on each skill in each subject and they had to pass ALL criteria before passing your class. After one year, that mandate was changed and we adopted Small Learning Communities. I was teaching here when the school was crumbling and we had to move out for a year....what a crazy time that was. I moved to the Meridian Bank on Duke Street and not only was it crazy being in a closet teaching computer class, but it was the year of 9/11.

I now teach in MIT, McCaskey Institute of Technology, at McCaskey East High School. I have 6 classes and teach 3 levels. My teaching experience has been varied and exciting, and changes yearly because of the technology. The latest buzz word that I use in my class is web 2.0 tools. They make computing fun and energize me in my classroom. My summer classes at Millersville have kept me updated with the latest technologies that I use in my classroom.