Introduction

Hello everyone, I would like to introduce the National Museum of Forest Service's Conservation Education Working group blog. The purpose of this blog is to bring together a group of voices from varying backgrounds with differing ideas and needs from a Conservation Education program in order to begin to develop a truly useful and comprehensive program that can become a valuable tool for all levels of education.

This is how it would work:

All members of the team would be given electronic permission to create new postings on this site in order to develop new ideas and suggestions. This will require all team members to take a few minutes and create a Google account.

For those of you that have not used this kind of tool, let me assure you that is extremely easy to use, and it can prove to be a tremendous tool for collaboration with a little effort.

Also, both team members, and non-team members would be able to post comments about items that are being posted.

Finally, this blog could also be a place to collect any electronic resources that we think might be helpful in developing an end product. (websites, pictures, ect.)

Saturday, May 8, 2010

David Wallace Introduction


Hello,

I am a Social Studies teacher-in-training at the University of Montana. Matt and I have had several classes together this school year, and we have spent a good amount of time talking about History. Like any Social Studies teacher worth his salt, Matt has a great interest in the airplanes of WWII. I have learned a lot from him, and know that he will make a great teacher soon. So a little bit about me: Before I decided to come back to UM to become a teacher, I worked 4 years as a Math, English, and Biology tutor first at Sheridan College in Wyoming and then at UM. I have also spent 4 years teaching job skills to adults who are developmentally disabled or have suffered traumatic brain injuries, one year in Wyoming and three years in Missoula at Opportunity Resources. I have been married to my wife Brandy for almost 4 years now, and she is in the teacher education program as well, to teach Science. In my free time I like to go hiking and camping with Brandy, read fiction and non-fiction books(I like James Michener, John Keegan, Terry Pratchett, and CS Lewis to name a few) , play board games, and help friends work on their cars and bikes whenever the opportunity arises. I'm excited to see what comes out of this blog work group, and hope that I'll be able to contribute something.

Take Care,
David Wallace

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