2013 MapStory Teaching Fellows

Steve Goldberg The founder of Triangle Learning Community Middle School (TLC) in Durham, North Carolina, Steve has more than a decade of teaching experience at some of the most prestigious schools in the country. Steve served for four years (2007-11) as a history teacher at Cary Academy, a world-class school where all students and teachers are issued tablet computers. Before that, he was Lead Technology Teacher at The Potomac School, a private K-12 independent school just outside of Washington, DC. Steve is excited to use MapStory with his students at TLC for their project of making a multi-media history of Durham, NC. Jessica Hanzlik Jessica Hanzlik is currently in her second year of teaching math, science, and social studies to 8th grade students at a public charter school in Chicago through Teach for America. She graduated from Ohio State University in 2008 with degrees in physics and French, after which she attended the University of Oxford on a Rhodes scholarship. At Oxford, she earned masters degrees in particle physics and comparative social policy. Kate Hayman Kate graduated from Washington College in 2004 with a Bachelors in Sociology and Drexel University in 2005 with a Masters of Instruction. Since 2005, she has been an elementary school teacher. Over the past few years, she has been nominated and awarded Queen Annes County Technology Teacher of the Year for her work with technology integration in the general education setting. In addition to teaching, she also works as an education consultant for the Geographic Information Systems office at Washington College in Chestertown, Maryland. For this MapStory project, she plans to develop a lesson focusing on the major events during the American Revolution. Jessica Marshall Jessica is a US History and Civics teacher at Alcott College Prep in Chicago, where she sponsors the Mikva Social Justice and Gay-Straight Alliance clubs. Through a project of the Chicago Public Schools, the Global Citizenship Initiative, she is helping to pilot, evaluate and revise a senior capstone course in Civics. Before returning to Chicago, a CPS graduate herself, she taught for several years at a small, public HS in the Bronx. Her interests in education lie in the areas of civic education, performance assessments, small schools movement, and teacher evaluation. She is a Chicago Teachers Union member and activist.

Emily Mitarai Emily Mitarai is currently a second grade teacher in Arlington, VA. Emily noticed the importance of storytelling after she found in order to make her Japanese American aunties talk about themselves was like trying to eat ramen with a spoon. You know there are a lot of noodles in the bowl, however, you just get one or two strands at a time. Each person has an important story to share. After receiving a B.A. in Humanities at Brigham Young University, Emily joined Teach For America and taught 4th grade in New York City for four years. She also studied at Bank Street College of Education in M.S. General Childhood and Special Education where she developed skills to help students become life-long learners. Thomas Neville Tom has lived in Washington, DC since 2008, excepting a train trip around the US, a short stint in Paris, and a one-year program at Harvard Graduate School of Education. He currently teaches History at Flint Hill School in Virginia. His classes run the spectrum from critical exploration of primary sources and artifacts to digital publication, deploying new tools as they best serve us. His next project utilizes MapStory and the rich collections of the Historical Society of Washington to trace the genesis and evolution of alley life in DC. Jan Patton Jan has been working in libraries with computers for almost 20 years. Over the course of her career she merged her interest in information access and delivery with a growing fascination with computer science. Shes been involved in instruction in programming (Alice and Scratch), academic technology for students and faculty (mostly Mac based) and information literacy. Last summer, she was the recipient of a grant to study Thoreaus trip through the Maine wilderness with a Native American. Out of this came a proposal for a trip with High School students that involves stops in Walden, the Penobscot Reservation, 4-day canoe/camping trip and ends with a summit of Khatadin. She will work with Mapstory to develop this curriculum. Sarah Randice Sarah teaches 4th grade at Abingdon Elementary School in Arlington, VA. She is interested in launching MapStory projects focused on the Civil War and Reconstruction that focus on slavery in Virginia, the rise of industrialization and the growth of cities as well as westward migration.