Mrs. Pike e-Portfolio

Passions

I love to help others learn to use technology in their everyday life, work and academics. I am constantly learning from colleagues, friends and I especially have a blast learning from my students.

Family

I am blessed to have a wonderful husband of twenty three years, Ron Pike, who works at California State Polytechnic University Pomona. We have two great boys Nate and Ian Pike both currently attending California State University Chico. Ron and I have recently moved to the beautiful southern California area. We are looking forward to discovering our new surroundings and helping serve our local community.

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Favorite Quotes:

When students believe success is possible, they will try. If they don’t believe they can succeed, it doesn’t matter how easy the material or how smart the students, they will fail.

-LouAnne Johnson

The best thing people can bring to their jobs is a lifelong thirst for learning.

- Jack Welch

A thousand years from now, it won't matter what kind of car you drove or what kind of house you lived in. It will only matter what you did to help the life of a child.” or student

-Mrs. Nolting's Daughter
Special education teacher

Education

MA, Education, California State University, Chico August 2011

BS, Computing and Communications, California State University, Chico May 2000

Summary: I began my college career pursuing nursing but was pleasantly distracted by a required computer science course. I changed my degree plans to a special major that included Computer Science, Communications, Business and Nursing with a focus on information systems and teaching technology. While an undergraduate student, I began teaching computer related courses to faculty and students on topics ranging from web design and multimedia to the use of learning management systems. After graduation I moved to Washington where I had the opportunity to train teachers in the local school district to prepare them for a new student records system. My teaching and training experience inspired me to pursue a master’s degree in education with my first semester at the University of Idaho near my home in Washington and then completing the degree at California State University, Chico.

Resume in PDF format. If you would like to contact me, please use the email address on my resume or contact me via the link above. Thank you!

Values I love

(from http://www.lasbest.org/what/ ) 2/16/2012

1. Nothing we do is as important as the effect it has on a child.

2. Engaging activities develop values, skills and relationships. Activities are not seen as ends in themselves, but as vehicles for creating values, building skills and solidifying peer and adult relationships. An engaging activity is one that holds children's attention, awakens their imagination, and inspires them to want to learn more.

3. All children have equal rights to be accepted, respected and valued by others. Children are viewed as individuals to be developed, not problems to be solved.

4. Children should be involved in decision-making and program design. If children get to choose how, when, in what and with whom to be engaged, they are far more likely to enjoy themselves and behave cooperatively.

5. When we listen for understanding everyone learns—children and adults alike. We are constantly able to learn from our children as well as each other. Everyone is a learner.