Shannon N. Tabaldo is the Founding Director of the Innovation in Digital Education & Leadership (iDEAL) Institute for the School of Education at Loyola Marymount University and before that the Director of Educational Technology at Marymount College in Rancho Palos Verdes California. Shannon sits on the school board for St. Columbkille Catholic School and provides technology professional development for schools in the LA and Orange County Archdioceses. Shannon is also an Sr. Lecturer & professor teaching technology integration for the Department of Urban Education at LMU.
Shannon has been a classroom teacher, teaching technology to K-8 as well as Junior High Math. With over 20 years of technology experience and a passion for teaching she began to see the need for educational technology resources and the need for teacher training. Her personal and professional goal is to fulfill the need of training educators on technology that can be used in their classroom for the benefit of the students.
Shannon has a BS from Linfield College in Business Administration and MA in Catholic School Administration from Loyola Marymount University. She is a Google Certified Teacher, a Google Certified Power Searcher, a Quality Matters reviewer as well as a Microsoft Office Application expert, and Apple App fanatic.
If you want to know what Shannon is thinking about or working on, she maintains a blog called Tabaldo On Tech - Teaching with Technology in the 21st Century. Follow her on Twitter @TabaldoOnTech.
EDUCATION
Master of Arts in Education Administration
Certificate Catholic School Administration
Loyola Marymount University, Los Angeles, CA
Bachelor of Science Business Management
Linfield College, McMinnville, Oregon
May 2009
December 2004
CERTIFICATIONS
Google Certified Innovator (formally Teacher) (2007)
Google Power Searching (2013)
Intel Teach for the Future (2007)
Quality Matters: APPQMR (2013) & Peer Reviewer (2013, 2014)
Symbaloo PD Pro (2013, 2014)
Leading Edge Certification: Professional Learning Leader (2014)
TECHNICAL SKILLS
Google Apps for Education, Microsoft, MSOffice, Desire2Learn, Blackboard, Apple iOS and OSX, Camtasia, QuickBooks, Quicken, Publisher, Photoshop, Dreamweaver, Microsoft Exchange Server, WordPress
EDUCATIONAL TECHNOLOGY SKILLS
STEM integration into k-12 courses, Project Based Learning (PBL), Blended Learning, Common Core State Standards (CCSS) and Next Gen Science Standards (NGSS) integration into k-12 courses
TECHNOLOGY EXPERIENCE
Loyola Marymount University | School of Education, Los Angeles, CA
Sr. Instructional Designer
Marymount College, Rancho Palos Verdes, CA
Director, Educational Technology
Instructional Designer
St. Lawrence Martyr School, Redondo Beach, CA
Computer & Technology Teacher
TEACHING EXPERIENCE
Loyola Marymount University | School of Education, Los Angeles, CA
Adjunct Professor
St. Lawrence Martyr School, Redondo Beach, CA
Instructional Technologist
Technology Teacher
Junior High Math Teacher
VOLUNTEER WORK
Present:
St. Columbkille Catholic School - Consultative School Board | technology
St. Lawrence Martyr Catholic School - Education Foundation Board Member
Bishop Montgomery HS - Technology Committee
St. Lawrence Martyr Catholic School - Technology Committee
Past:
Hack the Classroom - co-founder and presenter
St. James Catholic School - Education Foundation
St. James Catholic School - Technology Committee
St. Callistus Catholic School - Technology Committee
St. Catherine Laboure Catholic School - Technology Committee
Work History
SOCIAL MEDIA
Tabaldo On Tech Blog Site http://www.tech.tabaldo.com
EXPERT PANELS
Blended Learning Summit – February 11, 2014 California STEM Symposium - September 22-23, 2014
RESEARCH
iPads in Teacher Preparation Programs – November 2013 - present
Classroom Technology Integration in STEM teaching – June 2014 - present