About+Me

Because I'm new the Marian team, I think I should introduce myself. My name is Jessica Brogley. I have been teaching English for ten years at Seymour Community High School. During the past ten years I have taught Read 180 through English 12. Six years ago I earned my Masters in Technology in Education from Lesley University. I enjoyed a short stint teaching online for Nexus (a company out East). Two years ago I was hired by UW-Green Bay as a member of their adjunct faculty which enabled me to teach Fundamentals of Public Address to our high school seniors. This spring my administration asked for a volunteer to teach 8th grade English. I figured, "Eh, why not?!" So this fall, I'm off to the land of middle schoolers to teach Language Arts.

In my free time I am enjoying my family out in Isaar, WI. I am married to a wonderful fella named Brad. He teaches physical education and health, as well as coaches varsity softball. We have two children - Jenna who is almost five and Matthew who is almost two. They keep me incredibly busy. media type="custom" key="6004865" align="center"

We also own three horses, Abby, Diamond, and (all my ideas) and a Spring Spaniel named Emma (my idea too), and several barn cats (yeah, my idea).

Two weeks ago we purchased a travel trailer to attempt to do some family camping (still my idea). As you can tell, I keep my husband busy too. About five years ago, I started creating websites for extra cash to pay for horse hay. It ended up growing into a nice little side when I remember to actually bill people. I enjoy doing it more to help those that can't do that themselves.

Infusing technology into my curriculum has been a passion of mine. I made my first educational website 11 years ago with Claris homepage. As the years went on I worked hard to teach myself evolving technologies. About 8 years ago I received the district's first SMARTboard. The next year the district gave me 30 laptops. Those two treats opened a door for me and my skills really bloomed. Five years ago our district installed Moodle on our server, which allowed me to put nearly 100% of my curriculum online with little effort. I still maintain my own website, but I'm finding the Moodle is more useful. Over the years I've been trying to blog, but that's always been a challenge to do regularly. I have a long list of blogging topics if I would just sit down and write. Since the explosion of Web 2.0 tools I've tried just about everything I had time for. I have always been a big believer in using technology to enhance your curriculum and NOT letting technology drive your lessons. I hope to share that with you.

I want you to know that by taking this class you've gained a cohort for life. I will be there to support you in your educational technology endeavors long after you leave this class. If there is anything you need - a resource, class collaborative project, anything...just let me know. I am an email or phone call away.

Thank you for continuing to learn new tools and skills, Jessica Brogley