Carol Linville Broos

Sunset Ridge School 525 Sunset Ridge Road Northfield, IL 60093

Email: carolbroos@comcast.net W 847_881_9413

Website: http://www.carolbroos.com Blog: http://www.beatechie.com

"All of us do not have equal talent, but all of us should have an equal opportunity to develop our talent.” - John F. Kennedy

Experience

1987- Present Sunset Ridge School District #29

Northfield, Illinois 60093

Position: Vocal/General 4-8; Vocal/General K-8

School related:

Musical Director and Producer of All-School Musical, Holiday Concert, The Big Picture Project, Vermont MIDI Project, Spring Sing, Seventh/Eighth Grade Advisor, Class Video Project, Sunset Ridge Singers, Mixed Media, Solo and Ensemble Concert, Student Council Advisor, Eighth Grade Washington Trip Chaperone, Talent Show, Seventh Grade Outdoor Education Teacher

Committees:

Professional Growth Committee, Parent Communication Committee, Discipline Committee, Sunshine Committee, Assessment Committee, School Improvement Plan Committee, Cooperating Teacher, Sunset Ridge Education Association, Strategic Planning Committee, President and Chief Negotiator

Summer 2007 Vermont MIDI Project

Castleton State College Class: Movie Making

Sunset Ridge School District #29

Northfield, Illinois 60093

Class: iWeb, Blogging, and Podcasting

Class: Podcasting

1978-1987 Aptakisic-Tripp Community School District #102

Buffalo Grove, Illinois 60089

Position: Vocal/General 5-8;Vocal/General K-4

School related:

Choir, Musicals, Holiday Concert, Solo and Ensemble Concerts, Eighth Grade Slide Show, International Fair Advisor, Fifth Grade Advisor

Committees:

Statue of Liberty, Disciple Committee, New Building Committee, Aptakisic-Tripp Education Association Chief Negotiator, Music Articulation Committee, Social Fund (Treasurer)

Presentations – all materials found on http://musictechie.pbwiki.com

April 2009 Avoca School District

Topic: GarageBand, not GarbageBand

February 2009 Illinois Technology Computing Education

Topic: iPod and iTouch in the Classroom

Topic www.lazertron.com: Games, tutorials, and widgets

January 2009 Illinois Music Education Association

Topic: Be A Techie in an Hour

Topic: It’s Music: Create, Share, Post, and Comment

December 2008 Midwest Band Clinic

Topic: Let’s Communicate with Blogs, Wikis, Ning, Twitter, and More

October 2008 Illinois Art Education Conference

Topic: The Big Picture

July 2008 Summer Experience at Stevenson High School/Western Illinois

Topic: Let’s Communicate: iWeb, Edublogs, Wikis, Ning, and More

Topic: GarageBand, not GarbageBand, Create Music

July 2008 National Educating Computing Conference

Apple Computer and ISTE are Videopodcasting my presentation

Topic: It’s Music: Create, Share, Post, and Comment

April 2008 Music Educators National Conference

Topic: ABC’s of GarageBand

February 2008 Illinois Technology Computing Education

Topic: GarageBand and Podcasting for Non-musicans, Full day workshop

Topic: Podcasting, Half day workshop

Topic: Let’s Communicate: iWeb, Edublogs, Wiki’s and more

Topic: In a Flash

Topic: Classroom 2.0: Create, Share, Post, and Comment

February 2008 Illinois Music Education Association

Topic: Composing with the Vermont MIDI Project

Topic: Guitar Hero II: “Throw Your Air Guitar Away”

January 2008 Michigan Music Education Association/TI:ME National Conference

Topic: Flash, GarageBand, and Movie Scoring

Topic: Let’s Communicate: iWeb, Edublog, Wiki and More

November 2007 Illinois Education and Technology Conference

Topic: GarageBand, Podcasting, Movie Scoring and the iPod

August 2007 Summer Experience North at Lincolnshire

Western Illinois University

Topic: Using GarageBand in the Classroom, Hands-on

March 2007 Illinois Technology Computing Education

Topic: GarageBand, not GarbageBand

February 2007 Ohio Music Education Association/TI:ME National Conference

Topic: Spectacular Projects: Various Projects Produced in the MIDI lab.

Topic: GarageBand

Topic: GarageBand: A Hands-on session

January 2007 Illinois Music Education Association

Topic: Podcasting Made Easy

Topic: Living the Dream: A MIDI lab

January 2005 Illinois Music Education Association

Topic: It’s My Favorite Class: 7/8 General Music

Education

1986-Present St. Xavier University; Chicago, Illinois

VanderCook College of Music; Chicago, Illinois

Castleton State College; Castleton, Vermont (VT MIDI Project)

Aurora University; Chicago, Illinois

Northwestern University; Evanston, Illinois

National-Lewis University; Evanston, Illinois

Alfred Adler School of Psychology; Chicago, Illinois

Northeastern Illinois University; Chicago, Illinois

1983-1986 Northeastern Illinois University

Chicago, Illinois

Degree: Master of Arts in Music Education

Graduated: May 1986

Summer 1980 Andrews University

Berrien Springs, Michigan

Certification: Level 1 – Orff

Director: Grace Nash

1974-1978 The Ohio State University

Columbus, Ohio

Degree: Bachelor of Music Education

Graduated: June 1978

Activities:

Student Affairs Member of the School of Music, Resident Advisor, Chorale,

Symphonic Choir, Women’s Glee, Gray Band, Kappa Kappa Gamma Culture

and Song Leader, Delta Omicron Music Honorary

Publications

Winter 2008 Illinois Computing Educators Conference Magazine

Topic: Podcasting using iWeb

Winter 2008 The Technology Institute of Music Educators, Vol. 10, No. 1

Topic: Podcasting using iWeb

Spring 2007 The Technology Institute of Music Educators, Vol. 9, No. 2

Topic: Garageband, not Garbageband

Awards

2009 Apple Distinguished Educator (ADE ’09)

Only 52 selected across the country, only music teacher

Learning Technology Central and Illinois Computing Educators

Award: Larry Stilgebauer (Technology award) Explempary Award

For: Composer Collaboration Project

2008 Google Certified Educator – GTA ’08 – Chicago

Marquis “Who’s Who in American Women – 2008”

Illinois Art Education Association “Distinguished Service to Art Education”

Illinois 2008 Golden Apple Winner

International Edublogger Directory (only music teacher)

Top 30 ME (Music Education) Bloggers on www.mustech.net

website: www.beatechie.com

101% award from kids-online.net for web-safe site

website: www.carolbroos.com

Best Buy Teacher Award for Classroom ($2000)

Learning Technology Central and Illinois Computing Educators

Award: Larry Stilgebauer (Technology award) Honorable Mention

For: The Big Picture Project

Illinois Music Educators Association

Award: “Mary Hoffman” award of Music Education Excellence

(Music Teacher of the Year)

2007 Discovery “Star” Educator from Discovery Education and blogger

Link: http://community.discoveryeducation.com/star/index.html

The Center for Digital Education

Award: Best of the Web (Student-Focused Category)

Website: www.carolbroos.com

TechLearning.com

Award: School site of the week (March 16, 2007)

Website: www.carolbroos.com

Link: http://www.techlearning.com/story/showArticle.php?articleID=196604235

One-to-one Learning

Award: Certificate of Learning

Illinois Music Education Association

Award: Twenty-five years of teaching music in the State of Illinois

2006 Japan Fulbright Memorial Fund Teacher Program

Award: Three-week study in Japan

Website used as part of JFMF page

Link: http://www.fulbrightmemorialfund.jp/fmfers.html

Websites

School-related Main website for school www.carolbroos.com Teacher site for teachers www.carolbroos.net My professional blog www.beatechie.com

My Japan site http://web.mac.com/carolbroos/iWeb/Japan/Home.html

The Big Picture http://web.mac.com/carolbroos/thebigpicture/Home.html

My Wiki Presentation http://musictechie.pbwiki.com/

SRS Conference share wiki http://srsconferences.pbwiki.com/

Personal My College Recital http://web.mac.com/carolbroos/iWeb/recital/Welcome.html

Personal

Hobbies: Working out, Golf, Gardening, Skiing, Reading

Favorite Book: A Thousand Favorite Suns

Instruments: Voice, Piano, Flute, Recorder, and Guitar

Affiliations: MENC, ILMEA, TI:ME, IL-TCE, IL-IETC, ISTE, NEA, ICE, NICE

References: Dr. Howard Bultinck, Professor, Northeastern Illinois University

Dr. Linda Vieth, Superintendent

Mrs. Lynn Horne, Art Teacher and Mr. Don Golden, Band Director

Sunset Ridge School District #29, Northfield, Illinois 60093

Mrs. Mary Bortz, retired art teacher, Glencoe, Illinois 60022