Victoria Lovejoy, Director, PODetc 

Victoria Lovejoy has been an administrator and educator for more than twenty years.  She has worked at both public and private schools at grade levels ranging from Kindergarten through Junior College. After earning her BA in Biology from The Colorado College, Dr. Lovejoy decided to return to her alma mater to pursue a Master’s degree in Secondary Math and Science Education. Her thesis on common misconceptions in high school science text books has motivated her to approach teaching not as a means to convey facts but as a means to develop independent and creative thinkers.

In 1994, Dr. Lovejoy was recruited to a small independent school in Long Beach, California with the goal of building a strong science program for grades K to 8.  As part of her work to develop a 21st century science program, she developed the technology plan for the school and ultimately became the on-site educational technology expert.  Her interest in the use of technology to bring authentic learning to our digital students led to her pursuit and completion of a doctorate degree in Educational Technology from Pepperdine University. Through her work, the school adopted a 1:1 tablet program in the middle school, outfitted all classrooms with SMARTboards, developed a community portal for communication and interaction among students, faculty, and parents, and trained teachers to fully integrate technology into their programs.

The key to Dr. Lovejoy’s success with her students and in the professional development of her teachers is her ability to find open-ended and interactive learning opportunities which let students synthesize and demonstrate their unique modes of comprehension.  Students can achieve success by building their own applicable scaffold of knowledge through participation rather than trying to assimilate one model delivered in a traditional teaching format. By maximizing our use of increasingly sophisticated technologies we can more effectively help students become problem solvers who take an active role in the process and share their newly formed knowledge within the classroom, school, and global communities.

CONTACT INFORMATION:

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Phone: 1 (800) 408-4935 Ex.2

Fax: 1 (888) 256-8621

By Standard Mail:

203 Prospect Ave.
Long Beach, CA 90803

Skype ID:

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Courses:

Introduction to Instructional Technology

Technology 101: Foundations in Collaborative Tools

Focus on STEM