Allison (Alli) Flowers
108 Verdun Avenue wMobile, AL 36606
251-382-7272
alli@allibama.net
Objective
To educate and enlighten educators and trainers about current trends and practices in technologies.
Summary
A positive attitude, flexible, energetic, organized, efficient and professional. Works well with others and works well independently as the situation warrants. Demonstrates keen analytical and problem solving skills and is able to learn quickly, adapting to the tasks at hand.
Academic/Tech Experience
Pathway Middle School, Mobile, AL 2017-present
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Technology Coach
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Title I Facilitator
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Building Test Coordinator
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Technology Support Teacher
LeFlore High School, Mobile, AL 1995-2017
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Teacher, Chair – Electives Department
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Title I Facilitator
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Technology Support Teacher
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Recipient of four Donor’s Choose projects for technology in the classroom
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Taught: French I, II, III and IV, Creative Writing, and Language Remediation
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Recipient of the Jordan Fundamentals Grant, 2004. This grant “recognizes outstanding teaching and instructional creativity in public secondary schools that serve economically disadvantaged students”
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Researched on the Web to create the foreign language portion of http://tripforteachers.orgwhich is being used by Education Departments in other states
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Served as Member, Textbook Adoption Committee for Mobile County: 1998, 2006
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Served regularly as Member, Curriculum Writing Committee for Mobile County Public School System
Current & Past Non-Academic Technology Experience
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Presenter, ISTE 2019, Leveraging Alexa as a review/test tool
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Presenter, ISTE 2018, District-Wide Collaboration using Microsoft OneNote
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Director of Customer Satisfaction for Ascendo, Inc.(DataVault and VidaLingua multi-language dictionaries)
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Former Owner Just Another Geek Site
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Co-host MS mobiles podcast and host of The Convertcast.
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Senior Editor/Writer for mytreo.net
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Product specialist, Toysoft Inc. (Attended Palm Inc. conference to train Palm sales reps on applications.)
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Computerized Photo Restoration Specialist (Van’s Photo – 1993-1995): Used photo imaging software to restore old and damaged photographs; prepared sales brochures and other promotional materials for both in-house and outside companies using various publication software
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Co-owned and operated Advanced Word Processing, Columbus and Bowling Green, OH
Certifications
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Microsoft Innovative Teacher (MIE)
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Microsoft Word (MOS-Word)
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Google Level 1 and 2 certified teacher
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NearPod Certified Teacher
Education
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Currently enrolled at Keiser University Online Graduate program seeking a Ph.D. in Instructional Design and Technology
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University of South Alabama, Mobile
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M.Ed. in Education (including 9 hours of educational technology; Flash5, HyperStudio, MS Office, basic web design)
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Bowling Green State University, Bowling Green, OH
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B.S. in French
Affiliations
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Member of ISTE
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Major, Alabama State Defense Force, Ret: S-1 Personnel Officer, Webmaster, and Recruiting Officer
Presenter at South Alabama Regional Instructional Consortium (SARIC): “Teaching Writing Across the Curriculum”
Fellow, Mobile Bay Writing Project, 1998