History of my website-making fun --
Years ago in 1982, I was required to introduce computers to my math classes. ME -- the one who hadn't been near a computer, was afraid of them, and could never find the "on" switch! I got hooked. Intending to go back to teaching with a new endorsement on my Virginia teaching license, I quit teaching in
1994 to go back to school and learn Computer Information Systems.
Then got hired by a tiny Internet start-up and network training company. The Internet was just becoming popular. The owner said, "Kay, I'm not sure what this HTML is, but I want you to find out and develop a course that we can offer commercially." We were one of two companies in the Washington DC area to offer such a course. That company went bankrupt, but I still enjoyed HTML. (The owner has become a famous CISCO trainer and book-writer.) Eventually went to work as an IT person for EDS in Washington DC.
Moved to Indianapolis in 1998 and took webpage design classes as part of a degree program in Purdue's College of Engineering and Technology. Moved to Reno and went back to public school teaching. No more computer work until
2004 when I got to teach in a computer lab. The school district offered classes about webpage design, so I got to update my skills. (And teach my middle school students how to make their own webpages.)
Volunteered to make a webpage for my quilting guild
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Lots of those ladies are anti-technology, so I decided not to deal with that hassle anymore! But I missed doing webpages. So now came this opportunity! And I ran with it! I'm just a computer geek in math-teacher's clothing! My next step? Learning FLASH and trying to get back to teaching in a computer lab next year.