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Philip Stohrer

Media Specialist at Portage West Middle School 
 
Introduction

If you have read my guide to Evaluating Web Sites, you will know that one problem with using the Web for information is that many times the information cannot be verified. The creator of a web site can be a respected professor or an egotistical 12 year old--and you have no way of knowing the difference. The facts that back up an opinion can be the result of diligent study, or just made up to add respectability to an otherwise questionable hypothesis. 

In an attempt to offer some credibility to my web site, I am offering the following data about myself. I am not a respected professor, but I am an educational media professional. (I am not, unfortunately, 12 years old any more, either.) 

I hope that the information contained in this site will be of use to you. The web has much to offer if we learn to use it correctly with our students. 

Background 

I grew up in Kalamazoo, Michigan graduating from Loy Norrix High School. I attended Kalamazoo Valley Community College and Western Michigan University where I received my B.S. and my M.A. degrees. 

I have been employed as a media specialist since 1977. I began my career at Portage Central Junior High School and then at Hartford (Michigan) High School in 1982. While in Hartford, I was the assistant Computer Coordinator for the district and the Cable Access administrator. During this time I was also a representative to the Technology In Michigan Education (T.I.M.E.) project. As a part of this project, I was a member of a writing team that created an instructional unit for library media specialists as well as a certified trainer of trainers. In 1987 I returned to Portage to work at West Middle School as the media specialist. 

I am active in the Michigan Association of Media in Education (MAME) and I am the past chairman of Region 12, the Media Specialist of the Year for 2004, and currently the Vice President for Regions and SIGS at the state level. I am also a member of the Michigan Association of Computer Users in Learning. 

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