Born and raised in Worcester, MA (Wusta to the locals, "the Wu" to the college students). I studied French language and culture on the shores of the Thames River at Connecticut College, where I also learned about those things called "computers" and "the web" via my job at the school's language lab. After graduation, I found myself gainfully employed at the Center for Educational Technology, a regional center of the National Institute for Technology in Liberal Education based at Middlebury College in Middlebury, VT. During my 3 years as a full-time member of the staff at the CET, my main responsibilities were to provide instructional and developmental support for technology programs, with an emphasis on languages and pedagogy, and to teach workshops on multimedia production and web authoring.

Although no longer on staff, I have consulted as a visiting instructor to NITLE, teaching workshops on computer-mediated communication, intro to social software in education, and the social software users group.

These days I'm living in NYC, where I'm pursing a doctorate in Communication and Education at Teachers College, Columbia University. I also work part time as a Research Assistant for the CTELL project, which explores the use of multimedia case technologies to enhance literacy learning. My personal interests run towards weblogs and their uses in education, youth culture, social software, and the technology practices of liberal arts college students. More thoughts and conversations on these topics at my blog.