Media Lab Instructor/Coordinator
Mr. Martinez has a Masters in Education degree (M.Ed) in Curriculum and Instruction with a specialization in Instructional Technology from Our Lady of the Lake University in San Antonio, Texas. He is also a Texas state certified Master Technology Teacher (MTT) and a HoustonISD certified Campus Educational Technologist.
Prior to joining Herrera, Mr. Martinez worked as the Read180 Lab Manager and the Campus Technology Facilitator at Alvarez Elementary in McAllen, Texas where he facilitated a student led podcast called ReadingBytes. For two summers (2005-2006), he worked as camp director for CYBERCAMPS, the nation's leading summer technology camp, at the University of Minnesota and the University of Central Florida. He believes strongly in project-based learning that integrates collaborative and emerging technologies in creative and effective ways.
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Projects/Events/Workshops
(For Student Curriculum in the Media Lab please visit the Curriculum Page.)
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Herrera Academy of Technology School Website (hattech.net)
The school website was designed/developed using Flash/Actionscript, XML, javascript and
WordPress, a PHP based publishing platform.
The goal was to create a site that would effectively incorporate emerging, social technologies like blogging, podcasting, photo galleries, RSS notifications, shared calendars, etc.
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Herrera Academy of Technology Brochure
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<CYBERKIDZ> After-School Digital Media Program
CYBERKIDZ is an after-school program that allows students to explore programming concepts in a visual environment using SCRATCH, a new programming language developed by the Media Lab at MIT. SCRATCH makes it easy to create your own interactive stories, animations, games, music and art.
SCRATCH was designed to help young people (ages 8 and up) to develop 21st Century skills. As they create SCRATCH, young people learn important mathematical and computational skills, while also gaining a deeper understanding of the process of design.
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Family Technology Night was co-sponsored by the University of Houston and Herrera Academy of Technology.
University of Houston students worked one-on-one with Herrera students on hands-on technology based projects. Students also explored robotics, Google Earth, SCRATCH, SmartBoard activities and the insides of a computer in our "Brain&Guts" station.
Click below to watch a video of the event!
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Presentations/Worshops/Trainings - For Teachers
Web Design Workshop - HoustonISD North District Webmasters
Podcasting Workshop - HoustonISD North District Librarians
Interactive Digital Portfolios - Herrera Academy of Technology Staff
Web2.0 Tools Workshops - Herrera Elementary Professional Development
Various small group and one-on-one hands-on trainings on Web Design, Blogging, Podcasting
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Podcasting Workshops
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Professional Development :: 2007-2008
2/06-2/08/08 TCEA Conference, Austin, Texas Workshops: Podcasting, Web2.0, social media, blogging, web design
4/18/08 - Learning.Com Tech Literacy Assessment Webinar
4/09/08 - IGNITE! Curriculum on Wheels (COWS) Training - Podcasting Workshop - HoustonISD PDS
12/05/07 - AMC online Math Assessment Training
10/31/07 - TELPAS Online Assessment Training
8/23/07 - Dr. Mary Thompson, Professor of Instructional Technology, University of Houston
Kidspiration, Scholastic Website Builder, Technology Integration
3/15/07 - South By Southwest Interactive Media Conference
Workshops: Emerging Technologies and Learning Technologies, AJAX, Web Design, Podcasting, Blogging,
Web-based Database tools, PHP/MySQL
Other: Client-Side Web Programming Certificate (XHTML, CSS, Javascript) - O'Reilly School of Technology (In Progress)