I have been a Technology Integration Specialist (TIS) at PHS since 2004. Prior to this I was a science teacher at Batesburg-Leesville High School for 18 years.

Name: Michael Edwards

Title: Technology Integration Specialist

School: Pelion High School

Education:

•Graduate work in Education at The University of South Carolina, Winthrop, and Clemson
•University of South Carolina 1983-1986
Master of Science in Chemistry Research Area: Organometallics
•Roanoke College 1979-1983
Bachelor of Arts (Magna Cum Laude) Chemistry

Experience:

•Technology Integration Specialist for Lexington School District One
- 2004 to present
•Senior Trainer for Intel Teach to the Future Essentials Course and Teaching Thinking With
Technology - 2004 to 2007
•Chemistry Teacher and Department Chairman Batesburg-Leesville High School
- 1986 to 2004
•Master Teacher for Intel Teach to the Future Program and Educational Technology Instructor
Newberry College - 2001 to 2004
•Trainer for Chemistry for the Technologies
Midlands Tech Prep Consortium, The University of South Carolina and The Citadel
- 1997 - 2001
•Teacher Summer Program
Savannah River Site - Summer 1996 Molecular Modeling of Sol-Gel Systems
- Summer 1994 Molecular Modeling of Radioactive Glass
- Summer 1993 Molecular Modeling of Environmental Sensors
•National Teacher Research Associate(TRAC)
Department of Energy/Brookhaven National Laboratory
- Summer 1992 Organic Synthesis of Benzene Metabolites

Areas of Certification:

Science