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 **BRYAN KEITH PITTMAN** =Welcome to my instructional technology online portfolio!= I hope you enjoy this brief look through my experiences as a K-12 educator, especially as they relate to the development and implementation of technology in the classroom.

Background/Vitae/Resume:
I graduated from McDowell High School in 1986 and Appalachian State University in 1989, where I earned a BA degree in Broadcast Communication in just three years. I also took several English courses from Mars Hill College nine years later in 1998 and 1999. I am working on a Masters degree in Instructional Technology from Appalachian State, currently scheduled for completion in May, 2010.

My post-college career includes over ten years as a broadcast journalist before entering the field of education, where I have been for the last ten years. While serving as a volunteer debate coach at Asheville High School from 1994-1999, I began to feel a different calling in life...that of an educator. I was hired as an alternate entry teaching candidate by Asheville High School in November 1999.

I currently hold state licensure as a 9-12 English teacher and will also be licensed in K-12 Instructional Technology upon completion of my masters degree next May. I am the debate coach, newspaper advisor, and yearbook advisor at Asheville High School. My current teaching assignments are Junior Honors English, Speech and Debate (levels 1-3), and Yearbook (levels 1-3). Prior teaching assigments have included Journalism (levels 1-3), Freshman Honors English and Freshman Standard English. I also spent two years as an online facilitator for the North Carolina Virtual Public High School.

Additionaly, I am an adjunct faculty member of Appalachian State University, where I teach one section of Public Speaking each semester. And I also keep my feet wet in broadcasting, working as a part time announcer for Blue Ridge Broadcasting's WMIT 106.9 FM in Asheville.

The Asheville High debate team I coach is consistently rated as one of the best in the state and the nation, winning numerous awards on the national circuit each year, including a top seven finish at the prestigious Harvard Invitational this past year. The team has represented North Carolina at the national championship tournament for the last 12 years, and had the national champion presiding officer in congressional debate in 2008.

My goal is to continue my professional educational career as an instructional technologist in elementary, middle or high school. Teaching 21st Century skills to the citizens of tomorrow is an absolute passion of mine and is where I feel my talents are best used. Continuing to coach debate on the side after school wouldn't be bad either. :) Please click here for various work and project samples **
 * My complete vitae is downloadable here: [[file:Vitae - Keith Pittman.pdf]]**