Meet Jackie Carrigan…….

What is your educational background?
Tuscaloosa High School, Tuscaloosa, Alabama
B.S. University of Alabama - Education with major in English and Library Science
M.S. in education from Butler University
Specialist in Lbrary and Information Science from IU Bloomington

What is your professional background?
Taught English in Birmingham, Alabama
Elementary librarian in Panama City, Florida - met my husband there - He was stationed in the Air Force, and we got married and moved to Indiana so he could finish his degree at IUPUI after he finished his military service.
Reading teacher at Beech Grove Middle School -
High School Librarian at Plainfield High School
Last 6 years of my teaching I served as the district technology coordinator at Plainfield Schools.
Was president of the Assn. of Indiana Media Educators
Was president of the Indiana Computer Educators
Served on the first Governor's Educational Technology Council
Retired from teaching 2 years ago, and have had a consulting company doing training with school districts in educational technology, working with teachers on ideas for using technology to help them teach.

What was your most memorable learning experience?
I have spent the last 4 years learning about Down's Syndrome after the birth of a granddaughter with Downs. It is amazing what that single extra chromosome does, and it amazes me how early intervention and therapy make such a difference in a child's learning and development. I think this has been so memorable to me because it is so personal.

What special strengths do you bring to Indiana University?
Energy and excitement about what technology can do for students.
I feel like I have a good reputation in the state with educators involved in technology, so I know what their concerns and problems are.
If you could visit or revisit any place in the world, where would it be and why?
I was in China the year before the Tiennamen Square incident. You could tell things were so touchy there, and folks were so interested in us and how we could travel freely and about the freedoms we had. I would love to go back now to see how things have changed.

If you could have a one hour discussion with any historical figure, who would it be and why?
Since to me He is more than just a historical figure, I would love to talk with Jesus Christ. I have so many questions about why things happen like they do; for example, why bad things happen to good people, etc.