Dr. Mike Muir has been an educator for nearly 30 years. He has been a high school and middle school mathematics teacher, a middle grades technology integrator, a university practicum supervisor, a professor of middle grades education and educational technology, an educational developer and manager (including projects in Philadelphia, PA; Chester, PA; Fairbanks, AK; and Buffalo, NY), and a consultant. Mike has been an active member of Maine's statewide learning with laptop (and now iPads!) initiative. Most recently, Mike serves as Multiple Pathways Director for the Auburn School Department (Auburn, ME), where he supports the district's large scale school change initiatives, including customized, performance-based learning, shared leadership teams, re-envisioning their teacher contract, and a primary grades literacy and math initiative which includes a 1to1 iPad initiative. He also serves as past president to AMLE.
(NOTE: Since this article was published, Mike has become the Policy Director of the Learning Through Technology Team at the Maine Department of Education, where he oversees the Maine Learning Technology Initiative and other pre-K-16 efforts to improve learning by leveraging technology.)
