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Joan Gaetaniello

Who is Joan M. Gaetaniello? **Learn more about me by visiting Manage Wiki.**

I am a 4th grade teacher in the **Northampton Area School District**. I have been employed by the district for 10 years. I have also taught 6th grade and kindergarten for the district.

Prior to teaching, I was a Para professional for **Carbon Lehigh Intermediate Unit**. I worked with deaf children as their interpreter in the regular classroom.

I received an associate degree from **Northampton Community** in Early Childhood Education. I then attended **Moravian College** acquiring a degree in Psychology and Elementary Education. My graduate work was done through **Wilkes University**.

I believe that it is important to provide a learning environment for children that teach children the skills they will need in order to become life long learners. We are in the 21st century yet teaching children with 20th century ideas. Children today need to be exposed to a variety of technology and it is important for me as the educators to incorporate the technology children will need to be successful. As an educator, it is my responsibility to keep myself informed in what is available to me in order to be effective in the classroom.

Several ways that I incorporate technology in the classroom is to use power point presentations and United Streaming. Children use the computers in the classroom for word processing, and research. I will be adding web broadcasts and blogs to lessons this coming school year. **Learn a little more about me by visiting my files.**