George Hartman was born and raised on Long Island and is the eldest of five children. He has four nephews and two nieces. Some key milestones in his life included watching JFK's assassination on TV in school, graduating from high school and college in the 1970s, and working in the securities industry in the 1980s and 1990s where he witnessed the 9/11 attacks. He describes his life pre-TEAM as aimless and lost. Through TEAM, he felt invigorated by learning from classmates and professors and enjoyed collaborating on projects using blogs and other technologies.

1. George Hartman Born and raised on Long Island. Eldest of five children, two brothers and two sisters. Uncle to four nephews and two nieces.

2. Milestones and Influences In school library watching educational TV when JFK was shot. The Beatles Flower child…power of love, peace and understanding. http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=qsz0CyFGEE4

3. Milestones and Influences 1972 – graduate Walt Whitman High School 1976 – Bicentennial and graduate Oswego State with BS in Secondary Education. 1978 – first corporate job Citibank, first new car AMC Gremlin (orange).

4. Milestones and Influences 1980’s – Citicorp - IT - Graveyard shifts 1995 – 2006 Securities Industry and Stock Markets working in MetroTech Brooklyn 9/11 seeing the fireball immediately after second crash and being on the promenade when the second tower fell.

5. Pre-TEAM Life was aimless Lost in a limbo On auto-pilot On life’s highway and getting nowhere fast Wilted flower child Technically challenged

6. TEAM player Invigorated by the environment. Fellow classmates Professors/mentors Subject matter/discussions/readings/research Encouraged to master the material Goal oriented Creating and constructing collaborations, web quests and developmental portfolios. Blog http://gbhluvpurple.blogspot.com Slideshare Flickr http://www.flickr.com/photos/9489153@N03

7. First Team Collaboration Joined up with Allyson and Becky The goal was to combine Spanish and Art classes with common themes/lessons. Include video, blogs, digital photo gallery Created Artistic Connections where artistic and cultural aspects of life could be discussed and explored. Hispanic Artists Dialogues and discussions in Spanish interviews

8. Ultimate Collaboration New members- Andrew, Philip and Seema Expanded vision to include multi-disciplines. English, Science, Social Studies Artistic Connections central theme became Transformation Presented artists Christo and Jeanne-Claude’s Over The River project.

9. The theme of Transformation was linked to all subject areas Over the River transformed the Arkansas river The Arkansas River helped transform the United States Geographically Historically Economically Ultimate Collaboration

10. ACCOMPLISHMENT Spring semester overwhelmed me especially the task of creating a Web Quest utilizing Dreamweaver. If not for the extra help and individual attention I received I believe I would have ended my commitment to Team. Due to my professor’s aid and my classmates encouragement I successfully completed all requirements for the course.

11. Tasks to Conquer Creating and editing a video on my own Developing and increasing Flash and Dreamweaver skills. Discovering how to utilize technology in the classroom