Janet Peters
Computer Educator
Saint Francis of Assisi School
http://www.sfaschool.org/

Nominated by Sue Jesnes

 

Janet Peters leads technology education at Saint Francis of Assisi School in Astoria, New York. Her Computer Education home page offers parents a view of the varied technology-related activities of their children. Among her accomplishments, consider her WebQuest for fourth grade students on computer hardware, her Inspiration project entitled How Our Day Has Changed covering grades four through six scheduling, and About Our Day and creates a graphical outline of third graders' schedules using Kidspiration.

Mrs. Peters has given numerous workshops for teachers on using Microsoft Office, including creating documents, mailing labels, business cards, planning mail merges, and preparing web pages. Other workshops have included using Story Book Weaver and How to Conduct a WebQuest.

Mrs. Peters has numerous talents that help students and teachers, and has furthered education through her work online and through various projects.