Who We Are
OLE Community is about passion. It’s about bringing together educators, learners, administrators, parents, students, industry leaders as a community of peers invested in bettering teaching and learning one click, one member, one discussion, one moment, one idea at a time.
Community is a place where everyone has a voice for sharing ideas for teaching and learning. One idea for learning can be all that it takes to inspire lifelong learning for your students, your fellow educators or your fellow educator’s students. We know you have ideas that work and we want you to share those ideas with passionate people .
Meet The Team
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Name:Lindsay Bellino Role: Director, Online Communities OLE From:Scottsdale, AZ Bio Brief: Wife to Anthony Bellino and mother to Roxy the lab and Charlie the tabby, Lindsay is a passionate education professional interested in transforming the way we think about education through the use of innovative technologies, new media and collaborative community learning. Lindsay received her B.A. in Interdisciplinary Studies at Arizona State University in 2004 and received her E.d.M in Technology, Innovation, and Education at the Harvard Graduate School of Education in 2010.Random interests:instructional design, pedagogy, androgogy, personalized learning networks, social media in education, online communities, user experience, Apple, hiking, the Colorado Rockies (the mountain range not necessarily the baseball team), reading, the New Orleans Saints, MUSIC, snowboarding, family, rainy days (we don’t get too many in AZ), kickball, design, film, general quirkinessWhat was your favorite class in school and why?: My favorite class in school was my 10th grade Honors English class. It was the first class that I remember being open to learning about world cultures, history, and the human condition through literature and the expression and interpretation of life through writing. Plus I had a really rad teacher that fostered a sense of community amongst the unlikeliest of high school peers. Cheers Mr. Dicus! The year is 2065 and mad scientists have just invented a memory chip that can download any type of information you want to your brain. What would you have downloaded and why?:I would definitely download world history and economics to make more informed decisions for world peace. For fun, I would download the ability to jam out on the guitar. Sometimes Guitar Hero just isn’t quite enough. |
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Name:Kristin Morrison Role: Manager, User Experience OLE From:Scottsdale, AZBio Brief: Kristin is a User Experience Designer, which means making digital things work in ways that people will love. She spends her time designing user interfaces for educational software and entertaining her two miniature Dachshunds. Kristin has a B.F.A. in Visual Communication from Northern Arizona University. She participates in AIGA, the Professional Association for Design.Random interests:Running and pizza not necessarily in that order. Hunting for the best pizza across the U.S. Awesome user experience design, and start up tech endeavors fascinate her. She also enjoy the occasional watercolor painting session when I’m not moving pixels around on my computer.What was your favorite class in school and why?: Art class. Any and all of them. Ms. Magnus, Ms. Raymond, and Ms. Johnson all enabled her to create the really cool interfaces she does today. Her favorite memory is finally realizing she would never be an artist that used the pottery wheel. Far too many pots ended up smushed on the ground. The early beginnings to a career in design! The year is 2065 and mad scientists have just invented a memory chip that can download any type of information you want to your brain. What would you have downloaded and why?: I would download the ability to know a variety of programming languages in order to create new digital software with ease. |
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Name:Quinn Kahus-Saccio Role: Senior Web Designer, User Experience OLE From: Gilbert, AZBio Brief: Quinn is a User Experience Designer, she describes herself as a highly visual person who has a slight obsession with color theory. She says the best way she keeps her creative juices flowing is by surrounding herself with creative people. Quinn also has a B.F.A. in Visual Communication and a Minor in Photography from Northern Arizona University.Random interests: Always trying new things like: glass blowing, rocking out on the violin, and of course taking photos (Quinn was responsible for taking the OLE teams photos).What was your favorite class in school and why?: Art History. It is amazing to learn the story behind art and the techniques of how things were made. It’s one thing to create art, but another to know why it was created in the first place. The year is 2065 and mad scientists have just invented a memory chip that can download any type of information you want to your brain. What would you have downloaded and why?: I would download the ability to be fluent in all languages – so I could travel the world more easily. Also, I would want to be able to play any instrument I wanted, because then I could be a rock star. |
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Name:Katrina Talley Role:Digital Marketing Specialist From:Scottsdale, AZBio Brief: I’m a web strategy and interface design geek with a with a BSBA and Marketing major from the University of Denver. Regardless of the industry or product, I make web communications clear, authentic, and noticeable. I now live in Denver, CO, with an exceptional border collie named Lady.Random interests: Music and anything related to or a result of music, from concerts to dancing in my living room to creating the perfect soundtrack to capture life’s adventures. Hiking, blueberries, design, office supplies and creating/finding the quintessential version of various things (sandwich/burger/campsite/writing utensil) are also some of my random interests. I’m also very fond of places where the trees are green and the sun is hot. What was your favorite class in school and why?: A class incomparable to any class taken in my 4 years in college was my corporate strategy capstone at DU. My professor, a business management consulting genius (I’m convinced), compiled a course pack of HBS case studies and various essays all of which he had the ability to tie in core strategy concepts with practical business application. I fell in love with strategy and every detail that makes it thrive. The year is 2065 and mad scientists have just invented a memory chip that can download any type of information you want to your brain. What would you have downloaded and why?: The ideas, wisdom and mastermind of Steve Jobs. |
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Name:Jamaal D. Pittman Role: Writer/Editor From:Tarboro, North CarolinaBio Brief: I’m originally from North Carolina. I have a math degree from Morehouse College, in Atlanta, GA. I taught 8th Grade Math for two years before moving to Phoenix and joining Pearson.Random interests:Acting, filmmaking, writing short storiesWhat was your favorite class in school and why?: Any math class…math is the subject that has always come easily to me. The year is 2065 and mad scientists have just invented a memory chip that can download any type of information you want to your brain. What would you have downloaded and why?: Pi to infinitely many decimal places…I just think that would be cool information to have stored in my brain. |
