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R E S O L U T I O N
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WHEREAS, Jodi Exum of the Pecos-Barstow-Toyah Independent |
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School District has been named the 2007 Texas Computer Education |
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Association Technology Administrator of the Year; and |
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WHEREAS, The TCEA is the largest state organization devoted |
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to the use of technology in education and to the improvement of |
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teaching and learning through the use of computer technology; it |
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chose Ms. Exum as the recipient of its annual award on the basis of |
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her vision and management of educational technology at the district |
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level; and |
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WHEREAS, Ms. Exum began her teaching career in January 1973 |
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with what was supposed to be a semester-long assignment; now 33 |
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years later, she has taught kindergarten, first grade, and fourth |
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grade, and she served as facilitator in several computer labs |
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before 1995, when she began her service in her current capacity as |
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technology coordinator for the district; and |
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WHEREAS, Ms. Exum received her bachelor's degree in education |
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with a minor in art and kindergarten endorsement from Texas Tech |
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University; she has also completed postgraduate courses at Sul Ross |
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State University and East Texas State University; and |
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WHEREAS, No stranger to receiving accolades from her |
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professional community, she won the award for Austin Elementary |
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School Teacher of the Year in 1990 and 1992, and her original poem, |
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"Technology and Schools," was published in The Luminary in 1996; |
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she has made presentations at several educational technology |
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conferences and is a member of the TCEA and a lifetime member of the |
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Texas State Teachers Association; and |
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WHEREAS, The excitement and innovation that Ms. Exum exhibits |
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in her profession are truly noteworthy, and she indeed merits |
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special recognition for her achievements and her devotion to |
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high-quality education in Pecos area schools; now, therefore, be it |
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RESOLVED, That the House of Representatives of the 80th Texas |
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Legislature hereby honor Jodi Exum for being named the 2007 TCEA |
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Technology Administrator of the Year and extend to her best wishes |
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for continued success; and, be it further |
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RESOLVED, That an official copy of this resolution be |
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prepared for Ms. Exum as an expression of high regard by the Texas |
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House of Representatives. |
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Gallego |
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Gonzalez Toureilles |
Mowery |
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| Brown of Kaufman |
Harper-Brown |
Ortiz, Jr. |
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| Brown of Brazos |
Hartnett |
Otto |
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| Callegari |
Hernandez |
Patrick |
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| Christian |
Hochberg |
Pickett |
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| Cook of Navarro |
Hopson |
Puente |
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| Cook of Colorado |
Howard of Fort Bend |
Quintanilla |
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| Corte |
Howard of Travis |
Raymond |
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| Crownover |
Jackson |
Rodriguez |
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| Davis of Harris |
Keffer |
Smith of Tarrant |
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| Davis of Dallas |
King of Parker |
Smith of Harris |
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| Delisi |
King of Taylor |
Smithee |
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| Deshotel |
King of Zavala |
Solomons |
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| Eissler |
Leibowitz |
Thompson |
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| Escobar |
Madden |
Van Arsdale |
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| Farabee |
Mallory Caraway |
Vaught |
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| Farrar |
Martinez Fischer |
Villarreal |
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______________________________ |
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Speaker of the House |
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I certify that H.R. No. 739 was adopted by the House on March |
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28, 2007, by a non-record vote. |
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______________________________ |
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Chief Clerk of the House |
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