Personal


 * Personal Bio:**

My name is Matthew Leiderman. I am an 8th grade science teacher at Daniel Boone Middle School in Douglassville, Pennsylvania. I am currently in my second year of teaching after making a career transition from environmental consulting which I practiced for four years after completing college.

I graduated in 2003 from the University of Delaware with a degree in Environmental Science and Biology and will be completing my Masters in Education from Alvernia University in the Winter of 2009. My interest in technology and education was instilled in me from a young age. My father was an elementary school principal and always had a keen interest in how he could best implement technology into his school and have it aid the learning process. Seeing this drive and interest as a young man I realized that if used correctly, technology can be a powerful classroom tool. Never did I imagine I would be a teacher at that time but I still remember testing out new technology at my father's school on weekends and holidays.

My background in the private sector also showed me how important it for students to be capable not only using computers for writing, but creating useful tables to organize data, and presentations to make that data useful. Since becoming a teacher, I have found that my very visual and hands-on classroom fits most of the learners walking through my door on a daily basis. Teaching and technology go together wonderfully. I honestly do not know how I would teach without it.