I've received a tremendous amount of encouragement and support during the writing of this book and would like to thank the following individuals in particular:
My family my mother and father as well as Nick, Melanie, Keller, Maeven, Kateri, Maria, Anna, Charity, and Krystal, whose pictures and work appear throughout this book.
A friend and colleague John Harris, who installed and supported one of the Mahara instances in which I built portfolios for this book.
And the following wonderful educators in the State of New Hampshire, who provided me with questions to answer and an audience on which to test some of my recipes:
Sonja Gonzalez, Director of IT at Oyster River Cooperative School District
Danielle Bolduc, Director of Instruction, Oyster River Cooperative School District
Kathy Weise, Windham High School, Windham School District
Sharon Kondratenko, Mast Way Elementary School, Oyster River Cooperative School District
Sarah Curtin, 4th Grade Teacher, Moharimet Elementary School, Oyster River
Deb Boatwright, K-5 Tech Integrator, Newmarket School District
Linda Heuer, Technology Coordinator, Timberlane School District
Carol Liss, Tech. Educator Teacher, Middle School, Timberlane School District
Lois Paul, Tech. Integrator Teacher, Timberlane HS, Timberlane School District
Abby Fogerty, Tech. Teacher, Pollard (K-5) School, Timberlane School District