Karen Fasimpaur

Ms. Fasimpaur is currently President of K12 Handhelds, Inc., which focuses on handheld computing in education. Prior to that, she served as President of Futurekids, a K-12 educational technology integration company with operations in 75 countries worldwide. Before that, Ms. Fasimpaur was an executive at Davidson & Associates (later known as Knowledge Adventure and Vivendi Universal Publishing), where she held positions as Executive Producer in charge of school software development and Director of Online Business Development. At Davidson, Ms. Fasimpaur oversaw a joint venture with Addison Wesley to produce an innovative multimedia history curriculum in collaboration with the California, Florida, and Texas state departments of education. Ms. Fasimpaur has also served as the Director of Operations for the Mazer Corporation, an educational materials developer.

Ms. Fasimpaur has conducted many presentations and workshops on the use of handhelds in education as well as on other topics relating to the integration of technology in K-12 education. The forums she has presented at include NECC, FETC, TCEA, CUE, the Handheld Computing Fair, the Florida Technology Leadership Summit, and elsewhere.

Ms. Fasimpaur has classroom teaching experience as a teacher of elementary and adult education. She holds a Master of Business Administration Degree and a Bachelor of Arts degree.

Workshops

Tuesday 1:00 pm - 4:00 pm
Using Mobile Technology to Differentiate Instruction
Wednesday 8:30 am - 11:30 am
Creating Audio Podcasts for Education
Wednesday 1:00 pm - 4:00 pm
Creating Video Podcasts for Education
Thursday 1:00 pm - 4:00 pm
Creating Audio Podcasts for Education