Anne Hartman's Bio
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The fun part about computers is the many ways you can combine them in your "everyday life" and always find something new to learn just around the corner. According to my mom, I always had to see what was around the corner. When the circus came to town, I was supposed to wait to go later in the day with my family: they found me in the middle of the horse tent. My first Apple II+ was just because I wanted to know how "they" worked. I didn't realize then that my "whole life" would end up in the computer.
I was reminded of the fun we had helping each other when I did a phone survey to learn how other school support staff use computers and called colleagues from my old school district. When I like something, I love sharing my enthusiasm to introduce others. I helped the reading clinician in one of my schools develop a computer lab. As part of my social work with kids, I found that computers were a great tool for helping children learn to interact and cooperate. My sister in Pittsburgh had no interest in computers: she was "hooked" after spending a week at my home in the metropolitan area of Detroit, Michigan.
I graduated to the Apple IIe and got a second one to avoid fights with my son. Friends and I would be on the phone for hours going over how to do this and that. When the school district where I work now switched to MS-DOS machines to network with an integrated learning system . . . well, you can guess what I got because . . .
In all of my social work positions, I have worked as part of a multidisciplinary team. After graduating from the College of Wooster, I went to the University of Michigan to get my MSW because it was one of the few schools to offer a sequence in group work in the mid-sixties. Community organization was a relatively new concept. Looking at the impact of society and the immediate environment along with supporting strengths are essential for promoting change. I feel that better solutions are achieved with different perspectives and sharing of information by team and group members.
The Internet is exciting. Newbie News, RoadMap series, C|net online and Spectrum Virtual University have guided my way. Teaming with IRC buddies, study groups and other Internet soul mates has helped me turn more corners than I ever knew were there. A friend, who hasn't seen much of me since I got started on this "web page phase," called. She thought I might like to help two doctors set up a web page to promote a new business. Sometimes I do know when to say no.
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