Please put your hands together and give a warm welcome to IT-FITS’s newest faculty adviser, Jennifer Wood! She is the Associate Professor of Hispanic Studies and Director of the Scripps Language Laboratory, has a Ph.D. in Spanish Literature from USC, an M.A. in Educational Technology from Cal Poly Pomona, and has been a faculty member here at Scripps since 1987.
“As a language teacher, I have been an enthusiastic user of technology for teaching since the days when I used a reel-to-reel tape recorder! I’m dating myself, but it makes me appreciate all the more the wealth of resources we now have available on the Internet and in other digital formats that can enrich and enliven the teaching and learning of languages. I’m excited to move from working with language-related technologies to broader uses and to help support the IT-FITs program developed by Susan Kullmann. My goal is to encourage more faculty to take advantage of the knowledge of our talented and enthusiastic IT-FITs interns.”
IT-FITS is excited to have her joining the team, and we are looking forward to her innovative ideas for the program.