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 y name is Michael Maveal and I teach eighth grade
science at the world famous Jones Junior High in Toledo, Ohio. On D-Day, February
19, 1945, when U.S. Marines landed on the beaches of Iwo Jima, their battle hymn was
the school song of Jones Junior High. As the Marines were sailing toward the battle,
many of them were singing their college songs. One soldier was very quiet, when asked
why he replied, "I didn't get any further than Jones Junior High." His buddies asked
him to sing the Jones song, he did, to the tune of Stars and Stripes, starting
out with: "Three cheers for our Jones Junior High!" It became the battle hymn for the
Marines and a legend in the Pacific islands and throughout all the branches of the
military. Pretty neat, eh?
Now on to the important stuff: educational technology
at Jones. I was a meat-cutter for 18 years. At age 40 I decided to make a career
change, went back to college, completed a teaching degree, and in 1992, at age 44, I
began teaching. My first full year was here at Jones, an inner city school that is old
and lacking in many respects. I might add that I had never touched a computer before
I was 42. Out of desperation, I had learned to type my college papers on a
128K computer that I still have in my barn, if anyone can use it. Now I spend a lot
of my time searching for hardware and software to integrate into my science
curriculum here at Jones.
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