Public commitment
Overview of activities
Jason "thinks globally and acts locally," and greatly enjoys his work within his community.
For his public involvement he has received many awards, including:
 The Distinguished Career
Citation from the state government (The Alaska Legislature)
The Excellence in Education
Award from his local school district for his work with teachers (Juneau School District)
The President's Award from
Alaska's largest educational technology group (Alaska Association for Technology in Education)
Jason has lead and been part of many research and program initiatives in education and public
policy aimed at helping kids, teachers and citizens use technology "effectively, creatively
and wisely." His involvement covers a wide range of areas, including e-learning, empowering
kids and teachers academically and artistically through technology, building learning communities
through networking, community development, educational technology planning, digital storytelling,
and telecommunications and technology planning.
In the area of leadership, he has donated many keynote addresses, workshops and hours of project involvement to government, K-12, civic and literacy organizations.
In the area of e-learning, he helped found the Alaska Distance Education Consortium and continues
to serve as a member on a number of statewide committees that address distance learning in the state. His
research led to the creation of the current structure of distance education governance at the University
of Alaska.
In the area of educational technology standards, he helped create the Educational Technology Standards for
Goals 2000, he has served on the Alaska Educational Technology task force to help develop a statewide long-range
strategic educational technology plan as required by No Child Left Behind, and has been involved with numerous
other local and statewide committees devoted to planning for and implementing technology in Alaska's schools.
In the area of working directly with teachers, Jason has been involved with many projects, including
serving with the Artist in the Schools program (as a digital music artist), teaching digital storytelling in
cooperation with classroom teachers, assessing K-12 student portfolios and many other activities.
In the area of government, Jason has served on numerous statewide and local committees tasked with exploring
the future of technology, learning, commerce and community and is frequently asked to make presentations about
these issues to the state legislature, state departments and local government and organizations.
For a more complete listing of activites in this area,
see Portfolio.
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