Welcome to my site! 
ThinkICT is a name I adopted many years ago for my website and my Twitter username. The name was meant to symbolize the act of thinking of all things related to Information, Communication, and Technology. Today, this ThinkICT site includes content from a few different blogs (some personal and some work-related), which I’ve developed over the years as my interests and experiences changed. Each blog used to have a slightly different look and feel. As the new year begins, I have finally decided to streamline all of my blogs into a single site using categories and tags. What can you find here?
- Books & Music – Includes interesting books I’ve read (on any topic) or music that moves me.
- Family & Friends – In addition to musings about my family and friends, this category includes “In Memoriam” posts.
- ICT – Posts about my work life in the field of educational technology and publishing. My blog about “Women in IT” is included in this category.
- Mind & Matter – Posts about both spiritual and physical things in my life and the contents of my blog called “With Great Happiness”. There are some fun posts about our “raising chickens” phase of domestic life.
- Pottery – Learning about and creating pottery!
- Research – Posts about research studies that interest me, as well as information about my dissertation study.
- Travel – Posts about my travels to various places (e.g., China, Israel).
- Websites – Interesting websites that I’ve found along the way, as well as notes about blogging.
— Cathy G. Higgins, January 2020
A Very Brief Bio About Me
Professional Experience
2014 — Began a new chapter as a Digital Publishing Director as part of the Fountas & Pinnell team at Heinemann Publishing in Portsmouth, NH
2011 to 2014 — Made the transition from state level to district level administration, taking the position of Director of Technology for the ConVal School District in Peterborough, NH
1997 to 2011 — Worked at the New Hampshire Department of Education in Concord, NH, with the titles of State Educational Technology Director, NCLB Title II-D Program Manager, eLearning for Educators Project Director, and Educational Technology Consultant
2006 to 2009 — Taught as an Adjunct Faculty member at Plymouth State University (NH) and Antioch University New England (NH)
1994 to 1997 — Traveled to schools and colleges in several southeastern states as an Independent Educational Software Consultant, providing software training to teachers and administrators
1989 to 1997 — Worked as an Instructor, Project Coordinator, Media Specialist at Alamance Community College, Burlington, NC and Wake Technical Community College, Raleigh, NC
Education
Argosy University (Sarasota, FL), Doctor of Education, Educational Leadership
Plymouth State University (Plymouth, NH), Certificate of Advanced Graduate Studies, Educational Leadership
University of Massachusetts, School of Education (Amherst, MA), Masters of Education, Instructional Leadership Program of Study
Southeastern Massachusetts University (North Dartmouth, MA), Kodaly Institute for Music Educators, KCA Level I Certificate
North Park University (Chicago, IL), Bachelor of Arts, Music major (voice) with music education emphasis
Control Data Institute (LA, CA), Computer Programming & Operations Certificate, (COBOL, Fortran, RPG, Assembler)