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About the Contributor...

Vicki Willett

First Grade Teacher

West Elementary School

Licking Heights Local School District

Blacklick, Ohio

In addition to teaching first grade, Vicki is also the building’s Technology Coordinator and as part of the position helped to develop and currently maintains the Licking Heights West’s web pages. 

Vicki graduated from Florida State University with a B.S. degree in Childhood Education.  She is currently working on her masters in the Art of Teaching with a primary focus on National Board Teaching Certification.

One of the assignments for a class was to develop a Google Lit Trip and as soon as she started, she became completely fascinated with Lit Trips.  Never being an avid reader herself, she is always looking for new ways to entice children to read.