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Shirley Farrell

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Shirley Farrell is a Gifted-Education Specialist with the Alabama State Department of Education. She is currently a doctoral candidate in Instructional Technology with the University of Alabama. In addition to the state department position, she has been in gifted education for over 20 years as a gifted specialist working with K-6 students and as the gifted coordinator for the second largest school system in Alabama. Shirley was using technology with students when technology wasn't cool. Now she works with teachers sharing technology tools and Web sites in order to keep teachers current. Shirley has presented gifted education, environmental education, and technology for national and international organizations and conferences. She is passionate about technology and considers herself a "geeky nerd" or a "nerdy geek!"

Some of Shirley's Webinars

Presented by Shirley Farrell Thursday, February 27, 2014
3:30 - 4:00 PM EST

Q & A with Shirley Farrell

If you weren't in education, what do you think you'd be doing and why?

I have already been there. I have a B.S. in Horticulture. I have managed the display and growing greenhouses at the Birmingham Botanical Gardens. I loved working with the plants and volunteers.

When you were a kid, you wanted to be a ______? Why?

I love to learn and always "played school." However, when I entered college I followed my love of plants because of my grandmother. She could grow anything and got me interested in plants and growing.

Twitter changed my life because:

Twitter changed my life because of all the resources that are available and the ability for people follow you. It tickles me to think that someone wants to know what I think!

What are your favorite books and authors?

My favorite books have always been science fiction and fantasy. Some of my favorite authors are Andre Norton, Ray Bradbury, Robert Heinlein, Anne McCaffery, Larry Niven, and Orson Scott Card. Of course, there are excellent children's books that fall within this genre now.

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