Like a lot of people, Seth Fewell’s career path was influenced by the jobs his parents held. In Seth’s case, those roles were teacher (his mother) and aerospace engineer (his father).
In fact, some of his earliest memories involve learning about technology alongside his dad, who worked as a Senior Systems Engineer on different aspects of the NASA space program.
“The first memories I have of technology are of my dad teaching me DOS,” he recalled. “I was always tinkering and fixing things; I guess that’s my father’s engineering blood as well. I built my first computer when I was in high school. Oh, and because of my dad’s job, I wanted to be an astronaut when I grew up, of course!”
Instead of going into space, Seth managed to neatly combine his parents’ careers. After starting out as a music teacher, he leveraged his love of technology to land his current role as an Education Technology Specialist at a Houston-area school district. He’s also currently working on his doctorate in curriculum instruction, with a focus on education technology, at Texas A&M University.
Seth’s graduate research and his job are both centered on helping teachers prepare young minds for the technology-driven world they’ll work in as adults. It’s a challenge that is made easier by his early access to the latest software tools through the Office Insider program.
“In education, we always say, ‘You never really know something until you teach it to someone else.’ So, how are we supposed to reach all of these young minds?” he asked. “We have to know what we’re teaching—the product or content—really well before we can turn around and teach it to anybody. That’s one of the reasons I love the Office Insider program: because I get to learn about the latest innovations before I get to teach them to everybody else.”
In a recent interview, Seth talked to us about his career path, the types of technology challenges educators face today, his favorite Office features and tools, and what superhero character he most relates to.
Take a look at the full blog post here.
Cheers,
Nathan
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