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Academics

Lauren has a master's degree in Instructional Technology and Media from Teachers College, Columbia University, and a bachelor's degree in Elementary Education. She also majored in Creative Writing and is ESOL endorsed. 

 

Her master’s program allowed her to access both the writer and media mogul in her--in writing and creating educational programs and games using media and programming, and learning about instructional design and innovative storytelling. She believes that education should be more accessible and mobile.

 

Lauren interned at many schools through the Education program at University of Miami and developed numerous curricular materials and resources for students in various grades. She particularly enjoys creating activities centered on humor, current events, and students’ lives. Lauren believes it is important to connect with students of all backgrounds and economic statuses.

 

Lauren completed Associate Teaching at a private school that placed great emphasis on technologies, innovative learning, and real-life applications. The teacher with whom she worked was also the technology coordinator of the school and involved her in all matters relating to teaching toward the 21st century. 

 

Majoring in English helped Lauren develop her writing and communication skills. She gained experience editing the work of her peers through revision workshops, and took a short story and novel writing course, in which she wrote a full-length novel.

About Lauren Weiner

Content writer and educator with a passion for writing and education publishing/programming. Team player with a sense of humor. Creative, well-rounded, and enthusiastic. Idea-generator.

 

Lauren has written for two "Wires": ComedyWire, the popular topical humor site where she has published over 2,000 monologue jokes, and Off the Wire, where she wrote and edited original monologue jokes and sketches for a half-hour, bi-weekly comedy program. The televised show won “Best Comedy Program in the 2010 National Broadcasting Society Competition."

 

She is enthusiastic and has a “can-doodle” attitude. Doodle for Google. Get it?

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Her strengths are various forms of writing. She wrote state assessment items for Pearson and created original lessons for Voki.com, using animated speaking characters. Lauren loves to learn and aims to relate to her audiences. 

 

Easygoing, motivated, detail-oriented, and prepared for any task describe Lauren. She wrote a full-length novel and wrote, cast, and presented an original script for an audience of over 150 in New York’s longest-running cold reading series at the renowned Theatre80. She also won a writing session with Tom Leopold, writer of "Seinfeld" and "Cheers." She is a hard worker who is creative and quirky. 

 

All in all, Lauren is a well-rounded individual with a penchant for learning and growing.

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Personal Life

Lauren enjoys playing ping pong, participating in grown-up spelling bees and pun competitions, singing, and writing songs, jokes, taglines and one-liners. She also is an avid swimmer and swam on her high school swim team.

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Music

Lauren was part of a cast of music education videos called “The Music Buddies Video Game,” where actors, singers and animations collaborated to teach children music. She and her family started a family band and recorded two albums of original children’s music, which incorporated songs that teach children about math, safety, and positive attitudes toward school. They donated some of the proceeds to the local children’s hospital. They also collaborated with a friend to record a song to promote peace in the streets--“The Streets Are for the Children”--and made a music video to accompany it. Their work with the CD led them to perform for Colin Powell and Miss America, have their song featured on a local radio station, and appear twice on local television news programs.

 

Thanks for visiting the site!

LAUREN

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