Faculty Spotlight - Congrats Mr. Lorson!

Mr. Todd Lorson, Technology Education teacher, was recently nominated for Ithaca College's S’Park Media Mentor Award.  He was nominated by 2010 Loyalsock Graduate, Paige Klingerman, who currently attends Ithaca College and is majoring in Documentary and Production Studies. The Roy H. Park School of Communications at Ithaca was established to recognize high school teachers and advisers who are committed to igniting a passion for media in their students.  After a nationwide search, five high school media specialists were selected for the S’Park Media Mentor Award.  Not only have these teachers and advisers served as tremendous mentors to their students, but they also have made phenomenal contributions in their personal careers to the field of media.  Previously a teacher in a Colorado school district, Mr. Lorson has been a technology education teacher for eight years and enjoys his latest position at Loyalsock.  Mr. Lorson has modernized the Technology Education curriculum here, especially the Video Production classes through the assistance of grants and generous support of the school district.  Mr. Lorson's classroom is now full of digital technology and equipment. His students produce a daily multimedia production that includes a mix of student film projects and broadcast media titled TubeSOCK.  In 2006, Mr. Lorson won third place in the Teva Mountain Games Film-makers shootout competition by shooting and editing a film in 36 hours. He earned a bachelor’s degree in technology education from Millersville University and also his master’s degree in Education Development and Strategies from Wilkes University in 2012.  Congratulations to Mr. Lorson on this well deserved recognition!