She coordinates and teaches in the Instructional Technology program. Hird, author of Learning from Cyber-Savvy Students: How Internet-Age Kids Impact Classroom Teaching, describes herself as living with one foot on the ground and one foot in "cyberspace." She has worked with computer technology in schools since 1982. Her experience ranges from teaching in the Providence Public Schools to directing the $1.1 million Library Power grant across 27 elementary and middle schools. Most recently, she has spearheaded the effort to move the Instructional Technology M.Ed. to a fully Web-based degree program. Anne holds degrees from Brown University, Simmons College, and the University of Rhode Island-Rhode Island College.