Mrs. Schutte has worked in an educational setting since 1967. She received her B.S. in Education and Psychology from James Madison University in Harrisonburg, Virginia, and her Masters in Instructional Applications of Microcomputers from George Mason University in Fairfax, Virginia. She has taught at grade levels from kindergarten through the graduate level and has served as an educational consultant to the Veterans Administration, National Science Foundation, CNIDR (Research Triangle Park, NC) and National Geographic Society. Until the fall of 1995 she worked in the Arlington Public Schools in Arlington, Virginia. She also worked on staff in the Education-Human Services Department of Marymount University where she taught a graduate level course in using computers and technology in education for five years. In the spring of 1994, Mrs. Schutte was elected as the K-12 Representative to the Board International Society of Technology in Education (ISTE) and represented K-12 educators in this position until 1998.

Mrs. Schutte has been active in instructional computing since 1983, working to help educators bring technology resources into their curriculum. During 1992 she joined the first team involved in The Global Schoolhouse Project, sponsored in part by the National Science Foundation. This project brought schools from California, Tennessee, Virginia and London, England together using computers, the Internet and state-of-the-art video conferencing as they collaborated on environmental issues. As part of the original core team of The Global Schoolhouse she worked as a telementor for new project participants from 1993 to 1995. As the Weather Telementor for teachers across the U.S., Mrs. Schutte helped her Weather Team collaborate, research and publish while utilizing the Internet and the CU-SeeMe videoconferencing program which was written to support the project.. An article written by Mrs. Schutte about the Global Schoolhouse Project was published in the February 1995 issue of the The Electronic School and The Executive Educator, publications of the National School Board Association.

Ms. Schutte moved to Florida the summer of 1995 and accepted a position as a Technology Specialist with the Hernando Public Schools. Her new role includes being the network administrator, the school's webmaster, teacher trainer, tool belt "tech" and technology integration specialist.

During 1998-99 she was invited to become an online fellow for the Franklin Institute of Science Museum as part of their "Wired@School" Internet Project. Articles and resources she and the other fellows have created can be found on the Franklin Institute's web pages.

Mrs. Schutte also worked with the National Science Foundation as a Curriculum Project Director for the "Presidential Awardees in Math and Science Internet Pilot Project." During this project she helped develop an electronic community of 30 educators across the United States - all state winners of the prestigious Presidential Award from the National Science Foundation.

Some of her more recent honors were her inclusion in the 1992 -1999 editions of Who's Who in American Education and her selection by the Virginia Society for Technology in Education as the "Technology Teacher of the Year" for 1993.She has received several awards from the Computer Learning Foundation, including second place for Moton Elementary School's entry in the first "Our Town Project" competition.

Ms. Schutte has presented at many local, state and national technology conferences including Apple's "Power-Up" Conference, NOVATEC's Telecommunications for Education, VSTE - Virginia State Computer Conference, the National School Board Association's Conference at the Infomart in Texas, and Florida Educational Technology Conference in Florida. She also presented at Secretary Riley's first Technology Conference in Washington, DC during the spring of 1994 and the InterChange '94 Conference at the Washington Convention Center in the fall of 1994.