Evelyn is a model turn-key teacher, demonstrating to her fellow teachers how computers, the Internet, digital cameras, and CD-ROMs can serve as highly motivational resources for her students in the science classroom. She leads professional development sessions at her school and administers workshops on Web design for teachers and other professionals. She also assists in updating her school's Web site, which was recently featured on the Discovery Channel School's Web site.

Evelyn has worked with her students in the completion of many exemplary technology-integrated projects, one of which the students themselves presented at The Environmental Symposium in New Hampshire in spring of 1998. In 1998, her students even participated in an actual NASA Space Shuttle Mission. Evelyn was also named Technology & Learning magazine's Maryland state winner in the 1998 Teacher of the Year awards program, honoring K-12 teachers who use technology to inspire students in the science classroom.