Steve Hargadon is Elluminate’s Social Learning Consultant, founder of the Classroom 2.0 social network, host of the Future of Education interview series, and co-chair of the Global Education Conference (links below). He pioneered the use of social networking in education, particularly for professional development. He blogs, speaks, and consults on educational technology, runs the Open [...]

George Couros is currently a school principal at Forest Green School and Connections for Learning, located in Stony Plain, Alberta, Canada. The schools are from ages K-12, and he loves working with kids of all ages. He is passionate about distributed leadership within his school, and believes that creating a collaborative environment with all stakeholders, [...]

Mary Beth Hertz (@mbteach) has been working in the School District of Philadelphia for 7 years. She has helped coordinate conferences and projects such as Edchat, Foursquare Scavenger Hunt at ISTE, and Edcamp Philly. Her experiences over the last 7 years as a computer teacher are reflected in her teaching blog and blog at Edutopia. [...]

Kevin became the K-4 Technology Facilitator at Northfield Community School in Northfield, NJ USA in 2003. In this role he is responsible for technology instruction in a lab setting for the entire elementary student body (520+ students). Rather than just “teaching computer class,” Kevin delivers engaging, informative, challenging and enjoyable lessons that integrate with content being taught by [...]

Lisa Dabbs started her career as an elementary school teacher teaching in the grade she loves most:Kindergarten! She has also worked as a Project Director of a Language and Literacy program. Soon after, she was called to serve as an elementary school principal, and did that for 14 years. Recently she has worked as a [...]

Patrick Larkin is the Principal of Burlington High School in Massachusetts where is just completed his 13th year as a high school administrator and sixth as a building Principal. Prior to serving as a school administrator, Patrick was a high school English teacher. As an Assistant Principal, Patrick was named Assistant Principal of the Year [...]

Superintendent of Schools with 1:1 laptops in grades 7-12 and Virtual Reality capacity, committed to educational transformation. Education Leadership Panel: Effective Leadership in Schools Description: The panel will focus on Educational Leadership and how teachers can get their leadership on board with using technology or innovative practices. Date & Times: Fri. July 30th 5:30pm-6pm LA/ [...]

Janet is a mom, a teacher, a wife, and a principal. She is in her third year as principal of a large rural middle school. She hopes to instill passion for learning in her staff, students, husband, and children. She has entitled her blog The Tiger Principal because that is the mascot of her school. [...]

As an artist and teacher, Shelly is an everyday instigator for progressive art, organization, and education. In addition to his work teaching high school Latin and Art History, Shelly is a member of both the experimental Red Room Collective and Baltimore’s High Zero Foundation; he also works daily as lead blogger at teachpaperless.com to promote fresh [...]

Sue Waters is Australian based in Perth and is married with two kids. While her work as an aquaculture lecturer, at Challenger TAFE, earned her the vote of the coolest job title Sue’s passion is the use of technology to enhance student learning. Sue’s technology use has changed considerably since she was first introduced to it’s [...]

Mike Hogan is a Business English teacher, teacher trainer and materials author based inHamburg, Germany. He is currently working in business development at LTC (Language Training Center) www.ltc-online.de He is mainly involved in developing and implementing new courses & concepts, giving intensive courses & 1-1 coaching, and teacher training. He believes in a focused approach to education, [...]

Marisa Constantinides is the Director of Studies of CELT Athens and is responsible for the design and implementation of all programmes offered by CELT. Her main qualifications related to teaching are  the  RSA Diploma in TEFLA (DTEFLA), a precursor to the Cambridge DELTA Diploma, and an M.A. in Applied Linguistics from the University of Reading in [...]

Terry Freedman has worked in education since 1975. He has taught in schools, been Head of Department, worked at the UK’s Qualifications & Curriculum Authority, held a senior position in a London local education authority, and was an Ofsted inspector for ICT and Business Education. Now an independent educational ICT consultant, Terry publishes this website [...]

Karenne is a lead edu-blogger in the field of English Language Teaching, a materials writer, teacher trainer & ESP: IT teacher. Her adult Business English students blog prolifically on two Nings and Karenne is the blogger behind the internationally popular, Kalinago English recently awarded the Lexiophile/Bab.la’s #2 Global Language Teaching Blog. Kalinago English has also been [...]

Jerry Swiatek is in his 5th year in teaching and loving it. As a technology specialist at a public high school in a small town in West Central Florida, USA, his job is primarily technology integration and showing teachers how the vastness of the web can assist them in their daily lessons. Jerry started in [...]

Tom is an Adjunct Professor of Education at St Joseph’s College in New York. He came to that position after 34 years as a secondary English teacher in the Public School system. He was also a leader in my New York State United Teacher Locals for 30 years. Tom has founded a number of Educational [...]

Scott St. Pierre has been teaching in the Saskatoon Public School Division (Saskatoon, Saskatchewan, Canada) for 14 years. While he started out as a middle years teacher with a Physical Education degree, his interest and passion for use of technology in education was apparent from the beginning of his career.  From building a computer lab with 20 old computers [...]

Cory Plough has been teaching online for six years.  He works primarily in a hybrid learning program in Las Vegas, Nevada that mixes online curriculum with face to face mentoring.  He also teaches Professional Development courses on social media for the state of Idaho’s teacher training program, social studies courses for New Mexico and Connecticut’s [...]

Angela is proud of her 20-year career in education, especially the years she spent as a classroom teacher. Angela is currently working as an independent consultant dedicated and committed to helping Departments of Education, schools, districts, and teachers reach their goals in literacy and literacy education. An author and researcher of several books and journal [...]

Silvia Tolisano was born in Germany, raised in Argentina and lives in the United States. She holds a Bachelor’s Degree in Spanish with a Minor in International Studies and a Masters in Education with an emphasis in Instructional Technology. Her areas of interest include technology in the classroom, digital storytelling, multicultural and global education. Presentation: [...]

Alexandra Francisco is an EFL teacher in Madeira, Portugal. She has been teaching for 15 years at the secondary level and has only recently began to be involved in the teacher training area, providing short workshops on the use of web2.0 tools in EFL classes. She is starting a Masters in Educational Technology in September [...]

Richard Byrne teaches US History and Civics to high school students at Oxford Hills Comprehensive High School in South Paris, ME. In the past he has also taught courses in global studies and English/ Language Arts. He believes that when used correctly, technology has the power to improve student engagement and student achievement. He also [...]

Joan is a 4th grade teacher in the San Francisco Bay Area after teaching Kindergarten/1st grade for many years. She is passionate about helping kids discover their strengths and stay excited about learning. Joan is also the author of “25 Super Sight Word Songs & Mini-Books” published by Scholastic. She enjoys helping teachers find creative [...]

Kevin Creutz is assistant principal and athletic director at Zion Lutheran School in St. Charles, Missouri.  He also teaches junior high math and coaches boys’ basketball.  He has been at Zion for seven years and during that time he has taught religion, literature, math, and PE.  The last three years have been spent as assistant principal.  He has a [...]

Russ Goerend is a second-career teacher. His first career was going to college. It didn’t pay nearly as well as his current one. 6 1/2 years later, here he is. Russ earned a B.A. in Communication Arts from Wartburg College in 4 years, but embraced his passion too late to finish an education degree there. [...]

Originally from Salt Lake City, UT, Nate Kogan is presently an Upper School History Teacher atFort Worth Country Day in Fort Worth, TX. Nate also moonlights (literally) at the University of Texas at Arlington in pursuit of his Ph.D in history. Nate holds a B.A. in history and architectural history from Columbia College, Columbia University (NY), and an [...]

Maria Anderson is a college math instructor at Muskegon Community College (in Michigan). She is also the CEO of Andersen Algebra Consulting LLC, an educational consulting business.  Through her business, she does some contract work for textbook companies, educational software companies, and schedule speaking engagements. Maria loves to play with technology (when it works properly). Presentation: [...]

Judith Way is a teacher librarian at Preston Girls’ Secondary College in Melbourne, Australia. She is on leave this term to develop a Personal Learning Network program for the State Library of Victoria and the School Library Association of Victoria. Connect with Judith on Twitter, @BrightIdeasBlog. Judith writes the Edublogs award winning Bright Ideas blog on [...]

Janet Bianchini was born in England and lived there all her life up until 2 years ago, when she moved to the relatively unknown region of Abruzzo, in Italy. She is a “veteran” teacher with over 30 years experience in English Language Teaching.  She retains the same passion for her job as when she first [...]

Phil Hart spends some of his time teaching, and the rest of it running his own computer consultancy. Phil’s students range from youngsters of 14 to people in their 70s. The subjects are a bit of a mixed bag: adult basic literacy and numeracy, information technology, and mathematics. Phil is interested in empowering others, following [...]

Originally from the UK now living in rural Western Australia. Jo has a background in science, equine studies (including teaching horse riding) and in the the transferable/ employability skills. Currently a lecturer in Literacy and Numeracy (with some IT) in the public Vocational Education and Training sector (TAFE). Her students are very varied: culturally & [...]

Dorie Glynn has been a 2nd grade bilingual math/science teacher for 14 years. She mostly teaches in English, but Dorie does speak Spanish as well. She have been the technology liaison for my campus for 5 years. She conducts trainings for her campus/district and provides support. Dorie completed a Master of  Science in Education with a [...]

Kelly Hines is a 4th grade teacher in Washington, North Carolina, USA. She is married to a wonderful man who is also a teacher and coach, and has twin boys who are rising second graders at her school. She provides staff development for teachers and is a tech enthusiast. Presentation: Tech in 10 Description: This [...]

Keynote: Students Redefine School Description: monika is facilitating the district wide Innovation Lab in Loveland CO’s Thompson School District. Key players in our adventure include students in the lab: Lucas, Molly, Austin, Amy, Chase, Aimee, Gus, Emily, Seth, Lauren, Morgan, Noah,…, along with: Jim Folkestad, Professor/Innovator/PAR; Gregory Hill, Spanish Teacher/wifi advocate; Noam Kostucki, founder of [...]

Joe Bower teaches in Red Deer, Alberta, Canada. He wishes to challenge ‘traditional’ schooling while exploring more progressive forms of education. He uses his blog to uproot some of the most deeply rooted myths that continue to distract people from a love for learning and is having fun doing it! Presentation: Abolishing and Replacing Grading [...]

Nicholas Provenzano is a lifelong learner striving to help students, teachers, administrators and parents see the value of technology integration in the classroom. ISTE fan and Young Educator. Presentation: Everything I Learned About Tech Integration I Learned From Movies Description: Thoughts and ideas about tech integration for teachers using important lessons from classic movies. Date [...]

Paula White is a 30+ year veteran teacher who exemplifies lifelong learning. Currently an elementary Gifted Resource Teacher, Paula’s classroom experience encompasses all subjects at all grade levels, K-5, including combos at K-1 and 2-3 and looping with her classes many times. She has produced award winning visual arts projects and websites with students in [...]

Technology Facilitator in North Carolina by way of Arizona. Passionate about Educational Technology. Tim loves breakfast burritos. He’s a mac & an Arizona Wildcat. Presentation: This Ain’t Your Mother’s Classroom: Why You Need to Use Social Media in Your Classroom Description: Discussion of the elements of social media and why they hold high value among [...]

Steven W. Anderson holds a Bachelors of Science in Middle Grades Mathematics and Science Education from Western Carolina University and a Master of Arts In Education In Instructional Technology from East Carolina University. He is currently pursuing an Add-On Licensure in Administration from Appalachian State University. Steven began teaching in 2003 the Gateway Prep. Academy at the Kennedy [...]