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Colin Graham is a teacher, trainer, coach, linguist, singer, musician, composer, and arranger. He spent 10 years as a computer programmer and statistician before retraining as a secondary mathematics teacher. After returning from 11 years of teaching in Japan, he founded, and now moderates, #MathChat, an educational discussion that occurs twice a week on Twitter. Colin . . . → Read More: Colin Graham: Approaches to Teaching Mathematics More Effectively 
Bio: George Couros is the school principal of 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, will . . . → Read More: Parent Engagement Panel: George Couros Bio: Amanda Henson is the Community Manager for Parentella, the free parent and teacher social network. Amanda is the proud mom of two and owner of High Impact Mom, a socially aware mom-blog. Amanda is a contributing editor for Type A Mom, Food Mama and also a contributing author at Shamable, an up-coming no-nonsense Social . . . → Read More: Parent Engagement Panel: Amanda Henson Bio: Monika facilitates an InnovationLab in Loveland CO’s Thompson School District, a space providing time, resources & permission to self-regulate learning per passion. Lucas, Morgan, Austin, Megan, Cristian, Hans, Erin, Chase, Aimee, Gus, Peter, Seth, Noah, Sam, Corey, Jesaja,…, along with: Jim, Adam, James, Kosta, Al, Gregory, Noam, Frau Lemke, Herr Rickart, Diane L, . . . → Read More: Parent Engagement Panel: Monika Hardy Bio: James Folkestad is an associate professor at Colorado State University and helps with the Innovation Lab with Monika Hardy, an innovative way of redefining education and school for learners. Part of the Parent Engagement Panel Description: This panel will spearhead an open discussion on the best ways for educators to engage parents in the . . . → Read More: Parent Engagement Panel: James Folkestad John T. Spencer teaches 8th grade in an urban, low-income school. Visit their class website, Socialvoice.blogspot.com, where they create documentaries, compose multimedia plays, paint murals and find other ways to blend service learning, technology and creativity while still having rigorous academics. He has taught professional development classes on meaningful tech integration, classroom leadership (non-coercive leading . . . → Read More: John Spencer: Teacher Burnout Bio: My name is Joel (contact me). I began teaching band in 2002. Though I had a lot of information, my classes were out of control. I was tired, frustrated, disrespected by students, lonely, and on the brink of quitting. I had had enough. I resigned from my school district right before spring break of . . . → Read More: 10 Things I Wish Someone Had Explained Before My First Job: Joel Wagner Dr. Alec Couros, is an Associate Professor of educational technology and media at the Faculty of Education, University of Regina. He has given hundreds of workshops and presentations, nationally and internationally, on topics such as openness in education, networked learning, social media in education, digital citizenship, and critical media literacy. His graduate and undergraduate courses . . . → Read More: Opening Keynote: Dr. Alec Couros Dr. Milton Chen is senior fellow and executive director emeritus at The George Lucas Educational Foundation (GLEF), a non-profit operating foundation in the San Francisco Bay Area that utilizes its multimedia website Edutopia.org and documentary films to communicate a new vision for 21st-century schools. He served as executive director of GLEF for 12 years. He . . . → Read More: Closing Keynote: Dr. Milton Chen Bio: 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: Mentoring – Everyone is a Side Kick! Description: Mentoring is a very critical part of becoming a great teacher. This presentation is going to . . . → Read More: Nick Provenzano: Mentoring – Everyone is a Side Kick! |
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