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Michael Gorman | Southwest Allen County Schools

By Jac de Haan On January 16, 2012 · Add Comment · In educator profiles

Kern Kelley | R.S.U. #19

By Jac de Haan On December 19, 2011 · Add Comment · In educator profiles

Amber Henrey | Mountain Vista Elementary

By Jac de Haan On November 14, 2011 · 1 Comment · In educator profiles

Name: Amber Henrey (Website, CUE breakout session site, @ahenrey)
Organization: Mountain Vista Elementary, Fillmore Unified School District
Current title: 4th Grade Teacher, Data Manager, and Technology Lead
Selected accolade: Gold Coast CUE 2011 Break Out Session Presenter

What is your key to personal growth as an educator?

Teaching is not a competition against your peers or other schools. Open your doors, share your ideas, ask for help, but most importantly be willing to learn. There is a wealth of ideas to be gained from building a PLN. Look to the Internet and social media for inspiration. It’s hard to remain passionate about teaching when you keep your ideas to yourself. By collaborating your passion, your excitement for teaching increases because you have the energy and support of those you surround yourself with.

What skill(s) do you feel are most important for today’s students to explore in academic settings (tech or non-tech related)?

The most important thing a student can gain from their education is the ability to think critically. It is a great shift from “I’ll do what I am told,” to “I’ll do what I think.” As [...]

John Long | School District of Palm Beach County

By Jac de Haan On October 24, 2011 · 4 Comments · In educator profiles

Name: John Long (iPad pilot project | eMobilize project | Tech Ambassador Program)
Organization: School District of Palm Beach County
Current title: Technology Program Specialist
Selected accolades: 2003 Apple Distinguished Educator, 2008 Finalist Tech & Learning Leader of the Year, 2007 EMA Outstanding Service to Media Award, Dwyer Award nominee

Is there a clear message that you’d like to communicate with readers?

Just because a teacher can use technology does not mean they know how to teach with it. Just because a student can use technology does not mean they know how to learn with it.

Some people focus on student achievement. I focus on teacher and student learning, because when they learn they achieve.

The best method of professional development is through the role of coaching and modeling. Spending time listening, developing, and modeling. Teachers then can see the vision of how technology can impact students. The students then learn that technology is a great tool for learning.

Errin Gregory | Gold Trail School District

By Jac de Haan On October 3, 2011 · Add Comment · In educator profiles

Name: Errin Gregory (@erringreg | Just a Thought blog)
Organization: Gold Trail School District (#74) in British Columbia, Canada
Current title: Grade 4/5 Elementary Connected Classrooms Teacher
Selected accolades: Virtual Schools Conference 2011 presenter, BCTF New Teachers Conference presenter

What skill(s) do you feel are most important for today’s students to explore in academic settings (tech or non-tech related)?

It’s important for students to be able to explore topics that are of interest to them. Let’s make things relevant, at a personal level, so they can understand why they’re spending time learning about it.

Visual literacy and visual arts are vitally important. What is a culture or a society without art, without that appreciation for information communicated through imagery? We are bombarded everyday with advertisements, websites, logos, photographs – children need to learn how to read and how to communicate with images.

Digital citizenship involves a set of skills that are crucial learning for children. In the past, citizenship involved being a responsible and dutiful person at a local, national and global level. Now, with the online spaces in which people apply for jobs, conduct [...]

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Michael Gorman | Southwest Allen County Schools

Kern Kelley | R.S.U. #19

Amber Henrey | Mountain Vista Elementary

John Long | School District of Palm Beach County

Errin Gregory | Gold Trail School District

Steven Anderson | Winston-Salem/Forsyth County Schools

Ethan Delavan | Seattle Country Day School

Shawn Avery | Dennett Elemementary

Chris Betcher | Presbyterian Ladies College Sydney

Kathleen Morris | Leopold Primary School

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