November 21, 2006
2006 Twenty to Watch: An interview with Jennifer Ziolko
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Jennifer Ziolko is Assistive Technology Specialist for West Linn/Wilsonville (OR) School District.
Jennifer has worked to implement and support the use of technology throughout the district's special education classrooms, and is on the forefront of bringing technology to students with disabilities. She is relentless in her quest to match educational needs with technological opportunities.
2006 Twenty to Watch: An interview with Brad Gray
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Bradley Gray is Chief Information Officer for Gallatin (KY) County Schools. He has transitioned the district from failing to meet state standards and requirements in technology to an efficient system that provides students, teachers, administrators, and parents a full range of functioning technology. His positive attitude and view that his "ultimate customers" are the students of the district, has helped to raise test scores by drastically increasing the availability of technology.
2006 Twenty to Watch: An interview with Jill Hobson
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Jill Hobson, Director of Educational Technology for Forsyth (GA) County Schools, is responsible for bringing high quality, relevant online instructional material that serves to raise the bar for student engagement to the district. Under her leadership, the district has created a blended appproach to online learning that reaches across all grade levels and has resulted in reducing (and in some cases eliminating) the need for textbooks.
2006 Twenty to Watch: An interview with Kari Stubbs
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As Senior Project Coordinator at ALTEC, Kari Stubbs is the project leader of the Title IID initiative in Kansas, known as Technology Rich Classrooms. The program has impacted teaching and learning in 168 classrooms across the state. Kari is also expected to complete her PhD in Curriculum with a technology emphasis this winter, and teaches the undergraduate course on technology integration at the University of Kansas.