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October 24, 2007

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Shawn Wheeler is Director of Technology Services and Training at Peoria Unified School District in Arizona
Shawn Wheeler built a variety of outstanding technology professional development offerings, including the Blackboard e-learning environment; online Small Learning Objects, an impressive collection of single-topic training documentation supported by multi-media materials; and podcasting and RSS (Really Simple Syndication) technology. Wheeler also coordinated the design of the district portal used for instruction as well as district business operations.

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Karl Fisch is Director of Technology at Arapahoe High School in Centennial, Colorado
A king of the technology grants process, Karl Fisch has received many grants over the last couple of years allowing him to pioneer educational technology and theory at Arapahoe High School. The largest of these grant awards funded a 1:1 laptop initiative that has students actively engaged with technology while creating blogs about Macbeth, producing podcasts on personal values, and writing interactive, web-based “textbooks” for their sciences courses. His professional development for his staff makes him stand out. He has taken a leadership role in guiding teachers to reflect on and improve their instructional practices, and continually introduces new instructional and technological tools.

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Posted by Andrew Paulson, NSBA Staff, at 9:28 AM | Podcasts | Twenty to Watch | Comments (0) | TrackBack (0)

Erin E. Reilly is co-founder of Platform Shoes Forum.
Platform Shoes Forum (PSF), co-founded by Erin Reilly, designs web-based, interactive educational programs in science, technology, engineering and math (STEM subjects) for preteens. Zoey's Room (ZR), PSF's model program, stimulates girls' interest in the sciences by providing a web portal where they can learn more about the sciences through learning modules called Tec-Treks™, PSF’s trademarked curriculum modules that present an on-line educational problem that is resolved through off-line application. Zoey, an avatar created to stimulate interest in these challenges, meets with the girls in an after-school chat room where they discuss issues that interest them and are introduced to Fab Femmes, career women scientists. Evaluations in 2006 show that ZR participation increases girls’ self confidence, interest, and proficiency in STEM subjects.

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David Sevier is Founder of the Open Source Teaching Project (OST).
OST is founded on the belief that the knowledge of award-winning scholars, researchers, and others in the top of their field should be made available to inspire and inform students across the globe. At present, OST has secured interview commitments from nearly 200 Nobel Laureates, Guggenheim Fellows, Alfred P. Sloan Research Fellows, and MacArthur Fellows. Each will contribute to what is quickly becoming the world's largest repository of focused knowledge on discrete topics of high interest to learners at all ages and stages. Specifically, this knowledge relates to current research that is ongoing and groundbreaking. OST is not limited to areas of scholarly endeavor. OST conducts outreach to Academic All-Americans, Academy Award winners, Grammy winners and others who can donate time to share their experiences related to their careers and successes. This database of knowledge is interactive, keyword searchable, and has the potential to engage all learners at the highest levels of cognition.

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November 21, 2006

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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.

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Posted by Andrew Paulson, NSBA Staff, at 8:41 AM | Podcasts | Twenty to Watch | Comments (0) | TrackBack (0)

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.

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Posted by Andrew Paulson, NSBA Staff, at 8:37 AM | Podcasts | Twenty to Watch | Comments (0) | TrackBack (0)

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.

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Posted by Andrew Paulson, NSBA Staff, at 8:31 AM | Podcasts | Twenty to Watch | Comments (0) | TrackBack (0)

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.

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November 17, 2006

Posted by Andrew Paulson, NSBA Staff, at 9:25 AM | Podcasts | Twenty to Watch | Comments (0) | TrackBack (0)

To provide a 20/20 perspective on the industry of Education Technology, we need to know where we came from. The below interviews are with some of the leaders who were around at its inception and who were instrumental in transforming educational technology into what it is today.

Linda Smith has been a Technology Director for three large school districts. She has been involved in E-rate since she was on the Board of the Consortium for School Networking. For the past two years she has been working with CSM as an E-rate consultant. She works with over 40 Districts on Technology Planning and E-rate.

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November 14, 2006

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Cheryl Williams is a nationally recognized leader and executive in education reform. She is currently a Vice President of Conferences and Marketing at Teachscape, a San Francisco based company. Teachscape works with local schools and districts to design and deliver professional development services and resources. Before coming to San Francisco with Teachscape, she served as Vice President of Education at the Corporation for Public Broadcasting in Washington, DC. And prior to that, as Director of Education Technology Programs at the National School Boards Association (NSBA) in Alexandria, Virginia.

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November 13, 2006

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Keith Mann is an educational technology consultant. He started his educational career as a teacher of math and computer science, which he did for 17 years. He then became a district Technology Coordinator. Two years later he became the first Director of Technology for the Township High School District 214 in Arlington Heights, Illinois. He held this position for 10 years until he retired in 2004.

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Geoff Fletcher is Editor in Chief of T.H.E. Journal and executive vice president of T.H.E. Institute, anytime, anywhere professional development for educators. Geoff served for many years as the head of technology for the Texas Education Agency.

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