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MEET OUR INSIDERS Monica Burns is an EdTech & Curriculum Consultant, Apple Distinguished Educator and
Founder of ClassTechTips.com. In her role as a
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classroom teacher she used iPads one to one with her students to create engaging, differentiated learning experiences. Monica visits schools to work with PreK-12 teachers to make technology integration exciting and accessible and has presented to numerous national and international audiences including SXSWedu, ISTE and EduTECH. Monica is a regular contributor to Edutopia and the author of Deeper Learning with QR Codes and Augmented Reality: A Scannable Solution for Your Classroom (Corwin Press, 2016.)
Jill is a Graduate Faculty Scholar (adjunct faculty) at University of Central Florida Jill Goodman
Department of Education where her duties include serving on the dissertation committees of students doing their theses on apps in early childhood education. She is a
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regular presenter on technology and related topics for her local autism center and the public school district. Jill has contributed to
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numerous ed tech blogs and mainstream media on the subject of mobile apps. She served as the Editor of SmartAppsforKids.com and has published over 1000 reviews. Her pieces are widely quoted from on the App Store, and she has written app descriptions. Jill is a creative thinker and often called upon by developers to beta test and consult on early versions of new apps. Her knowledge of and experience with special needs apps is extensive. She is mom to twin boys, one of whom has autism. Jill’s goal is to help parents of special needs children find the best technology available to help their children become independent learners. She is passionate about inclusion and is a member
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of the School Board Chairman’s ESE Workgroup. She also serves as a special education advocate and helps parents acquire needed technology. Jill puts her experience as a former intellectual property attorney to good use when analyzing the educational benefits of new technology and advocating for its use.
Lee currently serves 183,000 students in the School District of Palm Beach County as manager in the Division of Performance Accountability and Department of Lee Kolbert
Educational Technology. She is also one the leads on the District Accreditation Team, has helped lead the District to an open and positive social media policy, and is proud of her many years as a classroom teacher and district technology program specialist. Lee Kolbert has a Masters in Elementary
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Education and has been an educator in Palm Beach County, FL for over 30 years. An avid social media user and advocate, Lee loves to help educators find the good in Twitter. She feels strongly that often times, strategic connections made online can result in a stronger network than those made in person. Lee has presented at various local and national conferences on classroom blogging, using social media in the classroom, and other ways to integrate technology into teaching. When her head gets too full of stuff, she blogs. Personal Blog: http://www.leekolbert.com/ Huffington Post: http://www.huffingtonpost.com/author/lee-
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Mickey McFetridge has over a decade of experience in the classroom and several years of leading professional development. McFetridge has become a leader in the area Mickey McFetridge
of EdTech through training teachers and
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technology in their schools. His blog, Class
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in the classroom to enhance and transform student learning . After sitting on the Arkansas’ K-8 Computer Science Standards
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Tammy is a Computer Science teacher. She
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FL where she was named the 2014-2015 Teacher of the Year. Outside of the classroom, she is the lead organizer for Edcamp Branford,
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Vandy Pacetti-Donelson, a 20-year veteran in
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Region 3. Besides FAME, Vandy is a member of ALA, AASL, YALSA, and the AECT. You can find her on Twitter @VandyPD.
Nancy Stone Penchev is a Coding/I LAB Teacher and Instructional Technology
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conference presentations include local, state, and international conferences. She has published articles about technology in Teaching in the Middle magazine, Association of Middle Level Educators, ISTE point/counterpoint, and was a focus for an article from Coca-Cola on 9 Ways Technology is Transforming the Classroom. Conference presentations include local, state, and international conferences, including South Carolina Council for the Social Studies (20002005, 2015), Association for Educational Communications and Technology (2013), Online Education Symposium for Independent Schools (2014), North Carolina Association for Elementary Education (2014, 2015, 2016), Florida Educational Technology Conference (2014, 2015, 2016), SuperiorTech4Teachers (2015, 2016), Tomorrow’s Classroom Today (2015), Florida Reading Association (2015, 2016), Florida Association of Media Education (2015), the International Society for Technology in Education (2015, 2016), iPadpalooza (2016), and the International Literacy Association (2016). Topics have included Tech Tools, Literacy Days, Girls Building STEAM, Using Accelerated Reader to Excite Students, The Complete Technology Program, Blogging, Digital Citizenship, Reaching Teachers and Their Technology Needs, and more.
Brad Spirrison is a syndicated media, technology and education columnist and Brad Spirrion
commentator, and a community organizer with Participate Learning.
Jerry Swiatek is an edtech blogger, edtech consultant and classroom teacher. He frequently posts excellent resources and information to his blog JerrySwiatek.com. Jerry
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is the lead teacher for the Academy of Computer Sciences at Citrus High School in Inverness, FL. Prior to this, he was a District Technology Specialist for the Citrus County School District. Jerry is a Google Certified Innovator, Google Certified Trainer, and Google Apps Certified Administrator. Jerry is the founder and organizer of EdCamp Citrus. This year, EdCamp Citrus celebrated it’s 7th anniversary and EdCamp Citrus was the 5th EdCamp to ever take place in the world back in 2010. Jerry is also involved in #edchat, archiving each of the discussions that take place each week on Twitter. To connect with Jerry, reach him on Twitter @jswiatek, via email
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Bruce Umpstead is managing partner of ScaleUp Education Partners where he Bruce Umpstead
provides strategic advice on education technology, data “wrangling” and business development services with expertise in preK20 education. He is also the Program CoChair of the FETC Information Technology track. He previously served as Michigan’s state educational technology director. Bruce earned a B.A. in Public Administration and an M.B.A. in Finance from Michigan State University.
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