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Classroom 2.0 LIVE webinar “Classroom 2.0 LIVE Finale: Open Mic” with Paula Naugle, as our always awesome facilitator and the entire Classroom 2.0 LIVE Advisory Team and our amazing participants. August 25, 2018 Our Classroom 2.0 LIVE team has made the very difficult decision to discontinue our weekly webinars. We want to hold one final live webinar this week, August 25th, so all of you who have been such an important part of our community can join us to celebrate and share memories. Our last "hurrah celebration " will be an open mic session similar to our Anniversary Celebrations. We hope all of you will join us and plan to take the mic to share your favorite memories, some of the shows that really made a difference to you with stories about how you used something you learned on Classroom 2.0 LIVE in your classrooms or professional lives. Whether you were a participant or presenter we’d love to hear your stories and take-aways from the show and the resources you learned about. Please join us! These are the questions we plan to ask on Open Mic so you can come prepared to share your thoughts and stories. 1) When did you first start joining us for our weekly webinars? Who would like to take the mic and share one of your favorite CR 2.0 memories? 2) What are some tech tools or strategies you learned about by participating in CR 2.0 Live? Please share any takeaways you have. 3) How has participating in our webinars enhanced your teaching, your connections, your “best practices”, etc.? Please share any and all ways. 4) Do you have a favorite “aha” moment from one of the webinars you’ve attended? Please share it with us. 5) Have you (or will you) ever included the CR2.0 Live webinar archives in any PD you’ve been a part of whether a face-to-face session, a virtual webinar, or an Edcamp session? 6) What free webinars, online PD opportunities, virtual conferences can you recommend to others to take part in? Please read the backstory to our decision on our website: http://live.classroom20.com Thank you all for being such faithful followers and supporters of Classroom 2.0 LIVE. We will treasure all of the memories! Kudos and huge thanks to our team who have worked tirelessly to provide these fantastic learning experiences for everyone! Founding Co-Moderators: Peggy George, Kim Caise, Lorna Costantini Current Co-Moderators: Peggy George, Lorie Moffat, Tammy Moore, Paula Naugle Advisory Team: Peggy George, Paula Naugle, Patti Ruffing, Maureen Tumenas, Kim Thomas, Susie Highley, Peg Volak, Wes Fryer, Jessie McKinley, Carolyn Stanley, and our faithful image creator, Melissa Getz And to our Founder, mentor, encourager, advocate, adviser, and source of our inspiration, STEVE HARGADON! More information and session details are at http://live.classroom20.com.

Classroom 2.0 LIVE webinar “Teaching the Global Goals in Kindergarten” with Sharon Davison (@kkidsinvt), as our special guest presenter. August 18, 2018. In this week's webinar, we are so proud to have Sharon Davison joining us as our special guest presenter sharing information, ideas, and projects that support the Sustainable Development Goals for the world. Her topic is: Teaching the Global Goals in Kindergarten.” Although the experiences she will share are primarily related to younger students, the goals and resources she will be sharing are critical for all students and adults, and we know you are going to feel so excited and empowered after hearing Sharon share her passion for the work being done by connected educators around the world. This is relevant to teachers and educators for any age group. In 2015, world leaders agreed to 17 goals for a better world by 2030. These goals have the power to end poverty, fight inequality and stop climate change. Guided by the goals, it is now up to all of us, governments, businesses, civil society and the general public to work together to build a better future for everyone. The Global Boals will be met if we all work together. All over the world actions are being taken to make our planet more sustainable. The #TeachSDGs organization connects with global educators dedicated to responding to a call to action within education to meet the Sustainable Development Goals. They provide open and accessible resources, lessons plans, and global projects directly aligned to the Sustainable Development Goals. Webinar Description: Sharon will be sharing how she explores the global goals with young children. She will highlight a couple of service learning opportunities that she has explored with the global goals as a lens and the impact it has had on her classroom, students, parents and the school community. Sharon Davison is a passionate educator who believes in creativity and innovation. She has the privilege of being a public school teacher for over 3 decades. She is committed to making a difference for her students, their families and other educators, who like herself, care and are committed to making the world better. She believes in the use of synchronous and asynchronous tools as opportunities to enhance, enrich and connect learning opportunities. Her classroom is open globally. She creates a learning culture that is not only rich in resources but opportunities. Through collaboration around a common need, we can promote positive change for the world. Twitter: https://twitter.com/kkidsinvt Blog: https://kindergartenlife.wordpress.com/ Teach SDGs: http://www.teachsdgs.org/ The Global Goals: https://www.globalgoals.org/

Classroom 2.0 LIVE webinar “Creative Ways to Use Google Slides with Students” with the fun, amazing Jeff Bradbury (@TeacherCast), as our special guest presenter. August 11, 2018 This week's webinar is loaded with fun, practical ideas we can use in the classroom with our special guest presenter, Jeff Bradbury @TeacherCast He has some awesome ideas to show us about ways our students can use Google Slides more creatively that you are going to love. Webinar Description We have all sat through BORING PowerPoint presentations… right? In this session, we are going to learn how to use Google Slides in a more creative and collaborative format than you have ever imagined! Learn how you can use Google Slides in ways OTHER than the traditional slideshow and reimagine the power of student projects. Jeff Bradbury is the Coordinator of Technology Integration and Instructional Technology Coach for a New Jersey School District where he works with almost 3,000 students, teachers, and administrators to help them better integrate technology in their classrooms and studies. Prior to his current position, he was a classroom educator for more than 15 years working with students in grades K-12. In 2011, he created the TeacherCast Educational Network as a vehicle for working with teachers in his school district, where he has made a global impact on so many teachers with his blog posts, app reviews, podcasts, and workshops. Jeffrey Bradbury, author of "Kidblog: An Introduction to Blogging With Your Students," is the creator of TeacherCast.net, TeacherCast University, and Educational Podcasting Today. He is an ASCD Emerging Leader, Google for Education Certified Innovator, Google for Education Trainer, PBS Learning Media Digital Innovator, Microsoft Innovative Educator, Microsoft Surface Expert, speaker, writer, podcaster, broadcaster, consultant, and educational media specialist. In 2012, Jeff was recognized as one of top 50 educators using social media at the first ever Bammy Awards and has been nominated three times in the category of Innovator of the Year. Jeff has provided Keynote speeches for the Pearson Authentic Learning Conference, EdTechNJ, and most recently at Columbia University’s Teacher College and Podcast Mid-Atlantic conference. In his free time, Jeff enjoys teaching, web design, broadcasting, playing viola and violin, conducting, and spending time with his wife Jennifer and their four-year-old triplets known as the “EduTriplets." https://www.teachercast.net/ https://twitter.com/teachercast

Classroom 2.0 LIVE webinar on "Icebreakers and Community Building" with special guest presenter, Shelly Sanchez Terrell. August 4, 2018 We are so excited to be back after our summer break and we have the perfect welcome back webinar for you! Getting the new school year off to a great start for both teachers and students is a high priority. We are thrilled to have Shelly Sanchez Terrell, one of our favorite presenters and a faithful supporter of Classroom 2.0 LIVE, as our special guest presenter this week! Shelly will be inspiring us with her fantastic ideas and resources for kicking off the new school year with ideas and tools for icebreakers and community building for both teachers and students. "It's the little conversations that build the relationships and make an impact on each student." - Robert John Meehan We can transform our physical and virtual classrooms into active learning communities, where students support each other. The best communities allow students to contribute, collaborate, create, and get to know each other. Students need to build relationships with their peers in order to prevent issues with bullying and ensure the support of one another in succeeding in learning goals. We can encourage this by implementing team building activities, icebreakers, getting-to-know you activities, and collaborative tasks. Shelly is excited to share her fun, inspiring activities and tools with us in our webinar today! Shelly Sanchez Terrell is an international speaker, elearning and digital learning specialist and the author of Hacking Digital Learning Strategies: 10 Ways to Launch EdTech Missions in Your Classroom, The 30 Goals Challenge for Teachers: Small Steps to Transform Your Teaching, and Learning to Go: Lesson Ideas for Teaching with Mobile Devices, Cell Phones and BYOT. She has trained teachers and taught learners in over 20 countries as an invited guest expert by organizations, like UNESCO Bangkok, the Venezuelan-US Embassy, Cultura Inglesa of Brazil, the British Council in Tel Aviv, IATEFL Slovenia, EduTECH Australia, and HUPE Croatia. She has been recognized by the ELTon Awards, The New York Times, NPR, and Microsoft’s Heroes for Education as a leader in the movement of teacher driven professional development as the founder and organizer of various online conferences, Twitter chats, MOOCs, and webinars. Recently, she was named Woman of the Year by the National Association of Professional Women, awarded a Bammy Award as a founder of #Edchat, and named as one of the 10 Most Influential People in EdTech by Tech & Learning. Her latest project is the creation of Edspeakers to enrich the field of education with passionate voices (spoken and written) from those of diverse experiences and backgrounds.

Classroom 2.0 LIVE webinar “Open Mic: Summer Bucket List” with the awesome Paula Naugle, facilitator extraordinaire and many participants taking the mic to share! June 16, 2018 Join us on #liveclass20 for a "bang-up" opportunity to wrap up our school year broadcasts and send you into the summer break with awesome ideas and resources being shared in this Open Mic show "What's on your Summer Bucket List?" During this Open Mic session facilitated by the always amazing facilitator extraordinaire, Paula Naugle, participants will take turns getting on the mic to share something related to one of the guiding questions. Q1: What is the first PD book you plan on reading this summer and why? Q2: What conferences (live/virtual) would you like to attend this summer and why? Q3: What new tech tool/toy would you like to add to your tech bag this summer? Q4: What new website, app, extension would you like to add to spend time exploring this summer? Q5: What fun places will you plan to visit this summer? Q6: What hobbies will you pursue during the summer? This will be our last show before our annual break for ISTE and the summer break. We will resume our regular shows on Saturday, August 4th. Remember to follow us on Twitter: #liveclass20 https://twitter.com/plnaugle

Classroom 2.0 LIVE webinar “Science of Happiness and its Impact on School Culture” with special guest presenter, Kim Strobel. June 9, 2018 As our school year comes to a close, this is often the time of year when teachers feel overwhelmed physically and emotionally. Consumed with end-of-year tasks such as grades, report cards, awards assemblies, class parties, cleaning and packing up the classroom and much more, they are completely exhausted. In this week's webinar our special guest presenter, Kim Strobel, will share her passion for happiness and her tips for helping teachers to learn more about how her happiness tips can bring renewed energy to their teaching lives. Webinar Description: In her role as a happiness coach, Kim Strobel has extensively studied and researched the topics of Happiness and Positive Psychology. She has found that when one’s personal happiness increases, he or she is able to affect positive change in education and business outcomes. She captivates audiences of teachers by showing them how the Science of Happiness can help transform your classroom into one where students love to learn and are able to thrive. Kim sprinkles happiness tips and tricks into her education workshops, ensuring teachers re-enter their classrooms with renewed purpose and passion. Kim Strobel isn’t just the owner of Strobel Education. She’s its driving force. Her wisdom, positivity, and strength inform every aspect—and it shows in the inspiring workshops she presents to teachers who seek to make a difference. She puts herself “in the trenches” with teachers because she was once there herself and knows how important support and encouragement are in creating a successful classroom. A licensed ELA teacher for grades K-12, Kim has taught in classrooms at all grade levels during her almost 20 years as an education professional. She began her career teaching fourth grade, during which time she served on numerous committees devoted to improving the curriculum and culture of the schools. She next served as a K-12 Literacy Coordinator, helping to develop a school-wide plan to improve literacy achievement and implement new common core literacy standards. Kim found her next challenge as Director of Curriculum and Instruction for a school district, during which time she developed curriculum in all content areas, K-12; collaborated with teachers and administrators to identify instructional needs; and served as a liaison with state and local agencies. Throughout her career, Kim has been recognized at the state and local level for her achievements and contributions to the education field. And most recently, she’s taken her vision of reimagining education to the national stage as a featured keynote speaker at the Innovative Schools Summit in Atlanta, and the School Discipline Conference in Las Vegas. Professionally, Kim’s a teacher, a consultant, a speaker, a happiness coach and an aspiring author. But her personal life is just as full. When she’s not firing up educators with her signature mix of excitement and experience, she’s a die-hard runner, an advocate for her community’s abandoned animals, and a family-oriented gal who loves spending time with her husband Scott, their four children, two grandkids, and three pups. https://www.strobeleducation.com/ (Kim Strobel’s website) https://twitter.com/strobeled (Follow Kim Strobel on Twitter)

Classroom 2.0 LIVE webinar ““Creating the Perfect BLT: Balanced Literacy and Technology” with special guest presenter, Brandee Ramirez. June 2, 2018. This week's webinar will be another exciting exploration of the importance of technology in balanced literacy with our special guest presenter, the always informative, inspiring Brandee Ramirez. Ramp up your knowledge, skills, and tools as you learn more about balanced literacy. Webinar Description: This session will clear up any confusion when it comes to integrating literacy and technology. We will provide attendees with ways to incorporate technology into daily balanced literacy routines. Participants will explore multiple iPad apps and web-based tools that can be used effectively within Reader's Workshop or your balanced literacy classroom while incorporating the 4C’s. This conversation will cover ways to incorporate technology, student choice, and rigorous standards into daily balanced literacy routines. We will share student samples and explore the use of apps while focusing on SAMR and TPACK model regarding technology education. Attendees will leave this session full of ingredients to make their own BLT! Brandee Ramirez, Ed.D., has been teaching for eighteen years and is currently an Instructional Coach for Tustin Unified School District. Her main role is to support teachers and students on finding their passion in learning and how to incorporate technology into their daily classroom routines. She is a UCI Writing Project Fellow and Teacher of the Year 2013. She has created numerous professional development workshops for: iPads 101, Writing and Devices, ABC Mouse Classroom Integration, and presented at National and NAPA CUE 2014, 2015, 2016 and 2017 as well as the Elearning Symposium, National HEAD Start Association, iPadpalooza, FETC 2016, International Literacy Association 2017, and ISTE 2016 and 2017. Brandee is on the Board of Directors for OCCue. She holds a Doctorate in Education from the University of Southern California. She enjoys spending time with her four children, running, paddle boarding and yoga. She has a passion for technology and education, but most importantly she has a passion for children and the love of learning. Twitter: https://twitter.com/bramireztusd Blog/website: https://educators.coop/ http://blog.flocabulary.com/8-components-of-a-strong-balanced-literacy-program/

Classroom 2.0 LIVE webinar "Virtually Anywhere with AR & VR" with special guest presenter, Michael Fricano II. May 12, 2018. We are so excited to have Michael Fricano II back on Classroom 2.0 LIVE as our special guest presenter this week! Michael has been doing amazing things with students and teachers to help them enhance learning with augmented reality, virtual reality and Google Expeditions and we can't wait to have him share his passion and knowledge with all of us! Webinar Description: Come explore and learn how Augmented and Virtual Reality has the power to transform learning in your classroom! Virtual Reality (VR) can transport your students all over the world, into outer space, and beyond their imagination! Augmented Reality (AR) bridges the real and digital world by letting students literally see and manipulate what they are learning in the palm of their hand. Take your students Virtual Anywhere! Michael Fricano is a Technology Integration Specialist for the Education Innovation Lab and a Makerspace educator at 'Iolani School in Honolulu, Hawaii. Previously, he was a 4th/5th grade teacher from 2007 to 2010 and a Technology Coordinator from 2010 to 2014. From 2009 to 2014 he helped transition a public elementary school in Hawaii to become a Google Apps for Education school, which included providing Google Apps training for teachers and students, and taking on the role of Google Apps Super Administrator. He is also the Director of Social Media & Community Engagement & Teacher Architect for The Janus Group. He became a Google for Education Certified Trainer in 2014 and has been providing professional development to public and private schools and at conferences for more than 7 years. He currently serves as the President for HSTE (Hawaii Society for Technology in Education - ISTE affiliate). Michael has a passion for education, technology, MakerEd, coding, AR/VR, reading, nature, video games, the internet, and TV. Michael's goal is to help provide educators and schools all over the world with the knowledge and skills to effectively integrate technology into their classrooms and to help their students become positive role models and contributors to the world (real & digital) around them. http://www.edtechnocation.com/ http://technocation.blogspot.com/ https://twitter.com/EdTechnocation

Classroom 2.0 LIVE webinar "Global Collaboration Through Online Experiences" with special guest presenter, Sara Malchow. May 5, 2018. In order to thrive in an increasingly interconnected world, our students, who are our future leaders need to develop the knowledge, skills, and attitudes to engage in lifelong, cross-cultural learning and collaboration. More than ever, young people need the 21st-century skills for global competency, digital literacy, critical thinking and global collaboration among international peers. Global education begins with raising awareness of these global challenges! We are excited to have Sara Malchow as our special guest presenter who will be sharing awesome teaching strategies and tools to provide online experiences that will help our students to connect globally. If we help our students develop a global network and teach them how to collaborate they will be better prepared for this challenge. Webinar Description: Step out of your comfort zone and the four walls of your classroom by bringing the power and impact of connected learning to both you and your students! Global learning opportunities aren't just fun, they allow your students to learn from others while connecting with authentic audiences and building empathy and understanding. Global learning doesn't have to be complicated~ come find out how you can connect yourself and your class while also addressing several ISTE standards: Global Digital Citizen, Global Collaborator and Empowered Learner. Sara is a passionate and connected educator who believes technology integration in the primary grades is crucial to creating 21st century, global citizens. As a first grade teacher, Sara provided her students with many opportunities to connect and collaborate beyond the four walls of their classroom. Last year, Sara stepped out of the classroom and into a new role as as an Elementary Digital Learning Specialist in the Pulaski School District in Northeast Wisconsin, where she has been able to bring her love of technology integration and global collaboration to many classrooms, not just her own. She serves on the district coding committee and is also a member of her district's Apple Core Technology Training Team. Sara is the creator of #EpicPals, a monthly, collaborative reading project for Kindergarten through 4th grade students and also puts out a weekly newsletter for teachers called, Malchow's Tech Bytes. She is also the new host of the annual St. Patrick’s Day Lucky Charms Global Graphing Project. She is an Apple Distinguished Educator, a member of the CopernicusEd Idea Lab, a Seesaw and Book Creator Ambassador, Epic! Master Teacher and is a Google Certified Educator. She has presented at numerous local, state, and national conferences and is always excited to connect and learn with others. Twitter: https://twitter.com/smalchow Blog/website: http://malchowsreflections.blogspot.com/

Classroom 2.0 LIVE webinar “10 Things to Ditch in Education (and what to do instead)” with special guest presenter, Matt Miller. April 21, 2018. If you're looking for inspiration coupled with practical tips and great insights, look no further than our fantastic presenter, Matt Miller! I know all of us at one time or another have wished that we could "ditch" some of the things we are expected to do but we're not quite sure what to do instead. In today's presentation Matt is offering us a lifeline with "10 Things to Ditch in Education (and What to do Instead)" Matt is always inspirational, passionate, humorous and filled with emotion about his desire to making learning the best it can be for students everywhere, and we are thrilled to welcome him back on Classroom 2.0 LIVE! Webinar Description The world is changing, and education is changing with it ... very quickly in some ways and very slowly in others. When we aren't getting the results from "what we've always done" anymore, it's time to change. In this webinar, we will talk about several things you might consider "ditching" -- for a lesson, a week or the rest of your career. You'll come away with practical ideas to use in class tomorrow AND some great opportunities and resources. Don't miss it! Matt Miller is a teacher, blogger and presenter from West Central Indiana. He has infused technology and innovative teaching methods in his classes for more than 10 years. He is the author of the book Ditch That Textbook: Free Your Teaching and Revolutionize Your Classroom and writes at the Ditch That Textbook blog about using technology and creative ideas in teaching. He is a Google Certified Innovator, Bammy! Top to Watch in 2016, and winner of the WTHI-TV Golden Apple Award. Onalytica named him one of the top 10 influencers in educational technology and elearning worldwide. After trying to do the traditional “teach by the textbook” for a few years, he launched into a textbook-less path where learning activities were often custom-produced for his students as well as infused with technology. He likes the results a lot, and his students do, too. Matt has presented to thousands of teachers at dozens of workshops on a number of topics related to educational technology, world language instruction and more. He combines a conversational, engaging speaking style with loads of resources, leaving teachers equipped and inspired to move forward. https://twitter.com/jmattmiller (Follow Matt Miller on Twitter) http://ditchthattextbook.com/ (Ditch That Textbook web site)

Classroom 2.0 LIVE webinar “Jennifer Regruth, April Featured Teacher” with special guest presenter, Jennifer Regruth. April 21, 2018. On Classroom 2.0 LIVE we always look forward to our Featured Teacher presentations because we love getting a peek inside the classrooms and the inspiration shared! We are very excited to welcome Jennifer Regruth as our April Featured Teacher in this week’s presentation! Jennifer plans to share some of the things that fuel her passions and drive her teaching every day. She strongly believes in the importance of setting a climate for learners because the climate you foster in your learning environment will determine the success of it. Students and teachers are directly affected by the physical and emotional climates set in the room and you, as the teacher, largely have control of these. Making your workspace a safe, pleasurable environment in every way for both students and yourself will ensure growth for everyone. Jennifer will be sharing about Classroom Champions and how it impacts so many kids. The organization pairs Olympic and Paralympic athletes with high poverty schools, (classroomchampions.org) With each monthly lesson, students learn life skills like, perseverance, healthy living and setting goals. Having a high profile athlete as a mentor is very motivating! Skype/GHO has completely changed how her students think about the world. To have a live video chat with scientists, Olympic athletes, other classrooms has been fun and inspiring. She also uses Twitter/YouTube/Instagram to help them connect globally. She continually assures her students that they have the world at the fingertips to learn whatever they want! Along with that comes Digital Citizenship, safety, and self-regulation and the importance of their digital footprint. She strongly believes that tech should be thought of as a tool for learning, researching and organizing ideas. Finding creative ways to get the kids motivated to learn, making global connections through Google Hangouts, Twitter, and online tools, being willing to try new things, and sharing new ideas with others are all priorities. She loves that she is in a profession that combines 3 of her favorite hobbies: people, technology, and learning and that she can use creativity to blend these together. Jennifer Regruth teaches fourth-graders at Margaret R. Brown Elementary School in Seymour, IN. Her career started in the fall of 1990 when she began her student-teaching experience at Brown. The following school year, she was hired as a third-grade teacher and has been at Brown now for 27 years. The past 19 years, she has taught fourth grade. She was recently awarded Educator of the Year for 2018 by the Seymour Chamber of Commerce. She is a Google Certified Educator, Classroom Champions Educator since 2012, a co-moderator of #4thchat since 2011, a Seesaw Ambassador and a tech team coach. She is truly an inspirational teacher leader! https://twitter.com/jennregruth (Follow Jennifer Regruth on Twitter) https://twitter.com/MrsRegruth4th (Follow Jennifer Regruth’s class on Twitter) https://learnerbynature.blogspot.com/ (Jennifer Regruth’s blog)

Classroom 2.0 LIVE webinar “Unleash the Science of Learning: Transform Teaching with Strategies from Cognitive Science” with special guest presenter, Pooja Agarwal, Ph.D. April 14, 2018. We are excited to welcome our special guest presenter, Pooja Agarwal, Ph.D, who will be sharing some fantastic information about the brain and memory! This is guaranteed to challenge all of our brains! She will be providing information about “retrieval practice” which is a learning strategy where you focus on getting information OUT of students' heads rather than trying to get it IN! Webinar Description: "Unleash the Science of Learning: Transform Teaching with Strategies from Cognitive Science" There is a lot to learn in the world. Students can’t learn everything, and educators can’t teach everything. Especially not over, and over, and over again each time students forget. What can we do to improve learning and reduce forgetting? How can we use our limited amount of classroom time and make learning stick? Based on more than 100 years of research, cognitive scientists have established powerful strategies that substantially improve learning for diverse age groups, subject areas, and education rigor. In this workshop, Assistant Professor and Cognitive Scientist Pooja K. Agarwal, Ph.D., goes behind the scenes and illuminates key discoveries, teaching strategies, and classroom resources based on the science of learning. Armed with evidence-based strategies, it’s time to challenge our perceptions of learning and transform teaching in our classrooms. Pooja K. Agarwal, Ph.D. is an expert in the field of cognitive science. She has conducted learning and memory research in a variety of classroom settings for more than 10 years. Passionate about evidence-based education, Pooja has extensive teaching experience in K-12 and higher education, as well as expertise in education policy at state and national levels. Currently, she is an Assistant Professor at the Berklee College of Music in Boston, teaching psychological science to exceptional undergraduate musicians. Pooja leads RetrievalPractice.org, a hub of cognitive science research, resources, and tips for educators. Pooja's research is supported by grants from the National Science Foundation and the U.S. Department of Education. In addition, her work has been featured in the New York Times, Education Week, and Scientific American, as well as academic journals, books, and podcasts. http://www.poojaagarwal.com/ https://twitter.com/PoojaAgarwal https://www.retrievalpractice.org/ https://twitter.com/RetrieveLearn

Classroom 2.0 LIVE webinar “March Featured Teacher: Going Global in the Classroom with your Students” with special guest presenter, Paula Fehlinger. March 24, 2018 Over the years, we have had presentations by many excellent educators who have shared their strategies and examples of global connection and collaboration with their students. In order to thrive in an increasingly interconnected world, young people need to develop the knowledge, skills, and attitudes to engage in lifelong, cross-cultural learning and collaboration. More than ever, young people need the 21st-century skills for global competency, digital literacy, critical thinking and global collaboration among international peers. According to Anne Mirtschin, "Student's believe that they can solve the problems of the world. If we help them to develop a global network and teach them how to collaborate then they may well do so!” We are really excited to have Paula Fehlinger as our March Featured Teacher who will be sharing her stories, experiences and teaching tools for helping her students to connect globally. Webinar Description: Ready to break down the walls of your classroom and go global? Help students make real world connections to expand their world of learning. Learn how to use Twitter and Skype to make contacts and to participate in The Global Read Aloud, The Global Math Task Twitter Challenge and Mystery Skype Challenges on your schedule and at your own pace. Paula Fehlinger has been with the East Penn School District for 19 years and has taught both first and second grades at Wescosville Elementary School. She received her teaching certificate from Moravian College and earned Masters Degrees in Classroom Technology, Instructional Technology and Instructional Media from Wilkes University. Paula is a Keystone Technology Innovator Star 2016. She is currently working on becoming a Google Certified Educator. Paula is the second-grade level district leader at East Penn and serves on several committees within the district to support grading and curriculum initiatives. She also leads and teaches several PD courses in the district. Recently, Paula presented a session about taking her classroom global at the Pennsylvania Educational Technology Expo & Conference in Hershey, PA. When she is not teaching, Paula enjoys cheering on her two sons, Colin and Carter, at their sporting and middle school events. https://twitter.com/pfehlinger https://twitter.com/MrsFehlinger (Mrs. Fehlinger’s 2nd-grade class Twitter feed) https://sites.google.com/eastpennsd.org/pfehlinger/home (Paula’s class website)

Classroom 2.0 LIVE webinar “CREATE not just CONSUME: ENGAGING Strategies to Demonstrate Learning” with special guest presenter, Meredith Akers. March 17, 2018 We are delighted to welcome Meredith Akers as our special guest presenter for this week's webinar! It is so exciting to be able to feature and learn from an administrator who "walks the talk" with the amazing ways she incorporates and models the use of technology with her teachers! Webinar Description: Let’s get students using tech to not only consume content but to CREATE! Not only does creation get students thinking at much higher levels, it is also much more engaging! Learn cool strategies students will be excited to work on in your classroom from easily creating animated videos to creating voice command choose-your-own-adventure stories to creating your own gifs, memes and many more simple to implement strategies that your students will love! Meredith Akers is a wife, mom, and elementary school administrator who believes that the best way to help others grow is to model expectations through relationship building, staff developments, meetings, hallway interactions, reflection, technology integration and application, and instructional practices. Her daily aspiration is to make a positive impact and to leave those she serves better off for having interacted with her. Meredith currently serves as Assistant Principal at Ault Elementary in Cypress-Fairbanks ISD outside of Houston, TX. She is a Google Certified Educator Level 1 and 2 and a FlipGrid Certified Educator. Meredith has led numerous professional development sessions on her campus, for her district, at conferences, and as a consultant including book studies, Google apps workshops, and training for school leaders to better utilize tech tools. Meredith is passionate about helping educators connect and grow. She is a co-founder and co-moderator of #CFISDAPchat (every other Thursday at 8:00pm CST) and co-moderator of #TXed (each and every Wednesday night at 8:30pm CST). Join the conversation! Meredith blogs at meredithakers.com about educational leadership, ed tech tools and applications, and great instructional practices. You can connect with Meredith on Twitter by following @meredithakers. https://twitter.com/meredithakers https://meredithakers.com/

Classroom 2.0 LIVE webinar "Differentiate Instruction with HyperDocs in the Elementary Classroom" with special guest presenter, Joli Boucher. March 10, 2018. On Classroom 2.0 LIVE we are huge fans of HyperDocs and had a fantastic webinar with the HyperDoc Girls (Lisa Highfill, Kelly Hilton and Sarah Landis) back in 2016. http://live.classroom20.com/archive-and-resources/hyperdocs-digital-lesson-design-using-google-apps We decided it was time to get an update on what's new and exciting with HyperDocs and are thrilled to welcome Joli Boucher as our special guest presenter this week to do exactly that!! Please join us for renewed inspiration and practical ideas to help you make HyperDocs an integral part of your teaching repertoire! Webinar Description: Over the past couple years, educators around the globe have been sharing their enthusiasm for hyperdocs all over social media. During this webinar, we will explore how hyperdocs can be used to create meaningful, empowering, differentiated lessons for your elementary students. We will explore different examples and digital tools that will not only engage your students, but also help create fabulous inquiry-based, self-paced activities. Joli Boucher is a Technology Integration Specialist within the Plymouth Public Schools. As a former general elementary classroom teacher, she enjoys supporting educators with the implementation of technology in their curriculum to enhance lessons, engage and empower students, and streamline their workflow. Joli also instructs students in Grades K-5 as they visit the computer lab to learn about technology as indicated by the Massachusetts Digital Literacy and Computer Science Curriculum and ISTE Standards. Joli is a Google for Education Certified Trainer, an Apple Teacher, and an ambassador for Seesaw and Flipgrid. Joli received her BA in Elementary Education from Purdue University and her master’s in Instructional Technology from Framingham State University. During the Summer, Joli has provided professional development to teachers throughout New England as a featured speaker for Apps Events. She has been an educator supporting teachers and students for 20 years. Her article “How students in one Massachusetts town learned to love coding” has been featured in the Hechinger Report. Her greatest accomplishment has been being the proud mother to her two children, Jack and Ben. You can connect with Joli on Twitter @joliboucher or visit her website www.flippedtechcoaching.com. https://twitter.com/joliboucher

Classroom 2.0 LIVE webinar "Enhancing Relationships through Modern Technology Tools" with special guest presenter, Heather Moser. March 3, 2018. Come hear how Heather Moser, the lone tech integration specialist for her district uses a variety of technology tools to build and enhance relationships. As the only tech coach supporting 8,000 students, 529 teachers, and spanning 10 buildings necessity has propelled her to support teachers and their integration efforts K-12 in creative ways. With building and enhancing relationships as her foundation see how she stitches together various web based tools to create a comfortable yet innovative culture for teachers to transform their classrooms. Tools discussed include G Suite Apps: Sites, Classroom, Docs, Slides, Forms, Sheets, Calendar, YouTube, and Meet, also, Flipgrid, Remind, Seesaw, Book-me, Screencast-o-matic, and Twitter. Heather has been with East Penn School District since 2004, as an elementary classroom teacher, Instructional Support Teacher and now as K-12 Technology Integration Specialist. Prior to coming to East Penn she served in the Nazareth School District as an Instructional Technology / Gifted Support Teacher for six years and in the Reading School District as an elementary classroom teacher for four years. She have a Masters Degree in Curriculum and Supervision along with a K-12 Principal’s Certificate from Penn State. Currently, she is pursuing the EDGE letter of Endorsement from Wilkes University and is a Google Certified Educator and Apple Teacher. As the Technology Integration Specialist Heather seeks out innovation and works through it's practical implementation across all 10 buildings in the district which keeps her happily engaged in new and exciting projects. The other big loves in her life are her two sons, Jackson age 11 and Luke age 8, and her husband Mark. She spends a lot of time supporting these three guys in their endeavors which include basketball, baseball, 4H, and farming. They have the great pleasure of living on their family farm with a herd of registered Holsteins which her husband and father-in-law milk twice a day. It’s a wonderful place to raise children and Heather is often outside riding along in a tractor, working in the many gardens around their home, or doing her favorite free time activity which is walking their two dogs through the fields. https://twitter.com/hmosertweets http://www.eastpennsd.org/teacherpages/hmoser/

Classroom 2.0 LIVE webinar "Dive into Inquiry" with special guest presenter, Trevor MacKenzie. February 24, 2018 We are excited to welcome Trevor MacKenzie as our special guest presenter to help us learn all about inquiry classrooms, the different types of student inquiry and how we can incorporate these into our classroom practices. Webinar Description: Please join us for a vibrant discussion all about inquiry-based learning and how teachers can powerfully personalize learning for students in their classrooms. Trevor MacKenzie, author of the best-selling book Dive into Inquiry: Amplify Learning and Empower Student Voice and forthcoming (and highly anticipated) follow-up Inquiry Mindset: Nurturing the Dreams, Wonders and Curiosities of Our Youngest Learners (co-authored with Rebecca Bathurst-Hunt) will share some tips, tricks and processes for teachers both new and well-versed to the inquiry classroom. These takeaways will be a mix of ideas and activities you can do tomorrow in your class as well as BIG ideas that will truly transform your teaching. Trevor will also share some exclusive content from Inquiry Mindset during the webinar that hasn't been released to the public yet - exciting! If you haven't heard Trevor speak you're in for a treat - he's passionate, informed, and an absolute sharer. He genuinely cares about impacting teaching and learning. You don't want to miss this webinar! Have you seen this Sketchnote? It's gone viral and will be discussed during the webinar. https://drive.google.com/file/d/1rw-oJpOknRQfBfHUFiMbbf_mzMhfRkm1/view?usp=sharing Trevor MacKenzie is an award winning English teacher, Instructional Coach (focusing on inquiry and technology), and graduate student from Victoria, BC, Canada who believes that it is a magical time to be an educator. By increasing student agency over learning, weaving in strong pedagogy, transformative tech use, and sharing learning to a public audience, Trevor’s learners are ready to take on important roles in the 21st century. Trevor uses technology to enhance his teaching as he experiments with the flipped classroom, inquiry-based learning, iPad Ed, and exploring student blogging as a means to reflect on learning. He strives to make learning public and meaningful and support innovation and connection amongst educators. Trevor is the author of Dive into Inquiry: Amplify Learning and Empower Student Voice as well as Inquiry Mindset: Nurturing the Dreams, Wonders and Curiosities of our Youngest Learners (co-authored with Rebecca Bathurst-Hunt) published by EdTechTeam Press. http://trevormackenzie.com/ https://twitter.com/trev_mackenzie

Classroom 2.0 LIVE webinar "The World Is My Audience-Book Creator For Student Publishing" with our special guest presenter, Jon Smith. February 17, 2018 We are thrilled to welcome Jon Smith, an always inspiring, energetic, passionate educator as our special guest presenter for this webinar! We've had many presenters who have highlighted Book Creator as a valuable tool to encourage student writing so we are excited to be able to feature an entire webinar on using Book Creator in the classroom! Webinar Description: Students today have a global following except in school. Six years ago Jon began writing and publishing books with his special education students. Changing their audience from teacher to world had a profound impact on these students both personally and academically. In this webinar you will learn the story of why Jon began using Book Creator to publish student writing for the world. He will also share ideas for teachers to begin using Book Creator immediately to do the same in their classrooms. Jon Smith is currently an Apple Distinguished Educator and Technology Integration Specialist for Alliance City Schools where his class eBook projects have attracted attention for their global reach and practical approaches to integrating transliteracy practices into the classroom. Jon was a special education teacher for 12 years before moving into technology integration. Jon recently organized seven global eBook projects in which classrooms from around the world wrote and published eBooks. He is married with 2 children. Jon is a scratch golfer and Apple enthusiast. In his spare time, he teaches three classes on engaging technologies for The Communicate Institute. You can connect with Jon on Twitter @theipodteacher. https://twitter.com/theipodteacher https://theipodteacher.bookmark.com/ http://mrsmithtrt.weebly.com/

Classroom 2.0 LIVE webinar "Once Upon a Time: Teaching with Fairy Tales" with special guest presenter, Shelly Sanchez Terrell. February 10, 2018. We are thrilled to welcome back Shelly Sanchez Terrell, one of our favorite presenters and faithful supporter of Classroom 2.0 LIVE as our special guest presenter this week! Shelly will be inspiring us with her fantastic ideas and resources for using fairy tales in the classroom. Webinar description: Fairy tales are an important part of childhood. Fairy tales excite learners of all ages with the magical elements, mythical creatures, and happily-ever-afters. Fairy tales can be used to inspire various writing activities, introduce students to other cultures, analyze patterns, reflect on universal themes and motifs, and learn about the way people lived in the past. In this presentation, Shelly Sanchez Terrell will share with you the rich history behind fairy tales, lesson ideas, and web tools and apps to have fun with fairy tale characters and plots. These activities are for learners of all ages. Shelly Sanchez Terrell is an international speaker, elearning and digital learning specialist and the author of Hacking Digital Learning Strategies: 10 Ways to Launch EdTech Missions in Your Classroom, The 30 Goals Challenge for Teachers: Small Steps to Transform Your Teaching, and Learning to Go: Lesson Ideas for Teaching with Mobile Devices, Cell Phones and BYOT. She has trained teachers and taught learners in over 20 countries as an invited guest expert by organizations, like UNESCO Bangkok, the Venezuelan-US Embassy, Cultura Inglesa of Brazil, the British Council in Tel Aviv, IATEFL Slovenia, EduTECH Australia, and HUPE Croatia. She has been recognized by the ELTon Awards, The New York Times, NPR, and Microsoft’s Heroes for Education as a leader in the movement of teacher-driven professional development as the founder and organizer of various online conferences, Twitter chats, MOOCs, and webinars. Recently, she was named Woman of the Year by the National Association of Professional Women, awarded a Bammy Award as a founder of #Edchat, and named as one of the 10 Most Influential People in EdTech by Tech & Learning. Her latest project is the creation of Edspeakers to enrich the field of education with passionate voices (spoken and written) from those of diverse experiences and backgrounds. Shelly has an Honors BA in English with a Minor in Communication and a specialization in Electronic Media from UTSA, a Masters in Curriculum Instruction ESL from the University of Phoenix, and a CELTA from CELT Athens. Her greatest joy is being the mother of Savannah Duncan-Sanchez and Rosco the pug. Twitter: https://twitter.com/shellterrell Website: http://www.shellyterrell.com/

Classroom 2.0 LIVE webinar, "A New Spin on PD-Alternatives to Traditional PD" with special guest presenter, Dennine Leschinsky. February 3, 2018. Professional development is an important part of our lives as educators, but often it falls short of meeting our needs. Too often we find ourselves in "sit and git" sessions where we have to listen to information that seems irrelevant with no way to personalize the experience to make it relevant. Fortunately, there are many educators who are working to change that type of PD experience, and our special guest for this week's webinar, Dennine Leschinsky, has some very exciting ideas to share with us for alternatives to traditional PD. Join us to hear Dennine's "New Spin on PD." Webinar Description: If you build it, they will come. PD in our district has evolved to include new designs including the implementation of a learning lounge, empower hour and breakFAST. Each offers a unique spin on PD which begins with district and building initiatives and is driven by teacher choice. Each has similar components of a learning lounge. Clearly defined, a learning lounge is a place where educators can come together to learn and collaborate about instructional content and practices. It is a relaxed, interactive environment, much like that of a craft fair or flea market where shoppers browse and converse with vendors about their wares. Our goal is to allow our teachers to have a comfort level with some of the instructional practices prior implementation. Empower hour is a structure much like an EdCamp where teachers are empowered to share strategies or technology tools with other teachers. This has replaced our faculty meetings. BreakFAST is a type of PD we used to strengthen our teacher’s use of a new formative assessment screening tool we implemented this year. This session is perfect for anyone who plans professional development or faculty meetings. Dennine Leschinsky is in her 22nd year in education. As a certified Reading Specialist and veteran teacher, Dennine owns and operates an Early Intervention agency called, Connective Interventions Services where she supervises and designs professional development for 30 staff members. In addition, Dennine’s experience as an educator includes teaching preschool, first, second, and third grades, as well as serving as a Literacy and Technology Coach for grades 6-8. Currently, Dennine is the Instructional Specialist at Wescosville Elementary School in the East Penn School District. In this role, she provides instructional coaching and also serves as a school-based MTSS coordinator. Dennine works collaboratively with district level administration to plan systemic professional development experiences. Additionally, she has presented at several local and state conferences spanning her career. Dennine is grateful to Peg Volak, former colleague from Pennridge School District and current board member for Classroom 2.0 , for this exciting opportunity. She looks forward to sharing some of her favorite PD spins with you today! https://twitter.com/denninespin

Classroom 2.0 LIVE webinar, "Gamify It: PD and Classroom Challenge Activities New Ed Idea In Progress: LEVEL Up for Adults AND Students" with special guest presenters Jessie McKinley and Stacy Aguilar. January 20, 2018 We are excited to welcome two exemplary elementary teachers, Jessie McKinley (music) and Stacy Aguilar ( gifted 4th grade), as our special guest presenters in this week's webinar! Jessie and Stacy are teachers in Camelview School, Madison School District in Phoenix, AZ. They have collaborated to implement a very creative concept using challenge activities that provide a model that is working in both professional learning for teachers and learning in the classroom for students. Join us to learn about this project and to hear their stories and experiences about gamifying these learning opportunities. Webinar description: Gamification has hit our school in an innovative way! Listen as two educator’s from Phoenix AZ describe how professional development for educators is building skills and community, and how it metamorphosed into a model for students to also achieve above and beyond what is taught in the regular lesson. We hope what we share will give inspiration to you to implement some gaming ideas to make education fun again! Jessie McKinley, K-4 General Music Educator at Madison Camelview ● 17+ years teaching (13 years at Madison Elementary SD #38) ● B.S. from St. Cloud State University ● M. ED. from Arizona State University in Elementary Education ● M. ED. from Grand Canyon University in Curriculum & Instruction: Technology Personal Tidbits ● Grew up in the Midwest (Illinois and Wisconsin) ● Love the arts, cooking, watching football, playing volleyball, and technology ● Favorite sports teams: Green Bay Packers, Arizona Cardinals, Phoenix Mercury, University of Wisconsin Badgers, Arizona State University Sun Devils Stacy Aguilar, 4th Grade Gifted Educator ● 16+ years teaching (all at Madison!) ● Bachelors in Elementary Education, University of Arizona ● Masters in Instruction and Curriculum, Arizona State University, Personal Tidbits ● I am an Arizona native. ● My favorite things to do are: games nights with friends, going to movies, reading, and traveling. I have a dog named Toby. https://twitter.com/mckinj01 https://twitter.com/SAguilar4444 http://madisonaz.org/camelview-elementary-school/home/

Classroom 2.0 LIVE webinar "9th Anniversary Celebration and Open Mic Show" to celebrate and recognize all of our special guest presenters, co-hosts, Advisory Team members and participants during our 2017 webinars. Happy New Year! We are energized and excited to return after our winter break with our Annual Anniversary Celebration. In this first webinar of the New Year we will be celebrating our 9th Anniversary on Classroom 2.0 LIVE as well as holding an Open Mic show on a topic all of us will surely have something we can share! "Back to the Future Classroom 2.0 Style" Which tools were you using in 2009 when Classroom 2.0 LIVE first began? What has changed? How do we do these things today? What is obsolete, what’s on the horizon? Share tools, apps, stories, examples, questions. We chose this topic because we felt it was broad enough to include everyone! Join us, take the mic and share your memories, tools, apps, stories, examples, questions and advice. Paula Naugle will facilitate the conversation and we hope you'll come prepared to share with your headset/earbuds on to take the mic and add to the conversation. We'll have an awesome Livebinder prepared with resources and will look forward to adding your resources to the Livebinder. We are looking forward to celebrating our Anniversary and to taking a few minutes at the beginning of the show to recognize our amazing 2017 special guest presenters, participants and Advisory Team members with a quick trip down memory lane with a few special memories! We also have some exciting raffle prizes to share with participants throughout the show. Come and join the celebration! We would especially love to have any of our 2017 special guest presenters join us to take the mic during the show to share your latest updates!

Classroom 2.0 LIVE webinar "Flipping Out with Flipgrid" with special guest presenters Karly Moura and Sean Fahey. December 16, 2017 Description: If you haven't caught "Flipgrid Fever" yet, I can guarantee you will have it after you see this inspiring presentation by our special guests, Karly Moura and Sean Fahey! They are passionate, inspired educators who integrate technology throughout their classrooms and lives and they are particularly enthusiastic about Flipgrid as Flipgrid Ambassadors! Flipgrid is a fantastic K-12 resource that is designed to promote open discussion among all students within your classroom. Teachers post topics, videos, or links for discussions and students respond to the prompt and to each other with short video reflections. Flipgrid is meant to provide a digital space for students to share and reflect on ideas with their teacher and with their peers. It is a video response platform where educators can have online video discussions with students or other educators. Teachers can provide feedback to students AND better yet students can provide feedback to one another. Join us to catch the Flipgrid Fever! Webinar description: "Flipping out with Flipgrid" Both teachers and students are flipping out over using Flipgrid. But why? ***Hint, hint ....Cause it's AWESOME!*** Learn more about what Flipgrid is, how to use it, and ways to you can implement this incredibly versatile and awesome tool in your classroom to help give students voice and choice in their learning. Karly Moura is an instructional coach and educational technology support teacher at Sun Terrace Elementary School in the Mount Diablo Unified School District in Concord, CA. She supports all staff with the implementation of the Common Core standards as well as with integrating technology in a 2:1 (2 students to 1 device) chromebook/ipad environment. Karly also supports all classes as they rotate through the Sun Terrace STEM lab, working with TK through 5th grade students on coding, robotics, design challenges, greenscreen projects, makerspace activities and more. You can follow and connect with Karly on Twitter at @KarlyMoura. Sean Fahey is currently in his 6th year as a classroom teacher. After receiving his degree in Elementary Education, Sean Fahey began his teaching in a 4th grade classroom. After a few years of changing schools, Sean is a 6th grade math teacher at Throop Elementary School in his hometown of Paoli, IN. Sean is a proponent of replacing the traditional lecture, worksheet, and textbook method of delivering instruction and strives to bring unique learning experiences to his students. He believes that with the continued advancements in technology, the role of a teacher is changing and that student learning experiences can be greatly enhanced with the use of technology in the classroom. Outside of school, Sean is happily married and loves spending time with his wife Amanda and two children. You can follow and connect with Sean on Twitter at @SEANJFAHEY. Flipgrid website: https://info.flipgrid.com/ https://twitter.com/KarlyMoura https://twitter.com/SEANJFAHEY https://faheystech.blogspot.com/ http://karlymoura.blogspot.com/

Classroom 2.0 LIVE webinar with Shannon Miller "10 Ways to Use Buncee. December 9, 2017. Note: Due to internet connection issues for Shannon in Belgium this is a modified recording that includes an earlier recording from Shannon with everything she had planned to share with us during the live session. It is an awesome presentation! We are so excited to have an extraordinaire librarian and exemplary Buncee Ambassador, Shannon M. Miller, here as our special guest to share some of the incredible things educators are doing with Buncee to bring interactive learning experiences to their students. Shannon has helped teachers around the world learn about the power of this amazing tool and will share her stories and examples about how empowering Buncee is for students. She will share 10 ways Buncee can be used in the library with examples of global Buncee projects including Dot Day, a Global Buncee Recipe Book and Buncee Buddies just to mention a few. Even though these are perfect examples for librarians they are also excellent ideas for all teachers! Buncee allows students to share their knowledge and creativity in an easy, engaging way and provides a perfect medium for encouraging student voice. She will share ideas for creating newsletters, announcing events, research projects, student sharing of books and reading, and collaborative global projects.Shannon is a mom and wife. She served as the K-12 district teacher librarian at Van Meter Community School District in Iowa for 8 years. Shannon is now an international speaker and consultant who has a passion for education, librarianship, technology, social media, and making a difference in the world and lives of others, especially children. Shannon is the Future Ready Libraries and Project Connect Spokesperson, Buncee's Teacher Librarian Advisor and Cantata Learning's Teacher Librarian Advocate. She is part of Best Keynote and EdSpeakers. Shannon is a Skype Master Teacher. Shannon is the author of the award-winning The Library Voice blog and enjoys writing for various blogs, journals, and other forums. She is currently writing two children's book series with Cantata. In 2014, she was named a Library Journal Mover and Shaker. In 2016, she was awarded the Making it Happen Award by ISTE. She serves on AASL Best Websites, ALA Committee on Education and ALA Equity, Diversity and Inclusion Implementation Working Group.; Canva Educational Advisors; GoNoodle Ambassador; United Tools for Schools Committee; eduBuncee Ambassador; Remind and Tackk Educator, FableVision Ambassador, and Social Media WRADvocate for LitWorld's World Read Aloud Day. She has served as advocacy chair for IASL, Iowa Center for the Book Advisory Council, School Library Monthly, Library Journal and School Library Journal, and Rosen Digital Library Advisory Boards. In 2011, Shannon was awarded the Connecting People Shorty Award and was chosen to be part of the SLJ New Leaders Program in 2012. In 2013, she was named one of the Faces of Innovation from Broadband for America; one of 50 featured in the 2013 Center for Digital Education Yearbook; and one of the featured Connected Educators with the Connected Educators projects partnered with the US Department of Education. Twitter: https://twitter.com/shannonmmiller The Library Voice Blog: http://vanmeterlibraryvoice.blogspot.com/

Classroom 2.0 LIVE webinar "Accessible Digital Content for Everyone" with special guest presenter, Steven Anderson (@web20classroom). December 2, 2017 We are always thrilled when Steven Anderson returns to Classroom 2.0 LIVE to share his passion, enthusiasm, and expertise as an educational leader with us. His always practical advice coupled with his great sense of humor and terrific resources provides support for all of us in our mission to improve learning experiences for ALL students, teachers, and administrators. In today's webinar Steven will be sharing about how to provide accessible digital content for everyone. Webinar Description: Accessibility isn’t just something that concerns a small portion of the school population. It’s important for every educator to understand accessibility and how to ensure that the content, process, and products we create and have students create are able to be viewed, enjoyed and shared with anyone. Join Steven W. Anderson (@web20classroom) as he discusses accessibility and how every educator can make their content more accessible. Steven Anderson is a Dad, learning evangelist, educator, speaker, and author. As a former classroom teacher and Director of Instructional Technology Steven is highly sought after for his expertise in educational technology integration and using social media for learning. As @web20classroom he regularly travels the country talking to schools and districts about the use of Social Media in the classroom and how they can better serve students through technology. Steven has been a presenter and keynoter at several national and international educational conferences, including ISTE, ASCD, FETC, WISE, VSTE as well as numerous state and local conferences. Steven is the author of 3 books: The Relelvant Educator: How Connectedness Empowers Learning, co-authored with his good friend and social media maven, Tom Whitby, The Tech-Savvy Administrator, part of the ASCD Arias series, and Content Curation: How To Avoid Information Overload, part of the Corwin Connected Educators Series. He is also responsible for helping create #edchat, a weekly education discussion on Twitter that boasts over 500 weekly participants. Steven has been recognized with the the 2009 and 2011 Edublogs, Twitterer of The Year Award, a "Top 50 Educational Innovators" award from the Center For Digital Education, a Microsoft Heros of Education award, along with a 2013 Bammy Award, recognized worldwide as the Educational Emmy, for his work with #edchat. https://twitter.com/web20classroom (Follow Steven Anderson on Twitter) http://www.web20classroom.org/ (Steven Anderson’s website) http://blog.web20classroom.org/ (Steven Anderson’s blog)

Classroom 2.0 LIVE webinar “Intentional Learning Centers: Making the Most of Station Rotation” with special guest presenter, Brittany Miller. November 18, 2017. We are really looking forward to hearing from our special guest presenter, Brittany Miller, who is a Digital Learning Coach in North Carolina. Brittany is passionate about supporting teachers with the use of digital learning in their classrooms. She believes that in order to inspire teachers to rethink their roles in the classroom, and to build their capacity for student-centered learning, we have to first shake up the way we are teaching them! She will be sharing some of the strategies she recommends in her work with teachers. Webinar description: One of the most popular Blended Learning Models is Station Rotation. In this session, we will be sharing how to intentionally plan and organize stations that engage students, minimize distractions, and enable the teacher to facilitate and meet individual student needs. Brittany's philosophy is that if we want student-centered, personalized learning in our classrooms, we must first engage teachers in the types of experiences and environments that show them how. This mindset drives her work at the Friday Institute for Educational Innovation which is the research arm of the College of Education at NC State University. She has spent the past 6 years learning with and engaging educators in schools and districts across North Carolina who are integrating digital learning into their schools and classrooms. Prior to joining the team at FI, Brittany taught 9th, 11th and 12th grade English and a Young Adult Literature elective in a digitally-enabled classroom at a high school in Wake County, North Carolina. https://twitter.com/amoderneducator (Follow Brittany Miller on Twitter) http://moderneducatormiller.weebly.com/ (Brittany’s website: Digital Learning Coach) http://pllc.fi.ncsu.edu/lbl/ (Leadership in Blended Learning: Leadership in Blended Learning program, a capacity-building program designed to meet the professional learning needs of principals as they transition to digital and blended learning)

Classroom 2.0 LIVE webinar, "News Media" with special guest presenter Tiffany Whitehead. November 11, 2017 We are thrilled to welcome Tiffany Whitehead, librarian extraordinaire, as our special guest presenter to share her insights and resources on helping students understand news literacy! Librarians play such an important role as the educational hub in our schools and there is so much we can learn from them. This is perfect timing as we celebrate Media Literacy week, Nov. 6-10, 2017. Media Literacy is the ability to ACCESS, ANALYZE, EVALUATE, COMMUNICATE and CREATE using all forms of communication. The mission of Media Literacy Week is to highlight the power of media literacy education and its essential role in education today. Webinar Description: News Literacy: Teaching students to be discerning in a world of fake news, clickbait, and extreme bias Teaching news literacy is more necessary and challenging than ever in a world where news is delivered at a constant pace from a broad range of sources. Since social media and filter bubbles can make it challenging to access unbiased, factual information, we must equip students to be critical as they access news sources for a variety of purposes. This lecture-style session will give an overview of the phenomenon of fake news going viral and tools educators can use to help students develop news literacy skills. Tiffany Whitehead, aka the Mighty Little Librarian, is an obsessive reader, social media user, and technology geek. She is the Director of Library at Episcopal School of Baton Rouge in Louisiana. Tiff earned her undergraduate degree in Elementary Education and School Library Certification from Southeastern Louisiana University and her graduate degree in Educational Technology Leadership from Northwestern State University. She has served as the President for ISTE’s Librarians Network and was recognized as one of ISTE’s 2014 Emerging Leaders. Tiffany is National Board Certified in Library Media and was named one of the 2014 Library Journal Movers & Shakers. She was the 2016 recipient of the Louisiana Library Media Specialist Award. You can follow Tiff on Twitter @librarian_tiff Blog: http://www.mightylittlelibrarian.com/ Wiki: http://librariantiffpresents.wikispaces.com/

Classroom 2.0 LIVE webinar "Snapping for Learning: #Booksnaps and #Gratitudesnaps" with special guest presenter, Tara M Martin. November 4, 2017. Many educators are aware of Snapchat as an app that their teenage children or students are using enthusiastically, but most have expressed concerns about its use. If you are someone who has expressed those concerns you won't want to miss this inspiring, informative presentation by our special guest, Tara M Martin, who has transformed the use of Snapchat into an incredible tool for learning and reflection with her creation of #Booksnaps and #GratitudeSnaps. #BookSnaps help students to connect and draw meaning from the text they are reading, and #GratitudeSnaps help connect with the positive that is in their lives in a meaningful way. Even educators are using these concepts to collaborate in meaningful ways in their own professional learning. Join us as Tara shares her stories and experiences with #Booksnaps and #Gratitudesnaps and learn how you can implement these ideas in your own classrooms whether you use Snapchat or other options such as Google Drawings. Tara M Martin is an enthusiastic educator who thrives on change and refuses to settle for the status quo. She graduated from Kansas State University with a Master of Science in Educational Leadership, has taught in the classroom several years, served as an instructional coach for four years in two different districts and now works as an innovative Curriculum Coordinator for Auburn-Washburn Public Schools. As a district administrator, she supervises instructional coaches, facilitates district-level professional development concerning curriculum implementation and provides job-embedded training opportunities. Tara’s mission is to invigorate teachers, administrators, and staff members to apply instructional practices that foster creativity, personalize learning and increase student engagement with the use of technology. While working alongside staff members of seven elementary schools, Tara believes individualizing adult learning and meeting her colleagues where they are, will increase their ability to flourish and empower students to be the key drivers of their education. Tara is a passionate educator and connected leader who continually strives to grow professionally. She inspires her international professional learning network, as well as local colleagues, with her blog R.E.A.L. She is always seeking unique ways to make learning fun, relevant and meaningful. Tara’s ambition is to lead a culture of innovative change and to motivate others to become the best they can be, all while staying R.E.A.L. and yet never reaching a plateau. https://twitter.com/TaraMartinEDU http://www.tarammartin.com/ http://www.tarammartin.com/booksnaps-snapping-for-learning/ http://www.tarammartin.com/gratitudesnaps/

Classroom 2.0 LIVE webinar "EduMatch-Connecting the Dots: Learning with your PLN" with special guest presenter, Dr. Sarah Thomas. October 28, 2017. We are thrilled to have the always energetic, passionate educational leader, Dr. Sarah Thomas, joining us today to share her vision for connected educators which inspired the creation of EduMatch. Sarah is a model for all of us as someone who is constantly thinking "outside the box" through her inspiration, reflections, challenging questions, cheerleading of the work of other educators and hard work as she spreads her message about the importance of being a connected educator. Webinar Description: With seven billion people in the world, we each represent a tiny dot...but what a beautiful picture we make when we begin to connect! Sarah Thomas, founder of EduMatch, outlines the story behind the magical moment when the project emerged sporadically from a conversation with a fellow educator. Follow the evolution of this series of grassroots connections (and related projects), which has spread internationally. By the end of the session, educators will be encouraged to seize their own "magical moments," and to fuel these through the power of connectivity. Sarah-Jane Thomas, PhD is a Regional Technology Coordinator in Prince George’s County Public Schools. Sarah is also a Google Certified Innovator, Google Education Trainer, and founder of the EduMatch project, which promotes connection and collaboration among educators around the world. Through EduMatch, Sarah has published two collaborative books, EduMatch Snapshot in Education (2016) and The #EduMatch Teacher’s Recipe Guide (2017). Sarah is also on the leadership team of the ISTE Digital Equity PLN. Sarah was awarded the ISTE Making IT Happen prestigious award at ISTE 2017, "ISTE’s Making IT Happen Award honors outstanding educators and leaders who demonstrate extraordinary commitment, leadership, courage, and persistence in improving digital learning opportunities for students," Sarah inspired educators at ISTE with her talk on "Being a Learner and Building a Personal Learning Family." https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=lTqApfP_4ik Sarah is passionate about best practices, such as flipped/blended learning and gamification, and her passion has expanded to helping educators connect globally. This is the rationale behind the EduMatch project, which she founded in September 2014. The project belongs to all EduMatchers, and together they have grown it to include Voxer, guest blogging, and a weekly Twitter chat/podcast. Their newest development is the publishing arm of EduMatch, under which we have released two books to date. Sarah loves to connect with other educators because she strongly believes that we are all experts at something, and can learn so much from each other! Her mantra: "Let your voice be heard, and let's all grow together." http://www.edumatch.org/ https://www.sarahjanethomas.com/ https://twitter.com/sarahdateechur (Follow Sarah Thomas on Twitter) http://sarahdateechur.com/ (Sarah’s blog)

Classroom 2.0 LIVE webinar "Becoming a Better Teacher" with special guest presenter, Rushton Hurley. October 21, 2017 We are so excited to have Rushton Hurley joining us to share some of his awesome, practical tips for lots of small things that can make a huge difference in providing the best possible instruction to support learners in your classroom while keeping your sanity as a teacher. Rushton's positive, comfortable style spiced with humor and great stories always leaves us feeling motivated and inspired to give our very best every day! Webinar description: Every last one of us can improve. How we try to capture attention and inspire our students intellectually can take many forms, and I would contend that any effort to improve this without a focus on what can be cool and fun lessens one's chances of success. In this Classroom 2.0 Live session, we'll look at easy ways of getting better at getting higher quality from our kiddos. Join in for some cool, fun, and practical ideas! Rushton Hurley has worked and studied on three continents as a high school Japanese language teacher, principal of an online high school, a teacher trainer, and a speaker. He founded and is executive director of the educational nonprofit Next Vista for Learning, which houses a free library of videos by and for teachers and students at NextVista.org. He is heavily involved in service efforts in his community and holds masters degrees in Education and East Asian Studies from Stanford University. Rushton regularly keynotes at conferences and has trained and worked with teachers and school leaders around the world His fun and thoughtful talks center on inspiration and creativity; the connection between engaging learning and useful, affordable technology; the power of digital media; and the professional perspectives and experiences of teachers at all levels. His first book, Making Your School Something Special, was released by EdTechTeam Press in January of 2017. His second book, Making Your Teaching Something Special, was released in June, 2017. http://amzn.to/2xqfy9H http://rushtonh.com/ (Rushton Hurley’s web site) http://www.nextvista.org/ (Next Vista web site) https://twitter.com/rushtonh (Follow Rushton Hurley on Twitter)

Classroom 2.0 LIVE webinar "Picture Book Month and celebration of Dianne de Las Casas" with Tara Lazar, Katie Davis, John Couret and Paula Naugle. October 14, 2017 Today's webinar is a very special show for us! We have the opportunity to learn all about Picture Book Month from Tara Lazar and Katie Davis, co-founders and renowned children's authors. Picture Book Month was envisioned and founded by Dianne de Las Casas who was our special guest presenter in May, 2017 on Classroom 2.0 LIVE. Sadly, Dianne lost her life in a tragic fire recently and we wanted to honor her legacy by celebrating her life through this featured presentation about Picture Book Month. We will learn about the importance of picture books for students and Picture Book Month. They have created an outstanding Teacher's Guide for participants in Picture Book Month. Our presenters will also share some of their special memories of Dianne de Las Casas including a special visit from John Couret who began writing children’s books because of Dianne’s inspiration. Author Tara Lazar has six picture books in print with many more to come. Her latest title is “7 Ate 9: The Untold Story” from Disney*Hyperion. Next fall look for her illustrated dictionary “500 Words to Bumfuzzle Your Teachers & Bamboozle Your Frenemies”. Tara is the founder of STORYSTORM, a writer’s brainstorming challenge formerly known as Picture Book Idea Month. She is a picture book mentor for We Need Diverse Books and the co-chair of the Rutgers University Council on Children’s Literature annual conference. Katie’s secret superpower is her ability to teach non-techy and tech-fearful writers how to become better business people by building their platforms through social media, video, and creating/building mailing lists. Also known in her niche as one of the first writer entrepreneurs, Katie has created many events and courses for writers, including How to Create Your Author Platform (and Market Your Books without Being Pushy), Video Idiot Boot Camp, and Picture Book Summit (the largest and first online conference of its kind). Her podcast, Brain Burps About Books, is consistently ranked in the top 10 book-related categories. She’s appeared regularly on WTNH and The Huffington Post. She is the director of the Institute of Children’s Literature, which provides accredited writing courses for both adult and children’s books. Katie has been honored to speak everywhere from a maximum security prison, to elementary schools, to university level, including UCONN and Yale, and has keynoted conferences and fundraising galas. You can subscribe to Katie’s YouTube channel at KatieDavis.TV or the #1 podcast in iTunes in Children’s Publishing by going to KatieDavis.com/podcast. Katie Davis’s books, published by Harcourt, S&S, HarperCollins, and Diversion Books, have sold over 755,000 copies, which is why she’s published How to Promote Your Children’s Book, a marketing guide for writers that debuted at #1 on Amazon. http://picturebookmonth.com/ https://taralazar.com/storystorm/ http://katiedavis.com/ https://www.gofundme.com/4b4y0xs (Go Fund Me in Celebration of Dianne de Las Casas)

Classroom 2.0 LIVE webinar, "Featured Teacher: Michael Foster" with our special guest presenter, Michael Foster, from Poudre School District in Fort Collins, Colorado. Our Featured Teacher shows are always really special, and we always look forward to hearing about the amazing things teachers are doing with their students! We are so excited to welcome Michael Foster as our Featured Teacher this week. This webinar will explore peer-partnerships and developing new ways to look at learning activities that infuse technology to change how learning takes place. Teachers learn to view me as a co-planner and co-teacher by establishing a trusted-peer dynamic. Based on this rapport, we enter into a relationship that flows between teaching-partner and cooperating teacher. We work together to break down exposure to new tech-concepts into manageable pieces where there is room for some personal-struggle to learn as an adult yet in a safe and supported way. One tool we use to establish this dynamic is the “lesson refresh” concept. Teachers self-select either a beloved lesson or a new one they’d be comfortable teaching that we use as the format for re-examining it from the lens of incorporating new aspects to teaching the lesson utilizing technology. This session will take a look at some of the tools and strategies we use to leverage these close interactions to develop rapport both planning and interacting during the lesson as a foundation for future partnership in the classroom. Mike Foster has worn a variety of hats in his more than 20 years in education. He has taught grades 1-8 in elementary and middle school before his moving into his technology-coaching role. Mike leverages his professional experiences with the National Board for Professional Teaching Standards as well as involvement in state- and national-level assessments to help teachers reflect on their professional practice and create new paths for learning. Mike and his family live in northern Colorado where they enjoy community outreach with several non-profit organizations. (This has resulted in a menagerie of animals in his household and connections to a rainbow of local connections that benefit children outside of school. Mike is an Educational Technology Facilitator for the Poudre School District in Fort Collins, Colorado, home to 20,000 students across 50 schools. The easiest way to reach out to him is to follow him on Twitter at @mfosterpsd https://sites.google.com/psdschools.org/edtech/

Classroom 2.0 LIVE webinar "Breakout EDU Game Design" with special guest presenter, Patti Harju, September 30, 2017. We were so fortunate to have Adam Bellow, Co-Founder of Breakout EDU, as our special guest presenter in April 2017 to introduce us to some of the amazing features of Breakout EDU. That inspired all of us to want to learn more about these incredible games, and today we are thrilled to have the creative and inspiring, Patti Harju, with us to teach us the "ins and outs" of designing our own Breakout EDU Games! Breakout EDU is an immersive games platform for learners of all ages. In Breakout EDU games, players work collaboratively to solve a series of critical thinking puzzles in order to open a locked box. Learn more about Breakout EDU, explore how the story and connected clues are the secret to engaging players, and discover the many different kinds of clues to bring out the game maker within. Visit breakoutedu.com for more information. Patti Harju is the Director of Games for Breakout EDU. In this role she has written games published on the Breakout EDU website, reviews and publishes games submitted by the Breakout EDU Community, and facilitates workshops on Game Design. Prior to this adventure, she was a classroom teacher with over 20+ years of experience teaching in the elementary grades. She holds a Masters in Education and a Bachelor’s degree with emphasis in Math and Reading. She is a past Board Member for the Michigan Association for Computer Users in Learning (MACUL) and Discovery Education STAR Educator. She has presented workshops on Technology Integration, Classroom Blogging, Coding, Gamification and more at many local and state level events. In the summer, she also enjoys the many delicious advantages of co-owning Pinkie’s Ice Cream Shop in her hometown. https://www.breakoutedu.com/ https://twitter.com/Scout7 http://pattiharju.weebly.com/

Classroom 2.0 LIVE webinar "Spark Creativity in Your Classroom with Adobe Spark" with special guest presenter, Suzanne Sallee. September 23, 2017. We are so excited to welcome Suzanne Sallee as our special guest presenter for this webinar "Spark Creativity in Your Classroom with Adobe Spark." We have had many presenters who have shared in previous webinars about Adobe Spark but Suzanne plans to drill down on some amazing features that you may not have discovered. Adobe Spark is a suite of applications to create and share impactful visual stories. Create visually appealing graphics with Spark Post, animated videos with Spark Video, and tell web stories using text and graphics with Spark Page. These free graphic design tools are available on computers via the web or IOS apps for both iPhone and iPad. Student creativity is sparked as they use Adobe Spark tools to create digital stories, video journals, reports and research papers, posters, presentations, and other class projects. Suzanne is a wife, mom, grandma, and the Technology Integration Specialist for the Creighton School District in Phoenix, Arizona. Prior to that, she was an elementary classroom teacher in grades 3 & 4. As a technology integration specialist, she provides technology professional learning to support teachers in developing technology-enriched learning experiences with a focus on creativity. Suzanne is an Apple Learning Specialist, Google Certified Trainer, and Seesaw Ambassador. She also serves as President-Elect and PD Committee Co-Chair for AzTEA (Arizona Technology in Education Association) and helps plan EdCamp Phoenix. http://suzanne-sallee-iachieve.blogspot.com/ (Suzanne Sallee’s blog) https://twitter.com/ssallee (Follow Suzanne Sallee on Twitter) https://spark.adobe.com/edu (Adobe Spark in the Classroom)

Classroom 2.0 LIVE webinar, "A Guide to Writing a DonorsChoose Project and Getting it Funded!" with special guest presenter, Francie Kugelman, September 16, 2017. For some public school teachers in the United States, DonorsChoose.org has become a fantastic way to obtain classroom resources. If you have never tried writing a DonorsChoose.org project, or if your project did not fund, this webinar is for you! Francie Kugelman's passion is helping teachers get their DonorsChoose.org projects funded. She will provide step-by-step details on how to write a project that will get funded, and will also share how you can write projects to help cover your conference expenses, field trip, and visiting artists projects too! To help inspire you to submit a DonorsChoose.org project, Francie will be selecting lucky teachers that will receive $25 donations to their new projects, and will also tell you about $50 and $500 bonus funding opportunities! Francie Kugelman is a third grade teacher in Los Angeles. She has taught 6th, 5th, and 3rd grade for 16 years. Francie first began using DonorsChoose.org in 2006, and now has funded over 215 projects for her classroom and her school’s organic garden. Francie is a co-administrator of the Caring Classrooms giving page with Laura Candler. For the past four years, the Caring Classrooms giving page has helped teachers get over 3,680 projects funded, and has raised more than $353,000 in donations for DonorsChoose.org project! Francie loves to help teachers get their projects funded, and shares ideas and funding opportunities on the Caring Classrooms Facebook page. She helps DonorsChoose.org by screening projects that are field trips, professional development, and visitor projects. https://www.donorschoose.org/ https://twitter.com/iTeachThird https://www.facebook.com/caringclassrooms/

Classroom 2.0 LIVE webinar "Global Collaboration Day, Global Ed Fair & Global Ed Conference" with special guest presenter, Lucy Gray. September 9, 2017. Lucy Gray, the co-founder of GlobalEd Events and the Global Education Conference Network, will join us this Saturday to give us an update on various upcoming global education events and resources. Come find out how to connect your classroom with the world! Students, teachers, and organizations will join together online to celebrate and demonstrate global collaboration on September 21, 2017. On Global Collaboration Day, educators and professionals from around the world will host connective projects and events and invite public participation. The primary goals of this 24-hour, worldwide event are to: *demonstrate the power of global connectivity in classrooms, schools, institutions of informal learning and universities around the world *introduce others to the collaborative tools, resources, and projects that are available to educators today *to focus attention on the need for developing globally competent students and teachers throughout the world Global Collaboration Day will take place on September 21 in participant time zones. Classrooms, schools, and organizations will design and host engaging online activities for others to join. Events will range from mystery location calls to professional development events to interviews with experts. All events will be collated in an online calendar viewable in participants’ individual time zones. Participants will be connected and share experiences via Twitter via the hashtag #globaled17. A new GCD activity this year will be the Global Education Fair, a virtual opportunity for educators to gather information about projects and programs that benefit student learning and global awareness. Exhibitors will include teachers with projects to pitch as well as organizations that offer tools, programs, and services that promote globally connected teaching and learning. Global Collaboration Day is a project of GlobalEd Events [ http://www.globaledevents.com/ ] and the Global Education Conference Network [ http://www.globaleducationconference.com/ ], a free online virtual conference that takes place every November during International Education Week. GCD, along with Global Education Day at ISTE and Global Leadership Week, are events designed to connect educators and keep global conversations going year round. For more information about Global Collaboration Day, please visit our main web site. A digital flyer is also available for distribution. http://www.globalcollaborationday.org/ https://www.smore.com/ajykt-2017-global-collaboration-day Currently an education consultant advising a variety of organizations, Lucy Gray previously taught elementary grade levels in Chicago Public Schools and middle school computer science at the University of Chicago Laboratory Schools. She also has worked at the University of Chicago’s Urban Education Institute and the Center for Elementary Mathematics and Science Education. In 2007, Lucy founded the Global Education Collaborative, a network for educators interested in collaboration which has been expanded into the Global Education Conference Network. In her consulting life, she has led CoSN’s Leadership for Mobile Learning initiative, developed strategic plans and content for companies, provided professional development coaching to school districts, and presented at numerous conferences. Lucy also has received the distinctions of Apple Distinguished Educator and Google Certified Innovator.

Classroom 2.0 LIVE webinar "Moving Students from Digital Citizenship to Digital Leadership" with special guest presenter and author of #SocialLEADia, Jennifer Casa-Todd. August 26, 2017. Jennifer Casa-Todd is a learner, a teacher-librarian a mom, and author of the new book, Social LEADia: Moving Students from Digital Citizenship to Digital Leadership. In this session she will tackle a few courageous conversations about the use of social media in school as well as highlight the elements of what she defines as Digital Leadership. She will show you how you can help your students leverage social media in ways you may have never thought of. Jennifer is currently a Teacher-Librarian in Aurora, Ontario Canada, Before this, she spent six years at the District level as a Program Resource Teacher for Literacy and Literacy Consultant, respectively. In her district-level role, she worked with teachers from Kindergarten to grade twelve in practically every subject area to integrate technology in the classroom, to support literacy, assessment and differentiation, and to promote twenty-first century competencies. She also wrote curriculum for the Ministry of Education of Ontario’s 21st Century Learning office as well as the Catholic Curriculum Corporation. She is passionate about bringing student voice into conversations around technology integration. Jennifer is a life-long learner currently studying at the University of Ontario, Institute of Technology with a focus on social media in education and Digital Citizenship. She is a wife and mom of two teens. Wearing her parent hat, she has been the co-chair as well as an active member of Parent Council for over a decade, bringing parent and school communities together for a variety of issues. She has also worked closely with the Bully-Free Alliance of York Region with whom she initiated a panel discussion, “Fears, Cheers, and Unclears: Parenting in a Connected World.” She is also an Associate for the Digital Citizenship Institute. http://jcasatodd.com/ http://jcasatodd.com/?page_id=81 (Social LEADia Book)

Classroom 2.0 LIVE webinar "Building Efficiency with Google Forms" with special guest presenter, Jenn Judkins, August 19, 2017. There are so many awesome things we can do with Google Forms in our classrooms, and we are really excited to have Jennifer Judkins, a Google guru, joining us as our special guest presenter for this webinar to share some possibilities you may not have realized. Webinar description: Learn how to reduce inefficient, paper-based workflows using Google Forms and Add-Ons so more time can be spent doing value-added work with kids. In this session, we will highlight the use of the formMule and formRanger Add-Ons by creating a basic discipline referral system. In the example workflow we will demonstrate how teachers can use Google Forms to report student behavior issues, which will then trigger automatic email notification to school administrators. After the administrators follow up on the reported incident, Google Forms can ensure teachers are kept in the loop about any consequences through by automatic email update sent to the referring staff member. Jennifer Judkins is the Director of Educational Technology for Lexington Public Schools in Massachusetts. She is an experienced middle and high school science teacher, and former life science researcher, who knows first-hand how technology can extend learning and engage students in ways that challenge them to higher levels of thinking. Jenn is a Google for Education Certified Trainer, Raspberry Pi Certified Educator, 2016 MassCUE Pathfinder, PBS Lead Digital Innovator. As regular presenter at regional and national conferences, Jenn shares her passion for meaningful integration of digital tools by helping teachers gain confidence and proficiency in their use of technology. She curates useful technology resources, tip sheets and integration ideas for educators on her blog, www.teachingforward.net and is a co-host on the TechEducator Podcast. She can be found on Twitter @teachingforward Blog: http://teachingforward.net/

Classroom 2.0 LIVE webinar "Inspiring Student Creativity with Media" with special guest presenter, Wes Fryer, August 12, 2017. We are so excited to welcome back the always inspiring Wes Fryer! In addition to highlighting examples of “WOW work” by students (borrowing a wonderful term from Seesaw professional development coordinator Angela Gadtke @MrsGadtke) he will also share a “digital magic trick” demo using the new iOS app by Microsoft, “Seeing AI.” Wes will be sharing tips and tools for how can we make learning in school more engaging, positively memorable, and transformatively empowering. Google Slides, including links to all referenced student examples and other resources, are available in the Livebinder for today's presentation. https://www.livebinders.com/play/play?id=2233576 Dr. Wesley Fryer (@wfryer) is a teacher, author, speaker, and the Director of Technology for Casady School in Oklahoma City. He is the co-host of the weekly “EdTech Situation Room” webshow and podcast (@edtechSR) and co-leads an after school STEAM club for elementary students with Megan Thompson (@seeingnewshapes). In 2013-2015 he taught STEM (Science, Technology, Engineering and Math) to 4th and 5th grade students at Independence Elementary School in Yukon, Oklahoma. (stem.wesfryer.com) He is the author of several books on effectively using digital technologies to communicate, tell stories, create media projects and develop STEM coding skills. (www.wesfryer.com/books) Wes leads 3 day iPad Media Camps (www.ipadmediacamp.com) teaching educators how to effectively use iPads in the classroom to create narrated slideshows, quick edit videos, interactive writing, and other kinds of media projects. (www.ipadmediacamp.com/matrix) Wes became a Google Certified Teacher in 2009, was named an Apple Distinguished Educator in 2005, and a PBS Digital Innovator in 2014. He helps organize free EdCamp and PLAYDATE professional development events in Oklahoma (www.edcampOK.org) as well as the free, annual K-12 Online Conference (@k12online) each year. Wes teaches coding and virtual design/collaboration workshops for teachers and students through The Div Jr (@thedivorg) using MinecraftEDU and Scratch software. He’s the father of 3 wonderful kids and is married to Shelly Fryer (@sfryer) who is also an incredible educator.

Classroom 2.0 LIVE webinar, "The Google Infused Classroom" with special guest presenters Holly Clark and Tanya Avrith, August 5, 2017. Welcome back to a new school year! We are so excited to have two amazing educators and authors, Holly Clark and Tanya Avrith, to help us kick off our new year! They will share ideas from their new book "The Google Infused Classroom" which is based on the premise that we need to fuse great pedagogy with powerful technology tools to create meaningful learning experiences for our Generation Z students. They will go over some of the concepts from the book, as well as showcase some fun ways you can really get at student understanding in your classroom! This webinar will be a great way to get inspired for the upcoming school year - and learn ways to take learning to the next level. https://www.amazon.com/Google-Infused-Classroom-Holly-Clark/dp/1945167165/ref=sr_1_1 Tanya Avrith is an Education Strategist and Educational Technology Consultant living in South Florida. She is a Google Certified Innovator and Apple Distinguished Educator and hold a master’s degree in educational technology. She is a pedagogical consultant and newly appointed director of educational technology at Grandview Preparatory School in Boca Raton, Florida - and co- author of the Google Infused Classroom. https://twitter.com/TanyaAvrith Holly Clark is a technology and innovation specialist from San Diego, California. She is a Google Certified Teacher, National Board Certified Teacher, and holds an MA in Technology in Education from Columbia University. She is the head of EdTechTeam Press and travels the world trying to help change education - a now a co- author of The Google Infused Classroom. https://twitter.com/HollyClarkEdu

Classroom 2.0 LIVE webinar, "Open Mic: What's On Your Summer Bucket List" facilitated by Paula Naugle with sharing by all participants. June 17, 2017. Join us for a "bang-up" opportunity to wrap up our school year broadcasts and send you into the summer break with awesome ideas and resources being shared in this Open Mic show "What's on your Summer Bucket List?" During this Open Mic session facilitated by the always amazing facilitator extraordinaire, Paula Naugle, participants will take turns getting on the mic to share something related to one of the guiding questions. Q1 What is the first PD book you plan on reading this summer and why? Q2 What conferences (live/virtual) would you like to attend this summer and why? Q3 What new tech tool/toy would you like to add to your tech bag this summer? Q4 What fun places will you plan to visit this summer? Q5 What hobbies will you pursue during the summer? You can sign up to share using this form http://tinyurl.com/liveclass20openmic or if time is available you can just raise your hand to take the mic to share. Everyone who gets on the mic to share will be eligible for a prize drawing! Be sure to check out your audio in advance so you'll know your mic will be working when it's your turn to share! Wear a headset to prevent echo/feedback. We can't wait to be inspired by everyone who will be sharing! This will be our last show before our annual break for ISTE and the summer break. We will resume our regular shows on Saturday, August 5th with a fabulous presentation by Holly Clark and Tanya Avrith on "The Google Infused Classroom": Using Google Tools based on pedagogy and making student thinking visible. http://live.classroom20.com/archive-and-resources

Classroom 2.0 LIVE webinar "Nikki D. Robertson, Featured Teacher Librarian" with our special guest presenter, Nikki D. Robertson. June 10, 2017. We are thrilled to have Nikki D. Robertson, Teacher Librarian extraordinaire, joining us as our Featured Teacher on Sat. June 10, 2017 at 12pm EDT. Nikki has been a pioneer and game-changer affecting the lives of thousands of teachers and students around the world with her creative uses of technology, and we can't wait to be inspired by and to hear her stories! 5 Tips for New School Librarians (and those who aren't so new) Whether you are a new school librarian getting a jump start on your new adventure or have been a school librarian for a few years (or more) and need a boost to restore that "new librarian smell" this is the webinar for you! Join Nikki D Robertson as she shares 5 Tips for New School Librarians (and those who aren't so new) based on her personal insight developed through 25 years as an educator and school librarian. Additionally, Nikki will share her very personal story of struggling with burnout and how she reignited her passion and found her purpose in the school library. Nikki is a veteran educator, librarian, Instructional Technology Facilitator and ISTE Librarians Network President Elect. Nikki is passionate about 1:1 Digital Initiatives, collaboration with other education professionals, and assisting students in becoming well-informed, critically thinking digital citizens. Nikki is the co founder of the first EdCamp Atlanta, a free “un-conference” committed to reaching educators in public, private, charter, and higher ed environments to share innovative instructional strategies and pioneering technologies that transform education for all students. Nikki has also collaborated in the creation of and moderation of free national and global professional development designed specifically for the unique needs of school librarians, including #TLChat LIVE! Twitter Chat Sessions, and TL News Night, a LIVE Internet show presented in news show format featuring a Wrap up of “This Month in School Libraries” and deeper discussion of topical school library issues with special guest experts. http://www.enikkidrobertson.com/ https://twitter.com/NikkiDRobertson

Classroom 2.0 LIVE webinar "Helping Our Students Become the Citizens the World Needs Them to Be" with special guest presenter, Mark Moran. June 3, 2017. We are very excited to have Mark Moran returning to Classroom 2.0 LIVE to bring us updates with several of the passions in his life: SweetSearch and FindingDulcinea, the Choose2Matter initiative he co-founded with Angela Maiers, and steps for better online research. Mark will discuss how to guide students to become self-aware, empathetic, creative, confident, courageous, well-informed, and passionate agents of social change. Mark is the Founder, Dulcinea Media, an Author, and former General Counsel of 24/7 Media. Mark creates products that help students become the citizens the world needs them to be: self-aware, empathetic, empowered, creative, courageous, well-informed, and passionate agents of social change. SweetSearch is highly recognized as the best search engine for student research. Mark and Angela Maiers have created an online professional development course called "Choose2Matter," which challenges teachers and students to accept that they matter and have something important to contribute the world - and then helps them do just that. It fosters authentic, passion-based learning. Participants will become self-aware, empathetic, empowered, collaborative, innovative, passionate agents of social change. It comes with a classroom implementation package and will be available in June 2017. The course takes six seat hours; it includes activities and group discussion that extend the learning for a full course or a full year. In addition, Mark is also creating an online course to teach educators, students, and employees how to do effective online research. https://twitter.com/markemoran Mark E. Moran on Twitter http://www.sweetsearch.com/ SweetSearch http://2day.sweetsearch.com/ SweetSearch 2 Day http://www.findingdulcinea.com/ Finding Dulcinea http://www.markmoran.com/c2m.html Online course: Choose2Matter http://www.encontrandodulcinea.com/inicio.html (Spanish version of findingDulcinea)

Classroom 2.0 LIVE webinar "The Write Stuff: An Author's Lessons in Literacy" with special guest presenter, Dianne de Las Casas. May 20, 2017. We are in for a wonderful treat in our show this week with a very special guest presentation by Dianne de Las Casas. Dianne has been doing "author-in-residence" residencies at schools throughout Louisiana for over 16 years. During her week at the schools, she has the students explore many ways of incorporating literacy lessons with game design, writers' workshop, and performance art through her fun and creative lessons. The students also learn about fractured fairytales and how to write them, which is a genre many of her own books are about. Each and every student feels like an author by the time Dianne's week is over. Dianne will share her experiences as an author-in-residence at schools and inspire attendees with her fun lessons in literacy. Dianne de Las Casas is a Kidlit Author, Founder of Picture Book Month, Manager of Kid Chef Eliana, Storyteller, Speaker, Literacy Advocate, Traveler, Foodie & Mom, Harvey LA (New Orleans). A champion for literacy, she is the founder of the international initiative, Picture Book Month, which celebrates picture books during the month of November. She is the author of twelve children’s picture books including best-selling titles: The Cajun Cornbread Boy, Mama’s Bayou, There’s A Dragon in the Library, and Dinosaur Mardi Gras. Her latest titles are The Little “Read” Hen, The House that Santa Built, and Cinderellaphant all by Pelican Publishing. Her twelve award-winning professional development books for teachers and librarians published by Libraries Unlimited include the best-selling Handmade Tales: Stories to Make, award-winning Scared Silly: 25 Tales to Tickle and Thrill, and acclaimed A is for Alligator: Draw and Tell Tales from A-Z. Handmade Tales 2: More Stories to Make and Take is her latest professional development title. Dianne has also created numerous storytelling CDs that have won multiple parenting awards and have received rave reviews. She was recently honored with a listing in the Great Lives in History Series (Salem Press, 2012) in the Asian and Pacific Islander American edition. She is the mother of illustrator and graphic designer, Soleil Lisette, and 15-year-old culinary sensation, Kid Chef Eliana. Dianne loves crafting and cooking, and enjoys time in the kitchen with Eliana. Her specialties: Writing for the children's market, writing teacher and librarian resource materials, performances and residencies for children in grades PK-8, and Teacher and Librarian Training. http://diannedelascasas.com/ https://twitter.com/AuthorDianneDLC

Classroom 2.0 LIVE webinar "Connecting Your Students with the World: Tools and Projects to Make Global Collaboration Come Alive, K-8" with special guest presenters Paula Naugle, Billy Krakower and Jerry Blumengarten, May 13, 2017. We are thrilled to welcome three amazing, connected educators as our special guest presenters to share their passion, experiences, and resources for: "Connecting Your Students with the World: Tools and Projects to Make Global Collaboration Come Alive, K-8" Billy, Jerry, and Paula connected to each other first online and then face-to-face at ISTE. For almost two years they met every Sunday evening in a Google Hangout with some other like-minded educators, to plan ways they could connect their students and do collaborative projects. During this webinar, you will learn how to make connections that will help you facilitate becoming a globally connected teacher and your students becoming globally connected learners. The trio will take you through starting with Mystery Location Calls, Mystery Number Calls, and other simple collaborative projects that take 15-20 minutes of time to doing more extensive collaborative projects that could last for an extended period of time. They have “been there and done it” and they even wrote a book about their experience and the projects they have done. Bill Krakower is currently the Computer Technology Instructor, Gifted & Talented, STEAM Teacher for grades three and four. He is also a co-teacher of ELA for Special Education students at Beatrice Gilmore Elementary School in the Woodland Park Public School District in New Jersey. For the past ten years, Billy has served as Special Education Teacher, in the Inclusion setting, and Resource Room setting. Billy is the co-author of four books, "Connecting Your Students with The World," "Using Technology to Engage Students with Learning Disabilities," "140 Twitter Tips for Educators." and “Hacking Google for Education”. @wkrakower Paula Naugle lives in New Orleans. Louisiana where she teaches 4th graders ELA and social studies in a public school just outside of the city. She has taught for 42 years and is passionate about preparing her students for their futures as 21st-century digital citizens. While in her 4th grade her students use web tools such as Edmodo, Google Hangouts and Docs, and Seesaw. Paula is a Discovery Education STAR and member of the DEN Leadership Council of Louisiana, a Microsoft Innovative Educator, and one of the organizers for #edcampNOLA, and a host for Classroom 2.0 LIVE. @plnaugle Jerry Blumengarten is a retired educator who taught in New York City, but he is probably best known as Cybraryman1 on Twitter. He is the curator of thousands of webpages where he says he is trying to catalog the internet for students, educators, and parents. He is passionate about helping others become connected educators. He does this through his participation in Twitter chats such as #edchat, #engsschat, #satchat, #4thchat, and more, and by keynoting around the country at conferences. Jerry is also a member of the Council of Peers of the Academy of Education Arts and Sciences and a commentator on BAM! Radio. @cybraryman1

Classroom 2.0 LIVE webinar "Choose To Be Nice" with special guest presenter, Dina Creiger, Founder. May 6, 2017. We are excited to have as our special guest presenter, Dina Creiger, who is the Founder of "Choose to be Nice." During her presentation we will find out how schools across the country are creating a lasting culture of kindness with an innovative program that shows students how to be nice and gives them an opportunity to make a difference in their community. The students learn about important values such as respect, friendship and acceptance with the adorable nine nice mice and exciting classroom activities. The program is part of an international movement to promote a simple promise to be nice and improve how people interact with each other. Dina Creiger has turned a passion for kindness into a social enterprise with the driving goal of inspiring people to treat each other with compassion. She created a movement around asking people to make and keep a promise to be nice, which thousands around the globe have done. The movement includes a program that enables schools to create a lasting culture of kindness through an innovative curriculum with classroom activities and nine adorable mice representing important values such as respect, friendship and acceptance. Dina understands the need for kindness in schools through her experience as an involved mother who served as PTO President and treasurer and raised funds to bring smart boards into the school’s classrooms. She has an undergraduate degree from Boston University and an MBA from Babson College. In addition to making the world a nicer place, her passions include her family, reading, education, connecting with genuine people, laughing, making people smile and playing with her big Golden Doodle named Football. http://choosetobenice.com/ https://twitter.com/ChooseToBeNice

Classroom 2.0 LIVE webinar, "Not Your Grandmother's Video" with special guest presenter, Desiree Alexander. April 29, 2017. We are excited to welcome back Desiree Alexander as our special guest presenter for this show! Come learn how to use videos in your classroom in new, unique ways! You will learn how to download YouTube Videos, how to quiz using videos and places to find fun content videos that aren't the same ones you saw when you were a student. The face-paced, fun session is just what you need to add life to your lessons! RESOURCES SHE TEACHES FROM http://www.educatoralexander.com/not-... Ms. Desiree Alexander, Ed.S. is an award-winning, multi-degreed educator who has been in the educational field for fifteen years. She is currently the Instructional Technology Supervisor for Caddo Parish Public Schools. She is the founder of Educator Alexander, an educational consulting business. She consults with members of several schools/businesses and presents at conferences nationwide. She holds various certifications, as well as multiple technology certifications, including, but not limited to, IC3 certification, Google Certified Trainer, Google Innovator, Apple Teacher 2016, and a Microsoft Certified Educator. She is the 2017 LPB Digital Media Innovator for the state of Louisiana, 2016 A+PEL Member of the Year , 2015 Librarian of the Year for Louisiana Librarian Association, 2014 Leader of the Year for Region 2 Louisiana Association of Computer Using Educators, and a campus 2015 Teacher of the Year in the Zachary Community School District. She is also the Director of Area 7 of the Louisiana Association of Computer Using Educator’s Board of Directors.

Classroom 2.0 LIVE webinar "Parenting in the Digital Age" with special guest presenter, Steve Garton from Common Sense Education, April 22, 2017. Digital citizenship and keeping kids safe online is such an important topic. We were so proud to be able to feature #digcitkids in a recent webinar with Curran Dee and Marialice Curran, a mother/son team who are the co-founders of #digcitkids. Curran shared "Digital Citizenship from a Kid's Perspective" and it was so exciting to hear about their initiative. In today's webinar we are thrilled to hear from Steve Garton from Common Sense Education to learn how the amazing Common Sense resources can support parents and educators with "Parenting in the Digital Age." The Common Sense resources are exemplary and this is the "go to" site for teachers and parents alike when they want support for curriculum, ideas and materials that will help promote safe online activities with kids. Steve will share information about many of these resources including Common Sense Media, Common Sense Education, Common Sense Kids Action and Connecting Families. His insights into the research about how teens/tweens are using media and ways to help them find balance with their digital lifestyle will be invaluable and will provide ways parents and teachers can support activities such as video games, social media, screen time, sharing online and much more! Steve Garton is Senior Manager for Common Sense Education. He is an expert in meaningful technology integration, particularly in large-scale initiatives. He supports districts with professional development planning, program monitoring, student assessment, and communication across stakeholder groups. Prior to joining Common Sense, Steve was the Coordinator of Educational Technology for the Maine Department of Education. At the Maine Department of Education, he led the professional development programs for the Maine Learning Technology Initiative, the state’s 1:1 program that supported over 12,000 teachers and administrators. As a member of the department’s leadership team, he provided policy support and leadership. Steve was co-chair of the Smarter Balanced Consortium Technology Approach Committee and led the initial technology readiness and assessment infrastructure work. Additionally, he served as a member of the advisory council of the Maine School and Library Network, Maine’s statewide broadband network serving K-12 schools and public libraries. Steve has served as a technology director at the county level (Trumbull County, Ohio) and a classroom teacher and technology coordinator of the Sharon City School District in Pennsylvania. https://www.commonsense.org/education/digital-citizenship

Classroom 2.0 LIVE webinar, "Breakout EDU" with special guest presenter, Adam Bellow. April 8, 2017. Teachers, librarians and educators everywhere are buzzing about the exciting learning possibilities with Breakout EDU. We are thrilled to have Adam Bellow, co-founder of Breakout EDU, with us to share his insights and passion for this amazing learning experience. The webinar will take a look at everything Breakout EDU. From the pedagogy behind the immersive learning games platform to how you get up and running with it in your classroom - you will get access to everything you need to learn the basics and get started with Breakout EDU. Breakout EDU creates ultra-engaging learning games for people of all ages. The games teach teamwork, problem-solving, critical thinking and troubleshooting by presenting participants with challenges that ignite their natural drive to problem-solve. All games are designed to operate on the Breakout EDU platform, allowing teachers worldwide bring immersive gaming into their schools. Adam Bellow is a dedicated educational technologist and father of two young boys. Adam is the Co-Founder of Breakout EDU, the immersive gaming platform that enables teachers and students to turn their classrooms into a place of discovery and inquiry-based learning. Before that he served as a Presidential Innovation Fellow for the White House. Over the past decade, Adam has created several popular edtech learning platforms including eduTecher, eduClipper, and WeLearnedIt. He has written several books about educational technology and he is also serving as a board member for the EdCamp Foundation in addition to speaking internationally about education and the power of technology to enhance learning. http://www.breakoutedu.com/ https://twitter.com/BreakoutEDU

Classroom 2.0 LIVE webinar with Curran Dee and Marialice Curran of @CurranCentral, April 1, 2017. We are so excited to welcome Curran Dee as our special guest presenter for this webinar in his presentation entitled "Digital Citizenship from a Kid's Perspective." Curran will be sharing information about DigCitKids which was co-created with his mom as a forum for digital citizenship for kids by kids. He'll be sharing his experiences and projects with #digcitkids including their pledge and monthly challenges which are designed to amplify student voice and leadership. Curran is the Chief Kid Officer of DigCitKids (digcitkids.com) who advocates for parents and children to learn alongside each other to develop skills digital natives and digital immigrants alike need to use on a daily basis. His past advocacy work includes Twitter chats, a TEDxYouth speech in Burlington, Mass. Most recently, Curran was interviewed on TeacherCast discussing the idea of kids as global citizens. “When kids are passionate about creating change, they need to learn with the world. That happens digitally,” he said. “I think even kids in elementary school should be able to have a voice and be able to make connections beyond the classroom walls.” In the future, he has plans to do workshops offline that will help kids of all ages connect, collaborate, learn, understand and solve problems safely through offline activities and online discussions. Curran works alongside his mom, Marialice B.F.X. Curran, Ph.D., founder of the Digital Citizenship Institute and co­founder of the Digital Citizenship Summit, both based in Connecticut. Dr. Curran has partnered with her eleven-year old and the two are recognized professionally as a mother/son digital citizenship team. The dynamic duo model best practices while working with parents, educators, students and community organizations. “As a teacher, principal and associate professor, my most rewarding work has been advocating with my son as he paves the way for a new generation.” Teachers, parents, students, colleges and ed/tech industry experts are learning from their example. “Our mission at DigCitKids is to keep asking a wider audience, ‘How are you using technology every day to make a difference for your community, for other kids and for the world?’ and then showing them how to get started,” She is passionate about empowering students around the world with positive and practical solutions. An international speaker and named one of the Top 10 Digital Citizenship bloggers to follow in 2014 by Common Sense Media, Curran co-founded (2011) and moderates the digital citizenship #digcit chat on Twitter and also serves on the leadership team for the Digital Citizenship PLN through ISTE. http://www.digcitkids.com/ https://twitter.com/digcitkids

Classroom 2.0 LIVE webinar, "Ken Ehrmann, Featured Teacher" sharing tips and experiences with flipped learning, March 25, 2017. On Classroom 2.0 LIVE we eagerly look forward to hearing from our Featured Teachers who always bring their passions, and best tips, tools and experiences from their classrooms to share with us. We are very excited to have Ken Ehrmann, a fifth grade teacher in PA, with us on March 25th as our March Featured Teacher. In this webinar we will have the opportunity to learn first hand from a teacher who took the leap to flip his classroom. Personalized learning and flipped learning are two big buzzwords. Ken Ehrmann will share his journey on flipping his fifth grade classroom to create a culture of daily personalized learning. Flipped learning is just an instructional strategy like using manipulatives. However, it may be the most powerful instructional strategy in education today. Ken teaches fifth grade in Pennridge School District in Pennsylvania, a small suburban district outside Philadelphia. In addition to teaching fifth grade, he spent the last 4 years tutoring over 50 different students grades 3-12 in all subject areas, time management skills, and executive function skills. Additionally, he teaches graduate courses focusing on incorporating iPads and 21st century learning skills into the classroom. He is a passionate teacher constantly evaluating his own teaching, learning styles, and the status quo of public education. http://www.kenehrmann.org https://twitter.com/KenEhrmann