EduAllStars

Brad McEachern is a superintendent in Warren, Texas. Brad is passionate about technology and making learning work for each and every student.

Shaina Glass is an instructional technology specialist in Texas. She is a Google Certified Educator, Class Dojo Mentor, and a certified BrainPop and Symbaloo Educator.

Matt Johnson is a 3rd grade teacher in South Carolina. He has been selected as a campus and district teacher of the year and was a PAEMST Award nominee.

Derek McCoy is the principal at Spring Lake Middle School. In 2014 he was selected as NASSP National Digital Principal and is always looking to do what’s best for kids.

Adam Welcome an elementary principal in California. His school is a Workshop/Remind/Twitter school and he was also selected as Principal of the Year!

Sarah Thomas is a little bit of everything! She’s a technology liaison in Maryland, she also teaches Technology Integration and English Language Arts at the middle school level, and coaches basketball, leads PD all over the country, and so much more!

Carrie Jackson is Principal at Timberview Middle School. She is an award winning administrator being recognized by National Association of Secondary School Principals as a Digital Principal! She also is the #TMSHawkChat Founder and a TASSP officer!

John Spencer is a teacher in Phoenix, Arizona. He is also the cofounder of Write About and the author of the popular book of Wendel the World’s Worst Wizard.

Alice Keeler is a passionate educator in California looking to change the way professional development is delivered. She runs a very popular blog and is an adjunct professor at CSU Fresno.

Terri Eichholz is a teacher in San Antonio, Texas. She’s been teaching gifted students for the last 14 years in K-5. She is active on social media and runs the very popular blog “Engaging Their Minds”.

Jared Wastler is a high school assistant principal in littlestown, pennsylvania. He is the co-founder of the Maryland EdChat and was the Maryland Assistant Principal of the year in 2014. He is also listed as one of the ASCD’s Emerging Leader Class of 2014.

Pramod Sharma is the CEO and Co-Founder of the educational/toy company Osmo. He is an engineer who graduated from Stanford and spent 8 years at Google architecting book scanning machines and held senior management roles in Search, Gmail & Distributed Computing before starting Osmo.

Colby Sharp is a third grade teacher in at Parma Elementary in Parma, Michigan. He’s the co-founder of the Nerdy Book Club and the co-founder of Nerd Camp Michigan. He also co-hosts the monthly Twitter chats #SharpSchu and #Titletalk.

Sam Patterson has taught in independent Jewish schools for the last 11 years in the subject of English, writing, darkroom photography, algebra, algebra 2, and pre-calc and he currently teaches K-5 technology in California. He is also widely known for his EduPuppets!

Sean McComb has spent 8 years teaching at Patapsco High School and Center for the Arts in Baltimore, Maryland. He is also the 2014 National Teacher of the Year.

Paul Carver is a middle school teacher in Kansas. He works in a unique learning environment that blends GT, PBL, and Makerspace.

Teenager, Joshua Williams is the founder of the Joshua’s Heart Foundation which seeks to distribute food those in need. He has been featured and recognized by CNN, the Rachel Ray Show, NBC Nightly News, and the Disney Channel for his extraordinary work.

Mark Martin is a ICT teacher in London, UK. He has a masters in Education and is passionate about technology in education.

Steven Anderson is a jack of all trades in education. He’s the co-founder of #EdChat, an avid blogger, speaker, educator, an ASCD Emerging Leader and one of the top 50 innovators in education!

Heatherle Chambers is a former classroom teacher who is now the Classroom Champions Education Development Manager

Jeff Charbonneau is the 2013 National Teacher of the Year and currently teaches Chemistry, Physics, and Engineering teacher at Zillah High School in Washington State.

Peter DeWitt is a former teacher and principal who now speaks, trains, and writes on creating inclusive school environments, digital leadership, and connected learning.

Harrison Sansostri is an up and coming new author out of London who at the age of 11 wrote the book “The Little Dudes Skool Survival Guide” is out now!

Josh Stumpenhorst is a 6th grade Language Arts and Social Science teacher at Lincoln Junior High School in Naperville, IL. He holds a Master’s Degree in curriculum and instruction as well as a National Boards Certification in early adolescence social science. His work has been recognized by the International Society of Technology Educators as they named Josh a member of their “Emerging Leaders Class of 2011”. Josh has also been recognized as the Illinois Computer Educators, “Educator of the Year” for 2012 and he is the 2012 Illinois Teacher of the Year

Emily Swenson is an Explor-A-Lab teacher in Lousiana. She is also the founder of EdCampCENLA and a member of the Discovery Educator Network.

Donalyn Miller currently works for scholastic as a Manager of independent reading and Outreach. In addition to her work in the classroom Donalyn is also the author of the books “The Book Whisperer” and “Reading in the Wild”.

Rushton Hurley has been a Japanese language teacher, a principal of an online high school, a teacher trainer, an educational technology researcher, and a school reform consultant.

Jenny Buccos is a filmmaker, innovator, White House Champion of Change, and a 20 to Watch in Education from the National School Board Association. Jenny is also the creator of Projectexplorer.org. In this session you will learn about: Jenny’s background Project Explorer Favorite film locations Funding for project explorer Unrestricted access on location Future episode locations White House Champion of Change Proud accomplishments Re-centering self in the face of a difficult day Lessons learned over the last year Passions in education Links that were mentioned in this podcast: Project Explorer

Joli Barker is a teacher in Texas. She is a NSBA 20 to Watch, TCEA Teacher of the Year, and author of The Fearless Classroom.

Nathan Barber is A twenty-year educator and has served in a number of roles including teacher, coach and administrator. Barber also has written and published thirteen books, mostly in the field of education, along with a novel called Resurrecting Lazarus. Barber’s most recent project, a manuscript for Routledge/Eye on Education called “What Teachers Can Learn from Sports Coaches: A Playbook of Instructional Strategies” just came out!

Don Wettrick is an educator, international speaker/presenter, Host of his own BAM Radio Show, and author of the new book “Pure Genius: Building A Culture of Innovation”

Ingvi Omarsson is Educator, Entrepreneur, and Tech Coach from Sauðárkrókur, Iceland. He is also the creator of the brand new app “BookRecorder”

Yau-Jau Ku is International elementary educator currently serving in Barcelona, Venezuela

Gary Abud is the 2014 Michigan Teacher of the Year and is currently an Instructional Coach with Grosse Point Schools. In this session you will learn about: Gary's background in education Michigan Teacher of the Year Meeting the President Transition from the classroom to new role within the district Public speaking duties Gary Abud book recommendations Re-centering self in the face of a difficult day Biggest thing Gary learned last year Life-changing student relationships Passions in education

Tom Murray is a State and District Digital Learning Director, a blogger, speaker, consultant, and co-founder of #edtechchat In this session you will learn about: Tom's background in education The move from the classroom to a leadership role Congressional hearing about digital data in education Accomplishments over the past year What books Tom is currently reading The most important lesson learned over the last year Advice to new teachers Life-changing student relationships Passions in education

Greg Smedley is a kindergarten teacher in Nashville, TN and is widely known as Kindergarten Smorgasboard.

Estin Talavera is a national speaker on blindness and assistive tech. He is also the co-founder of EnSight.

Jed Dearybury is a Second grade teacher in South Carolina. He is a Top 5 Finalist for SC Teacher of the Year, GQ Male Leader of the Year, a PAEMST Winner, and Donors Choose editor.

Felix Jacomino is the Director of Technology for St. Stephen’s Episcopal Day School in Miami, Florida. He is also the coordinator for this year’s Miami Device conference taking place in November.

Angela Watson was a classroom teacher for 11 years. She is currently an Educational Consultant based in New York City, and runs the blog thecornerstoneforteachers.com

Daisy Marino is a 4th grade teacher at Warren Elementary in Warren Texas. She is also currently working on her Masters in Educational Technology as well as her principal’s certificate.

Ginger Lewman was a public school teacher for 19 years and is now working with ESSDACK. She is a firm believer in project-based learning and we’re super excited to have her on the show.

Jessica Allen is currently the director of technology at Santiago College a k-12 school in Santiago, Chile.

Kim Bearden is a teacher at and co-founder of the Ron Clark Academy in Atlanta, Georgia. She is also just about to release her brand new book “Crash Course: The Life Lessons My Students Taught Me” on July 5th!

Andrea Keller is a technology specialist in Irving, Texas. She was named TCEA’s teacher of the year in 2011 and was named one of the 20 to Watch in Education. She is also a cohost of the podcast series EdTech Chat N Chew.

Ryan McLane is an innovative principal at Big Walnut Intermediate School in Ohio. He discusses his highly successful Teach Like a Pirate Day on his campus.

Nicholas Provenzano is teacher in Michigan. He’s a popular blogger and known for his work with the #20time movement. Nick was also MACULs 2013 Technology Using Teacher of the Year and ISTE’s 2013 Outstanding Teacher of the Year.

Ben Gilpin is an elementary principal in southern Michigan whose goal is to positively impact lives and who believes all kids can succeed.

Jennifer LaGarde (aka library girl!) is a Librarian Ambassador and Education Road Warrior! As an Educator on Loan for the NC Department of Public Instruction, she travels across the land working with school librarians, classroom teachers, principals, superintendents - literally ANYONE who needs help building or making the most of a 21st century school library

Jennie Ma-gera is the Digital Learning Coordinator for the Academy for Urban School Leadership, a network of 29 neighborhood Chicago Public Schools. She’s also been a 4th-5th grade math teacher and a Math/Technology Coach in Chicago Public Schools. Jennie is also an Apple Distinguished Educator, Google Certified Teacher, Chicago Public School's 2012 Tech Innovator of the Year, and a White House Champion of Change.

Ryan Devlin currently teaches at Brockway Area High School. He teaches 11th-grade British literature, 8th-grade computer science, and two high school electives – creative writing and digital media. He has been named the 2013 Pennsylvania Teacher of the Year and was recently a finalist for the National Teacher of the Year. Ryan has also been named a PBS LearningMedia Digital Innovator.