The Inaugural Group

Andy Losik: Infotech Teacher / Integration Coach Hamilton Community Schools

Andy Losik has been teaching for 19 years in a variety of elementary school settings. For the last thirteen, he has run the Infotech program in Hamilton, MI. Andy is a Discovery Education Star, a Google Certified Teacher, and Apple Distinguished Educator and was named Michigan Tech-Educator of the Year in 2009.... Profile →

Cortney Steffens: 3rd Grade Teacher Cherry Lane Elementary Ramapo Central School District

Cortney Steffens recently earned her Ph.D. from Fordham University where she conducted research that compared the print and online comprehension strategies used by second graders.  She taught first grade for ten years and has now “graduated” to third grade.  She actively seeks out authentic ways to incorporate... Profile →

Danny Silva: Professional Development Coordinator

Danny is formally an Agriculture Teacher, Technology Coordinator and Administrator. He is the Professional Development Coordinator for Computer-Using Educators, a Google Certified Teacher, a Google Apps Education Certified Trainer and a Microsoft Innovative Educator. He has led multiple Google Teacher Academies around the world as part of CUE’s Lead... Profile →

Elizabeth Calhoon: Academic Technology Specialist - Professional Development Leader Santa Clara County Office of Education

Elizabeth Calhoon is an Academic Technology Specialist with the Santa Clara County Office of Education and was previously a middle school and high school site administrator, a new-teacher coach and an English Teacher. She is a Common Sense Media and CUE Professional Trainer, Google Certified Teacher, Google Apps for Education... Profile →

Gail Lovely: Independent Educator

Gail Lovely is a former classroom teacher of students 4 to 13 years old. Gail taught in schools for 9 years before moving into district and county-level positions in staff development and technology integration in the classroom. She is an early adopter of technology, earning her Master’s Degree in Educational Computing from... Profile →

Gayle Berthiaume: Consultant / Trainer

Gayle Berthiaume is an educator with over 35 years experience as an elementary classroom teacher, Title I teacher, and team leader. Gayle’s students thrived in a technology rich, project-based learning environment. They created digital stories and projects to share with the community, other students across the United States and globally.... Profile →

Jason Dewey: Instructional Facilitator Chalmette High School

Jason Dewey was born in Metairie, Louisiana and has resided in the New Orleans Metro area the majority of his life.  He currently holds a B.A. in History from the University of New Orleans and will graduate from Arkansas State University with his M.S.E. in Educational... Profile →

Keri Duncan: Local School Technology Coordinator at Lilburn Elementary School in Gwinnett County Public Schools

Keri began her education career as a headstart teacher in the Appalachian mountains of Tennessee then traveled thousands of miles to Ecuador to teach missionary children. Keri “landed” back home in Atlanta, Georgia where she has been a substitute, paraprofessional, first grade teacher, technology instructor at a university and now... Profile →

Kyle Pace: Instructional Technology Specialist Lee's Summit R-7 School District

Kyle Pace is an District Instructional Technology Specialist for a school district near Kansas City, Missouri. Kyle has worked with K-12 teachers in his district to provide instructional technology professional development for the last 9 years. Kyle speaks at education conferences such as Learning Forward, ISTE, FETC, Educon, and various Edcamps.... Profile →

Rushton Hurley: Next Vista for Learning

Rushton is the founder and executive director of Next Vista for Learning, which houses a free library of videos by and for teachers and students at NextVista.org. His graduate research at Stanford University included using speech recognition technology with beginning students of Japanese in computer-based role-playing scenarios for developing... Profile →

Tim Wilhelmus: Innovation, Curriculum and Technology Specialist Evansville Vanderburgh School Corporation

Tim Wilhelmus is an Innovation, Curriculum and Technology Specialist (ICATS) for the Evansville Vanderburgh School Corporation. As a passionate educator over the last 18 years, Tim has taught High School Language Arts and college-level pre-service teaching courses, and is now working with teachers to develop their skills in the classroom. ... Profile →