Introduce yourself!

[Tammy Lind]

Just so that we have a good idea of who we are talking to, it would be great if you would take some time to introduce yourself and tell everyone a little about you...maybe in addition to where you teach tell something fun too!  

I am Tammy Lind...K-12 Tech Integration Coach in South Milwaukee School District...LOVE what I do.  My school district has 6 schools--4 Elementary, 1 Middle, 1 High.  We have just completed a full roll over into Google Apps for Ed--400 staff, about 3200 kids, and our school board.  It has been a great learning experience!  I am so impressed with our staff and with our students.  We made the whole move in just about 6 months--training and all!  

We've held two "Gone Google" parent nights that I highly recommend if you are thinking of making the move.

Something fun.....Love to travel, am a total nerd about any form of gadget, and have been known to do an occasional triathlon.  Enjoy conferences and networking as you have probably guessed by now.  Looking forward to talking Google Chrome and using it to personalize things for our kids that struggle at the upcoming ICE, WEMTA, and ISTE conferences.  Anyone else going to those?  Let's meet up!  

Ok, now who's next???

[Zena McFadden]

My name is Zena McFadden.  I am a library media specialist at Dodgeville High School.  We have had a technology committee at the high school for the last two years.  It was composed of 10+ staff members.  Things have slowed down a bit as we do some catching up on CCSS, Backward design, new testing, PBIS, RTI, etc.  I hope to get some ideas on how to get back on track throughout this group.

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[Stacci Barganz]

I'm Stacci Barganz, an Innovation Specialist in the School District of Janesville.  I've been teaching for 14 years now, and this position is by far the most enjoyable one I've held in a school setting.  (Although teaching Spanish and Social Studies had its perks, too!)  I have a BA in Anthropology, certifications in Spanish, Social Studies, and Anthropology, and a MS in Education with an emphasis on Integrating Technology in the Classroon.  I am currently working toward Google Certification.  I am also very active in my school district as a "Diversity Warrior".  I deliver PD almost every week, and in almost every district school, on Culturally Responsive teaching.  I'm the Program Committee Co-Chair for WEMTA, and am currently putting together the NEW Sunday Afternoon "WePlay @ WEMTA" session, which features hands-on game-based learning, as well as experts who will help you implement it in your LMC, classroom, or within your school!  (WePlay @ WEMTA: Get Your Game On!")

Something fun? Goodness.  I once won a belching contest on stage in front of about 600 people (I was about 15, please don't hold it against me!)  I spent summers in Kenya, Russia, and Guatemala, spent a year in Petrozavodsk (Russia), and have traveled to Brazil, France, Estonia, Finland, Mexico, Canada, and other places... 

I'm planning on going to WEMTA (of course) and hopefully ICE and ISTE... we'll see if the funding is there!  :)

Have a wonderful day,
Stacci

Stacci Barganz, Innovation Specialist
Janesville Parker/Craig High Schools

(608)305-4345
www.janesvilletech.blogspot.com
Twitter/Skype: BarganzS

Facebook: facebook.com/janesvilleparker OR facebook.com/janesvillecraig

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[Brian Yearling]

I'm Brian Yearling.  I have the privilege of serving as an Instructional Technologies Coordinator for the School District of Waukesha.  I've truly hit my stride in doing something I passionately believe in.  In this role, I  aim to assist teachers in providing the kind of academic experience every kid deserves -- the kind of experience that makes us realize we are learners at our core, that helps us to uncover our amazing growth potential, and that transforms the way we look at ourselves and at our future. 

I was a secondary English instructor for 8 years prior to taking this position.  My emphasis in the classroom was focused on project based learning and on writing instruction.  The decision to become an instructional technology coach was tough for me.  I love student interaction and teaching.  I constantly weigh my impact in this position against the impact I know I had directly on 150-170 kids in my classroom each year.  Making positive contacts and inroads with teachers, encouraging teachers to try new strategies and tools with students, and coordinating efforts to introduce new tools and to better use tools we have as teachers, are my benchmarks for success in this role.

I live near Hartland.  My wife, Stacy, is a Director of Special Ed, School Psychologist, and Associate Principal (yep..it's fair to say she is busy during the week) in the Lake Country School District.  I have two daughters -- Ella (5) and Sophie (3).  Despite my love for my work, being a husband and dad is still my most important job.

Some fun facts.  I worked many, many jobs in college.  Most notably, I served as a Custard Creation Specialist at Kopps in Brookfield (yes, in full uniform...complete with paper hat), and a similar role at Murf's Custard in Waukesha.  For several years I was 1/2 of the equation at the moving company, Two Men and a Truck.  I installed heating and cooling equipment for two years, led campus historical and recruiting tours for Carroll College for four, installed furniture ad equipment at offices and prisons for several years, stood at the business (packing) end of a junk mail distribution line for FAR too long, and ran my own lawn service company through it all.  I now spend my summers floating on local lakes bass fishing!  As much experience and perspective as those jobs offered me, I far prefer spending my time hunting for that next trophy largemouth.

[Velvet Holmes]

Hi everyone!  My name is Velvet Holmes and I am an Information Technology Literacy Teacher (ITLT) in the Oregon School District (south of Madison).  I work with a fabulous team of two other ladies, Pam and Shelly.  Currently, we work between all 6 buildings helping teachers learn to integrate technology, however, we will change our focus a bit for next year.  Our K-6 staff is diving into a more Personalized Learning Environment and we will need to be there more to support them and their students.  There are very exciting changes happening in our district and that keeps us extremely busy, just like all of you, I am sure!

When I began teaching in 1994, I was a 4th grade teacher in the Sun Prairie School District.  I started in Oregon in 1997 and have been here ever since. I am married with one 12 year old son.  We have 2 cats and 1 dog at our house.  It's always hopping!  I am addicted to Pinterest and completing home improvement projects!  The Habitat Restore is one of my favorite stores... I just replaced 3 lights in my house for $20.  What a deal!!! 

[Chad Kafka]

Hey Everyone -

I'm Chad Kafka. I work as a Tech Coach/Tech Integration Specialist in Franklin Public Schools. This is my 7th year.  Love what I do as well.  

I work mostly at our 7-8 middle school supporting ~700 students.  I also work with grades 6-9 on our new Carnegie Math initiative.  Enjoy technology.  I'm a Google Certified Teacher (Dec 2009), an Apple Distinguished Educator (July 2011) and a Google Certified Trainer.  We use Google Apps in our district.  All staff are using.  I lead the roll out at our Middle School last year and we are now working backwards to get 6th grade up and going.  Our HS also uses as well.  

I'm also one of the co-creators of EdCamp Milwaukee (http://edcampmke.blogspot.com) which we ran last May and will be running again this coming May 11.  More info coming early March.  

More about me:

www.chadkafka.com

twitter.com/chadkafka

Fun fact: I met FONZIE (Henry Winkler) on a trip in college.  Super awesome guy.

Happy to share and learn from others.

Chad

[Denise Meyer]

Hello all:

It was great getting to know you!  I am Denise Meyer,  a technology teacher and Tech Integration Coach at Hales Corners Lutheran in the Whitnall district. We are a mac and google docs lab. I also teach technology courses for Concordia and McPherson Colleges. This is a third career for me; police dispatching and admin assist for the president of a bank were a previous life. I have 5 kids, 1 grand daughter and another on the way.

In my spare time :) I love to read, do marathons, triathlons and float on our lake up north during the summer.

Denise Meyer

Technology Teacher and Integration Coach

Hales Corners Lutheran School

414 529-6701 ex 226

AP CUW- Mequon

Twitter: HCLTechTeach

Skype: hcltechteach

[Cheryl Surber]

Hello to this fantastic group,

I am Cheryl Surber and I have been the Library Media Specialist at Central High School in Salem for the last 8 years. I have worked in school libraries, academic libraries, and public libraries. I live with my husband Bruce and our three cats. I have 2 daughters and one grandson. I love to x-country ski (great snow right now) and kayak on the lake I live on. I love my job and embrace technology.  

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[Krista Moroder]

Hi! I'm Krista Moroder and I am the K-12 Tech Integrator for the Kettle Moraine School District. I spend most of my time at the district office working with administration, but I also get to work with the six (amazing!) library media specialists in the district. We have about 4,000 students in six schools and two charters, and the LMS's have been doing a phenomenal job rolling out Google Apps district-wide all year. Like Chad, I'm a Google Apps Certified Trainer (2011) and Google Apps Certified Teacher (2012). I was also an ISTE award honoree (2012), so I've been volunteering my time with different ISTE initiatives all year. In my previous life, I was a Theater Technical Director (light/set/sound design), English Teacher, and Video Production Teacher. And like a lot of people here, I've also done a host of really random jobs (freelance web design, stage fight choreographer, restaurant manager, manuscript editor, pole vault coach, etc.).

My current project/obsession is "The Ed Tech Challenge"- it's a flipped technology integration course (mostly focused on Google Apps) tied to the ISTE-NETS. Best part of this project? Collaborating with so many other educators. About 25 Google Apps Certified Trainers & Tech Integrators have contributed so far, and I am constantly floored by the amazing work these people are doing in their own districts! It's really inspiring what everyone is doing, and I hope that shows in the final project. I'll send out a message when we're done (hopefully early March), but you are all more than welcome to use what we create! (Also- shout out to Stacci, Tina, Holly, Chad, Wendy, Pam, Sue, Christine, and Velvet for all their work).

Can't wait to collaborate and learn/share with everyone!

Krista Moroder

K-12 Technology Integrator

Kettle Moraine School District

* Google Apps Certified Trainer & Teacher

* ISTE Emerging Leader 2012

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Blog: edtechcoaching.org

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[Christine Buchanan]

Hi all,

Sometimes a 2-hour delay is the greatest gift. :)

I'm Christine Rybak Buchanan and I have my dream job as Technology Integrator at DeForest Area School District (just north of Madison)  This is my third year and I'm starting to grow into it.  It would be nice to have a few more Integrators, but we've enlisted our 3 library media specialists and I've put together a TILT (Tech Integration Leadership Team) of about 35 teachers.  I wish we could meet more often but the group I have is top-notch and an absolute joy to work with.

This year my focus has been on helping our teaching staff become mobile learners.  We've given a tablet (iPad, Xoom, or Nexus 7) to each of our teachers and administrators.  With the device comes a three-hour orientation to get folks off on a strong start.  I have my final two sessions tomorrow.  Last night, we hosted a dinner meeting for our 44 new teachers (hired over the past 2 years) and held it in an EdCamp format.  It was amazing--the mood was energetic and the conversations were vibrant--pretty nice for the end of a 12-hour-day.  I'm also teaching Viterbo grad courses in the near future including; Online Teaching & Learning, a few sections of Mobile Learning I, Summer Academy, and Project-Based Learning.  We'd gone Google quite a few years ago--one of the first districts in the state to do so.  We're loving it.  On the near horizon is BYOD and more mobiles for students.  Ah, job security!

I have an almost-16 year old daughter.  We're going to Maui in a few weeks... a first-time trip.  I'll scatter my mother's ashes and we'll do some whale-watching, star-gazing, rainforest-hiking, snorkeling, bike-riding, and beach-bumming.  Today, it's 79 and sunny in Kihei.

I'm very happy to be part of this group!  It's nice to put faces with names and I'm looking forward to meeting again!

Christine

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[Michael Dicks]

Hello Everyone! My name is Mike Dicks and I am a Technology Integration Specialist/Teacher/Robotics Mentor at Franklin High School in Franklin. I have been in the Technology Integration role for 2 years now and enjoy it very much.  I spend 95% of my time working in the High School supporting 120ish total staff and 1400ish kids. I support just about anything that a teacher might need in the classroom and I really enjoy getting into the trenches with them to help integrate.  I am sad that I had to miss the meeting last week but I am stoked to still be part of a great group and look forward to meeting everyone!

Something fun about me, that you might not otherwise find out, is that I am an adrenaline junkie and will partake in just about anything that will get the adrenaline pumping. 

Mike D.

[Polglaze, Jill]

Hi,

my name is Jill Polglaze. I am a library media tech integrator for Franklin Public Schools. I love what I do, all aspects of it. I service students and staff in 3 elementary buildings, one of the buildings I share with my colleague Chris who is also part of this group. I have several hats I wear - my world is not strictly technology, as I also am responsible for the library side of things as well, which occasionally others forget. Time management is a must in my world. There is a definite overlap between the areas, and knowing their curriculum, the resources and how the whole project start to finish might address CCSS or our Information Technology Standards makes things easier and allows some big picture thinking.

Something fun about me? I love, love, love to cook and bake - the kitchen is a stress free place for me. I have been known to go into other kitchens and start cooking. I have done several wedding cakes. I also have one incredibly sassy cat who is very social and figures everyone at the house is there to see him. He greets the mailman every day at the window and the sound of a key in the lock or the door opening sends him running to see who is coming.

Jill

Jill Polglaze
Elem LMS Tech Integrator
Robinwood - home school
Franklin Public Schools
414-525-4981

https://sites.google.com/a/franklin.k12.wi.us/franklintech/

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[Daniel Schmidt]

Hi!

My name is Dan Schmidt and I am the Director of Technology for the Lake Geneva Schools. Together with 4 wonderful ladies we take care of the school districts' technology needs.  We have 3 elementaries, 1 middle and 1 high school.  Something new for next year will be the restructuring of 2 of our 4K-5 buildings separating the grade levels into early elementary (4K-3) and middle elementary (4-5) buildings. We have a district in-service day coming up this Friday where much focus is being placed on technology integration through several staff created 60 min. workshops.  We also have Marian University presenting workshops and tying graduate credit options to the day.  Every summer for the past 9 years I have organized the Lake Geneva Schools Technology Academy for Teachers.  We have averaged over 50 participants each year.  3 graduate credits are available and tons of technology integration workshops are offered during the week.  We also have had Naomi Harm as our keynote twice!  I enjoy attending conferences such as SLATE and BrainStorm where I bring back new and innovative ideas from such as our Google in Education initiative 4 years ago, SMART boards in every 4K-5 classroom 3 years ago, centralized/networked laser printer and copier phase-in 2 years ago, WiFi roll-out last Easter and this past summer, and replacement of our network switches this year.  Next year we are also looking at more iPad and Chromebook roll-outs in all the buildings as well as a total revamp of our aging technology curriculum.  I like learning from folks from you and other people like ourselves out there on Twitter.  I am also willing to share whenever possible.

See you soon!

Dan Schmidt

Director of Technology

Lake Geneva-Genoa City Union (Badger) High School District

Lake Geneva Jt. #1 Elementary School District

208 E. South St. 

Lake Geneva, WI  53147

Office (262)348-2180 

Cell (262)903-9869 

Fax (262)248-6609 

www.lakegenevaschools.com

[Emily Dittmar]

I'm Emily Dittmar, the Library Media Specialist at Marshall High School in Marshall, WI (20 miles east of Madison); there are just under 400 students and 30 staff members.  This is my third year at MHS and my has role quickly morphed into a tech coach.  I love what I do, and I'm excited to be part of this group to ward off those feelings of isolation.  We are in the first of a two year roll out of 1:1 Chromebooks.  It has been a very interesting experience.  I have been in charge of a lot of professional development to help teachers get organized with Google Apps.  

Something fun...hmmm...I have a group of very creative competitive friends.  Every year we have an Oscar watching party where there is a competition relating to the nominated films.  This year it is to bring an appetizer connected to the theme of one of the films.  I'm currently trying to come up with ideas if anyone has any suggestions.  

Emily Dittmar

Library Media Specialist

Marshall High School

(608) 655-1310 ext. 557

Twitter: @MsDittmar

www.tinyurl.com/mhslibraryhome

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[Michelle Kadow]

Hi!

My name is Shelly Kadow.  I work with two other great tech coaches (Velvet Holmes and Pam Sengos) or ITLTs (Information Technology Literacy Teachers) in the Oregon School District which is just south of Madison.  We all try to balance the needs of our six buildings (3 elementary schools, a 5-6 building, a 7-8 building, and the high school).  It's an exciting time in our schools with many teachers trying new things in the classrooms and a district-wide push toward personalized learning.

Something fun.....last summer our team did the Dirty Girl mud run.  Talk about a fun Professional Development opportunity :)

Looking forward to being a part of this group!

Shelly

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[Beth Clarke]

Hi all!  I'm Beth Clarke working out of the beloit School District as the Instructional Technology Director.  But undercover, I am a wife and mother of two fabulous children!  My daughter is almost 16 and anxious to drive, my son is 12 and also anxious for his sister to drive!  We live on a funny farm:  4 horses, 1 donkey, 2 goats, 3 cats, and 4 dogs.  Wow, its a lot of wonderful craziness! 

I love to keep up with technology, but also get a stomach ache when I attend technology trainings and leave thinking...how can I keep up?  But the blessing comes from you all, together we can create an environment in our schools where students want to come to learn and engage in innovative activities!  Well-that's all I have for now, I look forward to our continued collective intelligence and support!

 

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[Rachel Pierson]

Greetings all!

My name is Rachel Pierson, and I am a 6th grade teacher and the technology guru at Trinity Lutheran School in Waukesha. We rolled out Google Apps for Education in the summer of 2012, and I am piloting a Chromebook classroom with my 19 students. I teach 6th grade Reading, Science, Writing/English, and Art, 7th grade Science, and 8th grade Geometry. I do a monthly training with our staff of 15 teachers on technology integration. I am currently finishing up my Masters degree in Educational Design and Technology through Concordia University in Mequon. My next goal is to get my online teaching certification, and then Google Individual and Trainer certification. Then, because I'm insane, maybe find a doctorate program. I am currently working on Trinity's long-range technology plan, which will (hopefully) include Chromebooks from 3-8th grade and iPads or some sort of tablet in PreK-2. In a world where Lutheran schools are struggling to get any kind of technology in the classroom, I feel that Trinity is ahead of the curve a little bit. I am encouraging the integration of technology as much as I can.

I did meet a few of you at the EdCamp in Madison at the end of February; I wish I was at WEMTA right now, but due to my classroom responsibilities I couldn't attend. (I already took 2 days off for the Google Summit in the Dells last fall.) I am a member of ISTE, too, but we don't have funds for me to head to San Antonio.

Something fun: I am presenting at the Google Education Summit at Wisconsin Lutheran College in Milwaukee this year! I recently spent 18 hours in a car with my husband and two cats (on Spring Break when we went to visit both our families), and my brother and sister-in-law convinced me to sign up for my third half-marathon.

[Mickey Chavannes]

Hello - my name is Mickey Chavannes. I am the Director of Instructional Technology for the School District of Cudahy. I oversee a team of teachers who work as technology integrators during their "free" time. We are currently in our first year of implementing a literacy technology curriculum for K-6 and a 1:1 Chromebook implementation for grades 7-10 (next year will be grades 6-11). My big obsession is finding applications that students can use to demonstrate literacy.

I have a degree in economics, a non-traditional teaching certificate and taught US history and economics for the past 10 years. During that time I became a technology junky, started flipping my class, before flipping was cool, was a technology coach for my high school and constantly looked for ways around the rules so that I could "non-educational" websites such as Facebook (Twitter was in its infancy at that time) and chat rooms to connect with students on their own time.

Something interesting: I was my high school mascot, Odin, and parlayed that into the mascot for the Des Moines Menace professional Soccer team. Lookout Bango!

[Scott Oftedahl]

Hi everyone. My name is Scott Oftedahl, and I am the new Technology and Assessment Specialist for the Germantown School District. I began in late October, and am enjoying that this position is positioned within the Technology and Learning Department, not the Technology Department. While it may have intended to be semantics, I have found myself integrated into the highest conversations taking place in the District. You may have heard recent news about a Board of Education member's motion to formally decline adoption of the Common Core State Standards and Smarter Balanced Assessments. While it was a shocking development, it has presented educators in Germantown with the opportunity to re-think what we do and why.

I am currently working to bring staff up to speed on collaboration strategies using GAFE, getting more from current assessment data, and engaging more students is supporting technology as part of learning in our schools.

[Erica Mueller]

My name is Erica Mueller and I am the Personalized Learning Specialist for New Berlin.  I work in both of the secondary buildings, which are 7-12.  I have a counter part in the elementary schools as well.  This is the first year of this position, and I am loving working to create this new idea of personalized learning in our district.  My title also encompasses 21st century learning and technology integration, so I am busy with a lot of stuff!

   I have two children, ages 4 and 2, and am planning a trip to Phoenix for spring training in March :) Looking forward to connecting with all of you!

 

[Michele Green]

Hi! I am Michele Green and I am an Instructional Resource Coach in New London, definitely North of most of you. I work in our four elementary buildings (4K-4) and we also have a person at the middle and high school level. My job is both library media specialist and tech integration all at once. It's fun but demanding, not to mention navigating four different staffs.  I have been in NL for 6 years and was previously at Black River Falls Middle School for two. I am a WEMTA board member and am disappointed to be missing this year's conference but it's for the best possible reason - we will have just welcomed our son into the world! He joins two older sisters. 

Fun fact about me - I was an exchange student to Norway in high school and loved every single minute of it. I wish I could go back all the time! 

[Brandy Grady]

I am Brandy Grady, Library Media Specialist/Innovation coach at Aldrich Middle School in Beloit.  I run the library, teach 3 computer classes, and support teachers with technology.  Our district adoped Google Apps last year for teachers and this year for students, we also are in the process of going 1-1 with iPads, so lots of new technology for our teachers to learn.  I am excited about the changes and love helping teachers and students learn all the new technology!

Outside of school I am a Mom of a Minecraft obsessed 8 year-old and spend lots of time outdoors trying to wear out my English Mastiff puppy.  I spend my rare free time exploring technology, quilting, and reading.

[Laura Busch]

Hello everyone!

My name is Laura Busch (NO relation to the former first lady...the spelling is actually different :-)).  I am a technology integrator at Blair Elementary in the School District of Waukesha.  This is my first year at Blair and tenth year in education; I was the computer resource teacher and library-media specialist in Oconomowoc the past two years, and prior to that I worked in grades 1 & 3 and technology education in elementary schools in the Denver, Colorado area for seven years.  Blair is part of the first wave of the district's 1:1 iPad initiative, so it has been an exciting, transformative school year!  We are a dual-language school, and it has been awesome to see how the iPad can be used to share knowledge and understanding in creative ways in any language! 

Outside of school, I stay very busy chasing after my two toddler daughters (almost 3 years old and 18 months old).  We love spending time outdoors, going to the zoo, visiting the Pewaukee Lake beach and cheering on the Badgers, Brewers, and Packers!

Looking forward to making connections and sharing ideas with all of you!

[Amy Pugh]

Late on responding, but better late than never?

I am Amy Pugh, the IT Director for the Pewauke School District. I have been in this role since 2009, and was the Instructional Technology Specialist in the district prior to that (2001-2009). I have 15+ years of classroom experience at the elem level. I came to WI in 1998 when my husband took a job at Rockwell Automation. We have acclimated to the winters and enjoy the opportunities in the Milwaukee area for music, arts, etc. I run and bike and completed my first duathlon last fall.

In PSD, we are in year 5 of a 1:1 in grades 5-12. In grades 5K-4, we are at 2:1 access with netbooks and Chromebooks. We are in year 2 as a GAFE district for students and staff. We have 2 FT Learning Coaches in the EdTech area for the district. They each support 2 schools.

Looking forward to working with everyone in the coming years.

omething fun.....Love to travel, am a total nerd about any form of gadget, and have been known to do an occasional triathlon.  Enjoy conferences and networking as you have probably guessed by now.  Looking forward to talking Google Chrome and using it to personalize things for our kids that struggle at the upcoming ICE, WEMTA, and ISTE conferences.  Anyone else going to those?  Let's meet up!  

Ok, now who's next???

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[Mark Grunske]

Hello Everyone!

My name is Mark Grunske, and I am the newly hired Technology Integration Specialist for the Delavan-Darien School District.     I spent the last two decades at Waukesha West High School in the Social Studies Department, where I taught numerous classes, with my speciality being AP World History.      My new job popped up out of nowhere and have only been on the job for six days.    Though new to the job, I have spent the last couple of years preparing for this move.   While at Waukesha West, I did a lot of training with the staff on how to use Blackboard as well as GAFE.     This past spring I was given the title of authorized Google Trainer.

I am very excited to "reboot" my career and am excited to take everything I have learned from other teacher-leaders and apply them to my new environment with my own experiences and beliefs.    Last year Delavan started a 1:1 Chromebook initiative, and I look forward to helping everyone use them more efficiently for the benefit of students.

Away from school, I am happily married with two boys (grades 4 and 6).    During the summer you will find me in our pool, at Miller Park or in my garage playing with my saws as I pretend to be a woodworker.     I also am a collector of sports memorabilia, autographs, bobbleheads and have been known to purchase the occasional Star Wars Action Figure to add to my collection of those I owned back in the 1970s.

I hope to become an active member of this community, and hope to be able to start joining some meetings once I get my feet firmly planted on the ground here in Delavan!

Blog:  http://googlegadgetsandgrunske.blogspot.com/

Twitter: @GCubedGrunske

Tech Integration at DD:  https://sites.google.com/a/ddschools.org/technology-integration/home

[David Hall]

My name is David Hall,

I am a technology integrator for the Delavan Darien School District along with Mark Grunske.  This is my 2nd year at DDSD. Prior I was a middle school teacher for 20 years and a technology director for about 10 years.

I am looking forward to being able to collaborate and share ideas with other school districts.

Mark and I will be going to SLATE in Dec. Anyone else going?

David

On Friday, February 1, 2013 2:20:16 PM UTC-6, Tammy Lind wrote:

Just so that we have a good idea of who we are talking to, it would be great if you would take some time to introduce yourself and tell everyone a little about you...maybe in addition to where you teach tell something fun too!  

I am Tammy Lind...K-12 Tech Integration Coach in South Milwaukee School District...LOVE what I do.  My school district has 6 schools--4 Elementary, 1 Middle, 1 High.  We have just completed a full roll over into Google Apps for Ed--400 staff, about 3200 kids, and our school board.  It has been a great learning experience!  I am so impressed with our staff and with our students.  We made the whole move in just about 6 months--training and all!  

We've held two "Gone Google" parent nights that I highly recommend if you are thinking of making the move.

Something fun.....Love to travel, am a total nerd about any form of gadget, and have been known to do an occasional triathlon.  Enjoy conferences and networking as you have probably guessed by now.  Looking forward to talking Google Chrome and using it to personalize things for our kids that struggle at the upcoming ICE, WEMTA, and ISTE conferences.  Anyone else going to those?  Let's meet up!  

[Tim Harder]

Hi Everyone - I am Tim Harder and I am the Technology Director for the West Bend School District. As part of my role I work with teachers and coach them in the integration of technology to drive instruction. I also taught Technology Education - Digital Media, Animation, Imaging, Video Production for 14 1/2 years. This past year we rolled out Google Apps for Education to all students k-12 and we are creating a culture to utilize technology to enhance instruction. I am also excited as we just posted on WECAN and will be hiring 2 Technology Integration Coaches for next school year in West Bend.