Conference2022

Ken has worked as an Educator for over 20 years and spent most of his classroom experience teaching technology at the Middle School level. As a part of his active involvement within the Educational Technology community, Ken is an Apple Distinguished Educator, a Microsoft Innovative Educator Expert, and a Google Certified Innovator. Ken has worked extensively at the policy level with a number of State Departments of Education, Ministries of Education, non-Profits, and was appointed to the Education Technology Task Force formed by a previous California State Superintendent of Public Instruction. Ken has also provided and continues to provide consulting support to many companies, State Departments of Education, Ministries of Education, school districts/systems Nationally and Internationally, as well as non-profits such as the California Emerging Technology Fund’s School2Home program which is designed to support closing the Achievement Gap and Digital Divide at low-performing California middle schools.

Mark Sparvell is an award winning Australian educator and leader with 30 years global experience leading improvement. Mark is curious about the role technology can play in humanizing the learning process to drive voice, choice and agency and the critical role emotional intelligence plays in learner success in school, work and life.

Mark is an ambassador for the Emotional Intelligence Society of Australia, advisor to Goldie Hawn’s MindUp Foundation, steering committee member for the Karanaga Global SEL Alliance, BETT Global Advisory Board member, founder of the SELinEdu collective (15000 members), writer, podcaster and frequent presenter. Mark is a Director of Education Marketing for Microsoft with a passion for enabling equitable education through partnerships, programs, research and product.

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Jennifer Lagarde

Library Girl

Jennifer LaGarde is a lifelong teacher and learner with over 20 years in public education. Her educational passions include leveraging technology to help students develop authentic reading lives, meeting the unique needs of students living in poverty and helping learners (of all ages) discern fact from fiction in the information they consume. A huge fan of YA Literature, Jennifer currently lives, works, reads and drinks lots of coffee in Olympia, Washington. Follow her adventures at www.librarygirl.net or on Twitter @jenniferlagarde

Jeff Utecht

Educator | Consultant | Author

Over the past 10 years, I have worked with schools and districts both here in the United States as well as Internationally. My main focus is to provide support in redefining the Teaching and Learning culture to match the connected landscape we now live, work and play in. Technology is impacting every part of our lives and we are educating a generation that is different. They expect learning to be different, they expect learning to match the connected culture we now live in. Working together, we take a deep look at how we prepare students today for their future, not our past.

Charity Nix

Educator

Charity has over twenty years of experience in education beginning as a classroom teacher and technology coordinator. She transitioned into an ITS with EduTech providing technology support and professional learning to PreK-12 educators in North Dakota. Charity became a certified Microsoft Innovative Educator (MIE) and began working with the Northwest Council for Computer Education (NCCE). Continuing her work with NCCE, she then served as the Manager of Training at the University of South Carolina in the Division of Information Technology. She recently resumed her role at EduTech as a remote ITS. Charity is a MIE Expert, MIE Master Trainer, Minecraft Trainer and Global Mentor and National Geographic Certified Educator.

Jeff Bradbury

Norwalk Public Schools
TeacherCast Network Creator

Jeff Bradbury is an ISTE Award Winning (2021) and globally-recognized educator, educational broadcaster, public speaker, and entrepreneur whose powerful message has inspired thousands of educators through the TeacherCast Educational Network.
Jeff Bradbury is a Google for EDU Certified Innovator & Trainer, Microsoft Innovative Educator Expert & Trainer, and a TEDx Speaker. In 2012, he was recognized as one of the Top 50 Educators Using Social Media at the inaugural Bammy Awards and was nominated three times in the category of Innovator of the Year. More recently, in 2019 EdTech Digest recognized Jeff as one of the Top 30 Educators in Educational Technology.
Currently, Jeff serves Norwalk Public Schools as its Lead Instructional Coach for Digital Learning. In 2021, Jeff was honored by ISTE as the recipient of the Tech Coach Networks PLN Award. Jeff is ever grateful to his wife Jennifer for her support and very proud of their amazing set of triplets.

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