Dylan Schmidt is the creator of Digital Podcaster and the founder of Podcasting Academy. He helps people of all backgrounds confidently share their message with the world. Connect on Twitter! https://twitter.com/myedtechlife Visit the My EdTech Life Podcast page! https://www.myedtech.life/ Buy me a coffee to keep the creativity flowing! https://bit.ly/3LxSojF Check out our merch store! https://myedtechlife.myspreadshop.com/ Check out our blog page and follow! https://medium.com/@myedtechlife ---...

Darrin Peppard is a leadership expert focused on organizational culture and climate, and coaching growing emerging leaders. Darrin is the author of the book Road to Awesome: Empower, Lead, Change the Game. He is the host of the Leaning into Leadership podcast. As a ‘recovering high school principal’, Darrin shares strategies and lessons learned and effective from over 25 years in public education to help leaders to be more effective and positively impact the world around them. Connect on Twitter...

Kevin has been an educator or serving educators for over 38 years. Kevin's undergraduate degree is from the University of Massachusetts/Amherst where he majored in Multicultural Education. His Master's Degree in Education Administration is from the University of Massachusetts/Lowell. He served as a classroom teacher for 10 years in the Dallas, Boston, and Houston areas, as well as an assistant principal/principal of Title I campuses in the Houston and Dallas areas. He was a ...

Dave is a husband, father, science teacher, author, blogger, and podcaster from NJ. He has been performing action research on instructional design and assessment practices for the past 7+ years. David shares district successes in moving to alternate assessment methods that promote learning rather than solely achievement. Connect on Twitter! https://twitter.com/myedtechlife Visit the My EdTech Life Podcast page! https://www.myedtech.life/ Buy me a coffee to keep the creativity flowing! https://bi...

Lois Alston is an Instructional Technology Coach for the Long Branch School District in Long Branch, NJ. She completed her 5th year in this role and she has been in education for 20 years. She is passionate about implementing a variety of EdTech platforms to improve/enhance her colleague's instruction and add value to their students' learning. As a lifelong learner, she’s always looking for ways to keep students engaged with the material at hand to help prepare them for the future. Lois has two...

Zach Rondot is a passionate fourth-grade teacher in Troy, Michigan. His mission is to teach students the 21st-century skills, mindsets, and attributes that will help them succeed long after they leave his classroom. In 2019, Zach was named the Troy School District Elementary Teacher of the Year and the Oakland County Elementary Teacher of the Year. Zach is an instructor in the Master’s program of Learning, Design, and Technology at Central Michigan University. He utilizes technology to create ...

Roxi Thompson currently serves as an EdTech Coach for the Washington Elementary School District in Glendale, Arizona. In this role, she focuses on working 1:1 with teachers to drive impactful technology use. Roxi spent the majority of her time this year supporting teachers in the district’s first “Distance Learning Program” for families who chose a full-time online learning environment for their students. Prior to this, she spent eight years teaching social studies at the elementary and middle s...

Scott Nunes is an energetic ELA Teacher turned Edtech Coach, Consultant, and now district Engagement Advocate for Canva! This aspiring author has a zeal for Design, AR/VR, 3D Printing, and PBL. He builds on his 20+ years as a freelance Graphic Designer to bring real-world relevance to classrooms around the world. When he isn’t busy podcasting (Education Today) he can be found sharing on Twitter (@MrNunesTeach). Scott is all about building relationships and uplifting teacher and student voices wh...

Alex Isaacs is an 8th-grade math teacher at Red Bank Middle School with seven years of full-time teaching experience. He is passionate about providing engaging content for students and teachers alike and specializes in multiple ed-tech platforms/tools. He believes in forming strong connections with his diverse learners to foster a caring classroom community. Connect on Twitter! https://twitter.com/myedtechlife Visit the My EdTech Life Podcast page! https://www.myedtech.life/ Buy me a coffee to k...

Morgan is a Product Marketing Manager with Google for Education, launching Chrome OS, Google Workspace for Education and Google Classroom products and features. Prior to joining Google, Morgan taught kindergarten with Teach for America in Dallas, Texas, where she developed a deep empathy, passion for, and understanding of the education audience and landscape that she brings to the education team at Google. Connect on Twitter! https://twitter.com/myedtechlife Visit the My EdTech Life Podcast page...

EdTech can be so much more than just a tool to help us get our work done. It can be a powerful way to connect with others and build relationships that help us learn and grow. In this episode, John Woodward shares how he has used EdTech to serve others and build meaningful relationships in his district. Connect on Twitter! https://twitter.com/myedtechlife Visit the My EdTech Life Podcast page! https://www.myedtech.life/ Buy me a coffee to keep the creativity flowing! https://bit.ly/3LxSojF Check ...

Amber Trout, M.Ed. has been in education for the past 11 years as a teacher, coach, and administrator. She formerly held roles as a K-8 educator, STEM Computer Coding Teacher, and Instructional Coach in Colorado, but now she works at Pear Deck/GoGuardian as the Advocates Lead managing the Pear Deck and GoGuardian teacher certification programs. She loves getting to work with educators on a grander scale and helps advocate for engaged and safe learning through her program. Connect on Twitter! htt...

Chad Pettit is a high school English teacher, Army veteran, fiction author, and poet. He has a master’s degree in English with an emphasis on rhetoric and composition. As a father and teacher, he has witnessed his children and students suffer from the anxiety of high-stakes, standardized testing for far too long. Chad believes that not only are these tests inequitable and biased, they are inaccurate measures of student growth. Even worse, the current state of education is driving our best teache...

Steve Martinez is a passionate social science teacher with a fervor for Edtech. He empowers his students through Flipped Classroom and Project-Based Learning. Steve holds his M.A. in Curriculum and Instruction. CUE awarded him the Emerging Teacher of the Year (2022). Most recently, Steve accepted a full-time role with Kamiapp . Connect on Twitter! https://twitter.com/myedtechlife Visit the My EdTech Life Podcast page! https://www.myedtech.life/ Buy me a coffee to keep the creativity flowing! htt...

Coral specializes in creating and facilitating engaging learning experiences for in-person, blended, and virtual settings. She has facilitated training and spoken at conferences and events from the local to international level. Coral enjoys finding solutions to problems and loves to explore the dynamics of talent, program/project management, and organizational development. Connect on Twitter! https://twitter.com/myedtechlife Visit the My EdTech Life Podcast page! https://www.myedtech.life/ Buy m...

Amy founded, friEdTechnology (fried Technology) serves educators across the United States with the best edtech professional development available. When you learn with Amy and her team, you’ll understand why “friEdTechnology,” because everything is better fried. Connect on Twitter! https://twitter.com/myedtechlife Visit the My EdTech Life Podcast page! https://www.myedtech.life/ Buy me a coffee to keep the creativity flowing! https://bit.ly/3LxSojF Check out our merch store! https://bit.ly/stayte...

Jon shares, speaks and leads educational professional learning for educators internationally. Jon has been named a County Teacher of the Year, 2019 Top 100 Educational Influencer, an NBSA 20 to Watch Educator, an Apple Distinguished Educator, Google Certified Innovator. Jon is the co-author of The Eduprotocol Field Guide, and The Eduprotocol Field Guide Book 2 (both Amazon #1 best-sellers) and contributor to the Eduprotocols Math Edition (another #1 Amazon best-seller!). Connect on Twitter! htt...

Jorge Valenzuela is an education coach, author, and advocate. His work focuses on improving teacher preparation in instructional innovation, project-based learning, STEM pathways, and SEL integration across the curriculum. Jorge is the lead coach at Lifelong Learning Defined and provides professional development on behalf of ASCD, Corwin, Instructional Innovation Partners, and Solution Tree. He has authored several books and guides and is the host of the SEL in Action podcast on BAM Radio Networ...

Katie serves as the Director for Curriculum & Technology Integration at Forward Edge in Cincinnati, Ohio, working closely with district leaders to help them identify the needs of their staff, plan professional development (PD) for educators, and implement the PD with staff. Connect on Twitter! https://twitter.com/myedtechlife Visit the My EdTech Life Podcast page! https://www.myedtech.life/ Buy me a coffee to keep the creativity flowing! https://bit.ly/3LxSojF Check out our merch store! htt...

STEAMed Drones' CEO, Stevenson Demorcy, believes high expectations trump all obstacles. As a young learner, Stevenson participated in STEAM programs to help him transition from ESL/ELL to Special Education, General education, Honors, and later Advanced Placement. After achieving his Bachelor of Arts in Mathematics and a Certificate of Eligibility with Advanced Standing in education, Demorcy dedicated his career to launching STEAMed Drones to support the next generation's success. Conne...

Leslie Weitz is an NFT Project founder and always looking for ways to share family-friendly content in the cryptocurrency space with parents. Join me as I interview Leslie about why this matters so much. Connect on Twitter! https://twitter.com/myedtechlife Visit the My EdTech Life Podcast page! https://www.myedtech.life/ Buy me a coffee to keep the creativity flowing! https://bit.ly/3LxSojF Check out our merch store! https://bit.ly/staytechie Check out our blog page and follow! https://medium.co...

Each year, millions of preschoolers walk into classrooms for the first time excited about learning and elated to start their journey of education. By their freshman year in high school, those same students dread attending school, with many dropping out. Andre explores where the gap originated and how schools, districts, and communities are combatting the preschool to prison pipeline. It is possible to go from surviving to thriving! Connect on Twitter! https://twitter.com/myedtechlife Visit the M...

In this episode, Stacey Roshan discusses how to use technology in the classroom to help engage students and get them passionate about learning. We will explore a variety of ways that teachers can use technology to help their students learn, from online tools to flipped classrooms. Join us live for some innovative ideas! Connect on Twitter! https://twitter.com/myedtechlife Visit the My EdTech Life Podcast page! https://www.myedtech.life/ Buy me a coffee to keep the creativity flowing! https://bit...

What does culture have to do with coding? Victor Hicks will share how computer science and culture intersect. Victor will also share some great tech tools he is using to help kids develop computational thinking skills. Connect on Twitter! https://twitter.com/myedtechlife Visit the My EdTech Life Podcast page! https://www.myedtech.life/ Buy me a coffee to keep the creativity flowing! https://bit.ly/3LxSojF Check out our merch store! https://bit.ly/staytechie Check out our blog page and follow! ht...