The Digital Teacher Series
Faculty
CFL PD courses are facilitated by highly qualified, trained, and experienced teaching professionals, most of whom have spent years in classrooms of their own. They know exactly what it's like to face the real-world educational challenges—enhancing student engagement, operating under tightened budgets, and undergoing stringent teacher evaluation processes. Our facilitators bring a wealth of knowledge and expertise to the online professional development environment, and strive to provide meaningful coursework and a stimulating, enjoyable experience for all participants.
Steven W. Anderson
Steven W. Anderson is a District Instructional Technologist with the Winston-Salem/Forsyth County Schools in Winston-Salem, North Carolina. He regularly travels the country speaking to schools and districts about the use of social media in the classroom.
CoursesMultimedia in the Engaged Classroom
Lisa Michelle Dabbs
Lisa Michelle Dabbs has an extensive educational background having worked in the industry for more than twenty years. She is an educational consultant, blogger, and speaker. She is currently a Core Blogger at Edutopia.org and Edutopia’s New Teacher Connections Group Facilitator, blogger at KidsDiscover.com, and vice president of an award-winning literacy nonprofit in her community. She is also a representative consultant of iTooch Apps in the United States for eduPad.com.
CoursesMentoring Educators in the Digital Era
Andy Marcinek
Andy Marcinek is an instructional technology specialist at Burlington Public Schools and a blogger for Edutopia. Spending the past seven years as a secondary English teacher and college professor, Andy transitioned his talents into the role of instructional technology specialist at Burlington High School. At Burlington, Andy played a major role in launching a 1:1 iPad environment at Burlington High School, organizing the iPad deployment professional development, organizing and presenting at the Massachusetts Digital Publication Collaborative, and organizing and presenting at the Burlington Public Schools districtwide professional development conference.
CoursesDigital Health and Wellness
Shannon McClintock Miller
Shannon McClintock Miller is the district teacher librarian and technology specialist at Van Meter Community School in Van Meter, Iowa. She encourages her students to have a voice while learning, creating, collaborating, and connecting to others within their school and around the world.
CoursesEmpowering your Students to Connect, Create and Collaborate with Web 2.0 Tools
Kyle Pace
Kyle Pace is an Instructional Technology Specialist for the Lee's Summit School District in Lee's Summit, Missouri. Kyle has worked with K-12 teachers in his district to provide instructional technology professional development for the last nine years.
CoursesSocial Networking in Education
Nicholas Provenzano
Nicholas Provenzano is a high school English teacher and technology-curriculum specialist for Grosse Pointe Public School, in Grosse Pointe, Michigan. He has a master's degree in educational technology from Central Michigan University.
CoursesProject-based Learning in the Web 2.0 World
Kristen Swanson
Kristen Swanson works with Grant Wiggins to help teachers implement Understanding by Design. Specifically, she is assigned to the iZone project, an innovation grant that helps schools in New York City offer personalized mastery learning to students.
CoursesBrain-friendly Learning Online
Shelly Sanchez Terrell
Shelly Sanchez Terrell is a teacher trainer, author, and international speaker. She is the host of American TESOL's Free Friday Webinars and the Social Media Community Manager for The Consultants-E.
CoursesMeeting the Needs of Diverse Learners through Technology
