 Sheryl Nussbaum-BeachMAINEducation 2008 Keynote Speaker
Sheryl Nussbaum-Beach, a 23-year educator, has been a classroom teacher, charter school principal, district administrator, and digital learning consultant. She currently serves as an adjunct faculty member teaching graduate and undergraduate preservice teachers at The College of William and Mary (Virginia, USA), where she is also completing her doctorate in educational planning, policy and leadership.
Currently, Sheryl is co-leading a statewide 21st Century Skills initiative in the state of Alabama, funded by a major grant from the Microsoft Partners in Learning program. She recently served as an organizer and convener of the inaugural 2006 K-12 Online Conference, "Unleashing the Potential," which sought to help educators around the world contextualise and integrate emerging technologies into their schools and classrooms.
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Dr. Tim Tyson
Featured Workshop Presenter
Dr. Tim Tyson is called the “Pied Piper of Educational Technology” by The School Library Journal. Tim has worked in the field of education for nearly 30 years as a teacher (on the middle school, high school, and college levels) and an administrator. He served the students in the Cobb County School District for about 20 years, where, before his retirement, he was the principal of Mabry Middle School.
Tim has a passion for meaningful, authentic student engagement, and technology is seen as a centerpiece for irresistible academic achievement through creative, global, project-based learning activities. He has now turned his attention to supporting the profession on a national and international level by sharing his passion and practical expertise for integrating technology into the entire school plan—a proven vision that works.
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