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"THIS I BELIEVE" Digital Educator's share their belief statements about a myriad of educational topics. |
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Melissa Kreider, 5th Trailblazer elementary school grade teacher was interviewed by Rocky Mountain News. Her classroom was highlighted in this podcast. They also reported about her amazing tech integration... She is a recent Morgridge Foundation recipient of the 21st Century SMART classrooms. As such, she will receive a SMART interactive board.
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Cheryl Abla, 2007-2010 DEP mentor and 4th grade teacher at Clear Sky Elementary, is presenting Positive Behavior Support (PBS) at an international conference. She will incorporate how using podcasts of K-12 students sharing their own views about the impact highly relational teachers create and how it makes a difference in student engagement and learning.
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Adam Thornton, 8th grade History teacher
at Sierra Middle School
and 2005-2008 DEP mentor is making a difference. Adam's class is partnering with the organization Kiva.org to change and transform the life of a entrepreneur in a developing country by providing a micro-loan. See the blog and website to learn about this exciting learning opportunity.
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Sherri Clemens, technology teacher at Trailblazer Elementary School. As a 2006-2009 Digital Educator Mentor, she was chosen as one of 100 Apple Distinguished Educators for 2007. See the Channel 9 newscast about Sherri.
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Ben Wilkoff, previous 7th/8th grade language arts teacher at Cresthill Middle School. As 2007-2010 Digital Educator Mentor, Ben was selected as the Ypulse Mashup, Yahoo! and Edutopia/The George Lucas Educational Foundation's "Totally Wired Teacher Award". See the PR Web press release about Ben.
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Kelly Sain, 06-09 DEP mentor and 07-08 DEP mentee, Kristie Krier were selected in the 2007-2008 school year as a Douglas County Apple award finalist. Kelly teaches technology at Saddle Ranch Elementary and Kristie is a 2nd grade teacher at Timber Trail Elementary--UPDATE: Congrats to Kristie for being chosen as the elementary Douglas County Apple award winner. See the Highlands Ranch Herald article about the Apple awards.
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Ernie Diller, Chaparral High School Social Studies teacher and 06-09 DEP mentor, presented at the National Council for the Social Studies Conference in San Diego. The presentation was on Wikis in Social Studies. The presentation consisted of what one can do with wikis, and how one needs little computer knowledge to have a successful wiki experience.
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