Presenters

John Bailey

Program Manager, Google Geo Education

Spirit animal: Giant Panda

Motto: As the philosopher Jagger once said, "You can't always get what you want" but as it turns out “if you try sometimes you get what you need.”

Emily Henderson

Program Manager, Google Geo Education

Spirit animal: Hummingbird

Motto: “Adventure is worthwhile.” – Aesop

Donnie Piercey

Teacher/Tech Integrator, Eminence Independent Schools

Spirit animal: Emu

Motto: “When you ain’t got nothing, you got nothing to lose…” - Bob Dylan

Jerome Burg

Founder & President, GLT Global ED | Google Lit Trips

Spirit animal: Travel Bug

Motto: “We look at the world and see what we have learned to believe is there” - Aaron Siskind

Micah Shippee

Teacher and Tech Coach, Liverpool Central Schools

Spirit animal: Otter

Motto: “Life’s a journey, not a destination.” - Emerson, Tyler, Supa, and Lough

Brooke Whitlow

Instructional Technology Coordinator, Hardin County Schools

Spirit animal: Bourbon

Motto: “Sure, ideas that spread, win, but ideas that don't get spoken always fail.” --Seth Godin

Cindy Lane

Chief Education Officer, Lane Outstanding Learning

Spirit animal: Manatee

Motto: “When I think back on all the crap I learned in high school, it's a wonder I can think at all” - Paul Simon

Josh Williams

by day - Teacher (Westwood High School) | by night - Google Geo Tinkerer (geteach.com)

Spirit animal: Zebra

Motto: “All you need in this life is ignorance and confidence, and then success is sure.” - Mark Twain

Sandra Chow

Instructional Liaison, Toronto District School Board & TVO

Spirit animal: Sea Horse

Motto: A dollop of laughter, a dollop of fun!

Dean Phillips

Technology Integration Specialist / Co-Founder, Beyond The Chalk

Spirit animal: Fish

Motto: “Eventually, all things merge into one, and a river runs through it.” - Norman Maclean

David Saunders

Library Media Specialist, Greenwich Country Day School

Spirit animal: Kangaroo

Motto: “Out on the edge you see all kinds of things you can’t see from the center. Big, undreamed-of things— the people on the edge see them first.” —Kurt Vonnegut