Awards and Accolades


  • AZ K12 Center - Technology Integration Matrix (TIM) Silver Tier Award, 2015
  • BET-C Film Festival - PBIS at Fireside, First Place Winner, 2015 http://bet-c.org/2015-film-festival
  • BET-C Conference, K12 Coding & Computational Thinking, 2015
  • Arizona Google Summit, - Get Going With YouTube & Videos In The Classroom, Gearing Up for PBL with Google Apps , 2015
  • PBS LearningMedia Digital Innovator, 2014
  • ASU Mary Lou Fulton Teachers College, Tweeting, Posting and Updating - Social Media in Gifted Education, 2014

  • Arizona Google Summit, - A Day In the Life of Students Using Google Apps For Project Based Learning and Putting the ‘You’ in YouTube, 2014
  • ShareFair Orlando: Experience the STEMosphere, Students and Teachers Transforming Learning, 2014
  • YouTube EDU Panelist, YouTube In The Classroom, 2013
  • 11th International Conference on Emerging eLearning Technologies and Applications, Coding is Common to the Core, 2013 (ICETA)
  • TEDActive Invited Guest & TED Talk Presenter, 2013
  • Arizona's Technology Teacher of the Year, 2012 (AzTea)
  • Grand Prize Winner, Honeywell Got 2B Safe, 2012 (Nat’l Center for Missing & Exploited Children)
  • U.S. Forum Finalist, Microsoft Partners in Learning, 2012 (Seattle, WA)
  • Arizona's Gifted Teacher of the Year, 2011 (AAGT)
  • YouTube EDU Panelist, Creating a Sustainable Business Around Online Education, 2012
  • YouTube Star Teacher,  (YouTube Teacher Institute 2011, Seattle, WA)
  • Google Certified Teacher (Google International Teacher Academy, Seattle, WA, 2011)
  • Google Geo Teacher Institute, Lewiston, ME, 2011
  • First Place Winner, Honeywell Got 2B Safe, 2011 (Nat’l Center for Missing & Exploited Children)
  • Honor Roll, Supporting Emotional Needs of the Gifted (SENG), 2008
  • Exemplary Teacher Award, United Parent Council - 2008, 2009, 2010, 2011, 2012



MEDIA FEATURES/PUBLICATIONS


  • CBS-5 - Live Interview: “YouTube in the Classroom,” Sept. 2012 - http://bit.ly/15d2xZ8
  • Coulter Press-Banner, August 2011 - http://bit.ly/12ZeVM8
  • City Sun Times, August 2011 - http://bit.ly/18oMqMp
  • Teaching Gifted Kids in Today’s Classroom  (Free Spirit Publishing, 2012) (quoted in book and appearance on the DVD companion)



SERVICE TO THE PROFESSION


  • Arizona Association of Gifted and Talented (AAGT) - Board of Directors
  • Arizona Science Center: New Pathways to Medical Discovery - Design Team Member
  • International Society for Technology in Education (ISTE) - Member
  • Arizona Society of Economic Teachers (ASET) - Member
  • Arizona Technology in Education (AzTea) - Member
  • National Science Teachers Association (NSTA) - Member



CERTIFICATIONS


  • Google Certified Trainer
  • Arizona Elementary Education Certificate, K-8
  • Gifted Endorsement
  • Structured English Immersion Endorsement

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