Presenters

Cory Plough
Cory Plough has been teaching online for eight years. He works primarily in a hybrid learning program in Las Vegas, Nevada that mixes online curriculum with face to face mentoring. He also teaches Professional Development courses on social media for the state of Idaho’s teacher training program and has worked as an adjunct professor at Boise State University teaching best practices for online teachers.

Cory has a M.Ed in Educational Technology and is currently working on his Administrative Credential at UNLV. He has been speaking, and presenting about online learning, social media and personal learning networks for the last five years. He has presented at ISTE several times since 2007 about online learning and social media tools. He most recently keynoted at the Speaks Volumes Conference, spoke at Educon in 2011 about online learning, and frequently presents in online webinars for professional development purposes.

Cory has published several articles about using social media and social networking in schools and is currently co-authoring a book chapter about virtual cyber schools with leading researchers on the topic.

His main goal as an online teacher is to individualize instruction for all of his online students while providing opportunities for a more personalized education experience. Often, he uses social media sites as a way of giving students options for choosing creative tools when completing activities and that helps support individualization. @mrplough07

**Nicholas Provenzano**
Nicholas Provenzano is a high school English Teacher and a Technology Curriculum Specialist for Grosse Pointe Public Schools in Michigan. He has a Masters in Educational Technology and works closely with teachers to show them how to implement web tools into their classrooms.

Nick is the owner/operator of TheNerdyTeacher.com and tweets from @TheNerdyTeacher. He also co-founded an online magazine called ProjectPLN.com with Kelly Tenkely that collects posts from educators and shares Worldwide. Nick has presented on social media at ISTE in the past, and often runs workshops demonstrating the value of digital tools in the classroom. Nick has presented on social media at ISTE in the past and recently spoke about digital literacy at Wayne State University.

Nick is the owner/operator of TheNerdyTeacher.com and tweets from @TheNerdyTeacher. He also co-founded an online magazine called ProjectPLN.com with Kelly Tenkely that collects posts from educators and shares worldwide.

When Nick isn't buried in tech goodness, he spends time with his beautiful wife and amazing baby boy Leo. ___

Timothy Gwynn
Timothy Gwynn am an Instructional Technology Facilitator for a Pre-K through Fifth grade school in Concord, NC. He works with teachers on a daily basis to integrate technology into their instruction and curriculum. He provides several workshops each month on various topics, such as, webtool use in the classroom, Discovery Streaming, and video project integration. He also models lessons for teachers in the classroom, and works one-on-one with teachers to plan technology rich lessons for their students.

Over the past year, Tim has also worked with teachers on integrating social networking tools (email, chat rooms, discussion threads, blogs, etc) seamlessly into their classrooms. He is currently working with teachers to implement the use of laptops and iPads in the classroom to provide students with continual access to digital tools. In addition to instructional technology, Tim also works with teachers and school staff to use digital tools to increase efficiency in their own jobs and personal lives.

Tim received his BA in Education from the University of Arizona. He is currently working towards his M.Ed in Instructional Technology and Instructional Technology Specialist licensure at East Carolina University, and will finish in the Fall of 2012. He holds a North Carolina Computer Education/Technology Facilitator Endorsement and is a SMART Certified Trainer.

Tim presented at the Engage21 Edtech Conference for the past 2 years on the topics of Video Integration, PersonalLearning Networks with Twitter, Digital Photography & Literacy, and National Board Video Creation. @tgwynn

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Jeremy MacDonald
As a fifth grade teacher and an instructional technology coach, Jeremy is neck deep in emerging technologies and purposeful app integration. Jeremy graduated with a B.S. in Elementary Education from Brigham Young University in 2006. Shortly after, he graduated from the University of New England with a M.Ed. in K-12 Literacy. Jeremy has been teaching at Mills Elementary, in Klamath Falls, Oregon for the last six years; where he resides with is four nerdlings and blogaholic wife.

In last three years he has written, managed, and participated in two Federal 21st Century Educational Technology grants that has brought his school nearly $500,000 in Professional Development and classroom technology. He is a proactive member of Oregon's EdTech Professional Development Cadre. As part of that he has worked with a number of districts around the state, and presented at local conferences, including the 2011 Central Oregon EdTech Day, Southern Oregon EdTech Summit 2011, and most recently at the 2011 Oregon Google Summit. @mrmacnology