{"id":173,"date":"2016-06-02T19:27:18","date_gmt":"2016-06-02T19:27:18","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/teachersfirst.com\/blog\/?page_id=173"},"modified":"2017-09-26T12:39:51","modified_gmt":"2017-09-26T18:39:51","slug":"contributors","status":"publish","type":"page","link":"https:\/\/teachersfirst.org\/blog\/contributors\/","title":{"rendered":"Who are the contributors?"},"content":{"rendered":"<h5>Karen Streeter<\/h5>\n<p>Karen Streeter is a former Instructional Technology Supervisor.\u00a0 Karen brings us the Ed Tech Temperature Check &#8211; explaining edtech buzzwords, sharing tech tips and tricks, and summarizing books that should be on your edtech shelf.<\/p>\n<h5>Sharon Hall<\/h5>\n<p>Sharon Hall was a recipient of the Presidential Award of Excellence in Math teaching. With over 15 years of classroom experience as a National Board Certified teacher, Sharon shares her content knowledge and reflections on ideas for basic classroom technology integration with us.<\/p>\n<h5>Paula Deal<\/h5>\n<p>Paula Deal, a retired high school media specialist, has been a pioneer in many shifts in the library sciences throughout her career.\u00a0 Paula contributes a monthly column on research, digital citizenship and other ways to find and use media resources in the classroom.<\/p>\n<h5>Ruth Okoye<\/h5>\n<p>Dr. Ruth Okoye is the Director of K12 Initiatives at The Source for Learning. As a long-time technology coach, Ruth shares ideas and strategies for professional learning and thoughts on how to motivate yourself to \u201cdig deeper\u201d into educational technologies.<\/p>\n<h5>Melissa Henning<\/h5>\n<p>Melissa Henning is the Educational Content Manager for Source for Learning, the non-profit parent company of TeachersFirst. She has over 16 years of experience in education. Melissa is a frequent presenter at national and regional conferences.<\/p>\n<h5>Katy Garvey<\/h5>\n<p>Katy Garvey is the Social Learning Manager for Source for Learning, the non-profit parent company of TeachersFirst. She began her education career teaching Spanish before entering into administration. A former middle school principal, Katy spends her free time exercising and with her family.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Karen Streeter Karen Streeter is a former Instructional Technology Supervisor.\u00a0 Karen brings us the Ed Tech Temperature Check &#8211; explaining edtech buzzwords, sharing tech tips and tricks, and summarizing books that should be on your edtech shelf. Sharon Hall Sharon Hall was a recipient of the Presidential Award of Excellence in Math teaching. 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