Presenters
Barbara De Santis
About Barbara @bdesantis Barbara De Santis is a Tech Integration Trainer and a former president of the New Jersey Science Teachers Association. She champions the practical use of online tools for teaching and learning. Her training style emphasizes simple, actionable steps that make technology integration feel achievable for every educator. She began working with the…
Sharon Hall
About Sharon @Shall85917 Sharon Hall is a National Board Certified teacher and a recipient of the Presidential Award of Excellence in Math teaching. She leads the team’s charge for helping teachers and students navigate AI safely and effectively, and her blog contributions offer creative, classroom‑ready ideas for every grade level and subject. Sharon joined the…
Traci Hedetniemi
About Traci Traci Hedetnieimi serves as a high school math interventionist in an online public school. She also has over ten years of experience teaching middle school math in a traditional brick-and-mortar school setting. She is passionate about actively engaging students in learning mathematics using technology tools that promote visible learning. She began working with…
Melissa Henning
About Melissa @MrsMHenning Melissa Henning is the Educational Content Manager for Source for Learning. Her background is in gifted education. She is a Microsoft Certified Educator and Microsoft Innovative Educator Trainer. Melissa enjoys checking out new tech tools so that she can share those tools with teachers. She started working with the Source for Learning’s…
Ruth Okoye
About Ruth @moreruckus2 Dr. Ruth Okoye is the Director of K12 Initiatives at The Source for Learning. She has over 30 years of experience using technology in the classroom as a reading specialist and technology coach. Ruth is both a Microsoft Innovative Educator Expert (MIEE) and a Microsoft Innovative Educator Trainer. Ruth has a passion…
Darshell Silva
About Darshell @Darshell Darshell Silva is a school librarian in Providence, RI, and a per-course faculty member at the University of Rhode Island. She has served students at elementary, middle, and high school. Darshell is passionate about maker education, media literacy, and digital citizenship. She began working with the K-12 team at The Source for…
Karen Streeter
About Karen @HowlingMonkey2 Karen Streeter coordinates K12 Professional Learning Initiatives for the Source for Learning. Karen brings over 35 years of experience to this work centered on educational technology leadership. She is a Microsoft Innovative Educator Trainer, certified technical trainer, and a Microsoft Innovative Educator Expert (MIEE). As a former Instructional Technology Supervisor, her passion…