Category: Meet the EdCampers

What’s your first and last name?

• Janalyn Taylor

What do you teach / what is your ‘title’ at school?

• Principal, PreK- K,-1

How are you involved in education?

• My role includes school management, student discipline, plus much more. Most importantly, my role includes student learning and being an effective instructional leader!

What does your ideal school or classroom look like?

• The ideal school and classroom would have student work posted as well as graphic organizers, charts, and student generated projects. Technology would be clearly evident with students creating and collaborating. Teachers would be facilitators for trident learning.

If you were to lead a session at Edcamp, what would it be about?

• Using literature in the elementary classroom, with and without technology.

Do you have a website or blog?

• not presently

Are you on Twitter?

• @JanalynTaylor

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What’s your first and last name?

• Joshua Williams

What do you teach / what is your ‘title’ at school?

• Former Director of Instructional Technology

How are you involved in education?

• I presently work as an account manager for a technology integration firm with an emphasis on public education customers and projects. I continue to volunteer my time helping school districts use technology to enhance learning.

What does your ideal school or classroom look like?

• Fewer bells and walls. More collaborative spaces. Teachers as mentors and facilitators spending time with students individually and in small groups during the school day, with one-way lectures reserved for after hours–delivered on a mobile, Internet connected device. Curriculum focused on challenge-based learning in order to emphasize problem formulation, analysis, writing, and collaboration skills rather than content knowledge.

If you were to lead a session at Edcamp, what would it be about?

• Using free, online tools to facilitate collaborative projects among teachers and students.

Do you have a website or blog?

• not presently

Are you on Twitter?

• @jsw_edtech

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What’s your first and last name?

• Nicole Power

What do you teach / what is your ‘title’ at school?

• SLP & RTI Coordinator

How are you involved in education?

• I teach 3-5th grade speech/language with an emphasis on language and literacy. I am involved in school committees focused on reading and writing. I enjoy collaborating with teachers to develop ideas and locate resources that will help students read and understand.

What does your ideal school or classroom look like?

• My ideal classroom has a well organized and diverse library. Space for students to learn from and about each other would be a priority. There would be no test prep items in my ideal classroom. Equal time and resources would be spent on struggling students and gifted students. There would be an absence of terms such as “lazy” and “unmotivated.” Finally, my ideal school would have a faculty that is pumped and enthused about attending a free Saturday “unconference!”

If you were to lead a session at Edcamp, what would it be about?

• It would be fun to facilitate a conversation on recent multicultural trade books for teaching a diverse population at the elementary level

Do you have a website or blog?

• not presently

Are you on Twitter?

• @nicpower

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What’s your first and last name?

• Shawn Blankenship

What do you teach / what is your ‘title’ at school?

• Principal

How are you involved in education?

• I have been involved in education for 15 years. I was a National Board teacher and taught for 8 years. For the last 7 years, I have been a principal who works closely with teachers to shift their focus from teaching to a focus on learning.

What does your ideal school or classroom look like?

• My vision for a school is one in which the students own the learning. Students work harder than the teachers. Students are highly engaged in relevant and authentic learning. Teachers teach the student, not the lesson. Teachers have the autonomy to go beyond their classroom walls and connect with students all over the world. Students are provided the opportunity to go beyond the expertise of what one teacher knows and is able to do. This is a short video I created that articulates my vision:

If you were to lead a session at Edcamp, what would it be about?

• If I were to lead a session, I would probably lead a session on STEM education. I would provide strategies and projects that allow students to explore and create solutions to engineering challenges that have real world applications.

Do you have a website or blog?

• http://brainvibeforeducators.blogspot.com

Are you on Twitter?

• @blankenship_s

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What’s your first and last name?

• Leslie Whittington

What do you teach / what is your ‘title’ at school?

• Technology Integration Coach and Teacher

How are you involved in education?

• I have held various teaching positions over the last seven years at Oklahoma Christian School including Kindergarten, 6th grade Language Arts, Bible and K-5 Technology. Previously, I worked as a long term substitute in Moore schools before doing intense field research in early childhood education with my own children for seven years. 🙂

What does your ideal school or classroom look like?

• My ideal classroom would be a learner centered community embedded with technology.

If you were to lead a session at Edcamp, what would it be about?

• What it means to be a connected educator.

Do you have a website or blog?

• http://lwhittington.com

Are you on Twitter?

• @whittclass

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What’s your first and last name?

• Adam Zodrow

What do you teach / what is your ‘title’ at school?

• PD Coordinator @Yukon Public Schools

How are you involved in education?

• I have a very unique role here in Yukon. I basically get to be the “boots on the ground” trainer for teachers when it comes to new curriculum initiatives, tech strategies, classroom management, YOU NAME IT!

What does your ideal school or classroom look like?

• 10:1 ratio, integrated curriculum, project based assessments, active, slightly chaotic, year-round, 1:1 for kiddos, no textbooks, units built around student driven dicussions and interests.

If you were to lead a session at Edcamp, what would it be about?

• Designing media driven, project-based lessons that still align to standards-based goals.

Do you have a website or blog?

• k20alt.ou.edu

Are you on Twitter?

• @zodzilla

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