Category: Meet the EdCampers

Meet Olivia Bennett @livsmall11 – Math teacher

What’s your first and last name?

  • Olivia Bennett

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

  • Math teacher

How are you involved in education?

  • I teach upper level math at Mustang High School.

What does your ideal school or classroom look like?

  • Where creative and engaging learning is taking place. Learning that is driven by students, might not have a “right answer”, and is looking at bigger pictures.

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

  • How to keep materials, resources, and your classroom organized while keeping your sanity.

Are you on Twitter?

If you are attending EdCampOKC, we’d love to feature your information here too! Please submit this contribution form, including a small photo we can use in your post.

Meet Shawn Beard @SBeard1 – Director of Technology

What’s your first and last name?

  • Shawn Beard

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

  • Director of Technology

How are you involved in education?

  • I have been in education since 1996. I hold a BS in Education and a Masters in Curriculum & Instruction with a focus on Technology Integration. I am also a Google for Education Certified Trainer, specializing in Google Apps for Education and Google Chrome. I currently work as Director of Technology at Sand Springs Schools. In addition to those duties, I am also a presenter for EdTechTeam and Leader of GEG Oklahoma.

What does your ideal school or classroom look like?

  • Interactive Displays, access to Chromebooks, flexible seating and learning areas.

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

  • Create Your Own Virtual Lessons with Google Tour Creator
  • Master Lessons with Google Forms

Do you have a website or blog?

Are you on Twitter?

If you are attending EdCampOKC, we’d love to feature your information here too! Please submit this contribution form, including a small photo we can use in your post.

Meet Lowell Price, 6th ELA-SS

What’s your first and last name?

  • Lowell Price

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

  • 6th ELA-SS

How are you involved in education?

  • I teach 6th grade ELA in Western Heights. I’ve wanted to teach since I was in 10th grade.

What does your ideal school or classroom look like?

  • Enough iPads for true tech integration. Texts books.

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

  • Breaking down barriers with students. Breaking the ice and gaining trust.

If you are attending EdCampOKC, we’d love to feature your information here too! Please submit this contribution form, including a small photo we can use in your post.

Meet Jayne Roper, Career Exploration/Yearbook

What’s your first and last name?

  • Jayne Roper

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

  • Career Exploration/Yearbook

How are you involved in education?

  • I am a regular education teacher.

What does your ideal school or classroom look like?

  • flexible seating, technology galore

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

  • How to get the students to respect you, how to build relationship with underprivileged students funding to provide basic needs to the underprivileged students that are in my classroom every day. How to connect the students to after high school opportunities from field trips to colleges and work places to career techs.

If you are attending EdCampOKC, we’d love to feature your information here too! Please submit this contribution form, including a small photo we can use in your post.

Meet Todd Gragg @mrgragg – History Educator

What’s your first and last name?

  • Todd Gragg

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

  • History Educator

How are you involved in education?

  • I teach AP U.S. History, AP Macroeconomics and serve as one of our sites Ed Techs. I also serve as a board member at large with the Oklahoma Council for Social Studies, a Master Teacher with the Oklahoma Council on Economic Education, and on the Economic Education Advisory Council through the local Federal Reserve Bank.

What does your ideal school or classroom look like?

  • Actively engaged students making choices that impact the course of their learning. I generally love quiet and calm situations but these adjectives rarely describe my classroom. Getting students active requires a total embrace of the chaos and I have learned to be ok with this because it is about my students, not me.

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

  • How to teach content by teaching process skills.

Do you have a website or blog?

Are you on Twitter?

If you are attending EdCampOKC, we’d love to feature your information here too! Please submit this contribution form, including a small photo we can use in your post.

Meet Jennifer Crofford, Middle School Social Studies/Library Media Student

What’s your first and last name?

  • Jennifer Crofford

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

  • Middle School Social Studies/Library Media Student

How are you involved in education?

  • I am in my 11th year as the Middle School Social Studies teacher at Sacred Heart Catholic School in Oklahoma City. I am also in my last semester as a Library Media Education student at the University of Central Oklahoma.

What does your ideal school or classroom look like?

  • Open, welcoming, and allows students to find the best way to learn for them.

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

  • Primary Sources, Primary Sources, Primary Sources!

If you are attending EdCampOKC, we’d love to feature your information here too! Please submit this contribution form, including a small photo we can use in your post.

Meet Jennifer Williams @JennWillTeach – ELA teacher/department chair

What’s your first and last name?

  • Jennifer Williams

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

  • ELA teacher/department chair

How are you involved in education?

  • Currently, I teach senior English at an alternative school in OKC. I’m also finishing a master’s in curriculum. I live education. It’s my career, hobby, and focus.

What does your ideal school or classroom look like?

  • There is no “ideal” classroom. I work with the students I have and meet them where they are. Humans are imperfect, messy beings—at all stages of life. I simply want students to see growth and improvement while they’re with me. I want to give them a place to reclaim their unique voices and to understand what power they hold in their hands.

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

  • Anything to do with disrupting and transforming education

Do you have a website or blog?

Are you on Twitter?

If you are attending EdCampOKC, we’d love to feature your information here too! Please submit this contribution form, including a small photo we can use in your post.

Meet Janel Cypert, Coordinator of Secondary Special Services

What’s your first and last name?

  • Janel Cypert

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

  • Coordinator of Secondary Special Services

How are you involved in education?

  • I collaborate with teachers, coaching our craft, and work 1:1 with students building positive relationships and fostering a collaborative culture.

What does your ideal school or classroom look like?

  • Students are engaged in their learning and it may look different for each child. Some may be working independently, some in small groups, some online and others with the teacher. The teacher is also engaged with students not behind their desk.

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

  • Anything SPED and for growing teacher leaders to build capacity

If you are attending EdCampOKC, we’d love to feature your information here too! Please submit this contribution form, including a small photo we can use in your post.

Meet Telannia Norfar @thnorfar – High School Math Teacher

What’s your first and last name?

  • Telannia Norfar

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

  • High School Math Teacher

How are you involved in education?

  • I teach Algebra 2 and AP Calculus at Northwest Classen High School in Oklahoma City Public Schools. I am a President of Oklahoma Council of Teachers of Mathematics and National Faculty Member for Buck Institute for Education.

What does your ideal school or classroom look like?

  • The one students design with me.

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

  • Project-Based Learning, Student Centered Learning, Breakout EdU

Do you have a website or blog?

  • pbl-birdside.blogspot.com

Are you on Twitter?

If you are attending EdCampOKC, we’d love to feature your information here too! Please submit this contribution form, including a small photo we can use in your post.

Meet Josh DeLozier @joshdelozier – Social Studies Dept. Chair at Bethany High School

What’s your first and last name?

  • Josh DeLozier

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

  • Social Studies Dept. Chair at Bethany High School

How are you involved in education?

  • I teach government, politics, and history and challenge students to reflect on their own beliefs, experiences, and biases about these topics. I’m also the yearbook adviser and leadership sponsor.

What does your ideal school or classroom look like?

  • Digitally-focused. Our students have access to SO MUCH information. They need to know how to access it, assess it, and use it to make decisions and assumptions about their world. We’re a 1-to-1 school, so every student has a Chromebook and the full suite of Google for Ed applications.

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

  • G-Suite Tips and Tricks for Teachers: Explore all the cool ways you can use Google for EDU apps in the classroom

Do you have a website or blog?

Are you on Twitter?

If you are attending EdCampOKC, we’d love to feature your information here too! Please submit this contribution form, including a small photo we can use in your post.