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Purple Feet is a fascinating program that enables young people to have virtual career discussions with adult professionals.

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Lance Rougeux co-founded the Purple Feet Foundation, a 501(c)3 non-profit organization focused on helping underserved students think about their future. Martha Rougeux has been a classroom teacher, ELL teacher, guided reading facilitator, team leader, eighth grade sponsor, summer program instructor, GEAR UP program coordinator and drama club sponsor.

In this segment we talk with two DEN leaders about the DEN Ambassador program, its purpose and benefits to educators.

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Debbie Frime has been teaching for 15 years and enjoys learning ways to make my classroom a more fun and exciting. As a classroom teacher in California, Jannita Demian was known for engaging her students through digital media, technology, creative projects and partnerships with companies and educational organizations. She was recognized by her peers as Teacher of the Year and received the PTA Honorary Service Award.

In this segment we talk with a teacher, student and and an administrator about their experiences with piloting the genius hour concept in their classroom.

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Kelly Wade Hines, @kellyhines, is a 5th grade teacher, lifelong learner, mom to 3 crazy boys, and DEN Guru from North Carolina. Shervawn R. Sockwell has worked in the field of education for the past 18 years. For the past eight years, she has served as an administrator at the elementary, middle, and high school levels at McLeansville School. Lakota Sockwell is a participant in the New Project (not pictured).

In this segment we talk with a first grade teacher who was part of a pilot program using tablets in the classroom. Tune in as we talk about the process and the apps that are proving to be very useful with students.

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Kristi Zoerhof is a First Grade Teacher at Bentheim Elementary School in Hamilton, Michigan. Lifelong learner who is always on the hunt for tools that make teaching and learning more dynamic for her students and herself. Andy Losik is an Elementary Infotech Teacher, Hamilton Community Schools, former Michigan Technology Educator of the Year.

October is Connected Educator Month so we decided to talk to a panel of DEN Connected educators about what being connected means to them. In this segment they share both the benefits and challenges of being connected.

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Katie Warren is a Teacher Specialist in Technology for Glendale USD as well as a STAR Discovery Educator. Joe Fromme is a DEN Star and an Education Technology Specialist with the Capitol Region Education Council in Hartford, Connecticut. Sandy Macdougall taught adults in an alternative high school for 12 years and is now a Technology Integration Leader with Halifax Regional School Board in Nova Scotia, Canada.

Our guest in this segment created a site to encourage video collaborations for use in the classroom. The site, NextVista.org, has become a popular site among both teachers and students. Learn why...

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Rushton Hurley has been a Japanese language teacher, principal of an online high school, teacher trainer, speaker; is the executive director of NextVista.org (a free educational video library); and ran the MERIT program at the Krause Center for Innovation (tinyurl.com/KCI-MERIT). He trains teachers at schools and keynotes at conferences around the world on affordable technology, the power of multimedia, and the professional perspectives and experiences of teachers at all levels.

There are mixed opinions about bring your own device policies (BYOD). In this segment we talk about why administrators, teachers and parents may have conflicting views on BYOD and the specific challenges of creating a BYOD policy.

Dave Tchozewski (@daveski61)has been in education for 26 years as a classroom math teacher, career readiness program coordinator, and now, technology director for Jenison Public Schools in Jenison, Michigan. Marita Diffenbaugh (@mdiffenbaugh) has been an elementary educator for 14 years, currently works as a K-12 Instructional Technology Manager, and serves on the Idaho Leadership Council for Discovery Education.

In this segment we debrief with a DEN member who spent part of his summer break exploring the best practices of schools in Finland.

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Dennis Grice is a K-8 Technology Teacher at St. John's Lutheran School in Orange, California where his mission is not to teach technology, but to help teachers use technology to teach. He is also a STAR Discovery Educator and Leadership Council Member, Peer Coaching Workshop Facilitator, and has shared his passion for integrating technology into curriculum at workshops and conferences across the country.

In this segment we connect with an international cadre of DEN Star, school administrators who share some of their insights on technology integration.

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Delsia Easley has been an elementary principal for nine years. Lindsay Morhart is the Vice-Principal of a PreK to Grade eight school in Moose Jaw, Saskatchewan, Canada.

Joe Oliphant is co-principal at Propel Braddock Hills High School which is a school of Innovation and Design.

According to our guests a green screen can be an extremely effective teaching tool. Tune in an learn how to spice up your classes with the video production technique.

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Kim Adair is an inner city Philadelphia teacher that has been teaching for 20 years. She has been teaching technology for the past 12 years from Kindergarten through eighth grade and loving it.

Mark Perlman is a computer using educator; proud member of the DEN and Leadership Council; will be retiring at the end of this school year after 12 years as a Technology Integration Specialist, all with the School District of Philadelphia.