Mike Charles is an educational media and technology specialist with a background in curriculum and instruction. He taught for 15 years in Phoenix, Arizona, His interests include the uses of visualization tools in teaching mathematics and science in K-12 education, ways that technology enables student-initiated project learning environments around the globe, and the complexities involved in changing teacher practice.

Suzette Lewis is a graduate of Pacific University's MAT Program. After teaching for a number of years at the Ocean Beach School District and then serving in a wide variety of specialized support capacities, she began a doctoral program at the University of Washington. She is now in her second year of the Educational Psychology program, focusing on Learning Sciences.

Jason Niedermeyer is a biology and English teacher at South Salem high school in Salem. Currently he teaches IB biology and Animal Behavior, though he has taught Read 180, freshman English (Basic through Honors), and biology/life science. A football and golf coach for several years, Jason now moonlights as a behavioral researcher and author (apparently he just gets geekier with age).

Serena Fryer has taught Kindergarten and 1st grade in the Forest Grove School District. She is involved in the Oregon Ed Tech Cadre, Forest Grove Ed Tech Cadre, and Forest Grove Technology Advisory Committee. She has led several SMART Board staff development sessions for the school district and uses her interactive white board regularly in the classroom. Her website is http://sites.google.com/site/happywhenweshare/

Becky Tengs is a fourth, fifth, and sixth grade teacher in a multiage class at the Forest Grove Community School. A technologically adept graduate of Pacific University’s MAT and Reading Endorsement programs, Becky designs and implements innovative online projects with elementary school students. She actively uses technology in her classroom, including a daily whole-group blog post, student-created video projects, social networking, as well as online news media.

This interactive session situates non-formal learning within a digital context to explore possibilities for using web-based tools and social media to tailor online environments for supporting our personal learning, professional growth, and the way we organize educational practice. (Grades: Prof Dev.)

Anita Zijdemans Boudreau is a Professor of Education at Pacific University with a background in human development, education, and applied cognitive science. Her primary interest is in learning and technology and how they are integrated into practice. To that end, her research and practical pursuits include: professional and teacher development; constructing personalized virtual learning environments to support knowledge development and learning communities in informal/formal contexts; as well as exploring educational applications of immersive 3D virtual worlds, such as Second Life.

Greg Whatley is a Graduate of the Willamette MAT program 2007. Greg is a retired pharmacist with an interest in using medicinal chemistry presentations in order to "challenge and engage" high school chemistry students. A recipient of a M J Murdoch Charitable Trust grant, Greg worked this past summer with the Willamette University Chemistry department researching medicinal molecules and will do so next summer. He also received a SKEF grant that will allow him to purchase an iPAD.

Jeffrey Barlow is the Director of The Berglund Center for Internet Studies at Pacific University and the Director of the Matsushita Center for Electronic Learning. He edits Interface, the e-journal of the Berglund Center and is the founding editor of several noted electronic scholarly journals. His web sites in Asian Studies receive more than five million hits per year. Among other things, he teaches sophisticated searching in electronic resources to history students.

Steve Rhine is a Professor of Education at Willamette University. He taught high school mathematics for many years before moving into teacher education. He has been active in the educational technology community for the past two decades.