Gloria Schaefer

Sunday April 19th
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A professional communicator, Gloria G. Schaefer inspires you to more fulfilling and productive living.  Gloria offers an enthusiastic and interactive approach integrating life experiences, audience background and humor to deliver tailored presentations for any organization or business. 

Alan November

Monday April 20th
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Alan November is an international leader in education technology. He began his career as an oceanography teacher and dorm counselor at an island reform school for boys in Boston Harbor. He has been director of an alternative high school, computer coordinator, technology consultant, and university lecturer. He has helped schools, governments and industry leaders improve the quality of education through technology.
Audiences enjoy Alan's humor and wit as he pushes the boundaries of how to improve teaching and learning. His areas of expertise include planning across curriculum, staff development, new school design, community building and leadership development. He has delivered keynotes and workshops in all fifty states, across Canada, and throughout the UK, Europe, Asia and Central America.

Cheryl Lemke

Tuesday April 21st
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Cheryl Lemke is President and CEO of the Metiri Group. Ms. Lemke specializes in public policy for K-12 learning technology, working at a variety of levels with governors, legislators, superintendents, business leaders, and teachers. She brings 25 years of experience in the public sector—as a teacher, technology coordinator, cabinet member at a state education agency—and the non-profit sector prior to her work with the Metiri Group. Ms. Lemke currently works with both the public and private sectors at the state and national level. This includes projects related to assessment of technology impacts on learning; gauging the progress of states, districts, and schools with educational technology; conducting program evaluations; convening national experts in discussions on policy issues; and designing and prototyping educational technology frameworks. As of 2006 Metiri serves as a partner in the Regional Educational Laboratory Mid-Atlantic, conducting, reviewing, and reporting educational research. She recently authored two reports commissioned by Cisco Systems, Technology in Schools: What the Research Says, and Multimodal Learning through Media: What the Research Says.

Dr. James Parry

Tuesday April 21st

Been There, Done That, Now What!
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Moving forward with life productively and successfully often results from looking backward honestly and thoughtfully. As the former Director and founder of TIE, the presenter draws from nearly three decades of education technology experience to share lessons learned and offer insights about the journey. He concludes with observations about evolving technologies and considers implications for the education community. His message of “we’ve come so far but we have far to go” sends TIE 2009 participants away with a positive perspective about the role and potential of technology for all learners—students and educators!