Category: 2019

Meet Twylla Hester @twyllahester – Tuttle HS Principal

What’s your first and last name?

  • Twylla Hester

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

  • Tuttle HS Principal

How are you involved in education?

  • Lead learner and facilitator of ideas. As the principal at the high school, I am tasked with guiding the vision of our school in excellence and character. Oh, and I do the discipline, reports, evals, and all the other “principal” things.

What does your ideal school or classroom look like?

  • My ideal school would encourage individual student paths toward success so they are prepared to lead happy, productive, community minded lives beyond high school. This means our teachers would be setting the example in civil discussions, SEL opportunities, and real world applications in all classes. Our students would be encouraged to explore career paths to find their fit and would be encouraging to those on different paths.

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

  • PBIS in middle/high school
    Community/business involvement

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Meet Tiffany Peltier @Tiffany_Peltier – Doctoral Student/Undergrad Instructor

What’s your first and last name?

  • Tiffany Peltier

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

  • Doctoral Student/Undergrad Instructor

How are you involved in education?

  • I’m currently pursuing my doctorate after teaching pre-K through first grade for six years. I’m also teaching undergraduate courses in reading in special education and elementary education at the University of Oklahoma. Previously, I’ve taught undergraduate coursework in reading at Texas A& M university. I study teacher training and preparation in reading, effective instruction, and dyslexia.

What does your ideal school or classroom look like?

  • Knowledgeable, curious, and diagnostic teaching, and students succeeding!

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

  • Dyslexia, effective beginning reading instruction, or reading and the brain!

Are you on Twitter?

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Meet Cathleen Skinner, Director of World Languages Other Than English at the Oklahoma State Department of Education

What’s your first and last name?

  • Cathleen Skinner

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

  • Director of World Languages Other Than English at the Oklahoma State Department of Education

How are you involved in education?

  • A former classroom K-12 world language teacher in urban, rural and suburban districts in Oklahoma.
  • Former Foreign Language Education Director for the College of Education at Oklahoma State University.
  • Currently Director of World Languages Other Then English for the State.

What does your ideal school or classroom look like?

  • Lots of communication in the target language by students guided by their teacher to collaborate on projects and tasks using real target language to accomplish a goal. These collaborations may include virtual exchanges with classes outside the U.S. focusing on cross-curricular projects.

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

  • Why every child should be learning a world language, and why we should be supporting world language instruction for our students.
  • The Goal Is Proficiency: Using comprehensible input instructional methods
  • Bringing an Effective World Language Program to Your School
  • How to Assess Language Proficiency
  • The Seal of Biliteracy

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Meet Jennifer Seitsinger @room20awesome – Kindergarten Teacher

What’s your first and last name?

  • Jennifer Seitsinger

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

  • Kindergarten Teacher

How are you involved in education?

  • I get to learn along with 22 kindergarten kiddos every day!! I’m the co-sponsor of the Knight Riders Tech Team, our goal is to provide 5th and 6th graders with the tools needed to train and assist teachers with tech integration.

What does your ideal school or classroom look like?

  • My ideal classroom is a busy place where students are actively engaged in learning…building, creating, and investigating!

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

  • Microsoft tools for education
  • Technology in the early childhood classroom
  • Tech Team (training student leaders to assist educators with tech integration)

Do you have a website or blog?

Are you on Twitter?

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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?

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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?

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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.

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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.

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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?

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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!

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