Meet The Team

Meet The Team

Shannon Gaumer10 years in education

Kindergarten and second grade teacher; Instructional Technology Specialist

Awards: Lincoln Elementary Teacher of the year in 2006, Anaheim City School District’s Leadership Team Member

Favorite DE Feature: Quiz Builder

Patti Duncan14 years in education

Middle and High School Science Teacher

Awards: Recognized as “Teacher to Watch … The Next Generation”; Discovery Educator Network “Science Guru”

Favorite DE Feature: Builder Tools and Student Center

Jennifer Gingerich20 years in education

Third and fifth grade teacher; District Technology Coach

Awards: Inspired Teacher Award, Northwest; Featured Speaker at Northwest Council for Computer Education (NCCE)

Favorite DE Feature: Ability to synergize using content and platforms

Ronique Hicks13 years in education

High school social studies teacher; New York Technology Education Department Specialist

Awards: eInstruction Education Consultant, Google Certified Teacher, ClassLink Certified Trainer, and PLATO Agency Consultant

Favorite DE Feature: Builder Tools

Genevieve Kahlweiss20 years in education

First Grade teacher, Technology Teacher Pre-K-8, Technology Administrator, District Technology Coordinator

Awards: 2007 Computer Using Educator Outstanding Teacher of the Year, Who’s Who among American Teachers 2004-2005-2006, OCCUE VP of Programs, Google Certified Teacher

Favorite DE Feature: Science Interactive Glossary and Quiz Builder

Jamie LaForgia10 years in education

High school English teacher, creative writing teacher, and Student Council Advisor

Favorite DE Feature: Images

Cindy Lane20 years in education

Teacher’s assistant, teacher, district instructional technology specialist, and adjunct professor

Awards: Dale Carnegie Sales Award recipient and Best Presenter at RPCD, IL.

Favorite DE Feature: Images for Graphing

Kim Randall13 years in education

Elementary, Spanish, and technology teacher, first through eighth grades

Awards: Target Teacher’s Scholarship PT3 (Preparing Tomorrow’s Teachers) Grant recipient, Apple Distinguished Educator, California Student Media Festival prize winner

Favorite DE Feature: Student Access

Linda Rush20 years in education

Special Education Teacher and Media Specialist

Awards: SMART Master Teacher, Mimeo Master Teacher, DENny Award

Favorite DE Feature: Closed Captioning and Quiz Builder

Rosy Escandon10 years in education

Teacher for students with severe language delays and ELL students; Teacher on Special Assignment for Technology Training

Awards: Featured in EdTech Magazine and a member of the Arizona State Governor’s eLearning Task Force Committee

Favorite DE Feature: Closed Captioning Tool

Teryl Magee12 years in education

Kindergarten and fourth grade teacher; Building Level Technology Coordinator; Instructional Coach

Awards: National School Board Association’s 20 to Watch Educator; Technology and Learning Leader of the Year Nominee; and Disney Teacher of the Year Nominee

Favorite DE Feature: Atlas

Linda Higgins12 years in education

Elementary classroom teacher - grades 1 & 2

Awards: Selected by Administration as a model and presented my lesson planning technique to the school board

Favorite DE Feature: Calendar, Interactive Objective Report in Assessment

Jennie O’Kelley8 years in education

Elementary to High School classroom teacher; Tech Coordinator

Awards: Certificate of Special Congressional Recognition for Science, Mathematics and Technology Certificate for Special Recognition from Corona-Norco Unified School District Presidents Education Awards Program for Outstanding Academic Achievement

Favorite DE Feature: Builder Tools

Carolyn Rains25 years in education

Classroom teacher, Technology Integration Specialist, Reading Specialist, Parent Involvement Coordinator, and Intervention Teacher

Awards: Teacher of the Year, DENny Award-Spring, 2009, Chairperson of Distinguished Schools committee

Favorite DE Feature: DE Science Interactive Glossary

Sally Sherman7 years in education

First grade self contained and sixth grade teacher

Awards: Recognized by district for work ethic

Favorite DE Feature: Weekly webinars for teacher professional development