Presenter+Background

Carl Anderson is a technology integration specialist for East Metro Integration District 6057 in St. Paul, MN, an online art and technology teacher for Minnesota Connections Academy, and an adjunct instructional technology teacher for Hamline University. In 2008 he received his MAED from Hamline University with a certificate in Teaching and Technology. He also was a classroom art teacher for eight years. He has presented on topics related to art and technology integration at the local and regional levels including the Minnesota Retreat for the Arts (2002), the Minnesota Association of Alternative Programs Conference (2007), TIES Education Technology Conference (2007, 2008, 2009, 2010), ITEC Education Technology Conference (2008), SEMTEC Education Technology Conference (2008, 2009, 2010), and the ISTE Conference (2010). He also writes the Techno Constructivist blog about education technology issues and has been a guest blogger at Change.org and DangerouslyIrrelevant.org.

**Scott Schwister** is a technology integration specialist for Northeast Metro Intermediate School District 916 in White Bear Lake, Minnesota. A former middle- and high-school language arts teacher, he has taught as an adjunct instructor in Hamline University's Teaching and Technology certificate and additional licensure programs. In 2008-09, he was the project lead for//Developing Teacher Leadership in Technology Integration//, an intensive E2T2-funded professional development project. He has presented on topics related to technology integration and language arts at ISTE/NECC (2007, 2010), TIES Education Technology Conference (2008-10), Hamline University Summer Literacy Institute (2009-10), and International Visual Literacy Association Conference (2009). He blogs at Higher Edison.

Since 1982, Gary Stager, an internationally recognized educator, speaker and consultant, has helped learners of all ages on six continents embrace the power of computers as intellectual laboratories and vehicles for self-expression. He led professional development in the world's first laptop schools (1990), has designed online graduate school programs since the mid-90s, is a collaborator in the MIT Media Lab's Future of Learning Group and a member of the One Laptop Per Child Foundation's Learning Team. Mr. Stager's doctoral research involved the creation a high-tech alternative learning environment for incarcerated at-risk teens. Recent work includes teaching and mentoring some of Australia's "most troubled" public schools. Gary was Senior Editor of District Administration Magazine and Founding Editor of The Pulse: Education’s Place for Debate. He is currently Visiting Professor at Pepperdine University, an Associate of the Thornburg Center for Professional Development and the Executive Director of The Constructivist Consortium. In 1999, Converge Magazine named Gary a "shaper of our future and inventor of our destiny." The National School Boards Association recognized Dr. Stager with the distinction of "20 Leaders to Watch" in 2007. The June 2010 issue of Tech & Learning Magazine named Gary Stager as "one of today's leaders who are changing the landscape of edtech through innovation and leadership." Dr. Stager was a keynote speaker at the 2009 National Educational Computing Conference before an audience of more than 4,000 educators. He was also a Visiting Scholar at The University of Melbourne's Trinity College during the summer of 2009. Recently, Gary was the new media producer for The Brian Lynch/Eddie Palmieri Project - Simpatíco, 2007 Grammy Award Winner for Best Latin Jazz Album of the Year. Dr. Stager is also a contributor to The Huffington Post.