Talks With Teachers

Dyane Smokorowski: Instructional Technology Coach  @Mrs_Smoke Dyane serves as an instructional technology trainer, providing professional development for the Andover school district, and throughout the state training preK-12 teachers on 21st Century Skills, project-based learning and technology tools.  In addition, she is an Intel National Senior Trainer, training other teachers around the nation in project-based learning strategies with enhanced technology integration, and co-hosts monthly online professional development trainings focused on effective technology integration and 21st Century Skills for PreK-12 educators for the Intel Teach Live International Monthly Webinar series. In this episode you will learn: How Dyane makes teachers nerdy Why she didn't expect to land in middle school education How she gets stuck in that space of middle school jokes, books, and jargon A time when she almost betrayed a child's trust and what she learned from it How Shelly Schott, of Intel Education, has mentored her.