Piontek

=Jeff Piontek=

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Jeff Piontek is a teacher, writer and speaker. He began his teaching career in a NYC public school as a science teacher. He went on to further his education and became the Director of Instructional and Informational Technology in NYC. He has traveled the country teaching educators the best approaches to working with at risk students in at risk schools. Currently he is the head of the Hawaii Technology Academy, sits on the National Governor's Association STEM Committee and is a part of the State of Hawaii Economic Development Workforce Committee. The ISTE has named him the "Crowdsource" Keynote Speaker for 2010 and he appeared at the conference in June of this year.

Through his years of training and experience he has provided educators with an innovative frame work for utilizing technology to enhance their teaching. His latest book is "Blog's Wiki's and Podcast's, Oh My! Electronic Media in the classroom". There are many slide show presentations available for educators that focus on technology education. []One can also find informative videos of presentations or interviews given by Jeff Piontek such as the following. .media type="youtube" key="SkDIklQbols?fs=1" height="184" width="318"

I thought that the information about technology in education was great. He has a very forward way of thinking and is jumping ahead to try new techniques. The only downfall I can see is funding for schools to gain access to some of the technology available. I liked the interview on youtube that shows some of the newer advances he is collaborating on. SLW