Teacher Appreciation Week has passed, but teachers deserve to be recognized all year long! This week for Thank a Teacher Thursdays (#ThankaTeacher) we have an outstanding list of eight teachers, educators, and lifelong learners! We’ll continue to spotlight a handful of teachers who not only make a contribution to the classroom, but to the greater online teacher community. Feel free to read their blogs, follow them on twitter, and if you know a teacher that deserves to be recognized – tell us in the comments section!
Bridgette Wagoner is a lifelong learner and the Director of Educational Services for Waverly-Shell Rock Schools in Iowa. She’s passionate about bringing transformational change to schools and describes herself as “Just one rebel looking for a few more rebels to change the world.” Visit her blog and find her on twitter @B_Wagoner.
Tom Whitby is an Adjunct Professor at St. Joseph’s College in NY and a retired secondary English Teacher from the Public Education Sector after serving 34 years. He is the founder of seven educational groups on Linkedin and is a Co-Creator of #Edchat, an award winning educational discussion group on Twitter. He created the Educator’s PLN, a global Ning site, where approximately 5,000 educators share and collaborate daily. Visit his blog My Island View and find him on twitter @tomwhitby.
Hadley Ferguson teaches 7th and 8th grade history and is the faculty representative to the student technology group where she teaches. She is a co-founder of edcamp Philly, the original edcamp and is a member of the advisory group to the Library of Congress – helping them develop a teacher network. Hadley has been published in the ISTE magazine, Learning and Leading. Visit her blog Middle School Matrix and find her on twitter @hadleyjf.
Annie Fox is a respected educator, award-winning author, and a trusted online adviser. Her life’s work is helping teens become more self-aware, self-confident and better able to make choices that reflect who they really are. She does it through Q&A, events at schools, and books like her Middle School Confidential™ series. Visit her blog and find her on twitter @Annie_Fox.
Steven W. Anderson, better know as @web20classroom, is a District Instructional Technologist for the Winston-Salem/Forsyth County Schools in Winston-Salem, NC. He has a passion for helping educators discover the power of learning for both themselves and students through the use of social media. As a co-founder of #edchat he has helped to create one of the largest, weekly chats on Twitter. You can read more about Steven at his blog, The Web 2.0 Classroom.
Lisa Dabbs is an educational coach and consultant who started her career as an elementary school teacher in Southern California. Lisa is a trained coach/consultant and has worked for Kaplan K-12 Educational Corporation as a Middle School Consultant & ELA Coach in the LAUSD. She also works as an Adjunct Professor teaching Graduate Level courses in School Administration. Her passion is to support and mentor new teachers. You can read more about Lisa at her blog, Teaching With Soul and follow her on twitter @teachingwthsoul
Berni Wall is an English language teacher based in North Yorkshire (surrounded by sheep, cows and fields) UK. Her adult students come and stay with her to study for a week or two on immersion courses (she also teaches online on her site Gapfillers). Her blog hosts the #edchat summaries and she writes for English language students, especially those trying to study alone, giving them tips about language learning. Check out Berni’s website, RLI Language Services and follow her on twitter @rliberni
Nicholas Provenzano entered the blogging world January 1st, 2010. Since then, he has been involved in many exciting projects and events. He has presented around the country at multiple #edcamps and is organizing #edcampDetroit. Nicholas enjoys blogging about education, technology and all things nerdy. Check out Nicholas’ blog, The Nerdy Teacher and follow him on twitter @thenerdyteacher.
