2023 Speakers

FEATURED SPEAKERDr. Abbey L. Askew is an Instructional Technology Enthusiast with over 20years in education at the local, district, regional and state level. Herexperiences include service as a public school middle and secondaryEnglish teacher, Instructional...

FEATURED SPEAKERMarcus is a Learning Innovation Coach with Ed Farm, who thrives as a servant to educators and students. Currently, he is charged with coaching/supporting educators and administrators with blended learning experiences, personalized coaching, coding, and...

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FEATURED SPEAKERMeet Holly, a passionate educator and digital learning pioneer who has made significant contributions to the field of educational technology. With over 25 years of rich experience, Holly is not only an international speaker and a bestselling author but...

FEATURED SPEAKEREric has been in education for 31 years, and currently serves as a Technology Integration Specialist for SPARCC in North Canton, Ohio where he oversees Google for Education implementation, training, and support, as well as other technology integration...

FEATURED SPEAKERLeslie Fisher’s interest in technology began while studying music at the University of Southern California. She quickly realized the value of utilizing computers for music mixing and recording. She grabbed her 300 baud modem, jumped on the Internet...

FEATURED SPEAKERNamed the 2020 National Librarian of the Year by School Library Journal and Scholastic,  a 2019 Library Journal Mover and Shaker and the 2019 National Teacher Award for Lifelong Readers by the National Council of Teachers of English (NCTE) and Penguin...

FEATURED SPEAKERShantel’s career began as a High School Theatre Tech Director and Social Studies teacher. Both positions fueled her passion for the Arts and History. She spent the past few years before joining the friEd Team as an Instructional Technology Specialist...

FEATURED SPEAKERBrooke is a Google Certified Educator and Lead Learning Guide at friEdTechnology. Her goal is to inspire teachers to create a technology-rich classroom based on student inquiry and engagement.  In her sessions she enjoys sharing tips, tricks, and...

FEATURED SPEAKERJorge Valenzuela is a well-regarded and nationally recognized performance and education coach, author, and speaker at Lifelong Learning Defined. He got his start in education and has helped countless educators improve their leadership and instructional...

FEATURED SPEAKERTony Vincent started out teaching fifth grade in Omaha 24 years ago. Several years later he took on the role of his school's technology coach. Eventually he left school teaching to be a self-employed consultant, sharing friendly ways for teachers to...