Steve Hargadon is Elluminate's Social Learning Consultant and the founder of the Classroom 2.0 social network (www.classroom20.com). He blogs, speaks, and consults on educational technology, and is particularly passionate about Web 2.0, social networking, Free and Open Source Software, computer reuse, and computing for low-income populations. He runs the Open Source Pavilion and speaker series for the North-American NECC, CUE, and T+L edtech shows. He is also the organizer of the annual EduBloggerCon, and holds a series of free workshops (Classroom 2.0 LIVE) around the United States to help in-the-trenches educators learn about the uses of Web 2.0 in the classroom. Steve is the Emerging Technologies Chair for NECC, a regular columnist at School Library Journal, and a blogger at www.SteveHargadon.com. He has consulted for PBS, Intel, Ning, KnowledgeWorks Foundation, CoSN, and others on educational technology; specifically, on social networking. His interview series can be found at www.FutureofEducation.com, www.Conversations.net, and www.EdTechLive.com. He and his wife and have four children.
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Dr. Kip Kristine Leland is an online learning consultant; president of the California eLearning Special Interest Group (through CUE and iNACOL) and the director of the Online Learning Summer Institute at the Teach the Teachers Collaborative in Ojai. Kip is now retired from the Los Angeles Unified School District and was the creator and project manager for the Los Angeles Virtual Academy (LAVA) which is still in operation. Her doctorate is in Educational Technology and her expertise is in virtual education. Inspired by the works of Marc Prensky and Etienne Wenger, Kip has created a virtual community of practice that is still in existence today. Kip has also authored and taught many online learning courses for aspiring online teachers and content developers throughout the years.
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Rob Darrow is the principal of the Clovis Online School, a full time online charter school serving students in grades 9-12 throughout Fresno County and Central California. He is also completing his doctoral work at California State University, Fresno where his research focus has been on K-12 online learning, at-risk high school students, and charter schools. He has been involved with online learning in California since 2001, was the co-author of the California Virtual School Report in 2002, and was part of the AB294 online school pilot program from 2004-2006. He has served as the Coordinator of Library Resources and the project director of several federal Teaching American History grants. He has been a teacher, teacher librarian and administrator for the past 30 years in California. His blog deals with online learning issues, which can be read at http://robdarrow.wordpress.com.
