From Innovation in Early Childhood, Elementary Education to EdTech Coaching & Mentoring

I am the founder of the Innovation Lab at Clear Sky Elementary and just completed my 28th year of teaching. I share a variety of digital tools and the principal of Design Thinking with all of our K-6 students. The curriculum in the lab is a combination of STEM and Makerspace, organized within the LAUNCH Cycle. Over the course of the school year, students work through a variety of design challenges: coding, robotics, building with cardboard, circuits, game design, and stop motion animation.

Kristin Kinner is a primary classroom teacher that evolved into a STEM teacher. Her innovative classroom focuses on personalizing learning for students, incorporates design challenges, and builds on community. She has a BA in Elementary Education, a Masters in Reading and Special Education, and a resume filled with professional development and research that is current with today's practice and has been teaching young learners for over 25 years.She serves on the Board of InnEdCO. Email: kkinner@innedco.org Follow her Twitter: @kinnerswinners or @k_kinnerteaches

Becca McMillan is from Denver, Colorado and is a K-5 STEM Teacher and Coach in the Cherry Creek School District. She has 14 years of education experience and loves helping teachers increase engagement in their classrooms with STEM integration.

I'm a fun-loving teacher and kid at heart. I have a passion to love, learn, inspire and innovate. I've been teaching for 21 years in K-2 and am currently a reading interventionist.

Zoe Tessier is a school administrator for DCSD. She received her Masters in Education with a focus in Administration and Supervision and is a second-year Doctoral Student at the University of Northern Colorado, in Educational Studies. She has worked in the public school sector in Colorado for eight years, representing teachers in the District for the Accountability Committee, the Professional Development Committee, and a board representative for the Art Students League. Zoe helps support and educate her community, staff and students in the Douglas County School District specifically looking at student engagement for her online alternative school, eDCSD.