Authors/Contributors:
Karen Richardson
Bio: Dr. Karen Richardson has more than 25 years of experience in education. She has taught high school English as well as middle school language arts and technology, and she now focuses her attention on teaching face-to-face and online courses related to education technology as well as school leadership and administration to pre-service and in-service teachers. As executive director of the Virginia Society for Technology in Education, Virginia’s ISTE affiliate, she works to develop and implement online and face-to-face education technology professional development experiences for educators.
Jenna Linskens
Bio: Jenna Linskens is a Senior Educational Consultant with ISTE’s Professional Services team. She provides staff development trainings and support in technology integration, instructional design, and e-learning to K-12 and higher education communities. Jenna has over 18 years of teaching experience as an elementary educator and professor of Educational Technology at Marian University, Wisconsin. Jenna is a Google Certified Educator and Google Certified Teacher (GTAUK 2014). She has been called an "Ed Tech Rockstar" and has presented internationally, at state and at national education conferences around the United States. Jenna has a Master of Arts in Education in Curriculum and Instruction and is currently earning an Educational Doctorate in Technology and E-Learning through Northcentral University, Arizona.