As a teacher and citizen, it is important to give credit where credit is due. The idea of this program came from my friend, Julie LaChance. I met Julie in Second Life and later at the ISTE 2010 and 2011 Conferences. Julie was honored with the Young Educator Award award from ISTE because of her undying commitment to use technology to help students learn. One of Julie's ideas was called, "Coffee with a Nerd" which she wrote about in ISTE's Leading and Learning Magazine. Essentially the idea was to have professional development workshops for teachers with the added bonus of a good pot of gourmet coffee brewing in the background. This was an opportunity to break down some of the anxiety that often accompanies new technology for teachers.
So with that in mind I thought it would be a nice twist to flip the idea by having tech savvy teachers talk about their fantastic ideas over a nice cup of coffee at at local coffee shop.
Putting together a well made production proved to be the most challenging task. However, I came across dynamic TV Production and Sound teacher, Marc Hunt, who has been a huge help being the "Producer" of the show. Marc lends his extraordinary talents to create the video of Coffee with a Geek. Of course he gets help from some of his eager students.
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