NTCAMP Blogger Spotlight

Posted by Andrew Marcinek on 7/22/10 • Categorized as ntcamp2011

Mary Beth Hertz

Philly Teacher: A Blog About Teaching, Learning, and Life

NTCAMP 2010 PLN Panel

NTCAMP 2010

Mary Beth Hertz is a computer teacher and technology integration specialist at a charter school in North Philadelphia. She blogs about her classroom experiences, transforming education and current issues in education, reflecting on her practice and her experiences. She is passionate about the power that technology has to bring together educators and students, providing opportunities for students to make their voices heard outside the classroom walls and to bring the world into their classroom.

Nancy Ehrlich

Examiner.com Philadelphia

New Teacher Conference July 24, 2010 #ntcamp

Nancy L. Ehrlich, M.Ed has been an educator for over 29 years. She has taught students from age four through the college level. Ms. Ehrlich has worked as a teacher, head of school, learning center director, and reading specialist. Throughout her diverse career, she has constantly focused on bringing the joy of literacy and learning to children, families and fellow educators. She encourages comments, correspondence and questions.

Jason Bedell

Reflections On Teaching and Learning

Why You Should Attend #ntcamp

Jason T. Bedell is an Educational Technology Specialist for the Morris School District in NJ as well as a consultant. His specialty is in connecting sound educational standards or objectives with the tools that will best engage the students in authentic learning. Follow his blog at http://jasontbedell.com and follow him on Twitter at http://twitter.com/jasontbedell.com.

Tom Whitby

My Island View

Is It Something, Or Nothing?

Thomas D. Whitby is currently an Adjunct Professor at St. Joseph’s College in New York. He

teaches Secondary Education Methods courses for English and Supervises Student teachers.

Retired from Public Education after serving 34 years as a secondary English teacher, he

is the founder of seven educational groups on Linkedin, the largest being 1,700 members,

the Technology-Using Professors Group. He is a Co-Creator of #Edchat, an award winning

educational discussion group on Twitter. He created of the Educator’s PLN, a global Ning site,

where approximately 5,000 educators share and collaborate daily. He is an educational Blogger,

My Island View: Educational, Disconnected Utterances. He was named by the Lincoln Center

for Education as one of the top 30 Educators to Follow on Twitter. He has written for several

national educational journals including Learning and Leading the Journal for the International

Society for Technology in Education. He has presented at statewide and National Educational

Conferences. He recently presented at The 140 Character Conferences on social Media in Los

Angeles, and New York City both being broadcast internationally.

The ntcamp team would like to thank these great voices in education for spreading the word about our conference. We appreciate your thoughtful insight and look forward to hearing your thoughts and ideas at ntcamp.