114 - Julianne Ross-Kleinmann: Diversity, STEM, and the Power of the PLN

JULIANNE ROSS-KLEINMANN is passionate about instructional technology to support teaching and learning, sharing what she’s learned with others, and community service -- her focus for over 30 years as a member of Delta Sigma Theta Inc.Julianne formally started teaching technology and became an ISTE member in the 1990s. She’s a frequent presenter at conferences and schools on topics including technology applications, integration and troubleshooting, rubrics and assessment, STEM, makerspaces and room design. Her favorite presentations have involved co-presenting with her students on topics relating to computational thinking using the Scratch and Scratch Jr. programming languages.Julianne is currently an Instructional Specialist for the Ulster County Board of Cooperative Educational Services (BOCES) in New Paltz, New York. She is an ISTE Certified Educator, Apple Teacher, Certified BrainPOP Educator (CBE), Google Level I Certified Educator, ISTE Mobile Learning Network 2017 Excellence Award Winner and past chair of the ISTE STEM Professional Learning Network (PLN), and currently serves on the ISTE Board of Directors.You can follow Juli on Twitter @JBR_Kleinmann.Visit https://teachersonfire.net/ for all the show notes and links from this episode!Connect with the Teachers on Fire podcast on social media:On Twitter: https://twitter.com/TeachersOnFireOn Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/teachersonfire/On Facebook: https://www.facebook.com/TeachersOnFire/On LinkedIn: www.linkedin.com/in/TimWCaveyOn The Teachers on Fire Magazine: https://medium.com/teachers-on-fireOn YouTube: https://www.youtube.com/channel/UCFDPjkAn7lZb-rahyVDttKASong Track CreditsIntro: Easy (by Mike Cosmo -- license purchased at https://taketones.com/)Outtro: Bluntedsesh4 (by Tha Silent Partner, courtesy of FreeMusicArchive.org)--- Support this podcast: https://anchor.fm/teachersonfire/support