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About Us
Chris
Chris has been an educator for almost 20 years and has split his time as a Social Studies teacher and now a secondary vice principal. He is passionate about using technology purposefully for learning and believes that educating students about learning with technology appropriately is our business. He also firmly believes in making learning visible and real and feels technology can certainly aid with this as well.
Amy
Amy is an elementary school teacher, and has been teaching since 2012. She has taught at several independent and public schools, including an independent school for children with learning disorders. She has always loved technology and has been an advocate for its use in the classroom for many years, but while working at the special education school, she saw and experienced first-hand how useful technology can be for some of our most vulnerable students.
Saniya
Saniya is an elementary school teacher. She has been teaching Grade 5 students at an independent school in Surrey, B.C. since 2013. Saniya strives to create a collaborative learning environment in which all students feel valued and their curiosities and interests cultivated. She strongly believes that incorporating technology into the classroom can help engage and empower students.
Natalie
Natalie is currently a middle school vice principal and has previously educated (as a both teacher and a school counsellor) at the middle school level for 15 years. She is passionate about incorporating technology meaningfully across the curriculum and helping teachers, adolescents and their families navigate the tricky territory of social media.