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Brad Currie
Brad Currie NewAbout NomineeName of Nominee: Nominees' website: http://www.bradcurrie.net or www.bcurrie.wordpress.com Nominee's Organization Chester School District Nominators affiliation to nominee: PLN Tell us how he/she is making a difference: Brad is making a difference in education on many fronts. In particular Brad is a huge advocate for technology and social media integration in the school setting. He promotes the expansion of Personal Learning Networks through Twitter with colleagues and fellow educators around the world. Brad is the Middle School Dean of Students and Supervisor of Instruction for the Chester School District in Chester, NJ. Brad co-founded and co-moderates a weekly Twitter discussion for current and emerging school leaders called #Satchat. Brad blogs about his experiences both as a school leader and lessons learned through the connections he has made on Twitter. His blog is called Engaged and Relevant and has been read by thousands of people from around the world. Some of his more popular posts include Connect Yourself Before You Wreck Yourself, Stabbed With a Pencil, 10 Ways to Spice Up a Faculty Meeting, Low on the Ladder, and Swallow Your Pride. Brad also loves to highlight student and staff achievements through his blog posts. He believes that the more educators share the more students will benefit. Community votes and reviewsAverage community rating from: 2 user(s)
Brad Currie
2013-04-07 15:14:03
Bill Krakower
About the NomineeBrief Comments - What other facts should we know? ( MAX 500 characters) Last year in April I started participating in #satchat in which Brad Currie was the co-moderator and founder. Over the past year, I have been able to work along side Brad as co-moderator of #satchat and a co-organizer of edcampNJ. Brad's has an amazing passion as an eductors and cares deeply about what he does. He has been extremely helpful as someone I can ask questions to and work along side with through Social Media. His blog is an eye opener to different topics in education and his insight is greatly noted.
Brad Currie
2013-04-06 23:42:33
Brad
About the NomineeBrief Comments - What other facts should we know? ( MAX 500 characters) Brad is a proud father of two and husband to a wonderful wife who happens to be a special education teacher. He has presented or held live #Satchat discussions at the following conferences ~ NASSP Ignite 13, Edscape, NJPSA Fall Conference, Educon 2.5, EdcampNJ, NJAMLE, and the NJECC Annual Conference. Brad has been a featured blogger for SmartBrief, Eye on Education, Edutopia, TeacherCast, and the CoolCatTeacher Blog. He truly loves to help others uncover the power of innovative teaching methods that help promote the success of all students. |
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