Experienced+Voices

**Experienced Voices**
Another way we are jump starting your networking is by bringing in some administrators that are using the techniques we have been discussing in their own leadership. Each will be creating a Group for your to join. You do not have to join all the groups-- just the topics which interest you.

**George Couros** George Couros is currently school principal of [|Forest Green School and Connections for Learning,] located in Stony Plain, Alberta, Canada. The schools are from ages K-12, and he loves working with kids of all ages. He is passionate about distributed leadership within his school, and believes that creating a collaborative environment with all stakeholders, will help to ensure that educators meet the best needs of all children. You can learn more about George on his own blog entitled [|“The Principal of Change”]. George created the "Connected Principals" site because he knew that we can learn so much from a strong team of educators with different backgrounds, as opposed to the view of only one. George has started the group Building Connections, please click on the link to join.

**Chris Harbeck** Chris Harbeck teaches grade 8 math to approximately 140 students each year in Winnipeg, Manitoba. He has been teaching middle school students for over a decade and is in his sixth year of using 2.0 applications and "21st Century Learning" in his classroom. Despite the fact (or more realistically because of the fact) that math is one of those subjects students often reflect back on with distaste, fear or indifference, Chris has moved from teaching both social studies and math to the one subject. He has been involved in development of the middle years math curriculum at the divisional and provincial level. With his strong focus on conceptual understanding, Chris has discovered that using 2.0 tools and applications make math fun and interesting. An encouraging trend has emerged: students do not run away and saying "I hate math"; they love to do assignments and have started to see the beauty in math. Chris has presented at the K12Online Conference. Chris blogs at Making It Interesting http://makeitinteresting.blogspot.com/ and can be found at @charbeck on Twitter. Chris has started a group, A Buffet of Choices, please click on the link to join!

**Kim Cofino**

Originally from the US, Kim is an enthusiastic and innovative globally-minded educator. Kim has been teaching internationally for over 10 years, first in Munich, Germany, next in Kuala Lumpur, Malaysia, then at the International School Bangkok in Thailand, and currently she is the Technology and Learning Coach at Yokohama International School in Japan. Her work focuses on helping core subject teachers authentically embed current and emerging technologies in the classroom to create a global and collaborative learning environment. Her inquiry-based, constructivist approach to teaching utilizes project-based learning experiences developed using the Understanding by Design process combined with the MYP Technology Design Cycle. Kim's group is Globally Collaborative Projects, please click to join.