APPOINTMENTS, AWARDS, HONORS, & RECOGNITIONS o Member, American Association of School Librarians (AASL) Best Apps for Teaching and Learning Committee Spring 2014 o Social Media/Twitter – Maryland Association of School Librarians Spring 2014 o Nominee, Maryland Society for Educational Technology Educator of the Year Spring 2013 o Nominee, PTSA Maryland Teacher of the Year Spring 2013 o Member, Governor’s Virtual Learning Advisory Council Fall 2012 o Chair, American Association of School Librarians (AASL) Intellectual Freedom Subcommittee. Winter 2012 o Member, Maryland State Department of Education (MSDE) Teacher Effectiveness Workgroup/Think Tank Fall 2010 o Recipient, Award in Excellence in Education - presented by Baltimore County Chamber of Commerce and Southwest Airlines – Spring 2010 o Panelist, Maryland State Education Association State Convention - My presentation - Social Media: A 21st Century Tool for Making Global Connections is featured on the MSEA website. http://www.marylandeducators.org/ Excerpts from this presentation were featured in the November/December 2010 issue of ActionLine Magazine. Fall 2012 o Advisory Board Member, Livebinders - http://www.livebinders.com Spring 2010 o Advisory Member, Pubic Broadcasting System (PBS) TeacherLine Fall 2004 o Nominee, Master Teacher of the Year Award – Spring 2002 o Scholar, Treasure Mountain Research Retreat – “You have been selected because of your potential for future contributions to our field through teaching, service and research.” – Summer 2002 http://www.davidvl.org o Master Teacher for The National Teacher Training Institute - Fall 2001 http://www.thirteen.org/edonline/ntti/ o Fellow, Maryland Technology Academy – Summer 1999 (over 650 teachers, library media specialist, and technology coordinators applied only 120 were selected) http://www.cte.jhu.edu/techacademy/ o Nominee, Baltimore City Public Schools Computer Educator of the Year – Spring 1996