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Jac de Haan

ID - Seattle, WA

While writing blog posts for Edutopia, I (@techwithintent) was a technology integration specialist working with Seattle area schools. My students spent as much time examining the social, political, environmental & moral impacts of technology as they did actually using it.

I now work at Google and will continue to blog semi-regularly at Technology With Intention.

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Tags Technology Integration

How to Roll Out a 1:1 iPad Program

August 15, 2012

When The Westside School decided to grow its established primary school into a leading middle school program, parents, teachers, students and administrators mapped out an integrated project-based learning environment designed to engage and challenge...

Tags Teacher Leadership

20 Ways to Create a Healthy Faculty Environment

October 18, 2011

In honor of Edutopia's 20th anniversary, we're producing a series of Top 20 lists, from the practical to the sublime.
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Tags: Teacher Compensation, Teacher Development, All Grades

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Areas of interest: technology, integration, social media, programming, curriculum, design, adolescent development, user experience, outdoor education, place-based learning, cross-curricular connections

Organizations/Affiliations: Google Certified Teacher, Microsoft Innovative Educator, ISTE