Rebecca Penina Simon is a talented, energetic educator who is the Educational Technology Coach and Coordinator at the Solomon Schechter School of Queens. Prior to this year, she taught second grade and kindergarten at Bais Yaakov School for Girls in Baltimore for seven years. Originally from Memphis, TN, she earned her Master of Arts in Teaching from the University of Memphis. She is certified in the State of Maryland in Elementary Education and is trained in the Orton-Gilingham method of reading instruction.
Rebecca has a passion for Educational Technology and using it to teach her students. She is currently enrolled in the Blended/Online Learning Program through Yeshiva University. She recently received a Master's Certificate in Educational Technology Integration through Yeshiva University. Rebecca is a SMART Exemplary educator, SMART Certified trainer in Notebook and Response, and a SMART certified lesson developer. Rebecca blogs for Johns Hopkins Center for Technology in Education at the Maryland Learning Links blog on technology for children with special needs. Her personal blog, Climbing the Ladder of Educational Technology, focuses on educational technology. She is a guest writer for the highly acclaimed Teachers with Apps and a contributor to LessonCast, creating professional development videos for teachers to help improve their instruction.
Rebecca was awarded the DYMO/Mimio Jumpstart grant for Mimio Interactive Classroom tools. She was also awarded V-Linc's 2012 What I Wish For My Child Campaign and A4CWSN's (Apps for Children with Special Need's) 2011 50 State iPad campaign from the State of Maryland.
You can find Rebecca on twitter - @edtechmorah, on her blog Climbing the Ladder of Educational Technology (edtechmorah.blogspot.com) and on http://yu20.org/.

The Edmodo group code for this session is mjoemu.