Bio
Nancy Stone Penchev is a Media Teacher and Instructional Technology Coordinator for grades ECE-5th grade and is a Professional Development consultant in the area of Instructional Technology. She has 17 year classroom teaching experience. Her degrees include a Bachelor’s in Elementary Education, Masters in Early Childhood, Masters in Instructional Technology, and she is currently working toward completion of her EdD in Instructional Technology and Distance Learning. Nancy’s conference presentations include local, state, and international conferences, including South Carolina Council for the Social Studies, Association for Educational Communications and Technology, Online Education Symposium for Independent Schools, North Carolina Association for Elementary Education, Florida Educational Technology Conference, SuperiorTech4Teachers, Tomorrow’s Classroom Today, Florida Reading Association, Florida Association of Media Education, and the International Society for Technology in Education. She has published articles about technology in Teaching in the Middle magazine, Association of Middle Level Educators, ISTE point/counterpoint, and was a focus for an article from Coca-Cola on 9 Ways Technology is Transforming the Classroom. Conference presentations include local, state, and international conferences.South Carolina Council for the Social Studies (2000-2005, 2015) Technology Tools for the SS ClassroomOnline Education Symposium for Independent Schools (2014) Technology ToolsNorth Carolina Association for Elementary Education (2014, 2015) Technology Tools, (2016) Girls Building STEAM, Coding in the CurriculumFlorida Educational Technology Conference (2014, 2015, 2016)Complete Technology Curriculum, Accelerated Reader, Tellagami, Girls Building STEAM, Blog, Campfires, Tech Minutes, and More, Why I Blog and You Should Too!, Photography in the ECE classroomSuperiorTech4Teachers (2015, 2016) Tech Tools, Digital Citizenship, STEAM, Everybody CodesTomorrow’s Classroom Today (2015), Technology ToolsFlorida Reading Association (2015) Technology for the Reading Classroom (2016) ECE Storytelling, Sharing, and More, A Whole New World of Sharing What We KnowFlorida Association of Media Education (2015), Literacy DaysInternational Society for Technology in Education (2015, 2016), Girls Building STEAM,Student Led Clubs, Coaches playground, STEM playgroundGlobal Maker Day online presenter (May 2016), Can We Make Something?, Tales of a First Year Maker, (Oct 2016) Robotics club, 4 tools for PresentationsInternational Literacy Association (2016), Literacy DaysiPadpalooza (2016), Digital CitizenshipUpstate Technology Conference (2016), App-tastic reading activities, Kids Can Code, Digital Citizenship in the Social Media WorldNational Association for Gifted Children (2016), STEAMing it Up with Literacy Focused Activities