Meet Your Leadership Council

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Meet Your Leadership Council!
Pat UseldingCo-Chair
Rachel YurkCo-Chair
Rita MortensonEvents Co-Chair
Keith SchroederEvents Team
Rachel HoffmanEvents Team
Jeanine BrennanEvents Co-Chair
Brian BartelBlog Co-Chair
Pat HawkensonBlog Co-Chair
Wendy LiskaEvents Team
Cathy HouchinEvents Team
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Patrick UseldingCo-chair

• 8th Grade U.S. History
• 7th Grade World Geography
• 8th Grade Literature

• Student Council Advisor
• School Newspaper Advisor
• 8th Grade Patrols Advisor

• WI Co-Chair
• Avid Reader
• Film Buff
• Fledgling Author

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Rachel YurkCo-chair

• 6th Grade Teacher of all subjects at Poplar Creek
  Elementary School (New Berlin Public Schools)
• WI DEN Leadership Council Co-Chair
• SMART Certified Master Trainer
• SMART Exemplary Educator
• Author (Interactive Educator, Discovery Resource)

Personal Interests Mom to three great kids
(8yrs, and 6 yr. old twins) Traveler Avid blog
reader Web surfer Addicted to adolescent books
for my classroom Sunday School Teacher Cant wait
for the next episode of 24!!!
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Rita A. MortensonCo-chair

• Educational Technology Coordinator, Verona, WI
• National Board Certified Teacher, 2005
• Wisconsin DEN Leadership Council Co-Events
  Coord.
• Active Star DEN Member
• Apple Distinguished Educator, Class of 2007
• Digital Storyteller was inspired by Bernajean
  Porter
• Yearbook Advisor and Co-Advisor of Student
  Council
• Took 28 seniors on a trip to New York City this
  year!
• I enjoy swimming ?

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Keith SchroederEvents Team

• Library Media Specialist
• Certified Pre-K 12 LMS
• Certified Pre-K 8 All Subjects
• Storyteller
• Technology Integration
• Adjunct Instructor for Colleges

• N. Wisconsin Events Coordinator
• Active WI DEN Member
• WEMA Member
• AASL Member
• WLA Member
• NCTE Member

• Personal Interests
• Family
• Scoutmaster
• Stained Glass
• Fishing
• Podcasting
• Blogging
• Reading

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Rachel HoffmanEvents Team

• Professional Information
• 7th Grade Math and History Teacher at James
  Williams Middle School in Rhinelander, WI
• Taught grades 1,2, 3, 4, 5, 7 in 6 years!
• BCCP (Building Computer Contact Person)
• Masters Degree in Curriculum and Instruction
  with an emphasis on Educational Technology
• Self professed computer geek
• Member of district ITL Standards I-Safe
  committees
• WI STAR DEN Leadership Council member

• Personal Information
• Family comes first! 4 children ages 10, 6, 4, and
  1
• Enjoy traveling
• Love to read
• Active 4-H Volunteer

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Brian BartelBlog co-chair

• Chemistry/Biology Teacher at
• Appleton West High School
• BA Biology from Lawrence
• University, Masters of Life Science
• from the University of Maryland
• Swim Coach, Link CrewTM and Peer
• Helper Advisor, Building Tech Liaison
• President of Newsletter editor for
• The Wisconsin Society of Science
• Teachers (www.wsst.org)
• Co-host for Periodicity a weekly
• science Podcast from WSST

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Patricia HawkensonBlog co-chair

• National Board Certified Teacher
• Certified Adolescence Generalist
• Grade 6 Language Arts Instructor
• WEAC Representative
• Quia.com Affiliate
• Stained Glass Artist

• WI Co-Blog Chair
• Active WI DEN Member
• Blog Reader
• Developing my Podcasting Skills
• Trying to Master Movie Maker
• Web Surfer

Personal Interests I ride the latest waves of my
many passions collecting cobalt blue glass,
camping, writing, sketching, painting, pop-up
books, creating stained glass boxes and
kaleidoscopes, studying goddesses, reading,
traveling, and reflecting on life with friends
and family!
(PHOTO)
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Jeanine BrennanEvents co-chair

• Secretary for the Wauwatosa Education Association
• Wauwatosa Educational Media Association
• NEA Representative
• WI DEN Events Co-chair

• Instructional Technology Manager for Wauwatosa
  School District
• Adjunct Professor for Viterbo University-
  Educational Technology
• Masters in Library and Information Science

Personal Interests

• My children are an important part of my life.
  Joe, a GIS specialist for the Department of
  Agriculture and Rachel a flight attendant,
  traveling the world.

(PHOTO)

• Volunteerism is my social life, chef assistant,
  tall ship- science educator, editor of community
  newsletter.

• Group travel leader for educators National
  Parks, Europe

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Cathy HouchinEvents Team

• PERSONAL INTERESTS
• I love doing things with my husband and 2 sons
• Shopping for great bargains
• Traveling
• Playing the piano and organ

EDUCATIONAL INFORMATION

• Kindergarten through 5th grade music teacher
• Lights and Sound Technician
• Works with Audacity, Finale, various music
  software and podcasting within the classroom
  setting.
• Member of the Wisconsin Den Leadership Council

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Wendy LiskaEvents Team

• School Life
• Instructional Technology Chair for the School
  District of Waukesha
• Technology Resource Teacher
• Active DEN member

• Personal Interests
• I have recently taken up kayaking and hope to get
  a couple of trips to Lake Superior in this summer
• Wine tasting mostly for the fun of it, although I
  sense a bit of snobbery coming on
• Hiking and Backpacking! This summer you will find
  me on a new adventure in Glacier National Park.
  Look out Granite Peak!

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