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Laurie Guyon is the Coordinator for Model Schools at WSWHE BOCES in Saratoga Springs, New York and a trainer with NYSCATE.  She is a chapter co-author of Professional Development is a Plan, Not a Fix in the book  What teacher educators should have learned from 2020. Laurie was named one of the  NextGen: Emerging EdTech Leaders for 2020 with CoSN. She is an ISTE Certified Educator.  Laurie is part of the first DigCit Institute Global Impactor Cohort.   Laurie is a member of the NYSCATE Social Media Team and Volunteer Hall of Fame.  Laurie is on the leadership teams for ISTETEN, ISTESTEM, and ISTEDSN. She is a Common Sense Ambassador, Google Cloud Certified, a Google Certified Educator and Trainer, Buncee Ambassador and Educator, Seesaw Ambassador and Pioneer, Nearpod PioNear, Flipgrid Ambassador, Sphero Hero, Wonder Squad Ambassador, Kami Hero, Tynker Blue Ribbon Educator, Amazon Inspire Innovator, Apple Teacher, BreakoutEDU Authorized Trainer, Genially Ambassador, Alpha Squirrel, Wakelet Ambassador, 3D Bear Ambassador and trainer, IORAD Ambassador, Osmo Ambassador, and Screencastify Master Screencaster. She has presented at many conferences, taught workshops at Skidmore College and with the Greater Capital District Teacher Center on integrating technology in literacy.  Laurie recently completed her SBL and SDL certification and was an adjunct professor for SUNY Plattsburgh where she taught Digital Age Learning.  She is also a proud mom and coffee lover. Laurie started her teaching career in 6th grade and transitioned to a newly built middle school.  By the time she left the classroom, she was teaching just ELA, but with coding, robotics, and global connections as the core of her curriculum.  Laurie fell in love with technology when her classroom went 1:1 with iPads in 2013.  From there she set out to learn the best ways to in        integrate technology into her lessons to design authentic learning experiences for her students.  She  was an integration specialist before taking the leadership leap into her current position.