{"id":56778,"date":"2023-06-01T09:31:20","date_gmt":"2023-06-01T13:31:20","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/edtechteacher.org\/?p=56778"},"modified":"2024-11-03T11:23:42","modified_gmt":"2024-11-03T16:23:42","slug":"instructor-spotlight-shawn-mccusker","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/edtechteacher.org\/instructor-spotlight-shawn-mccusker\/","title":{"rendered":"Instructor Spotlight: Shawn McCusker"},"content":{"rendered":"\n
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Who is Shawn McCusker?<\/h2>\n\n\n\n

Shawn McCusker<\/strong> is an author and Senior Director of Professional Learning at EdTechTeacher. He has 25 years of experience as a teacher and leader in public, private and alternative schools.\u00a0 Shawn\u2019s book Becoming Active Citizens<\/a><\/em> focuses on creating more meaningful citizen education programs focused on real life experiences where students learn citizenship by BEING citizens. <\/em>It was recently named a finalist for the Foreword INDIES Book of the Year Award.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

As a classroom teacher Shawn specialized in Co-taught and Full Inclusion settings that met the needs of diverse learners. His passion for this led him to employ technology in innovative ways. After his work was shared via social media, Shawn began to travel across the US to help schools create differentiated and student centered policies and practices.  His lessons and student products have been featured in the Journal,  Educational Leadership and the Huffington Post. In 2006, he was recognized as a finalist for the Golden Apple Award for Excellence in Teaching. In 2016 he was named a Top Trailblazing Educator on Twitter by eSchoolNews. <\/p>\n\n\n\n

As a school leader, Shawn has been part of 1:1 programs with both iPads and Chromebooks. That work led him to work with a non-profit who supported schools and teachers in underfunded and underserved communities transitioning to 1:1 programs during the pandemic. <\/p>\n\n\n\n

Shawn is also an experienced writer. In addition to his book, Shawn\u2019s column \u201cThe Tech Savvy Classroom\u201d shared techniques for prioritizing digital storytelling, implementing targeted differentiation and promoting the idea that learning should be experiential. While his experiences are diverse they are tied together by a single idea: \u201cIf they aren\u2019t really doing it, they aren\u2019t really learning it.\u201d     <\/p>\n\n\n\n

He has been a keynote and featured speaker at conferences across the US. <\/p>\n\n\n\n

Did you know that\u2026 <\/h2>\n\n\n\n
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