Richard Byrne

Social media strategies for teachers and school leaders. 

The best of open learning resources for teachers. 

• ACTEM Educator of the Year - Finalist 2010
• Piloted 1:1 laptop program at the high school level in 2006.
• Taught the school's first blended online course.
• Conducted technology integration workshops for staff.
• Coordinated the "Laptop Squad" to assist teachers in the use of MacBooks as instructional tools.
• Member of ACTEM and ISTE.
• Teacher of US History and Contemporary World Studies.
• Teacher of special education classes and college preparation courses.
• Served on Subject Area Curriculum Committee.

• I write a monthly column titled Cool Tools. 
• Articles introduce readers to free technology tools that can be used in classrooms and school libraries.

• Author of Free Technology for Teachers.  Reviews of services and ideas for using free web-based resources in education.
• Winner of 2008, 2009, 2010, 2011, 2012 Edublogs Awards for Best Resource Sharing Blog.
• Keynote Speaker and featured presenter at numerous conferences across the United States and Canada. A current list is available here http://www.freetech4teachers.com/p/work-with-me.html
• Built a daily subscriber base of 100,000+ readers yielding nearly 1,000,000 monthly page views.
• Published nine ebooks for educators including two on Google Apps for Educators.

• Taught 9th grade Introduction to Literature.
• Developed, with English Department, local area common assessments.

• Supervised 20-25 package handlers in the safe and efficient loading and unloading of trailers.
• Coordinated dispatch of local and long-distance package delivery and pick-up. 
• Recruited and hired package handlers.