Gail Lovely, a former teacher of pre-school through university students, believes that teaching is her calling and a deep part of who she is. Gail taught in Southern California inner-city schools for nine years before moving into district positions in staff development and technology in the classroom. Gail founded a company, Lovely and Associates, to help educators integrate technology and curriculum through excellent staff development and support.

After earning her Master's Degree in Educational Computing, from Pepperdine University, Gail enjoyed being an Adjunct Professor there for many years, teaching technology integration courses to students in the Graduate School of Education and Psychology and later at the University of Houston.

Along the way, Gail hosted an online community for teachers on Scholastic Network, founded the K2 Email List for Classroom Connect, and has written ongoing columns in Learning and Leading with Technology, Instructor Magazine, Electronic Learning, and Curriculum Administrator Magazine. She has served as ISTE's Software Review Editor.  She was named Trainer of the Year for 2006 from TexasAEYC and “The Best of NECC” for 2004-2006.

Gail loves to teach and continues to do so by sharing her vision for the active classroom and the improvement of the relationship between teacher, learner, and curriculum through keynote sessions at educational conferences and by hosting professional development seminars.

Gail lives in Friendswood, Texas, and is the proud mother of two technology-savvy teenage boys.

www.gaillovely.com

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