• A Technology Integration Specialist at the Keystone AEA.

• Masters in Instructional Technology through the University of Northern Iowa, and adjunct professor.

• Formally taught MS/HS English in one of the first 1:1 iPad schools in Iowa.

• An annual presenter at the Keystone KPEC Conference, ITEC Iowa (2016 Iowa Featured Speaker), as well as other educational conferences throughout the midwest.

• ITEC Iowa Board Member.

• Co-host of the Next Level Learning podcast. 

• 2016 ISTE Presenter.

• Recognized as the 2014 Iowa Safe Schools Educator of the Year.

• 2017 Top 40 Flipped Learning administrators and tech coaches worldwide (FLGlobal.org)

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BOOKS​

• Professionally Driven: Empower EVERY Educator to Redefine PD

• The Fire Within: Lessons from defeat that have ignited a passion for learning (contributed vignette)

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KEYNOTES

Empowering EVERY Educator to be Professionally Driven

• With everything ​that is quickly convoluting education today, Jarod brings the audience back to what learning looked like before formal education even existed and what that means for all adult learners. By drawing comparisons to the four elements - Fire, Water, Air, and Earth - Jarod takes the learning process back to what is most essential for these elements to thrive in a school district so that EVERY educator can be re-empowered to be intrinsically motivated autonomous learner and develop their own growth mindset.

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PRESENTATIONS

What does "Engagement" Mean Exactly?

• With the word engagement being used in multiple different ways, this presentation looks to cognitively engage the audience in exploration of this word in order to define it more concretely. ​​​
   

The Foundation of Flipped Learning (Based on Research) 

• Jarod's literature review for his Masters program focused on the affordances of Flipped Learning. Through his research and readings, Jarod noticed commonalities in those studies that found significant positive results. His discovered that to properly move from a traditional classroom to a flipped learning environment it comes down to 3 key steps that any educator can apply. 

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Why Bloom's Matters and How to use it Effectively with Technology

• Too many educators get caught up in the WOW factor of tech tools, but really, it's all about the Bloom's. Learn how to create lessons and develop units through the lens of Bloom's and/or Webb's DOK.