Biographical Information

Shawn Wheeler is the Executive Director of Technology for the Tolleson Elementary School District.  Prior to his current position, he spent a 8-months in the corporate world working for for SAFARI Montage as the Director of System Solutions (Western Region). However his love education led him back to the school systems.  Preceding Tolleson Elementary and his work with SAFARI Montage, he was the Director of IMT – Services & Training for the Peoria Unified School District in Glendale, Arizona and an adjunct instructor for Northern Arizona University. Shawn is the author of several whitepapers and podcasts. He also has written two books, including “The World Wide Web and Your School District” which has been acquired by Microsoft. He has presented at many Southwest and National Conferences, including NECC and TechEd and has been a Microsoft-sponsored featured speaker. He also produces Adventures in Podcasting (http://shawnwheeler.name/aip )as well as his blog, Shawn Wheeler's Thoughts on Education & Technology. (http://www.shawnwheeler.name/blog ) Additional information is available on this web site. (http://www.shawnwheeler.name)

Shawn’s background includes serving as project manager for several wireless laptop deployments, creating custom training materials, deploying a large-scale educational web portal, and serving on several educational technology advisory boards.