Becky Firth has worked in education since 1974, earning her M.Ed. in 1991. She has been the Director of Professional Development at NCCE since 2009. NCCE focuses on digital leadership and competencies, hosting an annual conference in March that addresses topics like capacity building, resources, motivation, and roadblocks to change. The conference and NCCE's website provide connections to experts in educational technology, including recommendations for blogs and Twitter accounts to follow.

1. BECKY FIRTH
Director of Professional Development
NCCE
bfirth@ncce.org

2. TIMELINE
First Job
1974
M Ed
1991
TLP
1997
ESD
2000
NCCE
2009

3. DIGITAL LEADERSHIP
 Capacity Building (distributed leadership)
 Competencies
 Resources
 Motivation
 Roadblocks
 I don’t have time for this
 Lack of collaboration
 No support
 Fear of change
 Naysayers and antagonists
 Poor PD
 Frivolous purchases

4. NCCE
 www.ncce.org
 Annual Conference: 2017—Portland,Oregon March 22-24
 Kevin Carroll (@kccatalyst) Author, Speaker, Change Agent
 MakeYour Point
 Think OutsideYour Blocks
 What’sYour Hook
 Jennie Magiera (@MsMagiera)
 Blog:Teaching like it’s 2999 http://www.teachinglikeits2999.com/
 Professional Development
 Microsoft
 Google
 Library of Congress
 STEM

5. WHO DO I FOLLOW?
 Blog:Tech SavvyTeachers blog.ncce.org
 Twitter:
 #MSFTEDU
 #NCCEchat
 @coffeechugbooks (Aaron Mauer)
 Steven Issacs @mr_issacs
 Teaching with the LC @TeachingLC
 Eric Patnoudes @NoApp4Pedagogy
 Eric Sheninger @E_Sheninger
 Dr.Alec Couros @courosa