Koch Awarded PBS LEAD LearningMedia Digital Innovator for Florida and Leonard for Digital Innovator

PBS announced the 2016 PBS LearningMedia Digital Innovators, Citrus County Schools Dan Koch, media specialist for Citrus Springs Middle School was awarded 2016 PBS LEAD LearningMedia Digital Innovator for Florida.  Zachary Leonard from Lecanto Middle School was awarded 2016 PBS LearningMedia Digital Innovator.

PBS shared about Koch:

Dan is an Apple Distinguished Educator, English teacher, media specialist, and technology coach in Citrus County, Florida. He’s passionate about breaking down technology barriers, empowering all learners (that includes teachers!), and believes strongly that tech truly allows us to do something different (and meaningful). With even marginal access to the internet, students can tap into the collective consciousness of countless experts on any given subject, create something new with that knowledge, and share their creativity and innovations with the world. We should be excited about this every day.

Dan’s Favorite PBS LearningMedia resource: Is Futurama the Best Argument Against Transhumanism?

These two Citrus Schools educators are part of an impressive group of educators from across the country who will receive one year of free professional development from PBS. The professional development program focus on developing a tech-savvy group of educators that will serve as digital learning ambassadors to go out into classrooms throughout our country.

In addition, to the Award and professional development Koch will represent Florida at the PBS LearningMedia Digital Innovator Summit in Denver at the 2016 ISTE conference.

Congratulations to Koch and Leonard on their Awards and for Citrus School from benefiting by the impressive curriculum digital innovators.

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