WEDU PBS Announces Dade City Elementary Teacher Honored as PBS LearningMedia Digital Innovator

DADE CITY, Fla. - April 8, 2015 - PRLog -- WEDU PBS is pleased to announce that Bobbi Starling of Woodland Elementary School in Dade City has been selected to serve as a 2015 PBS LearningMedia Digital Innovator.

Bobbi teaches fourth and fifth grade and leads the Robotics and Technology Clubs at Woodland Elementary. Bobbi believes her role as an educator is to facilitate learning. She believes digital literacy plays an important role in this mission. Seeing her students focus, engage, question, collaborate, program, create, test, modify and re-design bring her great joy.

The 2015 PBS LearningMedia Digital Innovators program rewards 100 tech-savvy K-12 educators from across the country who are serving as leaders in the education technology space and incorporating digital media in classroomsto promote student engagement and achievement. The group of 100 educators will receive yearlong professional development opportunities that include virtual trainings, access to premium and exclusive resources, and invitations to special events. In addition, the Lead PBS LearningMedia Digital Innovators representing the top 30 applicants will receive an all-expense paid trip to Philadelphia, Pennsylvania to participate in a two-day digital education summit where participants will engage in hands-on learning, collaborate with peers and hear from digital technology thought leaders.

WEDU PBS is thrilled to celebrate our local PBS LearningMedia Digital Innovator, and we invite you to join us in congratulating them on this great achievement.

If you would like to more about the program, please visit: http://florida.pbslearningmedia.org/digitalinnovators/.