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Larry Baker EducationUniversity of Michigan, A.B. (’75), Phi Beta Kappa Teaching majors in English and Political Science University of Michigan, A.M. (’80), Secondary English Education University of Michigan (’82-’85), Doctoral Pre-candidate in Educational Technology (30 hours)

Experience2011-present, Associate Principal /Operations at Mercy High School 2013-present, Adjunct Assistant Professor, Teacher Education Department, Madonna University. Instructor for EDU 6270, “Leadership in Technology” 2010-present, Presenter Contractor for Apple Inc. 2013-present, Co-Director Tech Talk Conference at Mercy High School 2002- 2013, teacher of AP American Government and Politics at Mercy High School. In 2009, 60% of students earned top score of “five.” In 2008, 94% of students earned a top score of “five” 1 year assigned to promote technology integration and CBL professional development at Mercy High School, Farmington Hills, Michigan 36 years teaching English at Mercy High School. Literature courses included “Shakespeare,” “Literature into Film,” “Speculative Lit.” Composition classes included “Writing Fundamentals,” “Research Paper,” “College Writing” 19 years teaching American Government at Mercy High School 22 years coaching varsity girls basketball at Mercy High School (class A state championships, 1977, 1982) 3 years founded and mentored the iWizards, a student group which creates iPad resources and provides technology training for Mercy High School students and local school children.

DistinctionsSelected to attend Apple Distinguished Educator North American 2013 Institute Apple Challenged Based Learning Advisory Group “Group Think,” Cupertino, CA (2010-11) Among 100 Apple Distinguished Educator alumni (USA) attending 2011 Summer Institute Among 100 Apple Distinguished Educator alumni (USA) attended 2010 Summer Institute

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Apple Distinguished Educator (2009)-- attended ’09 Summer Institute at Full Sail University Mercy High School Teacher of the Year (2004) Detroit Catholic League Coaches Hall of Fame (1986) University of Michigan School of Education Woody Award recipient (1985)

Recent Publications“iMercy -- Mercy High School’s Innovative Educational Technology Program”. Multi-Touch book available at iTunes http://tinyurl.com/nkqcreq “Becoming a Digital School Administrator”. iTunes U course http://tinyurl.com/loe7z9b “Create a Student Tech Team at Your School”. iTunes U course http://tinyurl.com/qjxk97j iPad Tips & Tricks by MHS iWizards”. iTunes U course http://tinyurl.com/mcmcard

Upcoming Conference Presentations for 2015-16 June 29, ISTE 2015 at Pennsylvania Convention Center, Philadelphia , “Outside of the Box Peer-to-Peer Tech Training Strategies” February 27, 2016, Talk Tech Conference, Mercy High School, Farmington Hills, MI “iWizards: Empowering Students as Technology Leaders”

Recent Presentations & ConsultationsApril 8, ISTE 2015 Preview, an ISTE webinar, 5-8pm (EST) Twenty Minute Sample of “Outside of the Box Peer-to-Peer Tech Training Strategies” https://www.iste.org/resources/product?id=3616 March 20, MACUL Conference, Cobo Center, Detroit, Michigan, “iWizards: Empowering Students as Leaders in a Successful 1:1 Initiative” March 19, MACUL Conference, Cobo Center, Detroit, Michigan, “Outside of the Box Peer-to- Peer Tech Training Strategies” February 27, 2015, Talk Tech Conference, Mercy High School, Farmington Hills, MI, “Becoming a Digital School Administrator” June 29, ISTE 2014 at Georgia World Congress Center in Atlanta, GA, “Becoming a Digital School Administrator” March 13, 2014, MACUL Conference at DeVos Place in Grand Rapids, MI, “Empowering Your iWizards” February 28, 2014, Talk Tech Conference, Mercy High School, Farmingotn Hills, MI, “I Hate Copyright (‘Finding Public Domain and Creative Commons Images’)”

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February 13, 2014,  ISTE Virtual Conference (Published details forthcoming), 2014 preview of June presentation and panel discussion on leadership January 22, 2014,  MASA Mid winter Conference at DeVos Place in Grand Rapids, MI, “Challenge Based Learning in a 1:1 Learning Environment” June 26, 2013, iste 2013, Henry B. Gonzalez Convention Center, San Antonio Texas, “What We Have Learned about Professional Development for the iPad” June 10, 2013 Create Conference, Anthony Wayne High School, Whitehouse, Ohio, “Individual Assessment within Group Challenge and Multimedia Projects” “What We Have Learned about Professional Development for the iPad” March, 21-2, 2013 MACUL Conference, Cobo Center, Detroit, Michigan, “Individual Assessment within Group Challenge and Multimedia Projects” “What We Have Learned about Professional Development for the iPad” March 19, 20013, 4pm, webinar on edWeb.net "Implementing Best Practices in Planning for 1:1 iPad Programs" March, 8, 2012 MACUL Conference in Grand Rapids, Michigan, “Free Multimedia Activities for Secondary Students That Don't Gobble Time!” June 29, 2011, ISTE Conference, Pennsylvania Convention Center, Philadelphia “Challenging Challengers: A Staff Engages with Challenge Based Learning” March 18, 2011, MACUL Conference at Cobo Center, Detroit “Building A Knowledge Hub for Your Learning Community” . January 22-25, Apple Education CBL Implementation Leadership Team, Dallas, Texas,

• Core leadership Team Program Planning • Session 1 (90 minutes) - “What is Challenge Based Learning?” - with Don

Henderson, Katie Morrow, Mark Nichols, Marco Torres • Mentoring CBL training of teachers from Toledo Central Catholic High School and

LaGrande Highlands Middle School. • “The Role of Video Reflection in Assessment” (15 minutes) - with teachers from

Arizona School of the Arts January 21, 2011, Consultation with Superintendent and central administrative staff at Belton, Texas ISD “Staffing and Professional Development for Challenge Based Learning at new Middle School” November 30, 2010, 10:00 AM to 11:30 AM (PST) Apple Education Webinar, Cupertino, CA “Challenge Based Learning in Action”

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October 29, 2010, Michigan Association for Media in Education at Dearborn Hyatt Regency “Using Apple’s Challenge Based Learning to Build Learning Networks” October 29, 2010, Michigan Association for Media in Education at Dearborn Hyatt Regency “Building A Knowledge Hub for Your Learning Community” October 22, 2010, MACUL “Teaching and Learning in the Cloud” Conference at Holland Christian Schools, “A Cloud Based Digital Anthology” October 22, 2010, MACUL “Teaching and Learning in the Cloud” Conference at Holland Christian Schools, “An Elaborate Congressional Simulation Moves to the Cloud” September 28, 2010, Challenge Based Learning Group Think at Apple Headquarters, Cupertino, CA “Using Video Reflections to Assess Deep Learning from CBL Projects”

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Web SitesEducational Technology Blog- “Larry’s Opinion Drive-thru” (Over 680 blog posts) http://larryrthoughts.blogspot.com/ IT Blog for Mercy High School http://it.mhsmi.org/ Twitter @labcbaker

Expertise with . . . .Blogger, Evernote, Flickr, GarageBand , Google Docs, Google Sites, iBook Author, iMovie, iPhoto, iTunes U, Keynote, Keynote, Live Binders, Moodle, Pages, Numbers, Photo to Movie, Professional Development, Slideshare, Twitter, YouTube, WikiSpaces, Weebly, Voila

Professional MembershipsAmerican Association for Curriculum DevelopmentBasketball Coaches Association of Michigan The Dickens Fellowship International Society for Technology in Education The Michigan Association for Computer Users in Learning National Association of Secondary School Principals Teacher Education Committee within the College of Education at Madonna University

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