Alex J Podchaski, CETL, serves as the Director of Educational & Information Technology at North Broward Preparatory School in Coconut Creek, FL. Previously he has served in technology leadership roles at Oak Knoll School fo the Holy Child in Summit, NJ and at Rutgers University. He was the first in independent school educator and the first in New Jersey to earn the Certified Educational Technology Leader (CETL) designation from CoSN, which is based on a framework of essential skills for a K12 CTO. With over 25 years of higher education and K12 experience in technology planning and implementation, Alex brings a unique perspective in bringing technology into the world of learning. Alex co-founded and moderates #edtechchat, a weekly twitter chat discussing educational technology. He has written articles for Net Assets, CIOreview.com, EducationTechnologyInsights.com, and has served on the expert panel for the NMC Horizon K-12 Report and the CoSN Driving K12 Innovation advisory board. Alex has developed presentations and workshops for CoSN, NBOA, ATLIS, NJAIS, and a number of local conferences and edcamps.