Eduardo Rivera

Eduardo was a ninth grade Algebra teacher for five years at his alma mater, Cathedral City High School. Eduardo will be serving as the Palm Springs Unified School Disrtict's Instructional Technology TOSA. He graduated from the University of California in Irvine and received his credential and his masters from National University. Eduardo has been teaching since 2008 and has also participated in the 24/7 program, which gave students apple laptops to use for all of their core subjects.

Eduardo enjoys researching new technology and is constantly looking to improve the learning environment in his classroom. He has implemented the use of an Ipad and an Interwrite pad in his classroom and he regularly uses apple laptops to drive instruction.

Eduardo is the father of four amazing children. As well as having great children he also has a wonderful wife that he met as a student at Cathedral City High School. His wife, Ruby Rivera, is also a teacher at Cathedral City High School. Both Eduardo and Ruby hope to help and encourage students as their teachers did for them.

Eduardo blogs on www.edtecheddie.com. He hopes to further his staff’s interest in technology and encourage students to become lifetime technology learners.

Eduardo has presented at CUE 2013, 2017-18, Fall CUE and EdCampLA. Eduardo trains teachers in his district on google products, web 2.0 tools, flipping, advanced flipping, and creating a web presence. Eduardo's credentials include LEC Certified, NETS-T Certifited, and has a Google Level 2 certification.