Jude Kesl

Jude Kesl currently works as the 6-8 Science Teaching Specialist in the Milwaukee Public Schools and teaches technology and science methods courses at two Universities. Her recent educational accomplishments have been to be selectedby Intel as one of 20 Inspiring Educators for 2010, becoming a Google CertifiedTeacher, an Intel Essentials Master Instructor and an Ide@s Scholar.

Jude has been working with educators since 1990 to help them infuse technologyinto their teaching and curriculum. She has won awards from Palm Inc., BestBuy and NEA, was named Discovery World Teacher of the Year, DPI WisconsinExemplary Science Teacher, and the JASON Project Teacher in Residence from 1995-2003. The Wisconsin Elementary Science Teachers Association (WEST) also gaveher a Wisconsin Elementary Science Teachers Distinguished Teaching Award.

Jude served the JASON Project as their Argonaut Coordinator for 13 years, helped towrite JASON Project Curriculum, and was the producer for two online simulations for JASON.