Kate Grunow
Instructional Technology Consultant
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Kate Grunow has been in education for over a decade as a K-12 digital media specialist and English teacher. She currently serves 130,000 students and over 10,000 teachers in metro Detroit. She is one of the co-creators of the 21 Things 4 project and a presenter at local, state, and national conferences on topics such as blended learning, free technology tools, learning management platforms, and digital age teaching and learning. She is the Schoology implementation lead for Macomb ISD where she has trained over 3,000 teachers on Schoology basics and tech best practice during Covid-19.

Professional Goals

• Strengthen professional partnerships with district leadership in the county to improve the quality of teaching and learning in face-to-face, blended, and hybrid teaching environments for the 2021-2022 school year
• Complete Central Michigan Universities Masters of Arts in Learning Design and Technology program by August of 2021. The MALDT program is the first higher education program to meet all of the International Society for Technology in Education's Standards for Educators.
• ​​Expand my knowledge of standards-based grading practices and options for implementation in Schoology by December of 2021​

Presenter and Honoree

Michigan Association for Computer Users in Learning (MACUL)
2022 Teaching Digital & Media Literacy in an Era of Modern Day Propaganda
2022 EdTech Essential: Discovery Education Experience
2022 Power Up Professional Learning With Free, Interactive Tools and Resources​
2020 REMC Lightning Learning Mini Session - Global Collaboration in the Classroom
2017  21things for Elementary students K-5
2016 Engaging Students Through Digital Writing and Multimedia
2016 Progressing 365 Degrees in the Classroom        
2016 Amazing Multimedia Digital Stories

PowerSchool CONNECT CENTRAL
2021 - Continue the Learning: Lessons Learned from Hybrid Education (Birds of a Feather)

​​​PowerSchool LIVE
2020 - Preparing for Uncertainty: How Blended Learning Can Prepare Districts for the Unknowns of Back to School 2020 – A Panel Discussion

Hawaii International Conference on Education HICE
2022 Just in Time (Technology) Teaching: Success Stories from Professional Development and Teacher Education during the Pandemic Shift

International Science and Technology Education (ISTE)
2021 - #21things4 Digital Age Teaching and Learning
2021 - 21 Things 4 Students Poster Session
2019 -  21 Things 4 Students & 21 Things 4 Teachers Poster Sessions
2019 - Let's Get Digital: The 10 Best Data & Assessment Tools
2017 - Can You Hear Me Now? Social Media in the Classroom
2016 - Getting Tech Ready: Assessment Tools for Engagement, Analysis, and Inquiry

Macomb Digital Learning Conference (MDLC)
2021 - Creating Online, Interactive Conversations in Schoology

NAMLE Conference
2022 - Teaching Digital & Media Literacy in an Era of Modern Day Propaganda


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