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About Jen: Jennifer Hall has been an educator for more than twenty-five years and currently serves as a district Digital Learning Specialist for Atlanta Public Schools. Before taking on her new role, this school year, Jen spent eight years as a district Educational Technology Specialist (ETS). Jen's passion is leveraging instructional technology to foster student engagement and personalize learning. Jen is a speaker, trainer, National Board Certified Educator, ISTE Certified Educator, Google Certified Educator, Innovator, and Trainer, Apple Learning Coach, as well as a Microsoft Innovative Educator Expert. She created her Tech Tips 411 website to share apps, tools, resources, ideas, and more for teachers. She also shares on her Tech Tips 411 YouTube channel quick tips, how-tos, tutorials, lesson highlights, student projects, and live-streamed professional development. Jen is passionate about all things #edtech and loves working with teachers to enhance instruction and engage students. Jen has presented at international, national, state, and regional conferences and enjoys sharing with teachers ways to effectively integrate technology in standards-based lessons, highlighting resources to develop students’ college and career readiness skills, providing targeted training, as well as facilitating timely and relevant professional development. Before becoming an ETS, Jen had the joy of being a middle school language arts teacher for seventeen years; teaching gifted language arts for nine years. In her spare time, Jen is an avid traveler and photographer. www.jlhallphotos.com 
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Awards & HonorsK-12 IT Influencers to Follow in 2022 ISTE EdTech Coaches Network Award 2021 - Honorable Mention Google Innovator #NYC19 RJ Stangherlin DENny Award - 2019 DENny Award for Expertise - 2018 Certified BrainPOP Educator of the Month - 2017 DEN Community Member of the Week - 2016 Atlanta Public Schools' Demonstration Classroom Teacher 2013-2014 Atlanta Families Awards for Excellence in Education (AFAEE) Winner - 2013 Izzit Teacher of the Year - 2011-2012 Georgia Distinguished Educator 2007 Atlanta Public Schools Middle School Teacher of the Year Semi-Finalist 2005-2006 Brown Middle School Teacher of the Year 2005-2006 |
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News, Media & Blogs
Stronger Together Podcast with Dr. Matthew Joseph (March 2023)
K-12 IT Influencers to Follows in 2022 - EdTech Magazine (April 2022)
Support Pedagogy in the Classroom with Educational Technology - EdTech Focus on K12 (April 2022)
Women in EdTech - Live at #TCEA22 - Wakelet Podcast (February 2022)
21 Awesome AR and VR Tools for Learning - ISTE Live Presentation Spotlight - ESchool News (June 2021)
5 Ways to Amplify Student Voice - ESchool News (April 2021)
Florida State University Alumni Spotlight - Vires Magazine (Spring 2021)
‘Bitmoji whisperer’: Metro Atlanta teachers re-create classrooms online - AJC (August 2020)
How Districts Are Helping Teachers Get Better at Tech Under Coronavirus - Interview - EdWeek (April 2020)
Level Up with Wakelet - Blog (February 2020)
Discovery Education DENny Award (May 2019)
Lights, Camera, Action!" (Jan 2019)
TalkUp APS - DENSI (Aug 2018)
Discovery Education DENny Award (May 2018)
Georgia Public Broadcasting Blog (Jun 2018)
SOS Story - Discovery Education (Apr 2018)
Certified BrainPOP Educator of the Month (Nov 2017)
Vocabulary.com Event (Mar 2017)
DEN Community Member of the Week (Mar 2016)
Talk Up APS (Oct 2013)
Atlanta Families Awards Ceremony (Nov 2013)
Atlanta Families Winner (Oct 2013)
Georgia Distinguished Educator (2007)
K-12 IT Influencers to Follows in 2022 - EdTech Magazine (April 2022)
Support Pedagogy in the Classroom with Educational Technology - EdTech Focus on K12 (April 2022)
Women in EdTech - Live at #TCEA22 - Wakelet Podcast (February 2022)
21 Awesome AR and VR Tools for Learning - ISTE Live Presentation Spotlight - ESchool News (June 2021)
5 Ways to Amplify Student Voice - ESchool News (April 2021)
Florida State University Alumni Spotlight - Vires Magazine (Spring 2021)
‘Bitmoji whisperer’: Metro Atlanta teachers re-create classrooms online - AJC (August 2020)
How Districts Are Helping Teachers Get Better at Tech Under Coronavirus - Interview - EdWeek (April 2020)
Level Up with Wakelet - Blog (February 2020)
Discovery Education DENny Award (May 2019)
Lights, Camera, Action!" (Jan 2019)
TalkUp APS - DENSI (Aug 2018)
Discovery Education DENny Award (May 2018)
Georgia Public Broadcasting Blog (Jun 2018)
SOS Story - Discovery Education (Apr 2018)
Certified BrainPOP Educator of the Month (Nov 2017)
Vocabulary.com Event (Mar 2017)
DEN Community Member of the Week (Mar 2016)
Talk Up APS (Oct 2013)
Atlanta Families Awards Ceremony (Nov 2013)
Atlanta Families Winner (Oct 2013)
Georgia Distinguished Educator (2007)
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