Today, PBS announced the educators across the country selected for the fifth annual PBS Digital Innovators Program. Among those selected were teachers who are using 3D printers with their students to create prosthetic limbs; a technology coach whose classroom is a “STEM Bus” and co-teachers who use technology to bring their students together in one class, even though they’re in physical classrooms that are miles apart. A panel of esteemed judges selected the 52 PBS Digital Innovators from across the US, representing each of the 50 states, and the District of Columbia.
Below is a list of the 2017 PBS Digital Innovators and their local PBS stations; their profiles and photographs can be found here.
· Amanda Walker, Northport, AL (Alabama Public Television)
· Traci Espeland, Anchorage, AK (Alaska Public Media)
· Danielle Brown, Sierra Vista, AZ (Arizona PBS)
· Farrah McEntire, Star City, AR (AETN)
· Alejandro Picazo, San Diego, CA (KPBS San Diego)
· Bretta Loeffler, Thornton, CO (Rocky Mountain PBS)
· Furahi Achebe, West Haven, CT (CPTV Hartford)
· Katherine Mulrooney, Newark, DE (WHYY)
· Paul Podraza, Kissimmee, FL (WUCF-TV)
· Lynn Early, Roswell, GA (Georgia Public Broadcasting)
· Leah Aiwohi, Kapaa, HI (PBS Hawaii)
· Paige Somoza, Boise, ID (Idaho Public Television)
· Jamila Leonard, Chicago, IL (WTTW )
· Josie McKay, Carmel, IN (WFYI – Indianapolis)
· Cathi (Cate) Miller, Des Moines, IA (IPTV)
· Elizabeth Burns, Newton, KS (KPTS)
· Ashley Judd, McKee, KY (KET)
· Desiree Alexander, Shreveport, LA (LPB KLTS)
· Benjamin Brigham, Manchester, ME (MPBN)
· Tamala Stuckey, Laurel, MD (Maryland Public Television)
· Rich Lehrer, Ipswich, MA (WGBH)
· Melissa Kempski, Lake Orion, MI (DPTV)
· Nathan Lund, Glenwood, MN (Lakeland Public Television)
· Heather Montgomery, Ocean Springs, MS (Mississippi Public Broadcasting)
· Andrea Woods, Saint Louis, MO (KETC PBS Nine Network)
· Amy Leffler, Billings, MT (MontanaPBS)
· Allison Pontious, Elkhorn, NE (NET)
· Mike Lang, North Las Vegas, NV (Vegas PBS)
· Mary Goldthwaite-Gagne, Peterborough, NH (NHPTV)
· Matthew Farber, Branchburg, NJ (NJVT)
· Rachel Thomas and Steven Lamb, Albuquerque, NM (KNME)
· Elisabeth Bostwick, Horseheads, NY (WSKG-TV)
· Alexis Moore, Greensboro, NC (UNC-TV)
· Johanna Ibarra, Fargo, ND (Prairie Public Broadcasting)
· Amy Kochensparger, Eaton, OH (PBS ThinkTV)
· Brian Jared Morgan, Tulsa, OK (OETA)
· Shawn Patrick Higgins, Portland, OR (OBP)
· Steven Hartnett, North Huntingdon, PA (WQED Pittsburgh)
· Jennifer Graham, Richmond, RI (Rhode Island PBS)
· Ashley Fort, Batesburg, SC (SCETV)
· Matt Christensen, Brandon, SD (South Dakota Public Broadcasting)
· Justin Barton, Bristol, TN (East Tennessee PBS)
· Krissy Venosdale, Missouri City, TX (Houston Public Media)
· Sara Layton, Santa Clara, UT( KUED)
· Sharon Davison, South Hero, VT (Vermont PBS)
· Joe Beasley, Henrico, VA (WCVE/WHTJ)
· Melissa Wrenchey, Kirkland, WA (KCTS)
· Carmen Jenkins, Frazier, Washington, DC (WHUT/WETA)
· Sandra Wiseman, Wheeling, WV (WVPB)
· David Olson, Madison, WI (WPT)
· Abigail Hurley, Sheridan, WY (Wyoming PBS)
