Mary Beth Hertz

Mary Beth Hertz has been teaching young people in Philadelphia since 2003. She has been at the forefront of technology integration in the classroom. She was a 2010 ISTE Emerging Leader, a 2013 ASCD Emerging Leader, 2013 PAECT Teacher of the Year, and is a co-founder of Edcamp Philly and the Edcamp Foundation. Her book, Digital and Media Literacy in the Age of the Internet: Practical Classroom Applications, shares her experience and expertise teaching digital and media literacy in K-12 classrooms. She is also the executive director of Walkabout Education, an organization dedicated to stewarding and sharing the innovative Walkabout experiential learning model.