Ry​an Hazen

Advocating human community in education during ​the age of tech​nology.

making technology​ invisible.​

Teaching and learning is about content and context, not tests and tech. ​We evolved to learn alongside our teachers as part of a close-knit ​community. Correctly applied, modern tools can help us rediscover our ​roots and reawaken the social creatures we’ve been all along.

A few presentations

TedX - Helena - 2018

Why careful application of technology in ​the learning environment is both a step ​forward and a step backward for ​society, and why that’s a good thing.

MountainMoot - Virtual - 2021

Discussion of essential technology ​infrastructure for education presented ​as a demonstration of active student ​engagement via Zoom using Wooclap.

MootGlobal - Barcelona - 2023

Anatomy lesson of an LMS gradebook ​wrapped in a discussion of the ​pedagogical principles of backward ​design applied to grading strategy.

other EdTech related STUFF...

Northwest Managers of Educational ​Technology (NWMET)

Conference Director, President,

Vice President

2017-2021

NWMET is a consortium of educational technologists ​from across the pacific northwest. NWMET hosts an ​annual conference that rotates between Member ​states. Review a presentation from 2018 for details.

The Moodle Educator Certification was created in 2019 ​to give educators a place to certify their skills in ​Moodle LMS. Many dedicated Moodlers worked ​together to create and deploy the MEC program.

MiClassroom iPad Pilot Program

Creator and Director

2015-2017

MiClassroom was a three-year Washington Foundation ​funded grant to explore the costs and benefits of a 1:1 ​iPad deployment at Carroll College. Review the 2018 ​Deck, the 2017 report, and the 2016 report for details.

A makerspace, lightboard studio, communication lab, ​and more in an academic library setting. See a quick ​video demonstrating the capabilities of the lightboard ​studio as used by teachers from multiple disciplines.

transformative technology

education experience

10

Years as Chief Mootineer of the ​MountainMoot, the biggest little ​EdTech Conference in the ​intermountain west.

8

Years as a higher education ​instructional technologist, ​pedagogical coach, classroom ​designer, and LMS administrator.

4

Years as an 8th grade teacher in a ​public school, including the pilot ​and implementation of a 1:1 iPad ​paperless classroom.

De​grees

University of North Carolina

Chapel Hill, North carolina


Bachelor of Arts in English, Minor in ​Creative Writing


2006

Montana State University

Bozeman, Montana


Master of Education, Curriculum & ​Instruction


2011

Other interests...

  • Local and organic food systems
  • Outdoor pedaling, paddling, sliding, you name it!
  • Literature and performance
  • Photography, filmography, and UAV
  • Creative culinary adventures
  • Anything new and exciting!
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