Justin Gonzalez is a young, passionate, and innovative educator who believes in the power of education technology. He has experience teaching both first grade and third grade and works in a third-grade inclusion classroom where he co-teaches with a special education teacher to meet the varied needs of students with mild to moderate disabilities. Justin embraces the use of iPads in a 1:1 Apple Distinguished Program and has found many ways to use technology to differentiate for students, enhance learning, and better assess student knowledge and understanding. He has presented at local and state conferences. At his school, he leads the student-run tech club.Justin received his bachelor’s degree from the University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign and is pursuing a master’s degree in educational leadership from Concordia University Chicago.