A single smart board changed everything. That first taste of interactive teaching sent Jill White from a third grade classroom toward a master’s in educational technology and, ultimately, into the role of technology director for Porter Consolidated. We sit with Jill at the OKSTE conference in Tulsa to unpack how she bridges instruction, infrastructure, and daily classroom needs—without drowning teachers in complexity.
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Episode Transcript
Welcome to Spotlight for Success by American Book
Company.
I am Devin Pintozi, your host.
We are here at the Oklahoma STVconference in wonderful Tulsa,
Oklahoma.
And I'm here with our specialguest.
This is Jill White.
SPEAKER_02 (00:21):
Hi.
SPEAKER_00 (00:22):
Jill joins us from the Porter Consolidated School
System.
Thank you for joining us today.
SPEAKER_02 (00:26):
Thanks for having me.
SPEAKER_00 (00:27):
I understand you're as a technology director.
SPEAKER_02 (00:30):
Yes, I am the technology director.
SPEAKER_00 (00:32):
Fantastic.
And can you tell me what bringsyou to the conference here
today?
SPEAKER_02 (00:36):
Just trying to get more technology ideas, things to
take back and share to myteachers and my students.
SPEAKER_00 (00:41):
Oh, that's great.
And uh what got you into goinginto ed tech uh as a career?
SPEAKER_02 (00:48):
I taught third grade for many years.
When we first smart boards firstcame out, I was one of the first
teachers to get a smart board inour school, and it just sparked
sparked the technology interest,and so went back and had my
master's degree's educationaltechnology and just kind of
involved.
So I was in the classroom forten years before I ever and then
(01:12):
out of the classroom and backin, and now I just I teach a
media class and oh wow, that'sgreat.
SPEAKER_00 (01:19):
Um is there any uh special things that you're
hoping to get out of theconference, maybe in one of the
breakouts, that you're like, ohI'm looking forward to that?
SPEAKER_02 (01:27):
Um, I'm looking forward to the ones on Google
trying to secure my networkwithin for my because I manage
all of our Chromebooks forteachers and students, so that's
kind of what I'm excited about.
SPEAKER_00 (01:39):
Oh, awesome.
And do you have any messagesyou'd like to share with OKSTE?
SPEAKER_02 (01:44):
Thanks for a great conference.
I've been coming for many years.
Excited about another one.
SPEAKER_00 (01:49):
Alright, there we go.
Joe White, Porter ConsolidatedSchool District.
Thank you for joining us today.
SPEAKER_02 (01:54):
Thanks for having me.
SPEAKER_01 (01:55):
Thank you for watching Spotlight for Success.
I am Devin Pentosi, ChiefOperating Officer of American
Book Company.
We are located here in ourheadquarters in Woodstock,
Georgia.
All of our materials are printedin USA.
We have course books, ebooks,and online testing in grades A
(02:18):
through 12, in mathematics, ELA,science, and social studies.
These materials are all designedto help students achieve higher
scores on their stage specific.
We guarantee score improvement.
You can get three samples of ourmaterials either in red or in
(02:40):
electronic format at abc12.com.
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