CrossRoads Teacher Named to National '20 to Watch' List

Dr. Christopher Craft, a STEM teacher at CrossRoads Middle in Lexington-Richland 5, has been named to the National School Boards Association's Technology Leadership Network's "20 to Watch" honor list for 2012-2013.

“The '20 to Watch' honorees offer school board members and other leaders real-world stories that help them evaluate the intersection of policy and practice when it comes to today’s emerging technologies,” Ann Flynn, NSBA’s Director of Educational Technology, said in a release. “These early adopters are naturally curious about technology’s potential to help transform learning and exhibit traits that inspire and motivate their colleagues to join them on the journey. Their voices and experience will inform local, district, and state approaches to education technology decisions for years to come.”

According to the release, in Craft’s innovative middle school S.T.E.M. program, students work on cutting-edge technologies such as building functioning hydrogen fuel cell model cars, APP development for smart phones, and video game creation. Craft also holds an afterschool program that encourages at-risk students to explore robotics.

This year’s honorees will be recognized at 2013 Consortium for School Networking (CoSN) Conference on March 11 in San Diego and at the Technology Leadership Network-hosted luncheon at NSBA’s 2013 Annual Conference in April.