Episode 2: Shawn Rubin
We sit down with Shawn Rubin, the Director of Blended Learning at the Highlander Institute, a Rhode Island-based nonprofit organization providing professional development and other educational services across a variety of areas. Shawn has a wealth of experience in integrating technology into instruction and harnessing its capabilities to do a better and smarter job of educating students.
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