Starr Sackstein currently works at World Journalism Preparatory School in Flushing, NY as a high school English and Journalism teacher. She is the author of Teaching Mythology Exposed: Helping Teachers Create Visionary Classroom Perspective. This year she begins a new blog with Education Week Teacher called Work in Progress. She also writes her personal blog at StarrSackstein.com where she discusses various aspects of being a teacher. Sackstein co-moderates #jerdchat and #sunchat as well as contributes to #NYedChat. This year she has made the Bammy Awards finals for Secondary High School Educator. At speaking engagements, Sackstein speaks about blogging, journalism education and BYOD. She is committed to helping people see that technology doesn’t have to be feared. You can follow her on Twitter at @MsSackstein