Heather Dowd is an educator, coach, mentor, and author. As an original team member of the Dynamic Learning Project pilot which evolved into the Google for Education Certified Coach Program, she mentored instructional coaches across the United States to inspire teachers to use technology in meaningful ways for student learning. Heather co-founded TechKnow Coach, a community of instructional coaches who share best practices. Teaching English in Japan inspired her to become a teacher and the adventure hasn’t stopped. Heather is a Google for Education Certified Coach, Innovator, and Trainer, Apple Distinguished Educator, Adobe Creative Educator, and co-author of “Classroom Management in the Digital Age” where she encourages teachers to set the learning free with a solid classroom management plan. She is a former physics teacher, instructional designer, and education technology coach who loves talking about physics, coaching, spreadsheets, and design. When she’s not teaching or mentoring, she is probably failing while learning something new like canning tomatoes or screen printing in her basement studio.