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Steve McCrea is a content provider to EdutechFoundation.net. He is the founder of BuildingInternationalBridges.org, a charity to promote wider use of social networks and computer-based discussions in classrooms. He is a part-time instructor at a charter school and at Broward College in Fort Lauderdale. Born in New York, he received his B.S. in Legal Studies from Nova Southeastern University in 1988. He received his master's degree in public administration with a specialty in environmental growth management. from Florida Atlantic University (1992) and compiled a consumer's guide to electric vehicles after working for six months at the U.S. Department of Energy in Washington, D.C. He is currently pursuing a Ed.D. in Instructional Technology and Distance Education from Nova Southeastern University. He is "alternatively certified" in Socials studies, math, ESOL and English (Language and Literature 6-12) and holds a temporary certificate for teaching math English for Speakers of Other Languages in Florida. He has worked at two charter schools, and has taught as a substitute teacher at 14 schools, including a charter school and two Montessori public schools (Virginia Shuman Young Elementary and Sunrise Middle in Fort Lauderdale). He is currently splitting his time between a charter school and an alternative center (both high schools) and an ESOL academy. His Youtube channel has several videos with over 200,000 hits (youtube.com/mistermath) and he maintains a portal that links Youtube videos of 30 of the world's most effective ESOL instructors (FreeEnglishLessons.com). His advocacy concentrates on expanding awareness of project-based learning, promoting especially the programs proposed by TheStudentIsTheClass.com and the methods of Dennis Littky (MetCenter.org in Providence, R.I.) and Dennis Yuzenas (a middle school teacher who maintains WhatDoYaKnow.com). His videos highlighting visual and active teaching methods are available on Youtube.com/visualandactive and his article about "How to Use Facebook in the ESOL Classroom" appeared in a textbook. He has published more than 20 articles on Scribd.com/theebookman (which garner over 1000 reads per month) and has made over 25 presentations of his seminars "That's Edu-tainment!" and "Reset the Mindset." He is currently coordinating the translation of his book Guide On the Side (which prints pieces of his website www.GuideontheSide.com) into eight languages. He wrote a curriculum for a project-based learning high school (QBESchool.com). Eight people have taken his online workshop to become qualified as Visual and Active Teachers (VATT).

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Steve McCrea is a content provider to EdutechFoundation.net. He is the founder of BuildingInternationalBridges.org, a charity to promote wider use of social networks and computer-based discussions in classrooms. He is a part-time instructor at a charter school and at Broward College in Fort Lauderdale. Born in New York, he received his B.S. in Legal Studies from Nova Southeastern University i... More