Stacy Hawthorne earned her Bachelor of Business Administration from the University of Georgia, her teaching license from Ashland University, her gifted endorsement from the University of Cincinnati, and is currently working on her Master of Education in Administration from Ashland University. She has worked in parochial and public schools, as a mathematics and computer education teacher, gifted intervention specialist and is currently the Technology Integration Coordinator for the Medina City Schools. Stacy is a mobile learning explorer who has implemented mobile devices in two different school districts and presented at numerous state conferences on using mobile devices in the classroom for increased student achievement. She is listed on the SENG National Honor Roll, was named a 2011 Mathematics Education Trust Future Leader by the NCTM, received a News Channel 5 Terrific Teacher Tribute, and won the America's Promise Alliance Saving our Futures Grant in 2009.