LaDonna Welch will be beginning her 11th year in the classroom and has a self proclaimed tech geek and pioneer in the classroom. She is originally from Arkansas but spent a majority of teaching career in Louisiana. While in Louisiana she was considered innovative and given a classroom set of iPads and laptops. She served as a Grade Level Team Leader, Math Teacher Leader, TILT trainer, unofficial resident “tech person” while in Louisiana. Now she's a 7th grade math teacher in a Colorado Springs 1:1 iPad classroom and creates digital teaching resources and other activities as a Teachers pay Teachers author.