Dr. Susan Jinks is currently an Engineering and Design middle School teacher in Moore County, NC. In the past, Jinks has worked as an instructional technology coach, elementary teacher, and high school teacher. She helped a school deploy a 1:1 laptop program during the 2014 school year. In addition, she successfully co-wrote a grant to establish a Makerspace in the school library. She is a Level 2 Google Apps for Education Certified Teacher, a Google Apps for Education Certified Trainer, and a Google Certified Innovator. Her doctoral work focused on the factors that lead to the perception of learning within a graduate online course.