Beth Buchler

A former classroom teacher, Beth Buchler has her Master's Degree in Education and has worked in the fields of elementary education, special education and instructional technology. Ms. Buchler conducts workshops for K-12 school administrators and teachers on the integration of technology in education. She helped develop and continues to work with the Education Networking Consortium at Argonne National Labs, consults with the Illinois State Board of Education and is on the adjunct faculty at Benedictine University where she teaches Technology in Education to future teachers. Ms. Buchler has also written for various educational publications.

Beth Buchler learned to use technology to engage her students. She helped them use the computer to create books, connect with other classrooms and learn about communities around the world. For one project, her students used technology to explore Ice Age animals in Illinois. Using the Internet, her students took virtual field trips to the state museum and to a distant zoo to gather information and talk with experts via two-way video. This classroom project is cited in the Essential Condition in the National Educational Technology Standards.