Deneen Frazier Bowen

For more than a decade, Deneen Frazier Bowen has been applying her acting, teaching and technology experience to help teachers and schools expand students' learning opportunities through harnessing new technologies. She has traveled the country consulting with and speaking to schools, school districts, foundations and organizations. In 1995, she co-authored The Internet for Your Kids, an at-home exploration of the Internet by young students. To date, 30,000 copies have sold. In addition she was a frequent columnist for Multimedia Schools magazine, and has authored several major technology leadership studies, including projects for the National School Boards Association and the BellSouth Foundation.

Deneen began her career as an educational software design consultant with Educorp Consultants Corporation in Roanoke, VA. She later spent several years working first as an elementary and then as a high school academic technology coordinator. In 2000, she designed and directed the Catalyst Communities program for bigchalk.com, a $1 million partnership with 150 U.S. school to explore how online communities can strengthen local schools. In 2001, she moved to Austin where she directed the online learning community for Teachscape, a developer of online professional development courseware for teachers. Since 1992, Deneen's consulting business, formerly named NRG Consulting, has provided technology-based professional development consulting services to educators nationwide. She holds a bachelor's in communication from the University of California-San Diego and master's in secondary education from George Mason University.

In her "spare" time, Deneen is an accomplished and versatile actress who loves to bring life to the characters she portrays. With ActWith, Deneen masterfully weaves together her insights as an educator, talent for engaging audiences and technology expertise. Visit her website at www.deneenfrazier.com.