Bryon Carpenter
Abbotsford Virtual School Teacher
Abbotsford, BC
Bryon currently serves as a secondary math, science, and technology teacher at the Abbotsford Virtual School since 2010, in Abbotsford, BC, Canada. He took a leave from AVS in 2015-16 to serve the Abbotsford School District as a Helping Teacher for Technology. During that time he became a Google Certified Educator and met EdTech Team which inspired him want to bring their Google Summit to Abbotsford. Before this he did not consider himself “a creative” but his mind has changed as he has grown in his utility of EdTech tools, namely Adobe Spark and Google tools. Bryon is also an Adobe Creative Educator. He says, "Technology is merely a tool, which when wielded appropriately can enhance this human endeavor we call education."