Fall 2026 Conference Featured Speakers
Eric Curts
Eric has been in education for 34 years, and currently serves as a Technology Integration Specialist for SPARCC in North Canton, Ohio. He also provides keynotes, professional development, and consulting for schools, organizations, and conferences around the world. Eric’s areas of expertise include artificial intelligence, Google tools, assistive tech, and creative ways to use technology in teaching and learning. He is an authorized Google Education Trainer and Innovator, and co-leads the Ohio Google Educator Group. Eric runs the websites ControlAltAchieve.com and EduGems.ai where all of his edtech resources can be found, and is the author of the book “Control Alt Achieve: Rebooting Your Classroom with Creative Google Projects”.
Social Media Handles:
Facebook – facebook.com/ericcurts
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LinkedIn – linkedin.com/in/ericcurts
Matthew Winters
Matthew Winters is the AI Education Specialist at Utah State Board of Education (USBE). He was also the Utah Coalition for Educational Technology (UCET) President for 2022-2024, our Utah ISTE affiliate. He was one of the International Society for Technology in Education’s 20 to Watch in 2023, Tech & Learning’s Best Example of Professional Development, and District Administrator magazine’s Top 100 Innovative Educators in 2025. He is a former English Language Arts teacher at the secondary and college level. He has been a podcaster for six years, first with Edtrex Rewind and The UCET Podcast and then with UEN Homeroom and ISTE’s The Edge. He loves stories, creativity, and technology, and the intersections where all three topics grow together.
I only use LinkedIn – https://www.linkedin.com/in/teacherwinters/ and my website teacherwinters.net