How A Smart Board Sparked A Career In EdTech

A single smart board changed everything. That first taste of interactive teaching sent Jill White from a third grade classroom toward a master’s in educational technology and, ultimately, into the role of technology director for Porter Consolidated. We sit with Jill at the OKSTE conference in Tulsa to unpack how she bridges instruction, infrastructure, and daily classroom needs—without drowning teachers in complexity.

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Chapters

• 0:06 Welcome And Guest Introduction
• 0:27 Jill’s Path Into EdTech
• 1:19 Goals For The Conference
• 1:44 Appreciation And Sign‑Off
• 1:58 Sponsor Message And Offer

Transcript

SPEAKER_00 0:06

Welcome to Spotlight for Success by American Book Company. I am Devin Pintozi, your host. We are here at the Oklahoma STV conference in wonderful Tulsa, Oklahoma. And I'm here with our special guest. This is Jill White.

SPEAKER_02 0:21

Hi.

SPEAKER_00 0:22

Jill joins us from the Porter Consolidated School System. Thank you for joining us today.

Jill’s Path Into EdTech

SPEAKER_02 0:26

Thanks for having me.

SPEAKER_00 0:27

I understand you're as a technology director.

SPEAKER_02 0:30

Yes, I am the technology director.

SPEAKER_00 0:32

Fantastic. And can you tell me what brings you to the conference here today?

SPEAKER_02 0:36

Just trying to get more technology ideas, things to take back and share to my teachers and my students.

SPEAKER_00 0:41

Oh, that's great. And uh what got you into going into ed tech uh as a career?

Goals For The Conference

SPEAKER_02 0:48

I taught third grade for many years. When we first smart boards first came out, I was one of the first teachers to get a smart board in our school, and it just sparked sparked the technology interest, and so went back and had my master's degree's educational technology and just kind of involved. So I was in the classroom for ten years before I ever and then out of the classroom and back in, and now I just I teach a media class and oh wow, that's great.

SPEAKER_00 1:19

Um is there any uh special things that you're hoping to get out of the conference, maybe in one of the breakouts, that you're like, oh I'm looking forward to that?

SPEAKER_02 1:27

Um, I'm looking forward to the ones on Google trying to secure my network within for my because I manage all of our Chromebooks for teachers and students, so that's kind of what I'm excited about.

SPEAKER_00 1:39

Oh, awesome. And do you have any messages you'd like to share with OKSTE?

Appreciation And Sign‑Off

SPEAKER_02 1:44

Thanks for a great conference. I've been coming for many years. Excited about another one.

SPEAKER_00 1:49

Alright, there we go. Joe White, Porter Consolidated School District. Thank you for joining us today.

SPEAKER_02 1:54

Thanks for having me.

Sponsor Message And Offer

SPEAKER_01 1:55

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