From kindergarten teacher and school Director of Technology to his current role as Vice-President of the Skokie/Morton Grove District 69 School Board, Steve Dembo is a pioneer in the field of educational social networking. He was instrumental in the explosive community growth of the award-winning Discovery Educator Network in his previous role as Discovery’s Director of Learning Communities, Social Media Strategy and Innovation. NSBA recognized him in 2010 as a "20 to Watch” educator for his innovative use of technology to increase classroom learning and his ability to inspire others to embrace new approaches. Dembo is co-author of the book Untangling the Web: 20 Tools to Power Up Your Teaching and serves as a course designer and adjunct professor for the Instructional Media degree program at Wilkes University where he teaches Internet Tools for Teaching.