Jeff Williams is the creator and Host of Wired Wednesday. He has been teaching secondary Social Studies for 17 years and has been the recipient of the Gold Level Award of the “Technology Integration Project” and the winner of the “Virtual Technology Recognition Project”, both for integrating technology into his classroom. Jeff likes to travel speaking about technology in schools and has recently completed his Master’s degree in Educational Leadership where he utilizes his knowledge to support teachers as they integrate technology into their own curriculum. Jeff makes his home with his wife in Coral Springs, Florida. You can email Jeff directly at: jeff@wiredwednesday.com or from the “Contact” page on this site.

Lifelong educator Rick Reece has been involved in using technology in the classroom for more than twenty-five years. He recently retired from his position as an Instructional Technology Specialist for Broward’s Department of Instructional Technology, but stays busy with a variety of web-related and staff development duties. In fact, he is now busier than ever, doings training for Apple, consulting to Broward Schools (doing web work), and delivering a variety of instructional technology-related and project-based learning workshops.
Although Rick retired from Broward Schools, he spent most of his career in Miami-Dade Schools holding various District-level positions. He developed and coordinated Dade’s Apple Web Design Academies, designed and managed both Districts’ Education Portals, was Dade’s District Webmaster, and a District technology trainer in both Districts. Before the district level, Rick spent 17 years in schools. He coached Cross Country and Track and taught senior high Language Arts for 9 years before receiving his Computer Science Education MS in 1983. After that he taught computer related courses at both the high school and university levels.
Rick has received recognition for his efforts, having been named both an Adobe Education Leader and an Apple Distinguished Educator. He has conducted workshops at the last 20 Florida Educational Technology Conferences (FETC), at the National Educational Computing Conference (NECC), at the Inovative Learning Conference (ILC), and at the ISTE Tel-Ed Conference.

Dr. Sandy Melillo has taught English, Drama and TV Production in the Broward County School system for 35 years. She has written and received over one million dollars in technology grants, many focusing on utilizing technology-student-driven projects for the classroom. Dr. Melillo was the 2008 Broward Teacher of the Year and a Florida state finalist. She has been an adjunct professor at Broward College for sixteen years teaching English and is currently an adjunct for Nova Southeastern University teaching live and online graduate courses in English Education. Married to Rick for 35 years and mother of Keith, Dr. Melillo is the proud grandmother of David, Elizabeth, and James.

Mike Smith is beginning his 16th year as an educator in Florida . His collegiate background includes an appointment to the United States Coast Guard Academy in 1989, a Bachelor of Social Science Education degree from the University of South Florida in 1993, and a Master of Social Science Education degree from Nova Southeastern University in 1997. Currently, Mike is in the last year of his doctoral program at NSU and expects to graduate with a Doctor of Education degree in June of 2010. He has taught Economics, American History and World History at both middle and high school levels. He has enjoyed coaching wrestling, soccer, track, volleyball, and softball while teaching in the Broward County school system. In addition, as member of the Air Force auxiliary, Lt. Smith began the first national JROTC program for middle school students.

Mike is engaged to his fiance Joy, has a 7 year old daughter and a yellow lab named “Zoe”. In his spare time, he enjoys spending time with family, working out, running, biking, swimming, triathalon events, playing golf, scuba diving, reading, and practicing his guitar. His favorite quote in Latin is, “Semper docens et semper discens”, which translated means “Always teaching and always learning”, because he believes education is a life-long experience.