Jess Landes is an elementary digital literacy teacher in Southern Illinois and has been teaching in the Marion Unit #2 School District for 16 years. Her teaching experiences have been in kindergarten, 1st, 2nd, and 3rd grades. Several years ago, Jess was asked to pilot the first 1:1 elementary classroom in her district with an iPad learning cart. This opportunity ignited a passion for educational technology that lead to her current pursuit of a Masters in Instructional Technology from SIUE and her current assignments as a Digital Literacy teacher. Jess and her husband Rob have three adult children and they own a small nutrition store in Marion. Educational technology is a driving force in her classroom and career and she loves sharing this passion with her students and colleagues.