Since 2006 Dave has spoken to over 75,000 students, staff, and parents in over 150 schools, churches, and businesses around the Midwest about digital health and wellness—having a healthy balance and relationship with technology. He has presented at numerous local and national conferences. Dave has been featured in various news media including Minneapolis NBC KARE 11 twice. In 2015, the National School Boards Association recognized him as one of the 20 To Watch educational technology leaders in the nation.
Dave is the Director of Technology at Minnehaha Academy. Prior to that he spent 26 years in Minnetonka Public Schools as an instructional technology director and as an elementary and middle school teacher. He is an associate professor at Saint Mary's University Minneapolis and also has taught classes on instructional technology for the University of Minnesota. Dave and his wife and have four children ranging in age from middle school to adults.
CONCORDIA COLLEGE, MOORHEAD, MINNESOTA
B.A., Elementary Education & German, 1995
HAMLINE UNIVERSITY, ST. PAUL, MINNESOTA
M.A., Education, 1999