‘Local impact, global reach’ Penn Manor tech trainer to attend Google Academy in Amsterdam | Local News [Video]

Penn Manor School District technology trainer Judy Keller will spend a year developing healthy social media teaching tools because she’s seen social media become a growing presence in the lives of younger and younger students and she believes education, not prohibition, is the best way to help.

As one of 150 educators worldwide selected through a competitive, application-driven process to participate in a Google Academy Nov. 13 to 15 in Amsterdam, Keller chose to focus on healthy social media use as part of a 12-month professional development project she’ll begin when she returns to Lancaster County. It’s the latest achievement for a teacher a top Penn Manor administrator said has “local impact, global reach.”

Helping students is Keller’s prime motivation.

“I’m starting to see (social media use) younger and younger, and our counselors are seeing it younger and younger,” said Keller, who primarily works with the district’s elementary students.

For Keller that means students need more …