David
Warlick’s unique voice and message combine a wide range of experiences,
both in and outside the education arena. He ran two businesses before
graduating from high school and spent more than a year in manufacturing
before completing his undergraduate work. He worked for nearly ten
years as a middle school social studies, math, and science teacher,
during which he also wrote award-winning instructional software and
introduced hundreds of teachers to the educational potentials of desktop
computers.
In 1984, David moved to a central office position, as Director
of Technology and then on to the North Carolina State Department
of Public Instruction where he served as a technology integration
consultant and built the nation’s first state department of
education web site.
Since 1995, Mr. Warlick has been the owner and principal consultant
of The Landmark Project, a professional development, web design,
and innovations firm in Raleigh North Carolina. During this time
David has spoken at conferences and delivered workshops for educators
in nearly every state of the U.S. and audiences in Europe, Asia,
and South America.
David Warlick has been an innovator and leader in the field of
educational technology and a prolific programmer, writing some of
the most popular interactive web tools available for teachers on
the Internet — most of them free. He created and maintains
the second oldest continuing online project, Global Grocery List,
and writes for publications that include Technology & Learning
Magazine, ALA’s KnowledgeQuest, Education World, and CUE Online.
He has also written three books about modern technologies in education
and contemporary literacy, and he has been quoted in Education Week,
The San Francisco Chronicle, The New York Times, Washington Post,
and USA TODAY. What makes David a highly effective and sought-after
speaker is that, at heart, he is a teacher with a contagious passion
and enthusiasm for helping people discover a brand new world of
teaching and learning.
