Nick Bakke a middle school social studies teacher in the Cashton School District. He is very passionate about education and what it is transforming into. He has developed a system of gaming in his classroom to enhance his students' academic learning and engagement. He is an application based presenter who provides real teaching simulations to improve your classroom whether with Google Apps for Education or other web 2.0 tools. Nick has presented at the TIES conference in the past and is presenting this spring at the ASCD conference in Chicago on Researching in the 21st Century. He is a Google Apps for Education Certified Trainer and a Diigo Pioneer Teacher.