About @mrhooker

Bio:

Carl has been involved in education since graduating from the University of Texas in 1998. He has been in a variety of positions in both Austin ISD and Eanes ISD, from 1st grade teacher to Director of Innovation & Digital Learning.  He’s a father of three girls, Sophia, Lauren, and Caroline and a wonderful, understanding wife Renee, all of which play a large role in any presentations he gives or books he writes.

Mr. Hooker has been a part of a strong educational shift with technology integration since becoming an educator.  From his start as a teacher to his current district technology leadership, he’s always had one common belief – the kids need to drive their own learning. He realizes the challenges in our current public educational institutions and meets them head on. His unique blend of educational background, technical expertise, and humor make him a successful driving force for this change. As a speaker, he brings this background as well as a wealth of practical tools and ideas that teachers can use in their classroom tomorrow.

Carl has written 8 books including a 6-part book series titled Mobile Learning Mindset.  His book Ready, Set, FAIL! focuses on how we should embed risk-taking and failure as part of the creative process in the classroom. His latest book Learning Evolution is all about the new era of AI in the classroom.  

Aside from his district work and writing, Carl also works as a keynote speaker and consultant through his company HookerTech, LLC as well as advising for multiple Ed Tech start-up companies. He guest authors a regular blog on Tech & Learning and has written guest blogs for the Huffington Post and Edutopia.

Carl is also a podcast host for multiple podcasts including the ISTE Learning Unleashed podcast and is co-host with good friend Dr. Adam Phyall on the Future Ready Podcast called Undisrupted. 

Check out his official website at CarlHooker.com. 

Connect with Carl via his social accounts:

Twitter/X, Instagram, TikTok, K12Leaders, LinkedIn

Booking:

Carl has availability for speaking and presenting in either a Keynote or Workshop format. Contact him here if you have interest in bringing him to your event.

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