Donnie Piercey is the 2021 Kentucky Teacher of the Year, classroom teacher, and was a Featured Voice for ISTE2024 in Denver Colorado. He specializes in using technology to promote student inquiry and engagement. This past year, Donnie published the top selling "50 Strategies for Integrating AI in to the Classroom" published through Teacher Created Materials. Over the past ninteen years of teaching, these interests have given him the chance to represent his class all around the world, including a National Geographic fellowship to Antarctica in 2018. Donnie is also the host of Teachers Passing Notes, Gen-Z Media’s podcast created for educators.