Teacher - 18 years Elementary School; BAEd k-12/Phys. Ed; MAEd Curriculum and Instruction; 350+ clock hours in various areas Military - Air National Guard 25+ years (still serving) currently Public Affairs Officer at Western Air Defense Sector Recently took position as STARBASE Program Director for McChord Field-JBLM to stand up new site

Marilyn Ault, PhD, is the Director of ALTEC, a Division of KU-CRL and has directed research and technical assistance projects with federal, state, and private foundation support focusing on the integration of technology into instruction since 1995. As Director of ALTEC she is responsible for the development and dissemination of the many resources found at 4Teachers.org that are used by millions of teachers. She is also the director of initiatives that support the integration of games into instruction and has conducted research on student game preferences. These games can be found at http://4kids.org and http://www.ArcademicSkillbuilders.com/. She is particularly interested in how the emotional attachment of games can engage youth with physical and cognitive impairments to participate in challenging academic tasks.