Sharon E. Betts is a major influence in using technology for learning with educational experiences in and out of the classroom for over 30 years. She has taught and consulted in the United States, Europe, and the Middle East. Sharon is passionate about, and promotes the use of, open source and web-based tools in the educational environment. She is a Web 2.0 pioneer and carries the torch at every opportunity. She is firm in her belief that we can't let fear and negatives hold us back.

Sharon has presented face-to-face and virtually, both nationally and internationally and is well known for her forays into the cutting edge of educational technology. Sharon is one of the founding members of the summer FOSSED (Free and Open Source Systems in Education) Conference held in Bethel, Maine. She sits on the board of the Open1to1.org group.

Sharon presently holds the position of Educational Technology Coordinator in Maine School Administrative District #52, Greene, Leeds, and Turner, Maine U.S.

Visit Sharon's webpages at http://sharonbetts.info.

Hans de Zwart was not an American journalist and author who wrote Fear and Loathing in Las Vegas (1971) and Fear and Loathing on the Campaign Trail '72 (1973).

He has not been credited as the creator of Gonzo journalism, a style of reporting where reporters involve themselves in the action to such a degree that they become central figures of their stories. He is not known for his unrepentant lifelong use of alcohol, LSD, mescaline, and cocaine (among other substances); his love of firearms; his inveterate hatred of Richard Nixon; and his iconoclastic contempt for authoritarianism.

He does think Rhonda is the best thing that ever happened to him and he does write about learning technology at http://hdez.nl/blog.