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Ellen Cress has taught 5th grade for 19 years, beginning in the small town of Kirkland, Illinois. She has taught for DeKalb School Distict for the last 14 years. She recently was glad to move into a completely new building with a smartboard in every room and is now sure there is no possible way to teach without one.

Ellen earned her B.S. and M.S ed in Curiculum and Instruction from good old NIU in 1992. She likes to write, but feels more comfortable either writing a research based paper or analyzing some one else'' writing. She envies writers who can write creatively really well.