Bonnie Bracey Sutton /Educator/Historians

Bonnie Bracey Sutton 

Bonnie Bracey Sutton is passionate about technology; teaching and learning; but most importantly, about children succeeding. Her career was inspired by her father Arthur Bracey, an educator at Parker-Gray High School, and the faculty at Parker- Gray High School where she attended. A place where they were also passionate about teaching and assisting Bonnie, in fulfilling her dream in becoming a teacher- agent of change; a mentor who works with tech integration projects, emphasizing the use of tech as media, nationally and internationally. 

For more than 20+ years, Bonnie has been a teacher and technology consultant based in Washington, D.C, and has taught in a variety of different schools, at many levels. Ideas and exchanges strengthened her working ability and understanding, which is why she is always looking to adapt and find new solutions/ideas to help educate her students and advance the industry she loves. Bonnie became one of the first teachers to promote the role of the internet in the classroom. Recognizing her potential, Bracey was selected by the Clinton administration, served as the lead educator on President Clinton’s 21st Century Teacher Initiative, served on the National Information Infrastructure Advisory Council, whose work in the mid-1990s led to the creation of the E-rate program, and was the lead teacher in the White House Cyber-Ed Initiative. 

Being a traveling instructor for the White House Cyber- Ed Initiative, which is a project that crisscrossed the country working in empowerment and enterprise zones teaching the effective use of technology. They launched the CyberEd truck, a classroom on wheels reminiscent of bookmobile programs, providing local educators, community leaders, and families, with hands- on educational tech experiences. It traveled to every rural and urban Empowerment Zone in the nation. After traveling the USA, Bonnie became an International Educational Consultant for the National Collaborative for Digital Equity, where they help educational associations, technology companies, state educational agencies, city governments, and others, work together to address systemic digital equity. 

After emphasizing the use of TechEd nationally, she moved to the global platform, where she conducted outreach activities for the George Lucas Education Foundation and a variety of other groups. Working in numerous countries, she had the opportunity to lead tech for the 3rd World Summit on Media for Children in Athens, Greece. Professionals from five continents, introduced a policy encouraging media literacy to create media awareness worldwide, and demonstrated the emerging relationship between children’s television and the new media. Bonnie was recognized as an advocate for the under-served and STEM. While it may appear that the whole world is connected and has access to resources for personal, social, and educational purposes, Bonnie reminds us, that this is still far from the truth. Through her writing and serving on several boards, Bonnie helps shine the light on the lack of youth opportunities, lack of equitable access to tangible resources, and STEM role models. Bonnie Bracey Sutton is a dedicated visionary, educator and dynamic individual, who pours her heart and soul into everything she does. She was born to teach.