Bill Burrall is the former Director of Instructional Technology Programs for Marshall County Schools in Marshall County, West Virginia. Bill has 37 years of experience in education having begun his teaching career at Wheeling Central Catholic High School in 1971.  Part of Marshall County Schools workforce since 1974, he currently holds a MA + 45 degree.  He presently serves as the school system WebMaster and provides support services.

Active as an information systems and telecommunications consultant, Bill has presented at numerous state, national and international conferences and is a nationally recognized speaker on integrating technology and telecommunications into the curriculum. He has written numerous articles which have been published in: "The Computing Teacher", "The Writing Notebook", "Cable in the Classroom Magazine", and "Telecommunications in the Classroom". Many of the classroom projects he has authored have been featured in publications such as: Technology & Learning Magazine, Classroom Connect, Practitioners Write the Book: What Works in Educational Technology, and ISTE's T.I.E. Journal. One such project, The Inmates and Alternatives Project has received awards from ISTE, the Department of Pedagogy: State of Geneva, Switzerland and by the Smithsonian Computer World Awards Program where it is archived in the Smithsonian Museum as a contribution of information technology impacting the history of our society. As a help guide to teachers and students who have an interest in developing collaborative learning projects, he offers as an Internet resource to teachers with his Guide to Collaborative Telecomputing for curriculum integration.

  Bill was one of the eight original Bell Atlantic WORLD SCHOOL trainers, and served as lead facilitator for Bell Atlantic's World School Project during the initial training phase.  He served in the capacity of a member of the Verizon World School Advisory Board helping to provide educational content to the WVDE/Verizon WORLD SCHOOL site. Photo at left shows Bill with World School keynote James Earl Jones.  He also worked in a joint venture with AT&T's Learning Network as one of five Information Specialists in the US who troubleshoot curriculum based inquiries from educators around the world.  Bill has also assisted in providing web page design and curriculum content to The WV Wellness Web site.  He also is a past president of WVTEAMS (West Virginia Technology, Education, and Media Specialists).  He designed and maintains the Marshall County Schools web site.

 Bill's involvement in technology, computer applications, and telecommunications includes serving on the Phase 9 Expert Panel as well as advisory boards for the AT&T Learning Network, Bell Atlantic WORLD SCHOOL,  Technology & Learning Magazine , and Classroom Connect.   Bill was featured in Technology and Learning Magazine as one of the top 22 professionals who are considered the current brain trust in the education technology industry.   He also serves on West Virginia Governor Joe Manchin's Advisory Council for Educational Technology and on the Pokemon Learning League Advisory Board. His work with Interactive Whiteboards and design of a prototype Digital Learning Center was recently featured in a Case Study done by Numonics Corporation.

  In July of 2007 he was recognized by Governor Joe Manchin III with the "Distinguished West Virginian" award for his work in educational technology.  Bill is shown receiving the award from West Virginia State Senator Jeff Kessler and West Virginia Delegate Scott G. Varner.

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 Bill resides in Wheeling, West Virginia with his wife Linda, a registered nurse at Ruby Memorial, West Virginia University.  He has two children, Chad, a systems administrator for Wheeling Nisshin Steel, and Alissa who teaches Foreign Language in Maryland.

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