Dr. Jason Neiffer is the Executive Director of the Montana Digital Academy, Montana’s state virtual school. For over 28 years, Jason has sought innovative ways to combine pedagogy, technology, and a little bit of performance art to make learning engaging and meaningful for students of all ages. His professional interests include distance learning, media literacy, digital productivity, artificial intelligence, instructional design, social studies, and humanities education. Jason graduated from Great Falls High School, Carroll College, Walden University, and the University of Montana. His initial experience in educational technology began in 1984, when, as a rambunctious fourth grader, he set up all the Apple IIe computers at Roosevelt Elementary School in Great Falls. He has been chasing the excitement of Lemonade Stand and Oregon Trail ever since!