Renee Patton

No Longer at Cisco

Renee Patton was the leader of Global Education and Healthcare at Cisco. In this role, she was responsible for Cisco’s go-to-market strategy for these two industries and managed a team of education and healthcare consultants who help customers realize their visions through the logical placement of technology within schools, colleges, universities, and healthcare institutions.

She has over 25 years of business, management, sales, and marketing experience in both small start-up and large corporate environments, including Siemens. She ran her own marketing consulting firm for over seven years prior to joining Cisco full time.

Prior to moving into US Public Sector, Renee served as Worldwide Industry Marketing Education Lead within Cisco’s Corporate Marketing Organization where she was responsible for developing Cisco’s education messaging platform and driving Cisco’s position in the education market. Prior to this role, she managed Cisco’s national E-rate Program and served as the lead for US Education Field Marketing.

While studying for her Master’s Degree in Education from Stanford, Renee began teaching high school English and French, coaching cross-country, and moderating the student yearbook and newspaper. She then spent four years on the Los Gatos-Saratoga JUHS Board of Trustees and was responsible for managing policy and a $20M district budget.

She brings a clear perspective to addressing business issues and an in-depth understanding of the K-12 and Higher Education markets. She is particularly interested in trends driving the massive shift in education delivery models, new educational approaches, and ways that technology can help to engage learners and prepare teachers. Renee is a Lions' Club Member and is on the board of the Los Gatos High School Alumni Association. She holds a BA degree in English from Santa Clara University and an MA in Education from Stanford University.

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Renee Patton

Update: Time to submit your video for Connect Your Classroom Contest!

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In our last blog we announced the Connect Your Classroom Contest and the opening of pre-registration. Sponsored by Cisco and our friends at the Center of Interactive Learning and Collaboration (CILC), the contest invites K-12 teachers in the U.S. to tell us how they’re using technology to enable collaboration in their classrooms. Since that announcement, […]

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Connect Your Classroom Contest: How are You Using Technology to Drive Collaboration?

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Are you a K-12 teacher located within the US? Tell us how you’re enabling collaboration within your classroom! Check out the Connect Your Classroom Contest details and share your interest before February 28 and you’ll receive a free Webex Teams license (first 300 entrants) upon your submission, once entry intake opens on March 2, 2020!

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Renee Patton

A Lesson in STEM: When a Teacher Becomes Student, It’s a Game Changer

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The CyberPatriot competition and Cisco Networking Academy are helping schools empower a new generation of STEM education. Find out how.

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Renee Patton

The Future of Education

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The future of education opens a new world of possibility. Explore how technology will shape the teaching, learning, and communities of tomorrow.

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Renee Patton

Teachers as Problem Solvers: Mars Classroom Simulator Puts Technology in Students’ Hands

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In my last post, I discussed the impact of Teachers as entrepreneurs. After returning from the International Society for Education Technology (ISTE) 2019 show, I’m thinking about teachers as...

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Renee Patton

Teachers as Entrepreneurs: Applying Ed Tech to Better Learning Outcomes

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I happened across a great (albeit non-Webster’s) definition of “entrepreneur” from the Nasdaq Entrepreneurial Center website today: -- Entrepreneur/ noun en.tre.pre.neur Someone who’s willing to sacrifice sleep, sanity,...

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Renee Patton

Creating Learning Spaces that Promote Active Learning

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Learning can take place anytime, anywhere, and on any device. Learning is no longer confined to a physical time or location – it happens in spaces that transcend traditional, physical...

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Renee Patton

From Places to Spaces: Taking Learning Beyond the Classroom Walls

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Do you remember when school used to be a place? Do you recall going to a building, finding a classroom, locating your desk, and sitting in your row for an...

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Renee Patton

My Top 3 takeaways from CoSN 2018

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Designing Learning in the 4th Industrial Revolution was the CoSN theme, and I’ve thought about what this industrial revolution, connecting the physical, digital, and biological worlds, might mean to educators.