Erik Palmer is an educational consultant from Denver, Colorado, and the author of Well Spoken: Teaching Speaking to All Students; Digitally Speaking: How to Improve Student Presentations with Technology; and Teaching the Core Skills of Listening & Speaking. He is a program consultant for Houghton Mifflin Harcourt's English language arts programs, Collections and Journeys. Erik presents frequently at state and national conferences, and he has given keynotes and led in-service trainings in school districts across the United States and Mexico. He can be reached through his websites: www.erikpalmer.net and www.pvlegs.com, his website specifically devoted to listening and speaking.