title: Today I Made a Difference: A Collection of Inspirational Stories from America's Top Educators
author: Joseph W Underwood
description: <div>Joseph W. Underwood, EdD, NBCT, is the Leading Learner of an Entertainment Technologies Academy at Miami High School in Miami, Florida. Underwood was selected as a Disney TeacherTM of the Year Award Honoree in 2004, a USA Today All-Star Teacher in 2005, and, in 2006, participated in the Toyota International Teacher Program of study in the Galapagos Islands. </div>
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  A Collection of Inspirational Stories  
  from America's Top Educators
  
  
  
  
  
    
  
  
    
  
  
    
  
  
  
  
  
  
  
  
  EDITED BY JOSEPH W. UNDERWOOD, EdD, NBCT  
  Disney Teacher Award™ Honoree
  
  
  
  
  
  
  
  
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  Copyright © 2009 by Joseph W. Underwood  
  All rights reserved.  
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  Published by  
  Adams Media, a division of F+W Media, Inc.  
  57 Littlefield Street, Avon, MA 02322. U.S.A.  
  
  
  
  
  
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  ISBN 10: 1-59869-834-6  
  ISBN 13: 978-1-59869-834-3 (paperback)  
  ISBN 13: 978-1-44050-426-6 (EPUB)
  
  
  Printed in the United States of America.
  
  
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