Tammy Payton Tammy Payton is an educational consultant with over twenty-five years experience as an educator. Recipient of the National Milken Educator award in 1998 and recognized as an exemplary educator by the Indiana General Assembly, Tammy has received other awards for her work with technology integration. For the past 10 years, she has worked for the Buddy System Project helping teachers, parents, and students integrate technology into the classroom, while designing and maintaining the three web sites hosted by Corporation for Educational Technology.