Honors and Awards
Technology Leadership Research Award by CASTLE and the UCEA School Technology Leadership Special Interest Group 2008
Most Influential Post, Resource or Presentation by the EduBlogs Awards- K12 Online Conference 2007
Edward E. Brickell School Leader Partnership Award 2004
Teacher Leader Network Washington Mutual Senior Fellow 2004
Teacher Leader Network Washington Mutual Fellow 2003
National School Public Relations Association’s Golden Achievement Award for OnDeck 2003
Distinguished Service Award byVA PTA 2002
National Albert Einstein Distinguished Educator Fellow Finalist 2002
Virginia Beach City Public Schools Teacher of the Year 2002
Teacher of the Year at W.T. Cooke Elementary 2001
Tagged by the Superintendent in Virginia Beach City Public Schools 1999
Inclusion in Who’s Who in American Women 1998, 2000
Inclusion in the 5th Edition of Who’s Who in American Education 1996
Graduate Symposium Research Finalist by Valdosta State University 1994
Research Interests
teacher leadership, virtual learning communities, electronic mentorship, digital divide issues, inquiry approaches to learning, connectivism, educational leadership, and 21st Century teaching and learning approaches
Teaching
The College of William and Mary
Spring 2007
EDUC 308 Secondary Preservice Learner Practicum Undergraduate
EDUC 330 Designs for Tech-Enhnd Lrng Undergraduate
Fall 2006
EDUC 401 Teach Tech-Elem Ed Undergraduate
Spring 2006
EDUC 304 Instr Tech-Elem Ed Undergraduate
EDUC 401 Teach Tech-Elem Education Undergraduate
EDUC 308 Secondary Preservice Learner Practicum Undergraduate
EDUC 308 Secondary Preservice Learner Practicum Undergraduate
Fall 2005
CRIN E09 Instructional Technology(Elem) Graduate
CRIN L04 Instr Tech Practicum Graduate
CRiN S07 Instructional Tech-Sec Graduate
CRIN S17 Practicum in Secondary Graduate
Spring 2005
EDUC 305 Instr Tech-Sec Education Undergraduate
EDUC 308 Learner Practicum Undergraduate
EDUC 308 Learner Practicum Undergraduate
Valdosta State University
(Winter 1994 - Spring 1997) Taught a full load each semester
ECE 427 Creative Methods Undergraduate
ECE 737 Creative Methods Graduate
ECE 426 Science Methods Undergraduate
ECE 321 Curriculum Undergraduate
ECE 322 Managing Paraprofessionals Undergraduate
ECE 323 Parent and Community InvolvementUndergraduate
RDE 454 Childrens Literature Undergraduate
ECE 320 Intro to Early Childhood Education Undergraduate
Mentorship of block field students and Supervision of student teachers.
Research
Electronically Networking to Develop Accomplished Professional Teachers (ENDAPT)
Dr. Christopher Gareis and I replicated a year two of our online mentoring study that focuses on asynchronous dialogue among novice K-12 teachers and a national pool of accomplished teacher leaders in a group-based mentoring environment. The project aims to support teacher development, foster qualities of teacher leadership, and improve teacher retention among novice teachers. The year one paper (under review) reports findings from the first year of implementation, using surveys of novice teachers and a content analysis of transcripts from online conversations.
Presentation given at AACTE 2007 on year one results
Alabama Best Practice Center 21st Century Teaching Project
Currently researching statistical significance of our 21st Century learning intervention applied to 40 school-based learning teams in Alabama. Project is funded by Microsoft’s Partners in Learning program and is one of 10 projects chosen nationwide for a midtier grant.
PLP Netbooks Study
As part of a project I am co-leading in Melbourne, Australia I have been tasked to develop an exploratory research plan that will identify, describe and analyze patterns of participation, interaction and meaning construction among educators in an online community discussing 21st Century change and how that change informs classroom practice. I intend to accomplish this task is by conducting a content analysis of the various conversations taking place within the online environment. More to the point, I am interested in learning who communicates with whom (i.e., flow), why they are communicating (i.e., function), and what they are communicating about (i.e., content).
Teacher Leadership: A Study of Select Faculty Perceptions at a Small Southern College
This small descriptive, qualitative study explored the individual perceptions of selected faculty in how, if at all, they help students to develop teacher leadership potential. This studyís results reflected individual faculty members’ perceptions of what they conceptualize as teacher leadership and how, if indeed they do at all, help a preservice teacher prepare for leadership roles in the future. A paper for this study is currently under review.
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