Technology-Related Professional Development
- Blackboard 8.0 Boot Camp (self-paced course in Blackboard and series of three 2-hour f2f workshops)
- Effective Online Teaching course (8-week course in Blackboard)
- NC Virtual Learning Community (VLC) Certified Online Instructor modules
- Technology Boot Camp (self-paced course in Blackboard)
- Testing Options in Blackboard (f2f workshop)
- Introduction to SoftChalk (f2f workshop)
- Integrating i3D into the Classroom (f2f workshop)
- Wake Up to the Wonderful World of Wikis and Blogs (f2f workshop)
- Web 2.0: Imagine the Possibilities (f2f workshop)
- Integrating Web 2.0 in the Classroom (f2f workshop)
- Introduction to Wikis and PBworks (SoftChalk tutorial)
- Blackboard 9 Basics (SoftChalk tutorial)
- Technology in the Classroom: It's More than Just Word & PowerPoint (f2f workshop)
- Learning Theories & The Net Generation (f2f workshop)
- Orientation for the Paine College Tutorial and Enrichment Center (video)
Webinars
VLC Professional Development Webinars, 2011 (Co-developed and moderated)
In-Class Workshops
PowerPoint presentations available on SlideShare
4-Square Writing Model
What is a Role Model?
What is a Hero?
What is Your Favorite Food? (paragraph and essay)
What is Your Favorite Holiday?
Where Would You Rather Live? (South)
Childcare Argumentative Essay
Reading and Writing
Building Word Awareness
Context Clues
Introduction to Literary Analysis
Writing a Literary Analysis
Sample Close Reading (Story of an Hour)
Writing Arguments
The Character Sketch Essay
The Research Cycle
Proofreading and Editing--Grammar Review
Proofreading Mnemonic
Grammar_Review.mp3 This podcast is from an in-class workshop in which I introduced the Proofreading Mnemonic and used it to review common grammar errors. We then applied those rules to complete a Grammar SkillCheck.
Study Skills
Test-Taking Strategies
Vocabulary Memory Study Aids
Active Listening
Memory Aids
Learn Spanish Vocabulary
Textbook Highlighting and Marking
Active Reading--SQ3R
Boy Scouts of America--Merit Badge
Citizenship in the Nation
Online Course Development
NC Virtual Learning Community
(Subject Matter Expert/Instructional Designer)
EDU 145 Child Development II
EDU 271 Educational Technology
HEA 120 Introduction to Community Health
Collaborated in development and editing (Instructional Designer)
ACA 115 Success and Study Skills
EDU 119 Introduction to Early Child Education
EDU 131 Child, Family & Community
EDU 144 Child Development I
EDU 151 Creative Activities
EDU 221 Children with Exceptionalities
EDU 281 Instructional Strategies/Reading & Writing
College-Level Online Courses
EDU 271: Educational Technology—introduces the use of technology to enhance teaching and learning in all educational settings. Topics include: technology concepts, instructional strategies, materials and adaptive technology for children with exceptionalities, facilitation of assessment/evaluation, ethical issues surrounding the use of technology.
College-Level Hybrid/Web-Enhanced Courses
Tutor Training modules following College Reading and Learning Association guidelines for tutor training programs—based on constructivist, problem-based learning—includes role play, simulations, WebQuests, and a variety of multimedia.
ENG 099: Developmental English—focuses on developing basic skills required for effective writing with an emphasis on sentence and paragraph development.
ENG 101: Composition I—focuses on developing skills required for effective writing in a variety of contexts in academic and professional writing with an emphasis on the five-paragraph expository essay.
ENGL 0510: Critical Reading—Designed as remediation for the reading portion of the Regents’ Testing Program, this course provides instruction in analyzing expository, argumentative, and narrative writing. The course endeavors to enrich students’ vocabulary, to increase their reading speed, and to improve their comprehension skills, including strengthening their ability to understand figurative language and to make sound inferences. Revised syllabus to utilize Internet and CD Rom exercises.
ENGL 1102: College Composition II—Literature-based, composition course further develops writing skills. Emphasizes interpretation, evaluation, and more advanced research methods. Includes instruction in composition of a research paper. Revised syllabus to be theme oriented—affects of sexism, classism, racism, and ethnocentrism from a literary perspective. Created website with resources.
College-Level Face-to-Face Courses
ENG 102: Composition II—focuses on developing writing skills with an emphasis on argumentation and research.
ENG 232: Introduction to Literature—presents different types of literature including poetry, fiction, and drama for analysis and discussion.
ENGL 0520: Expository Writing—Designed as remediation for the writing portion of the Regents’ Testing Program, this course provides instruction in extemporaneous composing of expository and argumentative essays. The course emphasizes organization, development, and coherence.
ENGL 1101: College Composition I—Focuses on skills required for effective writing in a variety of contexts, with emphasis on exposition, analysis, and argumentation. This course also includes introductory use of a variety of research skills. Provides instruction in word processing and in computer-based research.
ENGL 0097: Developmental English I—This course provides instruction in writing sentences, composing paragraphs, and editing compositions. Course work includes intensive writing practice, analyses of sample compositions, and group and individual assignments.
K-12 Courses Taught Integrating Technology
Full Year (Warren County Middle School)
Social Studies (6th grade)
Georgia Studies (8th grade)
Full Year (Silver Bluff HS, South Aiken HS, Tubman MS, Laney HS)
American Literature (11th grade)
Writing Composition (9th grade)
Language Arts (8th grade)
College Prep and General English (9th grade)
Remedial Reading (9-12 Grades)
Summer School--4 hour block schedule (Thomson High School)
Literature and Composition (9th grade)
American Literature (11th grade)
English Literature (12th grade)
Long Term Substitute Teacher (longer than 6 weeks)
American History and Government (Greenbrier High School)
Georgia History—8th Grade (Greenbrier Middle School)
Chapter I-Reading, Social Studies, Science—6th Grade (Harlem Middle School)
College Prep 9th Grade English & Basic 12th Grade English (Evans High School)
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