Profession
Service to the Profession
Editorial Advisory Board Member. (2015-16). Reviewer of the book: Handbook of Research on Efficacy and Implementation of Study Abroad Programs for P-12 Teachers. Ed. by Heejung, A. Advisory List http://www.igi-global.com/pdf.aspx?tid=171764&ptid=157701&ctid=15&t=Editorial%20Advisory%20Board
President. (2014-Present). NJ Fulbright Chapter. Featured article on a ZAMAN newspaper http://dlvr.it/5WtWn6
Co-President. (2011-2013). Board member. (2006-Present). Updated webpage, reviewed student papers for the Spring 2013 colloquium, attend meetings and retreats, and created a NING page for New Jersey Women and Gender Studies Consortium (NJWGSC).
Workshop lead presenter. (2015, January 17-19). Conducted Waterbotics workshop to middle school students at 4H/ Rutgers Essex, NJ.
Workshop presenter. (2014, July 2). Robotics Unplugged and Introduction to Waterbotics workshop to high school students at 4H/ Rutgers Essex, NJ.
Volunteer. (2014, April 13). Robotics Competition. rcjnynj.org Bridgewater Middle School, NJ.
Workshop leader. (2006, June 9). Paterson Public Schools, Districtwide Equity and Diversity Council Meeting, Paterson, NJ.
Member. (2007-2009). Advisory board for IMLS (Institute for Museums and Library Services) grant. Statewide grant for developing a New Jersey Digital Video Portal.
Faculty Member. (2005-2008). Represented College of Education at Asia Society Undergraduate Curriculum Development Project, 3 year professional development training and curriculum design team, NYC. http://www.internationaled.org/education.
Co-founder. (2015- Present). Co-founded Unite to Educate Organization. http://www.unitetoeducate.org
Reviewer. Praxis Performance Assessment for Teachers (PPAT). (2014, August 4-8) Pilot Scoring Educational Testing Service (ETS), Princeton, NJ.
Reviewer. (2012, 13, 14, 15, 16, 17). SITE book: Research Highlights in Technology and Teacher Education. Society for Information Technology and Teacher Education (SITE).
Reviewer- Conference Proposals:
Reviewer. (2005- Present). ISTE- International Society for Technology in Education (former NECC- National Educational Computing Conference).
Reviewer. (2012). ATE- The Association of the Teacher Educators.
Reviewer. (2005, 2007). AMLA- The Alliance for a Media Literate America Conference.
Reviewer. (2008-2013)- Ed-Media- World Conference on Educational Multimedia, Hypermedia & Telecommunications
Reviewer. (2003- Present). SITE Society for Information Technology and Teacher Education Conference.
· Nominated to be president. (2016).
· Representative to attend National Technology Leadership Summit- NTLS (September 25-26, 2014). Represented IT Council http://www.ntls.info/index.htm NTLS hosted by the American Association of Colleges of Teacher Education (AACTE), Washington, D.C.
· Volunteer. Presided session for SITE 2004 conference.
· Chair- Digital Storytelling SIG
· Associate Chairperson. (2014-Present). Instructional Technology (ITC).
Reviewer. (2001-2012). NAME- National Association for Multicultural Education Annual Conference.
· President. (2005- 2006). National Association of Multicultural Education (NAME) NJ Chapter.
Reviewer. (2005- Present). AERA- American Education Research Association Conference.
Reviewer. (2004-2012). AACTE- American Association of Colleges of Teacher Education Annual Conference.
Reviewer. (2002-2014). NERA Northeastern Educational Research Association Conference.
Reviewer. (2008-2011). NERA Co-chair of Diversity Task Force.
Reviewer. (2005, 2006, 2013). NERA Chair and Discussant for NERA.
Member, Chair of a panel. (2012). New York Conference Asian Studies (NYCAS)
Reviewer. (2011-Present). Journal of International Education and Leadership.
Reviewer. (January 2010). Conference proposal papers for Global Learn Asia Pacific Conference (http://www.aace.org/conf/glearn)
Volunteer. (2003, November 13-15). Setting up technical equipment at Association for Educational Communications and Technology (AECT) 2003.
Volunteer. (June 24 and 29, 2003). Registration desk and registration office at Educational Multimedia, Hypermedia & Telecommunications (Ed-Media) 2003 Conference.
Reviewer. (Fall 2008). Study Island’s Graphic Novels.
Judge. National History Day. (May 2003, 2004, 2005, 2006, 2007, 2008, 2009, 2010, 2011, 2012, 2013, 2015). Volunteer to evaluate video documentaries and websites entries.
· Judge (March 7, 2015). National History Day Projects. Kean University, NJ.
· Judge (March 23, 2013). National History Day Website Projects. Kean University, NJ.
· Judge (March 31, 2012). National History Day Website Projects. Seton Hall University, NJ.
· Volunteer Judge (March 27, 2011). National History Day Website Projects. Kean University, NJ.
· Volunteer Judge (Feb 27, 2010). National History Day Video Projects. Seton Hall University, NJ.
· Co-presenter. (October 20, 2008). Prepared a co-presentation for National History Day teachers, William Paterson University. (Collaborator, Yvonne Roux).
· Co-presenter. (2005-2006). Designed and presented technology workshops for teachers participating National History Day-. (Collaborator, Yvonne Roux).
· Consultant. (January 16, 2007). Provided feedback to students on how to use digital editing software for National History Day Project Oakland Public Schools, Oakland, NJ.
· Judge. (2004, April 24). Senior Video Documentaries run off judge for National History Day.
· Volunteer. (2004, May 11). Provided feedback to Winners national competition in Washington, DC.
· Volunteer. (2003, May 13). Provided feedback to Winners national competition in Washington, DC.
Reviewer. (Summer 2004). Special issue article for Equity and Excellence in Education, Journal of the School of Education, University of Massachusetts.
Reviewer. (December 2002). Book Teaching and Learning with Technology by Judy Lever-Duffy, Jean McDonald and Al Mizell, published by Allyn and Bacon. My students also reviewed two chapters from this book to enter a digital camera drawing.
Reviewer. (October 2002). Prospectus and Table of Contents of Assistive Technology Book for Merrill Prentice Hall.
Reviewer. (January 2009). Book chapters. Cognitive Effects of Multimedia Learning, edited by Robert Zheng. IGI Global, USA.
Reviewer. (Fall 2008). Book chapters. Encyclopedia of Social Interaction Technologies, edited by Tatyana Dumova. IGI Global, USA.
Reviewer. (Spring 2008). Book: “Human Issues in Instructional Technology” edited by Paul Smith, Anne Whittaker.
Reviewer. (Spring 2006). Book chapter: Digital Audiobroadcasting, The Handbook of Computer Networks, Wiley.
Reviewer. (Fall 2006). Book: Tech Tactics by Carolyn Thorsen: Allyn & Bacon.
Reviewer. (2003). Papers for SIGTE Research Paper Award.
Faculty Member. (2002, November 23). "Searching the Web" Lesson Plan posted at AskEric.org educational database resource-IDEAS Portal Web Site. http://askeric.org/cgi-bin/printlessons.cgi/Virtual/Lessons/Information_Literacy/IFO0202.html
Faculty Liaison. (2001- 2007). John F. Kennedy High School, Future Teachers Club at Paterson Teachers for Tomorrow (PT4T) Grant.