"A leader takes people where they want to go. A great leader takes people where they don't necessarily want to go but ought to be." - Rosalynn Carter
Service and Leadership
STEM Girls in Technology (NJCU and HCCC) - 2019-2020
NJCU Table Representative at the NJEA Conference - November 2019
Grant Writing - Established an online committee of colleagues at work to share information about grant writing, as well as share opportunities that come up through Google Classroom - Fall 2019.
John Creswell Workshop Attendee - Fall 2019, Spring 2020
New Jersey Education Association - Convention Attendee - 2019 - Present
New Jersey Educators Association Conference Presenter - November 2019
New Jersey School Library Association Presenter with Dr. Laura Zeiger - December 2019
Journal of the Instructional Technology Council - Published article “Supporting the 21st Century Effects of Music Performance With Technology by Dana L. Smerda-Mason” Vol.1(2), 2019
New Jersey Educational Computing Cooperative Presenter - January 2020
Space Exploration Educator's Conference in Houston, TX - February 2020
Interview for Taking CTRL in STEAM and EdTech - February 2020.
NJTV - Presenter for Learning Live Teacher Presenter - May 2020: https://www.njtvonline.org/programs/njtv-learning-live/ecology-and-water-conservation-tips-dana-mason-sixth-grade-tzhd7k/
STEM Orientation Support at NJCU- Spring 2020
Vision Gifted Chinese Children - STEAM Teacher - December 2019 - January 2020 - Shenzhen, Guandong, China
Teacher Professional Development Presentations for the Bayonne Public Schools - 2020-Present
Curriculum Writing Team - Developing STEAM Lessons and Virtual Instruction for the Technology Department in the Bayonne Public Schools - 2020 - Present
Governor’s Educator of The Year Henry E. Harris School - 2020/2021 School Year
Developed STEAM sustainability lessons for the Bayonne School District to further awareness with the Bayonne Water Guardians - Summer 2020: https://sites.google.com/view/bayonneecologylessons/home.
Etienne Wenger Workshop Participant - NJCU Summer 2020
Emerging Realities and the Future of Technology in the Classroom – Published chapter “STEM Becomes STEAM: Educational Innovation in the 21st Century” by Dana L. Smerda-Mason, 2021
NJCU Spring Webinar Series 2021 - Presenter
Graduate Assistant Department of Educational Technology - Fall 2021-Spring 2022
ISTE Conference Attendee - 2021
The Rise of Teacher Stress: Guided Meditation in a Virtual World An Embedded Sequential Mixed Methods Study - Participant - 2021 - present