Contents

Teaching & Design
Summary
Teaching Positions
Philosophy
Intro. Astronomy
Elementary Methods
Computer Methods
Elementary Teaching
Ivy Tech
High School
Oregon Adventure
STREAMS

Teaching and Curriculum Design: Summary

I have designed curriculum and taught classess across a variety of contexts. I have worked for seven years in an elementary classroom, and have taught secondary students, and college students. I have been an Associate Instructor for 6 years at Indiana University. I was the instructor of record for two undergraduate courses at Indiana University, responsible for developing a course syllabus, developing all materials, managing all classroom activity, and all assessment activities in each course. I taught introductory physics at Ivy Tech State college where I was responsible for developing a course syllabus, developing all materials, managing all classroom activity, and all assessment activities in each course. I have assisted Dr. Sasha Barab in his W200: Introduction to Computers Course and his W310 Computer-based teaching methods courses. I have been a curriculum designer for ActiveInk.net, where I helped design 6 curriculum modules that are being used by over 10,000 students across the United States. For the past two years I have been assisting Dr. Sasha Barab with his Computer Endorsement Cohort course. I taught for three years at Kaplan Corporation. I taught physical science classes for the Medical College Admittance Test (MCAT), Dental Admittance Test (DAT), Ophthalmology Admittance Test (OAT), and the Math section of the GRE. I am the instructor of record for a section of E328: Science in the elementary school for the fall term of 2001. This course is frequently referred to as elementary science methods. The following section contains my teaching philosophy and evidence from K-12 classes I have taught including my work at a local elementary school, the high courses I taught for the International Studies program, the Introductory physics course I taught at Ivy Tech State College, Introductory Astronomy, and Science in the Elementary School. Evidence for my quality of teaching is included in Appendix C. Course syllabi for Introduction to Astronomy, Science in the Elementary School, Computer Based Teaching methods, and Action Research are included in Appendix D.