Service
As a faculty member at the GWU, I take my obligations to my employer seriously. I recognize that service is a critical part of my role as a professor – it is my duty to contribute to the greater good of the University and the GWU community. I believe my greatest strengths and contributions to the University are my knowledge about integrating technology from the elementary level all the way to higher education, particularly in distance and teacher education programs, my positive attitude, and my ability to get the necessary work done well.
Since joining the faculty at GWU, my service within and outside the GWU has increased. I have actively utilized my leadership and team-building skills in several projects and appointments, and have learned a great deal about decision-making, research, teaching, working in groups, and the manner in which groups function. My vitae provides more details about my service responsibilities.
For me service within and outside the University entails taking on leadership roles. As such, I have taken on several leadership roles, and thus have and/or will continue to shape the direction of these groups/organizations as a result both within the University and within the field of educational technology:
- Chairperson, GSEHD Technology Advisory Committee (Fall 2005- Fall 2007)
- Editor, Current Practices Section, Contemporary Issues in Technology and Teacher Education. Association for the Advancement of Computing in Education. (2003 - present)
- American Educational Research Association
- Portfolios and Reflection in Teaching and Teacher
Education Special Interest Group
- Webmaster (2008-2011), Chairperson (2005-2008), Secretary/Treasurer (2002-2005), Program Chair (1999-2002)
- Technology as an Agent of Change in Teaching and
Learning Special Interest Group
- Co-Program Chair (2008-2009), Secretary/Treasurer (2007-2008)
- Portfolios and Reflection in Teaching and Teacher
Education Special Interest Group
- Lead Faculty Member, Secondary Education (Fall 2003)
- Project Director, Teacher Technology Project, U.S. Department of Education Grant – Preparing Tomorrow’s Teachers to Use Technology (2004-2005)
- Co-leader/Facilitator, DELTA Project in liaison with the
Carnegie Foundation for the Advancement of Teaching – Led project with
two other faculty members (2003-2004)