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World History

]]> http://ahistoryteacher.com/world-history-online/feed/ 0 Resume http://ahistoryteacher.com/resume/ http://ahistoryteacher.com/resume/#comments Sun, 11 Nov 2012 21:23:06 +0000 admin http://ahistoryteacher.com/?p=46 Dan McDowell

danmcdowell@gmail.com
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HIGHLIGHTS

  • National, state, and local educational technology leader, presenting over 60 workshops, conference sessions, and seminars
  • Technology experiences ranges from instructional design to classroom implementation to a BYOD pilot program to IT consulting
  • Google Certified Teacher since 2007
  • Significant experience integrating technology into the K12 social studies classroom, including WebQuests, wikis, social networking, Google products, blogs, podcasts, and digital video production

LEADERSHIP & PROFESSIONAL DEVELOPMENT

Grossmont Union High School District / West Hills High School Technology Leader

  • Accreditation Coordinator (School) – Oversaw the full accreditation of the school (WASC) while utilizing Google Docs, Forms, and Sites to collect, analyze, and present the final report.
  • Google Apps Integration Team (District) – Helping develop plan and training for roll of Google Apps to 25,000 students and 1,000 teachers (2010-11).
  • Tech Practices Committee (District) – This committee oversees district-wide issues and concerns regarding the rollout of new technologies on both an IT and instructional level.
  • BYOD / iPod Pilot Program Lead (School / District) – Established a BYOD program pilot program supplemented with classroom iPods.
  • Online Learning Committee (District) – Created plan for upcoming Grossmont District online learning school.
  • BTSA Technology Coordinator (District) – Develop and deliver technology instruction for new teachers (2010-11).
  • Lead District Technology Instructor (District) – Helped plan program for social science and general sessions and led the training for teacher laptop rollout programs (1999, 2003, 2006-07, 2009-10).
  • Technology Coordinator (School) – Planned and implemented numerous onsite technology workshops, developed staff website model, oversaw the training and integration of response systems.
  • Interview Panelist (School) – Participated in interview panels for all social science positions since 2002 and the 2009 principal panel.
  • Career and Technical Education (CTE) Coordinator (School / District) – Planned and established Digital Imagery Pathway at West Hills High School in conjunction with district ROP/CTE office.
  • Master Teacher (School) – Served as a master teacher to four student teachers.

 

Technology Professional Development Presentations and Workshops

Over 70 presentations and workshops since 1996, recent presentations include:

  • Mobile Madness: Strategies for Teacher Learning and Productivity, GUHSD (August 2012), SDCUE (November 2012)
  • Unleash Google Docs in the Classroom, GUHSD (July 2012, October 2012, November 2012)
  • Technology Integration for a 1-to-1 Program, International School of Beijing (April 2012)
  • Google Teacher Workshop, San Diego Child’s School (August 2011), Encinitas School District, (August 2011), Cleveland State University (January 2012)
  • The Digital Natives are Restless, GUHSD BTSA (August 2011, May 2012, July 2012, November 2012)
  • Collaborative Essays in Google Docs, ISTE (2011) in the Google Vender Booth
  • Facebook Nation, SDCUE (2010), CAL (2011)
  • How Google Changed Everything, SDSU Educational Technology Alumni Event (2011)
  • Teacher Websites and More: Just Add Google, SDCUE (2010), CADA (2011), BTSA (2011, Spring 2012)
  • Motivate the Millennials, SDCUE (2010), BTSA (2011, Spring 2012)
  • Choose Your Own Wiki Adventure, NCSS (2007), NECC (2006)
  • Teaching the Holocaust with Technology, United States Holocaust Memorial Museum and SDSU (2007)

A complete list available at http://ahistoryteacher.com

EDUCATIONAL, CURRICULAR, & TECHNOLOGY CONSULTING EXPERIENCE

PBS Education and Curriculum Consultant (2007 – present)

  • Educational Director for KCET Andrew Jackson Documentary Web Site and DVD-ROM (2007 – 2008)
  • ITV World Without Oil curriculum development (2008)
  • BBC Story of India curriculum development (2008 – 2009)
  • WWII: Behind Closed Doors website producer and curriculum development (2009)
  • When Worlds Collide (2010)
  • The Banjo Project curriculum development (2012) 

PBS Teachers Advisory Board Member (2006 – 2009) 

Instructional Designer (2000 – present)

  • Experience includes conducting needs analysis, designing solution systems, usability testing, and project implementation.

Web Designer (1998 – present)

  • Design and create educational and commercial web sites and customize open source content management systems.

Social Media Experience

  • Maintain extensive professional learning network through use of Twitter (2007 – present)
  • One of the first educational technology bloggers, topics cover educational technology and general educational issues (2004 – present)
  • Maintain classroom, school, club, and personal Facebook accounts (2010 – present)

CLASSROOM EXPERIENCE

Social Studies Teacher (1996 – present)
West Hills High School, Santee, CA

  • Curricular subjects developed and taught include AP World History, Photography, Advanced Photography, CP/AA World History, CP United States History, Humanities, Geography, Journalism, Web Design, and Technology Fundamentals
  • Club Advisor, including: Class of 2014, Photography, Debate, and World Cultures
  • West Hills Web Manager (2007 – present)
  • School Newspaper Advisor (1997 – 2000)
  • Coordinate annual field trips for 150+ students and a trip to Europe with 25 students (2012)

 

Classroom Technology Integration
Technology strategies integrated into social science classroom include:

  • iPods and BYOD (select apps, Socrative, Google Apps)
  • Implemented flipped classroom model
  • Comprehensive classroom website since 1997 (html, WordPress, Wikispaces, Joomla, Google Sites – current)
  • WebQuests
  • Student publishing (blogs, Google Sites, wikis)
  • Video and audio productions (iMovie, Flip cameras, HD cameras)
  • Digital story telling using wikis, Google Forms
  • Collaborative document creation (Google Docs and Google Sites)
  • Information / data collection with Google Forms
  • Numerous Web 2.0 applications (Animoto, StoryJumper, Glogster, ToonDoo, and more)
  • Screencasting for skill reinforcement

 

Lecturer (2006 – present)
San Diego State University, Department of Educational Technology

  • Developed and taught ET 570: Advanced Technology for Teachers (2011, Summer 2012, Spring 2013)
  • Taught ET 470: Technology for Teachers (2010)
  • Developed and taught ET 700: Educational Podcasting (2010, 2011,2012)
  • Developed and taught ET700: Advanced Digital Video Seminar (2006, 2007)
  • Taught ET541: Web Based Multimedia Development (2007, 2009)

PUBLICATIONS

  • How Teachers Can Make the Most of When Worlds Collide, EDSITEment Website (October 2010)
  • Teaching World History in the Digital Age, PBS Teachers Media Infusion Blog (January 2009)
  • Digital Media Literacy and WebQuests, PBS Teachers Media Infusion Blog (May 2007)
  • Knowledge Management for K-12 Teachers, Educational Technology Magazine (2007)
  • Ask a Mentor, Teacher Magazine (2006)
  • Modern World History (2004) and Western Civilization Curriculum Guides (2003), Teaching Point Publishing.  Yearlong curriculum includes daily lesson plans, projects, lectures, handouts, and exams
  • ahistoryteacher.com (1996 – present), Online portfolio
  • ahistoryteacher.com/wordpress (2004 – 2010), Semi-regularly updated blog

AWARDS, GRANTS, AND AFFLIATIONS

  • Grossmont Union High School District Teacher of the Year (2008)
  • West Hills High School Teacher of the Year (2008)
  • Google Certified Teacher (2007)
  • Innovation in Teaching Award, GUHSD (Nov. 2006)
  • SDSU Honor Graduate Representative, Department of Educational Technology (2006)
  • Best Buy Teach Grant (2003, 2007, 2009)
  • NEA Innovation Grant (2003)
  • San Diego Computer Using Educators Grant (2000, 2004)
  • Classroom Connect Western Region Internet Educator of the Year (2002)
  • San Diego County Office of Education Resolution for Technology Integration (2002)
  • Target Scholarship for Educational Technology Masters Program (2001)
  • San Diego County Journalism Teacher of the Year (2000)
  • Computer-Using Educators Member (1997 – present), Vice President of San Diego CUE (2004 – 2005)
  • International Society of Instructional Technologists Member (2006 – present)
  • California Council for the Social Studies Member (1998 – present)
  • The San Diego Center for Economics Education Board Member (2000 – present)
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PBS Teachers Advisory Group Member (2006-2010)
For the four years I served on the committee that the PBS Teachers Web Site team use to bounce ideas off of as they develop new features. In the summers of 2007 and 2008, I attended the annual advisory meeting at the PBS offices in Washington D.C.

PBS Media Infusion Blog

Curriculum Development Projects
Show Me the Banjo (2011-12)
Curriculum Writer
Educational materials that are housed within the PBS Learning Media site (search for Banjo).
Film Site | PBS Learning Media

When Worlds Collide (2010)
Education Director
Educational materials that help connect the main concepts of the documentary to the lives of students.
Visit the Site

The American Experience: 1930′s / Civilian Conservation Corp (2009)
Curriculum Writer
Lessons that wrap all of the 1930′s American Experience documentaries together along with lessons specific to the 2009 Civilian Conservation Corp.
Visit the Site (1930′s)
Visit the Site (CCC)

WWII: Behind Closed Doors (2009)
Education Director
A series of short (snapshot) and longer lessons that focus on the various aspects of the Russian perspective of WWII.
Visit the Sit

Story of India (2008)
Educational Consultant/ Curriculum Developer
Six creative WebQuest-like lesson plans that span India’s long history, along with discussion questions, video clips, and long articles that detail many aspects of Indian history covered in the documentary.
Visit the Site

World Without Oil (2008)
Educational Consultant/ Curriculum Developer
Ten days of lesson plans that walk students through the main themes discussed in the original awarding-winning World Without Oil alternative reality game. In a simulation-style setting, students consider how the world and their lives would change in light of an oil shortage.
Visit the Site

Andrew Jackson (2007)
Education Director
A large collection of educational materials, from WebQuests to traditional lesson plans, designed accompany the PBS documentary. Site also includes numerous video clips and articles related to Jackson’s life and his presidency.
Visit the Site

]]> http://ahistoryteacher.com/pbs-consulting/feed/ 0 Workshops, Presentations, and Conferences http://ahistoryteacher.com/workshops-presentations/ http://ahistoryteacher.com/workshops-presentations/#comments Sat, 13 Oct 2012 03:44:40 +0000 admin http://ahistoryteacher.com/?p=87 In the beginning…

In the summer of 1996, just a month after I finished my teaching credential, I received an e-mail from SDSU Ed Tech Professor Bernie Dodge asking if I was available to help out with a workshop for a San Diego City Schools grant called the Triton Project. During that first summer I spent time developing some model projects that utilized technology, led a couple small break-out sessions, and helped teachers code html while making their first WebQuests. It wasn’t until the last day of the weeklong workshop that I actually got my first teaching job at West Hills.

Over the next five years, Bernie hired me back each summer. By the third year I was leading large groups through the WebQuest process and developing online tutorials for the teachers in the program to use. These experiences would give me an opportunity to stay on the cutting edge of educational technology and inspired me to continue to look for opportunities to participate in technology staff development.

Currently…
I’ve been looking at the best ways to infuse the many Web 2.0 technologies that have become readily available to teachers. Some topics include:

  • Importance of technology use in today’s world
  • Mobile Technologies for Teachers
  • Using technology to increase engagement
  • All things Google (I became a Google Certified Teacher in 2007)
  • Online collaboration (for both students and teachers)
  • Online social communities
  • Using blogs and wikis with students and teachers
  • Classroom web site development
  • Video projects
  • WebQuests
  • Web 2.0 Apps

Since 2010, I have been working with Reuben Hoffman, another West Hills teacher, to help spread the tech integration word.  Our website, 21st Century Ed Tech Pirateshosts our new workshops.  If interested in having us present, contact me at danmcdowell@gmail.com

Additionally, I teach several different courses in the Educational Technology Department at San Diego State (2006-present).

  • Co-Developed and taught ET 570: Advanced Technology for Teachers (Summer 2011, 2012, 2013)
  • Taught ET 470: Technology for Teachers (Spring 2010)
  • Developed and taught ET 700: Educational Podcasting (Spring 2010, Spring 2011, Spring 2012)
  • Developed and taught ET700: Advanced Digital Video (Fall 2006, Fall 2007)
  • Taught ET541: Web Based Multimedia Development (Fall 2007, Fall 2009)

2012 Workshops

Technology Integration 101: Just Add Google (BTSA)
GUHSD BTSA Year 1
Nov 28 & Dec 13, 2012

The Digital Natives Are Restless: Tech Tools That Captivate Students
Unleash Google Docs In Your Classroom: Student Use
Mobile Madness: Strategies for Teacher Learning and Productivity
SDCUE Tech Conference
Nov 3, 2012

Unleash Google Docs In Your Classroom: Student Use
Mobile Madness: Strategies for Teacher Learning and Productivity
USD SOLES Fall Tech Showcase
Sept 21, 2012

The Digital Natives are Restless
Mobile Madness
Unleash Google Apps in Your Classroom: Student Use
GUHSD Summer Workshops
July 31, Aug 1 & Aug 22

Technology Integration 202: Web 2.0
GUHSD BTSA Year 2
April 26, 2012

The Digital Natives are Restless: Tech Tools That Captivate Students
CCSS
March 2-4, 2012

Technology Integration 201: Advanced Google
GUHSD BTSA Year 2
Feb 29, 2012

Implementing a 1-to-1 Program Workshop
International School of Bejing
April 2012

Google Workshop for Educators (CUE Lead Learner Session)
Cleveland State University
January 2012

2011 Workshops
Technology Integration 101: Just Add Google
GUHSD BTSA Program
Part 1: Nov 15, 2012
Part 2: Dec 8, 2012

Website Creation Adventures
CLHS / MS S.D. Conference
Dec 2, 2011

Ultimate Teacher Websites
Google Docs In The Classroom: Effective Strategies For Integration
SDCUE Tech Conference
Nov 5, 2011

Google Docs and Sites (CUE Leader Learner Session)
The Child’s Primary School
August 24, 2011

Google Docs (CUE Lead Learner Session)
Encinitas Unified Technology Fair
August 19, 2011

Motivate the Millennials
July 28 and August 10, CCSS (March 2012)

Just Add Google,
July 27 and August 9

Writing Collaborative Essays in Google Docs
Google Booth @ ISTE 2011
Philadelphia, PA
May 13

Technology Integration 102: Social Media = More
GUHSD BTSA
Year 2 Teachers, March 15, 2011
Year 1 Teachers, May 11, 2011

Facebook Nation: Are you a Citizen?
CA Librarians Annual Conference
March 26, 2011

Technology Integration 101: Just Add Google
GUHSD BTSA
Year 2 Teachers, February 15, 2011
Year 1 Teachers, March 24, 2011

Creating A Web Presence
Collaborating, Presenting & Pushing It Further
CADA Annual Conference
March 3, 2011

How Google Changed Everything
SDSU Educational Technology Alumni Event
January 26, 2011

2010 Workshops
Facebook Nation: Are You a Citizen?
Motivate the Millennials: Tech Project Templates
CLMS/HS Annual Conference
December 3, 2010

Tools for the Future: Part 2
Christian Unified Schools San Diego
November 23, 2010

Ultimate Teacher Website
Facebook Nation: Are You a Citizen?
Motivate the Millennials: Tech Project Templates
SDCUE Technology Conference
November 6, 2010

Tools for the Future: Part 1
Christian Unified Schools San Digo
February 11, 2010

2009 Workshops
Schoolwide Collaboration (Revised from SDCUE Tech Fair)
CLHS K-12 Technology Conference
December 6, 2009

Are you ready for a Twitter-off?
SDCUE Technology Fair
October 24, 2009

Schoolwide Collaboration with Google Apps
SDCUE Technology Fair
October 24, 2009

Collaboration Technology Tools
GUHSD Summer Workshops
August 18-19, 2009

Breakdown Those Classroom Walls
GUHSD Summer Workshops
August 20, 2009

Productivity and Collaboration Anywhere Using Google Docs
CLMS
March 2009

Wiki Adventures: Stories, Collaboration, and Publication
CLMS
March 2009

2008 Workshops
Teacher and Student Online Collaboration
SDCUE Tech Fair
November 8, 2008

The Ultimate Google Teacher Web Site
SDCUE Tech Fair
November 8, 2008

West Hills Web Site Seminar
Staff Development Week
August 2008

Collaboration Technology Tools
GUHSD Summer Institute
July 30, 2008

Breakdown Those Classroom Walls!
GUHSD Summer Institute
July 31, 2008

2007 Workshops

Choose Your Own Wiki Adventure, Version 2.0
SDCUE Tech Fair / NCSS Annual Conference
November 3 and 30, 2007

ET 541: Web Based Multimedia Development
Educational Technology Department, San Diego State University
Fall 2007

The Ultimate Teacher Web Site
SDCUE Tech Fair
November 3, 2007

Digital Video Projects
GUHSD Visions Alumni Session
October 17, 2007 (2 hours)

Google for Educations / Google – Beyond Searching
GUHSD Summer Institute / Visions Alumni Session
July 30 and November 8, 2007 (all day)

Finally, WebQuests Made Easy
GUHSD Summer Institute
July 31, 2007 (all day)

Web 2.0
GUHSD Summer Institute
August 1, 2007 (all day)

Visions 2007
Tech Resources, Grossmont Union HS District
Summer 2007

ET 700: Advanced Digital Video
Educational Technology Department, San Diego State University
Summer 2007

1996 – 2006 Workshops
Visions 2006
Tech Resources, Grossmont Union HS District
October and November, 2006

ET700: Advanced Digital Video
San Diego State University
October 14 and 28, 2006
A graduate-level seminar

Choose Your Own Wiki Adventure: Using Wikis with K–12 Students
NECC 2006 in San Diego, CA
July 6, 2006 at 12:30 pm.

Blogs, Wikis, and Podcasts – Oh My!
Grossmont Union HSD Summer Institute
July 31, 2006
8:00 am to 3:00 pm

Finally, WebQuests Made Easy
Grossmont Union HSD Summer Institute
August 4, 2006
8:00 am to 3:00 pm

To Blog or Not to Blog: This and Other Questions
SDCUE Tech Fair
Presenter
October 2005

Visions Summer and Fall Conference
Grossmont Union High School District
Organizer and Lead Social Studies Teacher
Summer 2005

World History: Beyond the Textbook
Summer Institute, GUHSD
Presenter
Summer 2005

Technology Integration into the Social Studies
Summer Institute, GUHSD
Presenter
Summer 2005

Plugged in to History
San Diego County Office of Education
Presenter
Spring 2005
2004

Visions Summer Conference
Grossmont Union High School District
Organizer and Lead Social Studies Teacher
Summer 2004

Plugged in to History
San Diego County Office of Education
Presenter
Decemeber 2003

WebQuests and Teaching About the Holocaust
USHMM Workshop at San Diego State University
Facilitator for Bernie Dodge
April 2003

Connections: Imagination and Integration
Classroom Connect Conference
Presenter
Long Beach, CA
December 2002

Professional Development Institute V (PDI) for English Language Development
SDCOE Joe Rindone Technology Center
Presenter
December 2001

San Diego Computer Users in Education Technology Fair
Presenter: A Viewing Guide to World History
November 2001

West Hills Digital High School Tech Fair
Presenter: Internet Basics, Using the Internet with your Students
August 2001

Teach the Teachers Collaborative
Instructor: WebQuests 2001
The Thacher School
Ojai, CA
July 2001

Professional Development Institute III (PDI) for English Language Development
SDCOE Joe Rindone Technology Center
Presenter
March 2001

San Diego Computer Users in Education Technology Fair
Presenter: A Viewing Guide to World History
November 2000

Digital University
Lead Instructor: Electronic Publishing Strand and WebQuests over Lunch
Grossmont Union High School
Summer 2000

Patterns Summer Symposim
San Diego City Schools/San Diego State University
Developed and presented: Using BackFlip, Using GoClick, and Using SnapzPro to capture video screen shots
Summer 2000

History – Social Science and the Internet
San Diego Office of Education
Presenter
May 2000
California Council of the Social Studies Annual Conference
Co-presentation with Scott Berry

Internet Use in the Social Studies Classroom
San Diego, CA
March 2000

Academy of Computer Training
Intructor: WebQuests
Grossmont Union High School District
Summer 2000
1998/1999

Social Studies Online
Grossmont Union High School District
Presenter
Spring 1999

Triton/Patterns Summer Symposium
San Diego City Schools/San Diego State University
Presenter: Fine Points, Process Guides, and Response-o-Matic
Summer 1999

Triton/Patterns Summer Symposium
San Diego City Schools/San Diego State University
Developed and presented job aids for Claris HomePage and Inspiration
Summer 1998

Triton Summer Symposium
San Diego City Schools/San Diego State University
Developed and presented Digitizing Images, Manipulating Images, and Using Real Audio and LiveAudio
Summer 1997

Trition Summer Symposium
San Diego City Schools/San Diego State University
Supported Bernie Dodge in an early implementation of the WebQuest model
Summer 1996

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