TACTL SIG GRADUATE STUDENT COMMITTEE
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The American Education Research Association (AERA) is a national research society that seeks to advance educational research. Within the organization, there are a number of Special Interest Groups (SIGs). The Technology as an Agent of Change for Teaching and Learning SIG promotes teacher education with and through technology. This website was created by the TACTL SIG Graduate Student Committee, with the purpose of providing opportunities for graduate students in the TACTL community to connect with other graduate students and faculty in the SIG.
About the TACTL SIG TACTL promotes the development and evaluation of pre-service and in-service programs intended to transform teacher education, to prepare technology-proficient educators to meet 21st century learners’ needs.
AERA SIG Dues: $10.00 (1 yr); students $5.00 (1 yr) Join: aera.net
About the Graduate Student Committee
The objective of the TACTL Graduate Student Committee is to provide opportunities for graduate students in the TACTL community to connect with other graduate students, to connect with faculty in the SIG, and generally add value to all members of the SIG. We are an official ad-hoc committee of the SIG being advised by the SIG leadership in general and by the TACTL Chair, Dr. Doug Hearrington, in particular.
COMMITTEE MEMBERS
Deb Carter, Chair
As a PhD candidate in the Interdisciplinary Graduate Studies (IGS) program at UBC Okanagan, Deb’s design and development research focuses on a model evaluation of a design event with professionals and community members determining innovative tools to address localized problems identified as ‘wicked’ due to their ill-defined and contradictory nature. As Research Project Coordinator at the Innovative Learning Centre (ILC), Deb coordinates events and co-facilitates workshops which include industry leaders, educators, academics, students and community members as they imagine the futures of education together.
Mamta Shah, Vice-Chair
Mamta is a doctoral candidate in the Educational Leadership Development and Learning Technologies program at Drexel University. Ms. Shah’s professional work focuses on developing in-service and pre-service teacher competence in adopting digital technologies through situated professional development in online and face-to-face settings. She concentrates on the integration of immersive and interdisciplinary digital technologies such as games in educational settings using an ecological approach.
Vanessa Haddad, Communication Officer
Vanessa is a PhD candidate at the University at Buffalo (SUNY) in Educational Culture, Policy and Society. She’s writing her dissertation on college students and how they perceive video games impacting their development in a variety of ways. She’s also interested in issues of educational access, media literacy and media education, and video games and learning.
Matt Duvall, Web Coordinator
Matt is enrolled in Drexel University’s Ph. D. program in Educational Leadership Development and Learning Technologies, with an emphasis on STEM education. He taught high school business classes for five years prior to beginning his Ph. D. program. He also previously worked in the information technology field as an application developer. Matt’s research interests include game-based learning and technological literacies.
Caron Mineo, Secretary
Caron Mineo is an advanced doctoral student in the Instructional Technology and Media program at Teachers College, Columbia University. Her dissertation work focuses on issues of principal leadership surrounding innovation in schools. Caron is Assistant Director for Professional Development at the Center for Technology and School Change where she oversees several of the Center’s long-term grant projects. She has prior experience as an elementary teacher and instructional specialist in both public and private school settings, and has worked at the Center since early 2005, as a facilitator and researcher.
Joshua Rosenberg, Social Media Coordinator
Joshua Rosenberg is a Ph.D. student in the Educational Psychology and Educational Technology program at Michigan State University. In his research, Joshua focuses on how social and cultural factors affect teaching and learning with technologies, in order to better understand and design learning environments that support learning for all students. Joshua currently serves as the associate chair for the Technological Pedagogical Content Knowledge Special Interest Group in the Society for Information Technology and Teacher Education.