
2002,
August. NETS.Work Year 2 - Institute for Schools of the
Future. Using PDAs to increase understanding of Science Concepts
with Preservice Science Teachers ($46,000). Co-Primary
Investigator with Dr. Colleen Sexton. Grant will examine the use
of PDAs in the development of field work experience by
undergraduate inservice science teachers and technology students.
2002,
June. National Foundation for Science (NSF) Using Haptics to Improve the
Learning of Physics in Undergraduate Education. ($75,000).
Co-Primary Investigator with Dr. Robert Williams,
College of Engineering,
Ohio
University. Project will implement curriculum changes in the
teaching of physics to undergraduates.
2001, Fall. A Collaborative Effort to Enhance Excitement in Learning for Middle
School Students in High Poverty Rural
School Districts
of Appalachian Ohio: The RoboCup Project. ($29,500). Co-Primary
Investigator with Dr. Catherine Glascock, Dr. Rosalie Romano, Dr.
Lonnie Welch, Dr. David Chelbery, and Dr. Robert Williams II.
Project will work with 8th grade students in the
RoboCup Competition using Lego Robotics.
2001,
July.
NETS.Work Year 1 - Digital
Models for Science, Ohio SchoolNet Grant.
($40,000) Co-Primary Investigator with Dr. Colleen Sexton,
Development of high school online courses that incorporate the use
of video and audio in the online environment.
2001,
March. RCET Grant –
Kent State.
($12,
000). The Changing Roles of Pedagogy in Project-Based Learning
Environments. Co-Primary Investigator with Ahmed Ali, Graduate
Student in Instructional Technology, Ohio University.
2000- 2003, PT3 - Preparing Tomorrow’s
Teachers to Use Technology, US Department of Education Grant
($600,000 over 3 years). Co-Primary Investigator with Dr. Bonnie
Beach, Teacher Education, and Dr. Sandra Turner, Instructional
Technology. Professional development for teachers in K-12 and
University partnerships to systemically change courses in science,
math, social studies and language arts to incorporate the use of
technology and development of online implementation.
2000-Ohio University Summer Honors Institute, Ohio
Department of Education.
($63,000). Primary Investigator. Development and implementation
of a summer three-week program for talented and gifted students to
explore career choices.
2000-TIPS3 Grant, Center for Innovation in
Technology and Learning
($7000). Ohio
Technology Fund. Primary Investigator- research project to
examine the use of a Cohort model in the development of online
courses.
1999-Martha Holden Jennings Professional
Development Workshop in Science, Mathematics and Robotics.
Martha Holden Jennings Foundation Grant ($62,000).
Co-Primary Investigator with S. Turner. Professional development
for teachers of Math, Science, Computer Science, and Gifted and
Talented, grades 4 through 8. Uses Lego Logo and LogoLab Robotics
to teach math, science and technology concepts.
1998 –TIPS Grant.
Ohio
University Foundation ($20,000). Co-Primary Investigator with S. Turner.
Incentive grant to support the development of web based courses in
the College of
Education and in Instructional Technology Master’s Program.
1997-Toyota Math/Science and Robotics Summer
Workshop,
Toyota USA Foundation ($60,000). Co-Primary Investigator with S.
Turner: Professional development in the use of robotics to teach
science and math principles, designed for teachers grades 4-6.
1997- 1804 Grant – Ohio University,
Technology in the Teacher Education Curriculum. ($40,000),
Submitted by the Education Technology Committee and S. Turner,
College of Education, Project Assistant. Provided notebook computers for
preservice teachers to use during student teaching in the Plains
Project - Primary purpose was portfolio development.
1996- School to Work Grant, Department of Labor,
School to Work Division, and the Ohio Department of Education ($75,000). Multimedia in the Career Development
Curriculum Primary Investigator: Grant involved grades 4-6 and
Distance Education Classrooms in the development of a Career
Awareness Curriculum using Multimedia.
1996-SchoolNet and Goals 2000, Learning Community
Link,
Contributing writer/Project Assistant Director: (Award: $1.6
million) Telecommunications grant to provide professional
development for 82 teachers K-12 in the use of telecommunications
in the classroom. This grant continued the work of the
Appalachian Distance Learning Project.
1990 through 1994-Kilroy Foundation Grant,
Primary Investigator: (Award of $200,000 per year, total 1.5
million) Development and implementation of technology in the K-12
environment of The Kinkaid School System.
|