Andrea Zellner

EDUCATION

Doctoral Student: Current: Educational Psychology/Educational Technology: Michigan State University; Concentration in Educational Research Methods

MA: 2002: Educational Studies with Certification. School of Education, University of Michigan.  Certification Areas: Secondary; English, Biology.

BA:2000: English, College of Literature, Science, and the Arts; University of Michigan.

PROFESSIONAL APPOINTMENTS

 2010: Adjunct Lecturer: Masters of Educational Technology: Michigan State University

            Teaching for Understanding with Computers (online)

            Accepting Innovative Technology to Education (online)

            Teaching K12 Students Online (online)

            Contributing writer to Certificate program’s curriculum changes in 2010

PUBLICATIONS

Book Chapters

Koehler, M.J., Mishra, P., Zellner, A., & Kereluik, K. (2012). Thematic considerations in integrating TPACK into a graduate program. In D. Polly, C. Mims, & K. Persichitte (Eds.), Creating technology-rich teacher education programs: Key issues. Hershey, PA: IGI Global.

Zellner, A. (2011). Reflections of a Cultural Translator. In L. Rex and M. Juzwik (Eds). Narrative Discourse Analysis for Teacher Educators: Managing Cultural Difference in the Classroom. Cresskill, NJ: Hampton Press.

ELA/MME (English Language Arts/Michigan Merit Exam) Units of Study with Laura Schiller, Kelly Sassi. Oakland Schools. January 2007.

 AWARDS

January 2009: Community Outreach and Engagement Award from Michigan State University: Red Cedar Writing Project with Janet Swenson, Troy Hicks, Renee Webster, Mitch Nobis, and Toby Kahn Loftus

June 2006: Red Cedar Writing Project Technology Grant: purchased digital cameras for Digital Storytelling in the Classroom

October 2005: Helen Gill Memorial Research Grant: Michigan Reading Association for “Literacy and Standardized Tests.”

CONFERENCE PARTICIPATION

 Conference Presentations (peer-reviewed)

Zellner, A., Sloan, C., & Koehler, M.J., (2011, March). The educational affordances of the flash mobs: From mobs to smart mobs. Paper presented at the 2011 annual meeting of the Society for Information Technology & Teacher Education International (SITE) Annual Meeting, Nashville, TN, March 7-11.

Conference Presentations

March 2012: Michigan Association of  Computer Users and Learners Conference: How to Become a Google Superstar! (invited presentation)

November 2011 National Writing Project: Annual Meeting: Advocating for Your Writing Project Site: Using Social Media tools for Visibility

October 2011 MACUL: iPads in the Classroom Conference: The Tablet Library: Research Papers in the iPad age (invited presentation)

October 2011 WIDE-EMU: Scribbling on the Internet: Hackjam and WIDE-EMU ’11

April 2011: Urban Sites Network Preconference facilitator: Tapping into the Cultural Wealth of Urban Youth’s Technology Know-How with Alina Aldonyi and Clifford Lee

March 2011: Michigan Association of Computer Users and Learners conference: Tweeting towards Proficiency: Using Social Media for Professional Learning

March 2011:Digital Media and Learning Conference: Distributed Identities; Co-facilitator with Peter Kittle, California State University, Chico, and Paul Oh, National Writing Project

November 2010: National Writing Project Annual Meeting: Digital Literacies Roundtable Co-facilitator with Dr. Kim Jaxon, California State University, Chico

November 2010: National Writing Project Annual Meeting: Inquiring into Distributed Identities: Co-presenter with Dr. Peter Kittle, California State University, Chico

November 2010: National Council of Teachers of English Annual Conference: Google Monsters: Co-presenter with Bill Bass, Tara Seale, Sara Beauchamp-Hicks, and Dr. Troy Hicks, Central Michigan University

March 2010: Michigan Association of Computer Users and Learners conference: The Power of Play: Infusing Fun into Professional Development; Co-presenter with Leigh Graves Wolf, Michigan State University

November 2009: National Writing Project Annual Meeting: Technology and Literacy Conferences: Who, What, When, Where, Why, and How? Co-presented with Aram Kabodian; Dr. Joesph McCaleb, University of Maryland; Dawn Reed; Matthew Smith; and Dr. Janet Swenson, Michigan State University.

November 2009:National Council of Teachers of English Annual Conference: Staying Current on the World Wide Web

August 2009: WIDE PATHS: Red Cedar Writing Project and Michigan State University Co-facilitated/presented Social Networking strand as well as event coordinator.

April 2009: Michigan Council of Teachers of English: Bright Ideas Conference: Clarifying Copyright Confusion

March 2009: Michigan Association for Computer Users Conference: Pow! Zap! Bam! Creating Powerful Learning Experiences with Comics in the Classroom with Dr. Scott Schopieray, Michigan State University.

November 2008: MDE Fall School Improvement Conference: Feeling Googley: How to harness free web application to improve student writing.

 TEACHING EXPERIENCE

 2011-present: Teaching Assistant: Masters of Educational Technology: Michigan State University

Teaching K12 Students Online (online

            Capstone Portfolio Course (both MAED/MAET; online)

 RESEARCH EXPERIENCE

2011-present: Research Assistant to Dr. Cary Roseth

ADDITIONAL EXPERIENCE

2011- present: Gradhacker contributing writer; Inside Higher Ed

July 2008-June 2010: Red Cedar Writing Project at Michigan State University: Business Manager (Academic Specialist)

2005-present: Red Cedar Writing Project at Michigan State University: Teacher-Consultant

2009-present: National Writing Project: Consultant

2002-2008: Southfield-Lathrup High School: English Teacher: Southfield, MI

SERVICE

 2011-present: Oakland Literacy Council: Adult/ESL Literacy Tutor

2011-present: provide technological support for web and social media presence for various Ohio non-profits, including Hopewell Farms.

TECHNOLOGY SKILLS

Google Certified Teacher: trained at Google in Chicago at the Google Teacher Academy—Google Docs, Google Maps, Google Earth, Google Search, Google Books, Google Sketchup, Google Apps for Education and more.

Video Editing: iMovie, Moviemaker, Photostory

Other Media: Photoshop, Audacity, Podcasting, Digital Storytelling, Screencasting, Prezi

Website Development: Wikispaces, SchoolCenter, Google Sites

Web 2.0 Tools: wikis, blogs, Voicethread, twitter, and more

Classroom technologies: SMARTBoard, Document camera

Some coding experience: BASIC, C++, HTML