Teaching With Technology Certificate Hub

This page lists portfolios which were approved for a Teaching with Technology Certificate by Academic year from most recent to least recent.

Fall 2009

These are the submitted portfolios as of November 23, 2009.

Serge Ballif, Mathematics
A well-developed portfolio which includes a good tip for any instructor (a quiz on the syllabus) and tips for how to implement a form on your own Web page. The site also includes specific technology information helpful for those specifically teaching mathematics. His teaching statements expresses the belief that "anybody can master basic mathematics" - a very benefical attitude that can be applied to the teaching of many disciplines.

Michael Higley, Mathematics
This portfolio has good examples including an excellent PowerPoint introducing real-world examples for abstract mathematical concepts. Michael also has good tips for teaching in a non-tech classroom such as printing computer-generated graphics on transparancies.

Hillary A. Jones, Communication Arts and Sciences
Hilary's navigation scheme in her portfolio makes it easy to find her examples as well as material outside the TWT portfolio. Her descriptions of the different tools used are also clear and detailed.

Wei Lai, Applied Linguistics
Wei Lai's examples from her beginning and intermediate Chinese courses showcase the effective use of technology within teaching as well as the ability of multiple tools to incorporate the Chinese script.

Adam S. Ward, Civil Engineering
Adam's portfolio includes a teaching blog as well as a detailed statement describing engineers as tinkerers and hands-on problem solvers. Adam then connects that with the need to include hands-on activities in his course.

December 2009

Abdulaziz Althewini, Applied Linguistics
This portfolio is built in the Blogs at Penn State Professional Template includes a teaching blog and detailed descriptions of the course (and its learning objectives) and how lesson modules work. Excellent writing.

Colleen P. Balukas, Department of Spanish, Italian and Portuguese
Colleen's portfolio includes distinct grammar teaching examples. This portfolio also uses the colors of the Argentian flag instead of a southwestern color palette to higlight a different part of the Spanish speaking world. These are complemented by photographs from Argentina.

Amelia J. Dietrich, Department of Spanish, Italian and Portuguese
Another Argentianian themed portfolio which includes an exercise about travelling to Argentina. Amanda also highlights key quotes in her pages to show what points she thinks are most important.

Orquidia S. González-Feliciano, Department of Spanish, Italian and Portuguese
This portfolio has several design tips. One is that she uses bullet points in her reflections on technology to highlight her specific points. Another is that she is able to coordinate her photos with the color scheme. Her homepage photo, in particular, shows that Orquidia has an artistic background as well as a teaching background.

Yvonne Gordillo, Department of Spanish, Italian and Portuguese
Another portfolio using a good design. Notice that her name is on every page, making it clear whose portfolio this is.

Keyla Morales-Muñoz, Department of Spanish, Italian and Portuguese
Keyla's portfolio features clear, concise descriptions of her portfolio contents cmbined with a good Spanish theme color palette reflecting her Puerto Rican background. Her homepage portfolio features a good overview of the TWT program along with a clever tech photo.

Christopher C. Oechler, Department of Spanish, Italian and Portuguese
A good design which combines description of the portfolio elements with labelled photos from Spain. The result is an informative, easy to read portfolio.

Janalyn A. Sheetz, Department of Spanish, Italian and Portuguese
Janalyn's teaching philosophy statement includes a detailed description of the strengths and weaknesses of traditional foreign language teaching versus newer methods using authentic language samples from the Internet.

Summer 2009

Stephanie Zamule, Integrative Biosciences/Molecular Toxicology
Stephanie's teaching philosophy discusses the need to teach critical thinking skills withe her decision to include more group activities, experiments, debates and case studies.

Spring 2009

Jessica M. Biegler, Integrative Biosciences
This is a very visually appealing portfolio. Her portfolio discusses some of the different aspects of teaching bioscience courses.

Sylvain A. David, Department of French
This portfolio includes a very detailed explanations of the different activities used in the course. The course includes a video project in which students make a French language promotional video.

Deanna Loertscher, School of Music
This portfolio describes how ANGEL is used in a music history class.

Renae Mitchell, Department of Comparative Literature
Thoughtful presentation of how to use different technologies for teaching about world mythology and elements of world culture.

These students were awarded the certificates, but no longer have active sites at Penn State.

• Laurie Shuman Moss, Integrative Biosciences
• Erika Polson, College of Communications

Fall 2008

Rebecca M. Bender, Department of Spanish, Italian and Portuguese
Rebecca's teaching philosophy compares the ways she was taught in the past with her current philosophy. Rebecca also highlights her favorite photos from her time abroad.

Paulina Carrion, Department of Spanish, Italian and Portuguese
A well-design portfolio with well-chosen examples and charming photos sprinkled throughout.

Jing Chong, Information Sciences and Technology
Her contents include an Access Tutorial for her students and a review of technologies used in one of the courses taught with ideas of how to improve the course in the future.

Elizabeth Harding Finanger, Department of Spanish, Italian and Portuguese
Includes an example of an online reading activity which flows page by page.

Andres Gonzalbez Martin de Santa Olal, Department of Spanish, Italian and Portuguese
Includes a grammar PowerPoint feature Joe Paterno.

Natalia Guzman, Department of Spanish, Italian and Portuguese
Natalia's technology tools include playing Spanish language YouTube videos in ANGEL.

Bonnie Christina Holmes, Department of Spanish, Italian and Portuguese
A well-designed, legible portfolio. Great descriptions of Web resources. Don't miss the classic "One Semester of Spanish Love Song".

Hui Jin, Department of Chemistry
Hui Jin's portfolio includes a formal analysis of her midsemester feedback and resources for using clickers in the classroom.

Bonnie Loder, Department of Spanish, Italian and Portuguese
Bonnie's philosophy statement discusses increasing the research skills of students as well as teaching Spanish literature. Her toolset also includes Adobe Acrobat for student collaboration.

Katerina O. Sinclair, Department of Human Development & Family Studies
Katerina has a simple, but effective portfolio with excellent explanations of how she incorporates technology tools into her overall lesson plan.

Doug Tewksbury, College of Communications
Doug ties his Teaching Philosophy statement to some of the greatest philosophers such as Socrates and Proust and finds a personal philosophy which includes teaching.

Katie Vater, Department of Spanish, Italian and Portuguese
Katie has a complete portfolio with a sample microteaching PowerPoint about the imperfect subjunctive and a reading activity based on a Spanish poem on a frog would rather not be a prince.

Alvaro Villegas, Department of Spanish, Italian and Portuguese
Another well-designed portfolio whose colors subtly reflect the photos of Spanish and Latin American architecture.

Arthur H. Wendorf II, Department of Spanish, Italian and Portuguese
In the teaching philosophy statement, Arthur compares technology to a sword which can either clear an efficient path or wound the bearer of the sword.

Summer 2008

Leila Rodriguez, Department of Anthropology
For the home page, Leila has created a concept map which shows her conceptualization of the relation between teaching and selecting technology. I also admired her admission that her inspiration to explore technology was from a student complaint that "I used Powerpoint and nothing else."

Eva-María Suárez Büdenbender, Department of Spanish, Italian and Portuguese
Eva's site includes an interesting range of personal photos, and her examples include posting a study guide within ANGEL for a linguistics course.

These students were awarded the certificates, but no longer have active sites at Penn State.

• Kavi Devraj, Integrative Biosciences

Spring 2008

Mark Amengual-Watson, Department of Spanish, Italian and Portuguese
Mark effectively uses his photographs to both establish a friendly "instructor presence" and to present beautiful images from the Spanish speaking world.

Hilary Barnes, Department of Spanish, Italian and Portuguese
A well-designed, straight forward portfolio with an interesting discussion of when and when not to use Powerpoint

Joe Bauman, Department of Spanish, Italian and Portuguese
Joe's innovation page details the different uses of the ANGEL course management system as well as including a reading exercise from ESPN Deportes.

Sarah E. Birge, Department of English
Well-designed portfolio with a lot of visual appeal. Her "Technology and the Classroom" page neatly divides examples into "Inside" and "Outside" the classroom categories.

Jason Brooks, Comparitive Literature and Classics and Ancient Mediterranean Studies
This is an outstanding example of how multiple technologies can be used in courses on ancient history and literature.

Rebecca Buckmiller, Department of Spanish, Italian and Portuguese
Rebecca's innovation page includes an example of a listening quiz in ANGEL which links to a song video on YouTube.

Ernesto Carriazo Osorio, Department of Spanish, Italian and Portuguese
Ernesto's Technology Reflection page is divided into questions and answers of 1-3 paragraphs. This is a great format for presenting a large chunk of information on the Web.

Jing Dai, Department of Crop and Soil Sciences
Jing's portolio includes information on how to keep students updated on the latest advances in her field.

Alexandra de Armas, Department of Spanish, Italian and Portuguese
Alexandra's outline on her TWT Portfolio page makes it easy for readers to find what they need.

Lisa Delaney, Department of Spanish, Italian and Portuguese
Lisa's page mixes "theory" with information for students such as her office schedule, links (with good descriptions) and information about her travels.

Melissa Dracos, Department of Spanish, Italian and Portuguese
Another good portfolio with a charming introductory video photo album on the front page incoporating still images with text and music.

Borja Gutiérrez, Department of Spanish, Italian and Portuguese
A well-organized portfolio which includes a non-technology example as well as a variety of technology examples. Including both makes this a complete teaching portfolio.

Ji Yun Kim, Department of Spanish, Italian and Portuguese
This thoughtful portfolio includes a link to an online dictionary as a way for students to look up unfamiliar vocabulary words. Her portofolio also introduces in a color way via the page and section titles.

Hiroko Kitajima, Department of Spanish, Italian and Portuguese
Hiroko's portfolio includes a few examples from her Japanese class. Her division of her teaching samples into several pages is also very helpful for the Web reader.

Ryan Labrozzi, Department of Spanish, Italian and Portuguese
This is a clean portfolio with a teaching philosophy statement discussing student motivation and examples of revised textbook exercises and presentations. Note that his Powerpoint on office vocabulary includes quick review questions.

Aaron Roggia, Department of Spanish, Italian and Portuguese
His links include both those for learning Spanish and those for those studying Spanish linguistics. His Powerpoint presentations are also well-designed visually.

Elise Schell, Department of Spanish, Italian and Portuguese
Elise's "Using Technology" page contains a lot of information on one page, but is subdivided into sections for both scanning and reading.

Aroline Seibert, Department of Spanish, Italian and Portuguese
Aroline's use of screen captures for her Powerpoints is a great way for readers to preview what they will be seeing and also shows her whimsy in the case of the "Power Point on Si Clauses".

K.V. White, Department of English
This is another excellent portfolio from the the English Department with a good set of links for student writers. K.V. also uses Powerpoint not just for lecture but to present images for students to discuss in groups.

Fall 2007

Nathan Shrefler, German (Germanic and Slavic Languages and Literatures)
This portfolio to effectively incorporates the German flag color scheme of red-yellow-black without overwhelming the viewer. Nathan also talks about language games and his experiences with using German music.

Amie L. Skattebo, Department of Psychology
A nice feature of this portfolio is that Amie explains her discipline for others and adds insightful comments on the positives and negatives of using technology. Amie also makes use of interesting icons in her design.

Summer 2007

Wenny Chandra, Department of Industrial and Manufacturing Engineering
In her "Class Presentation" section, Wenny explains how she uses charts from Microsoft Excel and Microsoft Visio as alternatives to Powerpoint.

Amanda (Mandy) Reinig, Linguistics and Applied Language Arts
A charming portfolio which integrates Amanda's experiences abroad. Her refleciton piece also includes a timely reminder "to always have a back up plan because technology is not perfect."

Sarah Stone Watt [To Be Archived], Communication Arts and Sciences
A good strong design coupled with interesting examples. Sarah's teaching philosophy is unique in emphasizing skills she hopes her students can use in their future lives.

These students were awarded the certificates, but no longer have active sites at Penn State.

• Edward Downs, College of Communications
• Hengguang Li, Deparment of Mathematics

Spring 2007

Lisa M. Hundley, German (Germanic and Slavic Languages and Literatures)
Lisa's reflection page includes very specific lessons and observations she learned from her courses.

Rebecca Wilson Lundin, Department of English
Rebecca's portfolio shows how students can use wiki technology as a writing and editing tool. This is another appealing modern portfolio design.

Amanda Nelson, Integrative Biosciences
Amanda used multimedia to create her own technology tutorials of basic computing skills for her students to use and includes a very passionate teaching philosophy statement. Amanda also introduces a "fiery" bio graphic in her header which does not overwhelm the viewer.

Frederik Jan Sobotta [Archived], German (Germanic and Slavic Languages and Literatures)
Frederick uses his portfolio to promote the benefits of learning German!

Scott Stilson [Archived], Department of French
This portfolio shows the many functions of ANGEL from organizing team assignments to presenting links on French music. The portfolio has a very modern clean aesthetic. Scott's statement includes an intriguing discussion of why he chose French.

These students were awarded the certificates, but no longer have active sites at Penn State.

• Lindsey M. Jones, Department of English

Fall 2006

Cynthia Blanco, Department of Spanish, Italian and Portuguese
This portfolio has a very nice, clean, and readable design, spiced up with personal photos from Spain. Links include MTV Latin America and iTunes.

Lorena Cuya Guvilano, Department of Spanish, Italian and Portuguese
Lorena's "In Touch" page spells out the different student communication methods available and how she uses them.

Erin Heisey, Department of Spanish, Italian and Portuguese
This is a complete portfolio, but there's no mistaking that this instructor has a "quirky" side which she incorporates in her reading exercise for "Oda a la Papa" (Ode to the Potato) by Chilean poet Pablo Neruda.

Rosa Guzzardo, Department of Spanish, Italian and Portuguese
Rosa's page shows some strategies for getting a lot of information on one page while keeping it legible.

Erika N. Questell-Lopez, Department of Spanish, Italian and Portuguese
This is an example of a general instructor home page with a teaching portfolio as just one section. combined with information aimed for current students.

Maria Fernanda Paredes Fernandez,
Department of Spanish, Italian and Portuguese
This site has a clean, readable design which also reflects the instructor's athletic hobbies.

Misty Pursel, Department of Spanish, Italian and Portuguese
Misty's reflection page includes screen shots of what she did along with her observations on using technology.

Jorge Valdes Kroff, Department of Spanish, Italian and Portuguese
His homepage includes a quick biographical sketch to help students understand both his Latino and his American background.

These students were awarded the certificates, but no longer have active sites at Penn State.

• Antonia Delgado-Prieto, Department of Spanish, Italian and Portuguese
• Jesús Rueda-López, Department of Spanish, Italian and Portuguese

Spring 2006

These students were awarded the certificates, but no longer have active sites at Penn State.

• Sandra del Campo, Spanish, Italian and Portuguese
• Joseph Geddes, Engineering Science and Mechanics
• Verna Kale English
• David Lettero, Adult Education
• María Luján Tubio, Comparative Literature
• Brett Lunceford, Communication Arts and Sciences
• Michael Santillo, Department of Chemistry

Fall 2005

José Alvarez, Department of Spanish, Italian and Portuguese
José shows his teaching philsophy and examples in a slick modern interface. Screen captures allow you to quickly get an overview of his examples before you dive in for further details.

Carlos Alvis, Department of Spanish, Italian and Portuguese
Carlos' photo establishes a friendly presence with a photo on his home page and clear descriptions of his resources increases student confidence.

John Boateng [TO BE ARCHIVED] Department of Agricultural and Extension Education
John's portfolio is very well-organized and demonstrates his understanding
of how effective uses of instructional technology tools such as
ANGEL course management system, videoconferencing, photography, videography and Web-based-skill-building can be used to enhance student learning. Extremely professional and well-written.

Monserrat Bores Martinez, Department of Spanish, Italian and Portuguese
Monserrat reflects on how her teaching examples worked in practice and gives some practical tips. Her use of personal photos and a Spanish poem on the home page reflects her artistic personality.

Carmen Castro-Garcia, Department of Spanish, Italian and Portuguese
Well organized with useful links a student might need right on the homepage.

Verónica's González, Department of Spanish, Italian and Portuguese
Veronica’s bilingual portfolio is clear, organized, and shows an effective and enthusiastic use of technology for teaching languages. Veronica also has converted her Powerpoints to HTML to make them easier to view over slow connections.

Luis Flores-Portero, Department of Spanish, Italian and Portuguese
Luis has a well-organized portfolio and his Grouch Marx quote adds a touch of personality which makes him more accessible to students.

Eduardo Gregori Selles, Department of Spanish, Italian and Portuguese
Another well-organized portfolio which shows a range of technology use.

Susana García Prudencio, Department of Spanish, Italian and Portuguese
Susana’s portfolio reflects how technology is used outside class to promote essential interactions and practice during class time.

Mariana Hernández-Hernández, Department of Spanish, Italian and Portuguese
Mariana shows her thoughtful adoption of technology for teaching and appropriate use for teaching languages.

Emily Wiggins, Department of Spanish, Italian and Portuguese
Emily's user-friendly web page shows her reflections on the use of technology in
and out of the classroom.

These students were awarded the certificates, but no longer have active sites at Penn State.

• Andrea Pena Bello, Department of Spanish, Italian and Portuguese
• Julie Pfurisch, Department of Spanish, Italian and Portuguese

Fall 2004 - Summer 2005

Summer 2005

Megan Davison [Archived], Department of Communication Sciences and Disorders
Megan's portfolio is extremely well-organized, complete, and easy to navigate. It conveys that she takes great joy in preparing to teach while using technology to support excellent teaching strategies.

Spring 2005

David Wayne Counselman, Department of Spanish, Italian, and Portuguese
David's portfolio lists the requirements on one page and links to excellent examples of use of technology for teaching.

Natalie Jolly, Department of Rural Sociology
Natalie's site reflects her commitment to incorporating technology into the structure of her courses. Using a variety of new media, she has developed an innovative site that demonstrates how technology can refigure learning.

Carol McCabe, Department of Spanish, Italian, and Portuguese
Carol's portfolio shows her technology skills, especially her effective use of Power Point and ANGEL.

Wendy Rizzo [Archived], Department of Spanish, Italian, and Portuguese
Wendy's portfolio is organized, upbeat, and clearly shows effective use of technology for teaching.

Brenda M. Ross, Department of Applied Linguistics
Brenda's portfolio is divided into three sections -- The Experiencer, The Scholar, and the Latina -- which represent the three major parts of her life. The Scholar link leads you to her extensive Teaching with Technology accomplishments.

These students were awarded the certificates, but no longer have active sites at Penn State.

• Christina Bayon, Department of Spanish, Italian, and Portuguese
• Nathaniel Carney, Department of Linguistics and Applied Language Studies
• Amy Rebecca Gresock, Department of Forest Resources
  
• Allison Elizabeth Schuette, Department of English
• Nina Vyatkina, Department of Linguistics and Applied Language Studies
  

Fall 2004

These students were awarded the certificates, but no longer have active sites at Penn State.

• Cynthia Bochna, Department of Educational and School Psychology and Special Education
• Yuexin Liu, Electrical Engineering
• Hua Zhong , Department of Sociology

Archived Portfolios

Spring 2004

Maria Emelianenko [Archived] , Department of Mathematics
Maria very clearly articulates her accomplishments as a teacher who uses technology effectively. Her digital materials include a beautiful mathematics presentation (PDF format of a Powerpoint) and other interesting examples.

Other Students

These students were awarded the certificates, but no longer have active sites at Penn State.

Summer 2004

• Kristin Jacobson, Department of English

Spring 2004

• Rhonda Davis, Department of Communication Sciences and Disorders
• Kristin Jacobson, Department of English
• Birgit Muehlenhaus, Department of Geography
• Carl Mummert, Department of Mathematics

Fall 2003

• M. Chiara Nardone, Department of Spanish, Italian and Portuguese
• Michael Shelton, Department of Spanish, Italian and Portuguese
• David Shoenthal, Department of Mathematics, College of Science

Spring 2003

• Christy Dilts, School of Theatre, College of Arts and Architecture
• Dmitri Matsnev, Department of Mathematics, College of Science

Fall 2002

• Bryan Strickler, Department of English, College of Liberal Arts

Spring 2002

• Christian Penny, Department of Curriculum and Instruction, College of Education
• Ilie D. Ugarcovici, Department of Mathematics, Eberly College of Science

Fall 2001

• Elisa Beshereo-Bondar, Department of English, College of Liberal Arts
• Jordynn Jack, Department of English, College of Liberal Arts