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.

Spring 2013

Heather Brook Adams, Department of English
Heather's teaching philosophy has an interesting discussion of viewing "writing as problem solving." Her portfolio has some examples how her instruction approaches writing as porblem solving.

Olexsandr Adamovskyy, College of Agricultural Sciences
Visiting Scholar Dr Adomovskyy provides examples of materials used to teach courses in Ukraine

Jannelle Applequist, College of Communications
Janelle's teaching philosophy statement effectively connects her life story with her passion for health communication. She also uses graphics effectively to display her selection of resource links.

Kaitlyn R. Butterbaugh, Department of Agricultural Economics, Sociology, and Education
The reflections portion of the portfolio includes some excellent observations about the development process.

Fidan Ozge Can, Department of Agricultural & Biological Engineering
This portfolio was done in the new Sites at Penn State service.

Anil Kumar Chaudhary, Department of Agricultural Economics, Sociology, and Education
This portfolio includes a well-developed PowerPoint file on weeds which uses the text tool to label images on the slides.

Manmeet Singh Dayal, Department of Agricultural & Biological Engineering
The course page of this portfolio includes a video made by the instructor introducing the concept of bioprocess engineering as well as links to additional video on the topic.

Jonathan A.G. Dumas, Department of Agricultural Economics, Sociology, and Education
A festive portfolio focusing on teaching leadership.

Daniel Hofstetter, Department of Agricultural and Biological Engineering
Another thoughtful portfolio in which the reflections include positve aspoects, negative aspects and possible teaching applications.

Molly Lehman, Department of English
This well-designed portfolio includes assignments and the evaluation rubrics she uses.

Roshan Kumar Nayak, Department of Agricultural Economics, Sociology, and Education
This portfolio fovuses on materials for teaching plant varietal selection.

Sarah H. Salter, Department of English
This a very thougtful portfolio written with a charming chatty style. The explanations of how she uses her online resources is especially effective.

Sean P. Scanlon, Department of Agricultural Economics, Sociology, and Education
This portfolio includes links to external media and Web pages plus a philosophy statement which talks about students facing an uncertain future.

Allyson C. Schonfeld - Department of Agricultural Economics, Sociology, and Education
In this portfolio, the instructor used sample screen captures of her PowerPoint to give a preview of the presentation topic.

Deonna Catherine Soergel, Department of Entomology
This is an excellent example of a well-organized portfolio built in the Sites at Penn State service. It includes a well-crafted presentation on using insects to determine time of death.

Drew D. Shade, College of Communications
Drew has added positive comments and evaluations from students as evidence for his teaching effectiveness.

Yuanyuan Weng, Department of Agricultural Economics, Sociology, and Education
The instructor uses graphics effectively to both preview content and to provide a personality to the portfolio.

Wenqing Yao, Department of Nuclear and Mechanical Engineering.
This portfolio uses the blog feature to post entries about different technologies used.

This instructor was awarded a certificate, but the portfolio is no longer available for viewing.

• Cecil James Hampton Shelton, Deparment of Comparative Literature
  

Fall 2012

Rachel Bara, Department of English
A good example of a portfolio built in the Blogs at Penn State system. Her portfolio includes an interesting set of articles on the history and impact of technology on society.

Grant M. Berry, Department of Spanish, Italian and Portuguese
A very striking portfolio which includes good information, including a link to the 55 Best Spanish Language Films, 2000-2010.

Mia E. Briceño, Department of Communication Arts and Sciences
A good portfolio showing how the instructor connects technology with instruction, including a description on how technology can be environmentally friendly by reducing printing.

Christopher Champi, Department of Spanish, Italian and Portuguese
Another excellent portfolio which includes information about his experiences in the Dominican Republic.

Marina Cuzovic-Severn, Department of Spanish, Italian and Portuguese
A snappy portfolio which which uses the images, design and text to effectively convey the instructor personality.

Ling A. Fung-Wu, Department of Spanish, Italian and Portuguese
A very compact but appealing portfolio.

María Izquierdo Miranda, Department of Spanish, Italian and Portuguese
A well-designed portfolio which makes good use of screen captures to describe her examples.

Xavier A. Jiménez Cuba, Department of Spanish, Italian and Portuguese
This portfolio has a well-written teaching philosophy and an interesting design.

Amanda Passmore, Department of English
Amanda has a very detailed portfolio describing her philosophy and pedagogy.

Lauren Perrotti, Department of Spanish, Italian and Portuguese
Lauren's portfolio is an excellent example of how a teaching portfolio can be integrated into a larger portfolio which also focuses on research skills.

Ryan Platz, Department of Spanish, Italian and Portuguese
This portfolio incorporates Flickr picture albums by region as well as links on linguistics.

Morella Ruscutti-Tovar, Department of Spanish, Italian and Portuguese
A good portfolio with an excellent navigation system and a bilingual home page.

Summer 2012

Lauren J. DeCarvalho, College of Communications
Lauren's portofolio is very welcoming but also includes thoughtful discussions of pedagogy and technology. Her discussion includes examples of how showing YouTube clips helped her students open up about potentially charged subjects.

Alison C. Jaenicke, Department of English
A well-designed portfolio which includes examples how blogs, portfolios and multimedia can be used within writing assignments. Alison's reflection is an excellent discussion of how technology changes have impacted the demands on the professional writer.

Spring 2012

Lindsey S. Aloia, Department of Communication Arts and Sciences
This portfolio includes a nice variety of technology examples including the use of social media tools such as Poll Everywhere, Google Docs and Twitter. There are also video samples good explanations for why they were selected.

Yuzhi Deng, Department of Agricultural and Biological Engineering
This is an interesting example of how an instructor not originally from the U.S. uses design to convey an informal feeling American audiences can relate to. His about page also comments on why he prefers to be called "G.G."

Nicole Egley, Department of English
Nicole's portfolio includes a detailed description of her wiki assignment, and her teaching philosopy discusses the challenge of helping Penn State students think about writing differently than when writing in high school.

Dugyu Ercan, Department of Agricultural and Biological Engineering
Another excellent portfolio with a well-written teaching philosophy connecting science, industry and the need to provide quality to education in her discipline.

Christopher Fitzgerald, Art Education Program
Chrstopher's portfolio includes a blog which itself is a good example of how a blog with appropriate multimedia can provide teaching notes to students and other readers.

Rebecca Heilman, Department of Agricultural and Extension Education
Rebecca has a well-done portfolio with good teaching examples and a philosophy statement which draws on her experiences in the 4-H Club.

Aaron Heresco, College of Communications
A well-organized portfolio which clearly explains how different technologies are used and presents student feedback to his teaching.

John J. Meier, University Libraries
John uses his portfolio to demonstrate the different tools Librarians can use to provide instruction and assistance to students researching topics within different subject areas.

Jennifer Motter, Art Education Program
Jennifer uses her Web site as a platform to deliver thoughts on art education, including technologies, in a variety of media. For instance, she provides her reflection as both a Wordle visual and as text.

Brad Olson, Department of Agricultural and Biological Engineering
A well-structured portfolio which effectively uses images and text formatting to convey information structure and navigation. The Tech Discussion page in particular is well laud out and provides an excellent review of different technology options.

Wade A. Pearson, Department of Agricultural and Extension Education
This portfolio focusing on animal science and talks about the use of technology within a course on animal nutrition. The philosophy includes an interesting discussion of how the course is designed to focus on both cows and dogs which is an animal even urban students are familiar with.

Laura L. Sankey, Department of Agricultural and Extension Education
This portfolio focuses on the use of Inquiry Based Instruction within agricultural education and includes a good discussion of why she feels it is important for teaching agricultural science.

Sarah Summers, Department of English
Stephanie has created a very elegant portfolio which communicates her philosophy and examples very efficiently. Her image also makes good use of Flickr resources. Note that her portfolio includes both formal courses and her experiences as a writing tutor.

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

• Michael L. Hile, Department of Agricultural and Biological Engineering

Fall 2011

Stephanie Bowers, Department of Spanish, Italian and Portuguese
Stephanie has created a very elegant portfolio which communicates her philosophy and examples very efficiently.

Matthew Ryan Brown, Department of Spanish, Italian and Portuguese
Another good portfolio with a good range of examples including the use of YouTube to find Spanish language songs which feature specific grammatical features.

Ana Cortejoso de Andres, Department of Spanish, Italian and Portuguese
This is a charming portfolio with good information including links for teachers as well as links for students.

Xanthanese Elijah Dean, Department of Spanish, Italian and Portuguese
Xanthene's teaching philosophy includes some words of wisdom on establishing a teaching presence as well as remembering the principles of second language acquisition.

Thomas F. Corrigan, College of Communications
This is a portfolio with detailed examples includeing those from Voice Thread presented in a well-designed format. He also has a good warning about the dangers of technology as a "time vampire."

Tomás Hidalgo Nava, Department of Spanish, Italian and Portuguese
Tomás's portfolio includes a reflection section in which he points out that the human element is still an important factor to consider even when implementing new technology options.

Mich Nyawalo, Department of Comparative Literature
Mich divides his examples into the different subjects he teaches and includes teaching exercises accompanying the media found on YouTube.

Shureka Cannon Nyawalo, Department of French and Francophone Studies
This is a solid Google Sites portfolio featuring a wide variety of activities including phonetic analysis, apartment hunting in a Francophone locale and recreating a reality TV show performance.

Shawn D. Ryan, Department of Mathematics
Shawn's portfolio includes success strategies he gives to his students and a discussion about the relationship between teaching and research in higher education.

Alexandra Nutter Smith, College of Communications
This portfolio is very appealing visually and includes the message "I believe that professors who fail to incorporate technology into their classroom do so at their own peril." Note that her multimedia examples are diagrams created for a PowerPoint slide.

Laura Fernández Valdés, Department of Spanish, Italian and Portuguese
A good portfolio with a wide range of examples.

Bu Zhong, College of Communications
Dr. Zhong's examples include extensive use of blogging within his journalism as well as excellent advice for reviewing questions submitted by Twitter during a class session.

Summer 2011

Emily M. Baldys, Department of English
Emily combines well-chosen examples along with a few well-crafted images to create an effetive portfolio. Her many blog entries show her evolution in thinking about technology in the classroom.

Spring 2011

Kristen Althouse, Department of Agricultural and Extension Education
Kristen's portfolio incorporates both a wide set of examples and reflection pieces about the challenges of developing teaching materials and a teaching portfolio, including the challenges of developing well-written multiple choice questions.

Alexis M. Barbarin, Department of Entomology
Another excellent portfolio in the Blogs at Penn State platform. In addition, to her course experience, Alexis includes examples from her bedbug outreach experiences as examples of instruction with technology.

Robyn E. Bechtel, Department of Agricultural and Extension Education
Robyn's portfolio includes pictures from her dairy animal experience and a presentation on games in education.

Nancy A. Dreschel, Department of Dairy and Animal Sciences
Nancy's portfolio includes examples from her courses, online teaching and extension outreach. Her portfolio also includes a page outlining how she learned about using technology in teaching.

Andrew High, Department of Communication Arts and Sciences
Andrew's portfolio shows his willingness to experiment with technologies both in the classroom and in the design of his portfolio. His philosophy statement in particular is well designed in that each section is highlighted in its own paragraph.

Seunghun Hong, Department of Mathematics
Seunghun's portfolio discusses how both pedagogy and the needs of presenting mathematical information influences her toolset.

Gulten Izmirlioglu, Department of Agricultural and Biological Engineering
Gulten's teaching philosophy talks about how learing the life sciences makes her feel more powerful and how she wants to pass that along to her students.

Olena Maksymets, College of Agriculture (Woskob International Research in Agriculture Scholar)
This is a good example of a professional portfolio combining teaching materials and research publications.

Alyson O'Shea, Department of Applied Linguistics
This is a well developed portfolio which includes a variety of technology technoques and links to excellent teaching assistant video scenarios which she uses with her students learning English as a foreign language.

Brittany Smith, Department of Agricultural and Extension Education
Brittany has a very elegant portfolio which includes a wide variety of teaching examples, including a case study.

Mark Williams, Department of Agricultural and Biological Engineering
A simple, but effective portfolio highlighting different technologies. Mark's portofolio includes an interesting case study about academic dishonesty in terms of an engineering problem set.

Joel B. Winnick, Program of School Psychology, College of Education
A very well organized portfolio which includes a video autobiography and a range of teaching examples. Another interesting idea is to summarize the teaching philosophy on the site and point to a longer version elsewhere.

Yong (Thomas) Tang, College of Communications
This portfolio is well integrated into a professional research portfolio and blog so that viewers can get a complete overview the instructor's research interests. The blog is an excellent way to show how well he is monitoring Chinese cultural issues.

Mohammad Shafayet Zamil, Department of Agricultural and Biological Engineering
This portfolio includes a wide variety of technologies along with a video teaching philosophy statement which provides both the philosophy and a "teaching presence" which could help students relate more to their instructors.

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

• Atia Sattar, Department of Comparative Literature
  

Fall 2010

Nicole Benevento, Department of Spanish, Italian and Portuguese
Nicole's portfolio demonstrates the importance of culture in language study with a includes a presentation on a traditional Latin American health care practice now being practiced in Latino communities in the U.S. A tech innovation she also uses is providing templates for assignments to create Web pages.

Laura Guertin, Department of Geosciences
It's clear from this portfolio that Laura has been thinking about and using technology in her teaching for quite a long period. Not only does her portfolio feature many technologies, but shows how she has her students using technology to enhance their learning. For instance, she both creates podcasts with the help of Media Commons, but also asks students to create podcasts.

Julie Anne Hamilton, Department of Spanish, Italian and Portuguese
Another effective portfolio which discusses multiple uses of technology. Julie is careful to make sure that all colored text is bold faced to enhance legibility.

Laura Heitman, Department of Spanish, Italian and Portuguese
Laura's portfolio shows that a teaching philosophy statement does not have to be very lengthy in order to be effective.

Jaime Hernandez, Department of Spanish, Italian and Portuguese
Jaime's portfolio has an exceptionally rich set of Spanish teaching resources.

Dong Hwan Kim, Department of Spanish, Italian and Portuguese
A visually appealing deisgn and a portfolio which incorporates the instructor's research and teaching interests.

Eric C. Miller, Department of Communication Arts and Sciences
Eric's teaching philosophy focuses on the need to teach the art of reasoned political expression to students/citizens, then uses his examples to show how he models the practice and encourages students to learn the imporant speech skills for civic discourse.

Astrid Román-Hernández, Department of Spanish, Italian and Portuguese
Another solid, professional teaching portfolio.

Summer 2010

Kimberly Quiogue Andrews, Department of English
This is a Blogs portfolio which both discusses an instructor's journey with technology and takes the reader on a journey. A little quirky but full of great examples and insights.

Christine Ling-Ying Liao, Art Education
Christine has a detailed philosophy statement which is elegantly broken up with headers and pictures from her technology examples. Christine's portfolio also illustrates how multiple technologies can be incorporated into the classroom from ANGEL and PowerPoint to blogs and Second Life.

Xuan Ma, Huck Institutes of the Life Sciences
A simple portfolio in the Blogs at Penn State platform in which different pieces of the portfolio are placed into blog entries.

Jason L. Weigle, Department of Agricultural Economics and Rural Sociology
A thoughtful portfolio which cautions against using too much technology, but acknowledges the utility of the options available including ANGEL, photo albums in Picassa, communication tools and GIS tools.

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

• Pablo Requena, Department of Spanish, Italian and Portuguese

 

Spring 2010

David W. Agler [Updated], Department of Philosophy
David's portfolio includes links to his research blog and lecture notes, and his teaching philosophy addresses the perceived misconceptions of his discipline and describes a strategy for how to affect student perceptions. The portfolio also has an interesting discussion on how to grade assignments fairly yet efficiently.

Gabriela Álpirez, College of Education (Humphrey Fellow)
Her portfolio focuses on technology for career guidance and includes links for both an English audience and a Spanish speaking audience.

Assma Al Thowaini, Department of Applied Linguistics
Another well-done portfolio with an excellent teaching blog which contains detailed teaching notes and reflections including one entry about learning more through "arguing" with a student.

B.M. Al Thowaini, Department of Applied Linguistics
Buthainah's portfolio features a very inspirational quote from Arabic then continues discuss how the English as a foreign language class taught was structured, including the incorporation of writing exercises from outside of Penn State.

Eman I. Ahmed, Department of Comparative Literature
Eman's actual teaching experiences are actually from teaching education courses at Menoufia University in Egypt and from teaching Arabic at Penn State. His portfolio does an excellent job at explaining how different tools of ANGEL can be incorporated into a foreign language course.

Francesca (Anna) De Santis, Department of Spanish, Italian and Portuguese
This is another well-done portfolio with a links page which explains what's on the site and how to find it.

Lydia Dreyer, College of Education (Humphrey Fellow)
Lydia's portfolio effectively demonstrates different presentation technologies including video, PowerPoint and even photos ironed on to cloth.

Jasmine Fledderjohann, Department of Sociology
This portfolio has an appealing design and is clearly aimed for future employers.

Anne Oeldorf-Hirsch, College of Communications
An effective, well-cradted portfolio which includes ideas for using and discussing social media tools in the classroom as well as links to her photography and music.

Adriana I. Linnebur, Department of Spanish, Italian and Portuguese
A well-documented portfolio which describes the teaching day in detail and includes links organized by instructional topic. Her site also includes an excellent teaching video for cooking a Mexican breakfast.

Rachel Mennies, Department of English
This portfolio is an excellent demonstration of how you can use the Blogs at Penn State portfolio tools to build a unique online presence. Her teaching philosophy includes an excellent discussion about how the discipline is writing is evoloving because of the new communication technologies available.

Edward Mneda, College of Education (Humphrey Fellow)
Edward's blog discusses challenges for the educational system in his native Tanzania, his portfolio includes an educational presentation about Tanzania for students in the Mount Nittany Middle School as well as faculty and students at Penn State.

Carmen Moy, Department of Spanish, Italian and Portuguese
Carmen's portfolio discusses the benefits of technology in foreign language education including the ability to present image and sound simultaneously.

Jeannette Novakovich, Department of English
Jeannette applies her experience using blogs in her English courses to develop a unique portfolio in the Blogs at Penn State platform. Her blog includes both her thoughts on teaching as well as some ways to customize your blog/portfolio space.

Alex Skucek, Department of Spanish, Italian and Portuguese
In this portfolio, Alex's discusses how he conveys practical benefits of learning Spanish to his students as well as the other intrinsic cultural benefits.

Svetlana Vasileya, College of Education (Humphrey Fellow)
Svetlana's technology goals are centered around accessibility issues, or the ability of people with vision impairments or other disabilities to access course content.

Christine Woods, College of Education (Humphrey Fellow)
Christine's teaching philosophy includes detailed information about her pedagogical principles includes as well as information about higher education reform projects she is leading in South Africa.

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

• Ming Kuok Lim, College of Communications

Fall 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.

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.

Wei Lai, Department of 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.

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.

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.

Adam S. Ward, Department of 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.

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

• Serge Ballif, Department of Mathematics
• Colleen P. Balukas, Department of Spanish, Italian and Portuguese
• Michael Higley, Department of Mathematics
• Hilary A. Jones, Department of Communication Arts and Sciences
• Christopher C. Oechler, Department of Spanish, Italian and Portuguese

Spring and Summer 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.

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

• Sylvain A. David, Department of French
• Laurie Shuman Moss, Integrative Biosciences
• Erika Polson, College of Communications
• Stephanie Zamule, Integrative Biosciences/Molecular Toxicology (Summer 2009)

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.

Jing Chong, College of 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.

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.

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.

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

• Paulina Carrion, Department of Spanish, Italian and Portuguese
• Andres Gonzalbez Martin de Santa Olal, Department of Spanish, Italian and Portuguese
• Doug Tewksbury, College of Communications

 

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.

This instructor was awarded the certificate, but no longer has an active site at Penn State.

• Kavi Devraj, Integrative Biosciences

Spring 2008

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.

Jason Brooks, Comparative 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.

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.

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.

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.

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

• Mark Amengual-Watson, Department of Spanish, Italian and Portuguese
• Sarah E. Birge, Department of English
• Lisa Delaney, Department of Spanish, Italian and Portuguese
• Borja Gutiérrez, Department of Spanish, Italian and Portuguese
• Ji Yun Kim, Department of Spanish, Italian and Portuguese
• Ryan Labrozzi, Department of Spanish, Italian and Portuguese
  

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

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

• Wenny Chandra, Department of Industrial and Manufacturing Engineering
• Edward Downs, College of Communications
• Hengguang Li, Department of Mathematics
• Amanda Reinig, Department of Linguistics and Applied Language Arts
• Sarah Stone Watt, Communication Arts and Sciences

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.

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
• Rebecca Wilson Lundin, 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.

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
• Erika N. Questell-Lopez, 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, Department of Spanish, Italian and Portuguese
• Joseph Geddes, Engineering Science and Mechanics
• Verna Kale, Department of English
• David Lettero, Adult Education
• María Luján Tubio, Department of 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 [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.

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
• Mariana Hernández-Hernández, 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.

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
• Brenda M. Ross, Department of Applied Linguistics
  
• Allison Elizabeth Schuette, Department of English
• Nina Vyatkina, Department of Linguistics and Applied Language Studies
  

Other Students

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

Fall 2004

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

Summer 2004

• Kristin Jacobson, Department of English

Spring 2004

• Rhonda Davis, Department of Communication Sciences and Disorders
• Maria Emelianenko [Archived] , Department of Mathematics
• 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