Resume of Joyce L. Morris, Ed.D
291 Wortheim Lane
Residence: 802-434-3760
Richmond Vermont, 05477
Office: 802-656-3356
e-mail: jmorris@zoo.uvm.edu
HomePage: http://www.uvm.edu/~jmorris
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Earned degrees and additional academic work
Camp Apple-One week intensive technology experience
1999
Graphic Arts and Web Design, University of Vermont
1999
Doctoral degree in Educational Leadership and Policy,
University of Vermont 1998
55 graduate credits above the Masters Degree 1970 -1991
(24 credits in educational technology)
Masters of Arts - Science Education, New York University
1970
Bachelor of Science - Science Education, City University
of New York 1966
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Work EXPERIENCE:
Assistant Professor, Research
THE UNIVERSITY OF VERMONT, BURLINGTON, VERMONT 2001 -
present
Professional Development Coordinator, College of Education,
PT3 Grant
(Preparing Tomorrow's Teacher's to use Technology)
Organize, develop curriculum, implement and assess professional
development for university
faculty teaching pre-service education students in technology
use and integration.
Lecturer
THE UNIVERSITY OF VERMONT, BURLINGTON, VERMONT 1992 -
2000
Develop and teach undergraduate and graduate courses
for preservice and experienced
teachers in educational methodology, technology and science
inquiry. Supervise elementary and
secondary student interns in the field. Provide professional
development
in technology for education faculty.
Computer Consultant
WATERBURY ELEMENTARY SCHOOL, Waterbury, Vermont. 1992
Show teachers how to integrate technology into their
classroom curriculums
Taught graduate course of computer applications in math
and science
Taught students grades K-6 computer applications.
Graduate Research Assistant
THE UNIVERSITY OF VERMONT 1991 - 1993
Plan strategies, administer measures and surveys and
evaluate intervention for
two federal grant research projects, The Model Schools
Program and PAL
(Partnerships for Achievement and Learning).
Interim Coordinator of Curriculum Development &
Assessment
VERMONT INSTITUTE OF SCIENCE, MATH & TECHNOLOGY 5/92
- 10/92
Identify and design science, math and technology linkages
of existing state
initiatives. Collect and adapt national and international
science assessment
instruments for use in Vt.
Graduate Adjunct Instructor and Consultant
Lehman College, The City University of New York, Bronx,
New York 1986 -1991
Taught 3 credit graduate course: Computers in the Classroom.
Established computer
laboratory for teachers, developed and implemented curriculum
for STEP (Science
Technology Engineering Program ) for at-risk urban students.
Graduate Adjunct Instructor and Trainer
The City College of New York, Manhattan, New York 1989
-1990
Taught 3 credit graduate course, Introduction to Computers.
Trained teachers in
telecommunication and science for TERC'S The Star Schools
Project which linked
middle and secondary school classes nationally to perform
science & math
investigations.
Teacher and Project Director
John Peter Tetard Middle School , Bronx, New York 1966
-1991
Project writer and director of Equal Time Grant from
Apple Computer, AppleSources:
integrating computers into the science classroom. Teacher
and coordinator of
TOPS (Talent Opportunity Program) for at-risk students
in alternative education , teacher
of environmental studies program and the living laboratory,
science fair coordinator, advisor
to the student government, student teacher mentor and
teacher of general science.
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Professional Memberships/Committees
UVM Faculty Senate Technology committee Chairperson 1999
-present
UVM Information Technology Standards Board Committee
1999
VITAL-Learn (Vermont Information Technology Association
for Learning) Board of Directors 1998-present
Elementary Education Portfolio Committee 1998-present
UVM Faculty Senate representative of the College technology
committee 1997-present
DOE University Heights Planning Committee 1997-1998
DOE Technology Planning Committee 1997- present
Vt STATE LICENSURE recommendations in sci, math and info
tech licensure 1997
AACE (American Association for Computers in Education),
Teacher Educators SIG 1994 - present
VETC (Vermont Educational Technology Consortium), Professional
Development
Committee Chairperson 1994 - 1997
VSTC (Vermont State Technology Council) 1991 - 1997
ISTE ( International Society for Technology in Education),
Teacher Education and 1989 - present
Telecommunications SIG
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CERTIFICATIONS
Professional Educator's License Level II, 2-13, Vermont
State Board of Educaton (Science)
Permanent Certification, New York State, Secondary School
Biology and General Science (7-12)
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GRANTS RECEIVED
PT3 Grant team member, Federal Government, $1,070.000. June
2000
VISMT Software in science and math, $2,000. 1997
VISMT Equity Grant, $2,000 for gender equitable software
1995
TEEP (Teacher Equity Education Project) $1500 for
gender equity conference 1994
CAL (Chase Active Learning Grant), $10,000 for "The Macmobile",
Infusing technology 1991 into science
education using computer, laser disk and CD-rom resources.
Computer Learning Foundation Lesson Plan Contest in Secondary
School Science 1991
Second place for lesson integrating technology into science..."Which
gloves will keep my
hands the warmest?"
Impact II Grant, New York City Board of Education, "Pictionary
Perfect", using technology 1991
for Non-English speaking students to develop science
picture dictionaries.
Small Grants for Teachers Award, The Fund of the City of
New York, "Animation is a Second 1991
Language", students used computer technology to draw
and create original animations
depicting science concepts.
Add-On-Grant from Apple Computer , $10,000 network for exemplary
performance 1990
in telecommunications projects.
Equal Time Grant from Apple Computer, $93,500 , "AppleSources",
integrating computer 1989
technology into the 21ST century classroom.
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Selected Courses/Workshops/Projects/Consulting
Developed online WebCT Course: EDSS295: Using and Publishing
Internet Resources in K-12
Consultant to Education Faculty at Champlain College 2000-2001
on integrating technology into program
Castleton Supervisory Union: Multimedia in the Classroom
2000
Concord Vermont: Electronic Portfolios for assessment 1999
St Johnsbury Academy: Electronic Portfolios and Internet
Resources 1999
Consultant for the Lake Champlain Basin Science Center 1998-present
Language Arts Resources on the Internet 1999
Technology Mentor supervisor of students in South Burlington
High School Project 1998
Technology Internship Program, faculty advisor to students
helping Burlington 1996-present teachers and students use information technology.
Designed & taught 1 credit tech. course in Wheeler &
Edmunds Elementary Schools 1997
HyperStudio for electronic portfolio 1997
Designed & taught 1 credit tech. course inFlynn Elementary
1997
ClarisWorks in the Classroom, Starksboro Vt. 1997
Burlington College: distance education 6 credit grad course
in publishing on the web 1997
Rutland designed & taught 1 credit tech course Intermediate
School 1996
Using Internet without access, Bristol School District 1996
Software in Early Elementary Schools for Porter's Point Elementary
1996
Designed & taught 3 credit tech course Bristol, Vt. 1995
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Selected Presentations and Publications
Dynamic Landscapes, May 10, 2001, Burlington Vermont: Energizing
Assessment with Electronic Portfolios and Our Technology F.E.A.T.
VermontFest'2000.Lake Morey, Vermont, November 2000, Is it
Real or is it Photoshop? Presentation and Workshop
Dynamic Landscapes: May 12, 2000 Invited to present: Burlington
Vermont, Champlain College: Electronic Portfolios: turning on the power.
Dymanic landscapes: May 12, 2000 Invited to participate in
panel: Partnerships that Breakdown Walls.
Site'2000, San Diego, CA, February 2000: Panel Discussion,
Integrating Technology into Preservice Teacher Education Method Courses:
A Unique Business/University Partnership for Staff Development published
in Proceedings, p.
Site'2000, San Diego, CA, February 2000: Poster Session:
Electronic Portfolios for Learning and Assessment published in Proceedings,
p. 1085 - 1090.
Vtfest'99, Lake Morey, Vermont, November 1998, Web Design,
Using Photoshop and Publishing Web Sites.
NECC'99 Technology Intern Project: The TIP for professional
development (reporting on UVM/Burlington School project)
AACTE' 99 (American Association for College Teachers of Education)
Washington D.C. , February 1999, "Electronic Mail Discussions: A virtual
meeting of minds".
Vtfest'98, Lake Morey, Vermont, November 1998, Electronic
Portfolios and Publishing Web Sites.
TelED'98(Telecommunications in Education), Victoria B.C.,October
28, 1998, E-mail as a vehicle of discussion.
NECC'98(National Educational Computing Conference),SanDiego
CA, June 1998, Internet Poster of http://www.uvm.edu/~jmorris, Teaching
with Technology.
Morris, J., Kaye, P., Fitzgerald, M., & Miller, C. (Spring/Summer1997)
The use of a computerized voice message system by families of children
with disabilities. Case in Point.
Vt fest'97, Lake Morey, Vermont, November, 1998, Internet,
the Last Frontier
CESS presentation to UVM faculty ( October 1996 ) Ten ways
to use technology in your teaching. http://www.uvm.edu/~jmorris/hied.html
Vt fest'96, Lake Morey, Vermont, November, 1997, Electronic
Portfolios and Using Internet Accessories
NASDEC (National Assocation of State Directors of Teacher
Education an Certification), Burlington, Vermont, March 12, 1996 National
Town Meeting on Portfolios, The Electronic Portfolio.
Vt fest'95, Lake Morey, Vermont, November, 1995 "Internet:
A classroom resource for all occassions:
Organized and presented in Gender Equity Conference,
Burlington, Vermont, March 1995 for pre-service teachers and mentors.
TEEP, Seattle Washington, August, 1995 " Gender Equity in
the Classroom: a Hyperstudio presentation.
Sessions A., & Morris, J. (1994), Improving connections
between home and school, Parent & Child April/May, pg. 18-21.
New England Association of Teachers of Mathematics, October
1994, Gender Equity in the Mathematics Classroom."
Vt fest'94, Lake Morey, Vermont, October, 1994 "Desktop Blues"
and Hyperstudio workshop
NECC'94 (National Educational Computing Conference),Boston,
Mass, June 1994, "Four teacher's experiences using technology to help them
restructure."
Applefest, Lake Morey, Vermont, October 1993, "CD-Romance-
It's Love at First Byte."
National Rural Education Association, Burlington Vermont,
October 13-17, 1993, "The Efficacy of ParentLink in a Rural School District."
Association for Experiential Education, Jeffersonville, Vermont,
October 1993, "The Technology Smorgasbord."
ASCD (Association of Supervision and Curriculum Development,
Washington D.C., March 1993,"The Efficacy of ParentLink in a Rural School
District."
Applefest, Lake Morey, Vermont, November 1992, "Getting Connected,
An Introduction to Vt Ed Net."
NERA (Northeastern Educational Research Association) Ellenville,
New
York, October 1992 "The Efficacy of ParentLink in a Rural School, and a
Comparison of its use by Parents of Special and General Education Students."
NECC'91 (National Educational Computing Conference), Phoenix
, Arizona, June 1991, "Science Animation is a Second Language."
Proceedings, "Animation is a Second Language", National
Educational Computing Conference, 1991.
SWE (Society of Women Engineers, Manhattan, New York, June
29, 1990 for TERC, Star Schools Project, Science and Math Research Projects
Using Distance Learning.
NECC'90 June 26, 1990, Nashville, Tennessee, "AppleSources,
Integrating Computer Technology into
the 21 ST Century Science Classroom".
DDEIIA , Higher Education Statewide Conference at RPI, Troy,
New York, April 4, 1990. "Telecommunications in Math and Science Curriculums"
GETN Conference (Global Educaton Telecommunications Network),
Manhattan, New York, February 21, 1990, "The Acid Rain Project".
Proceedings, "Apple Sources:Extending and integrating
the Classroom into the 21ST Century", National Education Computing Conference,
1990.