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School of Education Faculty
Reuben A. Rubio

Courses

Background

EDU 360

PhD candidate, Science Education with focus on the use of technology

MSE, Nuclear Engineering with focus on numerical analysis of radiation transport

Professional Development Experiences in the Last 3 Years

  • Assistant Dean of Education, Spring Arbor University
  • United States Department of Education, workshops at various Preparing Tomorrow's Teachers to Use Technology (PT3) grantee meetings, 2001-2004
  • Society for Information Technology and Teacher Education (SITE), workshops at annual conference, 2004; 2001
  • Michigan Association of Computer Users in Learning (MACUL) Conference workshop, use of technology in lesson study, March 2004
  • Michigan Department of Education (MDE) 7th Entry-level Standard for Michigan Teachers (ELSMT) Workshop, January 2004 (attendee and presenter)
  • MDE 7th ELSMT Workshop, October 2003 (attendee and presenter)
  • MACUL Conference workshop, programming in HyperLOGO, March 2003
  • Consortium for Outstanding Achievement in Teaching with Technology (COATT), electronic portfolio workshop, February 2003
  • Spring Arbor University, Teaching Cell Group, using an electronic portfolio for faculty promotion and tenure, 2002-03
  • United States Department of Education, TRIO grant workshop, July 2001
  • Memberships: MACUL, COATT (founding member), Association for the Advancement of Computing in Education (AACE), International Society for Technology in Education (ISTE)

Familiarity with K-12 Curriculum Framework and MEAP Asssessment

  • Attended MICLiMB workshop at Spring Arbor conducted by Eastern Michigan University, January 2003
  • Uses MDE and ISTE technology standards in technology course, asks students to tie work to these benchmarks
  • Member, ad-hoc Task Force appointed by Michigan Department of Education to revise the 7th ELSMT, 2002-present
  • Member, Committee of Scholars appointed by MDE to assess the application of the University of Phoenix to begin a teacher preparation program in Michigan, 2000-present

Special Awards and Recognition

  • Member, Board of Directors, Michigan Association for Computer Users in Learning (MACUL), 2002-present
  • Past President, Consortium for Outstanding Achievement in Teaching with Technology (COATT), 1999-2003 (currently serving as ex-officio board member)
  • MACUL President's Award, March 2004 (accepted on behalf of COATT)
  • Principal Investigator, United States Department of Education grant (Preparing Tomorrow's Teachers to Use Technology program), Developing an Ecology to Prepare Tomorrow's Teachers to Use Technology, 2001-2005, $1.9M funding
  • Principal Investigator, United States Congressional Award awarded to Spring Arbor University, COATT: Upholding Best Practices in Technology-Based K-12 Teaching, 2002-2003, $125K funding

P-12 Collaborative Work

Through my work with COATT, MACUL, and the Michigan Department of Education, I work with P-12 teachers and administrators to help develop more effective ways to integrate technology in teaching. COATT is primarily a teacher education group with partnerships in P-12; MACUL is primarily a P-12 group with partnerships in teacher education.

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