Doctor of Education in Educational Leadership

Dawn Poole

(Core Faculty)

Dr. Poole's interests center around how technology impacts teaching and learning. Recent scholarly work includes: "The Impact of Anonymous and Assigned Student Response Systems on Student Achievement" Journal of Interactive Learning Research, and Four articles in review as of February 2013: "Teacher Perspectives about 21st Century Technology Integration," "Exemplary Technology Using Teachers in a High-Stakes Assessment Environment: A Multiple Case Study," "The Impact of Constructivist Beliefs, Leadership and Support, Personal Factors, and School Factors on Technology Integration," and an article co-written with Monique Preciado, "The Impact of a Vocabulary Development Software Program on Vocabulary and Reading."

Dr. Poole has presented annually at the Educational Technology Conference in Modesto.  In 2013, her sessions were "Digital Technology and the Common Core," "K-4 Common Core ELA Activity Ideas, and "5-8 Common Core ELA Activity Ideas."  In 2012, sessions included "The New Breed of Students" and "Best Practices with Student Response Systems."

Daniel Soodjinda

(Affiliate Faculty)

• 2013 RSCA Grant: Project Description - Clashing Identities:  The Gay Asian American Experience.
• Conference Presentation:  The Queered Curriculum: Incorporating Asian American LGBTQ Concerns in the Classroom Pedagogy - Asian American Studies Conference, Seattle, Washington, April 18, 2013.
• Running Project: Principal Investigator - Digitally Enhanced Classroom Project (DECP).  A project from Google's CSU Digital Ambassador Program www.csustan.edu/decp.

Chris Boosalis

(Core Faculty)

• Conference Presentation: The Impact of the California Teaching Performance Assessment on Native Speakers of Spanish and Native Speakers in English:  A Paradox of Performance and Perceptions - American Educational Research Conference (AERA) San Francisco, California, April 29, 2013 Presenters/Authors: Chris Nicholas Boosalis and Oddmund R. Myhre.
• Conference Presentation:  Managing Teacher Education Assessment and Accreditation Data:  A Search for Technological Solutions that Works - Society for Information Technology & Teacher Education International Conference (SITE) 2012 Austin, Texas March 5, 2102 Publication: Myhre, O. & Boosalis, C. (2012).  Managing Teacher Education Assessment and Accreditation Data:  A Search for Technological Solutions that Works.  In P. Resta (Ed.), Proceedings of Society for Information Technology & Teacher Education International Conference 2012 (pp. 3397-3944).

Katie Olivant

(Affiliate Faculty)

• Article: "I am not a format: Teachers' experiences with fostering creativity in the era of accountability" accepted for publication in the Journal of Research in Childhood Education.