Academic Degrees:

Professional Experience:

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Area of Expertise:

• Data collection design and evaluation
• On-line learning and system design
• Instructional design and teaching technology
• Website design and development
• Multimedia design and development
• Technology integration and data system development
• Technology training and support

 

Teaching:
In charge of international student teaching for the Bagwell College of Education. Pre-service introduction to teaching. I tought technology courses to in-service and pre-service teachers at the Educational Technology Training Center. Designed and developed the web design certificated program for the Technology Center and the primary instructor in this program.

Classes taught at KSU:

• EDUC 2110
• ECE 8814: Inquiry: Essentials of Technology
• Introduction to Web Design
• Introduction to Macromedia Dreamweaver
• Intermediate Macromedia Dreamweaver
• Intermediate FrontPage
• Macromedia Fireworks for Web Design
• Photoshop for Web Design
• Advanced Web Page Design with Javascript
• Macromedia Flash
• Windows 2000 Web Server
• Apache Web Server on Linux
• Photoshop Plan, Produce, Present Powerful Presentations with Hyperstudio
• Web Page Construction Using Microsoft Front Page 2000
• Who wants to be a webmaster?
• The Power of the Palm

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Service:
Webmaster for the Bagwell College of Education, Services, Outreach and Partnerships, the Office of Field Experiences and the SINO-American Consortium. In addition, provide tech support for the Bagwell College of Education. Guest lecturer in many KSU undergraduate and graduate classes.

Committee Memberships:

• Chair of the Information Technology Advisory Committee (ITAC) 2006-07
• PTEU Steering Committee Member
• Chair BCOE Web Site Committee
• PTEU Technology Committee
• BCOE Student Information System Committee
• Planning committee for the SINO-American international conference
• State ETTC On-Line Registration System Committee
• North Cobb High School Business and Technology advisory committee
• Houghton Mifflin Web Content Advisory Board – Boston, MA
• Georgia Technology Conference Website Committee

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Scholarship:
Scholarship is primarily focused on on-line delivery of content. Professionally, I have worked with the State of Georgia on state wide data collection and built the State of Georgia report card web sites. These sites report the test scores of all Georgia public schools. In addition, I am involved with a project with the Board of Regents and the Professional Standards Commission to find diverse and technology-rich student teacher placements.

Conferences:

• Presented at Georgia Educational Technology Conference in Georgia International Convention Center in College Park, Georgia, November, 2006
• Presented at Georgia Educational Technology Conference in Georgia International Convention Center in College Park, Georgia, November, 2005
• Presented at Georgia Educational Technology Conference in Macon, Georgia, November, 2004
• Presented at Georgia Educational Technology Conference in Macon, Georgia, November, 2004
• Presented at Georgia Educational Technology Conference in Macon, Georgia, February, 2004
• Attended the Distance Learning Administrator Conference in Jekyl Island, Georgia, June 2002
• Presented at Georgia Educational Technology Conference in Macon, Georgia, February, 2003
• Attended the Technology Leadership Conference in Athens, Georgia, October 2002
• Attended the SINO-American Education Consortium international conference, October 2002
• Presented at Georgia Educational Technology Conference in Macon, Georgia, February, 1999

Publication:

Wright, J. M. (2003). Developing instructional technology centers for basic education in Ghana: A qualitative study. In A. Adebayo, & J. Tufuor (Eds.), Reflection on Phase IV Instructional Technology Training for Basic Education (chapter). Custom Publishing, University of Cape Coast, Ghana.

International Work:

Student teachers in Costa Rica (2007)

Set up, visited and supervise student teachers in Belize in Fall 2006.

Visited China in March of 2005 to supervise our student teachers.

Visited China in Summer of 2004. Attended the Sino-American Educational Consortium conference in Wuhan, China. 

Evolved in the Technology Training for Basic Education program with the Georgia Board of Regents and University of Cape Coast, Ghana, Africa. Trained faculty from Africa in the United States and visited Ghana to view project results in March of 2002. Secured and rebuilt 17 laptop computers and sent them to Ghana to support this project.

Hosted two of the faculty here in the United State. One received a Fullbright scholarship to San Joes State University.

updated: Dec. 2006

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