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Kenneth W. Carlson, Ed.D.

Assistant Professor, Appointed 2004
Kcarlson@shawnee.edu
Office:  Massie Hall, Room 227
Phone: 740.351.3494

Education

  Ed.D.. Aurora University, 2003

  M.A., Governors State University University, Environmental Science,1981

  M.A.,  History, University of Illinois, 1969

  B.A., History, University of Illinois, 1966

 

Professional Experience

  Associate Professor, Shawnee State Uinversity, 2007-present          

  Assistant Professor, Shawnee State University, 2004-present

  Adjunct Professor, Aurora University, 1996-2004

  Consultant, Crete School District, 1999

  Adjunct Professor, Governors State University, 1993-2000

  Instructor, Argonne Middle School Science Institute, 1992

  Instructor, Northern Illinois University, 1988

  Instructor, Joliet Junior College, 1983-85

  Director, Youth Conservation Corps, Will Co. Forest Preserve Dist, 1981

  Environmental Education Director, Will Co. Forest Preserve Dist. 1979

  Professor of Cultural Studies, Governors State University, 1973 & 1975

  Junior High Science Teacher, Laraway School, 1969-2003

  Sixth Grade Science Teacher, Maplewood Elementary School, 1968-69

  

Search Committees

   Social Studies Education Faculty Search Committee Chair, 2007-8

   Financial Vice-President Search Committee Chair, Shawnee State University, 2004 & 2005

   Geology Department Faculty Search, 2005

 

Professional Activities

   Cyber-trek Technology Learning Community Facilitator, 2005-present

  Grant Participant, Online Geology Project, Illinois State Museum, 2003

  Pilot Teacher, CUES program (American Geological Institute), 2002-03

  Grant Participant, Space Camp, Huntsville, Alabama, 2002

  Participant, GEOexplorer Program, Illinois State Museum & ISGS, 2000

  Participant, Spaces Sciences in Illinois Program, Goddard Spaceflight Center

                     & DePaul University, 2000

  Participant, Near and Far Sciences, Illinois State Geological Survey, 1999

  Participant, Woodrow Wilson National Fellowship Foundation, Teacher

                      Leadership Program, Costa Rica, 1999

  Participant, Near and Far Sciences for Illinois, (ISBE statewide education

                      project), 1997-98

  Participant, GLOBE Project (Global Learning and Observation to Benefit

                      the Environment) 1996-Present

  Participant, Hands on Universe, Adler Planetarium, 1996

  Pilot Classroom, Project SETI (Search for Extraterrestrial Intelligence), 1994

  Grant Participant, Project SPICA (Support Program for Instructional

                               Competency in Astronomy), Harvard-Smithsonian Center for Astrophysics,

                               1990

 

Workshops & Presentations

I Came, I Saw, iPod..and used Mobile Technologies. Lily Conference on College Teaching, Miami University, Oxford, Ohio. November 15-18, 2006 [With G. Burns and K. Locke].

 

The iPod at the End of the Rainbow. Technology Celebration at SSU. 2006. [With K. Locke and G. Burns]

I was part of a symposium on the use of mobile technologies for the Ohio Board of Regents. 2006.

 

 Conducted a workshop on using Palm Handheld Computers,

                keyboards and software for ISO grant cohort. 2005.

Using iPods in Education. Ashland Technology Learning Conference.  2005 [With K. Locke and G. Burns]

Using iPods In Your Classroom. 2005. [With K. Locke and G. Burns]

I was part of a Board of Education [Ohio] panel discussion in the use of technology in higher education. 2005

 

Conducted a workshop in using Palm Handheld Computers,

                keyboards and software for the TeachOhio Math and Science  grant. 2006

      

Most Recent Publications

  Reading and Science, Science Scope, March 2005

  The Swiss Army Drive. Science Scope. May 2003

  Pieces of the Past.  Science Scope.  February 1994

 

Professional Organizations

  National Science Teachers Association

  National Council for the Social Studies

  Ohio Science Teachers Association

  Ohio Academy of Sciences

  Association for Supervision and Curriculum Development

  Planetary Society

  Kappa Delta Pi

  Association for Supervision and Curriculum Development

 

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