Professional Development

I entered the Learning, Design, and Technology doctoral program with the goal of helping teachers integrate technology into their classrooms in a transformative way. Since then, I have discovered that there is much for me to learn about this field and I would like my work to have some sort of a social impact to improve the educational experience of low-income students by helping their teachers.

Goals

By the time I get my degree I hope to:

Teach undergraduate educational technology courses to gain college-level teaching experience.
Obtain leadership, management, and faculty development experience.
Publish a journal article in Educational Technology Research and Development and the International Journal of Multicultural Education about the necessity of designing a curriculum that is culturally responsive through the facilitation of technology integration.
Design professional workshops for educators that combine innovative teaching strategies with technology integration.

Research

Graduate Research Assistant

Assisted Professor Theodore Kopcha on conducting primary and secondary source research in numerous archives, examining technology integration and teacher professional development publication through multiple sources.

Co-designed and executed small-scale replication study with Professor Robert C M Branch to determine and analyze visual perceptions of instructional design graphic elements. Conducted primary and secondary source research to gather research literature for literature review and the theory of perception as a theoretical framework.
Assisted Professor Robert C M Branch in the One Button Studio project planning, budgeting, and vendor selection efforts. Monitored timelines and flagged potential issues to be addressed. Facilitated and coordinated communications between relevant stakeholders.

Conference Presentations

Mané, C.E. (2016, Oct.). Effective technology integration in low-socioeconomic k-12 schools: Observing the barriers that are unique to their teachers. Presented at the Association for Educational Communications and Technology annual international convention. Las Vegas, NV.
Mané, C.E. & White, E.L. (2016, Nov.). Technology & culture: Improving the academic performance of minority students. Presented at the Georgia Educational Technology Conference. Atlanta, GA.
Mané, C.E., Shin, M., & Branch, R. (2017, Mar.) Effect of Graphic Element Type on Visual Perceptions of Curvilinear and Rectilinear Flow Diagrams. Presented at the Society for Information Technology & Teacher Education national convention. Austin, TX.

Teaching & Advising

University of Georgia, Athens, GA

EDIT 2000 Course

January 2017 - Present

Instructor Intern

Tutored and assisted undergraduate students individually or in small groups in order to help them master the use of various web applications and to reinforce learning concepts presented by the course instructor.
Conducted small group demonstrations to teach such skills as web page creation, basic computer coding, and developing innovative teaching uses of technology.

University of Georgia, Athens, GA

EDIT 2000E Course

March 2017 - Present

Co-Instructor

Facilitator for one section of Introduction to Computers for Teachers.
Planning and co-teaching technology integration online course using current Web 2.0 technologies.
Utilizing instructional technology to enhance pedagogical technique.
Teaching in part with an innovative, interdisciplinary team-teaching program design.

Cedar Shoals High School, Athens, GA.

August 2015 - December 2015

Teacher Mentor

Worked as a graduate assistant for Clarke County School District’s Instructional Technology Specialist at Cedar Shoals High School to support professional development for high school teachers learning to integrate technology effectively into their lessons.
Work with the Freshman Academy and tenth-grade teachers at Cedar Shoals High School, who have students 1:1 with personal learning devices, in designing and implementing Mathematics instruction transformatively.

Service

Helped to design technology-focused workshop for local elementary school (March-April, 2016).

Participated in the Dinner Dialogue book discussion on Diversity sponsored by the Dean's Council on Diversity (February, 2016).
Volunteer at the Association for Educational Communications and Technology Annual Convention in Las Vegas, Nv. Duties consisted of:
- Assisting attendees with registration and check-in.
- Distributing lunch tickets.
- Helping attendees find multiple presentation locations (October, 2016).

Professional Organization Memberships

Prospective Member of the Association for Educational Communications and Technology (AECT)

Member of the National Council of Teachers of Mathematics (NCTM)

Member of UGA’s Career and Information Studies Graduate Association (CISGA)

Member of UGA’s Instructional Technology Student Association (ITSA)

Member of UGA’s Graduate and Professional Scholars (GAPS)