Stephen Ransom

Current

• Professor (adjunct) at Nazareth College

Past

• Assistant Professor at Mercyhurst College
• Instructor at Ball State University

Education

• Ball State University
• Regent University
• McGill University

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Industry

Higher Education

Stephen Ransom’s Summary

Instructional Technology
-professor
-consultant

Elementary Education
-professor
-classroom teacher, K-8 experience

Stephen Ransom’s Specialties:

Instructional Technologies, Technology Integration, Blended Instruction, Web 2.0, Mac OS X, Web Design,

Stephen Ransom’s Experience

• Professor (adjunct)

  Nazareth College

  (Educational Institution; Higher Education industry)

  2007 — Present (2 years )

  I teach at the graduate level in the school of education's department of language, literacy, and technology. All of the courses that I teach are in the degree area of computer education.
  http://www.naz.edu/dept/edu%5Flanglittech/computered/

• Assistant Professor

  Mercyhurst College

  (Educational Institution; 201-500 employees; Higher Education industry)

  August 2003 — May 2007 (3 years 10 months)

  Elementary Education
  -Methods and Materials of Teaching Mathematics
  -Intermediate Literacy
  -Student Teaching Field Supervisor
  
  Instructional Technologies
  -Computers for Teachers
  -Digital Teacher Portfolio Design
  
  Committees:
  -Campus Computing Committee
  -President's Technolgy Steering Committee

• Instructor

  Ball State University

  (Educational Institution; 1001-5000 employees; Higher Education industry)

  August 1997 — May 1999 (1 year 10 months)

  Instructor in a second/third grade looping classroom at Ball State's laboratory school, Burris

Stephen Ransom’s Education

• Ball State University

  PhD. , Elementary Education, Educational Technologies , 1999 — 2003

  •Cognate: Curriculum (Educational Technology)
  •Dissertation: The Impact of Ubiquitous Computing on the Operationalizing of a
  Teacher’s Constructivist Philosophy: A Case Study.

  Activities and Societies:

  Graduate Assistant
  • Worked as a team member on the PT3 Grant (Preparing Tomorrow’s Teachers to Use Technology)
  • Responsibilities included authoring and maintaining web sites, servicing and maintaining Apple and Windows computers, monitoring computer labs, assisting with research initiatives, training, and data management.

• Regent University

  M.A.T. , Elementary Education , 1991 — 1993

• McGill University

  B.Mus. , Music Education , 1986 — 1989

Additional Information

Stephen Ransom’s Interests:

Technology as cognitive amplifier, technology as learning tool, geeky technology stuff, cycling, outdoor adventuring, music

Stephen Ransom’s Groups:

ISTE, PDK, AACE

•    International Society for Technology in Education
•    McGill University Alumni
•    Mac Users
•    Edubloggers
•    Technology-Using Professors
•    Twitter-Using Educators
•    GRACE Greater Rochester Area Collaboration of Eductors
•    Online Professors

Stephen Ransom’s Honors:

Who's Who Program In American Colleges and Universities, 1993

Stephen Ransom’s Contact Settings

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