JOHNMARTIN
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Summary:
I offer experience in the classroom using technology to create 24/7 learning environments. Students of all ages should be able to learn any subject today right where they are - online, on their mobile devices, at a coffee shop, and in the classroom.
Please look around and check out my resume, my writings from CNN, and my portfolio.
Master's in Education - Instructional Technology
I graduated from the University of Georgia with a 4.0 GPA. Coursework included project management, instructional design, and planning for technology. My coursework used project-based learning, and my portfolio reflects that.
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Owning your own domain
A presentation for Georgia's educational technology conference
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Wiki in another class
A wiki site I used to support another teacher with technology integration. Students wrote essays and reviewed each others's work.
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Digital Picture Frame
An old laptop that I gutted and loaded with Linux and put inside a shadow box that cycled images from a network folder. The little guy in the photo is now eight.
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The SWD Palm Project
My classroom project using mobile wireless devices. Students created content, evaluated web sites, and unleashed themselves from learning solely through textbooks and chalkboards.
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A webquest on the Holocaust
A web site that asks students to be witnesses to one of the darkest periods of world history, using a guided tour of the Internet's Holcaust archives.
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Instructional Design: Lens Selection
An online unit that enabled engineering students to learn how to select a lens for a digital imaging system.
Videos from CNN
At CNN Student News, I wrote and produced video segments in addition to providing curriculum content.
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Underused words
A video list of Wayne State University's top ten underused words.
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The future of science teaching
Interviews on the Next Generation Science standards. There's a lot of hands-on activities in the standards, but an astronomy professor warns that students will still have to study.
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Historically Black Colleges and Universities
An explainer on Historically Black Colleges and Universities in America. It's not my voice under the video, but I wish it was.
Listen in as CNN interviews me on the future of science teaching
Read my articles for CNN's education beat
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The science class of the (not too distant) future (with video)
Homebound student learns via Skype (with video)
A majority of states set different benchmarks by race (with Nick Valencia, CNN)
Overheard on CNN.com: "Wish my job was limited to 296 minutes per day!"
In Chicago, longer school day for students, but not for teachers
Education
M.Ed | Instructional Technology
University of GeorgiaCoursework included planning for technology, project management and instructional design. Most of the coursework was project-based learning, which is reflected in my portfolio.
B.S. | Biological Sciences
Rutgers UniversityCoursework included chemistry, physics, biology and computer programming
Experience
Curriculum writer
CNN- Provided curriculum for CNNStudentNews.com
- Developed online learning activities for CNN’s “In America” series and other documentaries
- Wrote stories for CNN.com's education beat, Schools of Thought
- Edited outside contributions for Schools of Thought submitted by global education leaders
- Served as technology liaison for Leadership Unplugged, an annual leadership program for high school students
- Conducted focus groups of teachers from around the country to guide our programming decisions
- Primary author of the CNN Challenge, a weekly online current events quiz
Science teacher
Southwest DeKalb High School | DeKalb County School System- Taught AP biology, biology for Magnet/high achievers program, and anatomy & physiology classes
- Adapted new technologies and software into instruction, including online lessons, student response systems, and wireless mobile devices
- Taught a state-mandated, 50-hour technology course (InTech) to other educators that encouraged them to incorporate productivity software and the Internet in their lessons
- Led a team of sixteen teachers to increase student achievement and help 9th grade students transition into high school
- Provided in-house educational software training to teachers using the Train-the-Trainer model
Biomedical research specialist
University of Pennsylvania (1991-1996) | Emory University (1997-2000)- Designed and conducted experiments in neuropathology and molecular biology
- Taught medical students and other colleagues in various lab and brain autopsy techniques
- Co-authored five peer-reviewed journal articles
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Contact info
- Name: John Martin
- Address: Roswell, GA
- E-mail: jmartin@thinkdolearn.com
- Phone:770-220-0231