adewolfe@post.harvard.edu

experience

educational technology leadership

California Technology Assistance Project Region IV, 2002 to present
Hayward, CA
CTAP Region IV County Specialist
The California Technology Assistance Project (CTAP) is a statewide educational technology leadership initiative designed to provide assistance to schools and districts in integrating technology into teaching and learning. CTAP Region IV is one of eleven regional centers in CA working with 90 school districts in 7 counties surrounding the north San Francisco Bay.
As a Technology Specialist, I serve districts in Contra Costa County while collaborating with other county specialists to provide regional leadership in integrating educational technology, assist schools and districts in garnering funds to support educational technology and disseminate state and federal requirements and opportunities. In collaboration, I plan and implement professional development to build local capacity in the region.

educational research projects at Harvard

Milwaukee Public Schools New Teacher Online Portal, 2001-2002
Cambridge, MA
Research Associate
Working with Dr. Chris Dede and Milwaukee Public Schools I helped to develop a new teacher induction program with an online support portal. We utilized emerging technologies like interactive video conferencing and online collaboration tools to see what impact they could have on the mentoring experience.

Formative Evaluator, 2001
Cambridge, MA 
Working with Dr. Ilona Holland and graduate students at the Harvard Graduate School of Education, I conducted front-end, production-phase, and implementation phase formative evaluations for the Boston MFA, Minnesota Science Museum Imax production, and Sensimetrics Software. I developed survey, interview, and focus group instruments and collected and analyzed data.

Technology and Ethics Project, 2000
Cambridge, MA
Research Associate
Developed high school curriculum integrating technology and ethics. We created a mock negotiation around a controversial scientific issue, xenotransplantation. The negotiation curriculum utilized collaborative teams and online collaboration tools to support students in researching and reflecting on complex ethical decisions.

teaching experience

Conejo Valley Unified School District, University Elementary School, 1993–1999
Thousand Oaks, CA
Elementary Classroom Teacher
Taught grades third through fifth. Prepared, taught, and assessed lessons in all curricular areas. Served as a site mentor to staff and taught inservices on technology implementation. Motivated and facilitated the learning of students with a wide range of abilities including gifted resource, special day, and disabled learners. Served on School Site Council, Parent Teacher Association, Technology Committee, District Math Assessment Committee, District Standardized Test Selection Committee, and Curriculum Review Committee.

Conejo Valley Unified School District, University Elementary, 1993–1999
Thousand Oaks, CA
Unofficial Technology Mentor
Served as a site mentor to staff, taught inservices on technology implementation, tested and evaluated software and hardware to guide school selection of technology.

Conejo Valley Unified School District, 1997–1999 (summers)
Thousand Oaks, CA
District Enrichment Teacher
Collaboratively developed a summer education program for the enrichment and creative stimulation of second through eighth graders. Designed and taught drama and public speaking curriculum with second through fifth graders.

Private Tutor, 1997-1999
Thousand Oaks, CA
Worked with individual students ages 10-13 in the following areas: reading, creative and expository writing, math, and algebra.

The Almansor Center, 1991–1992
Pasadena, CA
Special Education Lead Teacher
Planned and implemented a community integrated day program for developmentally disabled adults. Centered lessons on life-skills including self-help, cooking, money skills, reading, socialization and job coaching.

educational web development & educational technology projects

I have designed and developed a number of educational web sites, as well as created curriculum supported by technology. I have listed a select few here:

My Professional Web Site -
I designed my professional web site (which you are now viewing) utilizing Dreamweaver, cascading style sheets, Photoshop, and Fireworks.
http://homepage.mac.com/dewolfe/

Aquatic Ecosystems Web Site -
As a large class project in educational web design, researched and developed a web site to support middle school science.
Worked in a team of three to create a server side, database driven web site where middle school students and teachers could share and receive data collected from their aquatic ecosystems around the country. Although not all components are operational as it was a class prototype, the search by location button functions utilizing coldfusion database interactivity.
http://homepage.mac.com/dewolfe/aqua/

Science Curriculum Supported with Technology
Using the Harvard Education with New Technologies collaborative design tool, developed a curriculum for 4th graders to meet state science standards. The objective of the curriculum was to teach important concepts in physics while learning to think like a scientist. Utilized several pieces of educational software and web sites to leverage the learning of students.
http://learnweb.harvard.edu/ent/design_studio/print_unit.cfm?pub_id=206

Software Prototype
Developed a software tool to help elementary school children with story creation and summary. Utilized Flash to prototype the software.
http://homepage.mac.com/dewolfe/software_prototype/

Curriculum Development and Workshop Design
Girls lag behind boys significantly in the depth and frequency of their computer use. In order to address this concern, developed lessons to teach girls programming skills using MicroWorlds.
http://homepage.mac.com/dewolfe/mas712_final_project/

Universal Learning Design Prototype
A universal learning design is a version of a traditional medium, like a book, that has been enhanced utilizing multiple digital mediums in order to make it accessible to a broader range of learners. Researched and designed a prototype of a digital storybook to be a universal learning edition. Created the digital version of the storybook to accommodate and meet the unique needs of a learner with a central auditory processing disorder.
http://homepage.mac.com/dewolfe/T560courseproject1/
http://homepage.mac.com/dewolfe/T560final_project/

related experience

HGSE Technology in Education Committee, 2001–2002
Cambridge, MA
Student Representative
Served on the Harvard Graduate School of Education Technology in Education Committee. Working with faculty and staff, helped to develop and make decisions about the Technology in Education Program. Represented fellow student’s viewpoints and interests. Developed and wrote a student handbook for incoming students.

Massachusetts Institute of Technology Sloan School of Management, 1999–2000
Cambridge, MA
Admissions Counselor
Counseled prospective students on the program. Supported prospective students through the admissions process, and planned and coordinated student events and receptions.