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The Connecting the DOTS website is here to support teachers and families in navigating the changing terrain of remote and hybrid learning during COVID-19. As we find our way forward, this site is here to provide the latest approaches positively influencing teaching and learning.
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You will find 10 Considerations in the menu above. For each topic you will find resources curated by ISU's College of Education faculty. You will also find a free webinar you can join to talk with fellow educators who have promising practices to share.
MEET YOUR
Featured
SPEAKERS & EDUCATORS
Assessment & Grading
in Remote Instruction
November 16, 2020 7pm CT
Accessible Learning
November 18, 2020 7pm CT
MEET YOUR
College of Education
FACILITATORS
Robyn Seglem
Connecting the DOTS Co-Leader
Professor
School of Teaching and Learning
An expert in English Language Arts, Dr. Seglem is on the NCTE Middle Level Section Steering Committee & co-founder of the Studies in Literacies and Multimedia Assembly.
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Christie Angleton
Assistant Professor
School of Teaching and Learning
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An early childhood teacher for 12 years, her research focuses on young children’s understanding & performance of gender, critical literacies & diverse children’s literature as a vehicle for social justice.
Beth Hatt
Professor
Educational Administration and Foundations Department
Dr. Hatt has published numerous articles on the cultural production of smartness, school-to-prison pipeline & funds of knowledge curriculum development.
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Grace Kang
Assistant Professor
School of Teaching and Learning
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Dr. Kang taught at the K-6 grade levels for ten years. She specializes in culturally sustaining pedagogies, digital literacies & social justice in teacher education.
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Sandra Osorio
Associate Professor
School of Teaching and Learning
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Dr. Osorio teaches courses in early childhood, bilingual education & ESL, emphasizing culturally sustaining pedagogies that put students’ dynamic community languages, practices & knowledges at the center of the classroom.
Natalie Shaheen
Assistant Professor
Special Education Department
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Dr. Shaheen's research and teaching focus on equity and access for disabled students in technology-mediated K-12 learning environments.
Anna Smith
Connecting the DOTS Co-Leader
Assistant Professor
School of Teaching and Learning
Dr. Smith brings over 20 years of teaching experience & dedication to humanizing learning to her research on writing development, transliteracies & technologies in education.
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Linsay DeMartino
Assistant Professor
Educational Administration and Foundations Department
Dr. DeMartino's P-12 teaching, leadership, and research experience is grounded in transformative practices and justice-based schooling.
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Pamela Hoff
Professor
Educational Administration and Foundations Department
Dr. Hoff is a mother, “sista” and friend to many. She is an activist scholar who believes that education should be transformative for the individual & the community.
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Allison Kroesch
Assistant Professor
Special Education Department
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Dr. Kroesch specializes in training teachers and paraprofessionals in the field to use evidence-based practices, specifically for students to gain access and succeed with the general education curriculum.
Jay Percell
Assistant Professor
School of Teaching and Learning
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Dr. Percell teaches secondary education methods courses on implementing literacy & technology and is the course instructor for the ISU Secondary ProfessionalDevelopment School.
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