John Elfrank-Dana
John@elfrank.net
917.698.4929
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Curriculum Vitae

Pedagogical Experience

Adjunct Professor, 2004 - Present, Fordham University Graduate School, Division of Curriculum & Teaching. Designed and teach a graduate seminar for pre and in-service teachers in new media integration in instruction. http://www.elfrank.com/fordham

Teacher of Social Studies 1988 - Present,  at the Murry Bergtraum High School for Business Careers in New York City.  Taught all social studies courses.  Duties also included staff development, CEP, grant writing and coordinating school-wide programs that included instructional technology. Other positions held: Conflict Mediation & Dean of Discipline. Recent courses developed included: Cyber U.S. History and On-Line Economics. http://www.elfrank.com

2006 - Present, Adjunct Lecturer, Baruch College Summer Step Academy:  Baruch College, City University of New York,  College Now Program: Taught web design principles, Baruch Step Academy: Helping to develop online journalism class using Web 2.0 tools via media workshop with high school students.

Carnegie Scholar, 1999 - 2001 Nominated and selected as one of fourteen teachers nation-wide to participate in the Carnegie Academy for the Scholarship of Teaching and Learning of the Carnegie Foundation for the Advancement of Teaching.  Subject of study: How to achieve educational vision with new media tools.

Teacher of Social Studies 1989-1990, at Kirkwood High School, Kirkwood, Mo.  Taught World History & Psychology.  Sponsor of the Amnesty International Chapter & Latin Percussion Ensemble.
 

Technical Proficiencies

SmartBoard: Use in the classroom and workshop leadership
Web 2.0: Experienced user of Google Tools, including shared docs, wikis, more...
Network: Windows NT, Windows 2000/2003 Administration and Web Server

Web Page Authoring: Microsoft FrontPage, Macromedia Dream Weaver

Applications: Microsoft Office Suite, Adobe PhotoShop, Digital Imaging Software

Hardware: Twelve years experience troubleshooting Windows machines and networks.
 

Affiliations/Consulting
 

2006 - Google New York Teachers Council - Committee to help develop direction for Google education portal.
 

2004 - 2005 Consultant, Fordham University - Developing media literacy & technology for the adolescent education program in the Graduate School of Education.
 

2001 New York City Board of Education Professional Development Web Portal - Directed the development of the high school professional development web content for new teachers. 

1998 - 2001 The Center For School Development, The City University of New York. Webmaster and Consultant for the SchoolLink U.S./Japan Project; an on-line, educational collaborative effort between teachers in Japan and the U.S. and The Ditmas Project online tutoring program,

1995 - 2001 The Learning Bridge Project, New York City Coordinator.  Developed and administered collaborative virtual learning projects and face-to-face visitation between students and teachers at Murry Bergtraum High School in New York City and the Fredrika Bremer School in Stockholm, Sweden.

1997 - 1999 American Social History Project/ New Media Classroom, of the Graduate Center- Center for Media and Learning, The City University of New York- http://www.ashp.cuny.edu, Institute developer and presenter.  Building a conversation around inquiry and narrative for the American History survey in the new media setting.

Press

The New York Times on the Web: When School Is Held on Snow Days, Rebecca Weiner: http://www.nytimes.com/2001/03/14/technology/14EDUCATION.html 

Publications

Teacher Vision in the New Media Classroom- Learning and Leading with Technology , feature article November 2001. International Society for Technology in Education (www.iste.org).

Building and Using a Database in the Classroom- Learning and Leading with Technology feature article December/January 2001/2002. International Society for Technology in Education (www.iste.org).

Keeping the Classroom Safe For Democracy, Using the Internet in the High School Social Studies Class, CivNet’s Journal,  March 1999.

Sample Presentations

NCREST/ISA - National Center for Restructuring Education, Schools & Teaching - Columbia University / Institute for Student Achievement Using new media tools in the small learning community, Tarrytown, New York. http://www.elfrank.com/isa/ June 2005 & June 2006

NECC- The National Education Computing Association Conference, San Antonio, Texas.  Serving Up Data on School Web Sites, http://www.neccsite.org. June 2002

Teacher Scholarship - The Carnegie Foundation for the Advancement of Teaching, Coalition of Essential Schools & National Writing Project. Teacher Vision in the New Media Classroom. Oakland, California. July 2001

Tech Now – Converge Magazine & NYC Board of Education: Presenting- Teacher Networking Via the Web. October 19, 2000. 

New York State Association for Computers and Technology in Education (NYSCATE) http://www.nyscate.org . Achieving High Standards in the Online Social Studies Class. Albany, New York, November 1998. 

Aligning Classrooms and Technology I & II, Manhattan High Schools Technology Conference, Presenter: Approaching the New Standards In the Online Social Studies Class, May 1998 & 1999.  Presented examples of how using the Internet can facilitate teaching to standards.

Consortium For School Networking (COSN) http://www.cosn.org National Conference, Feb. 1999. Demonstration of the use of the Webfolio in the social studies and English class. 

Grant Proposals

1999- 2000 Numerous corporate grants funded from AT&T Foundation, Citigroup Foundation, Pfizer Foundation and other contributors  for the TeachNet Project and other related programs at Teachers Network.

1995 and 1997 Goals 2000 (funded) grant for technology enhancement and staff development plans. 

1997 Comprehensive Educational Plan, (funded) for school-wide plan from the Manhattan High School Division.

Education

MA Public Administration, Saint Louis University, http://www.slu.edu 

BA Philosophy, Saint Louis University

Certification

Life certificates in: New York State, New York City, Massachusetts, and Missouri.