Project C
Resume:
Crissman, Cris, PhD
abpgye@r.postjobfree.com
Cell: 919-***-****
Skype: criscrissman
Twitter: Cris2B
Second Life: 2B Writer
Online Multimedia Curriculum Vitae: www.tinyurl.com/criscrissman
SUMMARY
I thrive on change and have seen much of it in my teaching career. I am continuously
learning to teach in three evolving learning environments: face-to-face, online, and
now inworld (immersive).
My research interests focus on how the virtual can enhance the actual (and vice versa)
when we learn and teach in online Web 2.0 and Web 3D virtual environments. My
primary focus is on how we can learn through literature and how we can use new
technologies and media to explore multiple realities and encourage critical literacy
and social justice.
CURRENT PROJECTS
North Carolina Bookcast Festival: Teens across the state are invited to produce
videos in response to young adult literature. Sponsored by the North Carolina
Reading Association.
PD in 3DV: Professional Development in the 3D virtual world of Second Life.
www.bookosphere.net Sponsored by United Star Distance Learning Consortium
(USDLC).
SciVi Field Trips: Science Virtual Field Trips developed for the National
Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration (NOAA). www.estuaries.gov
EDUCATION
Ph.D. Education, North Carolina State University, 1998
Major: Curriculum and Instruction
Dissertation: Writing Life, publication and video
MA Ed. Education, East Carolina University, 1976
Intermediate with Concentrations in English Language Arts, Math, and Social
Studies; Graduate Reading Certification
BA Ed. Education, Intermediate. Concentrations: English Language Arts, Math, and
Social Studies
Additional Education Experience
EdTech Leaders Online, Graduate of the Facilitating and Implementing Online
Professional Development Program and the Online Course Design and Delivery
program, 2009. See http://www.edtechleaders.org/programs/pd/ for details
about these programs.
Developing Web-based Courses, Diane Kester, East Carolina University (Spring 1999)
Literature, Documentary Studies, and Community Service, Course with Robert Coles,
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Harvard Medical School Professor, Author, and Founder of the Duke University
Center for Documentary Studies
Internship in Documentary Video, Marine Grafics (Fall 1997)
Frameworks Facilitators Training facilitated by Brian Cambourne (1995)
Accelerated Schools Coaches' Training, Stanford University, Palo Alto, CA (1994)
PROFESSIONAL EXPERIENCE
2000-Present Director, Professional Development, United Star Distance Learning
Consortium, Flowery Branch, GA; Adjunct Assistant Professor, Reading
Education, Literacy and Language, Department of Curriculum, Instruction &
Counselor Education, College of Education, North Carolina University, Raleigh,
NC; Writer and Producer, Educational and Environmental Videos
1999-2000 Post-Doctorate, College of Education, English and Reading Education,
North Carolina State University and University of Virginia, Raleigh, NC
1998-1999 Visiting Lecturer, School of Education, Reading Education, East Carolina
University, Greenville, NC
1996 1998 Research and Teaching Assistant and Full-Time PhD Candidate, College
of Education, Reading Education, North Carolina State University
1991 1996 State-wide Consultant, Compensatory Education, North Carolina State
Department of Public Instruction, Raleigh, NC
1984 1991 Regional Consultant, English Language Arts, North Carolina State
Department of Public Instruction, Raleigh, NC
1983-1984 Full-time Student, Computer Science and Journalism, North Carolina
State University, Raleigh, NC. Part-time Editorial Assistant, The News &
Observer, Raleigh, NC.
1980 1983 Director of Reading Education and Instructor, Education Department,
Mars Hill College, Mars Hill, NC
1979-1980 Coordinator, Right-to-Read Middle Grades Reading Project, Moore
County Schools, Carthage, NC
1976-1979 Reading Teacher, Lillian Black Elementary School, Cumberland County
Schools, Fayetteville, NC
HONORS
SOGIL (Online Learning) Award Highly Recommended, International Society for
Technology in Education, 2007. Retrieved Aug. 13 from
http://www.iste.org/Content/NavigationMenu/Membership/SIGs/SIGOL_Online
learning_/SIGOLOnlineLearningAward/PastAwardWinners/Past_Award_Winners.
htm
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Reading Educator of the Year, North Carolina Reading Association, 1995.
PROFESSIONAL LICENSES
North Carolina Division of Certification, Department of Public Instruction, Teaching
Certification:
Graduate Level in Middle Grades (6-9) for English Language Arts, Mathematics,
and Social Studies
Graduate Level Reading Certification (K-12)
Intermediate (Grades 4-6)
Elementary Education (K-6)
PROFESSIONAL ORGANIZATIONS AND SERVICE
International Society for Technology in Education
National Council of Teachers of English
International Reading Association
o Chair, Southeastern Regional Conference, Winston-Salem, NC, 1991
North Carolina English Teachers Association
North Carolina Reading Association
Chair, Adolescent Reading Committee, Current
o
North Carolina Bookcast Festival, Project Founder & Director, Current
o
State Young Authors Project, Founder & Director, 1984-1991
o
GRANTS
Crissman, C. (2009). Idea Grant: Taking the young adult literature graduate course
online and inworld. DELTA (Distance Education and Learning Technologies
Applications), $8,000.
Crissman, C. (1998). It takes a village to raise a child: Video project. North
Carolina Reading Association, $6,000.
Crissman, C. (1994). Teacher Advancement Project (TAP): Literacy Education
Project, North Carolina Department of Public Instruction, $100,000.
Crissman, C. (1994). Teacher Advancement Project (TAP): Mathematics Education
Project, North Carolina Department of Public Instruction, $100,000.
Vasu, E. S., Pope, C. A., Steelman, J. & Crissman, C. (1997). Mid-Tech - Development
of web site for middle grades education. Philip Morris, $10,000.
PUBLICATIONS
Crissman, C. (under review). Learning my way: How PLENK 2010 changed the way I
learn and teach. Submitted to Meridian Electronic Journal for publication,
November 5, 2010.
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Spires, H.A., Crissman, C., Mason, C. L., Jackson, A. (Spring, 2001). Exploring the
academic self within an electronic mail environment. Research and Teaching in
Developmental Education, 17, 2, 5-14.
Crissman, C., Spires, H. A., Pope, C. A. & Beal, C. (2000). Creating pathways of
change: One school begins the journey. Urban Education, 35 (1), 104-120.
Crissman, C. (2000). The Marshian chronicles: Looking back to see the future of
EstuaryLIVE. Meridian: An Online Journal. Retrieved Aug. 13, 2010 from
http://www.ncsu.edu/meridian/2000wint/estuary/estuary3.html
Spires, H. A., Pope, C. A., Crissman, C. & Beal, C. (1999). Reculturing teacher
education: One college begins the journey. Action in Teacher Education, 21,
51-57.
Crissman, C. (1999). Review of the book Particularities: Collected essays on
ethnography and education. North Carolina Journal of Teacher Education, 10,
146-150.
Crissman, C. (1998). Writing life. Unpublished Dissertation, NC State University.
Crissman, C. (1996). Chapter 1 Supports Literacy Professionals. The Literacy
Professional, 5, (1), 3. Newark, NJ: International Reading Association.
Crissman, C. (Ed.). (1992). Everybody has a story to tell: A publication of the North
Carolina Reading Association. Raleigh, NC: Chamblee's Graphics.
Crissman, C. (Ed.). (1991). Special delivery: A publication of the North Carolina
Reading Association. Raleigh, NC: Chamblee's Graphics.
Crissman, C. (Ed.). (1990). The Tar Heel family album: A publication of the North
Carolina Reading Association. Raleigh, NC: Chamblee's Graphics.
Crissman, C. (Ed.). (1989). Books that ring a bell: A publication of the North Carolina
Reading Association. Raleigh, NC: Chamblee's Graphics.
Crissman, C. (Ed.). (1988). Seasoned with love: A publication of the North Carolina
Reading Association. Raleigh, NC: Chamblee's Graphics.
Crissman, C. (Ed.). (1987). Tar Heel folks: A publication of the North Carolina Reading
Association. Raleigh, NC: Chamblee's Graphics.
Crissman, C. (Ed.). (1986). A kid's guide to North Carolina: A publication of the North
Carolina Reading Association. Raleigh, NC: Chamblee's Graphics.
Crissman, C. (Ed.). (1985). A kid's guide to western North Carolina: A publication of
the Great Smokies Reading Council. Raleigh, NC: Glover Printing Company.
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REFEREED CONFERENCE PRESENTATIONS: NATIONAL AND INTERNATIONAL
Crissman, C. (2010, Nov.) Retribalizing, literary style: Virtual Bookclubs and
bookcasts. Global Education Conference, 2010. Retrieved November 23, 2020
from http://www.globaleducationconference.com Elluminate session archived
at
https://sas.elluminate.com/site/external/recording/playback/link/table/dropin?si
d=gec2010&suid=D.C61C88E8556F8E92CA791944CAEFF7
Crissman, C. (2009, July). The purple cow purposeful podcast project: Teaching
creativity digitally. National Educational Computing Conference, International
Society for Technology in Education, Washington, DC.
Crissman, C., Clark, A., Ibanez, A., & Lovin, B. (2009, June) A whole new world:
Expanding ecological identities with scivi field trips. National Educational
Computing Conference, International Society for Technology in Education,
Washington, DC.
Crissman, C. (2008, June). You only live thrice: Virtual book clubs in Second Life,
National Educational Computing Conference, International Society for
Technology in Education, San Antonio, TX.
Crissman, C. (2007, June). Literacy to learn, State Educational Technology Directors
Association, Fall Meeting, Washington, DC.
Crissman, C. (2007, June). The connected learning project, National Educational
Computing Conference, International Society for Technology in Education,
Atlanta, GA.
Spires, H. A., Cuper, P., & Crissman, C. (2001, March). Literacy junction: Exploring
narrative theory and books for youth in a cyberworld. Proceedings of the 12th
International Conference for the Society for Information Technology & Teacher
Education, Orlando, FL.
Crissman, C. (2000, April). Writing life in Blurring genres, media and voices (Chair:
Thomas E. Barone). American Educational research Association, New Orleans,
LA
Crissman, C. (2000, April). Why I use technology. (2000). In Why we use technology
(Chair: David Fetterman; Organizer: Cris Crissman). American Educational
Research Association, New Orleans, LA.
Crissman, C., Pope, C. A., Spires, H. A. (1999, April). Shake, rattle, and roll: Dancing
the tension of the dissertation in Shaking the ivory tower: Writing, advising,
and critiquing the postmodern dissertation. (Chair: Thomas E. Barone;
Discussants: Elliot Eisner and Howard Gardner; Organizer: Cris Crissman).
American Educational Research Association. Montreal, CAN.
Hsiang, M., Vasu, E., Pope, C., Crissman, C., Alibrandi, M., Munro, M., & Steelman, J.
(1998, July). Bringing us closer through the world wide web: In-service and pre-
service teacher education. ICCE98, Beijing, China.
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Spires, H., Mason, C., Jackson, A. & Crissman, C. (1998, April). Creating the academic
self within an electronic mail environment in Real life in virtual communities:
The light side and the dark side. (Chair: D. Fetterman, Discussants: N.
Noddings, & G. Noblitt, Organizer: Cris Crissman), American Educational
Research Association, San Diego, CA.
Spires, H., Crissman, C, & Mason, C. (1997, March). Assessing the progress of North
Carolina Accelerated Schools: Toward a model of participatory evaluation.
Paper presented at the American Educational Research Association, Chicago,
IL.
Spires, H., Pope C., Crissman, C., & Beal, C. (1996, April). North Carolina partnership
for accelerated schools: Creating pathways for educational excellence and
equity through institutional reculturing. Paper presented at the American
Educational Research Association, New York, NY.
REFEREED CONFERENCE PRESENTATIONS: STATE AND REGIONAL
Phillips, C., Crissman, C., Robertson, A. (2010, August). The Zen Garden Approach to
Course Design: Creating Balance Through Social Media, Elon University s 7th
Annual Teaching and Learning Conference, Elon, NC.
Robertson, A., Crissman, C., Phillips, C. (2010, April). The Zen garden approach to
course design: Creating balance through social media, University of North
Carolina's Teaching and Learning with Technology Conference. Virtual
presentation in Second Life. Session archived at
http://www.ustream.tv/recorded/6198389
Crissman, C. & Lovin, B. (2010, April). Through the looking glass: Bridging the virtual
and actual in real-time. University of North Carolina's Teaching and Learning
with Technology Conference. Virtual presentation in Second Life.
Crissman, C. (2010, March). You can t stop the waves but you can learn how to surf:
Learning and teaching with Web 2.0 tools. North Carolina Reading Association,
Greensboro, NC.
Crissman, C., Nobles, J., Wells, S. (2009, April). Is Second Life a disruptive Innovation
in K-12 schools? University of North Carolina s Teaching and Learning with
Technology Conference. Virtual presentation in Second Life.
Crissman, C. (2009, April). The future is already here: Virtual book club with author
Tom Boellstorff, University of North Carolina s Teaching and Learning with
Technology Conference. Virtual presentation in Second Life.
Curtis, A., Aiman-Smith, L., Kimbrough, C., Taylor, A., Stanton, L., Crissman, C.
(2008, April). Triumphs and tribulations of teaching in a virtual world: Voices
of experience. University of North Carolina s Teaching and Learning with
Technology Conference, Raleigh, NC.
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Curtis, Al, Aiman-Smith, L., Stanton, L., Tayor, A., Crissman, C. (2008, April). Second
Life: Real teaching and learning in a virtual world. University of North
Carolina s Teaching and Learning with Technology Conference, Raleigh, NC.
Crissman, C. (2007, April). Virtual book clubs, University of North Carolina s Teaching
and Learning with Technology Conference, Raleigh, NC.
Crissman, C. (2008, Nov.). Virtual book clubs. North Carolina English Teachers
Association. Winston-Salem, NC.
Crissman, C. (2005, March). The trilogy project. North Carolina Reading Association,
Winston-Salem, NC and the North Carolina Distance Learning Association,
Asheville, NC. Videoconference with Lois Lowry and project classes in North
Carolina and Germany culminating in the Virtual Author s Study with Lois
Lowry. Streamed live on the Web to both conferences from NCDPI, Raleigh,
NC.
Spires, H. A., Crissman, C. & Cuper, P. (2000, October). Literacy junction: Where
minds meet, explore, and change. Paper presented at the North Carolina
Association for Teachers of English, Winston-Salem, NC.
Crissman, C., Dehu, K, Mense, M., Miller, S., Moritz, C, Ouzts, K. (1999, March).
Thank a teacher: A readers theatre performance of a dialogue among
beginning and experienced teachers of reading. North Carolina Reading
Association, Winston-Salem, NC.
Crissman, C. & Spires, H.A., (1995, March). Teacher advancement project (TAP). North
Carolina Reading Association, Raleigh, NC.
SPECIAL PROJECTS
Crissman, C. (2010, October). Retribalizing, literay style: Virtual Bookclubs and
bookcasts. eT@lking series for LearnCentral. Elluminate session archived at
http://www.learncentral.org/event/112459
Crissman, C. (2010, July). New tools for news literacy. Workshop for Newspapers in
Education, Chapel Hill, NC.
Crissman, C. (2010, March). Top ten tech tools for teachers. PreConference
Institiute, North Carolina Reading Association State Conference, Greensboro,
NC.
Crissman, C. (2010, April). Virtual author study with Laurie Halse Anderson. Virtual
event in the Bookhenge on USDLC s Star Island, Second Life. Archived at
www.bookosphere.net
Crissman, C. (2009, April). Virtual author study with Neal Shusterman. Virtual event
in the Bookhenge on USDLC s Star Island, Second Life.
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Crissman, C. & Bill Lovin (2009, March). PD in 3DV: Professional development in
Second Life, PreConference Institute, North Carolina Technology in Education
Society, Raleigh, NC.
Crissman, C. (2008, April). Virtual author study with John Green. Virtual event in the
Bookhenge on USDLC s Star Island, Second Life. Archived at
www.bookosphere.net
Crissman, C. (2008, Winter). Learning and Teaching New Literacies with Web 2.0
Tools. Webinar for EdTech Leaders Online. Archived at
http://edtechleaders.org/resources/chat/
Crissman, C. (2007, April). Virtual author study with Rick Riordan. Live event at
Ravenscroft School, Raleigh, NC, streamed live on the Web. Archived at
http://www.ncpublicschools.org/distancelearning/classroom/fieldtrips.html
Crissman, C. (2006, April). Virtual author study with John Marsden. Streamed live on
the Web.
Crissman, C. (2005, March). Virtual author study with Lois Lowry. Videoconference
with the author and students across the state and Germany streamed live on
the Web.
Crissman, C. & the Eva Perry Regional Library Mock Printz Teen Book Club (ongoing
each Feb. beginning in 2002). Melinda awards for young adult literature.
Produced at NCDPI, Raleigh, NC. Streamed live on the Web. 2006 to present
archived at www.bookosphere.net and
http://www.ncpublicschools.org/distancelearning/classroom/fieldtrips.html
Courses Taught
North Carolina State University
Teaching Literature for Young Adults, Graduate-level for MA Ed. and MAT
students. Learn more http://courses.ncsu.edu/eci521/common/crissman/
Teaching Reading in the Secondary School, Graduate-level for MA Ed., MAT,
and Certification-Only (Lateral entry)
East Carolina University
Reading in the Content Areas, Undergraduate and Graduate
Reading Methods Courses (Elementary), Undergraduate
Mars Hill College
All Reading Certification courses, Undergraduate
New Literacies Collaborative, Friday Institute for Educational Innovation
Teaching and Learning with Web 2.0 Tools
United Star Distance Learning Consortium
The Purple Cow Purposeful Podcasting Project
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