Project Manager Development

JMW

Julie M. Wood, Ed.D.

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www.LinkedIn.com/in/JulieMarieWood

Profile

Unusual breadth of experience: public school teacher and reading specialist (11 years), university lecturer (7

years), educational publishing (10 years), consultant and manager for media-based products for teachers &

students, school reformer, writer, researcher, media blogger, and public speaker.

Current Goal

To make an important contribution to education on a national and/or international level by joining forces with

others who share my passion for providing the best possible education for all students.

Academic History

Harvard Graduate School of Education, Cambridge, MA 1999 & 1992

Ed.D. Human Development and Psychology: Language & Literacy. Dissertation: Early Literacy

Instruction and Educational Technologies: Three Classroom-based Models.

Ed.M. Technology in Education.

University of Connecticut, Storrs, CT 1972 & 1971

M.A. Reading Instruction, cum laude.

B.S. Elementary Education, cum laude.

Selected Educational Consulting Experience

Apple, Cupertino, CA 2003

Consultant Professional development for faculty members at University of Missouri School of Journalism.

HarperCollins Publishers, New York, NY 2010-present

Writer Developer of interactive materials for literacy development; literacy advisor to parents, author of

children s book series I Can Read Early Reading Box (available 2013).

Scholastic, New York, NY 1990 s-present

Writer, Columnist, Consultant, most recently member of the Advisory Board for STORIA, interactive digital

books.

PBS Interactive, Arlington, VA 2007-present

Senior Literacy Advisor Curriculum developer, interactive game advisor, Ready to Learn US Dept. of

Education consultant.

The Learning Box, New York, NY 2008-2010

Director of Curriculum R U There? a Ready to Learn project for children s literacy development.

Michael Cohen Group, New York, NY 2005-2006

Chief Knowledge Officer for $40M Ready to Learn Partnership grant, US Department of Education.

Disney Interactive, Burbank, CA 1995 & 2001

Consultant on educational aspects of Pooh s Garden of Numbers and Beauty and the Beast (IMAX).

Click Media, Santa Monica, CA 2005

Content Expert for Hot Shot Business, an entrepreneurial program, funded by the E.M. Kauffman

Foundation in partnership with Disney Interactive.

Nickelodeon, New York, NY 2001

Consultant, Blues Clues TV program and print products.

Soliloquy Learning, Needham, MA 2002-2003

Director of Research in collaboration with Marilyn J. Adams, developed Reading Assistant.

Educators Publishing Service, Cambridge, MA 2003-2004

Literacy Specialist. Edited ESL program in phonics; professional development.

Center for Applied Special Technologies, Peabody, MA 1999

Consultant. Guided development of multimedia projects for children with individual needs.

Judge Baker Children s Center, Boston, MA 1995-1996

Writer. Developed teaching materials for Voices of Love and Freedom.

Computer Clubhouse, Computer Museum, Boston, MA 1995-1996

Volunteer. Co-founder of All-Girls Monday in collaboration with MIT professors.

VPG Integrated Media, Boston, MA 2003-2005

Subject Matter Expert. Advised video producers on an educational series for Houghton Mifflin.

University Teaching and Administrative Experience

Harvard Graduate School of Education, Cambridge, MA 1990s-2012

Director, Three to Third, a comprehensive approach to narrowing the achievement gap for young

children in partnership with Mayor Menino s office and Boston Public Schools, 2007-2012.

Director, Jeanne S. Chall Reading Laboratory; Theory and Practice of Literacy Programs, 1999-2000.

Instructor, New Literacies in Education, 1999-2003.

Instructor, Evaluating Educational Materials and Integrating Educational Technologies into Reading

and Language Arts. 1997-1998

Teaching Fellow, with Professor Gerald Lesser, Television and the Developing Child, 1994-1995

Senior Common Room Member, Adams House, Harvard University, 1993-present.

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Massachusetts Institute of Technology, Cambridge, MA 1998-2001

Director of Training, America Reads (initiative under former President William Clinton).

Boston Teacher Residency Program, Boston, MA 2004-2006

Instructor, literacy and assessment courses for aspiring teachers as part of school reform initiative.

Publishing Experience

Silver, Burdett, Ginn, Needham, MA 1987-1993

Senior Editor, Literacy Program; Multimedia Project Manager.

Houghton Mifflin Publishing Company, Boston, MA 1984-1987

Associate Editor, National reading program.

Elementary School Teaching Experience

Amherst Elementary Schools 1972-1983

Remedial Reading Specialist, Fourth Grade Teacher, Reading Consultant.

Publications

Co-author, TechnoTeaching: The Ultimate Guide to Taking Control of the Global Classroom & website with

Nicole Ponsford, an Award-winning teacher in the U.K. (in development, Harvard Education Press).

Author, Literacy Online (Heinemann, 2004).

Author, Bookbytes software to encourage kids to write book reports (Addison-Wesley Longman).

In addition, I ve written scholarly articles for publications such as Language Arts, Language Learning &

Technology, and contributed chapters to books published by the Harvard Educational Publishing Group. I have

written a monthly column for Scholastic s Instructor Magazine and been featured many times in their Teacher

Radio broadcasts.

I have also served as an online literacy expert numerous times for groups such as PBS, HarperCollins (with an

App in development), and WETA s Reading Rockets, where I currently write a blog, Connected: Literacy for

Generation Z (www.readingrockets.org/blogs/digitallit). I ve been featured and/or quoted in publications such

as Christian Science Monitor, Appian, Boston Globe, and Harvard Gazette. Currently I m writing a screenplay.

Professional Presentations

I ve given many invited and contributed talks at national and international conferences including: the South

African Children and Media Conference, the American Educational Research Association, the International

Reading Association, the National Reading Conference, an International Educational Technology Group in

Paris, The National Educational Computing Conference, and many talks at Harvard University, including talks for

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undergraduates focused careers in education.

Recently I gave a keynote speech for Little Sprouts about vocabulary development in early childhood and how

technology can help.

Honors & Awards

Who s Who in American Education; Who s Who Women in Business.

Harvard Graduate School of Education

Innovation grant to co-create a website focused on issues of gender and technology, 2000.

Two McCoy Innovation Grants, 1999.

Faculty Research Innovation Fund Grant to conduct research on Literacy Lab students and their

development related to technology, 1999.

Advanced Doctoral Grant, 1997-1998; Dissertation Support Fund, 1997.

Action for Children s Television

Doctoral Research Fellowship Award, 1995 & 1996.

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