powered by efolio (Boston University School of Education) David Whittier Position: Assistant Professor, Coordinator Program in Educational Media & Technology, Director IMC Department: Curriculum & Teaching Program: Educational Media & Technology Educational History Ed D Boston University Ed M Boston University BA University of Vermont Contact Information Phone: 617-353-3181 E-mail: whittier@bu.edu Profile Dr. Whittier supervises the curriculum and the program in educational media and technology. His teaching responsibilities include the history and philosophy of educational technology as a study within the field of education, distance education research and design, cyberethics and policies for technology use, and dissertation advisement. Dr. Whittier supervises the educational technology curriculum for all teacher preparation programs. Dr. Whittier's current research interests include the teacher as Website developer/software developer; Time Online; designing technology-based resources that most effectively support teaching and learning both in the classroom and online, designing programs for preparing teachers to effectively use technology in support of teaching and learning, faculty development, and various aspects of online and other forms of distance education. Dr. Whittier also supervises a curriculum project on the meaning of technology (Techne). As Director (2004-05) and Co-Director (2001-2004) of a US Department of Education PT3 grant (Preparing Tomorrow’s Teachers to use Technology), Dr. Whittier directed faculty development in designing and using Web-based and other resources to enhance teaching and modeling of the use of technology. The Contemporary Issues in Technology and Teacher Education and Journal of Technology and Teacher Education (CITE/JTATE) awarded Dr. Whittier the 2004 Technology Leadership Award for the Teacher as Software Developer program. Dr. Whittier served as k-12 media specialist in the Brookline, Massachusetts Public Schools and has produced a variety of instructional resources including an instructional videos such as Knowledge and Design (co-authored with David Perkins); Facing History and Ourselves; Kindergarten Science; French and Spanish language instruction; middle school mathematics; and The Expression Session, an aid to teaching self expression through music and poetry. Dr. Whittier serves as a consultant to schools and colleges, PBS program developers, and educational multimedia companies and is actively involved with other colleges and universities and the Massachusetts state department of education in advising the commissioner of education and other policy agencies on technology issues for all levels of educators. Courses Taught SED EM550  Introduction to Educational Media & Technology SED EM680  Distance Education SED EM680 - Online  Distance Education SED EM630  Cyberethics and Policies for Technology Use Selected Publications Whittier, D.,  (2009).  Measuring history: The teacher as Website developer.  In C. Maddux (Ed.) Research Highlights in Information Technology and Teacher Education 2009  Chesapeake, VA: : Society for Information Technology and Teacher Education (SITE). Whittier, D., , Supavai, E.,  (2009).  Supporting knowledge building communities with an online application.  Society for Information Technology and Teacher Preparation (SITE) Proceedings, International Conference Annual 2009  Chesapeake, VA: : Association for the Advancement of Computing in Education (AACE).. Whittier, D.  (2008).  The Techne Project: Encouraging holistic understandings of technology in education and society.  The International Journal of Technology, Knowledge, and Society 4(1)  Melbourne, Australia : Common Ground Publishing Pty Ltd. Whittier, D.  (2008).  Time Online: Faculty activities and satisfaction teaching online.  Society for Information Technology and Teacher Preparation (SITE) Proceedings, International Conference Annual 2008  Chesapeake, VA : Association for the Advancement of Computing in Education (AACE). Whittier, D.  (2008).  Respecting history: The teacher as Website developer.  Proceedings, International Conference Annual 2008, Society for Information Technology and Teacher Preparation (SITE).  Chesapeake, VA: : Association for the Advancement of Computing in Education (AACE). Whittier, D.,  (2007).  The effect on cooperating teachers of the Teacher as Web Site Developer Program.  Contemporary Issues in Technology and Teacher Education [Online serial], 7(3). Whittier, D.,  (2007).  Hackers and Heroes.  III International Conference on Technoethics: EPSON Foundation - Institute of Technoethics and Universitat de Barcelona (Science and Technology Ethics Research Group). Whittier, D.  (2007).  The Techne Project: Investigating the meaning of technology.  International Conference Annual, San Antonio Texas. Association for the Advancement of Computing in Education (AACE). Norfolk, VA. : Society for Information Technology and Teacher Preparation (SITE) Proceedings , pp 3180-3187. Whittier, D.,  (2007).  6E Freeze: Teaching with technology.  Journal of Education 188(1)  Boston University : School of Education , pp. 55-92. Whittier, D.  (2006).  Cyberethics in the Googling age.  Journal of Education, 187(2), special issue : Boston University. Whittier, D. , Lara, S., University of Navarra SPAIN  (2006).  Preparing Tomorrow’s Teachers to Use Technology (PT3) at Boston University through Faculty Development: Assessment of Three Years of the Project..  Technology, Pedagogy and Education 15(3), October 2006 : Taylor & Francis, Abingdon, Oxfordshire, UK. (http://www.triangle.co.uk/jit/). , 321–335. Whittier, D.  (2005).  Teacher as Software Developer.  Contemporary Issues in Technology and Teacher Education (CITE Journal) Volume 4, 5  Charlottesville, VA : Society for Information Technology and Teacher Education (SITE). Whittier, D., , Lara, S., University of Navarra, SPAIN  (2005).  US vs European E-folio Design: Investigating a Dichotomy.  Proceedings, Society for Information Technology and Teacher Preparation (SITE) International Conference Annual 2005.  Norfolk, VA. : Association for the Advancement of Computing in Education (AACE).. Whittier, D.,  (2004).  Can faculty expertise be sustained with curriculum development? Technology and the Judgment Curriculum Project..  Proceedings, ED-MEDIA World Conference on Educational Multimedia, Hypermedia, and Telecommunications 2004.  Norfolk, VA. : Association for the Advancement of Computing in Education (AACE).. Whittier, D., , Lara, S.,  (2004).  Preparing Teachers, Student Teachers, and Schools for the 21st Century: Review of Recent Reports in the U.S..  Proceedings, ED-MEDIA World Conference on Educational Multimedia, Hypermedia, and Telecommunications 2004.  Norfolk, VA. : Association for the Advancement of Computing in Education (AACE).. Whittier, D., , Lara, S.,  (2003).  Preparing Tomorrow's Teachers to Use Technology (PT3) at Boston University through faculty development.  Estudios Sobre Educacion, #005/2003  Pamplona, Spain : University of Navarra. Teacher as Software DeveloperHackers and HeroesAbstract Selected Presentations The Techne Project: Educating students in the meaning of technology Selected Media Productions Whittier, D.,,  (2005). Techne: Conceptualizing technology through the story of Prometheus. Boston, MA: Judgment Curriculum at Boston University. Perkins, D., Whittier, D., (1994). Knowledge as Design. Pacific Grove, CA: Critical Thinking Press and Software. The Techne Program Selected Grants Boston University Preparing Tomorrow's Teachers to use Technology (BU-PT3) (2001-2005). Technology Literacy Challenge Grant (1998-2000). BU-PT3 Web Site Selected Professional Memberships AACE - Association for the Advancement of Computing in Education. MassCUE - Massachusetts Computer Using Educators. 1992-present. SITE - Society for Information technology and Teacher Education. 2000-present. Selected Awards/Honors/Special Recognition Winner CITE/JTATE Technology Leadership Award Selected University Service School of Education Representative to the Boston University Faculty Council. 2004-2008. Alternate 2003-2004. School of Education Web Site Review Committee. 2004-2005 Advisor to the Boston University Center for Excellence in Teaching. 2003-2005. School of Education ad hoc committee on technology use among faculty. 2004-2005. Provost's Faculty Advisory Board on Distance Education 2007-08, 2008-09 School of Education Selected Professional Service ETAC –Educational Technology Advisory Council – Massachusetts State Department of Education ETAC Web Site Copyright 2005 Boston University School of Education