Terence C. Elliott Current Address 1176 Rocky Hill Road Munfordville, KY 42765 (270) 531-3979
University Address Cherry Hall, Room 20B Bowling Green, KY 42101 (270)-745-5768
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EDUCATION Master of Arts, English, 2004 Western Kentucky University, Bowling Green, KY Secondary and Middle Schools Teacher Certification in Language Arts, 1993 Western Kentucky University, Bowling Green, KY Bachelor of Arts, English, 1977 Centre College, Danville, KY HONORS/AFFILIATIONS John D. Minton Graduate Student Award for Outstanding Contributions to Western Kentucky University—2003-2004 National Writing Project, Technology Liaisons Network—2007-present RESEARCH INTERESTS “The Self-Efficacy of Weblogs for At-Risk Freshman Composition Students” “Cognitive Linguistic Theory in Toni Morrison’s Beloved” TEACHING INTERESTS Social networking and Web 2.0 technology tools in the classroom At-risk students and technology in the contact zone Mentoring technology in communities of practice
RELATED EXPERIENCE Teaching Continuing Instructor, Western Kentucky University—2004-2008 Responsible for teaching general education literature and composition courses, specializing in teaching at-risk and online students. Graduate Teaching Assistant, Western Kentucky University—2003-2004 Responsible for teaching general education courses in literature and composition. Teacher, Hart County Board of Education, Munfordville, KY—1994-2003 Responsible for teaching portfolio-level English classes, arts and humanities, and drama classes to middle and secondary students. Technology Technology Liaison, Western Kentucky University Writing Project, Kentucky Project Web Re-design, Western Kentucky University— 2007-2008
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Online Course Peer Reviewer, Quality Matters Online Course Peer Review, Western Kentucky University—2007-2008 Webmaster, English Majors’ Weblog (http://blog.wku.edu/english), Western Kentucky University—2006-2008 Webmaster, TechKnowledgE Weblog (http://blog.wku.edu/techknowledg-e), Western Kentucky University—2006-2008 Committee Member, English Department Technology Committee, Western Kentucky University—2004-2008 Technology Coordinator, Hart County High School—1999- 2003 Responsible for wiring, servers, training, and maintenance of high school computers and network. E-train Grant Awardee, “Portable Hardware and the Classroom”, Western Kentucky University—Spring 2007 Technology Power User Group Committee Member, WKU Technology Consulting Committee to Dr. Richard Kirchmeyer, Western Kentucky University—2007-2008
PRESENTATIONS TechKnowledgE Mini-Conference Organizer and Keynote Speaker, Western Kentucky University—2007-2008. E-Train Presenter, Western Kentucky University—Summer 2005, 2006, and 2007. Weblog Pilot Participant, “Wordpress Weblogs in the Classroom”, Western Kentucky University—2006-2008. Technology Liaison, National Writing Project Tech Liaison Retreat, Western Kentucky University Writing Project, Denver, CO—May 2-4, 2008. Panel Presenter, “Weblogs as Communities of Practice—or—How You Can Be in Two Places at Once When You Are Not Anywhere at All”, Society for Information Technology & Teacher Education International Conference, Orlando, Florida--March 20-24, 2006. Panel Presenter, “Weblogs in the Contact Zone”, Conference on College Composition and Communication (CCCC), San Francisco, CA—March 19, 2005.