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Jason P. Neiffer, ABD CURRICULUM VITAE Montana Digital Academy Phyllis J. Washington Building The University of Montana [email protected] http://www.montanadigitalacademy.org

PO Box 7031 Helena, Montana 59604 406-202-2761 [email protected] http://www.neiffer.com

Education Degree Programs Doctoral Candidate: Doctorate of Education in Curriculum and Instruction University of Montana, Missoula, Montana Emphasis: Curriculum and Instruction, Educational Technology and Online Learning Anticipated Dissertation Topic: The Impact of Internet Filtering on Technology Integration in K-12 Schools, Dr. Martin Horejsi, Dissertation Chair 3.96 Grade Point Average Comprehensive Exam Passed Spring 2013 Masters of Science (2004) Walden University, Minneapolis, Minnesota Emphasis: Educational Technology 4.0 Grade Point Average Bachelor of Arts Cum Laude (1997) Carroll College, Helena, Montana Major: Political Science, Secondary Education Minor: History Honors Scholar Program Honors Thesis Topic: "You Say You Want a Revolution: Using Alternative Timelines to Teach Secondary History Courses" Awards: Outstanding Student Teacher, Student Government Officer, Debate Team Officer, Honors Scholar Program/Scholarship, General Mills Scholarship, Carroll College Grant Scholarship, Carroll College Forensics Scholarship

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Administrative Employment Curriculum Director (present) Montana Digital Academy, Missoula, Montana First curriculum director of Montana's publicly-funded virtual K-12 school. Responsible for directing instructional design of 60 high school courses in an online environment. Responsible for training, evaluating and administering a staff of online teachers in a virtual schooling environment. Responsible for set up of learning management systems as well as web-based assets. Professional Activity: Statewide Virtual School Leadership Alliance Curriculum Director's Committee Chair, Statewide Virtual School Leadership Alliance Professional Development Committee; University of Montana System Moodle Adoption Workgroup, Montana STEM Task Force, Western Montana Comprehensive System of Professional Development Council, University of Montana Tech Transfer Committee Interim Curriculum Specialist (February-June 2010) Montana Digital Academy, Missoula, Montana First curriculum specialist of Montana's publicly-funded virtual K-12 school. Responsible for directing instructional design of 47 high school courses in an online environment. Responsible for training, evaluating and administering a staff of online teachers in a virtual schooling environment. Responsible for set up of learning management systems as well as web-based assets. Responsible for directing the MTDA Summer School Pilot program involving 50 students and 4 teachers in 4 classes. Professional Activity: University of Montana System Moodle Adoption Workgroup; Moodle RFP Evaluation; i3 Grant Writing Groups (Helena/Bozeman i3 Coalition); Discussion Facilitator for the University of Montana Extended Learning Institute

Teaching Employment Adjunct Instructor (Fall 2012; Spring 2013; Fall 2013) Carroll College, Helena, Montana Courses Taught: CO289, Social Media and Communication (x), CO107 Digital Publishing Adjunct Instructor (Summer 2012; Summer 2013) The University of Montana, Missoula, Montana Courses Taught: EDUC 370: Instructional Media and Technology (x2)

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Teacher (1997-2002 & 2004-2010)

Capital High School, Helena School District, Helena, Montana Teaching Assignment: AP European History, History of Western Civilization I & II, World Cultures, Newspaper Workshop, US History, Debate and Argumentation, Speech Communication, Cisco Networking I & II, Montana TALES Grant Technical Support, AP American History (Temporary Assignment), English III (Temporary Assignment) Professional Activity: Professional Development Committee, District Technology Committee (Executive Committee Member, Professional Development Subcommittee Chair), “Helena Tech Stuff” Technology Conference Coordinator, Social Studies Curriculum Committee Co-Facilitator, School Improvement Program Committee, Teacher Leader on District Moodle Migration Project, School Technology Committee, Technology/Science Standard Alignment Work Group, 1st Vice President of the Helena Educational Association Extra/Co-Curricular Activities: Model United Nations, Paw Print Newspaper, Director of Forensics, AP World Study Group Night School Teacher (2007-2008) Project for Alternative Learning, Helena School District, Helena, Montana Teaching Assignment: Makeup Government Professional Activity: Leader in Migration of Makeup Credit Recovery Courses to E-Learning Platform Online Teacher (2005-2008) Montana Schools E-Learning Consortium (MSeLC), Montana Teaching Assignments: US History, AP Government and Politics, American Government Teacher (2002-2004) Great Falls High School, Great Falls Public Schools, Great Falls, Montana Teaching Assignments: World History, Forensics, Montana Government Studies Professional Activity: Montana Government Studies Curriculum Development Committee, District Technology Committee Extra/Co-Curricular Activities: Model United Nations, Director of Forensics, International Debate Exchange Student Teacher (1997) Capital High School, Helena School District, Helena, Montana Teaching Assignments: US History and American Government Awards: Outstanding Student Teacher, Carroll College

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Other Education-Related Employment Co-Editor (2001-present) Big Sky Debate, Helena, Montana Co-editor and publisher of the Big Sky Debate publication series for high school debate, including 3 major and 12 smaller volumes each school year on the current high school debate topics. Course Developer (2011) Idaho Digital Learning Academy, Boise, Idaho Developed World History credit recovery course using the BrainHoney LMS platform Directing Mentor (2008-2010) PROTECS PSATT Grant, Montana Co-Directed a federal Title II, Part D competitive grant ($412,000). Duties including grant administration and training supervision of 45 teachers in rural Montana. Developed a unique blended-learning training environment involving face to face and online professional development. Collaborated with districts to modify and re-write district technology plans. Workshop Instructor, Counselor, Head Male Counselor (1993-2011) Carroll College Gifted Institute, Carroll College, Helena, Montana Workshop Titles: You Make the Law," "Law & Order," "You Know You Want One: A History of Advertising," "Broadcast Your World, ""Meet the Beatles," "The British Invasion," "Making the Web Work for You," “Radio Renewed: Podcasting” Co-Director (2002-2008) Big Sky Debate Institute, Montana Co-director of Montana's only institute for high school debaters. Duties included administrative and planning functions, curriculum planning, lecturing and small group leadership Committee Member (2008) Montana State Technology and Library Standards Revision Committee, Office of Public Instruction Technology Teacher-in-Residence (2001-2004) Montana Small Schools Alliance/University of Montana-Western, Dillon, Montana Assigned to Dr. John Xanthopoulos, UM-Western Education Department Lecturer (1995-1999) Montana High School Debate Institute, Billings, Montana

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Certifications and Certificates Montana Professional Teaching Certificate Class 1; Political Science (American Government) and History Endorsements

Selected Publications "PowerPoint Presentations in World History: Medieval Europe,” Social Studies School Service, 2005 "PowerPoint Presentations in World History: The Scientific Revolution,” Social Studies School Service, 2005

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Distinguished Educator, Helena Education Foundation, 2011 Samsung Classroom Innovation Grant, Summer 2010 Most Inspirational Teacher, Capital High School Honor Society, April 2010 Distinguished Educator, Helena Education Foundation, 2010 International Society for Technology in Education “Making It Happen” Award, 2010 Qwest Teachers Teachers and Technology Award and Grant, 2009 Sylvan Learning/KTHV “Class Act” Award, 2008 Distinguished Educator, Helena Education Foundation, 2008 Great Ideas Grant, “Helena Online Academy: Integrating Video Streaming into Instruction,” Helena Education Foundation, 2007-2008 "Let's Talk About Great Teachers" Award, Helena Education Foundation, 2007, “Honored for his tireless work with students of all abilities, tackling challenges others may not even visualize, and for his work on behalf of the Vigilante Academy, Great Conversations and other Helena Education Foundation programs.” Great Ideas Grant, "Podcasting in the Classroom," Helena Education Foundation, 20062007 Distinguished Educator, Helena Education Foundation, 2005 2004 Montana Forensic Educator Association AA Coach of the Year Finalist Open Society Institute International Debate Exchange to Belarus, 2004 National Forensic League Diamond Coach Award, 2003 2000 Montana Forensic Educator Association AA Coach of the Year Finalist 1997 Carroll College Education Department "Outstanding Student Teacher" 1997 Carroll College Honors Scholar Award/Graduation Honors 1996 Carroll College Forensics “Dean McSloy Symbols Cup” for team service

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Selected Workshop, Conference and Institute Presentations Featured Presenter, “Newly Connect Teacher Bootcamp,” “Social Media for Policy for Schools,” “Join the eBook Revolution,” Northwest Council for Computer Education, Portland, Oregon, March, 2013 Co-Presenter, “Beg, Borrow, and Steal: A Professional Development Working Session,” and “Online Course Development Models,” Virtual Schooling Symposium, New Orleans, Louisiana, October, 2012 “Developing Blended Learning Programs,” Montana Conference of Educational Leadership, Billings, MT, October, 2012 “Social Media for Schools,” and “30 in 60: 30 Tools for Tech-Savvy Teachers,” Blackfoot Educational Technology Conference, Missoula, Montana, August, 2012 “Musing on Masterfully Using Moodle for Mobile,” Mountain Moodle Moot, Helena, Montana, June, 2012 Northwest Featured Presenter with Mike Agostinelli, "Paperless Now: Strategies for Going Paperless in Your K-12 Classroom and School" (Workshop), "iOS for Teachers" (Workshop), "30 in 60: 30 Great Tools for Tech-Savvy Teachers" (Sectional), "30 in 60 Apps Edition" (Sectional), "OmniPresence: Using Your Web 2.0 Toolbox to Add Presence in Your Online Class" (Sectional), "Google Plus for Educators" (Sectional), "OER in Support of Face-to-Face and Online Learning Environments" (Sectional), "Mobile Devices Roundtable" (Sectional), Northwest Council for Computer Education, Seattle, Washington, March, 2012 “Moving Beyond Textbooks: OER in Support of K-12 Education,” SXSWedu, Austin, Texas, March, 2012 “Google Fu for Teachers: Using Google's Suite of Tools to Make You an Online Teaching Ninja!,” State Virtual School Leadership Alliance Professional Development Workshop, October, 2011 “Preparing Your Students for Success in the Online Environment” (with Susan Quinn and Dr. Ryan Schrenk) and “Blended Learning: An Emerging Trend in Education,” Montana Conference of Educational Leadership, Great Falls, Montana, October, 2011 "Capture: Making Sense of Mountains of Information," Technology Runs Through it Conference, Missoula, Montana, August 2011 "OmniPresence: Creating Instructor Presence in Moodle," and "OER and Moodle: Content That Fits Your LMSs Philosopgy," Idaho State University K-12 Moodle Moot, October, 2011 Keynote Address, Helena Tech Stuff Conference, June, 2011

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“Using Moodle to Create Paperless Classrooms” and “Embed Stuff into Moodle!,” MountainMoot, June, 2011 “Tools for Online Learning,” “Using Moodle in the Mathematics Classroom,” Helena Tech Stuff X Conference, Summer 2010 “Building Online Learning Through Partnerships,” with Barb Fettig, Pacific Regional Leadership Conference, February, 2011 “Workflow: Getting Things Done in a Web 2.0 World” and “30-in-60: Great Tools for Tech-Savvy Teachers” (with Mike Agostinelli) Northwest Council for Computers in Education Spring Conference, March, 2011 Discussion Facilitator, University of Montana Extended Learning Institute, March, 2010 “The Wonderful World of Wikis,” with Mike Agostinelli, Helena Public Schools, Spring 2010 Presenter, Northwest Council for Computer Education Conference-Seattle, “Probing the Prospects of a Paperless Presence in the Classroom” & “Professional Development 2.0” (with Mike Agostinelli), March 2010 Presenter, 2009 K-12 Online Conference International, “Probing the Prospects of Paperless Pedagogy” Facilitator, 2009-2010 Moodle Learning Academy for Early Service Teachers, Helena Public Schools, Helena, Montana Presenter/Organizer, Capital High School Teacher Technology Fair, “Moodle 101,” September 2010 Workshop Presenter and Organizer, 2009 Helena Tech Stuff, Helena Public Schools, Helena, Montana Topics included using voice and video communication technology, RSS information organization, and using wikis in the classroom “Using Digital Archives in the Classroom,” Helena School District, Spring, 2009 Co-Facilitator, 2008-2009 Moodle Learning Academy for Early Service Teachers, Helena Public Schools, Helena, Montana Facilitator, 2007-2008 Technology Learning Academy for Early Service Teachers, Helena Public Schools, Helena, Montana Topics included "Web 2.0 for Teachers," "RSS Feeds and Social Networking," "Creating a Classroom Presence on the Internet," "The Power and Prospects of E-Learning" "RSS Feeds for Information Organization," Helena School District, Fall, 2007

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"EPIR: Issues in Educational Technology," Helena School District, Spring 2007 Developed Helena Public School's first online Professional Development Workshop "Podcasting in the Classroom," Helena School District, February, 2007 "Building 'Hybrid' Online Activities for your Classroom," Helena School District, January 2007 2007 Montana Library Association Winter Conference, January, 2007 Topics included "Next Generation Information Management with RSS Feeds," "What's a Wiki? They are Wikilicious!," "Social Networking: Scary? Fun? Both? Neither?," "Podcasting and Videocasting: 'Citizen media' on the move" Facilitator, 2006-2007 Technology Learning Academy for Early Service Teachers, Helena Public Schools, Helena, Montana Topics included "Web 2.0 for Teachers," "RSS Feeds and Social Networking," "Creating a Classroom Presence on the Internet," "The Power and Prospects of E-Learning" "The Web 2.0: Blogs, Wikis and the Read/Write Web in K-12 Education," Helena School District, November 2006 Facilitator, 2005-2006 Technology Learning Academy for Early Service Teachers, Helena Public Schools, Helena, Montana Topics included “Web Search for You and Your Students” and “Podcasting in the K-12 Classroom” MEA-MFT Fall Conference, Helena, Montana, October 2004 Topics included "Using Moodle and ATutor in the Classroom," "K12 Linux Terminal Server Project," "Building Technology Literacy in Students," "Using PostNuke and Joomla as Classroom Webpage" "Internet Search for You and Your Students," Helena Public Schools, Fall 2004, Summer 2005, Summer 2006 North Central Montana Educational Technology Institute, MSU College of Technology, Summer 2004 Topics included "Technology Ethics," "Open Source Software," "Internet Search Strategies" MEA-MFT Fall Conference, Billings, Montana, October 2003 Topics included "Content Management Systems for Classroom Homepages," "Using Adobe Acrobat in the Classroom," "Using the Internet for Debate Research" Helena Public Schools Teacher Technology Center, Helena, Montana, 2000-2003 Taught half day workshops including “Web Resources for Social Studies Instructors,” “Jason Mines the Web!,” “Web Integration for Elementary Classrooms,” “Web-based Audio and Multimedia Resources,” “Evolving Classroom Homepages”

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Professional Memberships ● ● ● ●

ISTE Northwest Council for Computer Education Montana Council for Computer Education International Association for K-12 Online Learning

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Mr. Mike Agostinelli, Middle School Computer Science Teacher, CR Anderson Middle School, Helena, Montana Ms. Colet Bartow, Library Curriculum Specialist, OPI, Helena, Montana Mr. Randy Carlson, Retired Principal, Capital High School, Helena, Montana Mr. Walter Chancy, Assistant Principal, Capital High School, Helena, Montana Mr. Robert Currie, Executive Director, Montana Digital Academy, Missoula, Montana Dr. Roberta Evans, Dean, Phyllis J. Washington College of Education and Human Service, the University of Montana Dr. Martin Horejsi, Associate Professor, the University of Montana, Missoula, Montana Dr. Patty Kero, Associate Professor of Educational Leadership, the University of Montana, Missoula Montana Dr. William McCaw, Associate Professor of Educational Leadership, the University of Montana, Missoula, Montana Dr. Ann Minckler, Superintendent, Helena Flats School District, Kalispell, Montana Mr. Gary Myers, 3rd Grade Teacher, Rossiter Elementary School, Helena, Montana Ms. Marcia O'Dell, Social Studies Department Chair, Capital High School, Helena, Montana Ms. Brooks Phillips, Lead Teacher, Elliston School, Elliston, Montana Mr. Donald Pogreba, AP English Teacher, Helena High School, Helena, Montana Ms. Susan Quinn, Associate Principal, CM Russell High School, Great Falls, Montana Ms. Barbara Ridgway, District Technology Administrator, Helena Public Schools, Helena, Montana Dr. Rod Thronson, Retired Professor of Education and Director of the Gifted Institute, Carroll College, Helena, Montana Ms. Jeanne Tweeten, Retired Librarian, Capital High School, Helena, Montana Ms. Diane Woodard, Instructional Technologist, CSPD Region V, Missoula, Montana

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