Participation in Professional Collaboration
Instructional Card Game for Teachers
As part of ET-749 Gaming and Application Design; I, Erin W., and WeiHsuan L., developed Fix-It. This is a card game designed to help student teachers develop their classroom management skills. The game can also be developed into other educational games for classroom teachers to teach different subjects. As part of the ET-340 class at UNC the Fix-It game is shared with pre-service teachers to demonstrate Game-Based Learning in the classroom.
Portraiture Research
While taking SRM-686 Qualitative Case Study Research; WeiHsuan Lo, Erin Wachter, and myself developed a research study where we took on the role of research and participant. This Portraite Research was designed to see how our role as instructors for the ET-340 Integration of Technology into Content and Pedagogy class could be improved and to determine what we each did to make the class unique. This is a great work of collaboration that carried through into many other classes.
AECT Proposal 2022
The Educational Technology instructors of the ET-340 Integration of Technology into Content and Pedagogy class came together to produce this research proposal WeiHsuan Lo, Erin Wachter, Sarah Alqasem, myself, and our mentor Dr. Heng-Yu Ku, worked on this research together. We wished to look inward on how best to improve the ET-340 class to meet the needs of our students, school districts, and staff.
E-Sports Research Poster at UNC Graduate Research Symposium 2022
While taking SRM-685 Educational Ethnography, I worked with Sydney B. and Yash P. on an E-Sports ethnography research study. As a group, we observed students at UNC in the E-Sports club. The research intended to understand the E-Sports movement better and highlight its importance to today's educational makeup on campus. The study was a great chance to collaborate on a shared interest and present our findings at a research event.
Working Title: An Introduction to Qualitative Research Becoming Culturally Responsive
Authored by: Maria K. E. Lahman
To be published by: SAGE Publications, Inc.
Contributed to Dr. Lahman's book on ethnography. Professor at the University of Northern Colorado.
Work reflected on writing style and methods of ethnography used while researching E-Sports. Writing focused on how I used ethnography and my personal style to document the UNC E-Sports club on campus
ISTE National Conference, Denver Colorado. June 25, 2024. Poster session
The ISTE conference poster presentation is a follow to the Graduate Research Symposium 2022 at UNC. This presentation was at a national Educational technology conference. One of the largest in the country. It brings in educators, administrators and educational companies from around the world.
Adapt conference & RET, Colorado School of Mines, 2024. Poster session, The Effect of Multiple Geometries on Surface Roughness and Subsurface Defects in Laser Powder Bed Fusion.
The additive Manufacturing Program at the Colorado School of Mines Poster session is designed to showcase teachers' research into adaptive manufacturing methods. This research focused on the shape of 3D printing metals using laser bed fusion methods. A focus was put on the speed of the laser, the power used, and the placement of the scan in creating a metal structure. The project was completed by Bryan Westman, Alex Kleen, Jorge Ramirez Lujan, and Dr. Joy Gockel.