Beyond Penguins and Polar Bears Contributors
The wonderful team who works to bring you Beyond Penguins and Polar Bears includes Regular Contributors, Guest Contributors, and a Technology and Graphics team.
| Kimberly Lightle, Principal Investigator | |
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Dr. Kimberly Lightle is the Director of Digital Libraries in the College of Education and Human Ecology at the Ohio State University. She has supported the professional growth of K-12 science and math teachers over the last 15 years by building collections and services that meet the needs of those teachers. Dr. Lightle is the Principal Investigator on the Beyond Penguins and Polar Bears project. |
| Jessica Fries-Gaither, Project Director | |
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Jessica Fries-Gaither is an Elementary Resource Specialist in the College of Education and Human Ecology at the Ohio State University. Jessica has taught at the elementary level (grades 4-6) and middle school (grades 5-8 math and science) in Memphis, TN and Anchorage, AK. Her work with Beyond Penguins and Polar Bears involves creating and managing content for the magazine and blog. |
| Carol Landis, Education Outreach Specialist | |
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Carol is a retired science teacher who serves as the Education Outreach Specialist for the Byrd Polar Research Center at the Ohio State University. She went to Antarctica for a month in December, 2003. Carol is a co-Principal Investigator for the Beyond Penguins and Polar Bears project. |
| Robert Payo, Education and Outreach Specialist | |
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Robert Payo is an Education and Outreach Specialist with the National Science Digital Libraries. Robert specializes in informal science education through professional development programs for NSDL and formerly through outreach education programs for the Denver Museum of Nature and Science and the Oregon Museum of Science and Industry. |
| Stephen Whitt, Director of Experience Programs | |
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Stephen Whitt is the Director of Experience Programs Teaching and Learning at the Columbus Museum of Science and Industry. Stephen has been with COSI since 1993, performing shows and demonstrations, writing exhibit signs and show scripts, and co-directing COSI's floor faculty. He has written over 40 articles for children's science magazines. His first book, The Turtle and the Universe, was published in summer 2008. |
| Carol Minton Morris, Communications Director and Research Associate | |
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Besides being a popular culture afficionado, Carol Minton Morris is a research associate in the digital libraries research group in Computing and Information Science at Cornell University and the communications director for the National Science Digital Library (NSDL) and Fedora Commons. |
| Carolyn Hamilton, Editor | |
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Carolyn Hamilton is the editor for Beyond Penguins and Polar Bears. She has edited print and online magazines for different education audiences, including school board members, teachers, administrators, and K-12 media specialists. |
| Kate Hastings, Youth Librarian | |
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Kate Hastings (MLS Indiana University, 1998) is a youth librarian at the Upper Arlington Public Library near Columbus, Ohio. She writes the monthly Virtual Bookshelf column for Beyond Penguins and Polar Bears. |
| Tracey Allen, Educational Consultant and Literacy Coach | |
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Tracey is an educational consultant for REAL Educators and a literacy coach in Yuba City, CA. She provides professional development in instructional strategies with a specific focus on differentiating instruction. Her work with Beyond Penguins and Polar Bears involves contributing literacy articles for the elementary classroom. |
| Clarissa Reeson, Educational Consultant and Teacher | |
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Clarissa is an educational consultant for REAL Educators and currently teaches third grade in Yuba City, CA. She enjoys using her own classroom experiences to provide professional development for teachers with a focus on instructional strategies and differentiating instruction. Her work with Beyond Penguins and Polar Bears involves contributing literacy articles for the elementary classroom. |
| Colleen McLinn | |
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Colleen McLinn is an education outreach associate at the Cornell Lab of Ornithology. She has a Ph.D. in behavioral ecology and has worked with K-12 students and teachers in New York state and Minnesota. |
| Jennifer Fee | |
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Jennifer is the BirdSleuth project leader at the Cornell Lab of Ornithology. She creates print and online resources for teachers and is interested in authentic science inquiry through citizen science and schoolyard research. |
| Eleanor Lynette Rayle, Technology Lead | |
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Lynette has worked with software development and systems design for 18 years. She is currently part of the research team for the National Science Digital Library at Cornell University exploring interoperability of collaborative tools in the production of digital resources. |
| Angela Jones, Graphic Designer | |
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Angie is a graphic designer living in Sarasota, Florida. She specializes in visual design for web using XHTML and CSS technology standards and also designs for print such as brochures, trade show graphics, business cards and stationery. She has been designing and implementing attractive websites since 1997. She received her Bachelors of Fine Art from Bowling Green State University in 2003. |
Copyright February 2009 - The Ohio State University. This material is based upon work supported by the National Science Foundation under Grant No. 0733024. Any opinions, findings, and conclusions or recommendations expressed in this material are those of the author(s) and do not necessarily reflect the views of the National Science Foundation.
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