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Joan
S. Kessler
Joan Kessler
has been teaching mathematics at the high school and college levels for over
25 years. After teaching a variety of courses at the Community College of
Rhode Island, she joined the mathematics department at Johnson & Wales
University in Providence and earned the rank of Associate Professor. She
developed the Mathematics Honors Program, introduced the use of the graphing
calculator into the mathematics curriculum, and served on many committees.
A Merit Award winner for each year of the program years, she also received
the Faculty Professional Development award in 1994. While at Johnson &
Wales, she was elected President of NEMATYC in 1995. After moving to Illinois
is 1996, she joined the faculty at Elgin Community College in Illinois during
which time she won the ICTCM award for Excellence and Innovation for the
development of an online College Algebra course, the first in Illinois. While
at ECC she was a member of the President's Task Force on Distance Learning,
a member of Internet Educators Committee, and was the 1998 keynote speaker
for IMACC. In 2000 she was appointed as the Distance Learning Coordinator
at the Ida Crown Academy in Chicago and was affiliated with the University
of San Diego as an online instructor.
She received her Bachelor's degree
in both Mathematics and Mathematics Education from the University of Rhode
Island, and holds a Master's degree in Mathematics from Rhode Island College.
As a lifelong learner Joan has earned post graduate credits in mathematics,
instructional technology, and mathematics education from universities including
Aurora University, Portland State University, University of Miami, Sam Houston
State University, and National Louis University.
A speaker at many local, regional,
an international conferences and workshops including AMATYC, ICTCM, FETC,
and T3, she has presented papers on Mathematics and the Web, Distance
Learning, and Enhancing a Traditional Classroom with Web-based Mathematics,
and was an invited speaker in Hangzhou, China at the ICME 2000 conference.
She has been a member of the Program Committee for ICTCM, is a T3 Discovery Workshop instructor for Texas Instruments, a member
of the AMATYC Distance Learning Task Force, an ambassador for Waterloo Maple,
and a writer for Interact Math Tutorial Software for Addison Wesley Longman
publishers.
Joan served as Vice President
of the Educational Division of Theorist Interactive, LLC, the producers of
the LiveMath TM software product line until 8/2002 and continues
to strive for excellence in technology in mathematics education.
As a Nationally
Board Certified Teacher of Mathematics, Joan now teaches in the Broward
School District at the College Academy @ Broward Community College Central.
This unique dual enrollment program is the most successful program of its
kind nationwide.
©2007 Joan Kessler All rights
reserved
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