Joan S. Kessler
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 author for Interact Math Tutorial Software for Addison Wesley Longman/Pearson publishers. Joan served as Vice President of the Educational Division of Theorist Interactive, LLC, the producers of the LiveMathTM 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 for SBBC at the College Academy @ Broward College Central where she chairs the Mathematics Department. This unique dual enrollment program is the most successful program of its kind nationwide. Joan is also a mathematics/technology consultant for individuals, private industry, and in the public sector for evaluation, assessment, curriculum development, and technology training and development.
Contact
joan@distancemath.com
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Joan Kessler
has been teaching mathematics for over 30 years. After teaching a variety of courses at the Community College of
Rhode Island, Roger Williams College, and Bryant College she joined the mathematics department at Johnson & Wales
University in Providence where she 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 as
Associate Professor of Mathematics and as a specialist in Online
Education and Distance Learning. In 1997 she won the ICTCM
(International Conference on Technology in Collegiate Mathematics)
award for Excellence and Innovation for the development of College Algebra
Online©, the first
online College Algebra course in the nation. 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, was affiliated with the University of
San Diego as an online instructor, and authored
an Online
Algebra for Educators course for Houghton Mifflin Higher Education
Division.