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Sarah Lohnes
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Assistant Professor
Department of Educational Technology & Literacy
Towson University
slohnes AT towson DOT edu


Education
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Teachers College, Columbia University, New York, NY
Ed.D., Communication and Education, Expected October 2008
Advisor: Charles Kinzer, Ph.D.
 
Teachers College, Columbia University, New York, NY
M.A., Communication and Education, May 2006

Thesis: Setting Boundaries: Technology, Social Identity, and the Production of Space on the Liberal Arts College Campus (Supervisor: Charles Kinzer, Ph.D.)
 
Connecticut College, New London, CT
B.A., French, May 2000
Cum Laude, Honors and Distinction in the Major Field

 



Research Experience
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Teachers College, Columbia University, New York, NY
Research Assistant, Integrated Curriculum Project – Steppingstones Phase 3, September 2006 - present
:: Project Directors: Dr. Charles K. Kinzer (Teachers College, Columbia), Dr. Herbert Rieth (University of Texas – Austin). Funded by USDOE/OSEP: $1,500,000.
 
Teachers College, Columbia University, New York, NY
Research Assistant, Case Technology to Enhance Literacy Learning Project, Sept. 2003 – Sept. 2006
:: Project Directors: Dr. Charles K. Kinzer, Dr. Linda Labbo, Dr. Donald Leu, Dr.William Teale. Funded by IERI/NSF: $5,551,059.

 

Teaching Experience
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Teachers College, Columbia University, New York, NY
Instructor, Department of Math, Science, and Technology, Fall 2007
:: Course title: Social and Communicative Aspects of Internet Communication Technologies (MSTU 4020).
 
Teachers College, Columbia University, New York, NY
Teaching Assistant, Department of Math, Science, and Technology, Summer 2006
:: Course title: Technologies and Literacies (MSTU 4049A).

 

Professional Experience
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National Institute for Technology in Liberal Education, Ann Arbor, MI
Consultant, Sept. 2003 to Sept. 2006
:: Developed and taught workshops (short residency) and programs (long residency) on social software, computer-mediated communication, new media studies; multimedia production and authoring, web authoring. On site liasion, support, and assessment for ongoing projects at member colleges. Provided instructional and developmental support for technology programs.
 
The Brearely School, New York, NY
Consultant, March 2004 to May 2004
:: Contributed to weekly meetings of iPods in Foreign Language Instruction pilot project team. Provided framework for professional development of foreign language teachers and students.
 
Center for Educational Technology, Middlebury College, Middlebury, VT
Technical Instruction and Support Specialist, June 2000 to August 2003
:: Provided instructional and developmental support for technology programs, with an emphasis on languages and pedagogy. Taught workshops on multimedia production and authoring, web authoring, social software, and other computer skills.



Publications
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:: Lohnes, S., Wilber, D., & Kinzer, C.K. (2008). A brave new world: Understanding the Net Generation through their eyes. Educational Technology: The Magazine for Managers of Change in Education, 48(1), 21-27.
:: Lohnes, S., & Kinzer, C.K. (2007). Questioning assumptions about students’ expectations for technology in college classrooms. Innovate 3(5). Available http://www.innovateonline.info/index.php?view=article&id=431
:: Wilber, D., Kinzer, C.K., Lohnes, S. (2007). Preservice Teacher Education Through a Case-Based Online Learning Environment. In Kinzer & Verhoeven, (Eds.). Interactive Literacy Education: Facilitating Literacy Environments Through Technology. Mahwah, NJ: Lawrence Erlbaum.
:: Kinzer, C. K., Kapur, M., Cammack, D. W., & Lohnes, S. (2006). Assessing conceptual change in an anchored, case-based environment. In Barab, S., Hay, K., Songer, N., & Hickey, D. (Eds.), Making a Difference: Volume I and II. Proceedings of the 7th Annual Meeting of the Conference of the Learning Sciences. Mawah, NJ: Lawrence Erlbaum.
:: Kinzer, C. K., Kapur, M., Lohnes, S., Cammack, D. W., Hoffman, D., Kontovourki, S., & Turkay, S. (2006). Assessing preservice teachers' conceptual change in an internet-based, case instructional environment. In Sun, R., & Miyake, N. (Eds.), Proceedings of the 28th Annual Conference of the Cognitive Science Society/5th International Conference on Cognitive Science. Mawah, NJ: Lawrence Erlbaum.
:: Lohnes, S. (2006). What do Net Gen students have to teach us? Stories from the connected classroom. Transformations. Available http://nitle.org/index.php/nitle/transformations
:: Lohnes, S. (2006). Using blogs in a college classroom: What’s authenticity got to do with it? In Blogs for Learning (What’s New?). Available http://blogsforlearning.msu.edu/articles/view.php?id=7
:: Lohnes, S. (Winter 2004). Managing information with RSS. The NITLE News, 3(1). Available http://newsletter.nitle.org/v3_n1_winter2004/features_rss.php
:: Lohnes, S. (Winter 2003). Weblogs in education: Bringing the world to the liberal arts classroom. The NITLE News, 2(1). Available http://www.nitle.org/newsletter/v2_n1_winter2003/features_weblogs.php

 

Presentations
Paper Presentations
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:: Lohnes, S. (2008, December). Exploring the academic literacy practices of Net Gen students within and beyond disciplinary contexts. Paper presented at the annual meeting of the National Reading Conference, Austin, TX.

:: Kinzer, C.K., Lohnes, S., Hoffman, D., & Turkay, S. (2008, December). Cases for conceptual change in pre-service technology and literacy instruction. Paper presented at the annual meeting of the National Reading Conference, Austin, TX.

:: Lohnes, S. (November 2007).  Cultural models of students' new literacies in the first-year college classroom. Paper presented at the annual meeting of the National Reading Conference, Austin, TX.

:: Lohnes, S. (April 2007).  Situating the Net Gen: Exploring the role of technology in the social identity of college students. Paper presented at the annual meeting of the American Educational Research Association, Chicago, IL. [download handout]

:: Kinzer, C. K., Lohnes, S., Kapur, M., Kontouvourki, S., Hoffman, D., & Turkay , S. (April 2007).   Tracking Engagement: How Pre-service Students Use and Learn From a Complex, Multimedia, Online Case Environment. Paper presented at the annual meeting of the American Educational Research Association, Chicago, IL.

:: Kinzer, C. K., Labbo, L., Lohnes, S., Love, M., & Wilber, D. (April 2007).  Looking Back to the Future: Implications for Creating, Implementing, and Researching Multimedia Cases in Pre-service Education. Paper presented at the annual meeting of the American Educational Research Association, Chicago, IL.

:: Lohnes, S. (November 2006).  To IM or not: Exploring the contexts of undergraduates’ literate engagement with technology on campus. Paper presented at the annual meeting of the National Reading Conference, Los Angeles, CA. [view presentation]

:: Kinzer, C.K., Kapur, M., Lohnes, S., Wilber-Cammack, D., Turkay, S., Hoffman, D. (November 2006). Assessing change in pre-service teachers’ knowledge structure and elaboration through concept webs and narrative assessments. Paper presented at the annual meeting of the National Reading Conference, Los Angeles, CA.

:: Kinzer, C.K., Lohnes, S., Kapur, M., Hoffman, D., Kontovourki, S., Turkay, S. (November 2006). Paths to conceptual change in an Internet-based, case instructional environment. Paper presented at the annual meeting of the National Reading Conference, Los Angeles, CA.

:: Kinzer, C. K., Kapur, M., Lohnes, S., Cammack, D. W., Hoffman, D., Kontovourki, S., & Turkay, S. (July 2006). Assessing preservice teachers' conceptual change in an internet-based, case instructional environment. Paper presented at the 28th Annual Conference of the Cognitive Science Society/5th International Conference on Cognitive Science, Vancouver, Canada.
:: Kinzer, C. K., Kapur, M., Cammack, D. W., & Lohnes, S. (June 2006). Assessing conceptual change in an anchored, case-based environment. Presented at the 7th Annual Meeting of the Conference of the Learning Sciences, Bloomington, IN.
:: Lohnes, S. (April 2006). (De)Constructing the NetGen. Presented at the annual meeting of the American Educational Research Association, San Francisco, CA. [view presentation]
:: Lohnes, S. (February 2006). The Tech-Savvy Students are Coming!. Presented at the annual meeting of the Ethnography in Education Research Forum, Philadelphia, PA. [view presentation]
:: Lohnes, S. (December 2005). Blogging Within the System: Exploring Undergraduate Literacy Practices in School-Sanctioned Blogs. Presented at the annual meeting of the National Reading Conference, Miami, FL. [view presentation]
:: Lohnes, S., & Kinzer, C. (May 2005). Using Weblogs and Wikis to Develop "Old" and "New" Literacies. Presented at the annual meeting of the International Reading Association, San Antonio, TX. [view presentation blog]
:: Lohnes, S. (December 2004). What in the World is a Weblog? A Feature Analysis of Weblogs and Websites. Paper presented at the annual meeting of the National Reading Conference, San Antonio, TX. [view presentation]
:: Lohnes, S. (October 2004). A Study of the Technology Practices of Liberal Arts College Students: Thoughts on Process and Preliminary Results. Paper presented at the Teachers College Computing, Communication, and Technoglogy in Education conference on research in technology and education, New York, NY.
:: Cammack, D. W., Kinzer, C. K., Cammack, S., Lohnes, S., Andrews, G., & Tilmanis, L. (April, 2004). The Effectiveness of Web-Based, Case Technologies as Shown by Preservice Teachers' Breadth and Depth of Conceptual Understanding. Paper presented at the annual meeting of the American Educational Research Association, San Diego, CA.
:: Lohnes, S., Ganley, B., Wright, C., Mozes, S. (March 2003). Interactive Writing Spaces: Using Weblogs in the Writing Classroom. Presented at the North East Regional Computer Program Annual Conference, Worcester, MA. [view presentation]
:: Vila, H., Ganley, B., Wright, C., Lohnes, S. (July 2002). Collaborative Re-Groupings of Traditional Teaching and Support Roles: Re-Inventing Course Development for the Technology Classroom. Presented at the 8th International Conference of the European Association for Research on Learning and Writing Special Interest Group, Stafford, UK. [view presentation]

 

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Presentations
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:: Lohnes, S. (October 2005). Using the spatial turn to explore undergraduate technology-related literacy practices. Presented at the Digital Language Learning Roundtable, Teachers College, New York.
:: Lohnes, S. (May 2005). The more things change...? Thoughts on a social software research agenda. Presented at the Social Software in the Academy Workshop, Los Angeles, CA. [view presentation]
:: Lohnes, S. (May 2005) Introduction to weblogs in literacy education. Invited presentation for ELL class at the City College of New York, New York, NY.
:: Lohnes, S. (November 2004). Social Software and the Liberal Arts College. Presented at second annual conference of the National Institute for Technology and Liberal Education, Chicago, IL. [view presentation]
:: Invited participant in Social Software in the Academy Workshop (October 2004). Held at the Annenberg Center, University of Southern California, Los Angeles, CA.
:: Lohnes, S. (April 2004). Weblogs, Wikis, and RSS, Oh My! An Introduction to Social Software in Education. Presentation at the North East Regional Computer Program Instructional Technology Special Interest Group, Middlebury, VT.
:: Lohnes, S. (Fall 2001). The Online Module Project: Self-Paced Learning and Technology. Presented at the New England Regional Association of Language Lab Directors meeting, Boston, MA. [view presentation]
:: Lohnes, S. (Fall 2000). The Language Lab Online. Presented at the New England Regional Association of Language Lab Directors meeting, Worcester, MA. [view presentation]

 

Awards
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:: Research Fellowship for Current Students, Office of Policy and Research, Teachers College, Columbia University. 2007-2008

 

Professional Memberships
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:: American Educational Research Association
:: National Reading Conference


Other Professional Experience
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:: Reviewer of conference proposals, Division C - Learning and Instruction, Section 5: Learning Environments, American Educational Research Association. 2007-present.
:: Reviewer of conference proposals, Division 12: Other Topics, National Reading Conference. 2005-present.
:: Co-chair, program committee, Social Software in the Academy Workshop. Annenberg Center for Communication, University of Southern California, Los Angeles, CA. May 2005.
:: Vice President for Technology and Webmaster, The Education Forum at Columbia University: A Graduate Student Organization for Education Policy and Practice. 2003-2004.