Institute+Staff

**Ted Kesler**, a former staff developer with the Reading and Writing Project, has his Ed.D. from Teachers College. He holds his National Board of Professional Teaching Standards license. Ted taught grades K, 1, 3, and 4 for 13 years in the New York City public schools. In 1996-97, Ted was the featured teacher in a year-long series of articles in the //New York Times// called “__Class 3-223: Mr. Kesler’s Struggle__.” In 1998, he received the prestigious Bank Street College Early Childhood Teacher of the Year Award. a contributing author of //Raising the Quality of Personal Narratives// (Heinemann, 2006). Ted currently is an assistant professor in literacy at Queens College, CUNY. He has published in //The Reading Teacher, Language Arts, Language and Literacy, Teaching Education, Education Week,// and //readwritethink.org,// among other resources. His research interests include: literacy instruction in the era of high-stakes testing, new literacies, children's nonfiction, and multimodal ways of learning. Contact information: tkesler@qc.cuny.edu

**Sunghee Shin ** has extensive experience in developing and using technology in a variety of school settings. Prior to coming to Queens College, she consulted in the use of multimedia in projects such as Columbia University High School Summer Music Camp Web Project where she consulted the integration of digital audio in music web development, SMC E-LearningResearch and Development Division at Columbia University where she developed a web-based language learning curriculum, and other various educational projects that involve technologies. Her research is focused on collaborative learning in web-based learning communities, and her publications explore the ways in which online discussion construct knowledge in various instructional settings. Sunghee currently is an assistant professor in curriculum and instruction at Queens College, CUNY where she always teaches the instructional use of innovative technologies for elementary teachers. She has a proficiency in locating, utilizing, and analyzing up-to-date instructional software that are widely used in the schools in New York City. Contact information: sunghee.shin@qc.cuny.edu

**Greg McVerry** is a researcher and teacher at Southern Connecticut State University. He was a Neag Fellow at the University of Connecticut's New Literacies Research Lab where he studies educational psychology. Greg researches the intersection of literacy and technology and has published over a dozen articles in leading teacher and research journals. He serves on the National Council of Teachers of English Media and Digital Literacies Collaborative and the International Reading Association's Research Committee. He also presents at National Conferences including National Conference of Teachers of English, International Reading Association, Literacy Research Association, and MIT's Learning and the Brain Conference. Greg was a former middle school language arts and math teacher.