Gerald Knezek
University of North Texas
United States of America - Denton
Regents Professor of Learning Technologies, University of North Texas, USA For Additional Information: http://courseweb.unt.edu/gknezek http://iittl.unt.edu
Presentations
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SITE 2022
- Quantitative and Qualitative Indicators of Student Interest in STEM Careers
- Models of STEM and STEAM Integration in Teacher Education
- Preservice Teachers and K-12 Learners: Alternative Space Science Engagement Perspectives
- Using Digital Simulation to Address Implicit Bias in Teaching
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Other Conferences
- Technology-Enhanced Teaching and Learning Opportunities During the 2023 and 2024 Solar Eclipses
- Using a Simulated Teaching Environment to Improve Teaching Effectiveness as Measured by Core Teaching Standards
- Designing Innovative STEM Instruction that Encourages Student Creativity
- Preservice Teacher Deep Learning Opportunities during the 2023 and 2024 Solar Eclipses
- Co-word Clustering and Latent Semantic Exploration of the Full Texts of TPACK Research Papers
- Simulations and Teacher Professional Development: Approaches to Cross-Validation of Culturally Responsive Teaching Strategies
- Creating the SPRY Network - a mid-scale infrastructure for STEM education equity
- Text Mining Analyses of Programming Education Papers Before vs. After 2006
- Using Reflection and Feedback in a Simulated Teaching Environment to Improve Instruction for Differentiated Learners
Biography
Dr. Knezek is Regents Professor of Learning Technologies at the University of North Texas and Director of the Institute for the Integration of Technology into Teaching & Learning ( IITTL) at UNT. He is Past President (2008-2011) of the Society for Information Technology & Teacher Education (SITE). He is currently Lead Principal Investigator for the US National Science Foundation ITEST Project Going Green! MSOSW (#0833706 & #1312168), and was Co-Principal Investigator for a US Fund for Improvement for Post-Secondary Education project titled simMentoring (#P116B060398, 2006-2010). He was Principal Investigator of the U.S. Dept. of Ed. Technology Innovation Challenge Grant R303A99030 External Evaluation for 1999-2004 and Lead Principal Investigator for the U.S. Dept. of Ed. Preparing Tomorrow's Teachers to Use Technology (PT3) Millennium Project Capacity and Implementation Grants (P342A990474 & P342A000123A) for 1999-2003. Dr. Knezek was doctoral program coordinator for Educational Computing from 2002-2004. He held the Matthews Chair for Research in Education at the University of North Texas from 1995-1997. He was a Fulbright Scholar at the Tokyo Institute of Technology and Japan 's National Center for University Entrance Examinations during 1993-94 and shared time between Texas and Ecuador on a Fulbright Senior Specialist appointment during 2006-07. He completed a similar Fulbright Senior Specialist appointment in The Netherlands during 2011-12. Dr. Knezek received his B.A. in Mathematics and the Social Sciences from Dartmouth College , and his M.Ed. and Ph.D. degrees in Educational Psychology from the University of Hawaii.