John R. Wenrich, Ph.D. RETIRED Associate Director Institute for Connecting Science Research to the Classroom Aerospace and Ocean Engineering Virginia Tech email = wenrich@vt.edu |
| 1995-1998 | Ph.D. Virginia
Tech, Blacksburg - Instructional Technology Dissertation: Content Management on the Internet: A look at K-12 Access to Resources Advisor: John K. Burton, Ph.D. |
| 1978-1979 | M.Ed. University of
Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania - Dual Major - Education of the Visually Handicapped and Orientation and Mobility Instruction |
| 1971-1975 | B.S. Kutztown State
College, Pennsylvania - Dual Major - Education of the Mentally Retarded and Elementary Education |
| 1998-2009 | Associate Director, Institute for Connecting Science Research to the Classroom, Virginia Tech. |
| 2001- 2009 | National Advisory Team - Internet 2 K-20 Initiative, Virginia Tech. |
| 1997-2000 | Adjunct Professor, University of Virginia - Instructor for Instructional Technology and School Networking Certificate Program |
| 1996-2000 | Apple Distinguished Educator, Apple Computer, Inc. |
| 1995-1998 | Network Director, Southwest Virginia Governor's School for Science, Mathematics and Technology, Dublin, VA. - This position was a Graduate Assistantship through Virginia Tech & SWVGS. - Responsible for Internet access for four school systems and Wireless internetworking capabilities. |
| 1993-1995 | Coordinator, Demonstration School for Science, Math & Technology, Dublin Elementary School, Pulaski County Schools, Pulaski, VA. - Helped in planning of new concept school program, coordinated programs K-5 and team taught grades 3-4-5 in school once opened. |
| 1994-1997 | Adjunct Professor, Radford
University, Radford, Virginia Instructor for graduate level courses in Telecommunications, Instructional Technology, Multimedia in Education |
| 1989-1994 | Educable Mentally Retarded Classroom Teacher, Middle School level, Pulaski County Schools, Pulaski, VA. - Classroom Teacher of students in grades 6,7,8. - Responsible for Individualized Educational Programs on each student. |
| 1988-1989 | Educable Mentally Retarded Classroom Teacher, High School and Middle School level, Pulaski County Schools, Pulaski, VA. - Classroom Teacher of students in grades 9,10 & 6,7,8. Responsible for Individualized Educational Programs on each student. |
| 1979-1988 | Education Specialist/Orientation and Mobility Specialist,
Programs for Infants, Children, and Youth; Virginia Department for the
Visually Handicapped; Bristol, VA Provided educational services and mobility instruction to students in a six county area. |
| 1977-1978 | Teacher of Deaf/Blind Adolescent Children; Western Pennsylvania School for the Blind; Pittsburgh, PA - Responsible for 24 hour program with adolescent students and work duties for 6 staff members. |
| 1975-1977 | Teacher of primary Trainable Mentally Retarded Children; Russell County Public Schools; Lebanon, VA Classroom Teacher of students in grades 3,4,5,6 |
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National School Boards Association |
Virginia School Boards Association |
| Wenrich, John. (2005). Internet2 Goes to School. FETConnections. Orlando. http://www.fetc.org/fetcon/2006-Winter/wenrich.cfm |
| Colbert, Joy; McGraw, Tammy; Wenrich, John and Burdette, Krista (2003). The Role of Technology in the Diagnosis and Treatment of Dyslexia: A Research Synthesis. Charleston. |
| Wenrich, John. (2001). Facilitator's Manual - Technology Management for School Leaders. Spring 2001. Blacksburg. |
| Wenrich, John. (2000). Technology Management for School Leaders - Scenario Manual. Fall 2000. Blacksburg. |
| Wenrich, John. (1999). Content Management on the Internet. Journal of the Virginia Society for Technology in Education. Vol. 13, No. 3. Spring 1999. Richmond. |
Wenrich, John. (1998). Managing Content on the Internet: a look at K-12 access to Resources. Doctoral Dissertation, Virginia Tech, Blacksburg. http://scholar.lib.vt.edu/theses/public/etd-91998-10536/etd-title.html |
| Wenrich, John. (1998). Wireless Internetworking: An Inexpensive Connection for Rural and Urban Sites [CD-ROM]. Proceedings of Tel/Ed '97.Austin University of North Texas. |
| Wenrich, John (1998). Content Control of the Internet: A Look at New Filtering Software [CD-ROM]. Proceedings of Tel/Ed '97. Austin, University of North Texas. |
| Wenrich, John (1997). Making the Connection: A High Speed Internet Link for Rural Schools. Leading Learning with Technology, Vol.25, No. 3. |
| Holmes, Glen & Wenrich, John (1997). Revisiting Cable TV in the Classroom. In R.C.Branch (Editor) Educational Media and Technology Yearbook 1997, Colorado, Libraries Unlimited. |
| Apple Computer, Inc. (1997). eMate 300 Teacher's Guide (034-0030-A). Cupertino, CA: Curriculum contributor. |
Wenrich, John R. (1996). Creating WEB Homepages Offline: Working on an IntRAnet. In R. Forbes (Ed.), Proceedings of Tel/Ed '96. Tallahassee: SERVE. |
| Editor of statewide newsletter, Virginia's Public Education Network, Virginia Department of Education, 1992-1994. |
| Editor and co-founder of THE COMMUNICATOR, a bimonthly national newsletter on curriculum and adaptive technology use for teachers of the visually handicapped 1985 -1991. |
| National School Boards Association | San Diego, CA, April 2009 | "Teaching in a Web 2.0 World" |
| Virginia School Boards Association | Williamsburg, VA , November 2008 | "Teaching in a Web 2.0 World" |
| National School Boards Association Southern Regional Conference | New Orleans , LA, July 2008 | "Internet Safety in a Web 2.0 World" |
| Virginia Department of Education | Roanoke, VA, December, 2007 | "Internet Safety in a Web 2.0 World" |
| Virginia School Boards Association | Williamsburg, VA, November 2007 | "Internet Safety in a Web 2.0 World" |
| Virginia Society for Technology in Education | Virginia Beach, VA, March 2005 | "Emerging Technologies and Internet Safety" |
| Virginia School Boards Association | Williamsburg, VA, November 2004 | "School Improvement Through Effectively Understanding Data" |
| National School Boards Association T + L Conference | Denver, CO, October 2004 | "School Improvement Through Effectively Understanding Data" |
| Virginia Department of Education | Roanoke, VA, December 2003 | "Emerging Technologiers "and "ISTE's National Technology Standards for Administrators" |
| National Educational Computing Conference - NECC | Seattle, WA, June 2003 | "Internet2 Goes to School" |
| Virginia Department of Education | Roanoke, VA, December 2002 | "Internet2 Goes to Virginia's Schools" |
| ThinkQuest LIVE | Seattle, WA, July 2002 | "My Teacher's an Avatar" |
| National Educational Computing Conference | San Antonio, TX, June 2002 | "Technology Management for School Leaders" |
| Virginia Society for Technology in Education | Roanoke, VA, March 2002 | "Virginia's Initiative for Technology and Administrative Leadership" |
| National School Boards Association, Technology and Learning Conference | Atlanta, GA, November 2001 | "Technology Management for School Leaders" |
| National Consortium for Specialized Secondary Schools of Mathematics, Science and Technology | Boston, MA, March 2001 | "Bridging Exploration and Application: Connecting Science Research to the Classroom" |
| Virginia Department of Education | Roanoke, VA, December, 2000 | "Technology Management for School Leaders" |
| National Science Teachers Association | Baltimore, MD, November 2000 | "Bridging Exploration and Application: Connecting Science Research to the Classroom" |
| Virginia Department of Education | $100,000.00 - Grant to develop four online courses for Virginia's Virtual Advanced Placement School. |
| Virginia Tech - eCorridors Project | $25,000.00 - Grant to develop the educational component of "Strategic Technology Infrastructure for Regional Competitiveness in the Network Economy" |
| Virginia Department of Education | $72,500.00 - Grant to develop an online course for administrators |
| The Bill and Melinda Gates Foundation | $3.6 million (over 3 years) - August 2001. Co-PI for Virginia's State Challenge Grant for Leadership Development |
| Center for Organizational and Technological Advancement | $7,500 - February 2001. For support of NCSSSMST 2003 Conference |
| Other grants received | $101,684 = eight different grants received |
| Community Involvement |
Pulaski County Telecommunications Committee |
| Elected Official | Pulaski
County School Board |
Email
Dr. Wenrich - john@wenrich.net This material is online at http://www.wenrich.net/john/vita/online.html You can follow the live links from that page if you have Internet access. You can also view a recent photo of Dr. John Wenrich |
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