Bonnie B. Thurber

665 Brierhill Road

Deerfield, Illinois

(home) 847 940-1892

(work) 847 467-6734

PROFESSIONAL EXPERIENCE

1998-Present Northwestern University Collaboratory Project, Evanston, IL

Programs and Professional Development

· Oversee, provide, and present professional development programs in integration of Internet technology into the K-20 curricula to educators in Illinois

· Work with Illinois Superintendents, districts, schools, and teachers as they integrate technology into their curricula

· Lead development team to write online courses, create documentation, create web pages, develop workshops

· Develop a lead-teacher-peer-teacher model for Collaboratory partner school and districts

1995-Present Technology Continuum, Inc., Deerfield, IL

· Full partner, vice president, Secretary, Treasurer

· Systems administration,

· Data management

· Web page development

· Facilitating learning for the K-20 community

o Designed, developed and facilitated Teaching and Learning with Internet Communities

o Designed, developed and facilitated The Internet in Your Classroom.

o Designed, developed and facilitated internet technologies into the classroom curriculum

o Designed, developed and facilitated workshops integrating the technology into the curriculum

o Developed and managed online communities

o Developed a train-the-trainer model for school districts and organizations

· Consulting for Interim Temps, Inc.; Schaumburg School District 54; Bremen High School District 228; and North Suburban Library System

· Writing and facilitating online courses, manuals and teaching materials

1988–1998 National-Louis University, Evanston, IL

Assistant Professor (1997-98), Instructor (1992-97)

· Tenured faculty member of the National College of Education with primary assignment to Baker Demonstration School

· Responsibilities included teaching preK-8th grade technology, working with faculty to integrate technology into the curriculum, and teaching pre-service and methods courses for the College of Education

· Eight years full time teaching and working with teachers as a computer teacher and technology facilitator in a pre K-8 school

· Six years as a full time faculty member In a University with the primary assignment being the College of Education and Pre K-8 Demonstration School

· Graduate courses taught included: HyperCard programming, Logo Programming, Introduction to Computers, Microcomputer Technology, and Telecommunications

1978–1981 Stanford University, Palo Alto, CA

Guest Faculty Member

Taught advanced Ballet courses in the Dance Department (one course per year)

1978-1981 Pacific Dance Center

Instructor

Taught all levels of Classical Ballet and Pointe classes and directed the summer programs

1974–1978 San Francisco State University, San Francisco, CA

Assistant Instructor

Taught all levels of undergraduate and graduate Ballet courses in the PE department

1969-1974 University of Utah, Salt Lake City, UT

Assistant Instructor

Taught all levels of Classical Ballet and Pointe courses in the Department of Ballet and Modern Dance

EDUCATION

1974 Masters in Fine Arts: Classical Ballet with emphasis on teaching, University of Utah, UT

1969 Bachelor of Fine Arts, Graduated with Honors, Cum Laude, University of Utah, UT

OTHER GRADUATE COURSE

2000 Database Design, Northwestern University, Evanston, IL

1997 Cold Fusion developers training from Allaire, Inc, Winter, Chicago, IL

1997 Microsoft PST/BSD training from MicroSoft, Winter, Chicago, IL

1995 Programming in C (2 graduate hours), Northwestern University, Evanston, IL

1992-96 Technology in Education, CAS program (22 graduate hours), National-Louis University, Evanston, IL

ARTICLES IN BOOKS AND JOURNALS

Armstrong, S. (1995). Telecommunications in the Classroom, Second Edition. p. 40. ISTEs30)1, 1997.

Stephensdoir, L. & Thurber, B. (1996, July). Our Earth, My Place. T.I.E. News v. 7 no. 4, p. 13.

Dipinto, V. M. & Thurber, B. (1994, June). Technology in Education. Best Practices, p. 13.

ONLINE COMMUNITIES, WEBSITES and SERVERS

Davis, B. & Thurber, B. (2001-Present) Writer’s Corner. http://www.kidswritingcenter.com/wrtierscorner/

Davis, B. & Thurber, B. (2001-Present) Kidlink’s KidSpace, A Place for Kids to Publish and Share, http://kidspace.kidlink.org/kidspace/

The Collaboratory Project Staff (2001-Present) The Collaboratory in Your Classroom, http://community2.nunet.net/cgi-bin/WebObjects/OnlineClass

Davis, B. & Thurber, B. (1999-Present) Adventure@CyberCamp: Living in Virtual Rome, http://www.cyberadventures.net/vrome/

Davis, B. & Thurber, B. (1998-2001) Beaumont Publishing website, http://www.beaumont-publishing.com

Davis, B. & Thurber, B. (1996-Present) Continuum in 2 Dimensions, c2d, http://www.tech-continuum.com/c2d

Collaboratory Project Staff (1998-Present) The Collaboratory Project Website, http://collabortory.nunet.net

Davis, B. & Thurber, B. (1997-1998) National Louis University website, http://www.nl.edu/

Davis, B & Thurber, B. (1997-2000) Center for Early Childhood Leadership, http://www.nl.edu/cecl

Davis, B., Thurber, B., & Illinois Computing Educators web team (1996-2000) Illinois Computing Educators website, http://www.iceberg.org

Davis, B., Thurber, B. & Baker Demonstration School Students (1996-2000) Virtual Rome Multi User Shared Habitat (MUSH), internet community built and used by 6-8 graders Rome, 70 A.D

Thurber, B & Baker Demonstration School Community, NLU, (1994-1998) K-8 School Website http://www.nl.edu/baker/

Dipinto, V. M., & Thurber, B. (1994). Physical Prestidigitations Done in HTML. http://nlu.nl.edu/bthu/nlu/eight/pp.html

Dipinto, V. M., & Thurber, B. (1993). Sensational Student Science Simulations. http://nlu.nl.edu/bthu/nlu/eight/ssss.html

CONFERENCE PAPERS and PRESENTATONS

Bryce-Fritts, M., Fritts, J., & Thurber, B. (2001, August). Living in Virtual Rome: Adventure@CyberCamp. 17th Annual Conference for Distance Teaching and Learning. Madison, WI.

Davis, B. & Thurber, B. (2001, September). KidSpace, A Place for Kids to Publish and Share Kidlink’s Annual Conference ‘01, Arendall, Norway.

Thurber, B. (2001, July). From Cybraries to Electronic Postcards: K-12 Collaborations on the Internet. World Conference of Computing in Education, Copenhagen, Denmark.

Knierzinger, A., Turcsanyi-Szabo, M., Thurber, B. (2001, July). Internet, Education and Culture: Why We Should Care? Paper, World Conference of Computing in Education, Copenhagen, Denmark.

Thurber, B. (2001, January). Online Communities for K-12 Students. NICE Mini-conference, Niles, IL.

Davis, B. & Thurber, B. (2000, November). From Cybraries to Electronic Postcards: K-12 Students on the Internet. WebNet, Orlando, FL.

Davis, B & Thurber, B. (2000, October). What's New at the Collaboratory? Rising to the Challenge, Chicago, IL.

Thurber, B. (2000, January). What's New in the Internet Book Club? Northern Illinois Computing Educators Mini Conference, Skokie, IL.

Murray, B., Smentek, L., Thurber, B., & Warner, S., Team Building to Create a School Web Site and an On-line School Newspaper. Illinois Computing Educators Conference 1999, Nequa Valley, IL.

Davis, B. & Thurber, B. (1999, November). Creating Shared Resources on the Internet: MediaSpace and Cybraries. Illinois Computing Educators Conference 1999, Nequa Valley, IL.

Smentek, L., Thurber, B. & Warner, S., (1999, November). Participating in the Internet Book Club! Illinois Computing Educators Conference 1999, Nequa Valley, IL.

Auten, K., Flanagan, J., Hernandez, A., Levin, J. & Thurber, B. (1999, November). Connecting Communities and Generations with Multiple Technologies. Illinois Computing Educators Conference 1999, Nequa Valley, IL.

Davis, B. & Thurber, B., (1999, November). Kidlink c2d: A Global Online Environment for Collaboration. Illinois Computing Educators Conference 1999, Nequa Valley, IL.

Thurber, B. (1999, November). Kidlink: 10 years, 130 countries, Global Projects for Kids. Illinois Computing Educators Conference 1999, Nequa Valley, IL.

Davis, B., Kolsane, C., Rappe, M., Smentek, L., & Thurber, B. (1999, October). Using the Internet Book Club in Your Classroom. Chicago Public Schools Rising to the Challenge Conference, Chicago, IL.

Davis, B. Erlanbaugh, R., Flahive, R., Rappe, M., Salmanoff, W., Smentek, L., & Thurber, B. (1999, October). Creating an On-line Learning Environment for Your Classroom. Chicago Public Schools Rising to the Challenge Conference, Chicago, IL.

Barbara, R., Thurber, B., & Wolff, H. (1999, October). Global Collaboration using Kidlink Windows to the Universe, C2d, a Multi-user Virtual Space. Paper presented at Kidlink’s Annual Conference 1999, San Juan, Puerto Rico, USA.

Berg, C., & Lucena, M., Presno, O. de, & Thurber, B. (1999, September). Working Together in Kidlink, Management Teamwork . San Juan, Puerto Rico, USA.

Davis, B. & Thurber, B. (1999, July). Kidlink Windows to the Universe, C2d, a Multi-user Virtual Space. SBC WEI, PUC, Rio de Janeiro, Brazil.

Davis B., Wolff H. & and Thurber, B. (1999, June). Kidlink c2d, a Multi-user Virtual Space (w); Telecommunications for Education and Training (TET), Gorvik, Norway.

Davis, B., Katman, L. & Thurber, B. (1999, March). The Collaboratory Project’s Changing Faces. Paper presented at National Educators Computer Conference 1999, Atlantic City, NJ.

Bequette, G. & Thurber, B. (1999, March). The Internet in Your Classroom, a Year Long Internet/Engaged Learning Course for K-12 Teachers. Paper presented at Classroom Connect Conference 1999, Chicago, IL.

Thurber, B. (1999, March). KIDLINK Windows to the Universe, A Multi-user Virtual Space. Paper presented at Classroom Connect Conference 1999, Evanston, IL.

Thurber, B. (1999, March). Facilitating Learning at the Collaboratory Project. Paper presented at New Media Center Midwest Conference 1999, Evanston, IL.

Davis, B. & Thurber, B. (1999, March). The Collaboratory Project’s Changing Faces. Paper presented at New Media Center Midwest Conference 1999, Evanston, IL.

Thurber, B. (1999, March). C2d, a Multi User Virtual Space for Collaboration. Paper presented at Classroom Connect Conference 1999, Chicago, IL.

Bequette, G & Thurber, B... (1999, March). The Internet in your Classroom. Paper presented at Classroom Connect Conference 1999, Chicago, IL.

Thurber, B. (1999, January). Dynamic Web Pages. Paper presented at NICE Mini Conference 1998, Skokie, IL.

Thurber, B. (1999, January). NECC 2001, What’s New? Paper presented at NICE Mini Conference 1998, Skokie, IL.

Thurber, B. (1998, November). FYI: National Educational Technology Standards. Paper presented at ICE Conference 1998, Addison, IL.

Davis, B. & Thurber, B. (1998, November). MediaSpace and Cybraries. Paper presented at ICE Conference 1998, Addison, IL.

Davis, B. & Thurber, B. (1998, November). Kids as Roman Citizens. Paper presented at AACE’s WebNet 1998, Orlando, FL.

Davis, B. & Thurber, B. (1998, October). The Collaboratory Project. Paper presented at CPS Learning Technologies Conference, Chicago, IL.

Davis, B. & Thurber, B. (1998, October). Kidlink Real Time Interactions/C2d. Paper presented at LINKs 1998, Stockholm, Sweden.

Barbera, R., Davis, B., Kinberg, S., Thurber, B., & Uttenbroek, R. (1998, August). KIDLINK Real Time Interactions Group. Paper presented at Peru’s Educational Internet Conference1998, Lima, Peru.

Davis, B., Thurber, B., & Baker Demonstration School Students (1998, April). Kids as Roman Citizens, 70 AD. Paper presented at Tech 2000, Springfield, IL.

Thurber, B. & Williams, L. (1997, November). KIDLINK: A Bridge to the Future in Communication. Paper presented at TelEd1997, Austin, TX.

Thurber, B. & Illinois Computing Educators Web Team (November, 1997). ICE on the Web. Paper presented at ICEBreaker1997, Addison, IL.

Thurber, B. (1997, November). Virtual Environments in the Internet for 10-15 Year Olds. Paper presented at ICEBreaker1997, Addison, IL.

Kelly, P., Glowaty, A., & Thurber, B., (1997, November). ICE Chapter Execs Birds of a Feather. Paper presented at ICEBreaker1997, Addison, IL.

Thurber, B. & Davis, B. (1997, November). Virtual Rome, a “G” Rated MUSH. Paper presented at AACE’s WebNet 1997, Toronto, CA.

Thurber, B. (1997, November). KIDLINK: Global Communications for 10-15 Year Olds. Paper presented at ICEBreaker1997, Addison, IL.

Thurber, B., Davis, B., Jonsson, T., Nilsson, L., & Uttenbroek, R. (1997, October). Tapping Internet's Interactive Offerings: MUSH, Chat, Video/Audio-conferencing, Etc. Paper presented at European Netdays 1997 & European Schoolnet, Copenhagen, Denmark.

Thurber, B. (1997, October). Interactive Chats. Paper presented at European Netdays 1997 & European Schoolnet, Copenhagen, Denmark.

Thurber, B. & Campos, C., Cardia, C., Neilson, L, & Williams, L. (1997, October). Using Online Free Format Dialogs in Education. Paper presented at European Netdays 1997 & European Schoolnet, Copenhagen, Denmark.

Thurber, B. & Uttenbroek, R. (1997, October). Kidlink IRC, Kids Talking to Kids in Real Time. Paper presented at Kidlink International Conference, Copenhagen, Denmark.

Thurber, B. & Uttenbroek, R. (1997, October). Using IRC to Enhance Curriculum: What Are Others Doing? Paper presented at Kidlink Internal Conference, Copenhagen, Denmark.

Thurber, B. & Kidlink Team Members (1997, July). Kidlink Birds of a Feather. Paper presented at NECC1997, Seattle, WA.

Dipinto, V. M. & Thurber, B. (1997, May). Virtual Learning Communities with Sensational Student Science Simulations. Paper presented at TET1997, Prague, Czechoslovakia.

Thurber, B. (1997, May). Hands on Virtual Rome! Navigating a G-Rated K-12 Multi-User Shared Hallucination, Paper presented at Distance Education, Designing for Success, Seattle, WA.

Dipinto, V. M. & Thurber, B. (1996, December). Physical Prestidigitations Done in HTML: Student Documents on the Web. Paper presented at TelEd1996, Fort Lauderdale, FL.

Kelly, P. & Thurber, B. (1996, November). Birds of a Feather for ICE Chapter Members. Paper presented at ICEBreaker1996, Indian Trails JHS, Addison, IL.

Thurber, B. (1996, October). Student Publishing on the World Wide Web. WebNet1996 AACE, San Francisco, CA.

Thurber, B. (1996, October). What Are We Doing with Technology at Baker? Paper presented to Baker Parent Organization, NLU, Evanston IL.

Thurber, B. & Davis, B. (1996, October). Technology and the Changing Roles of Teachers. U.S./Japan Symposium. Paper presented at Futabakai School, Niles