Cooperative and Collaborative Learning


Expert Content Developer Bios

Ellen Weber, Ph.D.
Ellen Weber is a professor of education, author, lecturer, and columnist who specializes in multiple intelligence teaching approaches. She serves as director of Secondary Education and the director of the Multiple Intelligence Teaching Approach Center (MITA) at Houghton College, and she has also taught for the University of Toronto, McGill University, and New York University. Ellen also teaches as an adjunct professor at McMaster University. She is the author of numerous publications, including: STUDENT ASSESSMENT THAT WORKS: A PRACTICAL APPROACH (Allyn & Bacon, 1999) and ROUNDTABLE LEARNING: BUILDING UNDERSTANDING THROUGH ENHANCED MI STRATEGIES (Zephyr Press, 1997).

Lesson Plan Developer Bios

Ellen Weber, Ph.D.
Ellen Weber is a professor of education, author, lecturer, and columnist who specializes in multiple intelligence teaching approaches. She serves as director of Secondary Education and the director of the Multiple Intelligence Teaching Approach Center (MITA) at Houghton College, and she has also taught for the University of Toronto, McGill University, and New York University. Ellen also teaches as an adjunct professor at McMaster University. She is the author of numerous publications, including: STUDENT ASSESSMENT THAT WORKS: A PRACTICAL APPROACH (Allyn & Bacon, 1999) and ROUNDTABLE LEARNING: BUILDING UNDERSTANDING THROUGH ENHANCED MI STRATEGIES (Zephyr Press, 1997).

Pamela Livingston
Pamela Livingston is an educator and staff developer in the area of technology. She has served as the director of Information Technology for Chestnut Hill Academy, a K-12 all-boys school in Philadelphia. She has also worked in the computer departments of several FORTUNE 500 businesses, and has been project leader and technical editor at two major computer publications.

Group Work Assessment Sheet Developer Bios

Martha Ehrenfeld
Martha Ehrenfeld is an educator and staff developer. She has worked as an upper-elementary science teacher, and has also worked to improve technology integration in New York public and private schools. In addition, she has worked as part of a team of science teachers exploring how best to use NOVA in the classroom. She has a BA in geology from Bryn Mawr, a 5th-year certificate in science education from the University of Vermont, and an MA in educational administration from New York University. Her work focuses on developing strategies that elicit students' own questions and experiments.

Anna Chan Rekate
Anna Chan Rekate is an educator with a special interest in literature. She serves as a high school English teacher at Trevor Day School in New York City, where she teaches ninth grade English along with electives for Juniors and Seniors. She has also been Upper School Coordinator at the Manhattan School for Children, and has taught all subjects for the sixth and eighth grades at the City & Country School in New York City. All three schools are known for their progressive philosophies and educational practices. Rekate has a master's degree in Educational Policy from Columbia University's Teachers College and a master's degree in Leadership and Supervision from Bank Street College of Education.

Advisor/Reviewer Bios

Cyndi Kerr
Cyndi Kerr works with schools as a staff developer, using a project-based approach to model in-class uses of digital tools. She has been support manager with a team of progressive educators at the Center for Collaborative Education; she has also helped to launch the Eiffel project, a five-year initiative that integrates wide-area networking technologies into the public school curriculum in New York City. In addition, she has worked with the Institute for Learning Technologies to provide support for teachers.

Anthony Petrosino, Ph.D.
Anthony Petrosino is a professor whose research focuses on science education, with an emphasis on technology. He has been an assistant professor of Mathematics and Science Education at The University of Texas in Austin, and was a member of the Cognition and Technology Group at Vanderbilt's Learning Technology Center. He is the recipient of numerous awards and honors, including: Otto Basser Award for Outstanding Dissertation in the Department of Teaching and Learning, Vanderbilt University, 1998; Cognitive Studies for Educational Practice Post Doctorate Fellowship (competitive), 1998-2000; Tennessee Space Grant Fellowship (NASA), Vanderbilt University, 1991-1996; Peabody Super Student Scholarship. (competitive) 1991-1994; New Jersey Governor's Teacher Recognition Award, 1990.

Anna Chan Rekate
Anna Chan Rekate is an educator with a special interest in literature. She serves as a high school English teacher at Trevor Day School in New York City, teaching ninth grade English along with electives for Juniors and Seniors. She has also been Upper School Coordinator at the Manhattan School for Children, and has taught all subjects for the sixth and eighth grades at the City & Country School in New York City. All three schools are known for their progressive philosophies and educational practices. Rekate has a master's degree in Educational Policy from Columbia University's Teachers College and a master's degree in Leadership and Supervision from Bank Street College of Education.

Thirteen Ed Online Staff Expert Bios

Brigitte Magar Matsuoka
Brigitte Magar Matsuoka is an educational media developer. She serves as Director of Thirteen/ WNET's Educational Technologies Department and Executive Producer of Thirteen's Ed Online Web site. She also develops, produces and distributes new educational technology projects for teachers, students and parents/caregivers. Her projects include: CONCEPT TO CLASSROOM, WHAT'S UP IN THE ENVIRONMENT?, the companion Web site to a post 9/11 three-part series for the PBS IN THE MIX series, THE NEW NORMAL, TeacherLine mini-courses, and STANDARDS IN ACTION: MAKING REAL WORLD CONNECTIONS WITH MATHEMATICS. She has also worked at Teachers College, Columbia University as an instructor, online content and tool developer, and K-12 consultant, and has received an Emmy award for her work in television production.

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