Ferdi C. Serim

Curriculum Vitae

email: ferdi@oii.org; phone: 505 690-6039

Objective:

Education:

Employment:

2006 to present - National Network of Digital Schools

2004 to 2006- New Mexico Public Education Department

1995 to present - Online Internet Institute

The Online Internet Institute (OII) is committed to reshaping the nature of teaching and learning by helping educators and students use the Internet to improve achievement in the classroom. OII provides the tools for educators and students to learn, interact and grow in ways necessary for success in the 21st century.

2002 to 2003 - University of Washington Education Outreach

1998 to 2003 - Editor, MultiMedia Schools magazine

A practical journal that addresses multiple technologies used in K-12 schools today: CD-ROM, multimedia, online, and Internet resources. Articles, columns, news, and product reviews are contributed by practicing educators who use new technologies in the classroom and media center. Organized ten national conferences: Computers in Libraries (Washington DC, March), Internet @ Schools (Monterey, CA, November)

2001 to 2003 - Santa Fe Public Schools

1994 to 1999 - Princeton Regional Schools

Responsible for development of educational program integrating technology as a tool for learning across the entire curriculum, for a learning community of 3000 students and 300 teachers, plus an additional 2,000 educators through OII. This included teacher training, staff development, application of Internet resources to K12 project oriented activities, and use of a district wide communication/collaboration system to link students, teachers and the community to the global resources of the Internet.

1990 to 1994 - West Windsor/Plainsboro Regional Schools

Responsible for implementing Computer Literacy curriculum for 700 students, including use of computer applications, keyboarding and programming. Provided 30 classroom teachers with Internet projects, and facilitated participation in numerous online activities.

1988 - 1990 - JJH, inc. (Engineering)

Responsible for design, implementation, administration and database applications for Novell network to track design progress for new ship construction. Included beta testing of hardware for AST, linking remote PC's with IBM System38 through Novell gateway; custom relational database programming.

1985 - 1988 - Designers & Planners, inc. (Engineering)

Responsible for 3 field offices' data management, database design and programming, implementation of CAD, telecommunications and project management of government contracts. Mixed platforms of VAX and IBM PC's. Computerized government design library of 25,000 plans.

1980 - 1985 - State of NJ (Arts Council)

Taught improvisation in 35 communities as artist in residence for the National Endowment for the Arts, gaining national award for innovative arts programming with Dizzy Gillespie.

1979 - 1982 - National Endowment for the Arts

Designed Program Model for pilot project placing 35 artists in year long residencies in 16 states, including Federal/State agency coordination. Organized two national training workshops for administrators, educators and artists in conjunction with the American Dance Festival at Duke University.

1977- 1979 - Musiclab, inc - Executive Director

Developed a community based non-profit organization providing music careers program for inner city youth (New Brunswick, NJ).

1973- 1977 - Newark Board of Education - Music Dept Chairperson

Roseville Ave. School: created program using improvisation to motivate inner city students, in program funded by community concerts featuring students' compositions.


Publishing (Print)

  1. Strong Medicine: Scientifically Based Research and School Practice
  2. No More Flying Blind: Using Data-Driven Decision-Making to Guide Student Learning
  3. Making the Grade: Accountability and Assessment Under No Child Left Behind
  4. Bridging the Gaps: School, Home and Student Achievement
  5. Contemporary Literacy: Redefining the Basics

 

Consulting:

Thornburg Center for Professional Development (Associate)

Provide keynotes, workshops, seminars

Carnegie Hall Education Department

Assisted with the development and enhancement of Carnegie Hall's Learning Center, including adaptation of their successful LinkUP! curriculum from traditional media to a distributed learning environment, in preparation for the 2003 opening of the Third Stage

Los Alamos National Labs (Lead Teacher, Science Team)

Developed online support for statewide Critical Issues Forum and Teacher Opportunities to Promote Science (TOPS) programs

Milken Family Foundation

Educational Testing Service

Designed and taught ETS staff to implement Online Professional Development & Mentoring project as a national pilot to assist teachers of writing reach highly accomplished levels of teaching

BBN Educational Technologies

Contributed to development of National School Network efforts for local staff development and community partnerships for lifelong learning (1995 to 1997)

National Science Foundation

Expert evaluator (1994 to 1997)

Consortium for School Networking (1992 to present)

Rutgers University/State Systemic Initiative

Lead grant writer, in successful $2.9M proposal to National Science Foundation to establish statewide networking infrastructure to support systemic reform of science, math and technology education (1993 to 1996)

Global Enterprise Services (JvNCnet)

Designed Hands on and Online Training program for new Internet Users (1993 to 1995)

Presenter/Panelist

National Educational Computer Conference

Spotlight Sessions (Flying Blind? Navigation Tools for 21st Century Learning); Workshops (Information Technology for Learning: No School Left Behind)

Consortium for School Networking Conference

Washington, DC (Feb 03) Keynote, Achievement, Assessment, Accountability 

TIES Conference (MN)

Minneapolis, MN (Nov 02) Keynote, Practical Magic: Teaching to Reach Beyond the Standards; Workshops (Information Technology for Learning: No School Left Behind)

SOLE 2001: Sypmposium on Online learning (Kuala Lampur, Malaysia) September 5&6, 2001

Keynote speaker, workshop leader for 60 regional education leaders

Singapore SafeSurfing 2001 (first global conference on child safety and the Internet) Singapore, February 2001

Perils, Protections and Practices, for WiredKids.org

TelEd (Global Telecommunications in Education Conferences)

Web Weaver/ Gopher Growers' Workshop, PreService and Student Teachers Online, Electronic Publishing, CoSN Curriculum Projects using Internet, Innovative Grant Activities, Designing Online Courses

European Council of International Schools (Den Hague, NL November 97)

NetLearning: Rewards, Risks and Challenges

2nd Annual Statewide Distance Learning Conference (Albuquerque, NM May 97)

Keynote, "NetLearning: Rewards, Risks and Challenges"

Northwest Computer Coalition for Education (Portland, OR March 96)

Keynote, "Building Communities; Growing Ourselves"

National Science Foundation/Department of Education

National Coalition for Technical Training (Raleigh/Durham, NC August 95)

NSF sponsored planning session and workshop to provide a scaleable, networked "people support" infrastructure to complement a physical network infrastructure as incentive to sponsors and potential sponsors of high-bandwidth Internet connectivity to U.S. schools.

New Hampshire Society for Technology Education (Concord, NH March 95)

Keynote, "Building Communities; Growing Ourselves"

International Schools Services (1992 to 1998)

Research for Better Schools

Exploring the Internet conference Valley Forge, PA Dec 94

Connecticut Educational Computer Association (1993-94)

New Jersey Association for Educational Technology (1991 to 1999)

New Jersey Educational Computing Conference (1992 to 1996)

Presenter, "Internet - The World at Your Fingertips"

National Endowment for the Arts

Honors/Recognition:


Video/Videoconferencing

Mentor for the Writing, Art, Music (WAM) initiative that provides project consulting, training, technical advice, and Web-based resources and services to K-12 teachers and their students who are interested in using Internet technologies to advance education.

In Princeton, New Jersey, every school is wired to the Internet. In one school, fourth and fifth graders have computers built into their desks. In another, special education third graders build their own Web sites. But as Princeton schools get swept up in Internet fever, some educators complain that computers don't deliver enough learning bang for the buck. Features a debate between Ferdi Serim and Clifford Stoll.

Discussion of the issues involved in school system planning for uses of Internet in education, emphasizing the need for coordinated technical and curriculum development along with training that takes into account continuously evolving technologies.

Online Essays (Internet Potlatch)