Education:
B.A. Developmental Psychology
University of California, Santa Barbara – 1975.
M.A. Education Administration
Cal. State University, Los Angeles - 1986
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Ph.D. Curriculum and Instruction
(Computers in the Classroom
emphasis) University of Oregon - 1992. |
Areas of Expertise:
- Computer-Based Concept Mapping and Thinking Tools.
- Keyboarding.
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Research Interests:
- Podcasting in the Classroom.
- Teaching Keyboarding at the Elementary Grade Level.
- Computer-Based Concept Mapping.
- Thinking Tools.
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Courses Taught:
- 240:020:01 Educational Media and Classroom Computing.
- 240:030 Classroom Computer Applications.
- 240:031 Educational Media.
- 240:140g Using Databases in Education.
- 240:205 Instructional Computing Design.
- 240:237 Managing Technology in an Educational Setting.
- 240:289 Seminar: Writing a Grad Paper.
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Recent Publications:
- Zeitz, L. (2005) Keyboarding Made Simple Broadway Press/Random House:New York.
- Zeitz, L. (2004). Using an active/cooperative learning approach to teaching technical writing to Malaysian undergraduate engineering students. In F. Falade (Ed.) First African Regional Conference on Engineering Education Proceeding: Vol. 1. (pp. 379–382). Lagos: University of Lagos.
- Zeitz, L. (2003) Electronic editing. Leading and learning through technology. 30(7), 14-17,27.
- Zeitz, L. (2003) Using Other Word Processing Programs. http://www.iste.org/LL/pdfs/30714z.pdf.
- Zeitz, L. (2003) Instructions for Using Track Changes and Insert Comments. http://www.iste.org/LL/30/7/14z/supplement/trackchangescomnts.doc.sit
- Keyboarding Research Website http://www.keyboardingresearch.org.
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Professional
Affiliations:
- International Society for Technology in Education (ISTE).
- Iowa Technology and Education Connection (ITEC) – Past Vice President, Director.
- Association of Educational Communications and Technology (AECT).
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