Dr. Miller-Ray Literacy in Technology Programs

Dr. Miller-Ray Literacy in Technology Programs Recently, Dr. Miller-Ray was awarded Noyce Scholars en la Frontera NSF grant, where she serves as the primary research investigator.

Dr. Miller Ray's Git LIT (LIteracy and Technology) Program specializes in promoting STREAM (science, technology, readying, engineering, the arts, and mathematics) approaches to improve creativity, critical thinking, comprehension of STEM through literacy. Dr. Jennifer Miller-Ray is a cognitive scientist specializing in STEM literacy and serves as an associate professor in the Education department

at Sul Ross State University. She has designed literacy and makerspace events for multiple museums to include the Perot Museum, the Kennedy Space Center, NASA STEM camps, the Indigenous Education Institute, public libraries, and implemented makerspace STEM initiatives in over 30 public schools. Dr. Miller-Ray has developed Massive Open Online Courses through Canvas's Open Network highlighting NASA MMS Education Outreach programs through mobile makerspace initiatives. Dr. Miller-Ray's research centers around a makerspace project-based learning literacy process in which elementary and middle school students connect curriculum content to informal makerspace activities to make an artifact serving the career role of a journalist, scientist, engineer, or journalist. ​Dr. Miller Ray's initiatives, funded through a NASA grant and local library public school program, were highlighted as the innovative research project in the University of North Texas's January 2017 RESEARCH magazine and was featured in the March edition of HSI STEM Hub newsletter. Dr. Miller-Ray also oversees the mobile La Frontera STEM lab, a mobile makerspace initiative with the Science Mill Museum located in Johnson City, Texas. Dr. Miller-Ray is also currently serving as a Co-PI with UTSA's National Science Foundation's Total Eclipses in the Heart of Texas, where she will connect the Noyce program and surrounding schools to education outreach opportunities for the 2023-2024 solar eclipse events.

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by Travis Hendryx, Office of Public Relations Students considering graduate school at Sul Ross State University will have the option of earning a Master’s of Education in Educational Instructional Technology (EIT) beginning in the 2020 spring semester. The new program allows graduate students and ...

Birsh (2018) defines phonemic awareness using The Partnership of Reading’s definition “as the ability to notice think ab...
12/05/2019

Birsh (2018) defines phonemic awareness using The Partnership of Reading’s definition “as the ability to notice think about and work with the individual sounds in words (2003, p. 2). Phonemic awareness is an essential toward learning how to read as it helps children connect the spoken word to written language Birsh (2018). How does multisensory approaches facilitate phonemic awareness in children? [ 525 more words ]

Birsh (2018) defines phonemic awareness using The Partnership of Reading’s definition “as the ability to notice think about and work with the individual sounds in words (2003, p. 2). Phonemic aware…

Hess and Marzola (2018) shed light on the importance and benefits of administering screeners in early childhood as scree...
12/05/2019

Hess and Marzola (2018) shed light on the importance and benefits of administering screeners in early childhood as screeners can “predict future reading performance” or used to assist the early literacy teacher in flexible grouping and instructional design (p. 269). Screeners afford the opportunity to improve instruction through improved and targeted invention approaches offered early on in a child’s educational experience. [ 339 more words ]

Hess and Marzola (2018) shed light on the importance and benefits of administering screeners in early childhood as screeners can “predict future reading performance” or used to assist the early lit…

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Come join us . Learn how Sul Ross State University's Student Teachers and graduate students leverage through t...
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Come join us . Learn how Sul Ross State University's Student Teachers and graduate students leverage through to improve and support linguistically and culturally diverse literacy learners through authentic assessment and project-based learning experiences for students across the state and nation.

Support Systems for Literacy Coaches
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Gunderson (2013) highlights how technologies can create new opportunities and improve ELL literacies as long as barriers...
11/19/2018

Gunderson (2013) highlights how technologies can create new opportunities and improve ELL literacies as long as barriers are addressed to improve teachers’ self-efficacy with a focus on technology skills and confidence in professional development, funding to address equity issues, and curriculum in place to address Digital Disconnect in schools. Many opportunities exist to improve L2 academic performance. Park & Warschuer (2016) provide compelling evidence to suggest that activating background knowledge through integration of technology using hyperlinked media can begin to address gaps and provide valuable resources. [ 600 more words ]

Gunderson (2013) highlights how technologies can create new opportunities and improve ELL literacies as long as barriers are addressed to improve teachers’ self-efficacy with a focus on technology…

The battle over technology in schools
11/19/2018

The battle over technology in schools

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