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Joan Vinall-Cox
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Skills & Interests
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Academic Support Services / Faculty Development / Selecting and Using Tools / Communication Tools
(Expert)
I have been using the web in teaching for 13 years, and actively try out web 2.0 (the read/write web, the social web)applications for their teaching possibilities. I advocate for a wider use of web tools in education.
Associations
- Halton-Peel Communications Association
Member 03/2006 – Current
Education History
- Ph.D. in Education, (Curriculum) (11/2004)
University of Toronto
Publications
- Vinall-Cox, M. J.. (2004). Following the Thread: A Writing Teacher's Memories and Arts-Based Transition to a New Technology of Meaning-Making in Scribd - Search for Title Online.
Teaching Experience
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Oral Rhetoric
(Winter 2007)
- University of Toronto at Mississauga – Professional Writing and Communications
- Students learn how to tell a story of their own experience to a live audience, & as a recorded artifact, which is posted online. They use several web applications and teach their classmates, in group presentations, how to use them.
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The Structure of Story in Popular Movies
(Winter 2002)
- Sheridan College Institute – The dramatic structures found in all popular movies
- Students learned to analyze popular movies for the Aristotelean Rising Action structure, and elements of Joseph Campbell's Hero Myth
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Reports and Presentations
(Winter 1997)
- Sheridan College Institute – Communications
- Students learned how to Write business reports and give business presentations.
Honors & Awards
- Sheridan's Teaching Excellence Award (05/2001)
Once a year, based on student and peer feedback, an individual teacher is given Sheridan's Teaching Excellence Award -Sheridan College Institute, Oakville, ON, Canada
Presentations
- Finding My Font, 05/08/2008
A multimedia condensed history of human communication technologies. - Multiple, Most Recently About the Web, 03/29/2008
I often post my presentations on Slideshare, under the user name "vinall".
Positions
- Sessional Lecturer, Communications (09/2004 – Current) University of Toronto at Mississauga