SIGS
- Assessment/E-Folios
- Computational Thinking
- Creativity, Design Thinking, & Innovation
- Digital Storytelling/Video
- Early Childhood Education
- Faculty Development
- Information Literacy Education, Library & Media Science
- K-12 Online Learning
- Maker
- New Possibilities with Information Technologies
- Science Education
- STEM Innovation
- Teaching & Learning with Emerging Technologies
Presentations
- Enhancing STEM Preservice Preparation, Efficacy and STEM Literacy through the Noyce en la Frontera Program
- Supporting Early Literacy and English Learners in Makerspace Programs
- Effect of a Makerspace Training Series on Elementary and Middle School Educator Confidence Levels Toward Integrating Technology
- Mapping Elementary and Middle School Makerspace Enviorments to Curriculum Content through STEAM (Science, Technology, Engineering the Arts, and Mathematics) Challenge Cards
- Effect of Makerspace Professional Development Activities on Elementary and Middle School Educator Perceptions of Integrating Technologies with STEM
- STEM K12 Research Initiatives and Teacher Preparation Programs
- Career Interests of Students in a STEAM Camp
- Middle School STEAM Camp Perspectives and Attitudes Towards STEM
- Magnetic Space Challenge-Based Learning
- STEAM for Student Engagement
Biography
Dr. Jennifer Miller-Ray is a cognitive research scientist specializing in literacy, STEM K-12 integration initiatives, makerspace pedagogy, and digital resources. Currently, she serves as an assistant professor in reading in the College of Education. She has designed literacy and makerspace events for multiple museums, NASA, the Indigenous Education Institute, public libraries, and implemented makerspace initiatives in over 30 public schools. In addition, Dr. Miller has developed Massive Open Online Courses through Canvas's Open Network highlighting NASA MMS Education Outreach programs through mobile makerspace initiatives. Dr. Miller'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’s research 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. Recently, Dr. Miller-Ray was awarded Noyce Scholars en la Frontera NSF grant, where she serves as the primary research investigator.