Matthew X. Curinga
Adelphi University
Ruth S. Ammon School of Education
Garden City, NY 11530-0701
mobile: 917.335.0829
mcuringa@adelphi.eduhttp://matt.curinga.com
education
Summer 2010
Teachers College Columbia University, New York, NY
Ed.D Instructional Technology & Media
Dissertation: Social software and the struggle for freedom
Sponsor: Robbie McClintock
Spring 1999
MA Computing and Education
Spring 1993
Colby College, Waterville, ME
BA English
1991-92
University College Cork, Cork City, Ireland
Year Abroad
academic work
2010-present
Adelphi University
Assistant Professor, Educational Technology, RSA School of Education
2009-2010
Intel. Strategy, Research and Assessment Team
Research Consultant, Technology in Education
2007-2010
StudyPlace Wiki, Columbia Center for New Media, Teaching, and Learning, New York, NY
Graduate Research Assistant
2001, 2007-08
Teachers College Columbia University
Adjunct Instructor
2005-2007
Steps To Literacy, Teachers College, New York, NY
Software Developer & Graduate Research Assistant
2006-2007
CTELL: Case Technologies to Enhance Literacy Learning, Teachers College, New York, NY
Software Developer
professional software development
2009-2010
Brainscape, New York, NY
Lead Software Developer
2002-2008
Nielsen IAG, New York, NY
Software Development Consultant, 2005-2008
Lead Programmer, Web Applications, 2002-2005
1999-2002
Crisp Wireless, New York, NY
Co-founder, Chief Technical Officer
1997-1999
Sohonet (now RunTime Technologies), New York, NY
Software Engineer
service
2012-present
Edu4
Facilitator, Technology Working Group
2011-present
Adelphi University School of Education Technology Committee
Co-Chair
2008-2010
spaces e-journal of arts and humanities, Teachers College, New York, NY
Editorial Board
2007-present
Teunis G. Bergen Public School 9, Brooklyn, NY
Technology Advisor & Volunteer Programmer
2004-2005
ContentBank, The Children’s Partnership, New York, NY
Technology Advisor ### 1999-2000 Playing2Win Community Technology Center, Harlem, NY
Volunteer Teacher: Computer Programming and New Media Production
1993-1995
First Baptist Church, Grady, AR
Volunteer Adult ESL Instructor
k-12 teaching and schools
1996-1997
Computer Curriculum Corporation (now Pearson Education), New York, NY
Educational Consultant, Public School District 32, Brooklyn
Fall 1996
Alternative Education Center, Guatemala City, Guatemala
ESL Teacher (grades 9-12)
1993-1996
Teach For America, Los Angeles, Houston, Arkansas
Corps Member, Curriculum Consultant and Instructor for Summer Institute
Grady Public Schools, Grady, AR Bilingual/ESL Teacher, Migrant Education Coordinator
papers and presentations
Curinga, M. (2012). To know is not important: Ivan Illich and Jacques Rancière’s relational pedagogy. Paper presentation at the AERA Annual Meeting 2012, Vancouver.
Sullivan, I., Garrison, J. R., & Curinga, M. (2011). Wikiotics: the interactive language instruction Wiki. Proceedings of the 7th International Symposium on Wikis and Open Collaboration (p. 223–223).
Curinga, M. (2011). [Review of the book Good Faith Collaboration: The Culture of Wikipedia]. Teachers College Record.
Saravanos, A., & Curinga, M. (2010). Lessons learned from using a wiki as a course management system. Presented at the The 41st ACM Technical Symposium on Computer Science Education, Milwaukee, WI, USA.
Curinga, M. (2009) Wikipedia and Jacques Rancière’s philosophy of radical equality Paper presentation at Wikimania 2009, academic track. Buenos Aires, Argentina, August 26-28, 2009.
Kleifgen, J., Curinga, M., and Kaun, K. (2008) STEPS to literacy for emergent bilinguals: integrating web-based and curricular support for Latino middle-school writers. Paper presentation at the American Anthropological Association Annual Meeting 2008. San Francisco.
Kleifgen, J., Curinga, M., and Kaun, K. (2007) Multimodal Resources for Writing: Students Taking First STEPS+G. Paper presentation at the AERA Annual Meeting 2007. Chicago.
Kinzer, C., and Curinga, M. (2007) STEPS+G: A Framework for Multiple Perspectives to Enrich Latino Students’ Academic Writing. (2007) Paper presentation at the AERA Annual Meeting 2007. Chicago.
Curinga, M. The STEPS+G and CTELL technical architectures: possibilities for building interactive language software. Paper presentation at the Second International Roundtable on Digital Language Learning. Tamkang University, Taiwan, December 12-13, 2006.
Curinga, M. Arora, P., and Kaun, K. STEPS to Literacy: Using First Language to Facilitate Second Language Writing through an Innovative Literacy Software Tool. Presentation at the Association of Latin American Scholars (ALAS) 4th Annual Education Across the Americas Graduate Student Conference. Teachers College, March 31 &; April 1, 2006.
panels, lectures, and invited talks
Curinga, M. (discussant) (2012). Exploring Influences of Game Types and Design Decisions: Issues of Learning, Interaction, and On/Offline Boundaries. Symposium at the AERA Annual Meeting 2012. Vancouver.
Curinga, M. (discussant) (2011). Fusing Technology With Instruction: Finding Ways to Make Technology Effective for Learning. Symposium at the AERA Annual Meeting 2011. New Orleans.
Curinga, M. (2011). Teaching the Foundations of Open Education. Wikipedia Day 10th Birthday Celebration and Mini-Conference, New York University, NY, January 15, 2011.
Sullivan, I. and Curinga, M. (2010). Wikiotics language lesson assembly studio. Mozilla Drumbeat Festival: learning, freedom and the web. Barcelona, Spain, November 3-5, 2010.
Curinga, M. (panelist) (2010). Pedagogical freedom. DebConf10: Debian, Free Software, and Education. New York, August 1-7, 2010.
Curinga, M. (2009) Education – Software – Freedom. EdLab Seminar, Columbia University, May 13, 2009.
Curinga, M. (2001). Wireless Stimulants: BREW and Wireless Java. Invited Panelist, CTIA Wireless & Internet Conference, San Diego, September 10, 2001.
grants
$1,380
Robotics for Programming
Adelphi University Instructional Technology Grant, granted Feb. 21, 2011
$3,440
Wikiotics Design Research
Adelphi University Faculty Development Grant, granted Feb. 2, 2011
courses
Mobile Learning
Adelphi University
Learning with Video Games
Adelphi University
Community, Schools, & Society
Adelphi University
Technology and Instruction
Adelphi University
Object Oriented Programming
Teachers College
Introduction to Computers, Language, and Literacy
Teachers College, with Jo Anne Kleifgen
Data Driven Website Development
Teachers College
skills
computer: Java/J2EE/J2ME/Android, Python, SQL, AJAX (Javascript/CSS), PHP, XML, LISP
natural languages: English, Spanish, intermediate Italian