matt curinga technology - education - research

curriculum vitae

education

Teachers College Columbia University, New York, NY
Summer 2010Ed.D Instructional Technology & Media
Dissertation: Social software and the struggle for freedom
Sponsor: Robbie McClintock
Spring 1999MA Computing and Education
Colby College, Waterville, ME
Spring 1993BA English.
University College Cork, Cork City, Ireland
1991-92Year Abroad

academic work history

presentAdelphi University
Assistant Professor, Educational Technology, Ruth S. Ammon School of Education
2009-presentIntel. Strategy, Research and Assessment Team
Research Consultant, Technology in Education
2007-2010StudyPlace Wiki, Columbia Center for New Media, Teaching, and Learning, New York, NY
Graduate Research Assistant
2001, 2007-08Teachers College Columbia University
Adjunct Instructor

2005-2007Steps To Literacy, Teachers College, New York, NY
Graduate Research Assistant

2006-2007CTELL: Case Technologies to Enhance Literacy Learning, Teachers College, New York, NY
Software Developer

courses

Object Oriented Programming
Teachers College
Introduction to Computers, Language, and Literacy
Teachers College, with Jo Anne Kleifgen
Data Driven Website Development
Teachers College

presentations, talks, & papers

Lessons learned from using a wiki as a course management system (with Saravanos, A.)
Poster presentation at The 41st ACM Technical Symposium on Computer Science Education. Milwaukee, WI, USA, March 10-13, 2010.
Wikipedia and Jacques Rancière’s philosophy of radical equality
Paper presentation at Wikimania 2009, academic track. Buenos Aires, Argentina, August 26-28, 2009.
Education – Software – Freedom
Invited talk, EdLab Seminar, Columbia University. May 13, 2009.
STEPS to literacy for emergent bilinguals: integrating web-based and curricular support for Latino middle-school writers.
(with Kleifgen, J. and Kaun, K.). Paper presentation at the American Anthropological Association Annual Meeting 2008. San Francisco.
Multimodal Resources for Writing: Students Taking First STEPS+G. (with Kleifgen, J. and Kaun, K.). Paper presentation at the AERA Annual Meeting 2007. Chicago.
STEPS+G: A Framework for Multiple Perspectives to Enrich Latino Students’ Academic Writing. (2007) (with Kinzer, C.) Paper presentation at the AERA Annual Meeting 2007. Chicago.
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.
STEPS to Literacy: Using First Language to Facilitate Second Language Writing through an Innovative Literacy Software Tool. (with Arora, P. and Kaun, K.) 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.
Wireless Stimulants: BREW and Wireless Java. Invited Panelist, CTIA Wireless & Internet Conference, San Diego, September 10, 2001.

professional software development

2009-2010Brainscape, New York, NY
Lead Software Developer
2002-2008Nielsen IAG, New York, NY
Software Development Consultant, 2005-2008
Lead Programmer, Web Applications, 2002-2005
1999-2002Crisp Wireless, New York, NY
Co-founder, Chief Technical Officer
1997-1999Sohonet (now RunTime Technologies), New York, NY
Software Engineer

academic & community service

2008-presentspaces e-journal of arts and humanities, Teachers College, New York, NY
Editorial Board
2007-presentTeunis G. Bergen Public School 9, Brooklyn, NY
Technology Advisor & Volunteer Programmer
2004-2005ContentBank, The Children’s Partnership, New York, NY
Technology Advisor
1999-2002Playing2Win Community Technology Center, Harlem, NY
Volunteer Teacher: Computer Programming and New Media Development
1993-1995First Baptist Church, Grady, AR
Volunteer Adult ESL Instructor

k-12 teaching and schools

1996-1997Computer Curriculum Corporation (now Pearson Education), New York, NY
Educational Consultant, Public School District 32, Brooklyn
Fall 1996Alternative Education Center, Guatemala City, Guatemala
ESL Teacher (grades 9-12)
1993-1996Teach For America, Los Angeles, Houston, Arkansas
Corps Member, Curriculum Consultant and Instructor for Summer Institute
1993-1995Grady Public Schools, Grady, AR
Bilingual/ESL Teacher, Migrant Education Coordinator

skills

computer languagesJava/J2EE/J2ME/Android, Python, SQL, AJAX (Javascript/CSS),
PHP, XML, LISP
natural languagesEnglish, Spanish, intermediate Italian