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Campus: Wheeling
Email: jmoore@nl.edu
Phone: 847.947.5192
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Biography
Jane Moore was a K-8 educator for 27 years before becoming a teacher educator. Jane is on the Executive Committee of the Board of Directors of the Association for Death Education and Counseling and volunteers as a grief group facilitator for bereaved children. She creates bereavement quilts with children and families through the Good Mourning Program at Rainbow Hospice in Park Ridge, IL.Jane'’s work in bereavement began after the death of a student'’s parent over 25 years ago. Her dissertation researched the ways in which teachers responded to the death of a student. She teaches a course at NLU, which she created, “Death in a School Context,” which is taught online.
Jane is the Editor of the Teacher Education Board for MERLOT (Multimedia Educational Resource for Learning and Online Teaching). She chaired the MERLOT International Conference in 2009. Her work with MERLOT has developed her knowledge of technology and how it can be integrated into teaching and learning.
Jane also works with schools and teachers to develop mathematics education that is meaningful and engaging. She has been teaching online since 2002 and is an active member of the National Council of Teachers of Mathematics.
Education
Ed.D., Curriculum and Instruction, National-Louis UniversityM.Ed. Early Childhood Education, Tulane University
B.A. English, St. Mary's Dominican College Fellow in Thanatology, Association for Death Education and Counseling
Publications
2009 Corr, C. & Balk, D.(in press) Children’s encounters with death, bereavement, and coping (Contributor with Clint Moore III, chapter, “Talking to children about death-related issues”2008 Moore, J. “Symposium: Teaching that Matters,” The Forum, publication of the Association for Death Education and Counseling, July, 2008, 10.
2006 Moore, J. “Post-Katrina New Orleans: Spiritual transformation in the 'New Normal', The Forum, publication of the Association for Death Education and Counseling, April, 2006, 6-7.
2006 Hyde, A. (2006). Comprehending math: Adapting reading strategies to teach mathematics, K-6. Portsmouth, NH: Heinemann. (Contributor – section “Math Journals”)
Presentations
2009 “The Best of Teacher Education, Part Deux: Tried and Proved,” with Teacher Education Editorial Board, MERLOT, San Jose, CA, August 2009
2009 “MERLOT and Mathematics,” presentation accepted at Illinois Council of Teachers of Mathematics annual conference.
2009 “Teaching Thanatology Online: Lessons Learned,” with Tom Attig, Kathleen Gilbert, Eunice Gorman, and Darcy Harris, ADEC, Dallas, April 2009
2009 “Using the Blackboard Gradebook,” NLU Lunch N Learn, March 2009
2009 “MERLOT,” NLU Lunch N Learn, March 2009
2008 “ePortfolios Revisited,” with Cris Guenter and David Wicks, MERLOT, Minneapolis, August 2008.
2008 “The Best of Teacher Education: Tried and Proved,” with Teacher Education Editorial Board, MERLOT, Minneapolis, August 2008
2008 “Bringing the Library into LiveText: Collaboration Across Colleges, “ with Victoria West-Pawl, LiveText Collaboration Conference, Chicago, July, 2008.
2008 “Talking with Children About Difficult Topics, “ with Clint Moore III, ADEC, Montreal, CA, May 2008.
2008 “Death Education Online: Examining the Benefits,” ADEC, Montreal, CA, May, 2008.
2008 Discussant, “Death in the School Community,” local panel for the National Hospice Foundation Telethon, River Forest, IL, April 2008.
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