Rachel Drummond Sardell
American English Institute

Rachel Drummond Sardell is an English Instructor at the American English Institute. She has an M.Ed. from the University of Oregon in Middle and Secondary Education, with an emphasis in teaching ESOL and Spanish. Her area of interest is interactive learning technology and she has previously co-presented workshops about pedagogical applications for podcasts.

Website: http://www.uoregon.edu/~rachelds

Watch the movie of her students using a SMART Board. (QuickTime)

Nancy Cheng
Architecture & Allied Arts

Nancy Yen-wen Cheng, AIA, teaches architectural design and digital media. Her research focuses on how tools and methods shape the design process. She combines high-tech and high-touch in using a digital pen that generates sketch animations to capture, analyze and teach graphic thinking. She has imported hand-drawn lines to generate computerized wood carvings, looking at how the hand, machine and material each leave their mark.

While teaching at the University of Hong Kong in '93-'96, she developed international Virtual Design Studio collaborations with former Harvard classmates. After coming to Oregon in 1996, she has enriched her teaching with in-house and remote Web projects, using Wikis, electronic portfolios and video-conferencing to share research, design approaches and critical reflections. Her classes have employed these techniques with remote clients in designing physical intentional communities.

More on Nancy Cheng

Download a PDF of the slides from her Light and Rendering presentation.

Amy Harter
Chinese Flagship Program
Center for Applied Second Language Studies

Chinese Flagship coordinator for the Oregon Chinese K-16 Flagship. She provides structural and administrative support between the K-12 and University of Oregon Flagship programs. She coordinates between university departments, recruits and advises students, and maintains program and budget reports. Amy received her master’s degree in international development and cooperation from Nagoya University in Nagoya, Japan.

Website: Oregon Chinese Flagship Program