Paul D. Colombo 208 Washington Street Leominster, MA 01453 colombo@edutel.com Education Simmons College. M.S. Science Education and Instructional Technology. 1996. Mass. Corporation for Educational Telecommunications. Staff development. 1991-93. Worcester State College. Various graduate courses in Natural Sciences. 1977-93. Western Illinois University. Graduate Assistant in M.A. program. 1971-72. Worcester State College. BS.Ed., Physical Geography and Environmental Sciences. 1971. Professional Experience EduTel Communications Inc., 1999 - Present: Vice President, and Webmaster Simmons College, 1998 - 1999: Director of Academic Technology Simmons College, 1997 - 1998: Program Manager for Web Development. <http://www.simmons.edu> Simmons College, 1992 - 1997: Director of the National Science Foundation/EnviroNet teacher enhancement project. <http://earth.simmons.edu> Clinton Public Schools, Clinton, MA, 1975 - 1993: Environmental science teacher. Clinton Conservation Commission, 1989 - 1993: Commission administrator for enforcing Massachusetts Wetlands Protection Act (MGL C. 131 S. 40). Charles A. Perkins Engineering Co., 1988 - 1991: Summer employment - SDS design and subsurface soil testing. Other Experience Senior consultant for EduTel™ Technology Education Consulting Workshop Assessment - survey and analysis tools - NSF/EnviroNet Network Director of the National Science Foundation/WhaleNet <http://whale.wheelock.edu> project at Wheelock College, Boston. Telecommunications workshops and demonstrations. National Science Foundation EnviroNet participant. Star Schools Teacher - Reach for the Stars Federal Grant participant. Videodisc research and development with Tom Snyder Productions. Science-By-Mail teacher participant with Boston Museum of Science. TERC Solar House telecommunication participant incorporating Alice software. Grants and Awards "WhaleNet: Interdisciplinary Curriculum" with J.M. Williamson. National Science Foundation. 1994-95. $135,000. "EnviroNet: Telecommunications Across the Curriculum" with K. Talentino. National Science Foundation. 1995-98. $745,619.. "WhaleNet" with J.M. Williamson. National Science Foundation. 1995-98 $1,170,068. "EnviroNet: Enhancing Environmental Science Education through Telecommunications" with K. Talentino. MA DOE PALMS. 1996-97. $40,338. "Inquiry-Based Science Education Using Telecommunications" with R. Lite. MA DOE PALMS. 1997-98. $32,649. National Science Teachers Association - Tapestry Grant Award. 1995 Technology Pathfinders Award. 1993 - Massachusetts Department of Education. Outstanding Teacher of the Year. 1992 - Clinton Area Educational Forum. Professional Affiliations Massachusetts Computer Using Educators (MassCUE); International Society for Technology in Education (ISTE); Massachusetts Corporation for Educational Telecommunications (MCET); Regional Electronic Magnet School (REMS2), Merrimack Education Center; National Science Teachers’ Association (NSTA); Northern Worcester Science Teachers’ Association; Massachusetts Environmental Education Society (MEES); Massachusetts Association of Science Teachers (MAST); Nashua River Watershed Association (NRWA). Biographical Sketch Mr. Colombo is the program manager for EduTel Communications Inc. a federally recognized non-profit 501(c)(3) educational organization. He formerly directed academic technology and managed web development for Simmons College in Boston. His responsibilities included developing and overseeing the college web site, coordinating communication between the web office and all departments in both the undergraduate and graduate colleges along with providing Internet based professional development for faculty and staff. He also directed the EnviroNet network that was established under a previous National Science Foundation award. He has academic and professional experience in environmental sciences as well as an outstanding telecommunications background in networked science. He taught environmental sciences in grades six through twelve for nineteen years and served as a consultant for a NSF/NIE grant entitled "WhaleNet" with Wheelock College in Boston. He has given numerous telecommunication workshops at local, regional, and national conferences for science education during the past few years. Recent Publications and Workshops Conducted Publications: "EnviroNet" Interactive television broadcast with the Massachusetts Corporation for Educational Telecommunications (MCET) Cambridge, MA. October 6, 1997. "EnviroNet: Bugs, Bats & Coyotes." Interactive television broadcast series with the Massachusetts Corporation for Educational Telecommunications (MCET) Cambridge, MA. Sept-Nov 1996. "Our Environment, Ourselves." Interactive television broadcast series with the Massachusetts Corporation for Educational Telecommunications (MCET) Cambridge, MA. April-May, 1996. "Beyond the Wires." Interactive television broadcast with the Massachusetts Corporation for Educational Telecommunications (MCET) Cambridge, MA. October 5, 1995. "The HealthNet Guide." P. Colombo and R. Lite. Simmons College, Boston, MA. September 1995. "EnviroNet: An Environmental Science Network." Interactive television broadcast series with the Massachusetts Corporation for Educational Telecommunications (MCET) Cambridge, MA. October 1994 - May 1995 "Telecommunicate: The EnviroNet Network." Interactive television broadcast with the Massachusetts Corporation for Educational Telecommunications (MCET) Cambridge, MA. February 2, 1994. "The EnviroNet Guide." K. Talentino, R. Nickerson, and P. Colombo. Simmons College, Boston, MA. September, 1993. Workshops Presented: Regional and National: Center for Enrichment of Science and Mathematics Education (CESAME), Northeastern University, Boston, MA. January 29, 1994 National Science Teachers Association (NSTA), Anaheim, CA. April 2, 1994 Fitchburg State College, Fitchburg, MA. Graduate Methods Class. May 4, 1994 National Educational Computing Conference (NECC '94), Boston, MA. June 15, 1994 Tufts University, Medford, MA. June 20,1994 College of the Atlantic, Bar Harbor, ME. September 17, 1994 UMass Harbor Explorations Conference, Boston, MA. November 5, 1994 Tel•Ed '94 Conference, Albuquerque, NM. November 11, 1994 New Hampshire Science Teachers Association (NHSTA), Nashua, NH. December 1, 1994 Woods Hole Science & Technology Education Partnership (WHSTEP) Woods Hole, MA. March 30, 1995 Massachusetts Marine Educators (MME), Woods Hole Oceanographic Institute, Woods Hole, MA. April 8, 1995 Zoo Atlanta, Atlanta, GA. GSAMS network television broadcasting. April 27-28, 1995 Massachusetts Association of Science Supervisors Conference, Marlborough, MA. May 4, 1995 PALMS-Science Leadership Institute, Blanchard Middle School, Westford, MA. July 11, 1995 New England Environmental Educators Association Conference (NEEEA), South Portland, ME. September 18, 1995 Gulf of Maine Marine Educators Association Conference (GOMMEA), South Portland, ME. October 22, 1995 Massachusetts Association of Science Teachers (MAST), Boxborough Sheraton Boxborough, MA. October 25, 1995 Zoo Atlanta, Atlanta, GA. GSAMS network television broadcasting. March 7, 1996 Georgia Tech, Atlanta GA. Statewide Environmental Conference. March 8, 1996 Massachusetts Environmental Educators Society, Annual Conference at Holy Cross College, Worcester, MA. March 13, 1996 National Science Teachers Association (NSTA) Annual Conference. St. Louis, MO. March 30, 1996 Tel•Ed '96 International Conference. Orlando, FL. Dec. 6, 1996 National Science Teachers Association (NSTA) Annual Conference. New Orleans, LA. March 30 - April 4, 1997 Kansas Association of Teachers of Science (KATS) Annual Conference. Junction City, KS. April 26, 1997 Carson-Newman College, Jefferson City, TN. DOE Conference. June 23, 1997. Massachusetts Association of Science Teachers (MAST), Worcester Holiday Inn Worcester, MA. October 10, 1997 Fenway Libraries Consortium (FLC), Simmons College, Boston, MA. May 13, 1998 Tel•Ed '98 International Conference. New Orleans, LA. October 30, 1998 Massachusetts Association of Science Teachers (MAST), Worcester Holiday Inn Worcester, MA. November 6, 1998 New Hampshire Science Teachers Association (NHSTA), Nashua, NH. December 2, 1998 and December 8, 1999 MATSOL Annual Conference, UMass Boston, January, 2000 NERCOMP Annual Conference, Sturbridge Host Hotel, Sturbridge, MA March 21, 2000   about | principals | training | messages | classes | resources   © Copyright 2002 - EduTel™ All rights reserved Last updated: