Professional Development

Live Training

Developing Critical Readers: Ideas and Strategies To Incorporate Choice Reading Facebook Live

Conference Participation

Copper, J. (2018). Google Classroom grading tips. Presented at Teach with Tech Conference, remote.

Copper, J. (2017). Using social media for promoting partnerships and enhancing literacy instruction. Presented at Pennsylvania Council of Teachers English and Language Arts, Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania.

Copper, J.M., Swerdlow, E.R., Krupa, A., & Cooper, C. (2016). Actively reading digital texts. Presented at the Pennsylvania Council of Teachers of English and Language Arts, State College, Pennsylvania.

Copper, J.M. (2014). Higher-Order Teaching: The LTI model for multiple-perspective analysis. Paper presented at the National Council of Teachers of English Annual Convention, Washington, D.C.

Copper, J.M. (2013). Higher-order teaching: Literary theory in secondary English classroom. In R. McBride & M. Searson (Eds.), Proceedings of Society for Information Technology & Teacher Education International Conference (4486-4491). Chesapeake, VA: AACE.

Publications

Referred Journal Articles

Copper, J. (2018). A case study of mobile journaling in the secondary classroom. Journal of Interactive Learning Research, 29(3), 359-375. Waynesville, NC: Association for the Advancement of Computing in Education (AACE). Retrieved from https://www.learntechlib.org/primary/p/184759/.

Copper, J.M. and Huth, B. (2016). REACTing to summer reading: An action research project to develop the REACT guide for high school summer reading support. PA Reads, 15(1), 21-30.  Keystone State Reading Association.

Copper, J.M. & Semich, G. (2014). Youtube as a teacher training tool: Information and communication technology as a delivery instrument for professional development.   International Journal of Information Communication and Technology Education.

Book Chapters

Copper, J.M. & Semich, G. (2017). Instructional videos as ICT for teacher professional development: Transitioning from the traditional classroom to YouTube. In L. Tomei (Ed.),  Exploring the New Era of Technology-Infused Education. IGI Global.

Copper, J.M. (2014). The global school in the local classroom: ICT for cross-cultural communication. In B. Adeoye & L.A. Tomei (Eds.), Effects of Information Capitalism and Globalization on Teaching and Learning. IGI Global.

Book Reviews

Copper, J.M. (2014). Global education in elementary and secondary schools. [Review of the book The global school: Connecting classrooms and students around the world, by W. Kist]. International Journal of Information and Communication Technology Education, 10(2), 86-88.

Peer Reviewed Articles

Copper, J. M. (2013). Up to the challenge: Keeping kids in school with the challenges alternative education program. The Pennsylvania Administrator, 17(2), 24-26. Magazine of the Pennsylvania Association of Elementary and Secondary School Principals.

Conference Proceedings

Copper, J.M. (2014). Higher-Order Teaching: The LTI model for multiple-perspective analysis. Paper presented at the National Council of Teachers of English Annual Convention, Washington, D.C.

Copper, J.M. (2013). Literary theory in secondary English classroom. In R. McBride & M. Searson (Eds.), Proceedings of Society for Information Technology & Teacher Education International Conference (4486-4491). Chesapeake, VA: AACE.

Web-Based Publications

Copper, J. M. (2017). 10 things teachers should do in the next 90 days. WeAreTeachers.
https://www.weareteachers.com/teachers-summer-checklist/

Copper, J.M. (2017). 8 things that happen when you work in an office that teachers will never understand. WeAreTeachers. https://www.weareteachers.com/teacher-day-vs-workday/

Copper, J. M. (2013). An introduction to Julius Caesar using multiple-perspective universal theme analysis. National Council of Teachers of English. http://www.readwritethink.org/classroom-resources/lesson-plans/introduction-julius-caesar-using-30996.html

Other Publications

Copper, J. M. (2013). Thinking critically about teaching criticism: Using teachers’ perceptions to evaluate the literary theory implementation model in the secondary English classroom. Robert Morris University. ProQuest Dissertations and Theses, 195.