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Faculty Senate President Martonia Gaskill focused on changing landscape

July 14, 2020 by Tyler Ellyson

“We’re going to be flexible in our teaching, but we’re not going to be flexible as far as our goal, which is providing the best education available." By TYLER ELLYSON UNK Communications KEARNEY – Extraordinary times require extraordinary measures. This sentence summarizes Martonia Gaskill’s plan of action for the upcoming academic year. As the new Faculty Senate president, she’s prepared to take whatever steps are necessary to ensure the University of Nebraska at … [Read more...] about Faculty Senate President Martonia Gaskill focused on changing landscape

Filed Under: Arts & Sciences, Business & Technology, College of Education, Faculty, News Tagged With: College of Education, coronavirus, COVID-19, Faculty Senate, instructional technology, Kearney, Martonia Gaskill, Teacher Education, University of Nebraska, UNK

‘I was ready to go’: UNK program prepares Palmer, other teachers for online education

May 22, 2020 by gottulatm

By TYLER ELLYSON UNK Communications The coronavirus pandemic created unprecedented challenges for K-12 educators. When schools across the country closed their doors to slow the spread of COVID-19, teachers who rely on in-person classes and face-to-face interactions to connect with students were suddenly thrust into the world of online learning – whether they were ready or not. The rapid transition to remote education was met with fear and uncertainty in many … [Read more...] about ‘I was ready to go’: UNK program prepares Palmer, other teachers for online education

Filed Under: College of Education, News Tagged With: Angie Palmer, Broken Bow, coronavirus, COVID-19, instructional technology, Martonia Gaskill, University of Nebraska at Kearney, UNK, web-based learning

Loper love story: 11 years after meeting at UNK, Kluevers earn master’s degrees together

December 21, 2019 by Tyler Ellyson

By TYLER ELLYSON UNK Communications KEARNEY – Brett and Sara (DeWyke) Kluever first met 11 years ago on the University of Nebraska at Kearney campus. As elementary education majors, they took the same science methods class. They didn’t know it then, but the trombone player and track athlete from Union, Iowa, and the flutist and sorority member from Columbus were about to start a Loper love story. “He was dating somebody and I was, as well, and the same week we … [Read more...] about Loper love story: 11 years after meeting at UNK, Kluevers earn master’s degrees together

Filed Under: Career, College of Education, News, Student Life Tagged With: Brett Kluever, commencement, Elementary education, Gibbon Public School, Health and Sports Center, instructional technology, Kearney, Sara Kluever, UNK

UNK master’s program keeps teachers ahead of technology curve

April 2, 2019 by gottulatm

An assistant professor in UNK’s Department of Teacher Education, Martonia Gaskill recently took over as director of the instructional technology graduate program. (Photo by Corbey R. Dorsey, UNK Communications)

By TYLER ELLYSON UNK Communications KEARNEY – PowerPoint was a relatively new tool and online education was in its infancy when Martonia Gaskill, an exchange student from Brazil at the time, enrolled in the University of Nebraska at Kearney’s instructional technology master’s program. That was roughly 20 years ago, and a lot has changed since then. Now iPads and Chromebooks are common in K-12 classrooms, students and teachers carry smartphones capable of connecting … [Read more...] about UNK master’s program keeps teachers ahead of technology curve

Filed Under: College of Education, News Tagged With: instructional technology, Martonia Gaskill, STEM, technology, University of Nebraska at Kearney, UNK

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