Deborah K. Nagler, Ed.D Cell: 201.694.5126
697 Ogden Avenue
Teaneck, NJ 07666 Skype: Debknagler
CURRICULUM VITAE
EDUCATION
Ed.D Educational Technology Leadership, New Jersey City University, Jersey City, NJ May 2018 (Dissertation: Women’s Participation in Makerspace Communities of Practice)
M.S., Education Media Design & Technology, Full Sail University, Winter Park, FL 2010
M.A., Jewish Education, Jewish Theological Seminary, New York, NY 1979
B.A., Religious Studies, Washington University, St. Louis, MO 1975
EDUCATIONAL TECHNOLOGY EXPERIENCE
HEBREW UNION COLLEGE ONLINE CANTORIAL CERTIFICATION PROGRAM, NY, NY Nov 2012 - Present
Instructional Designer/Course Manager
NEW JERSEY CITY UNIVERSITY, Jersey City, NJ, January –Present
Adjunct Professor
"Using Integrated Software Across the Curriculum" Jan 2016
GRATZ COLLEGE, Melrose Park, PA Jan 2011 - Present
Adjunct Professor, Educational Technology
“Technology, Leadership, and the Nonprofit Organization” 2017, 2018 (scheduled)
“Technology & The Future Of Jewish Education” 2011, in partnership with the University of Hartford, CT 2013, & 2015
“Using Technology to Build Community & Grow Your Organization” 2012, 2013, 2014
“Technology & the 21st Century Learner” 2012
HEBREW COLLEGE, Newton Centre, MA Jan 2013 – May 2014 Adjunct Professor, Educational Technology
“Technology & Jewish Education in Day Schools” 2013, 2014
SIMNIK.COM, Educational Gaming in VR for 21 Century Classrooms, Berkeley, CA 2010-14 Executive Vice President & Co-founder
PREVIOUS PROFESSIONAL EXPERIENCE
HADASSAH WZOA, NY, NY 2004 - 2008
National Director, Leadership Education and Training Division
Responsibilities included development & oversight of departments of Leadership Development, Women’s Health, Political Advocacy in the US, NGO committee at the UN, National Conferences, and Jewish Education; Developed & implemented use of Adobe Connect Classroom for nationwide webinars
JEWISH EDUCATION ASSOCIATION (JEA), Whippany, NJ 1999 - 2004
Executive Director
Responsibilities included fiscal oversight and grant development; supervision of departments of Professional Development, Adult Education, Family Education, Special Education, Immigrant Acculturation, a regional Hebrew High School, and a regional library of 100K+ volumes.
JEWISH EDUCATIONAL SERVICES (JES), River Edge, NJ 1994 - 1999
Director
Responsibilities included fiscal oversight and grant development; supervision of departments of Professional Development, Synagogue Renewal, Family Education; development and management of a three-year, $1M grants process for local agencies
FORT LEE JEWISH CENTER, Fort Lee, NJ 1988 - 1994
Educational Director
Responsibilities included supervision and staffing of a supplemental religious school of 150 students; Family programming and services for a congregation of 500 member families
SOLOMON SCHECTER DAY SCHOOL, Pompton Plains, NJ 1986 - 1988
Founding Principal
Responsibilities included recruitment and supervision of a K-3 parochial school
Prior to 1986:
Educational positions in the US, Israel & Canada: Teacher, Program & Grant Evaluator, Lecturer,
Teacher Trainer, Youth Group Advisor & Educational Tour Staff
RELEVANT PROFESSIONAL ACTIVITY
ISTE 18, How to Build a STEM Lab in K-12 Schools, June 2018 (scheduled)
Presenter, NJEDge 18, How to Build a PreK-12 STEM Lab: Tips for School Leaders, January 2018
Presenter, ISTE 17, Building for the Future: A STEM Lab in an Urban Elementary School, June 2017
Presenter, Emerging Learning Design 17, Personalized Learning in Online Courses, June 2017
Presenter, NJEDge Annual Conference 2016, The iBeacon Project: Using Pingable Technology in Schools, NJASL Conference, Universal Design for Learning, November 2016
Presenter, ISTE 2016, June 2016
Poster Session, NJEDge Faculty Showcase 2016, The iBeacon Project, March 2016 Planner & Presenter, Girls in Technology Symposium, Coding Workshop, March 2015 & 2016
Presenter, Partnership for Jewish Life & Learning, Blended Learning: Tools & Tips for Classroom Teacher, February 2016
Presenter, Quest Conference, Flipped Learning and the Flipped Mastery Model: The Why & How, November 2015
Poster Session, NJEDge Conference, A CTE High School for Maker Education, November 2015 Presenter, IFTE/CEE Conference, The Literacies of Remix, July 2015
Presenter, ISTE 2015, Urban Assembly Maker Academy: Remaking H.S. Education; Teaching Language, Literature, and Literacy with Remix, June 2015
Award Judge, SIIA CODIE, Spring 2015
Presenter, NJEDge Ignite Session – UDL Theme Park< March 2015
Presenter, NJEDge Faculty Showcase – Get Your Game On: MMORPG in K-12, March 2015 Presenter, Girls in Technology Symposium: The Internet of Things, March 2015 Contributor, Revision of Educational Technology Curriculum for India, January 2015 Presenter, International Inclusion and Special Education Conference, November 2014 Presenter, PJLL, Take Your Place in Cyberspace, November 2014
Presenter, ISJL, Technology & the 21st Century Jewish School, June 2012 & 2013 Presenter, NewCAJE, Technology & the 21st Century Teacher, August 2012 Keynote Speaker, Gratz Grossman Lecture: The Jewish Learning Quest –
How Technology is changing Jewish Education, November 2011 Presenter, NAJDS: Game On – Integrating 3D Learning Environments in the
Classroom January 2011
Keynote Speaker, JEA Conference: From Sinai to Cyberspace, January 2011
AWARDS
Honorary Doctorate in Pedagogy, Jewish Theological Seminary, 2001
Course Director Awards, Full Sail University, 2010
PUBLICATIONS
Building a STEM Lab in K-12 Schools (working title), co-authored with Martha Osei-Yaw–book contract with ISTE Publications, anticipated publication Fall 2018.
“Ed. Tech. at the Intersection of East Meets West: China’s Globalization in the Digital Age” in Journal of Applied Learning Technology, Vol. 5, No. 2, 2015.
“Imagination and Immersion: Jewish Identity and Experiential Jewish Education in Virtual World” in Jewish Experiential Education, David Bryfman, Ed., Tora Aura Productions, 2015.
“The Purim Story Uploaded: Jewish Story-telling in the Digital Age” in Gratz eSSAYS in Jewish Studies 2011,” Joseph M. Davis, Ed., Gratz College, 2012.
“Web Tools for Jewish Formal and Informal Experiential Education (Dr. Richard Solomon, co-author) in HaYidiyon, RAVSAK, Winter 2011.
“Focus on the Future: Jewish Education Unbound” in The Jewish Educator, NewCAJE, December 2011
AviChai Israel-Jewish Identity Film Curriculum, Writer & Executive Editor