Gamaliel Rhodanthee

Personal Profile

I was raised and lived in Jackson, NC for 18 years of my life. This exposure to almost nothing prompted me to make the most of my undergraduate education which was in Elementary Education. While at Elizabeth City State University, I traveled to Scotland, Ghana, Spain, France, New Zealand, Australia, and Italy, not exactly in that order. My overseas experiences led me to believe that people think and live differently all over the world, thus I had a new outlook on life and culture every time I traveled.

Upon graduation I recruited for my alma mater for a semester and then participated in the NASA LARSS internship program where I pursued a NASA Graduate Student Researchers Program.

Scholarly Pursuit

I have always been interesting in the way people learn, especially the way people teach others to learn. Learning theories in general interest me but the fun part is the inclusion and results of various learning theories on different groups of individuals. I am particularly interested in Cognitive Flexibility Theory just because it allows for some inclusion of several variables which tailors to more people than not. It is my intent to grasp a through knowledge of learning theory in order to manipulate learning situations.

Professional Activities

Currently I work at NASA Langley Research Center as an Assistant Technologist. That title ranges from the maintenance of half Mac and PC computer labs to the set up and use of television production equipment. I am a part of the newly formed Digital Learning Network (DLN) a network that utilizes interactive videoconferencing to bring NASA content into the classroom. The DLN is composed of three NASA centers to date. Johnson Space Center and Glen Research Center are collaborating with Langley in order to construct the foundation. Eventually we will bring on other NASA centers and sites that posses deliverable content via videoconferencing.

I also serve as the lead technology coordinator for the Pre-Service Teacher Institute at Langley Research Center. This institute brings 22-25 pre-service teachers to NASA Langley where they are exposed to problem based leaning methods of teaching mathematics and science using various technologies in the classroom The institute lasts two weeks and occurs twice during the summer.

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