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Associate Professor Other Titles Associate Professor of Organizational Behavior (by courtesy) Faculty Co-director, Stanford Center on Philanthropy and Civil Society Contact Info Phone:  (650) 725-5510 Email:  debram@stanford.edu Office Location:  CE 427 Admin. Support Lauren Ellison Program Affiliations SHIPS (PhD): Administration and Policy Analysis SHIPS (PhD): Organization Studies SHIPS (MA): POLS SHIPS (MA): MA/MBA Research Research Summary:  Professor Meyerson's research has focused on conditions and change strategies that foster constructive and equitable gender and race relations in organizations. Her more recent projects investigate scaling and innovation in the charter school field, the role of philanthropy in shaping educational innovation, and conditions that foster learning and distributed leadership in organizations. Current Research:  Debra Meyerson conducts research in five areas: a) gender and race relations in organizations, specifically individual and organizational strategies of change aimed at removing inequities and fostering productive inter-group relations; b) the role of philanthropic organizations as intermediaries in fostering change within educational institutions; c) leadership and entrepreneurship in education; d)going to scale in the charter school field; and e)accessibility and the construction (and destruction) of work-life boundaries through communication technologies. Research Interests:  Feminism Gender Studies Identity School Leadership Intergroup Relations School Reform Issues Charter Schools Statistical Issues in Educational Accountability and Large-Scale Assessment Minorities Dispersed Leadership Multiculturalism Diversity Organizational Change Organizations Educational Equity Women and Management / Work Principal Training Ethnography Quote "By taking on the quality of uncontestable truth, dominant narratives in organizations keep existing arrangements in place. Alternative narratives open the way for experimentatio

I have been playing around with Skitch.  It's really easy to use.  Check it out!

Helpful video tutorial for using Diigo

ASSISTments is a free online platform that allows teachers to write and select questions, students get immediate and useful tutoring, and teachers receive instant reports to help inform their classroom instruction.

Great use of technology to get students intelligence neurons active.

This report provides national data on the availability and use of educational technology in public school districts during fall 2008.

TCEA is a member-based organization devoted to the use of technology in education. Founded in 1980, the organization has been very active throughout its history supporting instructional technology. Our primary focus is on integrating technology into the PreK-12 environment and providing our members with state-of-the-art information through conferences, workshops, newsletters, the Internet, and collaborations with higher education and business.

By pairing personalized learning and technology, a teacher can help students learn what they need to learn through the topics that interest them most.

This project, although adult-based, sends a powerful message via video; I believe it could inspire children to create similar projects of their own with a powerful message to the world. In this way, it may be used as part of transformational learning in our classrooms. 

You won't find Willyn Webb telling her high school students to put away their cell phones, even though they are technically banned in her Colorado district. She's been using cell phones to augment her lessons at Delta County Opportunity School for years.

This article shares how principals and other administrators can optimize technology use in their schools.

Sitting through stuffy lectures with a monotonous teacher is a student's worst nightmare. But Pinterest may be changing that. Yes, Pinterest, the site where people pin their favorite pictures on boards to share with the world. With Pinterest gaining traction by the day, it's becoming a valuable tool for educators.

Named one of TIME's 50 Best Websites, Weebly has an easy, drag & drop interface to create your own website. It's free, powerful, and professional.

Thank you for sharing this for me. This is what I used to create the website - weliketoreadit.weebly.com

really good ideas for using technology for literacy

Great site for teachers and students to use to review math concepts. Covers a variety of math classes and content. Also has review, enrichment, and even calculator practice.

Okay, so we have all learned about Social Networking, here is a site that focuses on Social Note-taking. Can be used from computers or mobile devices--may be worth looking into as we consider means of students accessing their personal technology for educational purposes.