Bernard John Poole, MSIS, PGCE

University of Pittsburgh at Johnstown
Johnstown, PA 15904, USA

Tel:: 814-269-2923
Fax: 814-269-7084
e-mail: poole@pitt.edu
Web home page: http://www.pitt.edu/~poole

"In a completely rational society, the best of us would be teachers and the rest of us would have to settle for something less, because passing civilization along from one generation to the next ought to be the highest honor and the highest responsibility anyone could have." - Lee Iacocca, automobile executive (1924- )

Education

Master Of Science in Information Science (MSIS-Systems track), 1983)
University of Pittsburgh School of Information Sciences (SIS), Interdisciplinary Department of Information Science
Honors: Runner up for Catherine Offeish-Orner award for best IS graduate paper titled "Four Sorting Algorithms--A Comparative Evaluation and Optimization."

Associate in Applied Science-AAS (Data Processing) , 1982
Westmoreland County Community College, PA, USA
Honors: Academic Award for Excellence in Data Processing

Post-Graduate Certificate in Education-PGCE, 1969
University of London Institute of Education, England, UK

Bachelor of Arts-BA (English, History, French), 1966
University of London, England, UK

Contents:

Teaching Experience

	1996 (January)-present
	1983-1995 (December)
	Other teaching responsibilities
	Other teaching experience (1966-1983)
	Teaching Awards
	Honor Society Memberships

Professional Development

Books Published

	Book length manuscripts submitted for publication or in preparation
	Papers Published

	Papers submitted for publication though not published
	Papers in preparation
	Web Resources for Teachers and Students
	Academic listserv memberships
	Fulbright Scholarship and other Scholarships and Grants
	Presentations, videoconferences, and workshops conducted
	Book/manuscript/dissertation proposal reviews
	Continuing education
	Professional Affiliations

Service

	Committee service
	Advisory activities
	Community service
	Service Award

Consulting

Teaching Experience ˆTable of contentsˆ

1996 (January) to present ˆTable of contentsˆ
Associate Professor of Education and Instructional Technology
University of Pittsburgh at Johnstown, Johnstown, PA

Responsibilities

	Coordinator for Instructional Technology with responsibility for designing and teaching courses in the department, advising students, and collaborating with other Education Division faculty to integrate technology into the content of courses offered for Education majors at the University of Pittsburgh at Johnstown.
	Division Technical consultant and advisor on matters related to technology for use in teaching and administration. Technology Grant Writer.

1983 to 1995 (December) ˆTable of contentsˆ
Associate Professor of Natural Sciences and Computer Science
University of Pittsburgh at Johnstown, Johnstown, PA

Responsibilities

Department Coordinator for Computer Science Department offerings in Perspectives in Computer Science (CS0100), Systems Analysis and Design (CS181), Software Design Methods (CS135) and Software Engineering (CS1736 and CS1765). In this capacity, have developed and implemented a nine credit concentration in Software Engineering which marries the disciplines of Software Engineering and Computer Systems Analysis and Design. The University of Pittsburgh at Johnstown was on the cutting edge of developments in the field of Software Engineering education by being one of the first undergraduate schools in the United States to have introduced such an offering. The Software Engineering concentration has been established as a culmination of five years of study on my part, both independently and at the following institutions:

	UCLA School of Engineering , where I attended a course in Software Quality Assurance in the summer of l985;
	Carnegie-Mellon University Software Engineering Institute (SEI), of which the University of Pittsburgh at Johnstown is an Academic Affiliate. I attended five conferences at the SEI between 1986 and 1990;
	The Wang Institute of Graduate Studies in Software Engineering, where I was granted a scholarship in Software Engineering Education (July-August 1986);
	The University of Pittsburgh School of Library and Information Science, where I am enrolled in the Certificate of Advanced Study in Information Science, and where I attended courses, among others, in Advanced Systems Analysis and Design (Fall 1986), and Software Engineering (Winter 1988).

Other Computer Science Department Responsibilities

Department Coordinator for Computer Science offerings to non-majors, including Introduction to Programming (CS0015 and CS0016 (Lab)) and Exploration into Computing Science (CS0081).

Developed and taught the introductory CS Major course: Perspectives in Computer Science.

Teacher of the Introduction to Computer Science (Modula-2) for Computer Science majors.

Coordinator for Internships (1990-1992, 1994).

Faculty Advisor student chapter of the Association for Computing Machinery, 1986 to 1992.

Other Teaching Responsibilities ˆTable of contentsˆ

At the graduate level, I was for 10 years involved with the Information Technology Education for the Commonwealth (ITEC) program (1986-1996), which offered courses in computer technology to teachers and administrators serving in Elementary and Secondary schools in the Commonwealth of Pennsylvania. The goal of the program was to guide teachers in the integration of computer technology into the K-12 curriculum.

Other Teaching Experience (1966-1983) ˆTable of contentsˆ

	September 1994 - December 1994: Cambria County Area Community College (CCACC), Johnstown, PA, USA Inaugural instructor in the Advanced Technology program.
	October 1980 - January 1981: St. Vincent College, Latrobe, PA, USA Instructor of English as a Foreign Language.
	January 1978 - July 1980: Riyadh Schools, Riyadh, Saudi Arabia Teacher of English as a Foreign Language.
	September 1974 - August 1976: Mount Carmel College, Ilorin, Nigeria. Head of English Department, Teacher of French, Math, English.
	August 1966 - September 1974: St. Joseph's College, London, UK Divisional Head, Teacher of French, English, History

Awards ˆTable of contentsˆ

Phi Eta Sigma (Freshman Honor Society) Teacher of the Year Award, 1992

Phi Lamda Theta (Education Honor Society) Teacher of the Year Award, 2001

Fulbright Fellowship as a Visiting Lecturer to India, 2006

Honor Society Memberships ˆTable of contentsˆ

Phi Eta Sigma (Freshman Honor Society)

Phi Lamda Theta (Education Honor Society)

Phi Kappa Phi (All discipline Academic Honor Society)

Professional Development ˆTable of contentsˆ

Books published ˆTable of contentsˆ

	Poole, Bernard J. ESSENTIAL Microsoft Office 2007: Tutorials for Teachers, self-published on the web at http://www.educationworld.com/a_tech/columnists/poole/office_tutorials/index.shtml, August, 2007.
	Poole, Bernard J., Elizabeth Skye-McIlvain, with Lorrie Jackson, Yvonne Singer. EDUCATION FOR AN INFORMATION AGE: Teaching in the Computerized Classroom, 6th edition, self-published on the web at http://www.pitt.edu/~edindex/InfoAge6frame.html, August, 2006.
	Poole, Bernard J., with Lorrie Jackson and Rebecca Randall. ESSENTIAL Microsoft Office 2003: Tutorials for Teachers (for Wintel machines), self-published on the web at http://www.pitt.edu/~edindex/Office2003frame.html, August, 2004.
	Poole, Bernard J., Elizabeth Skye-McIlvain, with Lorrie Jackson. EDUCATION FOR AN INFORMATION AGE: Teaching in the Computerized Classroom, 5th edition, self-published at http://www.pitt.edu/~edindex/InfoAge5frame.html, July, 2004.
	Poole, Bernard J., with Lorrie Jackson. EDUCATION FOR AN INFORMATION AGE: Teaching in the Computerized Classroom, 4th edition, self-published on the web at http://www.pitt.edu/~poole/Officeindex.html, January, 2003.
	Poole, Bernard J., with Lorrie Jackson and Rebecca Randall. ESSENTIAL Microsoft Office XP: Tutorials for Teachers (for Wintel machines), self-published on the web at http://www.pitt.edu/~edindex/OfficeindexXP.html, August, 2002.
	Poole, Bernard J., EDUCATION FOR AN INFORMATION AGE: Teaching in the Computerized Classroom, 3rd edition, self-published on the web at http://www.pitt.edu/~poole/Officeindex.html, May, 2001.
	Poole, Bernard J., with Rebecca Randall. ESSENTIAL Microsoft Office 2000: Tutorials for Teachers (for Wintel machines), self-published on the web at http://www.pitt.edu/~poole/Officeindex.html, August, 2000.
	Poole, Bernard J., with Rebecca Randall. ESSENTIAL Microsoft Office 2000: Tutorials for Teachers (for Wintel machines), McGraw-Hill Companies, Publishers, New York, NY, 2000.
	Poole, Bernard J., Tecnologia Educativa: Educar para la sociocultura de la communicacion y del conocimiento, McGraw-Hill Companies, Publishers, New York, NY, 1999.
	Poole, Bernard J., with Donna Hendry. ESSENTIAL Microsoft Office 97: Tutorials for Teachers (for Wintel machines), McGraw-Hill Companies, Publishers, New York, NY, 1999.
	Poole, Bernard J. ESSENTIAL CLARISWORKS 5.0: Tutorials for Teachers (for the Mac OS), McGraw-Hill Companies, Publishers, New York, NY, 1998.
	Poole, Bernard J., EDUCATION FOR AN INFORMATION AGE: Teaching in the Computerized Classroom, 2nd edition, McGraw-Hill Companies, Publishers, New York, NY, 1998.
	Poole, Bernard J., Andrea Tufarolo. Instructors Manual and Test Bank, including chapter by chapter teaching recommendations, Lecture Outline, Transparency masters, and Test Bank for both Windows and Mac OS, to accompany EDUCATION FOR AN INFORMATION AGE: Teaching in the Computerized Classroom, 2nd edition, McGraw-Hill Companies, Publishers, New York, NY, 1998.
	Poole, Bernard J., Susan Giorgio-Bond, ESSENTIAL CLARISWORKS 4.0: Tutorials for Teachers (for the Mac OS), McGraw-Hill Companies, Publishers, New York, NY, 1997.
	Poole, Bernard J. CLARISWORKS STEP-BY-STEP, Macmillan/McGraw-Hill Publishers, New York, NY, Fall 1995.
	Poole, Bernard J., EDUCATION FOR AN INFORMATION AGE: Teaching in the Computerized Classroom, Brown & Benchmark Publishing, Madison, Wisconsin, 1995.
	Poole, Bernard J., Instructors Manual, including chapter by chapter teaching recommendations, Lecture Outline and Transparency masters, to accompany EDUCATION FOR AN INFORMATION AGE: Teaching in the Computerized Classroom, Brown & Benchmark Publishing, Madison, Wisconsin, 1995.
	Poole, Bernard J., Andrea Tufarolo. Test Item File (0ver 1500 test items), to accompany EDUCATION FOR AN INFORMATION AGE: Teaching in the Computerized Classroom, Brown & Benchmark Publishing, Madison, Wisconsin, 1995.
	Poole, Bernard J., with Susan Giorgio-Bond, ESSENTIAL MICROSOFT WORKS 2.0, 3.0: Tutorials for Teachers, Brown & Benchmark Publishing, Madison, Wisconsin, 1994.
	Poole, Bernard J. , Stephanie U. Lashway, Paul W. Layne, THE RESUME WRITER: Writing It Right, NJ: Prentice-Hall, Englewood Cliffs, NJ, 1992.

Book length manuscripts submitted for publication, or in preparation ˆTable of contentsˆ

	Poole, Bernard J. The Education of a Lifetime: A Fulbright Scholar's Sojourn in India. Translator Dr. Indira Jalli, Sri Padmavathi Mahila University, Tirupati, Andhra Pradesh. Accepted for publication by the Telugu Acaedmy, Hyderabad, Andhra Pradesh.
	Poole, Bernard J. Essential Microsoft Office 2007: Tutorials for Teachers.
	Poole, Bernard J., Elizabeth Skye-McIlvain, with Lorrie Jackson. EDUCATION FOR AN INFORMATION AGE: Teaching in the Computerized Classroom, Arabic edition. Translation in preparation by Dr. Halima Al-Bakri, UAE.
	Poole, Bernard J. APPLEWORKS TUTORIALS, full (400 pages) and abridged (250 pages) supplements to accompany the text: EDUCATION FOR AN INFORMATION AGE: Teaching In The Computerized Classroom. Manuscript rejected when Apple Computer, Inc. discontinued the Apple II line of computers.

Papers/Articles Published ˆTable of contentsˆ

	Poole, Bernard John. "Ten Pillars of Successful Technology Integration in Schools.” Article to be published in the e-zine Education World, March, 2008.
	Poole, Bernard John. “Reflecting Poole: Social Networking, More Hype than Help?” Article published in the e-zine Education World, available online at http://eee.educationworld.com/a_tech/columnists/poole//poole001.shtml, September 9, 2006.
	Poole, Bernard John. “Reflecting Poole: Creating Your Own Website.” Article published in the e-zine Education World, available online at http://eee.educationworld.com/a_tech/columnists/poole//poole002.shtml, October 18, 2006.
	Poole, Bernard John. “Reflecting Poole: Computer-Based Learning and Montessorian Manipulatives.” Article published in Education World, available online at http://eee.educationworld.com/a_tech/columnists/poole//poole003.shtml, November 26, 2006.
	Poole, Bernard John. “Reflecting Poole: Reflections on India.” Article published in the e-zine Education World, available online at http://eee.educationworld.com/a_tech/columnists/poole//poole004.shtml, January 16, 2007.
	Poole, Bernard John. “The Impact of Computers in Science and Engineering.” In Newsletter of SOCE (Society of Engineers), Sri Padmavathi Mahila University, Tirupati. India, vol.2, No.2, February 2007.
	Poole, Bernard John. “Reflecting Poole: Things I’d Do Differently the Second Time Around.” Article published in the e-zine Education World, available online at http://eee.educationworld.com/a_tech/columnists/poole//poole005.shtml, February 20, 2007.
	Poole, Bernard John. “Reflecting Poole: The Best Laid Plans.” Article published in the e-zine Education World, available online at http://eee.educationworld.com/a_tech/columnists/poole//poole006.shtml, March 20, 2007.
	Poole, Bernard John. “Education in an Information Age: Teaching in the Computerized Classroom.” Paper presented at, and published in the Proceedings of, the 5^th National Conference of the Academy of Psychologists, Sri Venkateswara University, Tirupati, India. March 29-30, 2007.
	Poole, Bernard John. “Reflecting Poole: March Madness.” Article published in the e-zine Education World, available online at http://eee.educationworld.com/a_tech/columnists/poole//poole007.shtml, April 11, 2007.
	Singer, Yvonne, Bernard John Poole. “Teaching the ‘Yes, I Can’ Attitude.” Paper presented at the 12^th Annual TCC Worldwide Online Conference, University of Hawaii, April 17-19, 2007.
	Poole, Bernard John, Ch. Vijayalakshmi, “Technology Integrated Education: The Indian Experience.” Paper presented at the 12^th Annual TCC Worldwide Online Conference, University of Hawaii, Honolulu, April 17-19, 2007.
	Poole, Bernard John. “Reflecting Poole: Kindness Counts.” Article published in the e-zine Education World, available online at http://eee.educationworld.com/a_tech/columnists/poole//poole008.shtml, May 8, 2007.
	Poole, Bernard J. “Creating Your Own Website.” Published online with Education World at the following URL: http://www.education-world.com/a_tech/columnists/poole/poole002.shtml, October 18, 2006.
	Poole, Bernard J. “Free Online Teacher Tools.” Published online with Education World at the following URL: http://www.educationworld.com/a_tech/tech/tech231.shtml, April 11, 2006.
	Poole, Bernard J. “Tap In to Tapped In.” Published online with Education World at the following URL: http://www.educationworld.com/a_tech/tech/tech228.shtml, March 14, 2006.
	Poole, Bernard J. “What Every Teacher Should Know About Technology.” Published online with Education World at the following URL: http://www.educationworld.com/a_tech/tech/tech227.shtml, February 14, 2006.
	Poole, Bernard J. “Searching with Savvy, Part 3: Time-saving Shortcuts and Strategies.” Published online with Education World at the following URL: http://www.educationworld.com/a_tech/tech/tech225.shtml, January 10, 2006.
	Poole, Bernard J. “Searching with Savvy, Part 2: Web Search 101.” Published online with Education World at the following URL: http://www.educationworld.com/a_tech/tech/tech223.shtml, November 15, 2005.
	Poole, Bernard J, Cara Bafile. “Searching with Savvy, Part 1: The Best Search Engines.” Published online with Education World at the following URL: http://www.educationworld.com/a_tech/tech/tech222.shtml, October 24, 2005.
	Poole, B.J., Yvonne Singer. "Instructional Technology for People with Disabilities: Accessibility Options of Which We All Should Be Aware." Proceedings of TCC Tenth Annual Worldwide Online Conference 2005: "Looking Back Towards the Future." University of Hawaii, April 19-21, 2005.
	Poole, Bernard J., Yvonne Singer. "Accessibility Issues in Educational Computing." Proceedings of IOC 2005: INNOVATION, EDUCATION, TECHNOLOGY, AND YOU. Illinois Online Conference for Teaching and Learning, Illinois Community Colleges Online (ILCCO), February 16-18, 2005.
	Starr, Linda, Poole, Bernard J, et al. “If I Were Secretary of Education....” Published online with Education World at the following URL: http://www.educationworld.com/a_tech/tech/tech188.shtml December 9, 2004.
	Poole, Bernard J, Linda Starr. “Eight Pillars of Successful Technology Implementation.” Published online with Education World at the following URL: http://www.educationworld.com/a_tech/tech/tech188.shtml
	Poole, B.J., Mandi Axmann, Cynthia Calongne, Dawn Cox. "To Chat or to Chatter: Making Online Sense of the Chat Room Environment." Proceedings of TCC 2003: Eighth Annual Teaching in the Community Colleges Online Conference, University of Hawaii, April 23-25, 2003.
	Poole, B.J., Mandi Axmann. "Education Fact of Fiction: Exploring the Myths of Online Learning. Instructional Technology Forum." Paper #62, 26-30 Aug., 2002.
	Poole, Bernard John, Dawn Cox. "An Evolving Strategy for Online Learning". Proceedings of the TOHE 2002: TEACHING ONLINE IN HIGHER EDUCATION conference. University of Indiana-Purdue, Fort Wayne, IN, Nov. 12-14, 2002.
	Poole, Bernard John, Mandi Axmann. "Education Fact or Fiction: Myths Associated with Online Learning". Proceedings of TCC 2002: Seventh Annual Teaching in the Community Colleges Online Conference, University of Hawaii, May 21-24, 2002.
	Poole, Bernard John, Nina Girard. "Models for Pre- and Inservice Instructional Technology (IT) Training at the University of Pittsburgh at Johnstown (UPJ)". Proceedings of the International Conference on Technology and Education, Florida State University, Tallahassee, 2001.
	Poole, Bernard John. "Online Course Preparation and Delivery: What a Difference the Web Makes!" THE INTERNET & LEARNING: What Have We Discovered and Where Are We Headed? Proceedings of the Sixth Annual Teaching in the Community Colleges Online Conference, April 17-19, 2001.
	Poole, Bernard J., Timothy Meyer. "Implementing a Set of Programming Standards for CS Majors," SIGCSE Bulletin of the Association of Computing Machinery (ACM), June, 1996.
	Poole, Bernard J. "Assessment and Quality," in THE TEACHING TIMES, January 1995.
	Poole, Bernard J. "Quality Communications: Key To Control In Software Engineering Environments," in INFORMATION EXECUTIVE, Journal of the Data Processing Management Association, July 1991.
	Poole, Bernard J. "Software Engineering Education: The Fruits of Experience," SIGCSE Bulletin, June 1991.
	Poole, Bernard J. "The Future Is Now: Reflections On The Software Engineering Industry," in INFORMATION EXECUTIVE, Journal of the Data Processing Management Association, January, 1991.
	Poole, Bernard J., Noreen L. Prokop, "Miller's Magical Number: A Heuristic Applied to Software Engineering," in INFORMATION EXECUTIVE, Journal of the Data Processing Management Association, June 1989.
	Poole, Bernard J., Hubert D. Callihan, "Systems Analysis and Design: An Orphan Course About to Find a Home," ACM SIGCSE Bulletin, June 1988.
	Poole, Bernard J., "Word Processing To Learn," RCRC Newsletter, January 1988.
	Poole, Bernard J., "Duplicating Excellence," RCRC Newsletter, September 1988.
	Poole, Bernard J., "Information and Computer Science: Vive La Difference," UPJ Futures Magazine, April1987.
	Poole, Bernard J., "Information and Computer Science: Vive La Difference," Nibbles and Bits Magazine, 1985.

Papers Submitted for Publication though not published ˆTable of contentsˆ

	Poole, Bernard J. “Web Page Development with Yahoo! geocities and FrontPage.” To be published online with Education World, October 2006.
	Poole, Bernard J. “Social Networking; Help or Hype.” To be published online with Education World, October 2006.
	Callihan, Hubert D., Poole, Bernard J., "Checking Printer Status on Parallel Ports." Submitted to PC Magazine, 1987, and accepted for publication, though never published.
	Poole, Bernard J., "Computers and Communications: Current Trends in Computing." Submitted to INTERFACE, The Computer Education Quarterly, 1987. This paper is now incorporated into my latest book EDUCATION FOR AN INFORMATION AGE, described above.

Papers in Preparation ˆTable of contentsˆ

	Poole, B.J., Yvonne Singer. "Instructional Technology for People with Disabilities: Accessibility Options of Which We All Should Be Aware." Submitted, March 2005, to INNOVATE, a peer-reviewed eJournal published by the Fischler School of Nova Southeastern University. The paper has been reviewed and we are in the process of writing recommended revisions.
	Poole, Bernard John, Mandi Axmann, Rebecca Randall, Karen Scanlon. "Learning on the Edge of Chaos: Teacher Training in a Complex World." Still in preparation; not yet submitted.

Web Resources for Teachers and Students ˆTable of contentsˆ

	Poole, Bernard John. The EdIndex--A Web Resource for Teachers and Students. This resource, currently (Nov, 2002) running to close to 500 pages, provides online workshops and other resources for K-12 teachers and students. The home page for the EdIndex is at http://www.pitt.edu/~poole. Permanently under construction as an online resource for teachers and students.
	Poole, Bernard John, Netiva Caftori. PGP (Pretty Good Privacy): Downloading, Installing, Setting Up, and Using this encryption software. April-May, 2001.

Academic Listserv Memberships ˆTable of contentsˆ

	YDisability listserv--since 2004
	ITFORUM listserv--since 2000
	PGP-Basics--since 1999
	EDTECH listserv--since 1999
	DISCOVERYSCHOOL listserv--since 1999

Scholarships and Grants ˆTable of contentsˆ

	Fulbright Scholarship award: To lecture in Instructional Technology at Sri Padmavati Mahila Women's University in Tirupati, India, for the academic year 2006-2007, starting December, 2006 for four months.
	JavaScript Programming (Chatauqua NSF short course), University of Dayton, Dayton, OH, May 8-10, 2003.
	A Courseware LAN for undergraduate Education Majors. Grant awarded by the R.K. Mellon Foundation, July 2001. $28,500.
	Technology Tools for Enhancing the Student Teaching Experience. Grant awarded by the R.K. Mellon Foundation, July 2001. $19,000.
	Integrating Technology into Teacher Education. Grant proposal submitted to the State of Pennsylvania Link To Learn Initiative, November,1998. Proposal was for $320,000 (plus $160,000 in matching funds) from the State to support the training of faculty in computer-integrated Instruction and the refurbishment of classrooms along technology-readiness lines. The proposal was not funded.
	Assistive Technology (Chatauqua NSF short course), Rochester Institute of Technology, Rochester, NY, July 29-31, 1996.
	Ethical and Social Issues in Computing (NSF). Two-day follow up on the full scholarship awarded in 1995 for a workshop using collaborative/cooperative computing methodologies. University of Pittsburgh at Bradford, June 12-13, 1996.
	Ethical and Social Issues in Computing (NSF). Full scholarship for a 5-day workshop using collaborative/cooperative computing methodologies. University of Pittsburgh at Bradford, June 19-23, 1995.
	Technology, Culture and Environment (Chatauqua NSF short course). Tufts University, Boston, June 4-5, 1994.
	Social and Ethical Implications of Computing. Seminar at the Brookings Institution, Summer 1994.
	Great Plains General Accounting Software Grant (1993), donated to the Business Division at the University of Pittsburgh at Johnstown, value $1500.
	UPJ Category II Research Grant (1991) to attend International Conference on Fault Tolerant Computing, Montreal, Canada, value $500.
	Index Technology Corporation (1987) EXCELERATOR Software for CASE (Computer Assisted Software Engineering) Environments--value $8400.
	Wang Institute of Graduate Studies in Software Engineering (1986), Full Scholarship for seminar on Software Engineering Education, value $1500.
	University of California at Los Angeles (UCLA) School of Engineering (1985) Half scholarship as a participant in a week-long program on Software Quality Assurance, value $450.

Presentations, Videoconferences, and Workshops conducted ˆTable of contentsˆ

	University Grants Commission Refresher Course in Business Management, Sri Padmavathi Mahila Visvavidyalayam (Women’s University), Tirupati, Andhra Pradesh, December 11, 2006 Education for an Information Age: Teaching in the Computerized Classroom
	International Indian Ageing Conference, Buvaneshwar, Orissa, December 22-24, 2006 The Role of Technology-based Assistive Devices and Universal Design for Persons with a Disability
	University Grants Commission Refresher Course in Pharmacy Education, Sri Padmavathi Mahila Visvavidyalayam (Women’s University), Tirupati, Andhra Pradesh, January 23, 2007 Education for an Information Age: Teaching in the Computerized Classroom
	International Conference on Gender Mainstreaming, Sri Padmavathi Mahila Visvavidyalayam (Women’s University), Tirupati, Andhra Pradesh, March 7-9, 2007 Opening Session: Introductory Message to the Delegates Session Chair: Lobbying for Women’s Gender Justice Presentation: “For whom the bell tolls…”: Advocacy in the Corridors of Gender Justice Valedictory Session, Guest of Honor: Closing Message to the Delegates
	University Grants Commission Refresher Course in Sanskrit Education, Rashtriya Sanskrit Vidyapeetha, Tirupati, Andhra Pradesh, March 17, 2007 Session I: Educational Technology Session II: Sanskrit Resources on the Web
	University Grants Commission Refresher Course in Education Administration, Academic Staff College, Visakhapatnam, Andhra Pradesh, March 20, 2007 Session I: Educational for an Information Age: Teaching in the Computerized Classroom Session II: The Ten Pillars of Successful Technology Integration in Schools
	5^th National Conference of the Academy of Psychologists (NCAP), Sri Venkateswara University, Tirupati, Andhra Pradesh, March 29-30, 2007 Guest of Honor: Instructional Technology in the Pursuit of Human Well-Being
	National Online and Distance Learning Conference, Sri Venkateswara University, Tirupati, Andhra Pradesh, March 30-31, 2007 Keynote Address: Online Learning—Problems and Solutions
	International Teaching in the Community Colleges Online Conference, Hawaii, USA, April 17-19 Technology-Integrated Education: The Indian Experience, with Professor Ch. Vijayalakshmi of Sri. Padmavathi Mahila University, Tirupati, A.P., India Teaching the “Yes, I Can” attitude, with Ms. Yvonne Singer, Middlesex County College, NJ. USA
	National Labour Day Conference at the Mahatma Gandhi Labour Institute, Ahmedabad, Gujarat, May 1-2, 2007 Gandhian Thought and Practice: Technology andTrusteeship and its Application in the Promotion of a Civil Society
	Poole, B.J., Yvonne Singer. "Instructional Technology for People with Disabilities: Accessibility Options of Which We All Should Be Aware." Presented at the TCC Tenth Annual Worldwide Online Conference 2005: "Looking Back Towards the Future." Teaching in the Community Colleges, University of Hawaii, April 19-21, 2005.
	Poole, Bernard J., Yvonne Singer. "Accessibility Issues in Educational Computing." Presented at the IOC 2005: INNOVATION, EDUCATION, TECHNOLOGY, AND YOU. Illinois Online Conference for Teaching and Learning, Illinois Community Colleges Online (ILCCO), February 16-18, 2005.
	Poole, B.J., Mandi Axmann, Cynthia Calongne, Dawn Cox. "To Chat or to Chatter: Making Online Sense of the Chat Room Environment." Presented at TCC 2003: Eighth Annual Teaching in the Community Colleges Online Conference, University of Hawaii, April 23-25, 2003.
	Poole, Bernard John, Dawn Cox. "An Evolving Strategy for Online Learning". Presented at the TOHE 2002: TEACHING ONLINE IN HIGHER EDUCATION conference. University of Indiana-Purdue, Fort Wayne, IN, Nov. 12-14, 2002.
	Poole, B.J., Mandi Axmann. "Education Fact of Fiction: Exploring the Myths of Online Learning. Instructional Technology Forum." Paper #62, 26-30 Aug., 2002.
	Poole, Bernard J. Online Learning: What's the Return on Investment (ROI). Videoconference given in conjunction with the Department of Telematic Education, Technikon Pretoria, Pretoria, South Africa, August 21, 2002.