Conference Presentations

National and International Conferences

#Polly, D., & Mims, C. (2009, April). Designing Professional Development to Support the Integration of Web 2.0 Technologies. Presentation to be given at the 2009 Annual Meeting of American Educational Research Association: San Diego, CA.

 Polly, D., Frazier, J., & Hopper, C. (2009, March). Supporting student teachers through a PDS seminar. Presentation given at the 2009 Professional Development School National Conference: Daytona Beach, FL.

 Polly, D. & Dooley, T. (2009, March). Supporting mathematics teaching and learning through a PDS partnership. Presentation given at the 2009 Professional Development School National Conference: Daytona Beach, FL.

 #Polly, D., Mims, C., Rieber, L., Amankwatia, T., Land, K. (2008, November). Technology integration showcase: Strategies and tools worthy of discussion. Presentation to be given at the 2008 meeting of the Association for Educational Communications and Technology: Orlando, FL.

 #Polly, D., Duffield, J., Duffy, F., Dias, L., Mims, C., & Schoffner, M. (2008, November). Shaping Teacher Education for the 21st Century: Where are we headed?' Presentation to be given at the 2008 meeting of the Association for Educational Communications and Technology: Orlando, FL.

 #Polly, D. & Ausband, L. (2008, November). Developing TPCK through professional development: The case of webquests. Presentation to be given at the 2008 meeting of the Association for Educational Communications and Technology: Orlando, FL.

 #Polly, D. (2008, October). Supporting standards-based mathematics in elementary classrooms. Presentation to be given at the Annual Conference of the School Science and Mathematics Association: Raleigh, NC.

 Polly, D. & Mims, C. (2008, July). Integrating virtual manipulatives into the elementary school classroom. Presentation given at the 2008 National Educational Computing Conference: San Antonio, TX.

 Polly, D. (2008, April). Creating learner-centered professional development schools. Paper presented at the 2008 National Association of Professional Development Schools Conference: Orlando, FL.

 #Polly, D., Mims, C., Inan, F., & Shepherd, C.E. (2008, March). Evaluation methods used to examine the impact of PT3 projects. Paper presented at the American Educational Research Association Annual Meeting: New York, NY.

 #Polly, D., Mims, C., Inan, F., & Shepherd, C.E. (2007, October). The technology course, the methods courses, and the field experience: How PT3 projects attempted to make programmatic changes. Presentation to be given at the 2006 Association for Educational Communications and Technology International Conference: Anaheim, CA.

#Polly, D., & Ausband, L. (2007, October). Non-traditional teachers’ technology skills. Presentation to be given at the 2006 Association for Educational Communications and Technology International Conference: Anaheim, CA.

 #Polly, D. (2007, September). Elementary mathematics' teachers enacted and espoused practices: The impact of professional development. Paper to be presented at the 9th Annual International Conference of The Mathematics Education into the 21st Century Project. Charlotte, NC.

 #Polly, D. & Hannafin, M.J. (2007, April). Making the link: A look at evidence of students’ mathematical understanding in light of elementary school teachers’ enacted tasks. Presentation to be given at the Annual Meeting of the American Educational Research Association: Chicago, IL.

#Polly, D. & Hannafin, M.J. (2007, April). Examining the influence of learner-centered professional development on elementary mathematics' teachers enacted and espoused practices. Presentation to be given at the Annual Meeting of the American Educational Research Association: Chicago, IL.

Polly, D, Shepherd, C.E., Mims, C., & Inan, F. (2006, October). Transforming teacher education: Examining PT3 projects influence on methods courses and field experiences. Paper to be presented at the 2006 Association for Educational Communications and Technology International Conference: Dallas, TX.

Polly, D. (2006, October). Examining teacher’s enactment of instructional practices emphasized in a technology-related professional development program. Paper to be presented at the 2006 Association for Educational Communications and Technology International Conference: Dallas, TX.

Orrill, C.H. & Polly, D. (2006, October). Using Data to Design and Refine a Technology-Integrated Professional Development Model. Paper to be presented at the 2006 Association for Educational Communications and Technology International Conference: Dallas, TX.

Orrill, C.H., Ledford, S., Bleich, L., & Polly, D. (2006, April). Crazy Data: The analysis of justification, flow and explanation in the problem-solving process. Paper to be presented at the American Educational Research Association Annual Meeting: San Francisco, CA. PDF.

Polly, D. & Williams, M. (2006, April). Professional development. Paper presented in the symposium Peering into the Peer-Review Process: Mentoring
Graduate Students and Junior Faculty in Reviewing and the Work of Editing at the American Educational Research Association Annaul Meeting: San Francisco, CA. PDF.

Polly, D., Orrill, C.H., Ledford, S., Bleich, L. (2005, October). InterMath-GPS: Addressing teachers' needs with the design of a learner-centered professional development course. Presentation given at the Association for Educational Communications and Technology International Conference: Orlando, FL.  PDF.

Polly, D., Webb, H.T., Subramony, D., Park, S., & Strobel, J. (2005, October). Maximizing AECT involvement as a graduate student: Reflections from the 2004 AECT interns. Presentation given at the Association for Educational Communications and Technology International Conference: Orlando, FL. PDF.

West, R., Watters, S., Subramony, D., Polly, D., & Park, S. (2005, October). Student-to-student: Facilitating success in graduate programs in instructional technology. Presentation given at the Association for Educational Communications and Technology International Conference: Orlando, FL.

Polly, D. & Shepherd, C. (2005, April). Understanding pre-service teachers' impressions of technology's role in education. Paper presented at the 2005 American Educational Research Association's Annual Meeting: Montreal, Canada. Contribution: 50%. PDF.

Polly, D., Ledford, S.D., Orrill, C.H., & Bleich, L. (2005, April). Learning technology in the context of professional development. Paper presented at the 2005 American Educational Research Association's Annual Meeting: Montreal, Canada. Contribution: 25%.

Shepherd, C. & Polly, D. (2004, October). Redesigning an introduction to computers course for preservice teachers to focus on multimedia reflection. Paper presented at the Association for Educational Communications and Technology's International Meeting: Chicago, IL. Contribution: 50%.

Polly, D., & Shepherd, C. (2004, October). Reflective pre-Service teachers: Using e-portfolios to facilitate reflection in teacher education." Paper presented at the Association for Educational Communications and Technology's International Meeting: Chicago, IL. Contribution: 50%.

Keller, M., & Polly, D. (2004, June). Enhancing the teacher-student connection: Innovations in professional development to improve student achievement. Brief paper presented at the 2004 Ed-Media World Conference on Educational Multimedia, Hypermedia and Telecommunications: Lugano, Switzerland. Contribution: 50%.

Polly, D., & Griffin, T. (2004, June). The internet's impact on teacher education: Implications for online professional development courses for teachers. Brief paper presented at the 2004 Ed-Media World Conference on Educational Multimedia, Hypermedia and Telecommunications: Lugano, Switzerland. Contribution: 80%.

Polly, D., Orrill, C.H. Ledford, S.D., & Erbas, A.K. (2004, June).Technology-enhanced math investigations: Facilitating the design and implementation of TEMIs into the classroom." Full paper presented at the 2004 Ed-Media World Conference on Educational Multimedia, Hypermedia and Telecommunications: Lugano, Switzerland. Contribution: 80%.

Ledford, S.D, Polly, D., Erbas, A.K., & Orrill, C.H. (2004, April). Learner-centered professional development: The InterMath experience. Poster presentation presented at the Research Pre-session of the 2004 National Council of Teachers of Mathematics Annual Convention: Philadelphia, PA. Contribution: 25%.

Polly, D., Orrill, C.H., Erbas, A.K., & Ledford, S.D. (2004, March). Training teachers to integrate technology-rich mathematics investigations. Brief paper presented at the 2004 Society for Information Technology and Teacher Education's Annual Conference: Atlanta, GA. Contribution: 50%.

Shepherd, C., Polly, D., Rich, P., & Thomas, G. (2004, March). Integrating e-portfolios into teacher education programs. Brief paper presented at the 2004 Society for Information Technology and Teacher Education's Annual Conference: Atlanta, GA. Contribution: 40%.

Orrill, C.H., Erbas, A.K., Ledford, S.D., & Polly, D. (2004, March). Integrating technology-enhanced mathematical investigations. Poster session presented at the 2004 Society for Information Technology and Teacher Education's Annual Conference: Atlanta, GA. Contribution: 25%.

Polly, D. (2003, October). Putting the learner first: Cognitive theories in instructional design. Paper presented at the 2003 Association for Educational Communications and Technology Conference, Anaheim, CA.

Polly, D. (2003, October). Dropping your anchors: Implications for learning anchors in middle grades classrooms. Paper presented at the 2003 Association for Educational Communications and Technology Conference, Anaheim, CA.

Moore, J., Polly, D., Deaton, B., Singleton, E., & Wang, F. (2003, October). The great divide: Pre-service faculty use (or non-use) of technology in pre-service methods courses. Poster session presented at the 2003 Association for Educational Communications and Technology Conference, Anaheim, CA. Contribution: 40%.

Polly, D. (2003, June). Anchoring student learning in technology-rich authentic environments. Brief paper presented at the 2003 Ed-Media World Conference on Educational Multimedia, Hypermedia and Telecommunications, Honolulu, Hawaii.

Polly, D. (2003, June). Infusing cognitive principles in the development of instructional activities. Brief paper presented at the 2003 Ed-Media World Conference on Educational Multimedia, Hypermedia and Telecommunications, Honolulu, Hawaii.

Polly, D., & Hannafin, R.D. (2003, June). Employing dynamic software to solve open-ended investigations. Brief paper presented at the 2003 Ed-Media World Conference on Educational Multimedia, Hypermedia and Telecommunications, Honolulu, Hawaii.

Presentations at Local and State Conferences

Polly, D., Dooley, T., & Banks, K. (2008, October). Looking at student work. Presentation to be given at the 2008 Annual Conference of the North Carolina Council for Teachers of Mathematics: Greensboro, NC.

Polly, D., Misuinas, L., Ruble, L., & Musemeci, C. (2008, October). Student-centered mathematics. Presentation to be given at the 2008 Annual Conference of the North Carolina Council for Teachers of Mathematics: Greensboro, NC.

Polly, D. (2008, October). Problem solving: The new strand in the 2008 Standard Course of Study. Presentation to be given at the 2008 Annual Conference of the North Carolina Council for Teachers of Mathematics: Greensboro, NC.

Polly, D. (2008, January). Mathematics and science: An integrated approach for elementary school classrooms. Presentation given at the Southwest Alliance Conference on Science Education: Charlotte, NC.

Polly, D. (2007, October). Actions with Fractions. Presentation given at the 2007 Annual Conference of the North Carolina Council for Teachers of Mathematics: Greensboro, NC.

Polly, D. (2007, January). Integrating mathematical tasks into the elementary and middle grades. Session presented at the Southwest Educational Alliance's Best Practices Conference: Charlotte, NC. PPT. PDF of handout.

Polly, D. (2006, November). Impacting student learning through technology integration. Session presented at the 2006 UNC-Charlotte Future Teachers Conference: Charlotte, NC.

Polly, D. (2006, October). Excel-in in the elementary classroom. Session presented at the 2006 North Carolina Council for Teachers of Mathematics Conference: Greensboro, NC.

Polly, D. (2006, October). Technology-enhanced mathematical investigations. Session  presented at the 2006 North Carolina Council for Teachers of Mathematics Conference: Greensboro, NC.

Ledford, S., Bleich, L., Polly, D. & Orrill, C. (2005, October). Exploring mathematics with dynamic geometry software. Session  presented at the Georgia Mathematics Conference: Eatonton, GA.

Ledford, S., Bleich, L., Polly, D. & Orrill, C. (2005, October). Unpacking the mathematics: An in-depth look at an open-ended investigation. Session to be presented at the Georgia Mathematics Conference: Eatonton, GA.

Bleich, L., Ledford, S., Polly, D. & Orrill, C. (Forthcoming 2005, October). Problem solving with spreadsheets. Session to be presented at the Georgia Mathematics Conference: Eatonton, GA.

Bleich, L., Ledford, S., Polly, D. & Orrill, C. (Forthcoming 2005, October). InterMath: technology-rich professional development in mathematics. Session to be presented at the Georgia Mathematics Conference: Eatonton, GA.

Polly, D., Orrill, C.H., Ledford, S., & Bleich, L. (2004, October). Patterns and algebraic thinking through spreadsheets. Presentation given at the Georgia Council for Teachers of Mathematics Annual Conference: Eatonton, GA. Contribution: 90%.

Bleich, L., Polly, D., Ledford, S., & Orrill, C.H. (2004, October). InterMath: Professional development for middle grades teachers. Session presented at the Georgia Council for Teachers of Mathematics Annual Conference: Eatonton, GA. Contribution: 10%.

Ledford, S., Polly, D., Erbas, A.K., & Bleich, L. (2004, October). Using technology to unpack open-ended problems." Session presented at the Georgia Council for Teachers of Mathematics Annual Conference: Eatonton, GA. Contribution: 10%.

Polly, D., Erbas, A.K., Ledford, S.D., & Orrill, C.H. (2004, March). Designing technology-enhanced math investigations. Session presented at the 2004 Virginia Society for Technology in Education Annual Conference: Roanoke, VA. Contribution: 90%.

Polly, D. (2004, March). Field of dreams: Fostering effective field experiences for pre-service teachers. Session presented at the 2004 Virginia Society for Technology in Education Annual Conference: Roanoke, VA.

Polly, D., Moore, J.M., Ma, I.M., Singleton, E., & Deaton, B. (2004, February). Technology use in teacher education programs. Paper presented at the 2004 Eastern Educational Research Association's Annual Meeting: Clearwater, FL. Contribution: 80%.

Polly, D., & Hannafin, R.D. (2004, February). Investigating the impact of OELE's on student achievement in geometry. Paper presented at the 2004 Eastern Educational Research Association's Annual Meeting: Clearwater, FL. Contribution: 50%.

Polly, D., Orrill, C.H., Erbas, A.K., & Ledford, S.D. (2004, February). Training teachers to use technology-enhanced mathematics investigations. Paper presented at the 2004 Eastern Education Research Association's Annual Meeting: Clearwater, FL. Contribution: 80%.

Erbas, A.K., Ledford, S.D., Orrill, C.H., & Polly, D. (2004, February). Integrating technology-enhanced mathematics investigations into the curriculum. Session presented at the 2004 Georgia Educational Technology Conference: Macon, GA. Contribution: 25%.

Polly, D. (2003, March). Technology-enhanced mathematics investigations. Presentation given at the 2003 Virginia Society for Technology in Education Conference, Crystal City, Virginia.

Polly, D., & Tatum, N (2002, October). Using a collaborative buddy model between primary and upper elementary school students to explore probability and statistics concepts. Presentation given at the College of William and Mary's Eighth Annual Mathematics Institute, Williamsburg, VA. Contribution: 50%.

Polly, D., Jernigan, C., & Wolfe, M. (2002, March). Exploring patterns with hands-on investigations. Presentation given at the 2002 Virginia Council for Teachers of Mathematics' Annual Conference, Manassas, VA. Contribution: 80%.

Jernigan, C., Polly, D., & Wolfe, M. (2002, February). Building an algebraic framework through patterns. Presentation given at the 2002 College of William and Mary's Seventh Annual Mathematics Institute, Williamsburg, VA. Contribution: 33%.