Terence W Cavanaugh

Areas of Expertise

education, higher education, K12 education, educational technology, instructional technology, electronic books, ebooks, etextbook, etextbooks, digital books, kindle, nook, google books. ereaders, digital reading, distance learning, curriculum design, instructional strategies, instructional technology, literacy, multimedia, assistive technology for education, teacher education

Education

• Ph. D. (1998) University of South Florida, College of Education, Tampa, Florida, Curriculum & Instruction with a specialization in Instructional Technology.
• Ph.D. Dissertation: Effect of Using Repurposed Science Rich Feature Films with Varying Levels of Student Activity on Middle Grades Science Instruction, 1998. Advisor: Dr. Ann Barron
• M. Ed. (1988) University of Central Florida, College of Education, Orlando, Florida, Master of Education, Specializing in Physics/Science Education.
• B. S. E. (1981) University of Florida, College Of Education, Gainesville, Florida, Bachelor of Science in Education, specializing in Science Education.

Biography

Dr. Terence Cavanaugh is an associate professor in department of Educational Leadership, Counseling, and Instructional Technology at the University of North Florida. With degrees science education and instructional technology, his areas of research and development include curriculum design, instructional technology, assistive technology, and teacher education. As a university educator he instructs teachers in instructional technology, assistive technology, and educational design. Previous to his university work, he was a 6-12 classroom teacher for more than 15 years. He taught science and technology in the US, the Caribbean, Central America, and the Middle East. Dr. Cavanaugh has also done educational consulting in reading technology, science, ESOL, exceptional student education, educational technology program development, and educational technology for school districts, the US Department of Energy, the state, colleges, and industry. The educational materials he has developed include a books on integrating media into science education, using electronic text in classrooms, websites for teachers on integrating technology into curriculum, and effective methods for teaching special needs learners. 

Awards

Florida Reading Association’s Media/Print/Broadcast Award 2008.

Invited panelist for International Oxford Round Table on Balancing National and State Curricula: Trends and Choices, 2008

U.S. State Department – U.S. Speakers Program: Kuwait – Assistive Technology and Education, 2004.

Invited panelist for International Oxford Round Table on human rights concerning persons with disabilities, 2002.

Best Paper Award in the area of Special Education, SITE Conference 2001.

US Department of Energy Environmental Management Representative at National Science Teachers Association Conventions, 1994-1996.

US Department of Energy Teacher Research Associate at HAZWRAP, Oak Ridge, Tennessee. Summer, 1993.

NSTA/Science Screen Reports National Award for "Destination Moon: Teaching Science with Science Fiction Video” lesson, 1992.

NSTA/Science Screen Reports National Award for "Star Trek Cells" video/lesson (co-writer), 1991.

Air Force Association award for Math and Science Teaching, Naples Florida. 1988.

Affiliations

Association For the Advancement of Computing in Education (AACE)
International Society for Technology in Education (ISTE)
American Educational Research Association (AERA)
Eastern Educational Research Association (EERA)
International Reading Association (IRA)
American Library Association (ALA)
American Association of School Librarians (AASL)
Florida Reading Association (FRA)
Sunshine State TESOL of Florida
National Science Teachers Association (NSTA)
Florida Association of Science Teachers (FAST)
Kappa Delta Pi

Publications & Presentations

Books

• Cavanaugh, T. (in progress). Ebooks for Elementary Schools. Eugene, OR: International Society for Technology in Education Publications.
• Cavanaugh, T. & Burg, J. (2011). Bookmapping: integrating technology mapping tools and literature. Eugene, OR: International Society for Technology in Education Publications.
• Keene, N. & Cavanaugh, T. (2009). Tech-Savvy Booktalker: A Guide for 21st Century Educators. Westport CT: Libraries Unlimited.
• Cavanaugh, T. (2006). Literature Circles through Technology. Worthington, OH: Linworth Publications.
• Cavanaugh, T. (2005). The Digital Reader: Using eBooks in K-12 Education. Eugene, OR: International Society for Technology in Education Publications.
• Cavanaugh, T. & Cavanaugh, C. (2004). Teaching Science with Science Fiction Films: a guide for Teachers and Media Specialists, 2nd Edition. Worthington, OH: Linworth Publications.
• Cavanaugh, T. (1998). Effect of Using Repurposed Science Rich Feature Films with Varying Levels of Student Activity on Middle Grades Science Instruction. Dissertation, University of South Florida. Tampa, FL.
• Cavanaugh, T. & Cavanaugh, C. (1996). Learning Science with Science Fiction Films. Dubuque, Iowa: Kendall/Hunt Publishing Company.

Book Chapters

• Cavanaugh, T. & Patterson, K. (in press). Assistive technology in the transition education process. in M. L. Wehmeyer & K. W. Webb (Eds.), Handbook of adolescent transition education for youth with disabilities. New York, NY: Routledge, Taylor and Francis Group.
• Cavanaugh, T. (2011). Integrating an open textbook into pre-teacher educational technology. In Research Highlights in Technology and Teacher Education 2011. Chesapeake, VA: Association for the Advancement of Computing in Education (AACE)/Society for Information Technology in Teacher Education (SITE). (book chapter also in conference proceedings)
• Cavanaugh, T., & Scheirer, E. (2011). Charting student physical location in the virtual world. In Stephanie Huffman (Ed.), Cases for Building Quality Distance Delivery Programs, Hershey, PA: IGI Global. [http://www.igi-global.com/bookstore/titledetails.aspx?titleid=46983&detailstype=description] 
• Cavanaugh, T., Cavanaugh, C. & Kumar, S. (2009). Class Map for Community in an Online Education Course. In Research Highlights in Technology and Teacher Education 2009. Chesapeake, VA: Association for the Advancement of Computing in Education (AACE)/Society for Information Technology in Teacher Education (SITE). (book chapter also in conference proceedings)
• Cavanaugh, T. (2005). Online learning as a form of accommodation. In Mehdi Khosrow-Pour, D.B.A. (Ed.), Encyclopedia of Information Science and Technology, Hershey, PA: Idea Group Inc.
• (2009) Reprinted in Mehdi Khosrow-Pour, D.B.A. (Ed.), Encyclopedia of Information Science and Technology (2nd Edition), Hershey, PA: Idea Group Inc.
• Cavanaugh, T. (2004). Distance learning as a form of accommodation. In Cavanaugh, C. (Ed.), Development and Management of Virtual Schools: Issues and Trends. Hershey, PA: Idea Group Publishing.

Referred Articles

• Cavanaugh, T. (2010). Future of the Textbook. FATE Journal (Florida Association of Teacher Educators).
• Cavanaugh, T. Weber, C. O., Smith, D. (2007). Statewide professional development supporting curriculum reform in gifted education. Educational Leadership, V8, N 1, pp 28-32, Fall, 2007.
• Cavanaugh, T. & Weber, C. O. (2007). Using electronic versions of text as a tool for differentiating reading instruction. Georgia Journal of Reading, V30, N1, Spring 2007, pp 17-21.

Refereed Papers

• Cavanaugh, T. (2011). Creating a General Checklist for Graduate Distance Learning Students to Improve On-time submissions in an asynchronous course. In C. Crawford et al. (Eds.), Proceedings of Society for Information Technology and Teacher Education International Conference 2011 (pp. 195-201). Chesapeake, VA: AACE.
• Cavanaugh, T. (2011). Integrating an open textbook into pre-teacher educational technology. In C. Crawford et al. (Eds.), Proceedings of Society for Information Technology and Teacher Education International Conference 2011 (pp. 2372-2378). Chesapeake, VA: AACE. [Paper selected for publication as chapter in Research Highlights in Technology and Teacher Education 2011]
• Cavanaugh, T., & Scheirer, E. (2010). A case study of the use of class maps in online graduate education. American Educational Research Association (AERA) annual conference. April, 2010, Denver, CO.
• Cavanaugh, T. (2010). Motivating online students with tradebooks. In C. Crawford et al. (Eds.), Proceedings of Society for Information Technology and Teacher Education International Conference 2010 (pp. 386-391). Chesapeake, VA: AACE.
• Cavanaugh, T. (2009). Textbook costs, legislation, and options: Choosing your textbook in the 21st Century. In C. Crawford et al. (Eds.), Proceedings of Society for Information Technology and Teacher Education International Conference 2009 (pp.). Chesapeake, VA: AACE.
• Weber, C., Cavanaugh, T., & Stanley, N. (2009). Optimizing secondary gifted students’ literary experiences. In C. Crawford et al. (Eds.), Proceedings of Society for Information Technology and Teacher Education International Conference 2009 (pp.). Chesapeake, VA: AACE.
• Cavanaugh, T., Cavanaugh, C. & Kumar, S. (2009). Class Map for Community in Online Education Courses. In C. Crawford et al. (Eds.), Proceedings of Society for Information Technology and Teacher Education International Conference 2009 (pp.). Chesapeake, VA: AACE. [Paper selected for publication as chapter in Research Highlights in Technology and Teacher Education 2011]
• Cavanaugh, T. (2008). Service learning projects though the development of audio books in educational technology courses. In C. Crawford et al. (Eds.), Proceedings of Society for Information Technology and Teacher Education International Conference 2008 (pp. 1964-1969). Chesapeake, VA: AACE.
• Cavanaugh, T. & Cavanaugh, C. (2008). Interactive maps in online educational technology courses. In C. Crawford et al. (Eds.), Proceedings of Society for Information Technology and Teacher Education International Conference 2008 (pp. 3709-3712). Chesapeake, VA: AACE SITE conference, Las Vegas, NV.
• Weber, C. & Cavanaugh, T. (2008). Multimedia technology in support of statewide professional development in gifted education. In C. Crawford et al. (Eds.), Proceedings of Society for Information Technology and Teacher Education International Conference 2008 (pp. 2484-2491). Chesapeake, VA: AACE. SITE conference, Las Vegas, NV. 

Feature Articles in Refereed Journal

• Cavanaugh, T. (2011). Ebooks, public libraries, & lending clubs. Florida Reading Journal, 47(3), Summer 2011.
• Cavanaugh, T. (2011). Storybird: Reading and Writing Digital Stories. Florida Reading Journal, 47(2), Spring 2011.
• Cavanaugh, T. (2010/2011 - Winter). Technolust: iDevices for children's reading. Florida Reading Journal, 47(1), Winter 2011, p. 36-40.
• Cavanaugh, T. (2010). What to Read Next? Reading Recommendation Tools. Florida Reading Journal, 46(3), Summer 2010, p. 35-38.
• Cavanaugh, T. (2010). Science Fair Reading. Florida Reading Journal, 46(2), Spring 2010, p39-40.
• Cavanaugh, T. (2010). Higher Tech Highlighting. Florida Reading Journal, 46(1), Winter 2010, p51-54.
• Cavanaugh, T. (2009). Animation for Education. Florida Reading Journal, 45(3), Spring 2009, p. 51-55.
• Cavanaugh, T. (2009). Word clouds – Educational tools. Florida Reading Journal. V45, N2, Winter 2009, p. 43-47.
• Cavanaugh, T. (2008). Book covers with technology project. The Florida Reading Quarterly. V44, N3, Summer 2008, p. 54-60.
• Cavanaugh, T. (2009). Word clouds – Educational tools. Florida Reading Journal. V45, N2, Winter 2009, p. 43-47.
• Cavanaugh, T. (2008). Online personal book cataloging. Florida Reading Quarterly, V44, N3, Spring 2008. p. 42-45.

 International/National Presentations

• Hu, H. & Cavanaugh, T. (2011). Technology for TESOL: The design of a learning community. Roundtable presented at Association of Educational Communications and Technology (AECT) annual conference. Jacksonville, FL. November, 2011.
• Cavanaugh, T. (2011). Recommended Reading: Letting Technology Lend a Hand. Session presented at tri-annual meeting of the American Association of School Librarians (AASL) conference. Minneapolis, MN. October, 2011.
• Cavanaugh, T. (2011). Interactive mapping technologies, information literacy, and the literature/composition course. Session presented at the Annual Georgia International Conference on Information Literacy. Savannah, GA. September 2011
• Cavanaugh, T. (2011). BookMapping: Taking Setting to a New Level by Integrating Mapping Technology with Literature. Session presented at International Reading Association (IRA), International Conference, Orlando, FL. May, 2011.
• Cavanaugh, T. (2011). Open Textbook and the Future of the Textbook. Invited featured session presented at the International Conference on College Teaching and Learning; Mobile Learning. Jacksonville FL. April, 2011
• Cavanaugh, T. (2010). Word Cloud: The 6 Million Dollar Word Wall. Poster presented at the annual meeting of the International Society for Technology in Education (ISTE) Conference. Denver, CO. June, 2010.
• Cavanaugh, T. & Burg, J. (2010). Take this Book and Map It!. Session presented at the annual meeting of the International Society for Technology in Education (ISTE) Conference. Denver, CO. June, 2010.
• Edyburn, D., Cavanaugh, T., Anderson, C., Anderson, K. Bauder, D., Dalton, B., & Wojcik, B. (2010). SETSIG Forum: Digital Text (Featured speaker). Session presented at the annual meeting of the International Society for Technology in Education (ISTE) Conference. Denver, CO. June, 2010.
• Cavanaugh, T. (2009). Bookmappping with Technology: Rev up reading with interactive maps. Session presented at tri-annual meeting of the American Association of School Librarians (AASL) conference. Charlotte, NC. November, 2009.
• Cavanaugh, T. (2009). Technology Enriched Literature Circles. Session presented at tri-annual meeting of the American Association of School Librarians (AASL) conference. Charlotte, NC. November, 2009.
• Cavanaugh, T. (2009). Reading beyond the textbook, integrating trade books as reading resources. Session presented at the annual Sloan-C International Conference on Online Learning. Orlando, Florida. October, 2009.
• Cavanaugh, T. (2009). Mapping the location for online students. Poster presented at the annual Sloan-C International Conference on Online Learning. Orlando, Florida. October, 2009.
• Cavanaugh, T. (2009). - BookMapping - ISTE Media Specialist Playground. Session presented at annual meeting of the National Education Computing Conference (NECC). Washington, D.C. June, 2009.
• Cavanaugh, T. & Cavanaugh, C. (2009). Interactive Maps for Developing Community in Online Classes. Session presented at annual meeting of the National Education Computing Conference (NECC). Washington, D.C. June, 2009.
• Cavanaugh, T. (2008). Webinar: Literature Circles Through Technology. Session presented at Linworth @ The Forefront Webinar Series. October 21, 2008. [Invited]
• Cavanaugh, T. (2008). GIS, Google Maps, and More for Literacy Projects. Session presented at National Educational Computing Conference (NECC). San Antonio, TX. June 2, 2008.
• Cavanaugh, T. (2008). Distance Learning (invited speaker). Session presented at 2008 Teaching Online Seminar Center for Instruction and Research Technology (CIRT). May 8, 2008.
• Cavanaugh, T. (2008). BookMapping - Longitude and Latitude of Reading. Session presented at Internet@Schools East/Computers in Libraries Conference. Arlington VA. April 7, 2008.

Regional/State Presentations

• Cavanaugh, T. (2011). BookMapping: Integrating Mapping Technology with Literature-Recommended Reading: Using Web 2.0 Technology to Find New Reading-Classroom cataloging: Using technology to create, network and enhance your collection. Session presented at Florida Reading Association Regional “Hot Topics” Institute. Orlando, FL. November, 2011.
• Cavanaugh, T. (2011). Chapter 1, the bookfold, the literature circle, and book selection. Session presented at Florida Reading Association Conference. Orlando, FL. September, 2011.
• Cavanaugh, T. (2011). Classroom cataloging technology: Social networking and collection enhancing. Session presented at Florida Reading Association Conference. Orlando, FL. September, 2011.
• Cavanaugh, T. (2011). Google Earth, Google Maps, Shakespeare and more. Annual FLVS Online Shakespeare Festival. Florida Virtual School, Online. April 2011 [invited]
• Cavanaugh, T., Lamkin, M & Hu, H. (2011). Using a generalized checklist to improve student assignment submissions times in an online course. Session presented at the Eastern Educational Research Association (EERA) annual regional conference. Sarasota, FL. February, 2011.
• Cavanaugh, T. (2011). Gradebook link location within a course management system and its impact on student viewing. Session presented at the Eastern Educational Research Association (EERA) annual regional conference. Sarasota, FL. February, 2011.
• Cavanaugh, T. (2011). Mapping literature: Exploring setting with technology. Session presented at the annual meeting of the Florida Educational Technology Conference (FETC). Orlando, FL. January, 2011.
• Hu, Haihong & Cavanaugh, T. (2010). Using an online performance assessment to help design and evaluate an introductory educational technology course. Round table session presented at the Florida Association of Teacher Educators (FATE). St. Petersburg, FL. October, 2010.
• Cavanaugh, T. (2010). Google Earth, Google Maps, Shakespeare and more. Annual FLVS Online Shakespeare Festival. Florida Virtual School, Online. April 2010 [invited]
• Cavanaugh, T. & Osborn-Lampkin, L. (2010). Tradebooks or textbooks? That is the question. Session presented at the Eastern Educational Research Association (EERA) annual regional conference. Savannah, GA. February, 2010.
• Cavanaugh, T. & Scheirer, E. (2010). A case study of repurposing a technological tool within online graduate education. Session presented at the Eastern Educational Research Association (EERA) annual regional conference. Savannah, GA. February, 2010.
• Cavanaugh, T. (2009). Professional Reading Program for an Educational Technology Program. Session presented at Florida Association of Teacher Educators (FATE). Daytona, FL. October, 2009.
• Cavanaugh, T. (2009). Mapping for Community in CMS Online Instruction. Session presented at Florida Association of Teacher Educators (FATE). Daytona, FL. October, 2009.
• Cavanaugh, T. (2009). Ebooks in the Classroom. Featured speaker session presented at Florida Reading Association Conference. Orlando, FL. September, 2009. [Invited]
• Cavanaugh, T. (2009). Using Word Clouds in the Classroom. Session presented at Florida Reading Association Conference. Orlando, FL. September, 2009.
• Cavanaugh, T. (2009). Map that book. Session presented at Florida Reading Association Conference. Orlando, FL. September, 2009.
• Cavanaugh, T. (2009) Using Web 2.0 mapping tools to build community among educational leadership distance learning students. Session presented at the Eastern Educational Research Association (EERA) Conference. Sarasota, FL. February 28, 2009.
• Cavanaugh, T. (2008). Using Digital Maps in Reading Activities: Bookmapping. Session presented at Florida Reading Association Conference. Orlando, FL. September 6, 2008.
• Hall, K., Williams, L., Cavanaugh, T. (2008). FRQ Welcomes you to Write. Session presented at Florida Reading Association Conference. Orlando, FL. September 6, 2008.
• Cavanaugh, T. (2008). Bookmapping: Integrating Reading with GIS Technology. Session presented at Just Read, Florida! Conference. Orlando, FL. June 30, 2008.