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Michelle Kassorla

Primary Discipline:: Humanities / English / Language / Composition and Rhetoric

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Primary Affiliation:: University System of Georgia - Georgia Perimeter College (Education, 4 Year/4 Year + Grad, GA, United States)

Member of VSB Since:: February 12, 2018
Best Way to Contact:: Email mkassorla@gmail.com
Fees Involved:: No
Technical Formats:: Instant Messaging, Conference Calls, Discussion Forums, Email, Chat, Face-To-Face, Almost any way you can imagine!, Online/Video Conferencing
Topics of Expertise:: Technology in the Writing Classroom Using Games to Teach Literature Social Media College to Career Zotero Bibliographic Management
Presentation Titles:: "Hey Professor! It's Not 1985!! Use Technology and Mobile Devices to Teach Writing." "We Don't Need No Stinkin' Manuals! Using Zotero, Teaching Zotero." "The writing classroom as a career portal: Making our students ready." "If You Can Google It, Don't Teach It! Fighting Cheating with Creativity."

Science and Technology / Instructional Design and Technology / Tools and Technologies / Social Media (Expert)
The use of social media and blogging, and tools like IFTTT, Chatbots, Artificial Intelligence, Augmented Reality, Virtual Reality, and social gaming in teaching writing and literature.
Science and Technology / Instructional Design and Technology / Tools and Technologies / Computers/Tablets/Phones (Expert)
I have been working with and researching technology tools and techniques for over 5 years as part of my own instruction, and I have been sharing that information with others on a regular basis.
Humanities / English / Language / Composition and Rhetoric (Expert)
Using technology and game principles in the composition classroom.

Ph.D. Multi-Ethnic Literatures of the US, 20th Century Novel (05/1995)
Bowling Green State University
MA Literature/Teaching Writing (05/1989)
Humboldt State University
BA Double Major: English, Journalism (05/1986)
Bowling Green State University

Asst. Professor of English (08/2015 – Current) GSU Perimeter | Dunwoody
Asst. Professor of English (08/2013 – 05/2014) Atlanta Metropolitan State College
Special Projects (01/2013 – 08/2013) Clark Atlanta University