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Gary Ryan
Department of Language Arts Christian Brothers College High School 1850 De La Salle Drive, St. Louis, MO 63141 (314) 985-6100 extension 4019 Work email: ryang@cbchs.org
Education: Masters of Arts in English May 1992 Concentration in Composition University of Missouri at St. Louis
Missouri State Teaching Certificate May 1982 University of Missouri at St. Louis
Bachelor of Arts in English May 1978 Southwest Missouri State University
Meramec Community College May 1973-1975 Concentration in English
Work Experience Christian Brothers College High School Language Arts Teacher St. Louis, Missouri September 1984 - Present Teacher of American and British Literature and composition, American Studies, and Writing With Technology, Head Track coach (1985-1990). Chair of the North Central Reading Committee for CBC High School 1999-Present
Rosary High School Language Arts Teacher St. Louis Missouri September 1982-1984 "B" Team Soccer Coach Head Track Coach Girls
UM-St. Louis Adjunct Faculty 1996-Present ENG/ED Writing with Technology Technology Liaison for The Gateway Writing Project |
Gary Ryan is a Language Arts teacher at Christian Brothers College High School in St. Louis, MO where he teaches American Literature, Composition, and Writing with Technology. In 1992, he was named as a founding board member of the Gateway Writing Project, one of the sites for the National Writing Project. He is also the First Vice-President of the Greater St. Louis English Teachers Association. In 1995, he was named to the Executive Board of the NCTE's Assembly on Computers in English. In 1997, Mr. Ryan was named to the board of directors of the Missouri Association of Teachers of English. In 1998, Mr. Ryan was named to the Executive Board of the Action Research Collaborative. In 1998, Mr. Ryan was named to the Advisory Committee for the Midwest Education & Technology Conference. Also in 1999, Mr. Ryan was named the Technology Liaison of the Gateway Writing Project, one of the sites for the National Writing Project. Finally, in 2000, Mr. Co-authored a book, Contexts, Intertexts, & Hypertext, edited by Kip Strasma and Scott Lloyd DeWitt, and published by Hampton Press, Inc.
Below are some of the professional organizations and publications with which I am involved.
Professional Organizations 1995-1998 National Executive Board Member for the NCTE's Assembly on Computers in English 1992-Present: Founding Member of Master Teacher-Consultant Council of the Gateway Writing Project (in association of the National Writing Project) 1996-2002: Vice President of the Greater St. Louis English Teachers Association. 1998-2002, member of the Executive Board of the Action Research Collaborative. 1998-2003, member of the Advisory Committee for the Metropolitan Educational Technology Conference. 1997-present, Technology Advisor to MATE - Missouri Association of Teachers of English 1999-present, Technology Liaison of the Gateway Writing Project
PROJECTS/POSITIONS
Instigator, Co-founder, and writing consultant of Yardsale, the CBC high school student writing magazine, 1994-present.
Instigator, Editor, and Web manager of The Gateway Writing Project Website, a resource for composition teachers, 1995-present.
Instigator, Editor, and Web manager of The Greater St. Louis English Teacher's Association Website, a resource for composition teachers, 1997-present.
Instigator, Editor, and Web manager of The Missouri Association of Teachers of English Website, a resource for composition teachers, 1997-present.
Instigator, Editor, and Web manager of Reimagining American Studies:Website, a resource for students in Mr. Ryan's American Studies class at Christian Brothers College High School 1998-present. [This is an experimental site, developed by the Gateway Writing Project and Christian Brothers College High School, devoted to creating an interdisciplinary framework for the study of the history and the culture of the United States. We are using technology to bridge the gap between our students and older events, movements, groups, and individuals who have shaped and continue to shape American culture and history.]
Instigator, Editor, and Web manager of Writing With Technology Website, a resource for composition teachers using technology and based upon the work of students in Writing With Technology: Using New Technologies to Facilitate Reading and Writing in the Classroom, sponsored by the University of Missouri at St. Louis, 1996-present.
Program Chair for the "Now What? We Have the Technology; Now How Do We Use It?," an annual conference on integrating technology into the composition classroom, hosted by the University of Missouri - St. Louis, February, 1997 and1998.
Co-Author of the book, Contexts, Intertexts, & Hypertext, edited by Kip Strasma and Scott Lloyd DeWitt, published by Hampton Press, Inc. (1999). ISBN 1-57273-214-8 (cl). ISBN 1-57273-215-6 (ppb)
1999-present, chair of the North Central Reading Committee for Christian Brothers College High School. 2001-present, Technology Liaison for the Gateway Writing Project to the National Writing Project.
Publishing and Special Honors Presented and Published at the 1992 Computers and Writing Conference at IUPUI "A Natural Order and Without Breaks': Making Hypertext"
Presented and Published at the 1993 Computers and Writing Conference at University of Michigan/Ann Arbor "Less is More: The One-Computer Classroom Writing Environment"
Presented and Published at the 1994 Computers and Writing Conference at University of Missouri/ Columbia
Presented at a Poster Session at the 1994 National Convention of the NCTE at Orlando "Socratic Dialogue in Hypertext"
Presented at the 1995 Write-to-Learn Conference at Tan-Tar-A, Osage Beach (Missouri Department of Elementary and Secondary Education and the Missouri Association of Teachers of English "Epistemic Conversations: Creating Socratic Dialogue in Hypertext"
Presented a Poster Session at the 1995 Computers and Writing Conference at University of Texas at El Paso/ El Paso "What Kind of Composition Is This?: Creating Socratic Dialogue in Hypertext"
Presented at a Poster Session at the 1995 National Convention of the NCTE at San Diego "Socratic Dialogue in Hypertext"
Presented at the 1996 Write-to-Learn Conference at Tan-Tar-A, Osage Beach (Missouri Department of Elementary and Secondary Education and the Missouri Association of Teachers of English) "Writing Next Year's Textbook"
Presented at the 1997 "Now What? We Have the Technology; Now How Do We Use It?," an annual conference on integrating technology into the composition classroom, hosted by the University of Missouri - St. Louis "Less Is More: The One Computer Classroom Environment" and "Implications of the Research Paper in the Computer Age"
Presented at the 1997 Write-to-Learn Conference at Tan-Tar-A, Osage Beach (Missouri Department of Elementary and Secondary Education and the Missouri Association of Teachers of English) "Electronic Assessment: Creating and Evaluating The Hypermedia Research Paper"
Presented at the 1997 Writing-Runs-Through-It Conference, McCluer High School, Florissant, MO. Sponsored by CSD and the Ferguson-Florissant School District; co-sponsored by Gateway Writing Project and GSLETA "Less Is More: The One Computer Classroom Environment"
Presented at the 1997 Missouri Association of Teachers of English Convention at Jefferson City. "Writing Next Year's Textbook: Creating Hypertext for the American Literature Classroom"
Presented at the 1997 National Convention of the NCTE at Detroit as part of a one day workshop. "W13 Computers and Interactive Learning Tools and Resources for Teaching English in a Computer Networked Environment" "Writing Next Year's Textbook: Creating Hypertext for the American Literature Classroom"
Presented at the 1998 Writing-Runs-Through-It Conference, McCluer High School, Florissant, MO. Sponsored by CSD and the Ferguson-Florissant School District; co-sponsored by Gateway Writing Project and GSLETA "Less Is More: The One Computer Classroom Environment" "Creating and Evaluating the Hypermedia Research Paper" "Integrating the Internet into the Language Arts Curriculum"
Presented and published at the 1998 Program for International Pynchon Studies, Kings College, London, and the University of Antwerp. "Mr. Pynchon's Historical Method: Using The Verifiable To Create The Plausible?" Gary Ryan, Thomas Gremaud, Kenn Thomas, and David Warren, Ph.D.
Presented at the 1998 Multicultural Conference of the Missouri Association of Teachers of English at St. Louis. "Building a Multicultural Curriculum"
Presented at the 1999 Midwest Education and Technology Conference of the Cooperating School District at the Transworld Dome in St. Louis. "Integrating the Internet into the Language Arts Curriculum" [Also, I created a computer dialogue session for presenters and participants at the CyberCafe.]
Presented at the 1999 Regional Convention of the NCTE at Kansas City, "Re-creating American Studies: Using the internet and e-mail to foster an interdisciplinary curriculum" also, a one-day workshop entitled, "Using Computers and Interactive Learning Tools and Resources for Teaching English in a Computer Networked Environment"
Presented at the 1999 Fall into Technology Conference of Fontbonne
College at St. Louis, Presented at the 1999 Fall Multicltural Conference of the
Greater St. Louis English Teachers Association at Metro High
School at St. Louis,
Presented at the 1999 National Convention of the NCTE at Denver. Presented at the 2000 Write-to-Learn Conference at Tan-Tar-A,
Osage Beach (Missouri Department of Elementary and Secondary
Education and the Missouri Association of Teachers of English) Presentation at the 2000 Midwest Education & Technology
Conference of the Cooperating
School District at the Transworld Dome in St. Louis. Pre-conference:
Presented at the 2000 Fall Multicltural Conference of the
Greater St. Louis English Teachers Association at Metro High
School at St. Louis,
Presented at the 2000 Missouri Association of Teachers of
English Fall Conference, Holiday Inn Select Executive Center,
Columbia, Missouri Presented at the 2000 Fall-into-Technology Conference of Fontbonne
College at St. Louis,
Presentation at the 2001 Midwest Education & Technology
Conference of the Cooperating
School District at the Regal Riverfront Hotel in St. Louis. Pre-conference: Presented at the 2001 Missouri Association of Teachers of
English Spring Conference, Ramada Inn, Jefferson City, Missouri
Presented at the 2001 Missouri Association of Teachers of English Fall Conference at the Capitol Plaza Hotel, Jefferson City, MO. "Did You Write This?": Using technology to fight plagiarism and to prompt your students to demonstrate intellectual engagement, experiment with ideas, or explore alternative scenarios in their writing
Presentation at the 2002 Midwest Educational & Technology Conference of the Cooperating School District at the Millennium Hotel in St. Louis. Pre-conference Workshop: "Is Technology a Worm Hole?" See how technology can be used to bridge the gap from students to events, movements, groups and individuals who have shaped/are shaping American culture and history. "Sounds Lifted" or "How I Stopped Plagiarism
and Helped My Students Create Authentic Texts" Presented at the 2002 Write-to-Learn Conference at Tan-Tar-A, Osage Beach (Missouri Department of Elementary and Secondary Education and the Missouri Association of Teachers of English) "Reading The Television: Using the computer to create
an internet reading environment"
"Creating an Online Anthology: using The Web as Reading and Writing Text" Presented and Published at the 2002 Computers and Writing Conference at Illinois State University, Urbana "Re-creating American Studies: Using the internet and e-mail to foster an interdisciplinary curriculum" Presentation at the 2003 Midwest Education & Technology Conference of the Cooperating School District at the Millennium Hotel in St. Louis. "Reading The Television: Using the computer to create an Internet reading environment" Presentation at the 2004 Midwest Education & Technology Conference of the Cooperating School District at the Millennium Hotel in St. Louis. "Writing, Reading, and Teaching in the Totally Digital Classroom: Practical Advice on Practice, Pedagogy, and Patience." Presented at the 2003 Write-to-Learn Conference at Tan-Tar-A, Osage Beach (Missouri Department of Elementary and Secondary Education and the Missouri Association of Teachers of English) "Writing, Reading, and Teaching in the Totally Digital Classroom: Practical Advice on Practice, Pedagogy, and Patience." Will Present at the 2005 Write-to-Learn Conference at Tan-Tar-A, Osage Beach (Missouri Department of Elementary and Secondary Education and the Missouri Association of Teachers of English) "Speaking in Multiple Tongues: Creating the Perfect Multimedia, Collaborative Research Project" Program Chair for the "Building an Arch of Hope for Tomorrow:
teachers to prepare their Presented at the annual Urban Sites Network Conference, hosted
by the Gateway Writing Project, University of Missouri - St.
Louis, and Harris-Stowe University, April 30, 2005. Presented, along with Susan Artkras and Matt Mahaffey, at
the National Writing Project National Conference at Pittsburg,
Pennsylvania, November 2005 Presented at the 2006 Write-to-Learn Conference at Tan-Tar-A,
Osage Beach (Missouri Department of Elementary and Secondary
Education and the Missouri Association of Teachers of English) Presented at the 2006 Morenet Technology Conference at Tan-Tar-A,
Osage Beach Presented at the National Writing Project National Conference at Nashville, Tennessee, November 2006. "Writing in the Digital Age"-a workshop exploring the changing ideas of writing and literacy in the digital age and their significance for educators. Using case studies as a point of departure for discussion, participants wrote about, reflected upon, and discussed the implications of these changing ideas for classroom practice and the work of writing project sites. And Presented, with Susan Artkras, at the National Writing Project National Conference at Nashville, Tennessee, November 2006. "The Digital Classroom and the Changing Nature of Composition"
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