Selected Current Presentations and Publications
Presentations
- 2007 Midwest Environmental Education
Conference. Topic: Moving the Classroom
- Outdoors: Creating Dynamic Teaching
Environments (co-presenting with Dr. Louise
- Fleming) October, 2007.
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- National Middle School Association Annual
Conference, Houston, Texas, November,
- 2007,“A Change of Pace and Place:
Using the Outdoors as a Teaching Tool.”
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- Invited speaker: The College of Wooster Science
Education Workshop Series. Topic:
- Schoolyard Enhanced Learning.
(August, 2007)
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- Ohio Middle
School Association Conference – Winter, 2007
- Topic: Implementing Resident
Outdoor Education in the Middle School Program
Environmental
Education Council of Ohio Annual Conference- Cleveland, Ohio –Spring,
2006 Topic: Use
of GPS in a Middle School Setting
.
National
Middle School Association National Conference, Philadelphia, PA in November,
2005.
Topic: Teaching in the Outdoors.
Ohio Middle School Association state
conference - Toledo, Ohio. Topic: Using GPS as a
Middle
School Motivator.
Invited
keynote speaker:
Northeast Ohio
Environmental Education Council 23rd Annual
Winter Workshop, Peninsula, Ohio
(Cuyahoga Valley National Park), February, 2006.
Topic: Plugged in, but Tuned Out.
Invited presenter: The College of
Wooster, Science Education Workshop Series. Topic:
Inquiry Teaching. August, 2005
Ohio Middle School Association Annual Conference, Columbus, Ohio, Spring,
2004,
Developing School
Camping Programs.
Environmental Education Council of Ohio Annual
Conference, Mt. Sterling, Ohio ( Deer
Creek), Spring, 2004:
Using GPS as a Teaching Tool.
Federation of Soil and Water Conservation
Districts Annual State Conference, August,
2004: Using Group
Initiatives to Develop a Sense of Team.
National Middle School Association National
Conference, Minneapolis, Minnesota,
November, 2004:
Resident Outdoor Education: Moving from the Classroom to the
Campfire.
National Middle School Association Symposium
on Middle Level Teacher Preparation,
Columbus, Ohio,
February, 2005 ( co-presented with Dave Kommer and Joan
Knickerbocker).
Northeast Ohio Environmental Education Council
23rd Annual Winter Workshop,
Peninsula, Ohio (
Cuyahoga Valley National Park), February, 2005: Developing Sensory
Awareness in the
Outdoors.
Ohio Association of Litter
Prevention and Recycling Professional Winter Conference, December, 2003. (
Delivered the keynote address).
Ohio
Federation of Soil & Water Conservation
Districts Annual State Conference, August 12-14, 2003 (Delivered the keynote address)
National Middle School Association National Conference for Professors of Middle
Level Education, Charlotte, North Carolina (2003)
Ohio
Middle School Association Annual Conferences, Spring, (2000-2007) Presented
concurrent sessions each year.
2002
Midwest Regional Environmental Education Conference, St. Charles, Illinois
Ohio Federation of Soil and Water Conservation
Districts Annual State conferences (1999-2003). Presented concurrent sessions
each year.
National
Middle School Association Conference, St. Louis, Missouri, November, 2000.
Ohio
Environmental Education Research Symposium, March, 2001
Northeast
Regional Winter Conference of the Environmental Education Council of Ohio
(February 1999-2004)
Faculty
College presentation on WebCt - May, 2003
Three day Inquiry Teaching Workshop for Ohio Board of
Regents Grant in collaboration with Van Wert County Schools and Educational
Service Center. Collaborative presentation with Dr. Matt Arthur of the AU
Chemistry Department.
Two session presentation concerning instructional design
for education interns at the Cuyahoga Valley Environmental education Center,
located in the Cuyahoga National Park near Peninsula, Ohio (2001 and 2003).
Two session presenter for the Dalton Local School
District concerning the use of the outdoors as an instructional tool ( 2002).
Co-presented with Dr. Matt Arthur as part of a
Project Discovery Grant developed in collaboration with Ashland University and
the East Holmes Local School District in Holmes County (2002)
Featured
co-presenter for the East Regional Professional Development Center's
"Creating
the
Arts Course of Study” workshop, February, 1998
Presenter,
state convention of the Environmental Education Council of Ohio -
(1995, 1996, 2000,
2001, 2002, 2003, 2004, 2005, 2008.)
Publications
Broda, H.W. (2007) Schoolyard-enhanced learning: Using the outdoors
as
an instructional
tool, K-8. Portland, Maine: Stenhouse Publishers.
Broda,
H.W. (2006) “Using the outdoors as a
teaching tool”. Middle Matters- National Association of Elementary School
Principals, 15, No. 1.
Broda, H.W. (2006) Book review of
Introduction to Middle School, by Sara Davis Powell. American Secondary Education Journal(Summer,
2006).
Broda, H.W.
(2004). Using online instruction to deliver a discussion-intensive format. Mid-Western
Educational Researcher.
Broda, H.W.
Resident outdoor education: A dynamic example of experiential learning. The
National Society for Experiential Education Quarterly, Summer, 2003.
Broda,
H.W. and Baxter, R.E. Using GIS and GPS technology as an instructional tool. The
Clearing House, 76 (1), September/October 2002, 49-52.
Broda, H.W. and Baxter, R.E. Using GIS
and GPS technology as an instructional tool. The Social Studies, 94(4), July/August 2003, 158-160. (Invited
reprinting of the of the above Clearing House article).
Broda. H.W. (2003) Taking your
class outside. In J. Braus, (Ed.), Windows on the wild: Oceans of life
(pp. 78-79). Washington, D.C.: The World Wildlife Fund.
Broda, H.W. A change of pace and
place: Middle school students and the outdoors. The Journal of the New
England League of Middle Schools. XV (1), Fall, 2002, 31-33.
Broda,
H.W. (2002). Learning in and for the outdoors. National Middle School
Journal, 33(3), 34-38.
Broda.
H.W. (2001). The environment as an integrating context for learning. In J.
Meredith (Ed), Environment in Ohio
education: Support through research symposium (pp 16-22). Akron, Ohio:
Environmental Education Council of Ohio.
Broda,
H.W. The Ashland University middle grade teacher preparation program. Ohio
Middle School Journal, 26 (2), 28-30.
Broda,
H.W. (1999). [Review of the book Rubrics: A handbook for construction and
use]. American Secondary Education Journal, Winter, 1999.
Broda,
H.W., Baisden, C. and Broda, M.W. We’re more alike than different: helping
middle school students understand and appreciate persons with special
needs. Ohio Middle School Journal. 26 (1),
Broda,
H.W. (2000) Outdoor education: the time is ripe. (EECO Green Papers
Monograph No. 2). Columbus, Ohio: Environmental Education Council of Ohio.
Broda,
H.W. (2001). Teacher career stages and local professional development
committees: a powerful linkage. Ohio ASCD Journal, 4 (1), 4-6.
Reviewer/editorial
consultant for "Biodiversity
Basics", a new teacher resource publication
produced by the World Wildlife Fund, Washington, D.C.
Invited
reviewer for the document Best Practices for Environmental Education published by Ohio EE 2000: A strategic Plan for Environmental education
in Ohio.