Vicki Dimock
Vicki Dimock is Program Director of SEDL's Improving School Performance program. She coordinates and directs SEDL's efforts to build Texas's capacity to implement the programs and goals of the No Child Left Behind Act.
Prior to this, she served as program manager of the Science, Technology, and Mathematics Program, which assisted educational entities in improving mathematics and science education and in implementing technology to support improved teaching and learning outcomes for students. She has also applied her research, development, and dissemination skills as project director of SEDL's Arkansas AdVentures in Networking project and in SEDL's Leadership for Change project.
Contact Information
You may contact Vicki Dimock at 512-391-6511
Experience/Education
Prior to joining SEDL, Dr. Dimock served as an education specialist at the Region IX Education Service Center, as a coordinator of a program for gifted students, and as a K-12 teacher.
Dr. Dimock holds Texas certifications for supervision, secondary mathematics, and secondary social sciences. She holds a BS in education from Midwestern State University, an MEd in educational administration from Texas Woman's University, and a PhD in curriculum and instruction from the University of Texas at Austin.
Publications
- 2nd Grade Classroom Episode: The Desert (2000)
- 4th Grade Bilingual Classroom Episode: Graphing (2000)
- 6th Grade Classroom Episode: Collaborative Language Arts (2000)
- 9th Grade Classroom Episode: Spanish Travelers (2000)
- Active Learning with Technology Video Series on DVD (2000)
- Authentic Algebra (2001)
- Classrooms Under Construction: Integrating Student-Centered Learning with Technology (2000)
- Constructing Knowledge with Technology: A Review of the Literature (1999)
- Creating a Context for Change: Issues About Change, Volume 2, Number 2 (1992)
- Creative Geometry (2001)
- Digital Anatomy: Students Creating Online Resources (2002)
- Engaged Discoverers: Kids Constructing Knowledge with Technology (1999)
- La Implementación de la Tecnología en el Salón de Clases: Una guía para los que toman decisiones en las escuelas rurales (1998)
- Leading Change from the Classroom: Teachers as Leaders: Issues About Change, Volume 4, Number 4 (1995)
- Planning into Practice: Resources for Planning, Implementing, and Integrating Technology (2000)
- Putting Technology into the Classroom: A Guide for Rural Decisionmakers (1998)
- Reading Buddies: 1st and 5th Graders Learning Together (2000)
- School Context: Bridge or Barrier to Change? (1992)
- Schools as Learning Communities: Issues About Change, Volume 4, Number 1 (1994)
- Superintendents of Small Districts and School Improvement: Planning, Providing Resources, and Professional Development: Issues About Change, Volume 3, Number 1
- TAP into Learning v1.1: Getting Started with Constructivism and Technology
- TAP into Learning v1.2: On the Road to Student-Centered Learning (1999)
- TAP into Learning v3.2: Learning is an Active and Reflective Process (2000)
- Technology as a Catalyst for School Communities: Beyond Boxes and Bandwidth (2007)
- Texas Focus: The Newsletter of the Texas Comprehensive Center (2007)