Don E. Descy, Ph.D.
EDUCATION:
- University of Connecticut, Storrs, CT. 1987.
Ph.D. Instructional Media and Technology.
Minor Areas: Evaluation and Measurement,
Curriculum and Instruction.
- University of Connecticut, Storrs, CT. 1981.
6th Year in Education. Instructional Media and Technology.
- Central Connecticut State University, New Britain, CT. 1970.
M.S. Biology Education.
- Central Connecticut State University, New Britain, CT. 1967.
B.S. Biology Education.
EMPLOYMENT HISTORY:
- 1998-2008: Full Professor: Minnesota State University, Mankato, MN.
Program Director: Education Technology Master’s Degree and Certificate Program.
Graduate Faculty: Morehead State University, Morehead, KY (Sp 2001 –Sp 2003 )
- 2006- : Adjunct Faculty: Teacher Education University, Winter Park, FL.
- 1993-1998: Associate Professor: Mankato State University, Mankato, MN.
- 1989-1993: Assistant Professor: Mankato State University, Mankato, MN. Instructional media utilization, Media production, Instructional
systems design, Microcomputer operation, Telecommunications (Internet, Web page design and production, and Distance Education), Visual literacy.
- 1986-1994: Consultant: research methodology and statistics.
- 1987-1989: Assistant Administrative Director: Connecticut State Bar Examining Committee.
- 1988-1989: Adjunct Professor: Central Connecticut State University. Instructional media production.
- 1987-1989: Adjunct Professor: Eastern Connecticut State University. Statistics.
- 1985-1987: Research Assistant: Dean's Office, School of Education, University of Connecticut.
- 1985-1987: Associate Supervisor: Admissions Testing Program, Bureau of Educational Research, University of Connecticut.
- 1968-1985: Teacher: Grades 7,8,9: biology, physical science.
- 1967-1968: Teaching Assistant: Biology Department, Central Connecticut State University.
PUBLICATIONS:
- Descy, D.E. (2009, May/June). All Aboard the Internet: Grooker, kartoo, addict-o-matic and more: Really different search engines. TechTrends, 53 (3).
- Descy, D.E. (2009, March/April). All Aboard the Internet: Netbooks: Small but powerful friends. TechTrends, 53 (2).
- Descy, D.E. (2009, January/February). All Aboard the Internet: Who goes there? Staying anonymous on the web. TechTrends, 53 (1).
- Descy, D.E. (2008, November/December). All Aboard the Internet: Of course it’s true…I found it on the web! TechTrends, 52 (6).
- Descy, D.E. (2008, September/October). All Aboard the Internet: Web browsers take another step forward. TechTrends, 52 (5).
- Descy, D.E. (2008, May/June). All Aboard the Internet: A clearer view of vista features. TechTrends, 52 (3).
- Descy, D.E. (2008, March/April). All Aboard the Internet: IGoogle, ugoogle, weallgoogle. TechTrends, 52 (2).
- Descy, D.E. (2008, January/February). All Aboard the Internet: Second life. TechTrends, 52 (1).
- Descy, D.E. (2007, November/December). All Aboard the Internet: Mashups…with or without potatoes. TechTrends, 51 (6).
- Descy, D.E. (2007, September/October). All Aboard the Internet: Getting your website noticed. TechTrends, 51 (5).
- Descy, D.E. (2007, July/August). All Aboard the Internet: Reduce, reuse, recycle: Good earth ant the electronics dilemma. TechTrends, 51 (4).
- Descy, D.E. (2007, May/June). All Aboard the Internet: Gifts from uncle bill: Free stuff from microsoft. TechTrends, 51 (3).
- Descy, D.E. (2007, March/April). All Aboard the Internet: Browser-based online applications: Something for everyone! TechTrends, 51 (2).
- - Descy, D.E. (2007, January/February). All Aboard the Internet: IMset to talk with you with text! . TechTrends, 51 (1).
- Descy, D.E. (2006, November/December). All Aboard the Internet: Googlepack:
BETA is better.. TechTrends, 50 (6).
- Descy, D.E. (2006, September/October). All Aboard the Internet: Keeping kids safe online. TechTrends, 50 (5).
- Descy, D.E. (2006, July/August). All Aboard the Internet: Protecting your computer
from viruses. TechTrends, 50 (4).
- Descy, D.E. (2006, May/June). All Aboard the Internet: Video: From the big screen to the small screen to the smaller screen. TechTrends, 50 (3).
- Descy, D.E. (2006, March/April). All Aboard the Internet: E to Go: The Internet in your pocket. TechTrends, 50 (2).
- Descy, D.E. (2006, January/February). All Aboard the Internet: The Wiki: True Web Democracy. TechTrends, 50 (1).
- Descy, D.E. (2005, November/December). All Aboard the Internet: XXXXX. TechTrends, 49 (6).
- Descy, D.E. (2005, September/October). All Aboard the Internet: Broadcasting for the rest of us: Podcasting. TechTrends, 49 (5).
- Descy, D.E. (2005, July/August). All Aboard the Internet: Finding your way around the world: Mapping websites. TechTrends, 49 (4).
- Descy, D.E. (2005, May/June). All Aboard the Internet: RSS: Your one stop for news and information. TechTrends, 49 (3).
- Descy, D.E. (2005, March/April). All Aboard the Internet: Calling the world… For free. TechTrends, 49 (2).
- Descy, D.E. (2005, January/February). All Aboard the Internet: Browsing the Web: X marks the spot for an opera and for a fire with a fox. TechTrends, 49 (1).
- Descy, D.E. (2004, November/December). All Aboard the Internet: Peek a boo… I'm watching you: Spyware. TechTrends, 48 (6).
- Descy, D.E. (2004, September/October). All Aboard the Internet: Becoming a Digital Being. TechTrends, 48 (5).
- Descy, D.E. (2004, May/June). All Aboard the Internet: Let's put it in writing for everyone to see: The blog. TechTrends, 48 (3).
- Descy, D.E. (2004, March/April). All Aboard the Internet: I can speak 5 languages fluently… so can you! TechTrends, 48 (2).
- Descy, D.E. (2004, January/February). All Aboard the Internet: From the visible to the invisible. TechTrends, 48 (1).
- Descy, D.E. (2003, November/December). All Aboard the Internet: Neat Little Web Page Add-ons. TechTrends, 47 (6).
- Descy, D.E. (Fall, 2003). Organizing the Internet: Safe passage through a
minefield of information. Library Trends, 52, (2).
- Descy, D.E. (2001). Media Review: Instructional Design: A Primer. International
Journal of Instructional Media, 28 (2).
- Descy, D.E. (2001, May/June). All Aboard the Internet: E-collaborations: Virtual
meetings sites and software on the Web. TechTrends, 45 (3).
- Descy, D.E. (2000, September). All Aboard the Internet: Internet telephony.
TechTrends, 44 (5).
- Descy, D.E. (2000, May). All Aboard the Internet: HTML with caffeine: Javascript.
TechTrends, 44 (4).
- Descy, D.E. (2000, April). All Aboard the Internet: “Good Morning HAL-
9000”… Good Morning Don”… A primer on speech recognition software.
TechTrends, 44 (3).
- Descy, D.E. (2000, March). All Aboard the Internet: Speed Surfing the Web from
your Home. TechTrends, 44 (2).
- Descy, D.E. (2000, January/February). All Aboard the Internet: MP3 –
Spectacular Sound Over the Internet. TechTrends, 44 (1).
- Descy, D.E. (1999, October). All Aboard the Internet: HTML With Caffeine:
JavaScript. TechTrends, 43 (5).
- Descy, D.E. (1999, September). All Aboard the Internet: HTML Editors: Web Pages
in Minutes! TechTrends, 43 (4).
- Descy, D.E. (1998, April/May). All Aboard the Internet: WebTV: Internet
for the rest of (them). TechTrends, 43 (3).
- Descy, D.E. (1998, March). All Aboard the Internet: Software for on-line teaching.
TechTrends, 43 (2).
- Descy, D.E. (1998, January/February). All Aboard the Internet: Web-based
Course Authoring Tools: An Introduction. TechTrends, 43 (1).
- Descy, D.E. (1997, November/December). All Aboard the Internet: Accessible Web
Page Design. TechTrends, 42 (6).
- Descy, D.E. (1997, October). All Aboard the Internet: Pictures on the Web: Digital Cameras. TechTrends, 42 (5).
- Descy, D.E. (1997, September). All Aboard the Internet: Good Cookies and Bad Cookies. TechTrends, 42 (4).
- Descy, D.E. (1997, May/June). The Internet and Education: Some Lessons on
Privacy and Pitfalls. Educational Technology, 37 (3).
- Descy, D.E. (1997, April/May). All Aboard the Internet: Web Page Design: Part 3. TechTrends, 42 (3).
- Descy, D.E. (1997, March). All Aboard the Internet: Web Page Design: Part 2. TechTrends, 42 (2).
- Descy, D.E. (1997, January/February). All Aboard the Internet: Web Page Design: Part 1. TechTrends, 42 (1).
- Descy, D.E. (1997, January/February). An Internet Safari for Educators. Media
and Methods, p.27.
- Furst-Bowe, J.A. & Descy, D.E. (1996, November/December). All Aboard the Internet: MOOs for Teaching and Learning. TechTrends, 41 (6).
- Descy, D.E. (1996, October). All Aboard the Internet: Citing Internet
Resources. TechTrends, 41 (5).
- Descy, D.E. (1996, September). All Aboard the Internet: Evaluating Internet
Resources. TechTrends, 41 (4).
- Descy, D.E. (1996, April/May). All Aboard the Internet: Internet Telephone.
TechTrends, 41 (3).
- Descy, D.E. (1996, April). Creating Your Own Home Page - A Step-by-Step Guide.
Technology Connection, 3 (2).
- Descy, D.E. (1996, March). All Aboard the Internet: Audio Streams Onto the
Internet. TechTrends, 41 (2).
- Descy, D.E. (1996, January/February). All Aboard the Internet: NCSA Mosaic,
Netscape, and Java/HotJava! TechTrends, 41 (1).
- Descy, D.E. (1995, November/December). All Aboard the Internet: Adding Graphics
to your Web Page. TechTrends, 40 (6).
- Descy, D.E. (1995, October). All Aboard the Internet: Making Your Own World-
Wide Web Page. TechTrends, 40 (5).
- Descy, D.E. (1995, September). All Aboard the Internet: Searching the World-Wide Web. TechTrends, 40 (4).
- Descy, D.E. (1995, June). All Aboard the Internet: E-mail and Privacy. Community College Association for Instruction & Technology Newsletter, 22 (2): (Reprinted from: TechTrends, 40 (2).
- Descy, D.E. (1995, April/May). All Aboard the Internet: Locating On-Line
Resources. TechTrends, 40 (3).
- Descy, D.E. (1995, March). All Aboard the Internet: E-mail and Privacy.
TechTrends, 40 (2).
- Descy, D.E. (1995, January/February). All Aboard the Internet: Making the Internet Connection. TechTrends, 40 (1).
- Descy, D.E. (Ed.). (1994, Fall). The Mankato Statement: A Midwest Journal of
Research and Opinion, 23 (1) Mankato, MN: College of Education.
- Descy, D.E. (1994, November, December). All Aboard the Internet: On-line Internet Resources. Tech Trends, 39 (6).
- Descy, D.E. (1994, October). All Aboard the Internet: Finding A Friend's Internet Address. TechTrends, 39 (5).
- Descy, D.E. (1994, September). All Aboard the Internet: World-Wide Web: Adding Multimedia to Cyberspace. TechTrends, 39 (4).
- Descy, D.E. (1994). The Media Specialist's Guide to the Internet.
Wisconsin Ideas in Media, 1994.
- Descy, D.E. (1994, April/May). All Aboard the Internet: That Wonderful Gopher.
TechTrends, 39 (3).
- Descy, D.E. (1994, Winter). MEMO Goes On The Net. Minnesota Media, 18 (2).
- Descy, D.E. (1994, March). All Aboard the Internet: The Mankato State Graduate
Level Internet Class (With Birmingham, Frank), TechTrends, 39 (2).
- Descy, D.E. (1994, January/February). All Aboard the Internet: Tools to Ease Your Internet Adventures. (Part 2) . TechTrends, 39 (1).
- Descy, D.E. (1993, Fall). Let's Talk About the Internet. Minnesota Media, 18 (1).
- Descy, D.E. (1993, November/December). All Aboard the Internet: Tools to Ease Your Internet Adventures. (Part 1) . TechTrends, 38 (6).
- Descy, D.E. (1993, October). All Aboard the Internet: Where to Start: An Internet
Resource Guide. TechTrends, 38 (5).
- Descy, D.E. (1993, September). All Aboard the Internet: The Internet/School Connection. TechTrends, 38 (4).
- Descy, D.E. (1993). Media Review: Cyrs, T.E., & Smith, F.A. Teleclass Teaching:
A Resource Guide, 2nd Ed. International Journal of Instructional Media, 20 (1).
- Descy, D.E. (1993). Elementary Education Student Access to Computer Hardware
and Software. Journal of Computing in Teacher Education, 9 (2).
- Descy, D.E. (1993, Jan/Feb). All Aboard The Internet. TechTrends, 38 (1).
- Descy, D. E. (1992, Fall). Cable Connections: Exploring the Possibilities. Library
Education News. 1 (4). Mankato, MN: Library Media Education, Mankato State
University. Reprinted (1993, April) in The Clipboard, 2 (7). Circle Pines, MN:
Minnesota Society for Technology in Education.
- Descy, D.E. (1992, Fall). (Editor). Library Education News.
1 (4). Mankato, MN: Library Media Education, Mankato State University.
- Descy, D.E. (1992, Winter). Education Goes on the Air - Interactive Television in
Rural Minnesota. Educational Horizons, 70, (2).
- Descy, D.E. (1992). First Year Elementary Schoolteachers' Utilization
of Instructional Media. International Journal of Instructional Media, 19 (2).
(EJ 447 555).
- Descy, D. E. (1991, Fall). Mankato chosen to be an official MECC authorized
preview (MAP) center. Library Education News. 1 (3). Mankato, MN:
Library Media Education, Mankato State University.
- Descy, D.E. (1991, Fall). (Editor). Library Education News.
1 (3). Mankato, MN: Library Media Education, Mankato State University.
- Descy, D.E. (1991). Media Review: Cravotta, M., & Wilson, A. Media
Cookbook for Kids. International Journal of Instructional Media, 18 (3)
- Descy, D.E. (1991). Media Review: Simonson, M., & Thompson, A. Educational
Computing Foundations. International Journal of Instructional Media, 18 (2).
- Descy, D.E. (1991). Instructional Media Utilization In
the Classroom and its Relationship to Teacher Burnout and Student
Learning. International Journal of Instructional Media, 18 (2).
- Descy, D.E. (1991, May). A Positive Approach to Changing Negative Teacher Attitudes Towards the School Library Media Center. DSMS Update, p. 5.
of an Instrument to Measure Attitudes Towards Advisors: The Descy
Attitude Towards Advisors scale (DATAs). International Journal of
Instructional Media, 18 (1).
- Descy, D.E. (1991, Spring). Instructional Media Utilization, Classroom Learning,
and Teacher Burnout. Mankato Statement. Mankato, MN: College of
Education, Mankato State University. P. 11. (ERIC Document Reproduction
Service No. ED 344 575).
- Descy, D.E. (1991). Effects of Color Change of the Ground of a
Visual on Picture Recognition of Field Dependent/Field Independent Individuals. International Journal of Instructional Media, 17 (4).
- Descy, D.E. (1991). Media Reviews: Effective Presentation Skills,
Technical Presentation Skills. International Journal of Instructional
Media, 17 , (3).
- Descy, D.E. (1991, Jan/Feb). 2-Way Interactive Television in
Minnesota: The Knowledge Interactive Distribution System (KIDS). Tech Trends , 36 (1).
- Descy, D. E. (1990, Winter). Selling the school library media program: A call
to action. (Part 2). Library Education News. 1 (2). Mankato, MN:
Library Media Education, Mankato State University.
- Descy, D.E. (1990, Winter). (Editor). Library Education News.
1 (2). Mankato, MN: Library Media Education, Mankato State University.
- Descy, D. E. (1989, Spring). Selling the school library media program: A call
to action. (Part 1). Library Education News. 1, (1). Mankato, MN: Library Media Education, Mankato State University.
- Descy, D. E. (1989, Spring). (Editor). Library Education News. 1, (1).
Mankato, MN: Library Media Education, Mankato State University.
- Descy, D.E. (1988). Setting Standards and Cut Scores: Where do we draw the
pass/fail? The Bar Examiner. 57 (3).
- Descy, D.E. and Smith, S.A. (1987). University of Connecticut, School of Education, Placement Survey. Deans Office, School of Education.
- Descy, D.E. (1981). Color in media: Is it worth the cost? International Journal of