Dr. Deason is certified in the state of Texas to teach History and Information Processing Technologies grades 6 – 12. He taught U.S. and World History for 11 years at two separate high schools in Texas. During that time, he completed a master’s degree in Instructional Technology in 2001 and his Doctorate in Instructional Technology in 2008, both at Texas Tech University.
Dr. Deason was born in Amarillo, Texas, and spent most of his life in Lubbock, Texas, where his family still resides. He graduated from high school in 1989 and received his baccalaureate degree in History with a minor in Sociology from San Angelo State University in 1996. Since 2008, Dr. Deason has taught Instructional Design and Technology in the Education department at Full Sail University in Orlando, Florida. His research interests include culturally relevant pedagogy, the use of Virtual Worlds for Historical role-play, and the impact of Web 2.0 technologies on pedagogy. In his own classroom (not at Earthschooling) Dr. Deason uses rap and hip-hop culture (i.e., rap, graffiti, breakdancing, and deejaying) with learners, combined with digital audio workstation (DAW) technology, to provide creative tools for expressing learning. Please view the following videos to learn as examples:
http://youtu.be/94dXyn_UPnw and http://youtu.be/iXjRlSUj1yY
Dr. Deason is a member of the Society of Information Technology in Teacher Education (SITE), the Southwest Educational Research Association (SERA), and is an advisory board member of Steve Hargadon’s Global Education Conference. Dr. Deason actively publishes in peer-reviewed journals concerning education and technology. In addition to research, he has been awarded several grants for educational programs. He enjoys all genres of music, fishing, camping, traveling with his wife and three beautiful girls, skateboarding, bicycling, writing poetry, and composing geopolitical hip-hop and doom metal music. He is currently working on his first album with his band Corporation Nation.
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