Jordan Schugar
Professor
Main Hall 537
JSchugar@wcupa.edu
Apple Distinguished Educator
Education
- Ph.D., University of Maryland, College Park
- M.A., Humboldt State University
- B.A., University of Colorado, Boulder
Interests
- Digital Storytelling
- Mobile Pedagogy
- Wearable Technologies
- Reading Comprehension (Digital and Traditional)
- Figurative Language
- Learn-to-Code/Coding Literacy
- Emerging Technology
- Education Abroad
Selected Publications
Schugar, Jordan, Chris Penny, Hannah Glatt, Autumn Hudson, Tu Le, Sarah Mangano, and Victoria McQuiston. The Digital Storytelling Handbook. First, The Pennsylvania Alliance for Design of Open Textbooks (PA-ADOPT), 2024.
Schugar, Jordan. Somewhat Practical Applications for Digital Storytelling. First, West Chester University, 2019.
"Can everyone code? Preparing teachers to teach computer languages as a literacy." In Participatory Literacy Practices for P-12 Classrooms in the Digital Age. Hershey, PA: IGI Global Publishing, 2020. Co-authored with Laquana Cooke, Heather Schugar, Chris Penny, & Hayley Bruning.
"Deconstructing eTexts and eReading: The effect of text structure and purpose on teacher educators." International Journal of Mobile and Blended Learning, 10.2 March 2018. Co-Authored with Heather Ruestschlin Schugar.
Mobile Pedagogy and Perspectives on Teaching and Learning. Hershey, PA: IGI Global Publishing, 2014. Co-edited with Douglas McConatha, Christian Penny, and David Bolton.
"Teaching with Interactive Picture E-Books in Grades K-6." The Reading Teacher 66.8 (May 2013): 615-624. Co-authored with Heather Ruetschlin Schugar and Carol Smith.
"A Nook or a Book: Comparing College Students' Reading Comprehension Levels, Critical Reading, and Study Skills ." The International Journal for Technology, Teaching, and Learning 7.2 (December 2011): 174-192. Co-authored with Heather Ruetschlin Schugar and Christian Penny.
"'Oceans like tiny cups of tea': Mapping Figurative Language in Narrative-Informational Text." The California Reader 44.3 (March 2011): 12-18. Co-authored with Heather Ruetschlin Schugar.
Explanatory Notes for The Iron Heel, by Jack London. New York: Penguin Classics, 2006.