Event Title

Keynote 1: The Effects of Technology in the Classroom on Human Relationships ("What's Love Got to Do With It?")

Presenter Information

Joe Ruhl

Location

Heritage 206

Start Date

9-5-2019 9:00 AM

End Date

9-5-2019 9:45 AM

Description

Some have feared that human interactions and relationships in the classroom might suffer with the use of technology. After all, the argument goes, have you ever seen a group of people in a restaurant where no conversation is occurring because each one is fixated on his/her cell phone? Let’s put those fears to rest! I have learned how using technology can actually enrich human relationships in the classroom, and I’d love to share some stories with you!

About the Author

Joe Ruhl has 40 years of experience teaching 9th-grade Biology at Jefferson High School in Lafayette, Indiana. He also teaches a second-year biology elective in Genetics and an independent projects course in Science Research, a course that allows students to work as research apprentices in laboratories at nearby Purdue University.

In addition to these roles, Dr. Ruhl loves encouraging audiences by presenting:

• inspirational and motivational keynote addresses to K – 12 teachers.
• inexpensive, creative teaching techniques and ideas to high school Biology and Genetics teachers
• talks to church groups on the topic of harmony between evolutionary biology and biblical faith

The National Association of Biology Teachers named Joe Ruhl the Outstanding Biology Teacher of Indiana in 1987. In 1989 he was honored at the White House as Indiana’s recipient of the Presidential Award for Excellence in Science Teaching. In 1996 he received the Purdue University College of Science Distinguished Alumnus Award. In 2012 he was honored with the Shell National Science Teaching Award, presented to one science teacher in the U.S., and in 2017 he was one of five U.S. teachers inducted into the National Teachers Hall of Fame (another trip to the White House!)