Professional Activities:

Honors and Awards

Membership in Honor Societies

Awards

• Outstanding Paper Award, Banister, S.  and Vannatta-Reinhart, R. (2014) Using digital resources to support personalized learning experiences in K-12 classrooms: The evolution of mobile devices as innovations in schools in northwest Ohio. Proceedings of the Society for Information Technology and Teaching Education Conference, Jacksonville, FL
• Authors and Artists Recognition (2012), Friends of the Library, Bowling Green State University.
• Authors and Artists Recognition (2011), Friends of the Library, Bowling Green State University.
• Authors and Artists Recognition (2010), Friends of the Library, Bowling Green State University.
• University System of Ohio 2010 Faculty Innovator Award Nominee,     University System of Ohio
• College of Education and Human Development Service Award Nominee (2009), Bowling Green State University
• Olscamp Research Award Finalist (2009), Bowling Green State University
• Authors and Artists Recognition (2008), Friends of the Library, Bowling Green State University.
• Authors and Artists Recognition (2007), Friends of the Library, Bowling  Green State University.
• Olscamp Research Award Finalist (2007), Bowling Green State University.
• Distinguished Service Award Nominee (2007), Bowling Green State University.
• Outstanding Dissertation Award, Indiana University (2001), School of Education, Curriculum and Instruction.
• Hanley Teaching Excellence Award (2001), Bartholomew Consolidated School Corporation.
• Outstanding Associate Instructor Nominee (2001), Indiana University, School of Education.
• Doctoral Student Grant-in-Aid of Research (2000), Indiana University Graduate School.

Research Projects

Exemplary Teachers Using Technology, II-Savilla Banister, 2004-2015 (H02P162FE7, HSRB approval code)

This project involves collecting audio and video examples from nearby K-12 classrooms of teachers using technology to strongly support curricular goals.   This data continues to be incorporated into CD-ROM’s and DVD’s that will be made available to EDTL faculty for sharing with teacher candidates.  Currently, most of this research is being conducted at Miller City-New Cleveland Schools, as part of the eTech grant we received in 2011.

Exemplary Teachers Using Technology-Savilla Banister, 2002-2003

This project involved collecting audio and video examples from nearby K-12 classrooms of teachers using technology to strongly support curricular goals.   This data has been incorporated into CD-ROM’s and DVD’s that have been made available to EDTL faculty for sharing with teacher candidates.