Crystal Machado

Crystal Machado is a professor in the Department of Professional Studies in Education, where she teaches pre-service and in-service teachers, faculty, and K-20 administrators. Prior to joining IUP, Crystal worked as a K-12 teacher, a middle/high school administrator, and an adjunct professor for many years in Pakistan. She holds a doctoral degree in educational leadership; two master's degrees, one in school administration and the other in primary education; and two bachelor's degrees, one in business and the other in education. Crystal's commitment to creating inclusive, technology-rich learning environments, and mentoring, is reflected in her teaching, research, and service. Crystal is a teacher-scholar. For over two decades, she has used the Scholarship of Teaching and Learning (SoTL) approach to study and improve her practice as a teacher, leader, and mentor. She also uses a qualitative and mixed-method approach to study international students’ experiences, educators’ use of technology in K-20 schools, equity and inclusion, and organizational learning. She has presented on these topics at international, national, and regional conferences. Her curriculum vitae documents a long history of doctoral student research mentorship.

Publications

Beyond Coursework: Creating Digital Co-Mentoring Spaces for Graduate and Post Graduate Student-Faculty Productivity
Beyond Coursework: Creating Digital Co-Mentoring Spaces for Graduate and Post Graduate Student-Faculty Productivity
Crystal Machado. © 2024. 22 pages.
Over the last few decades, institutions of higher education have begun to offer a wide range of graduate programs in traditional, hybrid, and online formats. This has made...
Using Flip and Facebook to Create Windows and Mirrors for Transnational Learning: A United States-Israel Scholarship of Teaching and Learning Project
Using Flip and Facebook to Create Windows and Mirrors for Transnational Learning: A United States-Israel Scholarship of Teaching and Learning Project
Crystal Machado, Tami Seifert. © 2024. 20 pages.
Educators need to offer students a curriculum that reflects their funds of knowledge (mirrors), exposes them to the cultures and experiences of others (windows), and develops in...
Using the ISTE Standards, RAT Model, and Web Technology to Improve Teachers' 21st Century Skills: Let's Walk the Talk
Using the ISTE Standards, RAT Model, and Web Technology to Improve Teachers' 21st Century Skills: Let's Walk the Talk
Crystal Machado, Yao Fu. © 2022. 21 pages.
Often, educators teach the way they were taught. To graduate pre-service teachers (PTs) and in-service teachers (ITs) who are power users of innovative web-based technology...
Increasing Teacher Educators' Access and Use of Instructional and Web-Based Technologies in Sub-Saharan Africa: Findings From a Mixed Method Study
Increasing Teacher Educators' Access and Use of Instructional and Web-Based Technologies in Sub-Saharan Africa: Findings From a Mixed Method Study
Abdulsalami Ibrahim, Crystal Machado. © 2021. 20 pages.
While teacher educators in Sub-Saharan Africa have increased access to information and communication technology (ICT), there is a lack of empirical research that describes the...