Katrin Biebighäuser

Professional milestones

• since 2011 Research Associate at the Department of German, Giessen University
• 10/2010 - 06/2012 teacher of German language at Goethe Institute in the virtual world of Second Life 
• July 2010 co-founder of ZMI-Transfer
• 09/2008 – 09/2011 Research Associate in the Joint Research Project "Cultural Techniques and their Mediatization", Project B3: "Electronic literacy in history teaching and foreign language teaching"
• 07/2008 – 10/2010 tutor of the Goethe-Institutes Voice-Chat in the virtual world of Second Life
• 01/2008 – 09/2008 Research Associate in the project "JETZT Deutsch lernen" of Giessen University and Goethe-Institute
• 01/2008 – 07/2008 Research Associate at the professorchip German as foreign language
• 08/2006 – 11/2006 student assistant at the professorchip German as foreign language
• 03/2004 – 10/2008 tutor in the educational chat of the project "JETZT Deutsch lernen"

Studies

• Spring 2008 First state examination for teaching at grammar schools, additional examination for teaching German as a foreign language
• Fall 2007 First state examination for teaching German language and Social Science at grammar schools
• Examination paper: Use of digital media in the Orange Revolution in Ukraine
• 04/2005 – 05/2008 Additional subject German as foreign language (L3) at Giessen University; focus on generation of learning material, study with new media
• 10/2002 – 10/2007 German language and Social Science for teaching at grammar schools (L3) at Giessen University; focus on media and politics, use of media in class