Research
Teaching
WebClassroom.
Course taught for Dana College in Blair, Nebraska in 1997.
Online course on how to teach an online course. Note:
Not all links are still active (especially the links to the discussion
areas).
See also Adjunct Graduate Faculty Roles in following
section
Training materials
1 to 1 Student Orientation
FirstClass Calendar
Handout
ClamAV Antivirus
Inventory Handout
The Producers Presentation
Save A Tree Handout
Server Handout
1 to 1 Staff Orientation
Technology
in Schools and
Organizations
Norfolk Junior High School
Technology Plan
Strategic Role As
Teacher In Norfolk
Strategic Role as
Technology Coordinator in Norfolk
Strategic Role as High
School Director of Technology at Westside
Adjunct Graduate Faculty
Roles (working with Masters students)
Technology
Skills
CLIX. A
web-based group feedback system. (PHP and
MySQL)
Instillery.
A prototype platform for sharing and managing brief instructional audio
files. (PHP and MySQL)
WHITS End.
A system for ingesting, processing, and displaying class schedule
information. (Filemaker Pro, CDML, and
AppleScript)
Shuttle
Commander.
A web-based tool to create decision-making opportunities as part of a
simulated space shuttle mission (JavaScript)
SkyViews.
A web data "mash-up" system created before mash-ups became the
rave of the web. Note: This system was created about 12
years ago and is no longer in operation. One of the pieces of
software that powered SkyViews is no longer being produced or
updated. The link is to an information/introduction page.
(HTML)
QuickTrack.
A web-based system to manage laptop repair issues in a 1 to 1
environment. (FileMaker Pro and CDML)
Workshop
Registration
System. System to allow registration of teachers only in
workshops that have available seats. (PHP and MySQL)
Systemic
Reflection
The Producers.
In January of 2007, I was
chosen to do a presentation at the annual NETA (Nebraska Educational
Technology Association) conference in Omaha, Nebraska. The
title of the presentation was The Producers. The focus was
upon the multitudes of ways that technology has enabled common
individuals to not be merely consumers of information but
producers. Wikipedia, Flickr, LibriVox, and podcasting are
just a few of the ways that individuals are contributing to a larger
body of information that can be utilized by others. As a
part of preparing for this presentation I created a blog in which I
publicly posted my preparatory notes. I recieved comments
and feedback as I journaled and reflected on this topic as I prepared.
PHP and MySQL PLC.
During the 2007 and
2008 school year I have participated in a PLC (professional learning
community) group with another Westside teacher and a UNO
professor. Our focus of interest is in the use of PHP and MySQL
as development tools in the process of creating instructional and
information management systems.
Twittering Comps.
As I have gone through the
process of completing my comprehensive examination and portfolio
preparations, I have utilized Twitter to periodically put out updates
on my progress (or lack thereof).
Mentoring New
Teachers. As part of my role at
Westside High School, I was mentor for a first year teacher that just
joined our school system. This teacher was a producer from a
local news station that was participating in a "fast track" program to
get his teaching certification. We met formally on a regular
basis and informally nearly every day as we discussed instructional
strategies, classroom management issues, and technology issues.
PH.D Research
Group. As part of Dr. David W.
Brooks research group, I have participated in 2 semesters of
work. Readings, discussions, assignments, reactions to
assignments all served as focal points for interaction between academic
peers. Challenges to commonplace thinking were regular
aspects of the diet of intellectual nutrition during participation in
these groups.