The job of an educator is to teach students to see the vitality in themselves.
- Joseph Campbell
Examples of My Work and Skills
Online Communication Journal
(Insidethecomputer.blogspot.com)
I have a Blog that I use to post some of my thoughts and experiences about education and teaching.
Full Online Course Development
(Online Collaboration, Research and Problem Solving)
Effective Online Teaching was part of my Postsecondary Teaching Certification. This website was part of a class project. It was originally developed inside the Blackboard Course Management System. To show the flexibility of online learning, I fully duplicated the class within a web page based environment.
Course Development and Lesson Plan
(5S Implementationn in Your Workplace)
This is a sample of a course I developed as part of my Postsecondary Teaching Certification. It contains a Syllabus, Calendar, Bibliography and a Lesson Plan. This is a class I plan on teaching as a short course in an engineering cirriculum. In my Teaching Videos you can see me teaching the introduction to the course.
Web Page Developmet using the Joomla Platform
(Insidethecomputer.com & TheTeachingBox.com)
Along with my role as an educator, I am also a computer hobbyist. I have created and maintain webpages to deal with technology issues and to help educate people on how to use and run their computers effectively.
Publications
I have written an article on Silicone Molding Technology as it applies to the Biomedical Field.
Micro Manufacturing is an industry trade publication that deals with advanced manufacturing technologies.
You can read my article online HERE or in .pdf format HERE
Letters of Reference
I have letters of reference available for past educational work I have done.
Junior Achievement Program
Training Coordinator at TSI Incorporated
Documents and Multimedia
Course Map
I am proficient in Course Mapping, and here is an example from my online class: Online Collaboration, Research and Problem Solving.
Google Groups
I have done work in setting up online teaching and collaboration using Google's free tool.
Multimedia Work
I have set up a YouTube Channel for storing and distributing some of my Multimedia Files.
YouTube is a great resource for streaming videos due to its platform independent format.
Syllabus for Postsecondary Teaching Certification
This Bethel Program is very extensive in the amount of area we are required to cover in order to be awarded the certification. The syllabus gives a comprehensive overview.
Annotated Bibliography
This is a list of books that I have used in my classes, and for professional development. (.pdf format)
Online Tutorials
As an online instructor I have worked extensively creating tutorials to enable students to perform certain tasks. Here are links to some online tutorials that I have created using basic html.
Windows Moviemaker Tutorial
This is a short tutorial that shows how to create a basic multimedial movie using the the Windows Moviemaker Program.
Survey Tutorial
This is a tutorial I wrote that shows students how to create a survey within the BlackBoard CMS Environment. I did this tutorial during my internship for my PostSecondary Teaching Certification.
Video Tutorial
This is a single page tutorial that demonstrates how to create video based tutorials using CamStudio and how to use YouTube technologies such as embedding to display and share the video.
Blog Lecture and Assignment
This set of pages is a lecture and assignment page I wrote about setting up and using a Blog.
Teaching Videos
Here are links to some videos I have of myself teaching.
Due to the size, and to keep them platform independent, I have them set up to stream on my YouTube channel: TheTeachingBox
Business Communication - The Engineer's Perspective
This is a short session I gave at the University of St. Thomas to a Business Communication Class.
They are my most recent (April 2008)
Due to the length it is split into two Parts
Business Communication - The Engineer's Perspective Part 1
Business Communication - The Engineer's Perspective Part 2
5S Implementation in Your Workplace
This is a training session I gave for my certificate program at Bethel (November 2007)
The Links will take you to the video on YouTube
5S Training Part 1
5S Training Part 2
Wire Stripping and Crimping Training
This is a short session I developed and gave for a Training Seminar (August 2006)
The Links will take you to the video on YouTube
(The audio level is low, so you may need to turn up your speakers a bit)
Wire Crimping Training (Part 1)
Wire Crimping Training (Part 2) Interaction with Students
