Henry Smits


                                         Bio:
Home Town: Faribault, MN
Family: Very large extended family, Youngest of six, 1st Generation Dutch American, and proud father of a seven year old boy named Noah.

Jobs:
I have been teaching for twenty years now.  Five years in the intercity at a school called Center School Inc.  The last fifteen years has been with District 196 two years at Valley Middle School and thirteen years at Falcon Ridge Middle School.


                                                                 TEACHING LICENSURE:

- Secondary Social Studies - All license 7-12 grade, Augsburg College, Minneapolis, 1989
- Specific Learning Disability license, K-12 grades, University of St. Thomas, 1994
- Middle School Endorsement in Social Studies  5-8 grade, Augsburg College, 2004

EDUCATION:

- In progress, Curriculum Design Masters Program, Concordia Collage, St. Paul MN, Spring 2010
- In progress, Special Education Learning Difficulties Masters Program, University of St. Thomas, St.      Paul, MN.
- B. A.,
Degrees in Political Science and Social Studies, Augsburg College, Minneapolis, MN 1989.
- A. A., Normandale Community College, Bloomington, MN. 1987.

- High School 
Degree, Bethlehem Academy , Faribault, MN. 1983.


A Quotes:

- A ship in harbor is safe; but that is not what ships are built for. William Shedd
- Trust in God, but tie your camel.
  Source: (Arabian)
- "And why worry about a speck in your friend's eye when you have a log in your own? New Living Translation (©2007)
- The very ink with which history is written is merely fluid prejudice. Mark Twain
- History is written by the victors. Winston Churchill
- History will be kind to me for I intend to write it. Winston Churchill

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 TWO TRUTHS AND A LIE
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I have worked in City Government, I have tended bar, I worked in construction as a framer.

OTHER SITES I MAINTAIN

Screen-cast / Video
How to make your Mac read text to you. 

 

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SOME FUN PHOTOS and VIDEOS:



THINGS WE LOOK FORWARD TO

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The thing we look forward to is siting next to a campfire, listing to the sound of the waves some were on the North Shore.

Loading the canoe into the truck and going fishing and watching the sun go down.





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Comments

Karen Butler - Mar 15, 2010 1:23 PM

Nice shirt Noah!

Polly Tabbert - Mar 16, 2010 9:41 AM

Henry, your skills set to create a tutorial on text-talking is impressive.

Courteney Ivory - Mar 16, 2010 4:26 PM

I think this class is right up your alley Henry! I might need you to be my tutor.

Kate Berger - Mar 17, 2010 8:53 PM

I enjoyed reading your quotes Henry!

Miranda Gravley - Mar 18, 2010 5:42 AM

Great site! Wow. I'm jealous. : )

Andrew Borne - Mar 18, 2010 9:57 PM

Great screencast. Nice tutorial, and yes, it was helpful!

Courtney Bierlein - Mar 21, 2010 12:26 PM

I like the quotes, especially the Churchill one!

Polly Tabbert - Mar 24, 2010 9:14 AM

Henry, throughout this educational journey your technology wizardry expertise has amazed me. Engaging and fluent.

Todd Becker - Apr 1, 2010 7:04 PM

Your screencast was nicely presented, Henry! I wish Narrator on my PC worked as well as the similar program on your Mac. It looks like the Mac has more features for reading text.

Rebecca Biel - Apr 15, 2010 6:35 AM

You are so much more put together when it comes to setting up these pages than I am.