Technologist

EDUCATIONAL TECHNOLOGIST & TRAINER

Net56, Education Innovation Specialist, Palatine, IL, 2011-present

• Assess the professional development (PD) needs of school districts' staff regarding educational technology

• Collaborate with district administrators to plan the scope and sequence of educational technology PD

• Design and create PD on all varieties of educational technology, as well as national and state standards

• Deliver PD in large group, small group, and individual settings

  • Plan, implement, and train staff to use digital classroom, cloud computing, and mobile device solutions, including Google Apps for Education, Microsoft Office 365, and SMART Notebook 11.

• Assess, redesign, and develop school and business websites for better user experiences

  • Research, implement, and train internal staff on a variety of business productivity software

  • Coordinate with marketing on all of our company's social media

INSTRUCTIONAL DESIGNER FOR ONLINE CLASSES

Career Education Corporation, Hoffman Estates, IL, 2007-2012

• Design online college course content to meet educational course objectives set forth by universities

• Collaborate with Subject Matter Experts to design classes and create course content including presentations, articles, assignments, and web links

• Edit content submitted by Subject Matter Experts, and check content for plagiarism using the Internet

• Collaborate with Subject Matter Experts, other instructional designers, editors, and multimedia specialists to design online interactive learning activities to reinforce course content

• Enter content into Learning Management System (LMS) and review HTML before submission

• Review all course content created by other instructional designers and multimedia specialists for accuracy and functionality, and user experience

• Design courses including English, physics, social sciences, communication, anthropology, nursing, medical billing and coding, and accounting

TEACHING WITH TECHNOLOGY

Lincoln Park High School, Chicago, IL, 2005-2006

• Researched, designed and created departmental website to better communicate with parents and students

West Park Academy of Fine Arts and Technology, Chicago, IL, 2001-2004

• Member of the Technology Team: trained staff, assisted staff, and fixed technical problems

  • Taught an Audio/Visual Technology class

  • Supervised students audio- and video-recording school performances

• Used audio recordings in band for student self-assessment

Maine West High School, Des Plaines, IL, 1995-1998

• Student used MIDI keyboards, music composition software, audio recording and editing software