Thanks for dropping by! Enjoy perusing examples of my work and feel free to
send me comments.
I upload samples that strike me as significant, unusual, entertaining or otherwise noteworthy.
All works shown here are my original creations, unless otherwise noted.
Instructional Design
For my M.Ed. in Learning & Technology in 2016 I wrote a blended course for adults on sleep
education. The one-week class included a daily one-hour webinar, student led teach-backs, nightly
practice and homework. Find the
instructor materials and a student web
page at the provided links.
This was the original version of the
instructional unit
for the same course. It followed a required template and included a summary of a needs analysis,
an assessment, a rubric and a mock up of the original web page. It was based on my original
research work and completed for a class assignment in 2015.
Here is a design document that was completed
for a course I edited for a training department in 2014. It shows the results of a needs analysis
completed for the company. It was written on a department standard template.
While working on my Adobe Educator certification in 2016, I created a professional development class for
educators called Overcoming Adobe Intimidation.
The focus was on learning some useful but unusual features of Adobe Acrobat DC.
Website Development
The sleep education website
was created in 2015 as a precursor to the aforementioned sleep class.
The pages were originally created in Adobe Dreamweaver, but are now updated directly in HTML,
with a direct FTP connection to the domain host.
Clearly, another work sample is this ePortfolio. This page and the related CSS were written directly in HTML, though I still like to return to Dreamweaver occassionally to keep up my familiarity with the program.
I also volunteer as webmaster for my local homeowner's association, but I won't claim that website as mine until after I complete all the revamps that I have planned for them.
Desktop Publishing
I created this fun activity guide for a
holiday party with friends in 2015.
I supplied the icebreakers and brainteasers, neatly compiled in this document.
If you know how to print the hidden text, you'll even see the answers!
These homemade movie tickets were given
out at a theme party in 2015,
accompanied by popcorn and a movie, of course!
I am considering putting up more of my fun creations here, but still considering how much of my
inner goofiness is appropriate to share on my ePortfolio. Stay tuned!
Presentations
This presentation
was created as part of a class assignment in 2015. Note that speaker notes are included in the
notes section of each slide, so that the presenter could expand on the information presented visually.
The online webinar (i.e., live online course)
was a job assignment from 2014. Note that facilitator notes are included in the notes section of each
PowerPoint slide, so that the facilitator would know how to use the information visually represented in
the slides to teach the class. A lot of blank space is present on the slides to allow room for participants to add their comments directly on screen during the online class.
Spreadsheets
This Birthdays and Anniversaries spreadsheet
is a fairly straightforward spreadsheet I use personally to keep track of important dates. Created in 2015.
The Excel Assessment
is a tool I wrote as a hiring manager in 2009 to assess potential job candidates' Excel skills, as part of
the interview process. It tests knowledge of basics like sorting and filtering, as well as more advanced skills
such as vlookups and pivot tables.
The first is a sample gradebook.
This could be useful for updating and reviewing grades anywhere there is internet connectivity. Teachers, be sure to verify that the level of confidentiality
is secure enough for your learning institution.
The second is a fun
Recipe Database.
This sample could be useful not only as a database, but also for teaching students how they could organize
their favorite information (e.g., music, movies, even their extensive Magic the Gathering cards collection)
in a way that would allow them to benefit from electronic searches. In doing so, students would
develop database skills with regards to creating records, revising records, sorting data, filtering
data, and retrieving data.
Video Creation & Editing
I created the video Sleep Matters as a course introduction
to the same sleep course that the website and instructional unit (both above) support.
The video is imbedded in the home page of the sleep site.
Honestly, this was the most creative and fun project I got to undertake while earning my degree!
Graphics
A visit to my graphics collection
will give you an overview of a variety of my graphics work.
Graphics on the
sleep site include a mix of original work and creative commons licensed (and credited appropriately) work that was selected to represent related concepts.
