Master's Portfolio
The work presented herein has been developed for the Master's Program in Curriculum and Technology at California State University, Northridge.
Reflective Practice: |
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The Group FLASH project was an assignment for SED 671 to develop an instructional multimedia application. In collaboration with Talyn Simonian and Jonathon Abrams, we decided to develop an interactive multimedia tutorial designed to teach High School students about formulas and functions in Microsoft's Excel program. Read more> | Artifact | Reflection (PDF) |
Theoretical Understanding: |
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As Instructor for the Computer Aided Design (CAD) Technician program at West Valley Occupational Center, I teach AutoCAD software as it is used in industry by Architects and Engineers. As part of my research for my Master's development project, I conducted a conceptual interview for SED course 690. My main goal with this project was to employ an effective research method to determine what the student's approach was to recalling procedural information. The main tasks for this assignment were to document two student interviews and produce a partial transcript of our exchange. Read more> | Artifact | Reflection (PDF) |
Reseach Skills: |
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This application is intended to supplement and enhance teacher-lead instruction as a step by step illustration of format settings and styles for Architectural drawings in AutoCAD LT 2009. Using Flash animation, this project presents an audio-visual learning environment for the illustration of complex concepts and step-by-step exploration of common work flows.
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Educational Awareness: |
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This was a group assignment given in SED 610 to investigate how a teacher, group of teachers, school or district can tap into grant resources. As a writing project, this required Hugh Smith, Jonathan Abrams, and I to coordinate research and writing to adequately state our problem, specific methods and objectives, and the population we have chosen to serve with the grant proposal. Our group sought to address the need to get more young adults pursuing science and technology occupations better prepared and to meet regional occupational demands. Read more>| Artifact | Reflection (PDF) |
Leadership: |
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For this project I had to identify impediments to the student learning process, determine what are the causes, and what, if any, technological solution was appropriate for positive change. This assignment was given in SED 690 as a research project looking at technology issues in secondary education. In order to make this research relevant to my development project, I assessed the needs of the CAD/ Design technician program at Education & Career Center, West Valley. My research involved interviewing the two other instructors in the program aside from myself, and visiting a typical small sized professional office. Read more>| Artifact | Reflection (PDF) |
Final Reflection |
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Eight years ago when I first started teaching, my goal was to update the then current curriculum for CAD training. Everything from ordering supplies to preparing lesson plans was a new experience for me. Teaching was not as challenging as it was to try and get the proper resources secured. But once I learned to negotiate the bureaucracy, my attention turned to improving the student learning process. Read more>| Reflection (PDF) |
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