I'm passionate about education and teaching. The most important thing we can give students is an opportunity to create without limitation.
I have spent the past 10 years:
- Creating curriculum and teaching computer science and game design
- Tutoring middle and high school students
- Teaching science to elementary students
In the process of the above,
- I've created of over 40 unique live and onlinecourses
- Delivered professional development to hundreds of instructors
- Developed custom Learning Management Systems
Experience: 6-10 years
Availibility: 20-29 hours/week
Type of work: Part-time contracting, Full-time contracting, Permanent part-time position, Permanent full-time position
Work location preference: Local, Remote, Available to travel
Portfolio link: http://shanethebrain.com/
Skills:
- Learning design (advanced)
- Learning technology (advanced)
- Learning strategy (intermediate)
- Project management (intermediate)
- Content curation (intermediate)
- Custom content writing (advanced)
- Video production (intermediate)
- Graphic design (beginner)
- Web development (intermediate)
- Voice Over (beginner)
- Other: STEM Subject Expert, Machine Learning content, Virtual Reality content, Game Design
Education
Bachelors degree at B.S. Computer Engineering, Georgia Institute of Technology
High school diploma at Bangor High School, Bangor, Maine
High school diploma at
Work history
Digital Media Academey
(from 09/2014 till present)
Director of Instruction and Curriculum, Digital Media Academy provides tech education in the form of summer camps, covering topics from Computer Science to Filmmaking. I am responsible for curriculum development relating to programming and game design for over a dozen unique courses and manage a team of course developers. I’ve worked with my team to integrate learning models like project based learning and design thinking to create more effective courses that empower students to be creative while tackling challenges.
Score Tutors
(from 09/2012 to 09/2014)
Owner, Score Tutors was a company I created to serve the students of greater Atlanta with private tutoring. I managed all aspects of the business, including most of the tutoring. When the opportunity to work for DMA came up, I decided to move on in order to make an impact on a wider audience of students, in subjects I'm passionate about.
