Project Manager High School
Resume:
Framingham, MA *****
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EXPERIENCEWRITER, Carbonrally.com, 2007 to present. To date, have written over 30 "carbon challenges" for this environmental social networking site. Each carbon challenge asks the reader to make a small change in his life that will help decrease the amount of carbon dioxide he is responsible for releasing into Earth's atmosphere. Examples:
WRITER/PRODUCER, Consulting Services for Education, Newton, MA, 2006 to present.Wrote and produced 11 of 19 "FUN-damental" science activities for Discovery Education Science Connection upper elementary project. Wrote student and teacher documentation. Supervised editorial and design development of student and teacher documentation.Wrote and produced 8 of 20 "Virtual Lab" science simulations for Discovery Education Science Connection middle school project, as well as around two dozen "Exploration" simulations. Supervised editorial and design development of "Virtual Lab" student and teacher documentation. ( and )Wrote a chapter of an imaginary high school biology textbook for use by Aequus Technologies in testing and marketing a text-to-PDF product. Worked with designer to create a suitable design. WRITER/PRODUCER, 360Kid, Newton, MA, 2003 and 2008. As a consultant, worked on:Aha!Science from Learning.com (2008). Wrote concepts, scripts, and provided science content support for around 20 instructional games for this new, upper-elementary science product.Discovery Education middle school CD-ROM series (2003). Wrote/edited scripts for 20 award-winning science simulations. Supervised other writers and guided science accuracy of project. ( and )
SENIOR CONTENT PRODUCER, JASON Foundation for Education, Needham Heights, MA, 2004 to 2005.Content producer, writer, and product manager for the Immersion Presents Boys and Girls Club product, Life at the Extremes.Wrote student activities and accompanying teacher materials for JASON Math Adventure: Proportional Reasoning & the Disappearing Wetlands and JASON Math Adventure: Geometry & Return to Titanic.Wrote scripts for Flash-based "mini-labs" and worked with developer to create an interactive, zoomable presentation of the 2004 Return to Titanic photomosaic.
PRODUCER, Riverdeep Interactive Learning, Cambridge, MA, 1999 to 2002. Wrote and/or revised over 50 articles for The Riverdeep Current, including:
Wrote the copy and did the HTML design for the first Museum Learning online exhibit, "What's it like in an Earthquake?" Wrote scripts and programmed physical science simulations as part of Logal Middle School Science Gateways product.
ADDITIONAL
WORK EXPERIENCESENIOR PROJECT COORDINATOR,
Instructional Technologies group. McDougal Littell, Boston, MA,
1995 to 1998. Supervised the Electronic Teacher Tools
project for Mathematics. Prepared and monitored schedule and budget; found vendor to create
PDFs; located, hired, and supervised contract workers for in-house proofreading
and link-checking; designed navigation interface. Supervised the Mathpack project,
a special edition of Logal Software's Tangible Math suite
of math tool software. Worked with programmers in Israel to produce
revised product.
SENIOR PROJECT EDITOR, Educational Technologies group. D.C. Heath & Company, Lexington, MA, 1993 to 1995. Co-wrote scripts and supervised animation for
the Level I videodisc, Geometry In Motion. Supervised teachers' materials development and
production of the middle level mathematics Interactions: Real Math-Real
Careers videodisc series. Proposed, designed, programmed, and administered
the Heath Online BBS fieldtest. Coordinated Heath's publication of multimedia Science 2000 middle school science software.
PROJECT MANAGER and CURRICULUM
DESIGNER, D.C. Heath & Company, Lexington,
MA, 1991-1993. Edited text and revised art for one-third of the chapters in this
edition. Created, designed, and ghostwrote case studies,
introductions, etc., for
Environmental Awareness, a new, real-world, ancillary to high school Earth
Science text. Wrote 24 new environmental and current
research features for the main text ( and ).
WRITER, Glencoe/Merrill, Columbus, OH,
summer of 1991. Ghostwrote three chapters for Glencoe's new, integrated,
thematic middle school science series.
WRITER/EDITOR, Prentice Hall, Needham,
MA, summer of 1991. Revised and rewrote glaciers chapter in 8th grade earth
science textbook.
EDITOR, D.C. Heath & Company, Lexington,
MA, 1989-1990. Edited authors' manuscript for 10 of 23 chapters in new 8th grade earth
science textbook; rewrote features, coordinated art/photo content
with design staff. Directed entire ancillary materials development
by outside developers.
TEACHER, Lexington, Concord, and Norwood,
MA, 1987-1989. Taught 9th grade earth science and 8th grade physical
science in high schools and middle schools. Massachusetts teacher's
certificate in Earth Science (9-12) and General Science (9-12).
PETROLEUM GEOLOGIST, Amoco Oil,
New Orleans, LA, 1982-1986. Managed geologic operations of exploration
wells in onshore Gulf area and in Mobile Bay.
EDUCATIONHarvard University, Graduate School of
Education, Cambridge, MA.
Ed.M., June, 1987. Graduate of Mid-Career
Math and Science Program.
University Of Kentucky, Lexington,
KY. MS in Geology, December, 1982.
University Of Kentucky, Lexington,
KY. BS in Geology, December, 1979.
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