Design School

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June 16, 2012

Kathy Thoreson

Experience

College Instructor/Department Director, Media Arts&Design AAS degree program,

Salish Kootenai College, Pablo, MT | 2005-present

• Develop Coursework and curriculum, instruct and advise students attaining an associate’s of applied science

degree in Media Design at a tribal college in Western Montana.

• Coursework developed and taught: Web I, II, and III, Multimedia and Media Design I, II, III

Art and Design, Art History, Advanced Digital Illustration, Page Layout and Design.

HS/MS Art Instructor, Ronan School District, Ronan, MT | 2000-2005

• Instruct and develop curriculum based on DBAE (Discipline Based Art Education) model that incorporates

aesthetics, art history, cultural components and multi-media techniques into final art production.

• Other activities included: coaching basketball and volleyball, teaching adult education pottery, coordinating

after-school program, completing Americorps literacy internship, volunteering speech, drama and debate.

Education

FullSail University | Winter Park, Florida | MS | Educational Media Technology & Design | 2012

New York School of Design | Sessions New York School of Design, NY

Professional Certificate | Graphic Design with an emphasis in Digital Illustration | 2006

The University of Montana, Montana | BA | Fine Arts | 1991

The University of Montana, Montana | k-12 Art Teaching | Minor: Special Education | 1993

Skills

Adobe CS5: DreamWeaver, Illustrator, Photoshop, InDesign, Flash, FireWorks, Muse, AfterEffects

Software: GarageBand, Camtasia, Microsoft Office: Word, Excel, PowerPoint, ILife, IWork, FileMaker Pro, HTML5,

Web 2.0 and OpenSource Cloudal-Based Programs: Google Applications, Video and Photo wikis, Web content

WYSIWYG design applications such as Drupal, Wix, WordPress, Prezi, Dropbox, SecondLife, MineCraft

Portfolio | Blogs | Web Links

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http://www.linkedin.com/pub/kat-thoreson/17/b5/b25

http://www.coroflot.com/kat_thoreson/portfolio

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