Education:

• PhD in Curriculum & Instruction ~ Instructional Technology. University of Texas at Austin, (Pending graduation June 2009).
• Pittsburgh Science of Learning Center LearnLab Summer Program in Intelligent Tutoring Technologies. Carnegie Mellon University, (June 2005).
• Master of Education in Technology In Education. Harvard University, (June 2004).
• Master of Education in Curriculum & Instruction ~ Bilingual Education. University of Houston, (May 2001).
• BA in Spanish, Scandinavian Studies Minor. Mankato State University, Mankato, Minnesota, (June 97).
• Spanish grammar and syntax, Universidad de Guadalajara, Guadalajara, Mexico and the Centro de Ideomas, Mazatlan, Mexico (December 1995-March 1996) in conjunction with Mankato State University, Mankato, Minnesota.
• Spanish literature and Latin American culture, Academia de Español, Quito, Ecuador (June-August 1996) in conjunction with Nicholls State University, Thibodaux, LA.
  
  

Research and Working Group Membership:

• Digital Spaces Working Group (2006-Present):
  • Distributed Biography project.
• Language Learning and Technology Design Group (2007-Present):
  • Mapperbot project.
    
    

Employment & Consulting History:

• Distance Education Department, University of Texas at Austin, Austin, TX (2005 - Present).
  • Consultant, K-16 LUCHA Curriculum Alignment Project (2006-Present)
  • Sr. Program Coordinator, DEC-UTOPIA Lesson Plan Project (2005 - 2007).
  • Lead ASKME Social Studies Scriptwriter (2005).
  • ASKME Algebra II Scriptwriter (2005).
• Crespo Elementary, Houston Independent School District, Houston, TX (1998 - 2003).
  • K-5 Technology Teacher (2000-2003).
  • HISD Interactive Multimedia / Macromedia Director Trainer (2001-2003).
  • Lead Campus Grant Writer (2001-2003).
  • After School Achievement Program: Project Director (2001-2002).
  • Bilingual 3rd Grade Teacher (1999-2000).
  • Bilingual 4th Grade Teacher (1998-1999).
• Webmaster and Content Director of IteachIlearn.com. 1999-2004.
• Spanish Teaching Assistant, Department of Modern Languages, University of Houston, Houston, Texas (1997-1998).
• Spanish Teacher, Mankato East Jr. High School & Dakota Meadows Middle School (1997).

Grant Work:

• Innovative Ubiquitous Learning Design & Development Grant. $tbd (2007)
• After School Achievement Program. $20,000 (2003-2004).
• Texas Infrastructure Fund Special Projects Grant. $40,000 (2002-2003).
• After School Achievement Program. $30,000 (2002-2003).
• Houston ISD Technology Integration Grant. $5,000 (2001-2002).
• After School Achievement Program. $40,000 (2001-2002).
• Texas Computer Education Association Travel Grant Recipient. $380 (February, 2001).

Journal Articles, Reviews & Book Chapters:

• Review of eSpindle Spelling and Vocabulary Program Online. Language Learning & Technology, Vol.11, No.3, September 2007, pp tbd-tbd. (in press)
  
  

Presentations:

• Designing Distributed Biography: co-constructing a polyphonic application on borrowed time. Association for Computing Machinery's Special Interest Group on the Design of Communication, Annual Conference, El Paso, Texas. October 22-24, 2007.
• Improving Your Serve: consuming and using educational research. Church of the Lutheran Confession, Annual Teacher's Conference, Mankato, Minnesota. October 20, 2006.
• Mathematics Understanding and Programming By Example. Texas Computer Education Association, Area IV Conference, Deerpark, Texas. November 2, 2002.
• Real Science: Authentic Research & Invention in Grades 3-6. Texas Computer Education Association, Area IV Conference, Deerpark, Texas. November 2, 2002.
• Using Microsoft Access to Homogeneously Group Bilingual Students for ESL Classes. Texas Computer Education Association, 2002 State Convention, Austin, Texas. February 6, 2002.
• Literacy and Language Development of Bilingual Kindergarten Students Through the use of Animated Online Storybooks. Area IV 2001 Conference, Texas Computer Education Association, Westside High School, Houston, Texas. September 22, 2001.
• Using the Internet for Academic Research in a Developing Nation. South West Jiaotong University, Chengdu, Sichuan Province, China. June 23, 2001.
• The impact of placement of semi-dense items in a criterion referenced test of subtraction. Mathematics Methods Dual Class Presentation. University of Houston, Houston, Texas. November 28, 2000.
• Class of 2000 Commencement Address. Immanuel Lutheran High School, Mankato, Minnesota. June 4, 2000.
• Cummins, Krashen, and Trelease: Theory into ESL Practice in My Bilingual Classroom. Lamar High School, Houston, Texas. March 4, 2000.
• Jim Cummins' Research Based Language Learning Strategies. Crespo Fine Arts Elementary, Houston ISD, Houston, Texas. February 14, 2000.
• Using Krashen's Theories of Second Language Acquisition through Free Voluntary Reading for Classroom Success. Crespo Fine Arts Elementary, Houston ISD, Houston, Texas. January 4, 2000.
• Learning Spanish in the High School Classroom. Immanuel Lutheran High School, Mankato, Minnesota. December 22, 1999.
  
  

Societal Affiliations:

• American Educational Research Association.
• International Artificial Intelligence in Education Society.
• American Anthropological Association.
• Texas Teachers of English to Speakers of Other Languages.
  

Honors, Appointments and Fellowships:

• Shared Decision Making Committee, Crespo Fine Arts Elementary, Houston ISD, Houston, Texas. (2001-2003).
• Intel Teach to the Future Master Teacher candidacy award & Gates Leadership Training, (July-August 2001).
• Chairman, Technology Committee, Crespo Fine Arts Elementary, Houston ISD, Houston, Texas. (2000-2003).

Volunteer work:

• Registration Support, International Conference on Artificial Intelligence in Education, Los Angeles, California (2007).
• Registration and Technology Support, TexTESOL 2006 State Conference, Austin, Texas (2006).
• Webmaster for The Appian, Harvard Graduate School of Education Student Newspaper, Cambridge, Massachusetts (2003).
• Spanish Language Translator for the Church of the Lutheran Confession (2001 - Present).
• Webmaster for Dr. Jim Cummins, University of Toronto, Toronto, Ontario (1999 - 2004).
• Webmaster for Bethel Lutheran Church, Spring, Texas (1998 -Present).

Language Study:

 Human:

• Spanish- 45 University credit hours. Excellent communication abilities.
• Norwegian- 20 University credit hours. Strong communication abilities.
• French- 15 University credit hours. Limited communication abilities.
• German- 12 University credit hours. Limited speaking abilities.
• Chinese- limited speaking abilities.
• Danish- limited reading abilities.
• Swedish- limited listening abilities.

 Computer:

• Python- Advanced programming abilities.
• PHP- Advanced programming abilities.
• mySQL- Advanced programming abilities.
• HTML- Advanced programming abilities.
• Lingo- Adobe Director. Advanced programming abilities.
• Cold Fusion- Intermediate programming abilities.
• Perl- Practical Extraction and Report Language. Intermediate programming abilities.
• LISP- Intermediate programming abilities.
• Javascript- Intermediate programming abilities.
• Actionscript- Adobe Flash. Modest programming and design abilities.

International travel / education experience:

• Japan- Informally interviewed teachers, parents and students at an elementary school: Tokyo.
• Spain- Guest teacher at a language school: Madrid.
• Norway- Guest speaker at Asak Elementary: Leirsund.
• China- Presentation of "Using the Internet for Academic..." (see above): Chengdu. Attended Chinese language and painting classes: Chengdu.
• Mexico- Attended Spanish language classes (see above): Guadalajara & Mazatlan.
• Ecuador- Attended Spanish language classes (see above): Quito.
• El Salvador- Informally interviewed teachers, students and the director of a rural mountain school: Boqueron.
• Morocco- Informally interviewed students of an urban elementary school: Tangiers.
• Germany, Austria, Italy, France, England, Denmark, Sweden, Belgium, Netherlands, Greece, Canada, Luxemburg, Vatican City, Panama- general cultural travel.