Tim Cooper Email & Phone Number

Toronto, ON, CA

Toronto, Canada Area

The York School is an independent school in Toronto, Ontario using the International Baccalaureate curriculum. We are a 1:1 dual platform laptop school who makes extensive use of GAFE, Blackboard and innovative uses of technology. I work with all of the grade 6-12 teachers to improve their use of technology to make learning happen in new ways. I do this.

Updating the current IB Diploma computer science curriculum. Includes online meetings, in-person meetings in the IB offices in The Hague, NL, curriculum review, curriculum writing and research. This is a multi year project that will end in a new curriculum used by all IB DP Computer Science courses in 2021.

New York, NY

• Friends Seminary is a K-12 private school near Union Square. Presently, I teach fifth, sixth and eighth grade technology class and several middle and upper school electives. I manage the middle school 1:1 iPad program..
• Developed integrated technology curriculum and taught it to fifth, sixth, and eighth grade.… Show more Friends Seminary is a K-12 private school near Union Square. Presently, I teach fifth, sixth and eighth grade.
• Developed integrated technology curriculum and taught it to fifth, sixth, and eighth grade. Topics included digital literacy, robotics with Lego Mindstorms, electronics, Scratch and GameSalad programming, 3D.
• Planned iPad rollout in middle and upper school including pilot projects, classroom integration, student orientations, faculty professional development and long-term planning.
• Developed and taught ninth grade technology class is integrated with the curricula of the physics and history classes. Students use Moodle, Logger Pro, Adobe Photoshop/Illustrator, Scratch, iMovie and Garageband to.
• Managed new implementations of Google Apps for Education, WordPress, Moodle, fabrication equipment and software and Polycom Videoconferencing System.

New York, NY

• LREI is a progressive private school in lower Manhattan. Taught required ninth technology classes, a technology elective, graphic arts electives and environmental elective. Headed staff development workshops and.
• Leader of staff… Show more LREI is a progressive private school in lower Manhattan. Taught required ninth technology classes, a technology elective, graphic arts electives and environmental elective. Headed staff.
• Leader of staff development workshops and individual trainings on Powerpoint, SMARTBoards, FirstClass groupware, Senior Systems, Moodle and many other software and hardware tools. Emphasis is put on using technology.
• Coordinated new implementations of Senior Systems, Moodle, Destiny Library system, ID Card system and various customized Filemaker Pro systems. Negotiated and planned with vendors, trained staff, and coordinated.
• Created a minimester (two day long course) workshop on robotic toys. Students used everyday toys and added motors, sensors and a robotic processor to create interactive toys.
• Revised technology plans for NYSAIS accreditation and implemented policies to streamline how hardware and software is acquired, maintained and replaced in the lower, middle and high school. Maintained systems.

New York, NY

• Taught afterschool programs using Lego Robotics, Microworlds and other educational technologies in several elementary, middle and high schools. Trained elementary, middle and high school teachers in Lego Robotics.
• Professional development project in Newark, NJ Public Schools. Worked and co-taught with third, fourth and fifth grade teachers on units to incorporate LEGO robotics into the teaching of mathematics (measurement and.
• Managed training and program coordination for inaugural First Lego League in Newark. Ran workshops, individual school training and final event for twenty rookie teams.
• Developed curriculum, and taught three week robotics summer course for the Johns Hopkins Center for Talent Youth Program for two sessions at Washington College. Middle school students learned the basics of computer.
• Professional Development Project in NY DOE Region Nine (Lower East Side Section). Worked and co-taught with kindergarten through second grade teachers using DUPLO blocks to explore counting (K-1) and symmetry (2).
• Co-taught and maintained curriculum for Rainforest Robotics after school program for 5-6th grade students in a Brooklyn public elementary school. Students researched the rainforest, created robotic rainforest animal.

New York, NY

Taught ninth and tenth grade basic technology course and electives in robotics and programming. Worked with teacher to incorporate technology into the classroom.

New York, New York

Managed the technology and publication production of a startup ebook publisher. The most successful project was an ebook entitled Orpheus Emerged. The book was an unreleased manuscript of Jack Kerouac and including a cutting edge hyperlink structure and embedded multimedia. The ebook was reviewed in The Atlantic Monthly and received other critical acclaim.

New York, New York

• Founded Proteus Design, a publishing services and technology company located in the Flatiron District. Proteus Design was a small company that consulted for publishing and publishing related companies in the areas of.
• Mir Bokrug Nas Encyclopedia - Designed, created, and installed production automation system for Soros Foundation/Open Society Institute sponsored Russian… Show more Founded Proteus Design, a publishing services and.
• Mir Bokrug Nas Encyclopedia - Designed, created, and installed production automation system for Soros Foundation/Open Society Institute sponsored Russian encyclopedia for print, CD-ROM and internet editions. This was a.
• Penguin-Putnam, Harlequin, Soho Press, GiantChair, ISF and other clients – book, ebook and CD-Rom production, create publishing management systems and other projects.
• Created royalty and permission management systems for the Susan Bergholz Literary Agency and the Watkins Loomis Agency. Show less

Taught high school English and remedial skills to grade 9-12 in inner city high school. Mentor for gardening club and bookroom manager.

Bachelor Of Arts (B.A.), English Language And Literature, General

Activities and Societies: Completed teacher NYS certification program to be 7-12 grade English teacher.

Master Of Arts (M.A.), Educational/Instructional Technology

Rose Fellowship - 2004-5- award working with Viewpoints Research Institute on Squeak curriculum and working with students and teachers to.

Master Of Education (Med), Educational/Instructional Technology