- Re-designed the school’s entire pre-kindergarten to fifth grade technology program. Created a curriculum emphasizing digital media production, programming, robotics, and integration with existing classroom curricula.- Teach project-based lessons, utilizing laptops and iPads, to all of the school’s first to fifth grade classes. Student creations include:--- Science simulations and video games programmed using the Scratch programming language--- Animations depicting Greek myths, immigrant journeys, and science concepts--- Catapults and Mars rovers built and programmed using Lego robotics and software--- Research projects culminating in green-screen presentations--- Three-dimensional drafting and printing of Greek temples requiring precise digital measurement--- Claymation movies featuring clay characters created in art class--- Interactive diagrams about landfills, forest layers, and river systems--- Movies organized around narrative arc storytelling principles--- Video public service announcements about the benefits of composting--- Video news reports about events occurring around the school--- Online surveys designed to gather information for school bake sales--- Board games about the “farm-to-market” process--- Tourism brochures about turn-of-the-century New York City buildings- Teach a yearly digital citizenship unit to the school’s fifth graders, prior to giving them their own email addresses. The unit focuses on safe information sharing, identity theft, digital footprints, and cyberbullying.- Film and edit videos for the Head of School, the admissions department, and for fundraisers such as the annual school auction.- Assist teachers with various hardware and software problems, and help them plan their own technologically integrated projects.

I teach a course in JavaScript, HTML, CSS, and React to adults remotely, once per week.

- Built a tutoring website for the promotion of my tutoring business.- Ensured that the website maintains a high organic search engine rank for the competitive key phrase “NYC coding tutor” as well as for local NYC searches for “coding tutor”.- Working on ranking the website for additional relevant key words.- Created an educational video series about how to build and publish apps using Ionic, React, and Firebase.- Tutor children, teens, and adults on coding and various other technology related topics.

- Taught myself programming in order to design a web app, iOS app, and Android app that helps users make new friends in their neighborhood and their city.- Built the iOS and Android versions of the app using Ionic, React, and Firebase.- Built the web app version of the app using React, Materialize, and Firebase (built prior to my learning of Ionic).- Included a messaging system, flagging system, posting system, profile searching, push notifications, email notifications, and full account management.- Designed the logo, color scheme, and easy-to-use interface.

- Authored a book entitled Math Art: Hands-On Math Activities for Grade 2, 3, & 4, consisting of 27 math lessons designed for visual and kinesthetic learning modalities.- Designed a search engine friendly website, MathActivities.net, for the purpose of promoting the book.- Self-published using Amazon’s CreateSpace. Over 5,100 copies sold.

- Taught JavaScript, HTML/CSS, Python, and web virtual reality (A-Frame) bootcamps to middle school, high school, and college students.- Participated in an educator bootcamp with a diverse group of distinguished educators from across the country.- Learned how to teach coding in ways that maintained students’ self-confidence and perseverance.

- Taught a Scratch-based game design unit focused on the essential question, “What makes a game fun to play?” The unit sought to cultivate fourth grader’s problem solving, collaboration, and creativity skills.- Taught Lego robotics classes that required sixth graders to apply fundamentals of programming and construction to overcome specific challenges.- Taught graphic design, animation, and photography to third graders with a focus on storytelling.- Taught survey design and data analysis to fourth graders using Google Docs, with the goal of introducing proper question design, sample size, graphing, and the fallibility of data.- Worked with the technology department to implement a one-to-one iPad pilot program for fifth graders.- Helped teachers with various hardware, software, and network problems.

- Played a primary role in bringing the company’s online marketing division back to profitability through the fine tuning of sales pitches and marketing materials.- Created proposals tailored to the online needs of various small and medium-sized businesses.- Monitored the web traffic of the company and its clients’ websites.- Designed and managed pay-per-click advertising campaigns for the company and its clients.- Blogged about topics related to online marketing and gave informational presentations to groups of prospective clients.

- Designed and taught a supplemental, arts-integrated mathematics curriculum called “Math Art” to more than 300 students, third through fifth grade. The visual, hands-on activities of Math Art reinforced and expanded upon math topics, while increasing student involvement and sense of accomplishment. This original curriculum was later developed into a book, currently marketed on MathActivities.net.- Collaborated with teachers to improve school-wide mathematics instruction through the integration of manipulatives, games, and open-ended activities.

- Designed and taught lessons in language arts to emotionally and behaviorally disabled children, ages seven through fourteen.- Collaborated with a team of professionals to counsel young adolescents as part of an activity-based treatment program.

- Collaborated with a team of professionals to counsel young adolescents as part of an activity-based treatment program.- Taught swimming and water safety as a Red Cross certified instructor.