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Karen Penn de Martinez |
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January 2000 - Present |
Montgomery College, Associate Professor of Computer Applications, Full Time Teach credit courses on application of computer software and technology skills to adult and young-adult students, both in the classroom and online. Courses taught include Computer Use and Management, Introduction to Computer Applications, Advanced Word-Processing, Office Communication Skills for Information Processing. Introduction to Spreadsheet Applications, Internet and Web Literacy, Web Page Development with XHTML, and Establishing a Business Web Site. Teach non-credit computer software and Business English courses delivered in Spanish or as part of the Hispanic Business Institute. Serve as a Center for Teaching and Learning Associate, designing and delivering faculty professional development workshops, including: Multiple Intelligences, Culture, and Implications for the Classroom; Diversity in the Math/Science/Technology Classroom; Teaching to Diversity (Online); Utilizing Cultural Assets of our Diverse Students; Understanding the Student-Faculty Relationship for Effective Teaching. Collaborate with faculty peers on course selection and design. Create and deliver “learning community” courses to combine computer skills with other academic areas, including the credit “Playing I.T. Safe” — a team-taught ESL Reading class with Computer Use and Management; “Community, Culture, and the Internet” — a combination of Freshman English with Internet and Web Literacy; and the Biomedical Scholars Summer Bridge Program — a combined credit/internship/college orientation program with faculty from English, Chemistry, Math, and Counseling. |
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1988-2001 |
Consulting Experience: |
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Educational Computing Design, Installation & Teacher Training |
Train high-school teachers and university professors on integration of computers into the academic curriculum through the Intercultural Center for Research in Education (a non-profit educational consulting firm). All courses taught in Spanish. Client organizations include: Universidad
Ministry of Education, |
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Course Development & Software Documentation |
Develop, test, and produce training materials for courses in Windows, Word, Excel, PowerPoint, WordPerfect, etc. Materials are designed for active learning and include examples designed to closely mirror "real life" applications. 1988-Present. Develop curriculum and course materials for Spanish-language high-school and university-level computer courses. 1994-1997 Write and edit materials for Electronic Learning Facilitators/Harcourt Brace Jovanovich’s Up and Running With PageMaker 5.0, Up and Running with DOS 6.0, Working with WordPerfect and Stepping Through Windows. |
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Trainer |
U.S. Department of Agriculture Graduate School (1-5 day, hands-on courses in Word, Excel, PowerPoint, Windows, WordPerfect, etc. for adult continuing education courses and government agencies. Intro-Advanced levels. Won 1999 Faculty Excellence Award) 1990-2000 Electronic Learning Facilitators-training business and government agencies such as:
Johns Hopkins Center for Communication Programs (training in use, installation, and dissemination of a health database for NGO, government, and university personnel in Ecuador, 1999; Mexico, 1997; Jordan and Zimbabwe, 1995) |
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Education/ Languages |
Master’s in Social Foundations of Education, Bachelor’s in Modern Society
and Social Thought, Fluent in Spanish Microsoft MOUS Certified Expert Level in MS Word, Excel and PowerPoint |