Technology webpage

Todd R. Beard    618 Garland St. Flint, MI 48503     (810)814-2801    tobeard@umflint.edu

Objective

 

Elementary Teacher/Technical Consultant focusing on education, technology, and cross-curriculum research

Experience

2000-Present                      University of Michigan-Flint                   Flint, MI

Information and Technology Services Consultant

Handle student and staff network problems

Maintain computer labs, printers, and classrooms

Help student and staff with software and hardware

2001-2002                     Sobey Elementary (UM-Flint)                  Flint, MI

Computer Tutor

Handled student, staff, and technology concerns

Operated network

Trained new employees

June-August, 2002,2003  Cummings Elementary (Camp Flint)          Flint, MI

Senior Educational Consultant

Handled registration, attendance, and disciplinary action

Organized and coordinated daily lessons and activities

Made schedules, ordered supplies, and trained new employees

 

2002-Present     Grand Blanc Community Schools               Grand Blanc, MI

Substitute Teacher

Worked in every grade and every subject including special, industrial, and technical education

 

November,2003-2005    Carman-Ainsworth High School               Flint, MI

At-Risk Tutor and Teaching Assistant

Assisted teachers in math, technology, and science

Tutored after school special education through honors students

Presented and published M.C.O.A.T.T and M.O.M

 

Jan-June, 2005   Mt. Morris Central Elementary School           Mt. Morris, MI

Student Teacher

Assisted and lead lessons in 5th grade math, and language arts

Integrated field trips, technology, and physical fitness into daily activities

 

June-August,2005   University of Michigan-Flint (Camp Imagination)  Flint, MI

Technology Consultant and L.E.A.D Teacher

Planned and implemented a curriculum for robotics, web page design, software programming, and video production for 3rd-12th graders

Worked with teachers in training for their Masters' and other members of University of Michigan-Flint to coordinate a successful team effort

 

February, 2006   Genesee Intermediate School District                    Flint, MI

Professional Development Technology  Education Consultant

Designed a presentation on using technology to enhance learning  and curriculum for 6th-8th math and science teachers with beginning technology   knowledge of the Internet, manipulatives, PowerPoint, free offers to schools, virtual fieldtrips, and GenNet

 

Education

1998-2005      University of Michigan-Flint, B.A. in Elementary  Education majoring in Math with a minor in Language Arts

2005-2006      University of Michigan-Flint, B.I.S. in Educational and Instructional Technology graduating in August

 

Computer Skills

 

 

Web Page design, install and configure software and hardware including network cards, hard drives, CD/DVD burners, audio/video cards, printers, robotics, multimedia, cameras, audio boards, and other applications

MS-DOS, Windows, Novell, Linux, C++, Visual Basic, HTML, JAVA, all Microsoft Office products, Adobe products, Macromedia products, and Apple products

Accomplishments

  • Obtaining rank of Eagle Scout in Boy Scouts of America

  • Graduating with honors

  •  Dual enrolling in college my senior year of high school

  • Volunteering at Genesys Health Park and McLaren Hospice participating in over five hundred hours volunteer work

  •  Studying French in France and at University Laval in Quebec City

  •  Substitute teaching at my old elementary, middle, and high schools

  •  Active participant in many social organizations on campus and in the community

  • Young-adult fiction author and illustrator

  • International Society of Technology Education (ISTE), Michigan Association for Computer Users in Learning (MACUL), and Michigan Consortium for Outstanding Achievement in Teaching with Technology (MCOATT) focused

  • Students Promoting Literacy (SPL), Student Union of Mathematics (SUM), International Student Organization (ISO), and Association for Computing Machinery (ACM) member