Currently

I teach part-time at Defiance College as part of the Teacher Education Program.

I edit the site 27GoodThings.com which features good things to read, watch, and use.

Past Writing

In 2012 I wrote a children's' book: Children's Poems for the Couch on a Sunday Afternoon. My kids love it.

From 2009 - 2010 I wrote monthly parenting articles for the Athens Messenger in Athens Ohio, I'm not archived but I'm sure I have a clipping around here somewhere.

Previous Teaching

I've taught at Owens Community College in the summer of 2011 as part of their Summer Bridge Program. It was a valuable experience showing me the additional resources available to student entering secondary education. Prior to that I was an instructor at Ohio University. While there I taught both the EDTE 201 and EDTE202 classes. In the 202 course I led a rubric redesign that better focused on teacher-centric skills and aligned with the NCATE guidelines for teacher education programs. In both courses I pared down bloated Blackboard course sites and integrated more third-party applications like live office hours through video chat, Google survey data on syllabus use by students, and maps for travel to the area schools. While at Ohio University I also taught the UC115 course to incoming freshmen. The course focused on examining and understanding campus resources and avoiding common pitfalls to incoming students. Each year required a 2-day training seminar that was the best I've experienced.