Education and Teaching History
I am largely
self-taught, and love to
teach others!
Taught:
See also
Professional Organizational Activities for
papers and seminars presented
at conferences, and usergroup presentation
history.
- local policy reference spokesperson for Portland for Dean, 2003
- founded Portland Civitas, an educational group devoted to teaching civic participation through nonviolent means, 2003
- founded MissionK5, an organization to provide a safe and educational environment for disadvantaged kids in grades K-5, during the Portland schools early shutdown, 2003 (organized but never deployed as the threatened furlough was rescinded)
- Mentored interns from Portland State University Marketing department, 2000-2001
- "Computers for Cowards," Willamalane Senior Center, September 1998
- "Civic Ecology," a curriculum in applied "new civics," various times and audiences, 1998-current
- Mentored network engineering student, Lane Community College program for Women in Non-Traditional Careers, 1998
- "Web Design for Nonprofits," for Oregon Public Networking, December 1996, September 1998.
- Two community college classes, "Internet Services for Business," and "Web Design for Small Business," offered through the LCC Business Development
Center (US SBA), October 1996.
- Curriculum development
work for
Milwaukee Area
Technical College, for web-based project for teachers of ESL/EFL,
Spring 1996.
- Various seminars/courses on network administration and Internet
tools
politics, 1990-1995, UNC Office of Information Technology training
facility
- "Chaos for the Chemist," 1989, Semiconductor Research
Corporation
- "Topics in Programming for VMS for VM Natives"
MIT
Operations & Systems, 1986-1987
- "Programming in C," 1986, Lowell
Institute School at MIT
(3 credit hour accredited college course)
- "VMS
Survival," "Starting a Usergroup," "The Joy of VAX,"
"Programming in
C,"
1986-88, MIT Information Services training facilities
- "Computer
Literacy for Restaurant Managers," 1985,
New England Culinary Institute,
Montpelier VT.
(required course for restaurant management
students)
- "Programming in Pascal," 1983, Varian Bag Lunch
Seminars
- "Computer Literacy," 1982, Varian Bag Lunch
Seminars
- "Computers for Cowards," 1982, MIT High School Studies
Program
- Founded Varian Bag Lunch Seminar Program,
1981
Taken:
- Attended OEF's "University of the Entrepreneur" program, 2002
- Attended seminar program for LIMA's Licensing 2001, June 2001
- The "Early Venture STARS"
entrepreneurial intensive at
Lane
Community College's Small Business
Development Cente r (US SBA) is a
small-class half-year program for
entrepreneurs starting out in the first
year or so in business.
- Numerous professional training seminars from
DEC, Novell, HP, and other
major training vendors. Also many conferences
and seminars for usergroups
and professional societies.
- Various
undergraduate and graduate level courses in Chinese, Linguistics,
Philosophy, Religious Studies, Engineering and Computing Topics; at MIT,
UMass/Amherst, Boston University, and University of NC at ChapeSl Hill.
Also regularly attended seminars from 1978-1989 at MIT and other Boston
area institutions.
- Very brief sojourn in 1977 at Bryn Mawr College,
Bryn Mawr PA,
dropped out and never returned full time.
- Graduated
1977 from U-32 HS, E. Montpelier, VT, National Merit Finalist
Last modified: July 11, 2002
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Shava Nerad
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