VITA of George J. North, Jr.

 

Contact Information

201 Elmeer Ave.

Metairie LA 70005

(504) 834-1891

(504) 261-5748 Cell

gnorth@mac.com

http://georgenorth.net/~george/gn.html

 

Education

B.S. in Liberal Arts, University of the State of New York, 1995

M.S. in Computer Science, University of New Orleans, 1996

         Thesis; Ubiquitous Software, an Information Network Paradigm.

         available: http://georgenorth.net/~george/Thesis/Thesis.html

University of New Orleans, College of Education,

         ABD Curriculum & Instruction.

Professional Experience

            Forty years experience as a software engineer.

            Web Author since 1993

1985-present

Information Systems Consultant. FileMaker Developer. Self-employed and independent, providing

computing services to businesses and individuals in the greater New Orleans area.

May 2006-present

Instructor, Tulane University,

Internet Publishing (Online BlackBoard Course - XHTML programming)

July 2006-June 2008

Database Developer, University of Nevada, Las Vegas

NCATE Assessment Database

2000-May 2006, Retired

Director of Instructional Technology, University of New Orleans, College of Education.

Responsibilities include:

(1) working with faculty and students to assist as needed to infuse technology into the college's teacher education programs.

(2) encourage the design of curricula, the development of courseware, and research in the use of multimedia technologies.

(3) support specialest for BlackBoard and for the development of in-class and on-line curriculum.

(4) College representative to Louisiana INTECH, a Professional Development Project of the Louisiana Center for Educational Technolog. INTECH provides teachers with many examples of effective technology-based strategies that support and enhance curriculum and can serve as a catalyst for fundamental change in overall teaching and learning processes.

(5) College representative to The Technology Consortium for Teacher Education (TCTE), a group of representatives appointed by deans from all nineteen Louisiana Universities who have worked collaboratively to survey the use of technology in teacher preparation programs, revise current criteria for certification in the area of educational technology, and develop NCATE and ISTE standards and performance-based assessment criteria and instruments.

(6) support specialest for PASS-PORT, a web-based electronic portfolio database system that provides College of Education candidates, university faculty and administrative staff a tool to gather, demonstrate and evaluate the performance data on pre-service teachers and professional teachers during the first three years of service after graduation.

(7) working with faculty and administrators to convert assessment documents to electronic NCATE exhibits.

1998-May 2006, Retired

Instructor, Department of Curriculum & Instruction, College of Education, University of New Orleans.

Designed, developed, taught graduate level courses in:

EDCI 4993 The One Computer Classroom

EDCI 4993 Computers in Education

http://georgenorth.net/~george/Class/1998Fall/EDCI4993601/Syllabus0824.html

EDCI 4993 Web Site Development for Educators

http://georgenorth.net/~george/Class/2000Summer/EDCI4993357/Syllabus.html

EDCI 4993 Design and Development of MultiMedia Curricula

http://georgenorth.net/~george/Class/2000Fall/EDCI4993601/syllabus0822.html

EDCI 4993 Information Networks in the Curricula

http://georgenorth.net/~george/Class/2000Fall/EDCI4993602/Syllabus0823.html

EDCI 4105 Authoring for the World Wide Web

http://georgenorth.net/~george/Class/2001Spring/EDCI4993603/Syllabus0116.html

EDCI 6130 Technology Integration

http://georgenorth.net/~george/Class/2001Spring/EDCI4993604/Syllabus0117.html

An index page of the above courses is at: http://tec.uno.edu/tec/gnsyllabi.html

Designed and developed graduate level courses in:

EDCI 4993 Infusing Technology into Secondary Instruction

EDCI 6110 Technology Leadership in Schools

EDCI 6140 Evaluation, and Assessment of Technology

These courses were designed and developed to meet the new State of Louisiana certifications programs in Educational Technology Facilitation and Educational Technology Leadership. These courses conform with the State Blue Ribbon Commission on Teacher Effectiveness with the goal of preparing system wide “technology experts” with skills and abilities needed to help educators infuse technology into teaching and learning.

1997-May 2006, Retired

Technical Specialist/WebMaster for College of Education (http://ed.uno.edu/),

University of New Orleans working to make technology an integral part of teacher

education and to better prepare pre-service teachers in using state-of-the-art

multimedia hardware and software. Responsibilities include:

(1) working with faculty and students to assist in integrating technology into teaching, learning, and assessment.

(2) management of the college's web server, mail server, database server, list server, discussion group server, and chat server.

(3) use grants and other resources to build and continually enhance the Faculty MultiMedia Development Lab (http://ed.uno.edu/MDLab/) as a resource for faculty and graduate assistants. This includes digital video editing and video on demand servers.

(4) use grants and other resources to build and continually enhance the Teacher Explorer Center (http://tec.uno.edu/), a technology classroom, development laboratory, and World Wide Web portal.

(5) WebMaster for the College of Education, including design, development, and maintenance of web sites for the College (http://ed.uno.edu/), its departments (http://ed.uno.edu/edPages/department.php), and the Teacher Explorer Center (a technology classroom and development laboratory at (http://tec.uno.edu/). Maintenance of these web sites is used as projects in my web design classes.

(6) working with faculty and administrators to convert assessment documents to electronic NCATE exhibits.

1995-1996

Graduate Assistant, Computer Science, University of New Orleans working with

Families for Learning (http://tec.uno.edu/TFFLindex.html), a Toyota grant. This is

a family literacy program which recognizes the link between undereducated adults

and educationally at-risk children. As such, it serves to address the needs of both

parents and children simultaneously. It aims to foster parental participation in the

educational activities by building on the strengths of the parents involved.

1988-1995

Instructor with the Community College, Tulane University. Courses taught were

short workshop-type, centered on computer literacy.

1989-1994

President, New Orleans Mac Users Group (NOMUG). NOMUG is a non-profit

community service and networking organization that provides computer support

services to businesses and individuals in the greater New Orleans area.

1967-1985

Vice President, Information Systems. Joined the staff of an insurance company to

establish computing support services. The company's primary business was life,

property and causality insurance.

 

Publications

North, George (1999 - 2000) Electronic Editor,

            Louisiana Social Studies Journal, Volume 16, Number 1, Fall 1999

            Available: http://georgenorth.net/~george/SSWeb/SS/Lcss/Journal/Fall1999/index.html,

            and Volume 17, Number 1, Fall 2000.

            Available: http://georgenorth.net/~george/SSWeb/SS/Lcss/Journal/Fall2000/lcssJournal2000w.html

North, George (2000) Writing Space, Louisiana Social Studies Journal (36 - 38),

            Volume 16, Number 1, Fall 2000.

            Available: http://georgenorth.net/~george/SSWeb/SS/Lcss/Journal/Fall2000/lcssJournal2000w45.html

North, George (2000)What is not a Web Server, Louisiana Social Studies Journal (35),

            Volume 16, Number 1, Fall 2000.

            Available: http://georgenorth.net/~george/SSWeb/SS/Lcss/Journal/Fall2000/lcssJournal2000w44.html

North, George (1999) Computers are NOT It:The Emerging Role of Information

            Networks in Schools Today, Louisiana Social Studies Journal (42 - 44),

            Volume 16, Number 1, Fall 1999.

            Available: http://georgenorth.net/~george/SSWeb/SS/Lcss/Journal/Fall1999/North.html

North, George (1996) Ubiquitous Software, an Information Network Paradigm Masters

            Thesis
            Available: http://georgenorth.net/~george/Thesis/Thesis.html

 

Website Development

Teacher Explorer Center:

            a web portal, technology classroom and development laboratory   

            (http://tec.uno.edu/).

College of Education: (http://ed.uno.edu/).

            Department of Curriculum & Instruction: (http://ed.uno.edu/~EDCI/).

            Department of Educational Leadership, Counseling, and Foundations.

                        (http://ed.uno.edu/~ELCF/).

            Department of :Special Education and Habilitative Services:

                        (http://ed.uno.edu/~EDSP/).

Course Syllabi: interactive web sites using discussion & chat software

            (http://tec.uno.edu/tec/gnsyllabi.html).

Louisiana Selected Man: The Oral History of a World War II veteran

            (http://georgenorth.net/~george/myBestWork/oralHistory.html).

Ubiquitous Software: An Information Network Paradigm

            (http://georgenorth.net/~george/Thesis/Thesis.html).

Japan Project:

Urban teachers in the South: Japan in the Schools, a program to train

teachers to teach about Japan and includes a summer institute on Japan, one-day

workshops during the school year, and a study tour to Japan

(http://georgenorth.net/~george/SSWeb/SS/japanProject/splash.html).

Louisiana Council for the Social Studies: Electronic Editor LCSS Journal, 1999-2001

            (http://georgenorth.net/~george/SSWeb/SS/Lcss/Website/LcssHP1.html).

Video on the Web Project:

            Faculty MultiMedia Development Lab digital video editing and publishing

            (http://georgenorth.net/~george/myMovies/index.html).

Families for Learning: (http://tec.uno.edu/TFFLindex.html).

 

Website Consulting (primary source of technical support)

Social Studies HomePage: at UNO, webmaster Dr. Gregory Levitt

            (http://georgenorth.net/~george/SSWeb/ss/homePages/SocStuHP.html).

Research Tools and Technology Websites: webmaster Dr. Jeffrey Oescher

            (http://ed.uno.edu/Faculty/JOescher/index.html).

Sites hosted at the Teacher Explorer Center: websters -- my UNO students

            (http://tec.uno.edu/TEC/webSiteHosting.html).

 

Professional Memberships

Phi Delta Kappa, University of New Orleans Chapter (PDK)

The Association for Computing Machinery (ACM)

IEEE Computer Society

International Who's Who of Information Technology, invited to join 2000

 

Grants and Contracts

Board of Regents Technology Grant for the College of Education. $72,000. Co-principal investigator with Gregory Levitt, Cory Buxton, and others. 2001.

University of New Orleans STPIG Grant to upgrade the Teacher Explorer Center. $110,000. Co-principal investigator with Gregory Levitt. (partial funded) 2000.

Louisiana Education Quality Support Fund (8-G), UNO ConnectEd. $176,000. With principal investigators R.K. Wimpelberg and Gregory Levitt. 1998-00.

 

University Service

College of Education Technology Planning Committee. 2000-May 2006, Retired.

            (http://ed.uno.edu/tbp/index.html)

College of Education Technology Curriculum Committee, 1999-May 2006, Retired.

            (http://tec.uno.edu/TEC/BESETECHCERTIFICATION/)