Timothy Welch

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Timothy Welch


www.funkeemunkeeland.com

1218 Montana Street - Orlando, Florida 32803 - USA
407-782-4537

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Work 

Educational Technology Facilitator

December 2004 - Current

Sanford Middle School - Seminole County Public Schools, Sanford, Florida

Instructional Responsibilities
  • Develop and collaborate on new and emerging uses of technology in classroom instruction to meet county, state and federal goals
  • Evaluate technology and related curriculum for instructional value, relevance and compliance with subject matter and technology objectives
  • Maintain best practices by training staff based on performance deficiencies
  • Purchase new software and hardware to meet current learning objectives
  • Advocate and demonstrate the use of blogs and wikis, multimedia content, and virtual learning environments for student instruction and content publication
  • Provide instruction and support for teachers, staff and students in the use of technology, both software and hardware, through direct instruction, modeling and simulation
  • Develop and deliver trainings to all staff for new technology resources (email system upgrade, grade book system, etc.)
  • Train and support new staff on all technology systems
  • Create and publish technical guides and videos employing screen capture, voice over and graphics
  • Deploy, maintain and manage computer based instruction
  • Assess effectiveness of computer based instruction by evaluating:
  • Student performance deficiencies
  • Fidelity of instructor delivery
  • Relevance to subject matter objectives

Technical Responsibilities
  • Maintain web presence by creating content, keeping code base up-to-date and expanding the site as needed
  • Upgraded web server to a WAMP environment and moved web materials to a PHP/ MySql based content management system (Joomla and Wordpress)
  • Maintain 1550 student and 120 staff Active Directory accounts including account creation, assigning rights and managing network shares and privileges
  • Inventory, diagnose, repair and maintain 650+ computer work stations throughout the campus

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Teacher, Music/Drama/Technology

August 2000 - December 2004

Midway Elementary - Seminole County Public Schools, Sanford, Florida

  • Taught percussion, general music, computer skills and video production
  • Directed and produced a daily student news program
  • Served as the technical producer for all live student performances (six to ten yearly) including sound production, lighting design and video production.
  • Taught basic theater arts skills
  • Wrote, produced and directed original and adaptive works that incorporate musical theater and dance

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Teacher, Music

January 2000 - June 2000

University Park Elementary - Brevard County Public Schools, Melbourne, Florida

  • Taught general music, strings and chorus to pre-k through sixth grade students
  • Conducted the string ensemble and chorus
  • Arranged music for the string ensemble and chorus
  • Used computer-based music production and publishing to supplement existing materials

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Writer, Producer, Director, Actor, Composer

January 2000 - May 2004

40 feet Productions, Orlando, Florida

  • Wrote, produced and directed original short film and video content
  • Composed original music
  • Lead actor in The Ten Minute Music Ticker featuring Raspberry Hyperdrive, composed and performed original music

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Education 

MA in Instructional Technology, Instructional Systems

Spring 2011 - Fall 2012

University of Central Florida, Orlando, FL
4.0 Grade Point Average

 

BA in Music Education, K-12

Fall 1994 - Fall 1999

University of Central Florida, Orlando, FL

 

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Professional Affiliations 

  • International Society for Technology in Education
  • Association for Educational Communications and Technology

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Skills 

Computer Skills and Programs

  • Windows 98, 2000 and XP Professional, Server 2000 and 2003
  • OS X (10.6 and below)

  • MS Office (Windows & OS X)
  • OpenOffice 3.2
  • iWork

  • iMovie, iDVD, iPhoto, Garageband
  • Final Cut Pro, Soundtrack
  • Adobe Photoshop, Dreamweaver

  • HTML, Wordpress, Joomla
  • Web video production and encoding
  • Social Media for organizational promotion (Twitter, Facebook, Constant Contact, etc)
  • Integration of third party sites into content (Flickr, Youtube, Del.icio.us, Twitter)

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Volunteer 

Technical and Web Support Volunteer

May 2010 - Current

Mills 50 Mainstreet, Orlando, FL

  • Maintain web site, social media profile and develop electronic infrastructure for the organization
  • Provide basic computer and hardware support

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Board Member, Secretary

March 2009 - May 2010

Mills 50 Mainstreet, Orlando, FL

  • Represented neighborhood issues in economic redevelopment of area businesses
  • Took minutes and posted information about events, meetings and issues for community distribution via web and email
  • Developed web presence and social media profile
  • Migrated website to Wordpress from php/cushycms by modifying templates to mimic and improve previous structure and features - Mills50.org
  • Moved organizational accounts to Google Apps for Domains and provide ongoing support for new accounts and features

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President

January 2005 - December 2009

Colonialtown Neighborhood Association, North Colonialtown, Orlando, FL

  • Served as the liaison between the City of Orlando, City Commission and residents of North Colonialtown
  • Planned and executed various community based projects for fund raising, community awareness, city growth and development and neighborhood unity
  • Lead monthly general membership meetings and board meetings

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Honors 

  • Published Cookie Crumbles video in online educational supplement site for course curriculum CT3G, published by Cengage Learning/ Nelson Education.
  • Finalist, Cookie Crumbles Contest, Berkman Center at Harvard Law. One of five national finalist for public service announcement video contest about http cookies.
  • National and State Winner, Sprint "Star in a Sprint TV Ad" contest. Submitted short one-minute film and appeared in a nation Sprint ad.
  • Wrote and produced video spoof of retiring Seminole County Public Schools Superintendent Paul Hagerty for local and county celebrations.

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More Work 

Extra, Office Worker

Filmed November 2003 - Aired January to May 2004

Speakerphone, Sprint Ad Campaign, Los Angeles, CA

National Sprint ad campaign for phone services. Casting as result of Sprint "Star in a Sprint TV Ad" contest.

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President

1996 - 1998

UCF Marching Knights, Orlando, FL

Student leader for largest UCF student organization and musical ensemble. Coordinated personnel and logistics for band performances for football games and various university and city events.

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Character, Parks and Parades

1995 - 1997

Walt Disney World, Orlando, FL

Dressed in fur [character department] and entertained guests in park appearances and parades. Also performed puppet characters in Spectromagic parade.

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