William G. Thomas

Duties

• Supported and created online and onsite coursework for Navy training

• Facilitated the design and development of Impression online courses for instructors

• Developed and edited lesson objectives and overall lesson content

• Applied government furnished information and relevant instructional materials to training materials

• Created outlines, storyboards, course maps, lesson objectives, instructional games, and study guides

• Communicated and collaborated with Navy and DOD subject matter experts

• Used the ADDIE model, the Chicago Style Guide, and relevant instructional materials to create lesson plans from Department of Defense and Navy technical manuals

• Communicated and collaborated with team and leads

• Recommended corrections and provided positive feedback regarding peer efforts

• Developed content based on government-furnished information and technical manuals, directly supporting Terminal Learning Objectives (TLOs) and Enabling Learning Objectives (ELOs)

• Worked collaboratively with instructional designers, team leads, graphic artists, programmers, and Subject Matter Experts (SMEs)

Duties

• Helped patrons log onto the PC time-management system and use the print management system

• Helped patrons navigate operating systems, productivity software, access and navigate the Internet, and other applications

• Monitored equipment condition and troubleshot equipment

• Assisted with technology training and equipment deployment

• Taught patrons one-on-one how to use their personal devices and applications on their devices

• Assisted patrons of all ages with the technology available in the Library: computers, printers copiers, self-checkout machines, iPads, e-readers, etc.

Duties

• Facilitated the design and development of classes through a combination of face-to-face interaction, just-in-time training, and ongoing professional development for faculty.

• Planned, designed, and developed an educational curriculum for both K-12 and adult learning, with emphasis on instructional technologies.

• Trained K-12 teachers how to use technology to plan teacher and student centered lessons and how to use digital, audio, and video instructional technology in class.

• Researched instructional best practices and emerging technologies for real and virtual learning environments

• Researched current digital learning topics/issues and proposed improvement plans

• Developed and presented county-wide and in-school training workshops

• Created and stored software how-to videos for teacher reference on the intranet

Achievements

• Successfully trained 60+ elementary, middle, and high school teachers to become model classroom teachers by instructing them how to effectively use e-Instruction clickers, Promethean software, and other instructional technology for classroom instruction, feedback, and test assessment.

• Led in the successful grant proposals/requests in the technology section for the Georgia Engaging Advanced Placement Students through Mobile Hand-Held Computing Grant for two high schools by planning how handheld devices could be used for successful educational engagement by students and teachers and how handheld devices could be used learning and feedback in the classroom

M.S. Instructional Design and Technology, Full Sail University, 2016

B.S. Social Science Education, Oakwood University, 2000