James E. Martin
1951 Armory Drive
Mount Pleasant, South Carolina, 29466
843.364.6237, <james.martin@wheatdesign.com>
Education
Master of Arts, English, University of Arkansas, May 2001
Master of Education, Educational Technology, University of Arkansas, May 2000
Bachelor of Arts, English, University of Arkansas, December 1994
Experience
Software Trainer & Consultant, Information Technology Training Center: 12/2003 — present
http://www.tridenttech.edu
Trident Technical College, Charleston, SC
Develop and deliver group and one-on-one hands-on professional development
training for faculty and staff on Microsoft, Oracle, and Datatel products.
Develop online training modules, including Flash-based demonstrations and
simulations, for intranet training site. Assist individual staff and
departments with special projects in Microsoft Access, Microsoft Excel,
Oracle Discoverer Plus, Datatel Colleague, and other applications.
Develop and maintain software documentation.
Adjunct Instructor, Department of English:
1/2007 — present
http://www.pulaskitech.edu
Pulaski Technical College, North Little Rock, AR
Teach online English composition and American literature classes.
Develop curricula. Manage all aspects of online course, delivered via
the Blackboard learning management system.
Web Developer & Consultant, Wheatdesign.com:
01/1998 — 12/2006
http://wheatdesign.com
Mount Pleasant, SC
Create and host music education resources. Develop open source web
applications. Develop data-driven web sites for clients. Provide
consulting on all issues relevant
to site design, development, hosting, and maintenance.
Adjunct Instructor, Department of English & Journalism: 8/2004 — 12/2006
Trident Technical College, Charleston, SC
Taught English composition classes for freshman and sophomore students. Developed
curricula. Developed and delivered instructional media. Received outstanding evaluations.
Technology Coordinator, Educational Talent Search:
02/2000 — 12/2003
http://precollege.uark.edu
University of Arkansas, Fayetteville
Developed, programed, and maintained data-driven internet and intranet web sites
and content management systems. Designed and conducted staff technology training
sessions. Designed, developed, and facilitated activities to increase student
exposure and access to technology, including web-based solutions. Edited video
and audio. Developed and conducted summer technology education classes. Assisted in
the administration and support of a local area network of Windows NT/2000/XP and
Mac OS X workstations with Linux web and file servers.
Web Producer, Northwest Arkansas Times:
03/2002 — 11/2003
http://nwanews.com
Fayetteville, AR
Processed PDF files into XML to facilitate online publication of three daily
newspapers on a high-traffic site. Assisted in the development of a custom
content management web application used to clean up XHTML markup of news
content.
Adjunct Instructor, Social Work Program:
Fall 2000 & 2001
University of Arkansas, Fayetteville
Designed and taught a senior-level information technology course designed for
senior social work students. Assisted students in the creation of advocacy-related
web sites and multimedia presentations. Instructed students in the Microsoft
Office and Sun StarOffice suites, HTML, CSS, file maintenance via FTP, and the
basics of graphic design. Developed course homepage. Received outstanding
student evaluations.
Graduate Assistant, Educational Technology Program:
01/1999 — 05/2000
University of Arkansas, Fayetteville
Taught courses in educational technology for undergraduate education majors.
Assisted students and faculty in departmental computer labs. Developed
curricula and taught courses in web design at the Jones Center for Families
(Springdale, AR). Designed educational web sites. Received outstanding
student evaluations.
Secretary, Department of Health Science:
07/1997 — 07/1998
University of Arkansas, Fayetteville
Performed the full range of secretarial duties. Maintained the departmental
computer lab and assisted faculty and students with computing problems.
Provided hardware, software, and network support.
Graduate Assistant, Department of English:
08/1995 — 06/1997
University of Arkansas, Fayetteville, AR
Developed curricula and taught courses focusing on composition and grammar,
designed for freshman and juniors. Designed course web sites. Assisted
faculty and students in the departmental computer lab.
Received outstanding student evaluations.
Internet Technologies/Languages
Programming Languages: ActionScript, JavaScript, PHP, and VBA
Other Skills: HTML/XHTML, CSS, SQL, audio/video editing, and screencasting.
Selected Software Proficiencies
Ableton Live 6; Adobe Acrobat Professional 8, Captivate 2.0,
Flash CS3, InDesign CS3, Photoshop CS3, & Premiere Pro CS3;
Apache web server;
Blackboard Learning System CE Enterprise License;
Datatel Colleague R18 & WebAdvisor;
Microsoft Office 2007 (Access, Excel, Outlook,
PowerPoint & Word);
MySQL;
OpenOffice;
Oracle Discoverer Plus and Viewer (10g);
Linux (Debian and Ubuntu);
Sony Acid Pro 5.0, and Vegas 6.0;
TechSmith Camtasia Studio 4;
WebCT 6 & 4.
References available on Request