Matthew McGowan
Ed Tech, Game Design, Writing
- Role
- Educational Technology Specialist at Far Brook School
- Location
- Brooklyn, NY, US
- LinkedIn followers
- 500 followers
About Matthew McGowan
Highly skilled in educational technology, digital media design for learning, written…
Experience
Educational Technology Specialist
Jul 2021 — Present · Short Hills, NJ, US
Teach and design curricula for 2nd through 8th grade STEAM and Technology classes. Curricula for these grades include a variety of creative (design thinking, game design, maker projects, multimedia), skills-based (writing, research, keyboarding) and ethics-related (digital citizenship) activities.Collaborate with faculty from the Upper School and Lower School Divisions to integrate technology-related projects into their classrooms.Conduct and present research for a variety of curricular initiatives (e.g. game design, computational thinking, visual communication, robotics).Develop and implement the school’s Technology Scope and Sequence.Administer a division-wide learning management system.Organize and provide principal instruction for annual, school-wide Hour of Code activities.Plan and implement school-wide faculty professional development.In coordination with the school’s Director of Information Technology, provide technical support for all faculty and students.
Education
Rutgers University
B.A., English, Anthropology
1991 — 1996
New York University
Master of Arts (MA), Digital Media Design for Learning (Games for Learning Concentration)
2013 — 2015
Rutgers University
Master of Arts (MA), Literatures in English
2000 — 2008
Rutgers University
Certificate in the Teaching of Writing, Rhetoric and Composition/Writing Studies
2004 — 2005
University of St Andrews
Year Abroad, English, Social Anthropology
1993 — 1994
Skills
- 3d Printing
- Documentaries
- Instructional Design
- Grant Writing
- College Teaching
- Cascading Style Sheets (Css)
- Raiser's Edge
- Higher Education
- Sakai
- Ios
- Science Fiction
- Digital Media Design for Learning
- Project Management
- Adobe Creative Suite
- Wordpress
- Finalsite
- Public Relations
- Inform
- Proofreading
- Curriculum Design
- Non-Profits
- Joomla
- Teaching
- Aris
- Netcommunity
- Nonprofits
- Primary Education
- Literature
- Email Marketing
- Game Design
- Copywriting
- Constant Contact
- Technical Writing
- Copy Editing
- Video
- Composition
- Narrative Design
- Microsoft Office
- Common Ground
- Blogging
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