Ruthann Ryan Whobrey Parkland College Associate Professor Education and Experience

Education:

• Master's in Education, University of Illinois
• Bachelor's in Education, University of Illinois
• Associate in General Studies, Parkland College

Certification:

• CTT: Certified Technical Trainer

Before teaching at Parkland, I taught:

• Business and Office Careers at Capitol Business College in Olympia, Washington
• Typing at University High School in Urbana
• Business Education courses as a T. A. at the University of Illinois

While teaching as a part-time instructor for Parkland (from 1980-1999), I also:

• Taught computer workshops for Parkland's Business Development Center
• Taught computer classes at Heartland Community College in Bloomington
• Worked as a Computer Education Consultant, teaching computer training classes on contract for NovaTech Solutions at State Farm and Country Companies in Bloomington

Classes I have taught:

• Dreamweaver Websites
• Web Page Coding
• FrontPage Web Design
• Using the Internet Effectively
• PreAlgebra
• Training Computer Users
• Machine Transcription
• Computers in Business Applications
• DOS and Windows
• Introduction to Microcomputers
• WordPerfect and Microsoft Word
• Dbase and Access Databases
• Lotus and Excel Spreadsheets
• PowerPoint Presentations
• Supervision of Student Teachers in Business Education
• Methods of Business Education
• Business Communications
• Introduction to Business
• Shorthand and Speedwriting

Started teaching for Parkland full-time in Fall, 1999.

Classes I teach on a regular basis:

• CIS 151 - Using the Internet Effectively
• CIS 152 - Web Design 1(Coding Basics and Dreamweaver)
• Computer Technology Center classes
  • CTC 133 - Internet Basics
  • CTC 196 - Web Page Basics with XHTML
  • CTC 136 - Web Page Coding Topics (XHTML and CSS)
  • CTC 137 - Dreamweaver 1 - Basics
  • CTC 138 - Dreamweaver 2 - Intermediate

Personal Info:

• Married with four children.
  Three sons and one daughter -- Ages 29, 26, 24 and 21
  One granddaughter, born summer 2006.
  My husband and I are both Parkland graduates and ALL of my children have taken classes at Parkland College!!

Hobbies:

• Running, traveling, garage sales!

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