Ruthann Whobrey
Associate Professor
Parkland College
Computer Science and Information Technology Department
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 30, 27, 25 and 22
- 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!