Matt's technology experiences

 

Here is a bit about my technology experiences:

My undergraduate degree is in electrical engineering. I worked on programming and basic design of digital circuits.

In college I was an assistant manager of the student computer labs. During this time I was the team lead for the Computer Services web site. I worked with 3-4 other students to redesign the web site and also co-authored a paper on web usability with the computer lab manager. I have since done two other web usability studies. I also taught classes to students and staff for Photoshop and MS Office software.

While I was an AmeriCorps member, I was the manager of a computer lab/project at a homeless newspaper. I did all aspects of refurbishing computers and printers.

As the CyberY Developer at the YMCA association in Boston, I worked with six different YMCA branches to make a dark room with computers a place with working computers and internet, volunteers, computer classes, and we even raised some money.

In Peace Corps I was a computer teacher and maintained a room of about 15 computers and printers in very hot and humid conditions. I taught some basic programs including MS Office and MS Paint.

I worked as an assistant at an elementary school, and also taught an afterschool program using two different kinds of Lego Robotics.

I have been a volunteer with Olympia Indivisible, where I was part of the Facebook team and communications team.

I am a volunteer with Works In Progress newspaper, where I help to maintain the web site built with WordPress.

I do all troubleshooting for my old laptop that runs Windows 7.

I have set up my home surround sound stereo system and use a projector and laptop to watch movies.

I like to edit music, mainly with software called Audacity.

I am teaching myself to make simple movies with Adobe Premier. Here is an example of something I made.

crazyloveministries.org  (the video on the first/front page)

I have three Facebook pages: my personal page, North Coast Drum Circle, and MRC Math.

I also have a rather out of date web site:

mattcrichton.weebly.com

For me, technology is just a tool, sometimes a useful tool, sometimes a frustrating tool. I believe I can figure out the solution to most technology challenges..