PAUL L.
WILLIAMS JR.
Career Objectives
DEVELOP STEM EDUCATIONAL MOBILE APPLICATIONS: Design and use educational technologies (i.e. mobile apps and mobile devices) that relate to increased student engagement inside and outside the classroom, and improve student retention rate. I specialize in pedagogical analysis and support, providing meaningful and powerful experiences, integrating the best uses of technology.
Work experience
- Tutoring Consultant and Mobile App Designer leading client services, daily operations, and project teams designing math apps for tutoring sessions;
• 16 Apps, 12,000+ downloads (android and iPhone), 100+ customers in 3 years
http://defwiz2.weebly.com/
Founder, Defining Wizard
2005 - 2012
Languages
HTML/CSS
Javascript
jQuery
Skills
PHOTOSHOP
ILLUSTRATOR
KEYNOTE
WIREFRAME PROTOYPING
RAPID PROTOTYPING
2010 - present
2010 - present
Tutoring Director, Santa Monica College
2004 - 2011
- Develop and Manage Tutor Training and Tutorial services with a staff of over 20 math tutors servicing an average 400 students per day
- Quadrupled the amount of programs offered to students which improved quality of service scores by 30%.
- Presented proposals and budget reports for technological and pedagogical development and validity.
- Taught, and Developed Curriculum for 10th, 11th, and 12th grade math student from Venice and Crenshaw Highs;
- Coached students on success in the educational system which motivated high school students from disadvantaged learning backgrounds to apply for college.
Community Service Specialist, Upward Bound Program
2008-2011
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B.A. University of California, Los Angeles.
Applied Mathematics, 2004
M.A. Stanford University.
Learning Design and Technology, 2012
Education
Research Experience
Family Math Project, Stanford University, Intern Researcher
2012
- User Researcher studying how families engage with mathematics in the course of everyday problem-solving
- Enroll research subjects, data collection and dissemination
- Review computer code for errors and consistency
NASA, Kennedy Space Center – SLSTP Researcher
2002
- Presented research findings to scientist, NASA Personnel, and SLSTP committees which showed conditions to improve the attenuation of light propagating through earth’s atmosphere to improve images received from satellites (Project Title: “The Attenuation and Modeling of Light Propagating through Earth’s Atmosphere.”)
AI Search Techniques, UC Davis, Student Researcher
2001
- Collaborated with small research team, met deadlines on written computer programs and projects, and wrote weekly reports summarizing research progress.
Relevant Coursework
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Qualitative Research
• Entrepreneurial Thought Leadership
• Transformative Laboratory (Paulo Blikstein)
• dMedia (dSchool)
• Advanced Product Design Needfinding
• Creative Gym (Design Thinking)
• Learning, Design, and Technology -
Understanding Learning Environments
• Child Development and New Technology
• Methodology SPSS
• Literacy Theory
• Beyond Bits and Atoms
• Designing Technological Tools
• Cross-Cultural Design
5-Strengths
STRATEGIC
SELF-ASSURANCE
RELATOR
LEARNER
INDIVIDUALIZATION
Stanford University
2011-2012