education - Keith Simmons

I teach computers, information technology, and digital arts to students in grades 4-6, grades 7-12, college students, and adults.

The Rochester Digital Ripple Project - a program I developed with two art teachers to educate high school youths in wireless technology, computers, and art by constructing a wireless mesh-node network. The project was executed between July 5th, 2006 and August 15th, 2006.

Project Highlights:

Project was featured on the local news stations, RIT University News, and in the papers.
Students built a free municipal wireless network that serves about one square mile.
Developed a 340 page cirriculum with two RCSD teachers.

In the News:

International Digital Art Tennis - an international program I developed with three art teachers to educate 4th-6th graders in digital art. The program was executed in the spring of 2006.

Project Highlights:

Programmed an interactive website to facilitate international image exchange.
Students created several images representing peace.

Corning Tropel Payroll System - I provided training to adults for a company-wide time-tracking system I developed.

Project Highlights:

Held several training sessions and provided support
Designed and Implemented a web interface to an existing MS Access Database
Used PHP with CSS and XHTML