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Publications
2020 WENGT XIII:
Thirteenth annual West End neighbors Garden and History Tour features neighborhoods of the Upper Landing
and Seven Corners; Irvine, Rice and North High Bridge Parks
revealing the origin story of Fort Road/West Seventh Street,
the Township/City of Saint Paul, the Territory/State of
Minnesota from 1840.
2019 WENGT XII:
Twelfth annual
West End neighbors Garden and History Tour features neighborhoods between
West 7th and the Mississippi River out to Fort Snelling.
2018 WENGT XI:
Eleventh annual West End neighbors Garden and History Tour
features the neighborhoods
between Jefferson/Randolph/West 7th/Lexington,
settled early by Prussian,
Bavarian and Bohemian immigrants from about 1850.
2017 WENGT X:
Tenth annual West End
neighbors Garden and History Tour features the Little Bohemia inner-city neighborhood of St.
Paul--one of the oldest in Minnesota!
2016 WENGT IX:
Ninth annual
West End neighbors Garden and
History Tour features brewery histories of the West End from 1848
2014:
My Goodrich home featured in This Old House Magazine
on
the occasion of (then) 35 years restoring and renovating my
Victorian house in Saint Paul. From an editor: "Thanks so much for your entry to This Old House’s Reader Remodel contest, and for sharing your inspiring story. …you so impressed the editors here, we’d love to feature you in an upcoming issue. I hope you’re still interested in sharing your story of hard work and perseverance with
This Old House readers."
2002:
Gateway to a New World: Building Čech and Slovak Communities
in the West End
A history of the immigrant
Czech and Slovak communities on the occasion of the
dedication of the sculptural installation in the North High
Bridge Park of the baptismal gate of St. Stanislaus Kostka
Catholic Church of that same community.
1995 - 2012:
Study
Guides and Strategies Website
Research and
author of over 250 "guides" for students middle school
through returning adult, as well as Website developer (CSS)
and content editor. Traffic culminated in 2012 with over one
million visitors per month in 39 language translations (by
volunteer educators). Sold December 2012.
2012:
CSPS125 Commemorative Program
on the occasion of
the 125th anniversary of the CSPS Hall, 383 Michigan Street, the oldest theater
and national hall in Minnesota, and longest serving Sokol
and Czech/Slovak Hall in the US. Contains 20 pages of
history of the immigrant community since 1868.
2010: Dám Thay Đổi /Dare to Change
Co-authored with Nguyễn Đình Sơn (Tomson Nguyễn) with contributions
and Vietnamese translations from my Study Guides and Strategies
Website.
2009 -2011: Columnist, Pragyan, newsletter
of Tinsukia College, Assam, India
bi-monthly column
of translations in Assamese and Bengali of my Study Guides
and Strategies Website.
2004- 2010: Editor, Open Directory Project, Berne, Switzerland
2000 – 2008: Tech Trends Columnist "E-Learning
by Design"
Magazine for the Association for Educational
Communications and Technology
Guest editor
(Vol. 45, No. 5)--Annual Achievement Award!
2006 - 2007: Researcher/author/developer
Developing learner-supportive courses and digital resources/learning
objects.
Minnesota State Colleges and Universities (MNSCU)
2006 - 2007: Author, Cẩm nang và chiến lược dành
cho học tập
A print derivative translation
of the Study Guides and Strategies website,
Alpha
Book Co., Hanoi, Vietnam
2001 - 2003: Author/consultant
Researched
and authored research-based strategies for K-12 teachers funded
by the No Child Left Behind Act. Commonwealth Center for Instructional
Technology and Learning (CCITL), Department of Special Education
and Rehabilitation Counseling, University of Kentucky
1999 Web site co-author History of Romani Emigration
from India
Discovered, translated with Xu Fie
and Zhang Tianhong, and published research on Romani immigration
into northwest People’s Republic of China (The Gypsy People
in the Yuan Dynasty Luo Li Hui Hui by Yang ZhiJiu, Professor,
Department of History, Nankai University)
1982 - 1987: Community Reporter, St. Paul,
MN
Chair, Board Member, Production/Advertising Manager,
reporter
expanded circulation (150%) and revenue (200%) of
the non-profit community newspaper.
Keynotes/presentations/
workshops/conferences
2012:
Facebook journal on two-month, six country journey
researching development of online educational communities.
2000 - 2010: Flash Project Leader for Interactive
Media (DHA 4384)
School of Design, University of Minnesota
April 16-17, 2009: Sokol de Paris: Paris, France.
Project to develop an Internet chat and play space
for Sokol children around the world.
May 27-28, 2009: Google IO Developers conference
San Francisco, CA
June 26-29, 2007: Learning 2007: The Fourteenth
International Conference on Learning, University of the Witwatersrand,
Johannesburg, South Africa.
Presentation: Developing and
using digital resources in support of learners
April 23-25: 2007 Minnesota State Colleges and Universities
Information Technology
Conference presentation: Developing
and using digital resources in support of learners
October, 2007: Minnesota State Colleges and Universities
(MNSCU),
Presentation: Developing courses and learning
objects
June 26-28, 2006: University of Wolverhampton, Wolverhampton,
England
Developing Skills for Study in Higher Education:
Keynote and work shops; Developing and using digital learning
support materials and learning objects
July 3-5, 2006: Higher Education Academy Conference
focusing on all aspects relating to enhancing the
student learning experience, East Midlands Conference Centre,
Nottingham, England
March 2006: Benefit for street children of Puebla,
México
on the occasion of leaving the University
of St. Thomas after 29.5 years
January 2005: Winter Institute For Learning Center
Professionals
University of Texas at Austin, Texas.
Keynote, mentor
University of Texas at Austin: Keynote, mentor:
Developing digital learning support materials;
March 2005: Design Intensive: Buenos Aires (DHA 5196),
University of Minnesota & University of Buenos Aires, Argentina
May 2004: Classrooms of the Future Symposium X,
Macalester College, St. Paul, MN Keynote speaker
Learner-centered learning
April 2004: The Center for Teaching and Learning
and Instructional Technology, Minnesota State Colleges and Universities
Presentation The Study Guides Website: Developing and
using digital learning support materials.
August 2003 Scuola Superiore G. Reiss Romoli
Summer 2003 Conference (SSGRR) Invited plenary
address and co-presenter, sponsored by Italian Telecom Learning
Services in L'Aquila, Italy. SSGRR is an international conference
on advances in infrastructure for e-Business, e-Education, e-Science,
e-Medicine, and mobile technologies on the Internet Presentation
The Study Guides Website Crossing Institutional and Cultural
Boundaries (Content, Development, Usage)
2002 - 2003: School of Continuing Education, University
of St. Thomas
Workshops Keys to Effective Learning
for adult learners; developing strategies for effective learning
April 2003: Higher education technology speaker series,
University of St. Thomas
Presentations How do people
find your web site? Writing for the Web.
January 2003: Bush Grant presentation, University
of St. Thomas
Inquiry-based learning learner attributes
(session presentation)
May 2002: Classrooms of the Future VIII Hamline University,
St. Paul, MN
Concept and mind mapping (session presentation)
May 2001: Classrooms of the Future VII Symposium
Managing Technology Projects (session presentation)
A Road Map for Crossing the Digital Divide
November 2001: Association for Educational Communications
and Technology
Developing a Technology Conference
(session presentation) Annual International Conference, Atlanta,
Georgia
November 2001: AETC-11/10/01 & COTF-5/23/02
Workshop Developing Departmental Web sites
1976 - 1996 大阪学院大学/Osaka Gakuin University, Osaka,
Japan and the University of St. Thomas.
Developer/Instructor,
English as a Second Language Program, An intensive reading
and writing course with stories developed on family immigrants
to North & South America
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