Debby Kilburn
Full-time Computer Information Systems faculty
COURSES TAUGHT
-
CSCI C101 Intro to
Computers
- CSCI C251 - Introduction To Structured Computer Programming with
Visual Basic
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CSCI C181/MA 115
Web Design with HTML
BIO
I live in Springville,
California, which is located in the foothills of the Sierra Nevada
mountains. I share my life with five wonderful and quickly growing
children (Andy, 16; Kymberly, 14; Emilee, 8; Rachel, 6; and Matt, 5). We
have about 9 goats, a horse, too many chickens, 2 Labrador retrievers, a
golden retriever puppy, and 15 cats (at last count). My family is active
in The Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day
Saints, 4-H, and swimming.
I completed my MA in Educational Technology from Pepperdine University
in July 2003. My main focus was researching how to foster communities of
practice in my classes and among the faculty that I mentor. I enjoyed
all of my courses, but felt like I gained the most from the Leadership
and Technology, Mentoring, and Managing Technologies for Changes
classes. My Pepperdine
artifacts page details some of the major insights I gained along the
way.
I took the scenic route to my bachelor's degree at
California State University, Fresno.
After 9 years, I graduated with a degree in Linguistics and a minor in
English. I stayed at home with little kids for a while, substitute
teaching K12 for a couple of years. In January 1997,
Porterville College hired me to
create an Intro to Internet
class. I accepted a full time faculty position there in June 2001 and
grew the distance ed program 300% in two years. I am now starting a new
phase of my academic career and have accepted a tenure-track computer
information systems position at Cerro Coso College. I am thrilled to
have the opportunity to work at a school that will allow me to pursue my
first passion, teaching, while putting me to good use in their distance
education program.
I LOVE teaching and really love teaching computers, programming, and web
design. It is amazing to have this much fun and actually get paid for
it. I like to read history-related books, hang-out in the goat pen,
train and compete with dogs (agility
and
obedience), and learn new programming tricks. One thing I really
enjoyed was raising a couple of guide-dog puppies for
Guide Dogs for the Blind in San
Rafael. That was a wonderful project! Chocolate makes me a happy camper,
and Ghirardhelli Mint Chocolate
makes me a VERY happy camper!
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Karen O'Connor
Full-time Business Office Technology faculty
COURSES TAUGHT
- CSCI C101 Introduction to Computers
- CSCI C121 Beginning Word
- CSCI C123 Beginning Excel
- CSCI C125 Beginning Access
- CSCI C127 Beginning PowerPoint
BIO
Hi, My name is Karen O'Connor and I am looking forward to beginning
my first
year at Cerro Coso Community College as Business Technology Instructor.
I have
taught in the Applied Business field for 19 years in British Columbia,
Canada,
where my parents immigrated when I was a child. Born in Seattle
Washington, I am
looking forward to my return to the US.
I have completed a Master's Degree in Education from Simon Fraser
University
(Vancouver, British Columbia) in 1999 as well as the Instructor's
Diploma
program in 1989. In 1998 I earned Microsoft Certification in MS Access.
My experience has included teaching courses both on and off site and I
received
a provincial award for Innovation in Educational Technology in 1999 for
ground
breaking work putting an office technology program online. I love
exploring new
ways to use technology to enhance learning almost as much as I love
helping
people discover and continue lifelong learning for themselves.
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