Akilah Jackson, MS Software Engineering
Jack of all things cool and web-like
These days my professional identity is fractured in many roles. My primary role is that of technologist. When I’m not working with faculty or professing my love for the web to students, I’m also freelancing my skills as a software engineer.
ELMS Administrator/Learning Technologist
Akilah Jackson, ELMS Administrator, Learning Technologies group at the University of Maryland. Our goal is to make teaching and learning a lifestyle a choice. When I’m not providing technical support to faculty and staff, I’m tinkering with technology and co-leading the Drupal Users group on campus. You can learn more about what we do on our departmental website: http://otal.umd.edu
Skills and Software used:
LMS (Blackboard, Moodle, Sakai, Desire2Learn, Canvas), Camtasia, Jing, Drupal, Wordpress, MediaWiki, Streaming Media, Wimba, Skype, Twitter, Facebook, Widgets, ITIL, introspection, intuition, extroversion, creativity
Adjunct Faculty
Akilah Jackson, Adjunct for the Art Institute of York and the University of Maryland. I’m fully immersed in teaching and learning by facilitating courses on web development, database development and web scripting.
Skills and Software used:
LAMP/WAMP/MAMP, Javascript, SQL, dreamweaver, eclispe, subversion, patience, extroversion, creativity
Consultant, Software Engineer
Akilah Jackson, Consultant, Star Brite Information Services. I come up with brite ideas often and sometimes, people actually pay me for them. I like to take a human-centric approach to solving problems with technology. See my portfolio site : http://starbrite.info
Skills and Software Used:
Drupal, Wordpress, Joomla, Mambo, Dreamweaver, CSS, HTML, LAMP, Subversion, Eclispe, SQL, Access, SQL Server, Oracale, Jing, Social Media Integrations, MS Project, cohersion, extroversion, introspection, creativity
