Emad Goda
5924 Bond CT, Alexandria, VA 22315
Cell: 703-340-4751
Email: dr_comp92@yahoo.co.uk
Objective: To contribute to and advance in one or more of the fields of instructional design, special education, and information technology infrastructure.
Basic Qualifications:
- Master’s in Instructional Technology Design, George Mason U., GPA 3.92 (Dec 07)
- Graduate Certificate in Assistive Technology, George Mason University (Dec 07)
- Bachelor’s Degree in Educational Technology, Ain-Shams U., Cairo, Egypt (May 94)
- Fluent in Arabic (native) and English, working knowledge of American sign language
- Arabic teacher for Alpha Omega language school, Fairfax, Virginia (summer 07)
- Experience in self-employment: Owner of Heart Systems, Cairo, Egypt (99 – 04)
- Versatile in hardware and software maintenance and development (both PC and Mac)
- Awarded Phi Beta Delta honor society medallion and membership 2007.
Work Experience:
- Curriculum Development and Training
- Educational Technology Specialist (95 – 02)
General Administration for Educational Media, Ministry of Education, Cairo Egypt
- Responsible for producing syllabi for 4th – 6th grades on VHS
- Added animations, sound effects, and musical background.
- Set up AV equipment and videoconference.
- Responsible for maintaining hard/software and regular maintenance for AV equipment.
- Produced syllabi for the 4th grade on compact discs using interactive multimedia software
- Added action script.
- Added sound effects.
- IT specialist, September (95-99 )
Technology Development Center for Education, Ministry of Education, Cairo, Egypt.
- Worked on national technology campaign to give remote areas access to computers and technology.
- Responsible for installing new technology labs in schools.
- Trained a stuff in each city who could operate, maintain, and troubleshoot this new technology.
- Responsible for maintaining technology equipment in two cities in Upper Egypt.
- Teaching
- Arabic Language Instructor (Summer 07)
Alpha Omega Arabic schools, Fairfax, VA.
- Designing educational materials.
- Teach Arabic language for elementary level.
- Computer Teacher, (00 - 01)
Magdi Baby Home Language Schools, Cairo, Egypt
- Worked as a computer courses teacher for middle and high school students.
- Taught DOS, Windows 98, Word processing, Power Point, and Visual Basic.
- Average of 40 students per class.
- Technology Resource Teacher (94 - 95)
Multimedia Lab, El Nokrashi Secondary School, Cairo, Egypt
- Advised teachers on appropriate equipment and materials to support their lessons.
- Implementing technology in classrooms to meet instructor needs.
- Screened students for the Young Inventor Program, an initiative encouraging student creativity and innovation.
- Conducted videoconferences to connect the school to other centers across the Egypt.
- Special Education
Assistive Technology internship with Fairfax County Public Schools
- Worked with students with Learning Disability, Physical disability and Emotional Disability.
- Used AT software (Draftbuilder, word prediction) to improve reading and writing skills.
- Assistive Technology Specialist. (06 – Present)
Assistive Technology Lab George Mason University, Fairfax, VA
- Assist instructors with the appropriate Assistive Technology for their students with disabilities.
- Provide advising for students to select technology meeting their special needs.
- Provide technical support and solve troubleshooting.
- Train learners on using the lab AT equipment.
- Helping Access Ministry in McLean Bible church for children with disabilities
- Acted as an assistant teacher for students with disabilities.
- Shams El-Ber Community. El-Giza, Egypt. (volunteer 01- 03).
- Worked with abandoned children who have disabilities.
- Used computers to teach basic reading and writing skills and to improve intellectual skills.
- Helped in vocational education.
- Department of Special Needs, St. John’s center, Cairo, Egypt (98 – 00)
- Helped to establish a new center for educating students with mental disabilities.
- Heaped to remediate some behaviors issues.
- Information Technology and Self-Employment Experience
- Owner of Heart Systems (99 to 04)
- Started a small business for selling and maintaining PCs and PC accessories
- Solved software and hardware problems, assembled PCs
- Provided sales, marketing, and customer service
- Hardware: Technical support for hardware, PC and established networks assembler
- Software: Dreamweaver, Flash, HTML, Adobe Photoshop, Director, CSS, and operating systems
- Web Development:
- Katrina summer relief: handicapped-accessible website - http://mason.gmu.edu/~egoda
- My portfolio: http://mason.gmu.edu/~egoda/601/index.html
- Boadcasting: The Guide of Accessible Restraints in D.C Area. edit.gmu.edu/575/egoda
Other Education and Conferences:
- Diploma in Aiding and Supporting People with Special Needs, Coptic Orthodox Bishopric of Services, Cairo, Egypt (September 2003)
- E-learning Symposium June 2007
- CCHP 2006 Conference University of Linze, Austria. IT in Education focusing on technology in Special Education.
