Vocalist: flamenco, fado, French, Italian, Spanish, classic jazz, etc Sewing machine rehabber/re-homer Foreign language educator (Spanish, ESL) Content writer and editor I’m a retired professor of Spanish and ESL. My main activities now are singing – flamenco, and classic vocals in six languages – and rehabbing and re-homing vintage sewing machines.

My online-only papers and informational web pages(Published papers on CV page) “MOOing in a foreign language: how, why, and who?” – paper written for the Information Technology Education Connection’s International Virtual Conference/Exhibition on Schooling and the Information Superhighway, 1996“MOO and Chat: what’s the big difference to the language learner?” – informal paper, recently updated (12/1/00). […]

Multi-user Virtual Environments (MUVEs) My experience in the development of the use of the Internet for foreign language education goes back to 1993. I have concentrated most heavily on email and Multi-User Domains (MUDs) like MOO and VICs, but have used and created email forums, websites, and a variety of chat environments for my students […]

Skills summary Teacher: teaching and training adults in academia and privately, face-to-face and online. Proficient in Blackboard, Angel, Canvas and Moodle. Writer, editor, proofreader:  published author, over five years experience as print and online writer/editor, deep understanding of language. Online community developer: created and administered dozens of online communities for a variety of platforms that have […]