408 Seattle Computer Programming Lessons

...In addition to my educational background, I've traveled extensively in India and southeast Asia, I've taught acrobatics and yoga, and I love to draw and paint. As a teacher, I proceed systematically, first identifying those concepts that aren't yet understood, and then working with patience and diligence, from the ground up, until the student really... read more

...With a group of 4 other people, we wrote a game that ran in the Windows console environment. The game used ASCII-style graphics and was thousands of lines of code. I've also written many smaller utilities in C and have some experience with basic data structures and algorithms. My first experience programming was when I was an early teenager and... read more

...Along with the skills that I bring in these technical fields of study I bring experience from tutoring fellow students during graduate school. In my free time I enjoy playing team sports like soccer and basketball, which has made me a well rounded individual who can relate to most students. I believe that my understanding of subject matter, teaching... read more

...Besides understanding the capabilities of different versions of Word, I can help in document creation, layout and formatting, as well as building references and indexes. While able to discuss advanced topics, I also enjoy helping beginning users learn to get around and create their first Word documents. As a course developer, trainer, and presenter... read more

...It feels good to help, and is also very much a learning experience for me. I'm not sure if I consider myself to be an expert educator, but I am patient and often insightful. Whenever possible I avoid simply giving the answer, because we learn more effectively when we understand the processes and make the connections ourselves. Everyone learns in... read more