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Technology
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Student Affairs professional needs to be able to use
technology in their own personal and professional
development as well as a part of interactions with
students, staff, and faculty. Technology skills
may include the ability to use e-mail, video
conferencing, electronic databases, multi-media use in
presentations, the use of the internet and online
resources, and experience with web-design.
Microsoft Access Database
Microsoft Excel Spreadsheets
Village View Publications
Website Creation - Microsoft
FrontPage
Internet Skills, Microsoft
Outlook, and Microsoft PowerPoint
Microsoft Access Database:
As a part of my independent
study in which I co-wrote an article with John Hoffman
titled, "Predicting College Success with High School
Grades and Test Scores: Limitations for Minority
Students", I created a Microsoft Access database to help
organize the information for the literature review.
This database allowed me to sort information by various
categories. It was helpful when writing the literature
review because it reminded me of what articles held
specific types of information. This was also helpful
because the database included all of the APA citation
information for the articles used in the research. This
database kept information organized and accessible. It
was much easier to create and use the Access database
than to try and sort through information by looking at
paper alone.
I had never used the Microsoft
Access database program before this writing project. I
was able to learn a new program and gain valuable
experience which I believe will transfer to other jobs.
Microsoft Access is a program that I will use in the
future to organize information regarding judicial cases,
resident contact information, etc.
Access
Database Created for Article
Microsoft Excel
Spreadsheets:
Part of my job as a Residence
Director involves creating and maintaining a budget for
my living area. As a way of helping me keep track of
the money I spend, I created a Microsoft Excel
spreadsheet. This spreadsheet includes detailed categories to
closely track the money that I have spent and the money
that I have left. It also uses fairly complex formulas
to keep track of the numbers and transfer information to
a summary page. Although I had some experience with
Microsoft Excel, my understanding of this program has
grown immensely as I have worked as a Residence
Director. I am learning the value of using programs to
help me stay organized. Though it takes time to
understand the dynamics of programs like Microsoft
Excel, it is worth the effort. My budget spreadsheet
was used as a model to create a universal budget
spreadsheet for all of the Residence Director's at APU.
Microsoft Excel Budget 2003-2004 - Spreadsheet
Microsoft Excel Budget
2004-2005 - Spreadsheet
Village View Publications:
As a Resident Director at Cal
Poly Pomona, Foundation Housing Service, I helped create
a monthly publication titled the "Village View"; each of
the Resident Directors was responsible to create four
Village View publications during the year. This
newsletter contained information for the residents in
the living area. It had sections on people working in
the Village, important dates, upcoming programs,
information from the Director, and random other
information. I grew in my understanding of the
Microsoft Publisher program as well as my understanding
of how to create a relevant newsletter for the
population with which I work.
Village View - September, 2002
Village View - March, 2003
Village View - June, 2003
Website Creation-Microsoft
FrontPage:
I have had the chance to create
two websites as requirements for the College Student
Affairs (CSA) program at APU. The first website was
created during my Intro to CSA class. This site helped
me learn the basics of web creation. It included very
general information about me, school, friends, and
family. The second website is the one that you are
looking at currently. This website was created to show
my learning and experience in 12 competency areas while
I have been in the CSA program.
Creating websites challenged
me. I had never before worked with any sort of
web-design. Microsoft FrontPage was actually a fairly
easy program to learn and understand. The skills I
gained through working on the websites will be helpful
and relevant as our society is becoming more and more
dependent on the internet.
Internet Skills, Microsoft
Outlook, and Microsoft PowerPoint:
Other technology skills that I
am comfortable working with include the use of the
internet for research, Microsoft Outlook as a means of
communication (mainly through e-mail), and the use of
Microsoft PowerPoint when presenting information to
others. These skills have been developed both in my job
as a Residence Director and as a student in the CSA
program. For many of the papers that I have written, I
have used APU's online library database to do research.
In my job, I use Microsoft Outlook on a daily basis;
this program allows me to easily send e-mails to those I
work with as well as helps me stay organized due to use
of the calendar and appointment scheduler. In many of
my classes, I have played a role in creating Microsoft
PowerPoint presentations on a variety of topics.
APU's Library Database
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