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  • Website: Case Study on a Parish Weblog

    I maintain the parish website at http://parish.queenofangelschicago.org/. Here’s a summary of the website strategy & structure, some stats on the site, and some thinking for the future. Underlying strategy The site launched in the Spring of 2004 after a few months of planning and development There were a couple of main impetuses for the site– one…

  • Training: “Websites for Small Businesses” in Rogers Park

    Today I began teaching a new course that I wrote– “Websites for Small Businesses”. The course is sponsored by DevCorp North. Here’s the first night materials: Websites for Small Businesses from Daniel X. O’Neil This is a custom 9-hour course taught in three-hour stretches over three days. Syllabus as follows: Learn How to Create & Maintain…

  • Workshop: Finding Yourself in Stuff: Identity in Found Poetry and Collage

    Here’s a workshop I conducted today at 826CHI. WORKSHOP CHECKLIST: 1. Detailed explanation: see below 2. Syllabus: see below 3. Sessions: One session of 1.5 or 2 hours (see below for timing) 4. Dates/ times: I can do Monday or Wednesday weekday evening or any weekend afternoon 5. Age range: workshop can accommodate any of…

  • Training: Deanery Planning Website

    Today I conducted a computer training class of a joint Web site shared among all parishes in the Deanery, including St. Alphonsus, St. Thomas of Canterbury, St. Mary of the Lake, Queen of Angels, Our Lady of Lourdes, St. Andrew, St. Matthias & Transfiguration, St. Benedict, Immaculate Heart of Mary, and Gordon Tech.  

  • Training: Poetry Lesson Plans Galore

    Over the last few years, I’ve developed a number of poetry lesson plans and delivered them to schools all over the Chicago area. Here they are, for sharing and safe-keeping. FOUND POEMS Objective: Students will be introduced to the idea of found poetry– poetry that they find, isolate, and elevate. –We start by talking about…

  • Training: Bilingual (Spanish/ English) Computer Training

    Today after 12:30 Spanish language mass at Queen of Angels Parish (2-4 PM), I led a class for  basic computer skills– operating system, word processing, internet searching, to Spanish speakers. Some upshots: Over 20 people attended 5 biluingual speakers who served as proctors/ translators/ helpers for others All attendees succeeded in obtaining Yahoo! Mail acocunts…

  • Training: Week-Long Computer Camp for Kids at Wright College

    This month I taught a course of 15 elementary and high school students in a week-long “computer camp”. We had a great set of people who were eager to learn and well-behaved. On the first day of class we learned about our backgrounds with computers and the rules that we all followed at home about…