User:Jacob J. Walker

Most of the stuff that I was developing here, I have moved to the Effective Education wiki. As more stuff is developed there, I plan to freely move back the progress that is made there back to Wikiversity and Wikibooks. For the time being, developing these ideas on their own site gives more flexibility and allows for more creation.

Creation of New Educational Ideas

 * Wikiversity: Systems And Tools Educational Model
 * Wikiversity: Public Pupil Pizza Project
 * Wikiversity: Extraordinary School Project
 * Wikiversity: Economic Leap Frogging through Trading Information via the Internet
 * Wikiversity: Human Democratic News

Expanding the Use of Existing Ideas in Education

 * applied academics
 * Teaching with Applied Academics
 * Teaching with Applied Academics
 * Secretary's Commission on Achieving Necessary Skills (SCANS)
 * Bachelor of Vocational Education
 * How to Become a Vocational Teacher
 * List of films about school

Other Educational Ideas and Organizations

 * How to Become a School Administrator
 * Find Employment
 * How to pass the SLLA
 * Continuing education unit
 * Career Clusters
 * Grant Adult Education
 * Grant Joint Union High School District
 * User:Jacob Walker/Education for Americans about the Culture of Arab Israelis Project

WikiMedia Reference Pages
The following are pages that I utilize on a regular basis


 * Citation Templates
 * Help:Interwiki linking
 * Special:Boardvote

My Educational & WikiMedia Philosophy
My goal in life is to make meaningful contributions to this planet by sharing what I have learned with others. I have chosen Wikiversity as one of the primary places to be able to share for the following reasons:


 * 1) I want these ideas to be available to everyone, regardless of economic resources.  WikiMedia projects allow this by using the  GPL, and not charging for their site.
 * 2) I want these ideas to spread as far as possible.  WikiMedia projects, especially Wikipedia, have attracted a large number of readers and contributors.
 * 3) I believe the best ideas are those that have been collaborated on.  By the very nature of being a Wiki, the WikiMedia projects embody this concept.
 * 4) I want to be able to communicate these ideas in a standard format with a single "language" so I can focus more on the content and less on the creation.  WikiMedia's wiki has become the de facto standard on the Internet.

My philosophy at this point is, whenever possible and appropriate, to do my creation of content on Wikiversity or related Wikimedia project. On many of these projects, I will not necessarily seek out collaboration, but I am very open to collaborating with whoever wants to join and help. Some projects may be created out of personal need, such as writing a paper for an in-person class I am teaching or I am taking, others will be created here purely as Wiki projects.

Del Oro High School
Loomis, CA - 1990-1994


 * Graduated with about a 3.5 GPA
 * SAT Verbal: 550 (85th national percentile)
 * SAT Math: 660 (91st national percentile)
 * Earned High Honors in my Economics Golden State Examination (I believe this was in the 99th percentile)
 * Received the Tandy Technology Scholars Outstanding Student Award for Del Oro
 * Received the Bank of America Achievement Award in the field of Computer Studies

Sierra College
Rocklin, CA - 1993-1997 (Plus extra classes)


 * Earned my AA in Computer Science - Management Information Systems
 * My current GPA is 3.369
 * Earned 4th Place within Sierra College in the 1995-1996 National Mathematics Competition

California State Fair
(Non-Accredited and Non-Academic Institution) Sacramento, CA - 1996


 * College of Agricultural Knowledge - PhD (Honorary)
 * I won this while participating in a "quiz show", so it doesn't really mean anything :-)

California State University Sacramento
Sacramento, CA - 2001-2007


 * Originally in the Bachelors of Vocational Education Program
 * 4.0 GPA
 * Transfered to Charter Oak State College

Charter Oak State College
Distance Learning (Connecticut) - Fall 2007


 * I plan on transferring to finish my B.S. degree with a focus on Technology Education

California State University Sacramento
Distance Learning (Sacramento, CA) - 2009-2010 (Planned)


 * I plan on getting my Masters degree, most likely with the iMet program through CSUS
 * User:Jacob Walker/iMet Cohort 11 – Statement of Purpose

MIT
A Dream?


 * My Application

University of Non-Institutional Education
(Self Accredited) 2003-Present


 * Working towards my Bachelors of Management Science degree in Business Systems, CIS Emphasis
 * This degree is part of the Schools Of Non-Institutional Education concept

Designated Subjects Vocational Education Teaching Credential: Full Time

 * Issued by the California Commission on Teacher Credentialing
 * Authorized Subjects: Computer Applications
 * Issued on 8/6/2001

Designated Subjects Adult Education Teaching Credential: Full Time

 * Issued by the California Commission on Teacher Credentialing
 * Authorized Subjects: Computer Applications
 * Issued on 9/28/2001

WGNA Certified Network Engineer

 * Issued by the International Academy of Science
 * Issued on 5/17/2002

A+ Certified Professional

 * Issued by CompTIA
 * Career ID No.: COMP001001190741
 * Issued on 9/27/2004

Employment History
Coming Soon