User:Lkirkner

Welcome to the WikiPage of Laurie Kirkner!

This page will serve as an HTML practice page.

 brief bio  I have spent much of my adult life working in education, not entirely surprising given that both my parents work in higher education & have instilled a deep appreciation for the freedom gained through education. I currently work as system administrator/Internet technician/online course designer at a large community college in northern Indiana. I have, under the mentorship of a dear friend and colleague, melded two loves of my life: technology and education. I've been in the Instructional Systems Technology MS program for almost 2 years and I love it. It's slow going because I have to squeeze courses into a very hectic life, but I have enjoyed my languid progression through the classes. I hope to continue on in higher education, although some rudimentary investigations have piqued my interest in professional training and development. Time will tell, as they say, but I believe that I am on a path very suited to my strengths and my goals.

 websites 
 * educational
 * "English department of the University of Notre Dame"
 * "Instructional Systems Technology at Indiana University, Bloomington"


 * personal
 * "A personal IT page"
 * I made this page the other day when I stumbled across Google's Page Creator. It's pretty template driven, so I don't think that I like it all that well, but for someone who wants just the basic plug-n-chug kind of website creation, it works.
 * "My faculty web page"
 * Again, this is something that I just recently starting experimenting with. Until I find the time to take a web design class, I'm self-teaching (and kind of self-medicating *wink*) along the way!