Mr. Ford's Class

Howdy and wel­come to my site. My name is Scott Ford, M.Ed. This site has under­gone many changes through­out the years. From a Front­Page site, then to Dreamweave and finally Word­Press. This site serves as a launch­ing point to my eLearn­ings, as well as var­i­ous interests.

Edu­ca­tion Background:

In my opin­ion edu­ca­tion is truly one of the great­est equal­izer in our soci­ety.  It doesn’t mat­ter how poor your par­ents or fam­ily was. If you get an edu­ca­tion be it uni­ver­sity or in a trade skill you can choose what type of life you have.

 Only the edu­cated are free.

                           –Epicte­tus

I received my M.Ed. in 2008 from one of the nation’s top ranked pro­grams at Texas A&M. My focus was in edu­ca­tional tech­nol­ogy and instruc­tional design. In addi­tion to this degree I also hold a B.A. in psy­chol­ogy from the Uni­ver­sity of South Florida. As well as over 200 grad­u­ate hours in the biological/medical sciences.

My areas of exper­tise include: bio­log­i­cal sci­ences, com­puter repair (Comp­TIA A+, Net­work+, MCP, and MCDST cer­ti­fied), edu­ca­tional tech­nol­ogy, adult edu­ca­tion, and instruc­tional design.

I am cur­rently pur­su­ing an MPA (Mas­ter of Pub­lic Admin­is­tra­tion) from one of the nation’s top 20 ranked pro­grams at George Mason Uni­ver­sity. My focus is on emer­gency man­age­ment and home­land security.

Work Expe­ri­ence:

I have had the plea­sure of hav­ing many chap­ters in my life with regards to work.  For exam­ple when I was in high school I was a dish­washer, a cashier, and a pro­jec­tion­ist at a movie the­ater. I worked on an ice-cream truck for a sum­mer, cut grass another sum­mer, and started my own disc jockey busi­ness my senior year. In col­lege I worked for Tex­aco dur­ing the week­ends, col­lege radio (WBUL) once a week, and mobile DJ on occasion.

In Chi­ro­prac­tic Col­lege I was a free­lance writer for two local news­pa­pers review­ing bands and movies. I was a micro­bi­ol­ogy lab instruc­tor, and an anatomy and phys­i­ol­ogy teacher for the local mas­sage school.

In my “adult” life I have been an insur­ance sales per­son, com­puter repair tech­ni­cian, an owner of a mobile DJ busi­ness, club DJ, LIFE Skills teacher, high school life sci­ence teacher, a high school com­puter teacher, pro­fes­sional trainer, cur­ricu­lum devel­op­ers, and col­lege adjunct (Lone Star Col­lege). I have taught mid­dle school stu­dents, high school stu­dents, adults, the FBI and DEA.

Cur­rently I am an adjunct pro­fes­sor for North Vir­ginia (NOVA) Col­lege, and an online course devel­oper and Senior Instruc­tional Designer (con­trac­tor) for the US Government.

Where You Can Find Me:

You can find me online (thus the web­site) as well as teach­ing for NOVA Col­lege.  Check NOVA’s course sched­ule if you live in the area and want to enroll in my class.  Online you can find me in the fol­low­ing places:

• www.mrfordsclass.net (my orig­i­nal Anatomy and Phys­i­ol­ogy site)
• Help With Anatomy
• Easy Instruc­tional Design
• YouTube Chan­nel 
• UStream Chan­nel
• LinkedIn (I always wel­come invites)

I have also been known to present at var­i­ous con­fer­ences.  When I still lived in Texas I was a reg­u­lar pre­sen­ter and work­shop host for the Texas Com­puter Educ­tion Asso­ci­a­tion (TCEA)