Professor, Computer Information Systems
Office Phone Number:
(214) 860-2377
Office Number:
A425
e-Mail:
geaster@dcccd.edu
What Do I Teach?
- Microsoft Office Certification Courses
- Web Authoring
- Keyboarding
- Presentation Media Software (User Documentation)
- PC Operating Systems
- PC Data Entry
- Introduction to Computers
- Application Problem Solving
Educational Background:
- Masters of Education, University of North Texas, Denton, Texas
- Bachelor of Science in Education, Dallas Baptist University, Dallas, Texas
- Leadership Training Program, Dale Carnegie, Dallas, Texas
- Management Training Program, Dallas, Texas
Experience:
- 24 years teaching experience with the DCCCD
- one year DCCCD Chancellor's Intern for Legislative Affairs
- one year public school teaching
- 10 years managerial experience
- 7 years - program coordinator experience
- Competency based curriculum specialist - designing, writing, implementing, and training
Distance Education:
- I provide a distance education component to all of the courses I teach.
- In addition to teaching distance education courses I am responsible for the coordination of all distance education courses, currently 40 courses, offered in the Information Technology Division.
Awards:
- Minnie Stevens Piper Award, El Centro College, 2003-2004
- Winner of the DCCCD Special Program Instructor of the Year Award, 1991
- Winner of the Texas Technical Society Educator of the Year, 1991
- Winner of Annual Esprit de Corps Award for Commitment to Excellence, 1989
- Who's Who in American Colleges and Universities, University of North Texas, 1989
- Who's Who Among Community College Educators, 2001, 2002, 2003, 2004, 2005
Publications:
- Data Entry Applications and Procedures, Kendall/Hunt Publishers
- Data Entry Applications and Procedures, 2nd Edition, Kendall/Hunt Publishers
- WordPerfect 5.1 Made Easy, Kendall/Hunt Publishers
- WordPerfect Made Easy, Kendall/Hunt Publishers
- "The One Minute Paper Modified," Community College League of California Educational Publication