About Me: Paul Schlegelmann
My name is Paul Schlegelmann and I’m currently employed as a part-time instructor (2+ years so far) at Linn-Benton Community College in Albany/Corvallis, Oregon. I teach digital photography, Photoshop, and computer classes – operating systems and applications (both credit & non-credit classes). I have a Bachelor’s degree in Computer Science and worked for many years at Hewlett-Packard starting as a software engineer, R&D Project Manager (managed teams who developed the first HP PCs), and ending as an IT Program/Project Manager. I am also a certified Project Manager (PMP) via PMI. One of my 12+ different jobs/careers at HP included designing and developing technical training for support personal (video-based training).
Photography is a passion for me and it’s been fun to share my knowledge, experience, and passion for it with my students. It really helps also to add a creative and artistic element to my heavily-technology focused life.
I looked into getting an MFA in Photography (to teach full time) but it was extremely expensive, required moving most likely, and ended in a field with minimal opportunities (Photography programs are being dumped throughout the country). Unfortunately, a dead end for me…
The Master of Science in Eduction: Information Technology program (which I just started this term) seems to be a perfect melding of my older careers and knowledge in the computer/technology industry with my recent career of teaching.
Having a substantial technical background, I’m hoping this and other courses will help me with applications of various technologies in education. I’m sure there are many other technologies that I know nothing about that this class can help make me aware of. Most of my life has been around creating technologies for others… it’s now time for me to be a ‘user’ of technology, not just a creator, and utilize those technologies for benefiting and teaching others…
The banner photo at the top of this web page is of my family and I taken in 2008. As you can see, I have 2 children (5th & 3rd graders) and a wonderful wife who is very supportive of my working 2 part-time jobs while full time in the Master's program at WOU. In my infrequent spare time, I love to hike in Oregon's mountains and forests and photograph the beauty of nature all around me.
My Experience With Geospatial Technologies
I love maps of all kinds. When I was a kid, I used to pour over atlases for hours, closely inspecting the maps and intrigued by the all the foreign countries. It engendered my love for travel and I've been to Europe, Africa, Asia, Central America and all over the United States and Canada. I've used a GPS for routing while driving and while walking within a city - both a dedicated GPS unit and GPS capabillity built into my smartphone. My family and I have used a GPS for the 'sport' of geocaching - searching for 'buried treasure' as my kids like to call it. I've used Google Maps to study locations I'm interested in and to create routing for trips. I've 'played' with Google Earth as a means to vicariously travel all over the world - in some ways, it's an old-fashioned atlas on steriods. I have not yet tried out augmented reality via my phone or otherwise - it sounds intriguing and it would be fun to explore and learn it's capabilities.
Photography is a passion for me and it’s been fun to share my knowledge, experience, and passion for it with my students. It really helps also to add a creative and artistic element to my heavily-technology focused life.
I looked into getting an MFA in Photography (to teach full time) but it was extremely expensive, required moving most likely, and ended in a field with minimal opportunities (Photography programs are being dumped throughout the country). Unfortunately, a dead end for me…
The Master of Science in Eduction: Information Technology program (which I just started this term) seems to be a perfect melding of my older careers and knowledge in the computer/technology industry with my recent career of teaching.
Having a substantial technical background, I’m hoping this and other courses will help me with applications of various technologies in education. I’m sure there are many other technologies that I know nothing about that this class can help make me aware of. Most of my life has been around creating technologies for others… it’s now time for me to be a ‘user’ of technology, not just a creator, and utilize those technologies for benefiting and teaching others…
The banner photo at the top of this web page is of my family and I taken in 2008. As you can see, I have 2 children (5th & 3rd graders) and a wonderful wife who is very supportive of my working 2 part-time jobs while full time in the Master's program at WOU. In my infrequent spare time, I love to hike in Oregon's mountains and forests and photograph the beauty of nature all around me.
My Experience With Geospatial Technologies
I love maps of all kinds. When I was a kid, I used to pour over atlases for hours, closely inspecting the maps and intrigued by the all the foreign countries. It engendered my love for travel and I've been to Europe, Africa, Asia, Central America and all over the United States and Canada. I've used a GPS for routing while driving and while walking within a city - both a dedicated GPS unit and GPS capabillity built into my smartphone. My family and I have used a GPS for the 'sport' of geocaching - searching for 'buried treasure' as my kids like to call it. I've used Google Maps to study locations I'm interested in and to create routing for trips. I've 'played' with Google Earth as a means to vicariously travel all over the world - in some ways, it's an old-fashioned atlas on steriods. I have not yet tried out augmented reality via my phone or otherwise - it sounds intriguing and it would be fun to explore and learn it's capabilities.