JON ROSS :: web designer || documentary video maker || Climate Project Presenter

Certified Climate Project Presenter

January 2007
I am a certified presenter for The Climate Project. This means I am authorized to present Al Gore's "An Inconvenient Truth" presentation from the following sources:
- The web site: www.theclimateproject.org
- The Book: An Inconvenient Truth: The Planetary Emergency of Global Warming and What We Can Do About It
- The DVD: An Inconvenient Truth [ movie trailer ] [ what you can do ] [ Al Gore with Charlie Rose ]

Professional Categories:

Lecturer, Facilitator, Instructor, Workshop Leader, Consultant.

Related Education:

Graduate Studies: University of Pennsylvania - Computer Education / Temple University - Earth & Space Science Education [certificate]
Graduate Studies: University of Pennsylvania - Energy Policy - dept. closed | link to news article

Undergraduate Studies: International College - BA in Comprehensive Anticipatory Design Science
 the field of study developed by architect R. Buckminster Fuller.  Mentor and Tutor: Medard Gabel
 - see Bucky Fuller Institute and BigPicture / SmallWorld for description of area of study.
 - thesis statement | thesis project-1 | thesis project-2 | The Solar Spaceport Initiative

- credit transferred from Southern California Institute of Architecture - SCI-ARC
    undergraduate design projects: Low Earth Orbit Habitat | Arizona Wind Tower proposal (co-developed with Harry Braun)

Experience:

I've led UPENN summer workshops on the geometric modeling of Carbon-60 molecules and the geometrically-accurate map of planet Earth invented by Bucky Fuller.

As a computer science teacher, I managed Macintosh and PC computer labs in high and middle schools in the Philadelphia area. While at Girard College high school, I initiated a proposal to use a Pittsburgh supercomputer linked to the computer lab to teach physics, math, and computer science as a single course which would have been called scientific visualization.

· Computer Science Instructor: Girard College High School, Philadelphia PA.
· Mathematics/Computer Instructor: Bucks County Community College, Newtown, PA.
· Computer Science Instructor: School District of Philadelphia, Phila., PA.
· Mathematics/Computer Instructor: Discovery Program, University of Pennsylvania.
· Mathematics Instructor: Upward Bound Program, Drexel University, Philadelphia, PA.

Qualifications:

- 3-day intensive workshop and training led by Al Gore
- recommendations from R. Buckminster Fuller 1976 | 1983
- Extensively trained in leading and motivating teams of 4-5 individuals with varied skill sets.
- various coaching and project assisting capacities, most recently the Team Management and Leadership Program.
  Landmark Education, Philadelphia, PA. (3/98 to present)
  (http://www.landmarkeducation.com | http://www.lebd.com)

Software Skills:

Working knowledge of the following:
* Adobe/Macromedia Flash, Dreamweaver, Fireworks, Photoshop, and Premiere Pro
* Microsoft Windows, Microsoft FrontPage, Access, Word, Excel, Powerpoint
* Apple MacOS, Linux OS, Sun SolarisOS
* HTML, ASP, DHTML, JavaScript, Actionscript
* Familiar with Project Management and Tracking tools such as MS Project, Visio

Contact Information:

215.873.0318 phone | jonross_at_oneworldbar_dot_com