Sheri German
Summary of Qualifications
 Highly experienced teacher, author, and presenter of software applications
 Skilled in the application of Adobe and web technologies
 Experienced in teaching in PC or Mac labs
Professional Experience
2007–present
Montgomery College, Rockville, MD.
Instructor
 Taught Spring 2007 in the Art and Advertising department of the CAT program
(Dreamweaver and Fireworks CSS/Web Standards class)
 Taught Web Design (with Dreamweaver, CSS, XHTML, and Web Standards) in Fall
2007
 Teaching an online Adobe Connect Fireworks class in 2008.
2000–2006
Trinity University, Washington, D.C.
Instructor
 Taught in the School of Professional Studies (Web design and development classes),
the School of Education (Teacher Technology), and Department of Communications
(Electronic Imaging with Photoshop, Illustrator and Fireworks)
 Summer 2006 taught Teach for America graduate students working towards an M.A.
in education through Trinity University
 Ran Trinity workshops through a Federal PT3 Grant to improve technology skills in
higher education.
2000–2009
Government Printing Office, D.C.
Instructor
 Instructor for the Federal Institute for Printing and Electronic Publishing: Web
technologies such as Dreamweaver, Fireworks, CSS, and HTML
 Instructor, for IFPEP GPO, DODDS (Dept. of Defense Dependent Schools), June–
July 2001 San Diego Community College, CA —Trained 20 art teachers, who taught
children of US military personnel stationed in Korea and Japan, in the use of
Photoshop, Illustrator, InDesign, and Painter
 Presenter for GPO IFPEP April 23–25, 2002, DoD Interlaboratory Committee on
Editing and Publishing Conference ILCEP (Sponsored by the United States Naval
Academy, Annapolis, MD) 508 Accessibility Laws and Creating Web Sites
2004–present
Community MX (online)
Partner/Writer
 Coordinate the JumpStarts program that produces CSS-based, Web Standards
Dreamweaver/Fireworks templates
 Write articles and tutorials: http://www.communitymx.com/author.cfm?cid=1177
 Presenter at the CMX TODcon conference each year
1996–present
Various Venues
 Web developer of CSS-based, Web Standards sites
Web developer
2005–present
Adobe Education Leader
 http://www.adobe.com/resources/education/k12/special/leaders/profiles/sgerman.html
 Articles at the Adobe Education portal:
http://www.adobe.com/resources/education/article/
 Conducted a Adobe Connect seminar on new CSS features in Dreamweaver
 Was a featured speaker at the 2006 Adobe MAX conference:
http://www.adobe.com/events/max/speaker_bios/#g
 Presented a Fireworks/Dreamweaver/CSS workshop at MAX 2007
http://adobemax2007.com/na/speakers/listing/
Publications
 Author: The Dreamweaver 8 Visual Encyclopedia by Kim Cavanaugh and Sheri
German ISBN: 0471751766 (Publisher: Wiley)
 Authored CMX CSS Snippets Collections Part One and Part Two
http://www.communitymx.com/abstract.cfm?cid=05ce4 and
http://www.communitymx.com/abstract.cfm?cid=F9B3D: CSS hacks and
productivity snippets purchased by Macromedia for its developers CD
 212 articles and tutorials at Community MX
 Articles and tutorials for the Washington Apple Pi Mac User Group
 Own training guides for GPO classes, the most recent of which were CSS/Web
Standards training materials for a tutorial I gave at National Institute of Standards
and Technology (NIST) in Gaithersburg, MD
 Dreamweaver 8, CS3, CS4, CS5, CS5.5 and CS6 courses for the Home Learning
College in UK; http://www.homelearningcollege.com
 Tech Editor for the GoLive to Dreamweaver conversion document and extension
(authored by Adobe employees)
 Fireworks to Dreamweaver series at the Adobe DevNet center online:
http://www.adobe.com/devnet/fireworks/articles/web_standards_layouts_pt1.html
 Tech editor for Fireworks Classroom in a Book CS5.5 and CS6
 Many others – complete list available upon request
Education
 M.A. in Music, American University, Washington, D.C.
(Awarded a graduate assistantship to the Music Librarian)
 B.A. in Literature, American University, Washington, D.C.
Certifications
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Certificate, Desktop Publishing Center for Professional Development, George
Washington University, Washington, D.C.
Certification, Macromedia Dreamweaver 4 Developer, Macromedia, Inc.
Certification, Macromedia Dreamweaver DMX 2004 Developer,
http://www.macromedia.com/v1/handlers/index.cfm?ID=24173#G
References available upon request