Python programming curriculum for National Academy Foundation (NAF) schools
For the Pearson Charitable Foundation (Pearson plc) and the National Academy Foundation (NAF), we designed and created a Python programming curriculum for high school students: “Introduction to Programming using Python.”
The curriculum features complete instructor lesson plans, numerous programming examples, and reference material.
Portfolio item
Link to the current (2024) version of the Python programming curriculum:
https://ash.naf.org/public/learning/course/introduction-to-programming
ESL (“Non-native” English) editing: A History of Afghanistan
For an economist/historian, we edited a book titled A History of Afghanistan, which was written in English about his native country.
The project involved the following tasks:
- Improving the draft text
- Indexing the material
- Researching for additional information
- Adding tables and images
- Editing the non-native English to improve language-learner features and linguistic and cultural transfers
Multilingual posts in Spanish, German and Dutch
Multilingual posts_ Gilly and his master (PDF)
Planes para el invierno_ una invitación (PDF)
Personal website devoted to family news, travel and history
The News from Nan website, which was created by Dick and Anna in 1998, is an interactive, intergenerational newsletter dedicated to the memory of Anna’s mom, Nettie (Nan) Riedel van Raaphorst (1906-2000).
The site contains an eclectic collection of original content and curated information from other sources, and the content is both monolingual (American English) and multilingual (mostly Spanish, German, and Dutch).
“News from Nan” originated as a printed newsletter, which was (snail-)mailed periodically to Nan’s many friends and family members to keep them informed about her recovery from the stroke she had in 1988, and to provide a way for her to stay in touch with them.
The original website version of the newsletter was coded in raw HTML.
From 2004 to about 2008 it was produced using Dreamweaver.
In about 2009 we converted it to Drupal and more recently to WordPress.
We’ve kept it going through the years because it’s been a nice creative outlet and also a good way to keep in touch with our friends and family. We enjoy highlighting our family’s trips, events, and accomplishments, and we also use it to share family history and stories with others. Doing it is a labor of love for us, and we hope it provides information and enjoyment for others.