Jim Carr (US)
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James Edwin Carr (born December 20, 1965) is a technologist and Microsoft Certified Professional in Phoenix, Arizona. An advocate for digital literacy, Carr serves on the Board of Directors for the Digital Literacy Institute. During the Tech boom of the 1990s Carr was co-founder and Chief Technology Officer of TechTrain and often served as a guest instructor for a number of academic institutions including the University of Alabama at Birmingham, the University of Tennessee at Chattanooga, Queens College (Charlotte), Guilford College, and the College of Charleston. In 2003 Carr joined the Maricopa Community College District as Director of Instructional technology for Gateway Community College where he also teaches Business and Technology courses at the Maricopa Skill Center.
Carr is a regular contributor to a number of print an online magazines and in 2002 he completed a one-year Editor engagement for AOL Time Warner's Digital City division in Atlanta, Georgia. His writings and lectures focus on popular technology concepts including information architecture, customer relationship management, project management, Learning Management Systems, and Open Source software. Carr also lectures on Internet Security concepts including Computer Forensics, Incident Response, and Safe Surfing to community groups, non-profits, and educational organizations.
Carr is a Certified Internet Specialist and Digital Architect and is active in a number of professional organizations, including the International Webmasters Association, Arizona Internet Professionals Association, and Arizona Technology Council. In 2006 Carr became a member of the Roundtable Group's Scholar Program, an academic think-tank and speakers bureau, where he provides expert advice related to technology issues for corporate clients and the legal community.
[edit] See also
- Information architecture
- Instructional design
- Educational technology
- Learning management system
- Moodle
- Joomla
- CRM
