Antero Garcia is an Assistant Professor in the English Department at Colorado State University.
Prior to moving to Colorado, Antero was an English teacher at a public high school in South Central Los Angeles where he also co-founded the Critical Design and Gaming School – a public high school based around principles of gaming. Antero completed his Ph.D. in the Urban Schooling division of the Graduate School of Education and Information Studies at the University of California, Los Angeles.
Antero’s research focuses on developing critical literacies and civic identity through the use of participatory media and gameplay in formal learning environments.
In 2008 Antero co-developed the Black Cloud Game. A Digital Media and Learning Competition award recipient, the Black Cloud provoked students to take real time assessment of air quality in their community. Using custom-developed sensors that measure and send data about air quality, students critically analyzed the role pollution played in their daily lives and presented recommendations to their community.
Antero is a 2010-2011 and 2014-2015 U.S. Department of Education Teaching Ambassador Fellow, providing teacher input and feedback on national education policy initiatives.
Antero’s research has appeared in numerous journals including The Harvard Educational Review, Teachers College Record, and English Journal. He is the author of the books Critical Foundations in Young Adult Literature: Challenging Genres (Sense, 2013) and Teaching in the Connected Learning Classroom (Digital Media Hub, 2014).
Updates about Antero's work can be found on his blog, The American Crawl and you can find Antero on Twitter.
Website Evaluation
Learn how to evaluate your organization's (primarily educational) website to make sure it is meeting your organizational goals as well as the goals of your audience. We will look into ways to improve existing content on your website, identifying the functionality needed for your users to achieve your goals, and making sure your pages are structured properly for screen readers and SEO.
Website Compliance
If your organization is federally funded, such as a school/district, you are required by law to make sure your website is accessible. If a lawsuit is brought up against your organization because of accessibility, you could be looking at millions of dollars in fines and costs for redesigning the website and training staff on compliance.
We will look at ways to make sure your website is Section 504/508 compliant and how you can make sure everyone has a positive experience while using your website - regardless of what device they may be using to view it or disability they may have.
If you are an Administrator, Superintendent, Technology Director, or anyone who has a say in your organization's website, you can't afford to miss this session!
Greenfield Public Schools Case Study with Jordana Harper - Superintendent