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Helen Goss

Interactive and Multi Media Artist, Community Web Developer and Trainer in Creative Education.

- An experienced and enthusiastic social media developer working on innovative and visionary projects in Education and the Community

- Trained in Multi Area Design, Interactive Art, Visual Communications, Film Making, Fine Art, Music and Dance, giving ability to apply creative and inventive solutions to new challenges

- Fully qualified and competent trainer of ICT’s, over 14 years experience in training people from all backgrounds

- Over 15yrs experience of the application and developments of technology within the Community and Voluntary Sector Communications Field

- Up to date with latest trends and developments in web 2.0, keen advocate of appropriate technology with hunger to learn new advancements

- Great communicator, with particular skills in communicating complex concepts in simplistic terms

- Believer in Sustainable Resources for legacy building in the Education Sector

- Active supporter, promoter and trainer of User Generated Content

- Experience of working within School IT systems and the challenges that brings

Helen has been working with community organisations, libraries, museums schools, colleges, councils and people of all ages (particularly young people) since 1995, teaching them the potential of the Internet and getting them to create their own multimedia content, websites and interactive mechanisms to communicate with their clients and contemporaries, safely and responsibly.

Even after 15 years of working in this field she still gets excited about the potential of the Internet and the use of Technology in all its forms, this is an energy that is helpful both in the office and the classroom.

Employment History

Way Out Media (Own Company) 1995 - ongoing

www.wayoutmedia.com

Wayoutmedia has been trading since 1995, and provides web design, training and creative workshops to the Community and Voluntary sector and educational establishments in the South East of England.

Helen is a fully qualified teacher on the board of teachers for the WEA (Workers Educational Association) and City College Brighton

Examples of her work can be found at www.wayoutmedia.com

Creative Partnerships

March 10 – July 10

Working as a creative Practitioner for St Marys Primary School, Enquiry Project

March 10 – June 10

Working as a creative Practitioner for Sedlescombe Primary School, Change School April 09 – Sept 09

Working as a creative Practitioner for Eastbourne Technology College, Change School

SCIP (Sussex Community Internet Project) Jan 00 – April 10 www.scip.org.uk

Trainer, developing and delivering courses in ICT to the Community and Voluntary Sector

The CNA Project Nov 04-Mar 07

www.cna.org.uk

Community Web Developer and Trainer University of Brighton and SCIP

The Fiankoma Project Nov 03-May 05

www.fiankoma.org

Schools Outreach Worker

Training and creation of Classroom resources in multimedia content creation and Web Design for the classrooms of Brighton and Ghanaian schools