NOAO Office of Public Affairs and Educational Outreach
Mark A. Newhouse
Academic Experience
- M. Ed, Educational Technology, University of Arizona, 1996
- B.S., Secondary Education/General Biology, University of Arizona, 1989
Professional Activities
Web Sites (selected URLs)
- The National Optical Astronomy Observatory, http://www.noao.edu/
- My current job. Site architecture is standards compliant, accessible, and usable. I am responsible for the design as well as ensuring that it all works with (X)HTML, CSS and ECMAScript (JavaScript 1.3).
- Thirty Meter Telsecope, http://www.tmt.org/
- The Thirty Meter Telescope (TMT) will be the first of the next-generation of extremely large optical/infrared ground-based observatories. This web site puts a public face on the project via PHP, CSS and other web standards.
- NOAO Office of Public Affairs and Educational Outreach, http://www.noao.edu/outreach/
- This subsite highlights the education and outreach programs offered by the National Optical Astronomy Observatory. It takes advantage of PHP, CSS and other web standards to present the content. More about this site...
- Project ASTRO-Tucson, http://www.noao.edu/education/astro/
- This subsite uses the Movable Type blogging system to enable quick updates of content. It also takes advantage of PHP, CSS and web standards in its presentation of that content.
- Spanish Language Astronomy Materials Education Center, http://www.astronomyinspanish.org/ and http://www.astronomiaenespanol.org/
- This bilingual site that strives to answer the question, “Where can you find the best advice on the most engaging astronomy-related books and teaching materials in Spanish?” takes advantage of PHP and CSS to deliver the content. More about this site...
- Nightly Observing Program (NOP), http://www.noao.edu/outreach/nop/ and Advanced Observing Program (AOP), http://www.noao.edu/outreach/aop/
- These sites have similar content and design. Designed to provide information about these popular public programs run by the Kitt Peak Visitor Center. The AOP site features a Flash driven slideshow highlighting several of the beautiful images taken by participants in the program. More about these sites...
- Astronomy Education Review, http://aer.noao.edu/
- The Astronomy Education Review is a journal/website that provides a meeting place for all who are engaged in astronomy and space science education, in either formal or informal settings. I designed the look and feel and my colleague designed the PHP backend that runs the site.
- iBlog, http://gnuhaus.com/iblog/
- The daily musings of a Mac enthusiast web designer (that would be me...).
- Low End DSLR, http://lowenddslr.com/
- Digital photography on a budget.
- Real World Style, http://realworldstyle.com/
- Style. In the real world. This is where I give back. I've already spent hours figuring out how to get CSS to work across browsers and operating systems. Now you don't have to.
Publications
- CSS 102—Borders and Backgrounds (2005): Published at Digital Web Magazine web site.
- CSS 101—Typography and White Space (2004): Published at Digital Web Magazine web site.
- Digital Web Magazine Interviews Mark Newhouse (2003): Published at Digital Web Magazine web site.
- Setting up a home WLAN (Roam at home) (2003): Published at AirShare.org web site.
- CSS Design: Taming Lists (2002): Published at A List Apart web site.
- Cascading Style Sheets, Promise vs. Reality, and a Look to the Future (2002): Published at Digital Web Magazine web site.
- Making the switch — the tale of a “non-early adopter” (2002): Published at the Mac Edition web site.
- Practical CSS Tips Tricks and Techniques (2001): Published at A List Apart web site.
Conference Speaker
- Digital Design World 2004, San Francisco [February 18-20, 2004]
- Web Design World 2003, Seattle [July 28-30, 2003]
- From Tables to Styles: CSS-Based Redesign
- WebVisions3, Portland [July 18, 2003]
- CSS, Markup and Standards: Back to the Future
- Web Design World 2002, Boston [November, 2002]
- Real World Style
- Web Design World 2002, Seattle [July, 2002]
- Practical CSS Layout Techniques and Tips
- Web2001 Show, San Francisco [September, 2001]
- Arbiters of Style, Panel featuring Jeffrey Zeldman, Eric Meyer, Todd Fahrner, and Christopher Schmitt
Professional Experience
Web Designer, National Optical Astronomy Observatory
September, 1999-Present
Responsibilities include design, maintenance and creation of new sub-sites of the current web site with a view to standards compliance, accessibility and usability.
Science Education Outreach, Image Processing for Teaching Project, University of Arizona
November, 1995-September, 1999
Developed science and mathematics curriculum using scientific image processing software. Responsible for the project's web site.
Classroom Teacher, Middle Level, Tucson Unified School District
August, 1989-November, 1995
Developed curriculum and taught math, science and technology at several middle schools in the district. Served on the Textbook and Technology Adoption Committee. Coached girl’s track.
May, 2005
Mark Newhouse has been designing for the web since 1995, and for the last 6.5 years has served as NOAO’s Web Designer.
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NOAO is operated by the Association of Universities for Research in Astronomy (AURA), Inc. under cooperative agreement with the National Science Foundation.