/ w o r k s
I study and apply principles and practices of:
  • education / teaching and learning
  • business operations and management
  • content strategy and design ​​
Zenjungle is my (mostly web) studio to communicate ideas with words, images, sound, and design.  Here, I:
  • dig around in the sandbox of tools that combine content and design.
  • take on web and content producing projects
  • dabble in things that interest me and offer connection with my personal and professional learning communities. ​
The Volleyball Practice LLC is a venture with the sport I love, and it has been fun to build a volleyball community. As the founder and director, my roles include:
  • coach, trainer, manager, accountant, financier photographer, writer, journalist, graphic designer, publisher, travel planner, arbitrator, policy-maker, hiring, purchaser, bill collector & payer, salesman. 
  • For people who need to know such things, here is a bit more of my history participating in the world's second-most popular sport, as a coach and athlete. ​
I support the business operations for Hartranft Lighting Design. More specifically:
  • Marketing support, graphic design
  • Communications (website, messaging, email)
  • Technology applications management


​​/ h i s t o r y
Jobs:
  • teacher,  teacher trainer, coach, educational technologist
  • writer and editor, researcher, mapmaker, information specialist, web producer, webmaster, publications director
  • management consultant, project manager, salesman, business owner
  • bicycle tour guide, waiter, stadium sweeper, lawn mower & snow shoveler, newspaper deliverer
Degrees earned:
  • B.S in Secondary Education/Social Studies at Penn State University
  • M.S in Business at Johns Hopkins University
  • Certificate in Geographic Information Systems​ at Penn State World Campus
Courses taught:
  • U.S. History
  • ​World Civilizations
  • Civics
  • Writing
  • Technology Applications​
Projects | Presentations | Publications | Community Service:
Volleyball ?
​On the TO DO list:
  • cartoonist


​/ c o n n e c t
You can find me here:
On the map
​Ask me where home is and I'll tell you about four places that are all within 200 miles of each other.  I live in Rockville, Maryland, though my roots are in Pennsylvania.  ​
John Hartranft
The Volleyball Practice (TVP)
© John Hartranft 2020
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