Summary :

Kit O'Toole is a music editor for Blogcritics.org, an online magazine that receives over 100,000 hits daily. She is also the "DeepSoul" columnist for Blinded By Sound, a music blog, and is a a contributing editor for Beatlefan magazine. She also holds an Ed.D. in Instructional Technology from Northern Illinois University.

Specialties :

writing, editing, critique, web, technology, music, books

Experience

Contributor

Blinded by Sound

July 2011 - Present

I maintain a regular column, "DeepSoul," which explores various R&B songs from the 50s to today.

Music Writer

Blogcritics.org

Privately Held; 11-50 employees; Publishing industry

March 2008 - Present

Contributing Editor

Beatlefan Magazine

1995 - Present

Maintains "Hard Day's Net," a column spotlighting the best Beatles-related websites on the Internet
Writes frequent editorials and features on Beatles-related topics

Music Editor

Blogcritics.org

Privately Held; 11-50 employees; Publishing industry

2011 - 2012

Writer

Blogcritics.org

Privately Held; 11-50 employees; Publishing industry

February 2008 - May 2011

Write music reviews and maintains a weekly column, "The Cutout Bin," spotlighting more obscure artists and albums. I also write technology reviews and "how to" articles.

E-structor

SMARTHINKING, Inc.

Privately Held; 1001-5000 employees; E-Learning industry

2002 - 2003

• Tutored students in asynchronous and synchronous environments
• Tutored students from junior colleges, four-year colleges, and the e-Army program
• Tutored ESL students in writing concerns

Writing Consultant, Writing Center

Northern Illinois University

Educational Institution; 501-1000 employees; Higher Education industry

2001 - 2002

• Tutored students in grammar and other writing concerns
• Tutored non-native speakers of English
• Presented to classes on writing topics such as writing the research paper

Writing Consultant, Writing Across the Curriculum program

Northern Illinois University

Educational Institution; 501-1000 employees; Higher Education industry

1997 - 2000

• Served as a consultant for students and faculty in the depar tments of Economics, History, Political
Science, and Sociology
• Tutored individual students in a variety of writing concerns
• Presented to undergraduate and graduate classes on writing
• Developed handouts on grammar and writing techniques
• Wrote marketing materials promoting the Writing Across the Curriculum program such as
newsletters and brochures
• Presented a faculty workshop on assignment design and assessment

Teaching Assistant, Freshman English program

Northern Illinois University

Educational Institution; 501-1000 employees; Higher Education industry

1996 - 1997

• Taught two sections of freshman composition 103 (introduction to writing) and three sections of 104 (writing the research paper), one section in Summer 1999
• Developed weekly lesson plans and devised writing assignments
• Participated in Northern Illinois University’s teaching intern program, which trains new teachers, from August 1996 – May 1997