MAC Daddys

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MAC Daddys

• Kainoa Fernandes
• Beau Richter
• Chris Stark
• Mike Travis

ETEC 602 Dr. Sherry June 2004
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Beau Richter

• Animal Trainer and Researcher
• Worked with animals for six years
• Previously worked at Moss Landing Marine
  Laboratories performing cooperative research with
  open ocean trained sea lions
• Currently work with Dolphin Quest Oahu at the
  Kahala Mandarin Oriental
• Worked with California sea lions, Atlantic
  bottlenose dolphins, Southern sea otters, exotic
  birds, Stellar sea lions, Harbor seals, and
  Northern elephant seals
• ETEC Masters student at University of Hawaii

Contact Information Brichter_at_hawaii.edu 808-394-1
817
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Beau Richter

• Born and raised in Oakland, California
• Moved to Hawaii three years ago for a career move
• My dog's name is Kali
• She is the best companion a guy could have
• She is a shepherd/husky mix from the humane
  society
• She is two years old
• We love the beach and spend as much time as
  possible outside and in the water

Motto to Live by Live each day to the fullest
and never look back because time just moves too
darn fast, and the "good times" never seem to
last. -BR 1997
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Beau Richter

• Experience as a teacher and/or trainer
• Intern Trainer and Coordinator at Dolphin Quest
  Oahu, Honolulu, Hawaii
• Volunteer Coordinator at Moss Landing Marine
  Laboratories, Moss Landing, California
• Formal and Informal Science Teacher (K-12), Santa
  Cruz, California
• Experience with online instruction and/or other
  newer technologies
• Technological Savvy but little experience with
  on-line courses
• WebCT experience though ETEC courses
• ETEC 414 - Educational Media Technology
• ETEC 442 - Computers in Education
• ETEC 630 - Television in Education

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Beau Richter

• Virtual Teamwork Article
• Setting up Virtual Teams for the most success
• Plan exercises illustrating various dynamics of
  teamwork and group behavior
• Learners retain information longer if able to
  connect own experiences with generalizations
• Make online experiences as interactive as
  possible to ensure retention of information and
  better telecollaboration
• Interaction should occur with BOTH group members
  and information presented
• Citation
• Plovnick, Mark S., Schein, Edgar H., Steele,
  Fritz. (1993). Expanding Professional Design
  Education Through Workshops in the Applied
  Behavioral Sciences. The Journal of Higher
  Education Organizational Development in Higher
  Education, 44(5), 380388.
• URL Link Click here (Note this link will
  connect you to the UH database and you will have
  to enter your user name and password. From there
  proceed to the JSTOR database and search by
  article name/keywords.)

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Chris Stark

• Full-Time ETEC Grad Student (started program in
  Spring, 2004)
• Graduate Assistant for ETEC Department working as
  Webmaster, Web applications programmer, and Linux
  systems administrator
• Home recording studio owner
• Soundtrack composer and studio musician
• Amateur photographer and graphic artist

Contact Information chris_at_chrisstark.com 808-561-
6668 (for business purposes or emergencies only,
please)
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Chris Stark

• I spend most of my free time with my sweetheart
• I install Linux on everything -- including Macs
• I have toured Japan with a heavy metal band
• I lived in Spain for half a year
• I started web publishing in 1994
• I started programming in 1982
• I strive to find a balance between technology and
  creativity

Motto to Live by .Such is Life learn from it
and move on
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Chris Stark

• Experience as a teacher and/or trainer
• No formal classroom teaching experience
• Taught technology seminars to UH faculty on basic
  computer literacy
• Taught one-on-one guitar performance and music
  theory lessons
• Experience with online instruction and/or other
  newer technologies
• Integrated advanced Polycom video conferencing
  equipment with Internet streaming media
  technologies for near-realtime multicast of
  conferences over broadband Internet via RealMedia
  and Windows Media using bandwidth detection for
  automatic client-side quality selection
• Participated in development of curriculum for
  Pacific Information and Communication Technology
  Academy in American Samoa, led by PEACESAT
• Participated in numerous multipoint video
  conferences with participants located in Japan,
  the South Pacific, West Coast of the US, and
  other Hawaiian Islands
• Over ten years of extensive IT industry
  experience
• Co-own Web and multimedia development company
• Serve as technology consultant to various local
  businesses
• Actively participate in open-source software
  development and advocacy

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Chris Stark

• Virtual Teamwork Article
• Unifying purpose
• common views, values, and goals
• Independent members
• importance of individual as well as team
• Multiple Leaders
• decentralized leadership promotes self-esteem
• reduction of leadership-related bottlenecks
• Citation Lipnack, Jessica (n.d.) The
  Organization of the Future The Network,
  Retrieved June 2, 2004, from http//www.virtualtea
  ms.com/library/lib_fr.asp

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Kai Fernandes

• Full-Time ETEC Grad Student (started program in
  Spring, 2004)
• Working at the University of Hawaii at Manoa
  Intramural Sports Department as a facilities
  supervisor overseeing the recreational facilities
  that students, faculty, and staff use, plus
  troubleshooting the department computers when
  there are problems and find solutions.

• Contact Information
• kfernandes_at_hotmail.com
• 808-218-1036

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Kai Fernandes

• Lived on Kauai for 18 years
• Enjoy working out and playing volleyball on my
  free-time
• Want to learn more about how to work with
  computer multimedia applications and networking
• My dream job Working for Pixar animations.

Motto to Live by .Such is Life learn from it
and move on
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Kai Fernandes

• Experience as a teacher and/or trainer
• Enjoy working with Mac computers
• Enjoy helping people with new technologies and
  computer problems
• Experience with online instruction and/or other
  newer technologies
• Taken another online course ETEC 448
• Earned T.A.P (Technology Activators Project) in
  the Summer of 2003 for completing 4 basic ETEC
  classes
• Have some experience with Photoshop, Dreamweaver,
  Final Cut Pro, and iMovie

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Kai Fernandes

• Virtual Teamwork Article
• General Research Studies
• Collaboration in online learning courses along
  with personal ideas on how to make an online
  course successful using teamwork
• Online Learners
• Online learning a plus
• Problems still exist
• Isolation
• Social Interaction and Togetherness is the key.
• Distance Learning Skills
• Students possess and develop technical skills for
  online communication
• Develop skills within the context of the
  structure provided by the instructor

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Kai Fernandes

• Virtual Teamwork Article (continued)
• Effectiveness
• Instructors provide guidance for students to work
  effectively in teams
• Member qualities must be present
• Ability to clarify and commit to goals
• Understanding of others perspective
• Freely contribute ideas
• Being honest to team
• Communication
• Positive group formation learning occur through
  on-going dialogue. Team chats also important
• Building relationship
• Encouraging one another
• Maintaining momentum
• Celebrating accomplishments
• Citation
• Curry, Bruce D. Collaborative, Connected, and
  Experiential Learning Reflections of an Online
  Learner Retrieved June 03,2004, from
  http//www.mtsu.edu/itconf/proceed01/2.html

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Mike Travis

• Starting a teaching position at ASSETS School as
  a high school math and technology teacher
• Former Director of Technology for La Pietra -
  Hawaii School for Girls
• Currently enrolled in the Masters Degree ETEC
  Program part-time
• Partner in a web design and development business

Contact Information mtravis_at_lapietra.edu 808-261-
4207
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Mike Travis

• Grew up in Boulder, Colorado
• Moved to Hawaii three years ago to live a less
  stressful life
• Married for 11 years
• Have 2 children - Emily (4 years old) and Mairi
  (5 months old)

My Motto to live by Do not think of the ifs
or the could have beens, have courage to take
charge of the present so your dreams can become
realities. -Mike Travis, 1988
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Mike Travis

• Experience as a teacher and/or trainer
• Three years teaching experience as the Director
  of Technology for La Pietra Hawaii School for
  Girls (Grades 6th - 12th)
• Running the network
• Troubleshooting computers
• Helping teachers to integrate technology into
  their classrooms
• Teaching technology classes to students of all
  levels
• One year experience teaching undergraduate
  classes to Elementary Teachers focusing on how to
  teach Mathematics in Elementary and Middle School
  Classrooms at University of Northern Colorado
• Experience with online instruction and/or other
  newer technologies
• Helped teachers to conduct online discussion
  forums for their classes and to conduct
  videoconferences to professors at UH and on Hilo
• In Spring 2004, took ETEC 750C
  Telecollaboration with Dr. Burniske at UH

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Mike Travis

• Virtual Teamwork Article
• To Launch a Virtual Team, you must go back to
  traditional planning
• Create your identity by naming the team.
• Draft your mission statement.
• Determine key milestones.
• Set goals that everyone agrees on.
• Identify who needs to be involved.
• Establish relationships among members.
• Agree on operating protocols.
• Linack, Jessica. Virtual Teams The Future is
  Now, LINEZine, Spring 2001, lthttp//linezine.com/
  4.2/articles/jlvtfin.htmgt

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