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Speakers and Presenters (alphabetical, partial listing) |
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Dr. Barry Adams has worked for Apple since 1987. As its first Education Technology Consultant, Barry used his extensive training with education policy makers throughout the nation. Barry was Director of Strategic Alliances working under the tutelage of Dr. David Dwyer, Apple’s noted education researcher and author of the ACOT program (Apple Classrooms of Tomorrow). His stimulating presentations and workshops are models for understanding the changing nature of education. Adams holds a doctorate in Psychology, Counseling and Educational Administration. He was a member of several university and college faculties in Iowa, North Carolina, and Georgia as well as a Dean at two colleges where he authored two books on future trends in education. After leaving education in the early eighties, he formed a small company in the Research Triangle Park of North Carolina to build and distribute interactive laser discs for business and industry clients. He lives and Roxboro, NC. |
Barry Adams from Apple |
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Dr. Larry Arnold is Co-Founder of the Digital Academy. He is a jazz performer and professor in the UNCP Music Department and teaches for the Media Integration project. |
Larry Arnold |
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Patricia Fields is the Executive Director of the Givens Performing Arts Center at UNC Pembroke. |
Patricia Fields |
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Justin Fowler is a second-generation digital designer. He majored in advanced animation (Maya) in college, and has led workshops and training classes since he was 16 years old. Equally comfortable in the worlds of electronic design, multimedia, HTML coding and 3D, he is Lead Designer for EdMedica, an international group of medical marketers and educators. Justin holds a second-degree black belt in TaeKwonDo, and has recently moved to Charlotte. |
Justin Fowler |
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Mical Fowler |
Mical Fowler has been an art director, thought leader, teacher and status quo disturber in electronic design, multimedia and digital printing since the introduction of the Macintosh in 1984. His past lives include executive stints at a large photography studio, a prepress facility, and a Winston-Salem printing company, as well as being a graphics instructor at Guilford Technical Community College in North Carolina. His seminars reflect a variety of eclectic influences: he frequently includes multimedia and unexpected examples and commentary, quoting assorted geniuses and misfits ranging from Thoreau and Twain to Stan Lee and Kinky Friedman. A Charlotte native now living in High Point, he is Creative Director for a Pennsylvania-based company specializing in international medical marketing. |
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Susan Gebhard is an elementary teacher educator in the School of Education at UNC Pembroke. She lives in Laurinburg with her husband, two of three kids (one's at college) and a Scottish Deerhound, and she is a "devil with a blue dress" at heart. |
Susan Gebhard |
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Gina Gibson, MFA, is a fine artist and lecturer in the Art Departmment at the University of North Carolina at Pembroke. |
Gina Gibson |
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Casey Hauser is the service manager and a trainer at Computer Tree. Being an Apple Certified Help Desk Specialist, as well as an Apple Certified Desktop and Portable technician he is well rounded in both the technical and creative aspects of Apple’s hardware and software. His “Intro to Mac OSX” seminars grant users the confidence in knowing they are using the most stable, advanced operating system on the market today. Casey is an accomplished musician. He attended college at Western Carolina University, The University of South Florida, and The University of North Carolina at Greensboro, where he pursued degrees in History, Psychology, and Mass Communications. |
Casey Hauser |
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Darcy Hayes is Student Academic Support Coordinator in the Center for Academic Excellence at UNCP. She is interested in promoting computer literacy and encouraging student creativity through the use of digital technology. |
Darcy Hayes |
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Dr. Tim Hayes is an Assistant Professor in the Department of Sociology and Criminal Justice at UNCP. He has interests in incorporating digital technology in the classroom and promoting computer literacy among students, in addition to his research interests in violent crime. |
Tim Hayes |
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George Johnson is Co-founder of the Digital Academy. He teaches in the UNCP Department of Mass Communications and for the Media Integration project. George is the television engineer for WNCP-TV. |
George Johnson |
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Digital Academy Coordinator, Margie Labadie, MFA, organizes the Annual Digital Content Consortium and all Digital Academy events throughout the academic year. She is a fine artist and teaches full time in the UNCP Art Department in the Digital Arts area. You can find her artwork at SteppingstoneArts.com. |
Margie Labadie |
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Michael Litty is a graphic designer for McLish Sportswear and a computer consultant in Laurinburg, NC. He has a BFA in Painting and Drawing from The Ohio State University, and an M.A. from Ashland Theological Seminary. |
Michael Litty |
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Marc Mason |
Marc Mason was president of a textile chemical company for 11 years before following his passion and establishing Action Arts Video Production in 1999. He began by producing instructional videos and shooting local theater, he now produces all ranges of, creative, corporate, and commercial videos. He also teaches Videography and Editing in classroom settings and as a consultant, for Computer Tree in Winston-Salem, NC.
“Editing video is a creative outlet for me, there are a lot of technical aspects to great video production, knowing the technical tools is important because it lets the creativity flow. I love producing a beautiful finished product, whether it is an instructional T’ai Chi Video or a Jewelry Product Shoot. Telling the story our customers want is challenging, but it is a challenge I love to take on.” |
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John Santa is the owner of "The Studio" in Chapel Hill, NC.
He is returning for his 6th year as a presenter at the
Digital Content Consortium. He is the author of
"Bluegrass is My Second Language: A Year in the Life of an
Accidental Bluegrass Musician." Look for copies at the conference! |
John Santa |
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Capt. Suzan Wallace, MFA |
Captain Suzan Wallace has an BFA in Art Education and an MFA in Illustration. She is a US Coast Guard licensed Captain and USSA certified Sailing instructor. She is also a National Board Certified Teacher (early to middle childhood Art Education) with 20 years experience in North Carolina public schools.
Capt. Suz is the owner of seaQuest studio which does freelance marine graphics and illustration. Wallace is a maritime arts historian and has presented workshops for many organizations including: the North Carolina Art Education Association, North Carolina Maritime Museum, Noth Carolina Museum of Natural Science-Hammocks Beach State Park, Camp Don Lee-Cape Lookout National Seashore, National Maritime Educators Conference, National Marine Educators Conference, North Carolina State University/Sea Grant, Center for the Advancement of Teaching, and the Duke University Marine Lab. |
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