Fall 2007 UT4Me CDT Profiles
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UT4Me Fall 2007 CDT Profiles
UTTC employee since: June 2001
Favorite thing about my job: Building “stuff” that helps people learn.
What is the last album you downloaded or bought? Ouch. Songs About Building and Food.
What do you typically do after work? Play with my kids—usually something to do with lacrosse.
What is your favorite blog? Catalytic Conversations or eLearnSpace
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Hometown - Odessa Permian
Alma mater - UT Austin (first two years); UT Permian Basin (last two years)
UTTC employee since: May 2000
Favorite thing about my job: Working with people that are doing what they do because they believe in it.
What is the last album you downloaded or bought? Just Guns - Secrets/Spotlights
What do you typically do after work? Western horseback riding, needlework, Houston Astros baseball
What is your favorite blog? http://blackboard.blog-city.com/ and http://snoconefrenzy.blogspot.com/
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Hometown - Dallas
Alma mater - UT Austin
UTTC Employee Since: November 2005
Favorite thing about my job: Knowing that we are helping people all over the world have access to higher education. That and the Eureka! moment when I figure out how to solve the problem that has been driving me crazy.
What is the last album you downloaded or bought? Ghostland Observatory’s 2006 ACL performance on iTunes
What do you typically do after work? enjoy Austin's beautiful outdoors with a cold local beer
What is your favorite blog? http://www.nataliedee.com
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Hometown – Columbia, Tn Mule Capital of the World
Alma mater – Austin Peay State University
UTTC Employee Since: August 2007
Favorite thing about my job: A lot of freedom and creative energy gets to go into what we write.
What is the last album you downloaded or bought? Chocolate & Cheese, an amusing album by Ween from 1994.
What do you typically do after work? I love stupid (and occasionally, respectable) movies, especially with friends. I write music.
What is your favorite blog? Worse Than Failure (http://www.worsethanfailure.com) and Passive-Aggressive Notes (http://www.passiveaggressivenotes.com/)
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Hometown – I’ve lived in Austin for 16 years. I’d be lying to say I’m a native, though; I’ve had stints in Toledo, OH and Lexington, VA.
Alma mater – Case Western Reserve University in Cleveland, OH.
UTTC Employee Since: April 1999
Favorite thing about my job: Fun coworkers.
What is the last album you downloaded or bought? Willie Nelson: The Great Divide
What do you typically do after work? watch baseball
What is your favorite blog? Ours!
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Hometown – College Station
Alma mater – A&M
Favorite thing about my job: My favorite thing about my job is knowing that through facilitating fully online course creation, I'm supporting students who might not otherwise be able to take classes through the UT System due to distance and/or time restrictions.
What is the last album you downloaded or bought? You Were Always: Since You've Been Gone EP
What do you typically do after work? Play music, study.
What is your favorite blog? http://lifehacker.com/
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Hometown – Colleyville, TX
Alma mater – The University of Texas at Austin, BFA (Design)
UTTC Employee Since: November 2004
Favorite thing about my job: Being able to take the time to problem solve and assist faculty in their endeavors and create a better student experience.
What is the last album you downloaded or bought? Harlem Shakes, Apostle of Hustle, Arthur and Yu
What do you typically do after work? Suspended in everything academic as I attend classes and grade homework after work, but I also try to find time to practice hooping and shoot a variety of photography projects.
What is your favorite blog? Perhaps not my favorite, but frequently visited is: http://activate.us/ and http://www.jmcolberg.com/weblog/ Details:
Hometown – a variety of places – but the most time spent would have to be Spring, TX
Alma mater – St. Edward’s University
UTTC Employee Since: August 2006
Favorite thing about my job: I like working together with team members who bring different skill sets to the table in order to create exciting results on projects.
What is the last album you downloaded or bought? Iron and Wine – The Sheppard’s Dog
What do you typically do after work? Recently… painting the bathroom and watch “Weeds” on DVD.
What is your favorite blog? http://onegoodmove.org/
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Hometown – Columbus, Ohio
Alma mater – Ohio University
UTTC Employee Since: June 2007
Favorite thing about my job: The people I work with, and the opportunity to develop challenging and rewarding projects
What is the last album you downloaded or bought? Ray Lamontagne - Till the Sun Turns Black
What do you typically do after work? Spend quality time with my family, and time in my home studio (drawing, painting, studying, learning to play the guitar).
What is your favorite blog? http://www.alistapart.com is my all-time favorite for design stuff….as well as http://moock.org/blog/ for Flash Actionscript and development topics.
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Hometown – Virginia Beach, VA (Go Chiefs!)
Alma mater – James Madison University Harrisonburg, VA (Go Dukes!)
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