Rain Ashford

Location: London UK
Speaking Topics: arduino | computational art | Gaming | Hardware Hacking | media literacy | open source | wearable tech | women in technology
Spoken Languages: English

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My current role is Senior Producer at BBC Learning where I'm presently across the BBC's Media Literacy supertopic portal. During my 10 years at the BBC I've developed and produced many of the BBC's high priority sites and online activities.

I'm passionate about technology. I run a Women in Technology network for my colleagues with speakers, events and discussion on careers, training, raising your profile and encouraging women to look at careers in tech. I previously co-ran the BBC's developer network, BBC Backstage, I'm a hardware hacker, coder, artist, gamer and blogger.

Previous Presentations: 
Yahoo! Hackday, Over the Air, OSSAT (Open Source Show and Tell) Musion MAMAs, BBC Women In Tech, OSHUG (Open Source Hardware Users Group), Arduino DevCamp, + various unconferences
South Yorkshire Girl Geek Dinner

Cheryl Colan

Location: Phoenix | Arizona | USA
Speaking Topics: Videoblogging | digital storytelling | technology in the classroom | personal media | media literacy | education | finding voice and identity
Spoken Languages: English

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Cheryl Colan teaches Digital Multimedia and Computer Graphics courses at Scottsdale Community College and at Phoenix College. She began her career in multimedia working at the Arizona Historical Society Museum at Papago Park, where she produced video and audio components for permanent exhibitions.

Previous Presentations: 
Poster Session: "Videoblogging at College: My Experiences as Teacher and Student" for New Media Consortium's Online Conference on the Convergence of Web Culture and Video, March 21-22, 2007
Advanced Video Lab Hands-On Lighting Workshop at BlogHer07, July 28, 2007
Videoblogging at She's Geeky, October 22, 2007