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Thanks and Acknowledgements

Special Thanks to Educational Technology Initiative Funder:

John Mullin, Vice Provost, University Outreach / Dean, Graduate School

Steve Demski, Director, UMass Extension

And to the ETI Coordinating Team and Fellows

I. Project Team:

• Project Concept, Scripts, Producer: Kathleen Chatwood, UMass Extension Director’s Office / ETI Fellow
• Youth Development Consultants:
  • Mass 4-H Program: Thomas Waskiewicz;
  • Communities, Families and Youth: Gretchen May
• Videographer and Sound: Tom Zimnowski, UMass Academic Instructional Media
• Project Multimedia Director: Matthew Mattingly, Center for Computer Based Instructional Technology (CCBIT)
• CCBIT Animators:
  • The New Puppy (5- 8 year olds): Dorinda Bell-Upp
  • Got Your Goat? (9-12 year olds): Erik Shaner
  • Late for the Awards (13 – 18 year olds): Jim Gilbert; Matthew Mattingly

Special Thanks to the following members of the Easthampton High School Drama Club, Easthampton, Massachusetts, and to EHS drama faculty, Tom Smith.

II. EHS Drama Club Players: Animation Video Depiction and Voice-overs:

• Student Director/Producer: Vanessa Kerby
• The New Puppy: ( 6-8 years):
  • Narrator: Brian J. Steele
  • Volunteer Leader: Dorinda Bell-Upp
  • Young Boy: Jason Graham
  • Puppy: Chris Stoddard
• Got Your Goat?: (9-12 years):
  • Narrator: Drew Burns
  • Boy: Jared C. Dyer
  • Volunteer: Nancy Boucher
  • Goat: Chris Stoddard
• Late for the Awards: (13 – 18 years):
  • Narrator: Chad Lenkowski
  • Tardy Teen Host: Emma Olson
  • Volunteer Leader: Matt Carriveau
  • Teen Chorus: Katie Hinkley, Nancy Boucher, Nick Rice, Tom Beaulieu
  • Audience: Francisco Rivera, Jared Dyer, Tom Beaulieu, Matthew Carriveau

III. Administration:

• Extension:
  • Steve Demski, Director;
  • Bob Schrader, Assistant Director;
  • Shirley Mietlicki, Ed.D., Communities, Families and Youth Director;
  • Sherrie Guyott, Mass 4-H Program Director;
  • Nate Schildbach: ETI Coordinator;
  • Victoria Dowling: ETI Coordinator;
  • Thomas Bunnell: Extension Web Manager
• CCBIT:
  • David Hart, Executive Director;
  • Gwyn Mitchell, Rachel Lavery, Administrative Staff