Student Staff
Current Coop Students
Samantha Kanter (Spring 2008), a fourth year student, will graduate next year with a dual major in photography and multimedia, along with a minor in business. Samantha came to the EdTech Center with experience in commercial art, fine art and event photography, art education, curation, and art event planning. Since joining the EdTech Center in January, Samantha has proactively involved herself in a broad range of EdTech activites. She develops websites through the EdTech templates program, provides faculty with instruction on Blackboard and other programs, seamlessly plans EdTech events, and provides general support for EdTech callers. Samantha exemplifies how Northeastern students can use co-op opportunities to become experienced professionals even before they graduate.
Past Coop Students
John Lewis (Spring 2007) is a junior at Northeastern University working towards his Bachelor of Science degree in Visual Arts with a concentration in Animation. Originally from Bridgeport, Connecticut, John began working with the EdTech Center in January. In addition to creating template designs for Student Groups, he is adding content tothe EdTech Center's newly re-designed website. John is also working on his digital story which focuses on how his Northeastern experiences have aided him in creating his own online business.
Herculano Fernandes (Spring 2007), originally from Brockton, MA, is a third year dual major in Multimedia Studies and Animation. He hopes also to minor in graphic design to expand his skill set and broaden his visual style. Herculano is currentlly working on designing and building website templates for student groups and assisting with adding content to the newly re-designed EdTech website. He is also working on a Digital Story about his experience as an animator and the rewards of animation as a major. Upon graduation, he hopes to live in Los Angeles and work in all parts of the visual arts industry, particularly animation and motion graphics.
A junior majoring in graphic design at Northeastern, Irina Acsinte (Fall 2006) hails from Brasov, Transylvania, a Romanian city renowned for its Medieval architecture. Irina began her co-op position at the EdTech Center in September. Over the past few months, she has worked on several projects including a new Web site for the Office of Environmental Health and Safety. Irina compiled and published a narrated presentation in Articulate Presenter for the Offshore Geohazards site. In addition, as part of the EdTech Center’s Web template program, Irina is designing a new template for student groups. Currently, Irina is scripting a digital story about her experience as a world champion rower, who left home at age 13 to train with the Romanian national team.
Rachel Bertolani (Fall 2006) will graduate from Northeastern University in May with a major in Graphic Design and a minor in Business. A native of Davis, California, Rachel joined the EdTech Center in June. To date, she has completed several projects, including the design of a Web site for the Summer ’06 Teaching with Technology Workshop. Additionally, Rachel has developed an FAQ for the Co-op Web site, built components of the Offshore Geohazards Web site, and set up student accounts for Northeastern’s newly developed pre-med advising site. Rachel is also working on a digital story, which will focus on her summer studying art in Florence.
Nathan Stearns (Spring 2006) is a multimedia studies and graphic design major from Hadley, Massachusetts, who will graduate next May. This spring Nate designed and built the following Web sites: digital storytelling, SIDR, and Blackboard & Beyond. He designed posters for two events and built a Flash application for a project for the College of Business Administration. An avid game player, Nathan hopes to make a career in the game industry.
EdTech coop students Rob Delvecchio and Ryan McIntyre (Winter 2006) are developing digital stories that will be used as models for the undergraduate research digital storytelling pilot program. Digital stories are short (1.5-3 minute) narratives that synthesize images, video, voice, text and music. In the pilot project four students and two faculty from the College of Arts & Sciences will produce a digital video chronicling their experiences participating in one of the following: Individual Research and Experiential Projects; Faculty Undergraduate Research Initiative (FURI); or the Community Based Research Initiative.
Producing a digital story will allow undergraduate students to reflect deeply on and think critically about their research experience, thereby considering more fully their field of study and discovering something about themselves. The faculty stories will serve to attract other faculty to work with undergraduate research assistants. The stories will be published on the undergraduate research site.
