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Authors

Mousa Afaneh

Mousa is an Instructional Technology graduate student at Bloomsburg University of Pennsylvania. In his spare time he enjoys designing websites and playing soccer.

Vince Basile

Vince is a physical therapist and instructional technology graduate student at Bloomsburg University in Bloomsburg, Pennsylvania. He has a special interest in the development of training for the public in the prevention of common health and physical discomfort problems. To date, he has developed training modules on home neck massage and osteoporosis prevention. In his physical therapy practice, Vince focuses on the treatment of headache and neck pain.

Justin Bennett

Justin is a high school junior and a gaming enthusiast.

Pamela Berman

Pamela is an instructional designer and developer at the Institute for Interactive Technologies and an adjunct faculty member for the Department of Instructional Technology at Bloomsburg University of Pennsylvania. She has worked on eLearning projects for organizations such as L'OREAL, the Pennsylvania Emergency Management Agency (PEMA), and the Institute for Law Enforcement Education (ILEE). In her spare time, she works on various accessibility-related projects. Ms. Berman has a Master's of Science degree in Instructional Technology (MSIT) from Bloomsburg University.

Michael Bond

Michael is a recent graduate of Bloomsburg University's MSIT program. He is currently pursuing a career in Web Design that utilizes his skills attained from his Bachelor Degree of Multimedia & Web Design from the Art Institute of Philadelphia. He enjoys freelance web design as well as many facets of graphic design and teaching others about it whenever he has the chance.

Jeffrey Border

Jeffrey is an Instructional Technology graduate student at Bloomsburg University of Pennsylvania. He can play and owns many instruments, including guitar, some piano, and didgeridoo.

Steve Brink

Steve is an Instructional Technology graduate student at Bloomsburg University. Steve received his BS from Juniata College in Web Information Technology & Management. He is currently employed by InnoTek Computer Consulting in Bloomsburg, PA where is the Project Manager, as well as Operations Manager. In his spare time, Steve enjoys being outdoors with his family.

David C. Cerreta

David is an Instructional Technology graduate student at Bloomsburg University of Pennsylvania. In addition, he currently works as freelance graphic artist, web designer and fine artist. He will complete his Master's of Science degree in Instructional Technology from Bloomsburg University in June of 2006 and continuing working and consulting in the fields of Instructional Design, Development and the Arts.

Charles L. Chen

Charles is an Electrical and Computer Engineering graduate student at the University of Texas at Austin and works as a researcher in the Empirical Software Engineering Lab (ESEL) there. He works on the CLC-4-TTS Suite in his spare time; he created the initial version over Christmas 2004 just to see how hard it would be to create a screen reader, and the rest is history...

Matthew Comerchero

Matthew is an Instructional Technology graduate student at Bloomsburg University of Pennsylvania. He is very interested in the entrepreneurial side of instructional technology.

Chontel Delaney

Chontel is a second semester graduate student in the Instructional technology program at Bloomsburg University. Chontel has a bachelor's of Science also from Bloomsburg Univeristy. She was born and raised in Philadelphia, PA and is the oldest of two children. Chontel is currently working as a graduate hall director at Bloomsburg University.

Chontel would like to thank God first and foremost because she is truly blessed. She would also like to thank her mom who is always there for her, supporting her in everything that she does. I love you so much, Mom, smooches! - Chontel

Kristy Delvecchio

Kristy, an Instructional Technology graduate student at Bloomsburg University of Pennsylvania, is a sixth grade reading teacher. In her spare time, she enjoys hiking and camping.

Robert Dunkleberger

Robert is an Instructional Technology graduate student at Bloomsburg University of Pennsylvania. He enjoys biking, running, kayaking and hiking.

Ken Dunlap

Ken is a Media Technician at Bloomsburg University of Pennsylvania with backgrounds in project management, networked audio/video systems design and integration, facilities management, analog and digital audio and video recording, web design, and public relations and advertising. In his sparse free time he enjoys socializing with family and friends, reading, and just generally relaxing. He plans to continue his work in systems design and integration upon graduating from Bloomsburg’s MSIT program in December 2006.

Nathan Eckel

Nathan, a classically-trained musician, is a recent graduate of Bloomsburg University's MSIT program. He is very interested in Web design and digital photography.

Floretta Ekwensi

Floretta, an Instructional Designer from Georgia, is working towards her Master's of Science degree in Instructional Technology (MSIT) from Bloomsburg University as a distance education student. She enjoys writing.

Lauren Jade Ferrett

Lauren is an Instructional Technology graduate student at Bloomsburg University and works as a graduate assistant in the Sports Information and Athletic Marketing office. Lauren holds a bachelor's degree in Sports Information and Communications from Ithaca College where she was a member of the sports radio staff. She has interned with Major League Baseball International in London, England and the Scranton/Wilkes-Barre Red Barons Minor League Baseball Team where she currently runs the video board. She will spend her summer teaching Photoshop, Flash Animation and web design for Cyber Camps at the Massachusetts Institute of Technology.

Nicole Forst

Nicole is a recent graduate of Bloomsburg University’s MSIT program. She is currently pursuing a career in the Instructional Design field, eventually trying to combine her undergraduate degrees of Audio Recording and Mass. Communications with Instructional Technology.

Brian Heisman

Brian is a Graduate Student who is enrolled in the Instructional Technology Program through Bloomsburg University. Brian is a father of two beautiful girls and is married, sorry ladies. He has been a Learning Support Teacher for 5th and 6th graders during the past 8 years. Brian is an interior firefighter and a certified First Responder through the PA Dept. of Health. His wife thinks he just likes the bright lights and sirens! She's right!

Brian really would like to express his heart felt thanks to his wife Robin, for putting up with him and his constant whining through this project. He would also like to thank his two girls, Jade and Kadyn, who had to tip toe around the house while he attended class online.

Daniel Hoffmaster

Daniel is an Instructional Design graduate student at Bloomsburg University. He is currently a graduate assistant and has been working on interactive training for Black&Decker, specifically Kwikset Locks and Price Pfister. He was also part of a team to develop flash based training for inspectors at Magee Rieter Automotive Systems. Daniel has a Bachelor's Of Science in Computer Science and Mathematics and will finish his Master's of Science in Instructional Technology in December of 2006.

Melanie Hurta

Melanie will be a graduate of Bloomsburg University's MSIT program. She plans on utilizing her BS MIS degree from Penn State and MSIT degree to further develop distance education classes in non-traditional settings. Currently, she enjoys teaching Flash® animation, PhotoShop®, and webpage design classes.

Amanda Ireland

Amanda is an Instructional Design graduate student at Bloomsburg University of Pennsylvania. In her spare time, she enjoys running and other outdoor activities.

Ann Kieser Edler

Ann is an Instructional Design graduate student at Bloomsburg University of Pennsylvania. She hopes to pursue a doctorate. Her interests include advising student organizations, learning, and experimenting with technology.

Kathy Kollar

Kathy is a graduate student in Bloomsburg University's Instructional Technology program and also works full time at BU as the Assistant Director of Conference Services and University Testing Services. She completes her degree in May 2007.

Kristin Longenecker

Kristin is an Instructional Design graduate student at Bloomsburg University. She is also a commissioned officer in the Air Force National Guard.

Megan Loughney

Megan is a Graduate Student who is enrolled in the Instructional Technology Program through Bloomsburg University. She also works full time as a PC specialist for Lackawanna County where she updates the county website and help users on the network. She plans to receive her IT degree in May 2007.

Livio Mondini

Livio began his computer experience began a long time ago, on Windows for the 386, Pagemaker 1.03, the DTP, the Mac cost too much. His first publishing work was a volume on the Commodore 64, with Word 3. His Apple LaserWriter did not manage accented letters, which for the Italian language created delirium. A lot of time has passed since then; in computer time an eternity and much has changed, including the author. For over a decade, he has been busy in education and training for commercial and non profit organizations. Books have a natural evolution: he did not find suitable documentation and began to produce the course handbook independently. After a period in the technical support for Net, he decided to return to his main interest of books, and has created numerous Italian versions of manuals, mostly regarding the Web and Web-related tools. From there to cross meda it is a short but laborious jump... His recent jobs are listed on www.tiuvizeta.it.

Justin Moranski

Justin is a graduate from the Department of Instructional Technology at Bloomsburg University of Pennsylvania. He has worked on eLearning projects for organizations such as Merck, the Bloomsburg Area School District, and the Department of Audiology at Bloomsburg. Mr. Moranski has a Master's of Science degree in Instructional Technology from Bloomsburg University.

Andrea Mummert

Andrea is in her final semester as an Instructional Technology graduate student at Bloomsburg University.

Ryan Noel

Ryan is in his last semester as a graduate student in the Instructional technology program at Bloomsburg University. He plans on pursuing a job in the field of Higher Education/Student Affairs and then work towards earning a Ph.D. Ryan is currently working as a graduate hall director at Bloomsburg University.

Judy Ohl

Judy is enrolled in the eLearning Developer Certificate Program at Bloomsburg University's Instructional Technology. She plans to complete her certificate requirements in the Fall 2006 semester. Judy works full time at BU in the Office of Technology providing webpage and software support.

Susan Oliver

Susan is an Instructional Technology graduate student at Bloomsburg University of Pennsylvania. Susan also has a BA degree in Psychology as well as an Associates Degree in Information Sytems. She has 13 years experience as a programmer and network administrator. Prior to her career in IT, Susan was a Benefits Manager for 6 years. Susan also served in the United States Air Force as an Aircraft Maintenance Officer servicing B-52s and KC-135s.

Cedric Osivandi

Cedric is an Instructional Technology graduate student at Bloomsburg University of Pennsylvania. He is an avid traveler and likes to play chess as well as snooker.

Scott Paull

Scott is an Instructional Technology graduate student at Bloomsburg University. He really enjoys working on the Mac.

Ben Riley

Ben is an Instructional Technology graduate student at Bloomsburg University. He hopes to one day climb Mount Everest.

Amy Roche

Amy is an Instructional Technology graduate student at Bloomsburg University in Bloomsburg, Pennsylvania. Amy Roche has a Bachelor's Science in Computer Information Science and a minor in Office Information Systems from Bloomsburg University and will complete her Master's of Science degree in Instructional Technology in August 2006. She has previously worked on projects including flash based training for Magee Rieter Automotive Systems. Upon graduation, she will continue to work within the Instructional Design field and plans on helping to bridge the gap between Instructional Technology and Information Technology.

Roberto Scano

Roberto is the Advisory Committee Representative of IWA/HWG inside W3C and is an expert of user interfaces accessibility. He works as consultant for companies, for the Italian Government and for Public Administrations supporting the creation of accessible software and World Wide Web user interfaces and work for normative harmonization between countries and international standards consortium like W3C and ISO. He is a member of W3C's Web Content Accessibility Guidelines (WCAG) and Authoring Tool Accessibility Guidelines (ATAG) working groups as well as other numerous groups such as The European Design for All e-Accessibility Network (EDeAN) and the Italian National Standards Organization. In 2004, he wrote a web accessibility bible: "Accessibilità: dalla teoria alla realtà (Accessibility: from theory to reality); the first book in the world to be offered in a new format: the Tetralibro (4-in-1: paper version that contains also CD-ROM with three accessible version: XHTML, Accessible PDF and version for PDA with Microsoft Reader). He also developed a content management system (CMS), <fruibile /> - L'elemento che mancava(tm) (the missed element), the first CMS developed in ASP (Active Server Pages) that conforms to Italian accessibility law and also to the requirements of European Union. In 2006, he organized an ISO meeting in Venice and is working on two different ISO documents directly involved with ISO 9241-151 (Ergonomics of human system interaction — Part 151: Software ergonomics for World Wide Web user interfaces) and ISO 9241-171 (Ergonomics of human-system interaction — Part 171: Guidance on software accessibility).

Julie Schmidt

Julie is a graduate student in Bloomsburg University's Instructional Technology Program. She is currently in her fifth year of teaching second grade in Pennsbury School District located in Bucks County, Pennsylvania. Julie plans to receive her IT degree in December 2006.

Kimberly A. Stoudt

Kimberly works as a Staff Development Specialist for the Pennsylvania Department of Welfare. She is a student at Bloomsburg University, in the Master of Science in Interactive Technologies Department. In her time off from work and studies, Ms. Stoudt raises and trains show llamas. She lives on a small farm in Berks County Pennsylvania.

Misty Sweet

Misty holds a BS in Secondary Education/English, and an M.Ed. in School Administration, K-12. She has three beautiful children and spends her free time chauffeuring kids to judo, guitar and cheerleading--and loving every minute of it.

Luis Vidal

Luis is an MSIT graduate student at Bloomsburg University.

Mary C. Warnock

Mary is an Instructional Technology graduate student at Bloomsburg University.

John M. Zelenak III

John is an MSIT graduate student at Bloomsburg University and a Media Specialist at a public education school district where he integrates instructional technology. His greatest professional thrill to date is providing technical support for a videoconference between middle school students and U.S. Astronaut Dr. John Phillips as he was in orbit on the International Space Station.

John gratefully acknowledges the assistance of Mr. Joseph Helinski and Mrs. Patricia Combs for their help with his many projects in the MSIT program, including this ebook.

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