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High School physics teacher and UT Dallas graduate student feeds the squirrels on campus and talks about the program he is involved in that hopes to introduce engineering to 4th year high school students. I must admit... I stopped because of the squirrel and so glad that I did!

This video is a tribute to the life-long contributions of Patricia A. Porter to the Dallas art and business community. Her contribution to the Dallas arts community is immeasurable and this video contains interviews with friends, family and colleagues that help give an idea of Pat's unique presence and contributions. The video was made by two UT Dallas graduate students, Kim Smith and Joe Chuang, at the request of NTBCA's Ray Jordan and Christie Gard to be shown at the 2009 Obelisk Awards Banquet. San Santiago of American Airlines, Narrator. Thanks to everyone who contributed and Thank you so much, Pat - for all of your contributions!

Today I pulled a 13 hour shoot for Sony to cover behind the scenes action for the GS Boyz' 2nd song: Booty Dew. In this shot you see the GS Boyz surrounding B-Hamp AKA "Ricky Bobby", They show us how it's done.... The 'Booty Dew,' that is. Nice group of guys.

UT Dallas History Professor Dr. Monica Rankin, @monicarankin, wanted to know how she could reach and include more students in the class discussion. She had heard of Twitter... The following is a short video describing her " Twitter Experiment " in the classroom with comments from students about the pros and cons of Twitter in a traditional learning environment. I am Graduate student at UT Dallas pursuing a Masters in Emerging Media and Communication (EMAC) and collaborated with Dr. Rankin to see how Twitter might be used in her US History 2 class. This experiment was both exciting and a bit daunting... The video is one of my projects for a digital video class with Dean Terry, @therefore, and part of a class project in my content creation and collaboration class with Dan Langendorf, @dlangendorf. http://emac.utdallas.edu @kesmit3

This afternoon I attended an event at CC Young that featured community arts. Ebby Halliday attended and even played the Ukulele and sang a few songs. I was deeply impressed by her humor and radiant presence. She made a point of reminding me that she is 98 years old...three times! CC Young is a retirement community that rests overlooking Whiterock Lake. They are also beginning to look into the use of video games as a way to engage their residents in a range of activities that will help keep the mind young. More on that to come!

This is one of five pieces that Jonathan performed during the annual UT Dallas guitar competition. Guitarists traveled from all over to train with David Russell and compete.

One of five pieces Ben played at the UT Dallas guitar competition. Excellent.