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Summative Report on Digital Portfolio
& Blueprint For Learning
Opportunity
| Proposal | Questions
| Construct| Apply
| Join | Teach | Exhibit
| Timeline
 
The Opportunity
Ever since I started diving at age fourteen I have had a fascination
with Great White Sharks, (Carcharodon carcharias). Have
you ever been to an aquarium and viewed a great white shark in an
exhibit? The answer is most certainly no, since they have never
been able to be kept alive outside of their natural habitat. I now
have an opportunity to learn more about these fascinating creatures
by studying them and documenting them in their natural environment
amongst a community of peers and marine experts in this unique discipline.
Summary: The proposed project was completed
within the timeframe and learning results documented within this
digital portfolio.
The
Proposal
My proposal for this course is to learn about the science of cage
diving and the mysterious habits of Great White Sharks, by diving
with them in their natural habitat. My proposal includes a four-day
expedition to Guadalupe Island some 210 miles off Baja California,
where white sharks have recently been discovered in large numbers.
I will learn the specialized techniques required for cage diving,
digital underwater video documentation and underwater still imaging
which are used when performing this type of diving. I will explore,
document and investigate my own learning and community of practice
in this endeavor.
Summary: I sucessfully completed three days
of diving from the M/V Ocean Odessey October 14-18 2003 with my
CoP and collected the data needed in the blueprint.
Questions:
Questions that I have related to this project are:
• What type of diving technology is be used to perform cage
diving?
• What types of equipment improvements can be made?
• What are the safety precautions and diving protocols being
used and are they effective?
• What influences these animals with respect to interaction
with divers?
• What are the habits, myths and realities associated with
these animals?
• What technologies are used in digitally documenting white
sharks in this mode?
Summary: The answers to these questions are
summarized in a digital powerpoint in
this portfolio.
Construct
I will make web-pages containing answers to each of these questions
utilizing visual and interactive techniques. I hope to be able to
capture some video footage of the animals. I will explore utilizing
Macromedia Flash to supplement the graphical presentations on the
website. I will also participate in the design and construction
of a surface-supplied 100% oxygen diving system to be utilized by
one of the expedition divers for safety purposes.
Summary: I photographed and videotaped extensively
during the research phase of the project both underwater and on
the surface. I constructed and published two Flash Slide shows in
this digital portfolio. I compiled three
quicktime movies using apple i-movie. Two movies are published on
the portfoilio page, one was output to VHS tape for student use
in our library as it is 24 mins in length. I conducted digital audio
interviews during the research phase. I complied, edited and published
the audio files using a Sony ICD-P17 digital voice recorder, Sony
Digital Voice Editor 2 and Sonic
Foundry's Sound Forge 6.0 to enhance and compress the audio
for web-based delivery.
Write an Expert
I will conduct interviews with respected peers on the subject matter.
I hope to be able to interview divers/photographers-Peter Howorth,
veteran diver and Director of the Marine Mammal Center in Santa
Barbara, CA., Tom Campbell who is a respected adventure videographer
as well as Mike DeGruy formerly with National Geographic Society
Summary: I interviewed marine expert Peter
Howorth of the Santa
Barbara Marine Mammal Center during a lunch meeting November
3, 2003. Several audio files are published
within the portfolio. I will be meeting the Director and noted Shark
Expert Ralph Collier, on December 19th here in Santa Barbara via
Peter Howorth (from my CoP) who is hosting a Shark Diving Symposium
with Dr. Collier, Cinematographer Bob
Talbot, and local Santa Barbara
resident Jean Michel Cousteau.
Apply
I will be utilizing surface supplied air and oxygen diving systems,
a KMDSI Supermask 48 full face mask, a digital 8mm video camera,
surface digital and 35mm camera, Nikonos III and V underwater still
cameras, sub-sea strobe lighting, Apple i-movie, Apple Final Cut
Express, Macromedia Dreamweaver, Adobe Photoshop and Macromedia
Flash Software. I also will be utilizing a Sunnto EON dive computer
in conjunction with Abysmal
Diving’s Abyss v 2.3 desktop decompression software.
Summary: I used all of the afforementioned
software and hardware throughout the project to perform the underwater
operations, data collecting and reporting. I
generated a dive profile
for the O2 dives to document that it was well within the Oxygen
Tolerance Units (OTUs). I had my second semester students construct
a surface supplied oxygen hookah unit under my supervision as part
of their MDT-185
Facilities Maintenance & Operations class that I teach at
Santa Barbara
City College. My beginning students were assigned into teams
to perform the gas calculations needed for
the Oxygen hookah system.The KMDSI
Supermask was used on several dives and I also had one of the
dive expedition members, Jake Connor (who is a graduate of my program
at SBCC) successfully dive the system as well.
Join
I will be joining online community groups who are involved in both
ecotourism and shark diving from within and outside of cages. I
will also be actively involved with the Santa Barbara Diving Foundation,
a local non-profit organization. This community group is actively
involved in dissemination of information related to diving.
Summary: I joined the yahoo listserve: naui_tech.
This is a discussion and informational source for NAUI Technical
Instructors. This is intended to be a non-confrontational medium
to exchange ideas and methodology between NAUI Technical Instructors.
I also have beeninteracting with the Shark
Research Committee. I will be meeting the Director and Shark
Expert Ralph Collier on December 19th here in Santa Barbara via
Peter Howorth (from my CoP) who is hosting a Shark Diving Symposium
with Dr. Collier, Cinematographer Bob
Talbot, and local Santa Barbara
resident Jean Michel Cousteau.
Teach
I propose to utilize the website for supplemental learning purposes
for those interested in cage diving as well as diving and marine
technology. I will identify and develop my community of practice
for novices and peers alike, utilizing the exciting non-traditional
methodologies that I am learning here at Pepperdine University.
Summary: There were three alumni of my marine
technology program on the trip. I had the opportunity to interact
with them outside of them outside of the traditional classroom.
We were able to experience true peripheral participation within
the CoP that I have been involved in, including the cage diving
activities.
Exhibit
I will publish the webpage at Santa Barbara City College on the
marine technology website and at the SBCC Faculty Resource Center
I will also post a link to the expedition and extensive project
journal.
Summary: I have shared the URL of this blueprint
with SBCC students via Campus
pipeline e-mail. The website at SBCC
will be linked to this digital blueprint for visitors.
Timeline
September
• Expedition Planning
• Identification of requirements
• Submit Blueprint
October
• 14-18- Expedition to Guadalupe Island
• Data collection
• Post processing of images and analysis
• Conduct expedition interviews
November
• Conduct Post Expedition interviews
• Edit graphics, sound, video and text
• Construct web-pages
• Formative evaluation
December
• Test web-pages
• Summative evaluation by colleagues
• Submit project
• Reflect
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