A trained educator, graduating from the Boston University School of Education, Scott is interested in the integration of technology and education. He works at Bates College managing the Client Services portions of Information Technology. Scott directs the Service Desk, which is responsible for the support of all classrooms and computers on campus. He also oversees the campus training programs and specifies and purchases computing equipment for the campus. He stays very active in the AV and IT fields, having presented at both regional, national and international conferences. Scott writes columns and blogs regularly for rAVe [Publications].
In order to continue to develop and strengthen his leadership and management skills Scott has attended the Management Institute and the Leading Change Institute, sponsored by EduCause. He earned his MBA form the Peter T. Paul College of Business and Economics, at the University of New Hampshire. During his time in graduate school Scott developed an interest and expertise in leadership and team building.
As an experienced speaker and writer, Scott is always looking for new experiences to share, learn and grow. Scott can be contacted via LinkedIn, on Twitter at http://www.twitter.com/stiner or via email at stiner08@gmail.com
I had to wonder, is it just me? Is it the cold climate in central Maine? So I asked around. Have you had this problem? Turns out, yes — just about everyone else had the same problem? Then I had to ask. So, why has the problem not been fixed and why do we still […]
In my recent article “From Zero to Streaming in 10 Days,” I briefly mentioned that we use hardware encoders from Haivison. Haivision has a wide variety of products, from single hardware encoders to a massive “video furnace” that can provide video services for an entire campus. At Bates College we use only the hardware encoders. Specifically, we use the Barracuda (SD encoding) […]
Over the course of the past month I have received a few more emails and had more conversations with people about my initial article. I covered several of these discussions in my follow-up blog post, but wanted to follow up on a few more. Bo Warmbold from Vernon Hills High School wrote to tell me that at Vernon Hills, they use a software […]
After my first article for rAVe Ed came out, I had several people email or tweet me questions or comments. I thought they were so good, and thought provoking, that I decided to respond to them here. Mike Tomei (@miketomei) and Conner Krey (@connerkrey) wrote to me asking more about the Bonjour protocol. Mike wanted to know more about what it meant that […]
