Professor, Co-founder at Fractor, Kidz Connect
Greater New York City Area
- Current
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- Co-founder at Fractor.org
- Professor at The New School
- Director at ZoomLab | Kidz Connect
- Technical Trainer/Consultant at Williams Lea/Banc of America Securities
- Past
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- Artist-in-Residence at PIMA
- Fulbright scholar, Amsterdam, Netherlands; focus: Multimedia/Interactive Technologies at Waag Society for Old and New Media
- Technical Trainer at UBS
- Media Sales/Consultant at Media & Beyond
- Software Trainer at Bryn-Alan Studios
- Software Trainer at Productivity Point International
- Software Trainer at SSI/CareWare Systems,
- Peer Education Program Director at The Source Teen Theater
- Education
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- New School University
- University of South Florida
- Connections
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- Industry
- Performing Arts
- Websites
Josephine Dorado’s Summary
Josephine Dorado is a New York-based media artist, performer and social entrepreneur. In her work, she explores the extension of the performance environment with technology, often utilizing movement-based, sensor-driven synthesis and networked telepresence. She is also interested in the process of cultural exchange through creative interplay in virtual spaces, which led to founding ZoomLab and initiating the Kidz Connect program, which connects students internationally via creative collaboration in virtual worlds such as Second Life. Josephine currently teaches at the New School, where she received her M.A. in Media Studies in 2006. She was a Fulbright scholarship recipient and an artist-in-residence at the Waag Society in Amsterdam, Netherlands, and continues her involvement with Fulbright as a member of the Board of Directors. Performances include interdisciplinary productions for the ISEA and Romaeuropa Festivals as well as speaking engagements at SIGGRAPH, Queen’s University in Belfast, and London Knowledge Lab. Upcoming ventures include Fractor, for which a MacArthur Foundation award was received, and several mixed reality projects involving dance theater, motion capture analysis and Second Life performance. Josephine’s experience ranging from theater for at-risk children to technology and design, brings perspectives on theater-inspired collaborative methodologies as well as the issues of working within a virtual context.
http://funksoup.com/
http://kidzconnect.org
http://fractor.org
Josephine Dorado’s Specialties:
media art, media art education, technology consulting, technology training, media production, telematics, streaming technologies, distributed education, interactive art, interactive technologies, networked performance, performing arts, performing arts education, outreach education, e-learning, virtual training
Josephine Dorado’s Experience
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Co-founder
Fractor.org
(Philanthropy industry)
2008 — Present (1 year)
Fractor is a groundbreaking web application that dynamically links daily news stories to the specific needs of non-profit organizations, whether they are requests for financial donations, volunteer opportunities, in-kind donations or online actions. 'Facts' & 'acts' are organized on a single, intuitive page where every news story will be linked to real-world actions that users can pursue. By combining news aggregation with nonprofit needs & social networking tools, Fractor brings a new level of interaction to news readership & civic activism.
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Professor
The New School
(Educational Institution; 201-500 employees; Higher Education industry)
February 2007 — Present (2 years 6 months)
* Curriculum design and instruction of courses in Graduate Media Studies department involving participatory culture and collaboration within networked environments
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Director
ZoomLab | Kidz Connect
(Performing Arts industry)
2005 — Present (4 years)
Kidz Connect ( http://kidzconnect.org ), a project of ZoomLab, connects youth in different countries through media art, performance and creative collaboration in virtual worlds.
ZoomLab ( http://zoomlab.org ) is an organization dedicated to the promotion of cultural connection and understanding between children in the US and emerging nations, through the use of online collaborative arts initiatives and education in media technology. -
Technical Trainer/Consultant
Williams Lea/Banc of America Securities
(Public Company; E-Learning industry)
2005 — Present (4 years)
* Responsible for onsite/offsite/virtual training, with a current average of 10 virtual training sessions/month.
* Responsible for instructional design and support in various applications for presentations.
* Responsible for co-authoring and implementing design and branding initiatives. -
Artist-in-Residence
PIMA
(Performing Arts industry)
2006 — 2008 (2 years)
Artist-in-Residence at the Motion Capture Lab at PIMA
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Fulbright scholar, Amsterdam, Netherlands; focus: Multimedia/Interactive Technologies
Waag Society for Old and New Media
(Performing Arts industry)
2003 — 2004 (1 year)
* Content creation & management of online networked projects involving international collaborations in interactive media, distributed content, and streaming technologies incorporating audio, video, and live production.
* Knowledge mgmt, timeline coordination, technical direction for a series of simultaneous multi-city projects. -
Technical Trainer
UBS
(Public Company; E-Learning industry)
1999 — 2003 (4 years)
* Managed content creation and development of online training portal and curriculum for presentations.
* Responsible for onsite/offsite/virtual training and instructional design in applications for media and presentations.
* Responsible for technical support, development, and technical writing. -
Media Sales/Consultant
Media & Beyond
(Media Production industry)
1998 — 1999 (1 year)
* Market research and sales consulting for film, video, animation, web design, 2D/3D, digital production and editing.
* Responsible for client needs analysis, hardware/software solutions & implementation. -
Software Trainer
Bryn-Alan Studios
(Computer Software industry)
1997 — 1998 (1 year)
* Provided on-site/in-house technical support and training on imaging/identification software system.
* Responsible for client needs analysis, curriculum design, upgrade support/implementation, hardware/software
maintenance, database administration, Q&A, technical documentation. -
Software Trainer
Productivity Point International
(Computer Software industry)
1997 — 1997 (less than a year)
* Provided on-site and in-house training on various operating systems and end-user software.
* Provided training and follow-up support for various upgrade and migration efforts.
*Clients included IBM, Arthur Andersen, FL Dept. of Revenue. -
Software Trainer
SSI/CareWare Systems,
(Computer Software industry)
1995 — 1997 (2 years)
* Supervised on-site/in-house technical support and training on medical case management software.
* Responsible for curriculum design/implementation, documentation, testing, remote installation, upgrade support.
* Clients included AIG, HIP, Blue Cross Blue Shield. -
Peer Education Program Director
The Source Teen Theater
(Performing Arts industry)
1991 — 1995 (4 years)
* Created and implemented objectives and analysis/evaluation plans for peer education program.
* Responsible for the allocation of educational resources, public relations, productions, technical and creative direction.
Josephine Dorado’s Education
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New School University
M.A. , Media Art/Studies , 2002 — 2006
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University of South Florida
B.A. , Psychology , 1986 — 1990
Additional Information
Josephine Dorado’s Websites:
Josephine Dorado’s Groups:
Fulbright NY Board of Directors, Fulbright Alumni Association, rhizome.org, The Field
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Fulbright Alumni -
FOR and BY the ARTS -
The Long Now Foundation -
HARO--Help A Reporter Out
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Google Wave Users Group -
IPhone and Android Developers Fund
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