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'''Shannon Sullivan: Program Director and Executive Producer, [[World Wide Workshop Foundation]]
* '''OLPC Projects:''' [http://www.worldwideworkshop.org/olpcwiki/ '''MaMaMedia Activity Center''']
* '''Hometown and country:''' [http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Philadelphia Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, USA]

* '''Role on World Wide Workshop Team:''' As Program Director I am responsible for implementing the foundation's educational vision through specific projects like the MaMaMedia Activity Center for OLPC. As Executive Producer I define the activity features and lead the production team. I also help set the editorial tone and I do lots of writing and editing of [http://wiki.laptop.org/go/MMM_lesson_plan_translations Lesson Plans]. 

* '''Professional Experience:''' 13 years as a Producer, Writer and Editor of interactive content for companies such as [http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/MTV MTV], [http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/MaMaMedia MaMaMedia] and [http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Knowledge_Adventure Knowledge Adventure]
* '''Education/Training:''' Masters of Education ([http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/University_of_Virginia University of Virginia]), Bachelor of Arts in Journalism ([http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/University_of_Southern_California University of Southern California])

* '''Favorite food(s):''' Sushi, brownies, homemade guacamole (but never together!)
* '''Favorite music:''' Hard to pick one genre or band -- I like rock, alt rock, hip hop, R&B, classical, jazz
* '''Favorite technology 'gadget' and why:''' Hello, XO! This should be obvious.
* '''When I started using computers:''' In High School I programmed a memory game in Basic on a Radio Shack, In College I wrote papers on an Apple, in Grad School I made interactive stories with Hypercard, in my first 'real job' I learned to create software for Windows and Mac, now it's all about web-based learning and customized activities for the XO laptop
* '''What I use computers for:''' Work, communication, shopping, research, general amusement
* '''What I like to do on the internet:''' I like to e-mail, IM, share photos, shop, read the news, download music... and design websites and tools that children and teens can use to learn and express themselves.

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