Timothy Tyndall

Timothy
Tyndall
Email: rain [at] rain [dot] org

BACKGROUND

Over 30
years experience in Peace Education and Community Networking, K-12 Education
and Curriculum development, Database development
and Professional Technology Skills training working with rural communities in
the United States, Costa Rica, Belieze.
Projects have involved community organizataion, grants writing, program
management, web and video development with the past 20 years dedicated to
curriculum and program development projects for Distance Education, Telemedicine,
Rural Development, GIS mapping, E-Commerce and Professional Technology Skills
Training Projects. I have worked closely
with Dr. Harvey Wheeler and Dr. Robert Muller on a variety of regional and
International Peace Education projects since 1986.

Mr.
Tyndall has served as Principle Investigator for projects funded by the
National Science Foundation (for work in Costa Rica and the United States
developing early models of Internet applications for community peace and
conflict resolution and K-12 distance education), the U.S. Geographical Survey
(for GIS mapping), the U.S. Department of Commerce (for E-Commerce training
program development), the U.S.. Department of Agriculture (for rural areas Distance
Education and Telemedicine Projects in Calaifornia, Arizona, New Mexico,
Colarido), the California Department of Education (for teacher professional
technology literacy skills program design and delivery), the California
Telemedicine and Telehealth Foundation, U.C. Davis (for physician and nurse
technology skills training) and the California Consumer Protection Foundation
(for regional Youth Education program development in Santa Barbara, California).

Mr.
Tyndall is the President and founder of Visible Light, Inc. (a non-profit
Foundation started in 1979, based in Santa
Barbara, California)
and is an internationally recognized leader in Rural Development, Telemedicine,
and Distance Education. Visible Light
founded the RAIN Network (Regional Alliance for Information Networking), one of
the first Community Internet Networks in the United States, in 1990, working
throuh funding from the National Science Foundation. The RAIN Network has provided free Internet
access and technology skills education to low income youth, families and
seniors since that time.

Mr.
Tyndall’s work with Distance Education has received a Smithsonian Institution
Technology Innovation Award.

Project
Experience:

Current
– Director -
Community Wellness and Telemedicine video web – Ventura
County Pediatric
Diagnostic Center
and Ventura County Health Department.

1991-Current
– Director
– Visible Light Distance Learning and Telemedicine Consortium. Responsible for senior staff, contracts and
grants and program development.

2002-2004
- Principle Investiator – US
Geological Survey – GIS in the classroom curriculum and program development.

2000-2002
- Project Manager, US
Department of Agriculture distance learning award linking 150 rural communities
in California, Arizona, New Mexico and Colorado with new curriculum support for
K-12 classes, teacher professional technology literacy skills development and
parent-class proram development.

1999-2001
– Project Manager, Department of Defense Electronic Commerce Resource Center, California.

1999
- 2000 – Project Director - U.S. Department of Agriculture Rural
Development CYFAR (Children, Youth and Families at Risk) Project in partnership
with the University of California, the Santa Barbara Housing Authority and the
USDA

1998-1999
–
Project Director – US Department of Agriculture distance learning and telemedicine
award linking 16 rural communities and clinics in Central
California with new web, GIS and e-commerce resources.

1998-2002
– Program
Coordinator - California Department of Education Technology Literacy grant, in
partnership with Oro Grande and Los Angeles
School Districts, for web development for K-12 schools in California and Teacher
Technology Skills development.

1997-1998
–
Project Director - US Department of Agriculture distance learning and telemedicine
award linking 9 rural communities & clinics in Central
California with new web, GIS and e-commerce resources. Working in partnerships with the Cities of
Nipomo, Guadalupe, Oak View, New Cuyama, Shandon, Oro Grande, Los
Angeles, Palm Springs and San Bernardino, (Lake Arrowhead
schools).

1993-1996
– Principle
Investigator -National Science Foundation – Pacific Rim
Business & Education Technology Program

Awards:

1999
– Smithsonian
Institution Technology Innovation Award – Technology in Schools

1999
/ 2001 – AOL Rural Community Capacity Builder Awards

Selected peer-reviewed publications:

• Tyndall,
  Timothy, Case Study - Use of Computer Assistated Education Tools in
  Developing Countries, The Distance Learning
  University, San Jose, Costa Rica
  1995, ED176558
• Tyndall,
  Timothy, Use of GIS data mapping in Rural Distance Education and
  Telemedicine Applications, National Academy of Science, National Research
  Council, CODATA Committee, CODATA Conference, Washington, D.C., 1997
• Tyndall,
  Timothy, Use of Satellite Video
  Conferencing Tools for Rural Telemedicine Program, Rural Telecom
  Conference – Aspen, Colorado 1997
• Tyndall,
  Timothy, Developing Technology Literacy Skills in Rural Areas,
  International Internet Society, Geneva,
  Switzerland,
  1998
• Tyndall,
  Timothy, Use of Online Curriculum in Public K-12 Classrooms, California Dept. of
  Education Technology Literacy Program, 1999
• Tyndall,
  Timothy, Odaz, Frank, Video Applications in very Rural Areas Distance
  Education Development, Rural Telecon Conference – Aspen, Colorado
  1999
• Tyndall,
  Timothy, Internet Delivered Video and GIS Data Mapping Tools for Classroom
  and Community Applications, Association for the Advancement of Computers
  in Education, 1999, Honolulu, Hawaii
• Tyndall,
  Timothy, Waltenberg, Ben, Use of GIS Data Systems for Coastal Management, U.S. Department of Interior California Islands Symposium, Santa Barbara, CA., 1999
• Tyndall,
  Timothy, U.S./European Rural and Urban Technology Planning for At-Risk
  Population Groups, International Telecommunications Society, Seattle, Washington,
  2000
• Tyndall,
  Timothy, US/European Rural Technology Framework Development Plan, European
  Telecommunications Conference, Venice, Italy, 2000
• Tyndall,
  Timothy, Use of GIS Data Mapping and Internet Video Systems for Rural and
  Urban Telemedicine and Distance Education Programs, International Internet
  Society Conference, Tokyo,
  Japan,
  2000
• Tyndall,
  Timothy, Odaz, Frank, Use of Internet Delivered Video and GIS Managed
  Personal Folder Systems for Rural Education and Health Care Programs,
  Rural Telecom Conference Paper – Aspen,
  Colorado 2000
• Tyndall,
  Timothy, Rural Technology Literacy Development, Canadian Library
  Association Get Smart Conference, Montreal,
  Canada
  2000
• Tyndall,
  Timothy, Using the Internet to Link Classrooms and Communities, SITE
  Conference, Orlando FL 2001
• Tyndall,
  Timothy, Developing A Statewide Framework for Professional Teacher
  Technology Skills Development, Tech Ed Conference, Anaheim CA,
  2001
• International Internet Society
  Conference, Stockholm,
  Sweden,
  2001
• Tyndall,
  Timothy, European-North American Rural Development Technology Partnership
  Programs, ED-MEDIA, Helsinki,
  Finland
  2001
• Tyndall,
  Timothy, Use of GIS and Video Tools in Today’s Classroom, Tech Ed Conference, San Diego, Ca. 2002
• Tyndall,
  Timothy, Report on Recent Rural Community Telemedicine and Distance
  Learning Programs in the Southwest, Access Native America, Gallup, New Mexico,
  2002
• Tyndall,
  Timothy, New Interactive GIS Applications in Classroom and Community Use,
  ESRI GIS Paper and Conference presentation, San Diego, Ca., 2002
• Tyndall,
  Timothy, Report on USDA Funded Community Technology Projects, SITE, Nashville, Tennessee,
  2002
• Tyndall,
  Timothy, Development of Online Learning Systems for Advanced Learners,
  GATE Conference Santa Clara,
  Ca., 2003
• Tyndall,
  Timothy, Technology Literacy Skills Development in Rural Areas, SITE Albuquerque, New
  Mexico,
  2003
• Tyndall,
  Timothy, Use of GIS and Internet Delivered Video Tools in the Classroom,
  MECC Phoenix, Arizona, 2003
• Tyndall,
  Timothy, Personal Electronic Portfolio Applications in Native American
  Schools, Access Native America, Phoenix, Arizona
  2003
• Tyndall,
  Timothy, Pacific Rim Technology Programs Development, Hawaii
  InfoTech Conference, Honolulu,
  Hawaii - 2003
• Tyndall,
  Timothy, Broadband Wireless and Cell Phone Based Community Wellness and
  Online Learning Program Tools, International Conference on Computers in
  Education, Hong Kong – 2003
• Tyndall,
  Timothy, Pacific Rim Technology Skills Development Framework, E-School, Honolulu, Hawaii,
  2004
• Tyndall,
  Timothy, Use of GIS and Interactive Video Tools in the Development of
  Online GATE Programs, California Gifted, Anaheim, Ca., 2004
• Ed
  Media, Geneva, Switzerland, 2004
• Tyndall,
  Timothy, Development of an Integrated EU/China/US Rural Telemedicine and
  Distance Learning Program,
  International Telecommunication Union – Hong Kong, China,
  2006