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1. first you are going to want to go into notifications so that you can turn them on so you know when things are posted. Every time you post something you have the option to get an email notification and you might want to click this. I have notifications set for everything that comes through :) 2. Here are some other resources that might be helpful and give you some background information :) [] [] [] []

3. ** Listen to learn more about ** ** careers in video game design and sonography. **   ** STEM Power Hour ** []

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**Rick Hall ** is a 15-year veteran of the gaming industry with experience as a producer, studio head, programmer and game designer. He is currently the production director at the Florida Interactive Entertainment Academy, UCF’s graduate video-gaming school in downtown Orlando. Hall has worked on RPGs, adventure games, RTS games, flight sims, fighting games, sports sims, and even a fishing simulation. He has worked on PC, PlayStation, N64, PS2, Sony PSP, Nintendo DS and online platforms. Hall can speak to media about a variety of gaming topics, including game design, massively multiplayer online games, historical games, the merger of Hollywood and the gaming industry, virtual economies and real estates, as well as game marketing.
 * Jennifer Kurnal-Herring** is currently college faculty in the department of Diagnostic Medical Sonography at Florida Hospital College of Health Sciences (FHCHS) in Orlando, Florida. She earned a Bachelor of Science in Elementary Education from California University of Pennsylvania, where she completed her student teaching before moving to the Orlando area. Teaching in Osceola and Orange counties for a few years began her love of education and teaching others. Jennifer became a student at FHCHS, studying sonography. She graduated //Magna cum Laude// from both the General and Cardiovascular Sonography programs at FHCHS. She then became a Registered Diagnostic Medical Sonographer (RDMS) in Abdomen and Obstetrics/Gynecology, Registered Diagnostic Cardiac Sonographer (RDCS) and Registered Vascular Technician (RVT). She worked for the Florida Hospital system for a few years, as well as performing some contract work at different cardiologists and physicians’ offices.