Written by the students of the Race Rocks Activity:
Paul Kennedy, the host of the CBC evening program “Ideas” OCT 6, 2001: Paul Kennedy of the CBC Radio program “IDEAS” went with us to Race Rocks on the afternoon of October 6. He was interested in observing one of our live webcasts from underwater. He is in the process of preparing a series on Canada’s Oceans in December of 2001, and has been intrigued with the potentials for distance education that is afforded by the technology we have developed here for racerocks.com.This series is being rebroadcast in February and March 2002. Race Rocks Segment : CBC radio Feb 22 9:00 P.M.
- Paul Kennedy interviews Ania while Mike films with the special underwater camera.
- Paul and Salla discuss the day’s events.
- Monica works her magic with the sound system while Garry and Paul check out the webcast on the monitor.
- Mike poses proudly after successfully coiling the underwater cable.
- Chris hands the underwater cam to Phillippe to begin filming the underwater broadcast.
- Laura explains the fascinating world of swimming scallops to Paul.
- The racerocks.com crew begins to pack up for the day.
- Jaffar looks on while Monica and Kiprop finish packing up after the webcast.
- Jaffar and Monica chat idly while Kiprop does the heavy lifting!
- Two francophones [Phillippe + (Paul = 1/2 French) + 1/2 of Mike’s body] wave goodbye to Mike on the dock at Race Rocks.
- Paul makes an interesting point as Mike and Phillippe listen attentively.
- Our beloved Race Rocks, silhouetted by the setting sun. Paul liked this shot