Joseph Parente is an award-winning Distance Education Video Producer/Director. For 27 years, he has developed, produced, and distributed live educational television programs and authored educational interactive DVD video productions. He is also a part-time professor at CSUS in the Communication Studies Department. He is an active Board member of both the Sacramento Educational Cable Consortium and the Alliance for Distance Education in California. Mr. Parente is the Producer/Director of Process Theatre, Inc., a nonprofit corporation dedicated to utilizing the Arts in Education and improving the quality of life of community members utilizing the Arts in Technology. As the Digital Media Consultant for Process Theatre, he has been working in the field of Professional Development for Teachers with clients such as WestEd, S.E.C.C., and KVIE.