Randy Depew, MA

Digital Safari Educator: Multimedia

Randy Depew began teaching in 1996 as a founding teacher of the nationally acclaimed Digital Safari Academy at Mt. Diablo High School in Concord, CA. Currently he serves as the lead teacher in charge of curriculum and project development for the eight teachers and 170 students at the Academy and teaches three levels of multimedia design, the career/technical focus of the academy. He earned both his teaching credential and M.A. in Education from Chapman University College in Concord where he began teaching in 2001. At Chapman, Randy has taught several different courses in the teaching credential program including, Technology in the Classroom, Introduction to Teaching, Secondary Teaching Strategies, and Strategies for Culturally Diverse Classrooms.

Randy has recognized expertise in the area of curriculum development, cross-curricular integration, project based learning and career academy development. He has presented on these subjects at several state and national conferences including the Autodesk Foundation’s national project based learning conference, “Kids Who Know and Do,” the California Tech Prep Conference, The California CUE Conference, and the California Partnership Academy Conference. He also serves, with his Heather Fontanilla, as an independent consultant to individual teachers, schools and districts surrounding the development of career pathway academies and project based learning environments.

Randy has received considerable recognition for his teaching. He was chosen as the 2000 California Technology Teacher of the Year by Technology and Learning Magazine and was the 2001 Mt. Diablo Unified School District Teacher of the Year and a finalist for Contra Costa County Teacher of the Year. Additionally, Randy’s program, the Digital Safari Academy, has received recognition from several organizations including the National High School Alliance, The Career Academy Support Network at UC Berkeley, the Autodesk Foundation for Project Based Learning and the National Association of School Administrators. His students have been recognized with over 20 awards in the past eight years in the California Student Media Festival including Multimedia Student of the Year five times.


	Randy Depew, MA Digital Safari Educator: Multimedia Randy Depew began teaching in 1996 as a founding teacher of the nationally acclaimed Digital Safari Academy at Mt. Diablo High School in Concord, CA. Currently he serves as the lead teacher in charge of curriculum and project development for the eight teachers and 170 students at the Academy and teaches three levels of multimedia design, the career/technical focus of the academy. He earned both his teaching credential and M.A. in Education from Chapman University College in Concord where he began teaching in 2001. At Chapman, Randy has taught several different courses in the teaching credential program including, Technology in the Classroom, Introduction to Teaching, Secondary Teaching Strategies, and Strategies for Culturally Diverse Classrooms. Randy has recognized expertise in the area of curriculum development, cross-curricular integration, project based learning and career academy development. He has presented on these subjects at several state and national conferences including the Autodesk Foundation’s national project based learning conference, “Kids Who Know and Do,” the California Tech Prep Conference, The California CUE Conference, and the California Partnership Academy Conference. He also serves, with his Heather Fontanilla, as an independent consultant to individual teachers, schools and districts surrounding the development of career pathway academies and project based learning environments. Randy has received considerable recognition for his teaching. He was chosen as the 2000 California Technology Teacher of the Year by Technology and Learning Magazine and was the 2001 Mt. Diablo Unified School District Teacher of the Year and a finalist for Contra Costa County Teacher of the Year. Additionally, Randy’s program, the Digital Safari Academy, has received recognition from several organizations including the National High School Alliance, The Career Academy Support Network at UC Berkeley, the Autodesk Foundation for Project Based Learning and the National Association of School Administrators. His students have been recognized with over 20 awards in the past eight years in the California Student Media Festival including Multimedia Student of the Year five times.