February is High-Tech Hawai’i month on the Public Broadcasting Service’s “Computer Chronicles,” and many Kaua’i businesses and school projects are being featured on the personal technology-focused show. Part three of the four-part Hawai’i series is set to air Saturday at
February is High-Tech Hawai’i month on the Public Broadcasting Service’s “Computer Chronicles,” and many Kaua’i businesses and school projects are being featured on the personal technology-focused show.
Part three of the four-part Hawai’i series is set to air Saturday at 4:30 p.m. on KHET channel 11. The show includes segments on the U.S. Navy’s Pacific Missile Range Facility at Barking Sands; Textron at the West Kaua’i Technology & Visitors Center; and Princeville’s RedLine Media.
The Kauai_Economic_Development_Board has been closely involved in the production of the shows on Kaua’i.
“Computer Chronicles” reaches 3,000,000 viewers internationally, with 300 stations in the U.S. and 100 stations in other countries.
Stewart Cheifet, founder and host of the long-running show, announced the expansion to the first-ever, four-part series was required to provide adequate coverage to the topic of Hawai’i’s strong high-tech industry. The final edition airs Saturday, Feb. 24. He spent 12 days capturing footage of the high-tech industry on the four major islands. He worked with the partners of the Economic Development Alliance of Hawai’i (EDAH), which includes the Kaua’i Economic Development Board as well as similar entities on Maui and the Big Island and the Pacific International Center for High Technology Research.
Part two, which aired Saturday, Feb. 10, highlighted Trex Enterprises in Lihu’e, as well as various other high-tech entities on O’ahu and the Big Island.
Part three includes segments on the U.S. Navy’s Pacific Missile Range Facility at Barking Sands; Textron at the West Kaua’i Technology & Visitors Center; and Princeville’s RedLine Media.
The fourth and final segment will include the Chiefess Kamakahelei Middle School high-tech efforts and studies, high-tech endeavors on Maui, O’ahu and the Big Island, and an interview with Gov. Ben Cayetano.
The middle school students part of the ThinkQuest program are encouraged to take meaningful interests in technology, and have chosen to utilize the “Internet Style” of learning.
That means an interactive, participatory method that encourages students to take advantage of the Internet as a constantly growing source of information, and as a powerful collaborative tool.
Cheifet, who has been called “The Dean of Television Computer Journalists,” pioneered the field 17 years ago when he created and launched the award-winning public television series to address the interests of computer enthusiasts.
He interviewed over two dozen industry insiders on four islands, ranging from dual-use enterprises to successful tech companies such as AdTech, Green Point Nurseries, and start ups.
The EDAH is comprised of nonprofit corporations founded in the 1980s, and was incorporated into an umbrella alliance in 1999. The collective mission of EDAH is to identify and nurture balanced economic progress, education, job growth and quality career opportunities throughout the islands, in keeping with the unique cultural identity, and to preserve and protect the state’s quality of life and outstanding natural resources.
