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Lucas GC LimitedIndependent Director
Mar. 2024San Francisco, California, United States
SciQuiryStrategic Advisor
Nov. 2021San Francisco, California, United States
Erase All KittensStrategic, UX, curriculum, and PD advisor; Fairy Godmother
May. 2021San FranciscoLearn to code playing the Super Mario Bros of the 21st century
k20 EducatorsStrategic Advisor
Mar. 2021New York City Metropolitan AreaA globally inclusive, professional learning platform for educator learning and career growth.
StartedMentor
Nov. 2020San Francisco Bay Area
Stealth Mode BiotechMentor
Aug. 2020San Diego, California, United StatesPlant solutions to feed the world and forstall climate change.
Humboldt County Office of EducationCurriculum Designer
Jun. 2020 - May. 2021Eureka, California, United StatesHelped design and produce a computational thinking and Python coding curriculum for middle school students of the Yurok Nation
Nkazimulo Applied SciencesAdvisor
Oct. 2018 - Dec. 2019San FranciscoWho we are: We are Nkazimulo Applied Sciences and we unleash the scientist in you
What we do: We help young people become scientists.
Why: We do this because we believe in a South Africa where every young person has an opportunity to fall in love with science by having access to learning tools.
Unity TechnologiesEducation Program Consultant
Oct. 2018 - Dec. 2018San Francisco
Off the Charts Educational SolutionsAdvisor
May. 2018 - Mar. 2024San Francisco Bay AreaPreparing to make a substantial difference in the lives of students.
Better KidsAdvisor
Apr. 2017San Francisco Bay AreaEmpower Your Students To Better Manage Their Emotions With Wisdom, The Most Engaging Science-Based SEL Pedagogy For Pre-K To 2nd Grade
MySafetyNESTAdvisor
Dec. 2014San Francisco Bay AreaA one-stop, highly engaging and personalized health education platform to improve the way prenatal care serves pregnant women.
TextGenomeDirector
Oct. 2014San Francisco Bay AreaText Genome project is building technology to improve literacy and reading comprehension for students. By using computational analysis of readings, key vocabulary and students' vocabulary knowledge, our platform intelligently matches each student with personalized readings designed to optimally improve their mastery of vocabulary and reading comprehension.
ReadWorksFormer Technology and Content Advisor
Aug. 2014 - Dec. 2017Brooklyn NYThe non-profit ReadWorks has been committed to solving the nation's reading comprehension crisis by giving teachers the research-proven tools and support they need to improve the academic achievement of their students.
Études.orgBoard Member
Aug. 2014 - Aug. 2017San Francisco Bay AreaLearning Management System providing quality services and innovative educational software to students and instructors since 1994.
AstiaAdvisor
Jun. 2014 - Apr. 2023San Francisco, California, United StatesAstia is a community of experts committed to leveling the investment playing field for women entrepreneurs by providing access to capital and networks for the companies they lead.
Lifeliqe/CorinthStrategic Advisor, Curriculum Designer
Mar. 2014 - Jun. 2022San Francisco Bay AreaLifeliqe is offering a visual learning tool with over 1,300 interactive 3D STEM models in breathtaking quality and detail and middle and high school science curricula to help teachers know how to exploit them for better science learning.
US Market Access CenterMentor
Oct. 2013San Francisco Bay AreaUS Market Access Center Inc. (USMAC), has been providing international tech companies with fast and successful access to the US and global markets, via Silicon Valley. Corinth, Prague; UniWink, Cork; SELI Innovations, SmartStudy (Pink Fong), e-future, HJT eDucation, Attocube, Seoul; WSE, forMetris, and Smart Factory, Paris; DENDAMA, Obniz, Code 7, Aidemy, Global Stage, Progummy, ZenEducation, Hivix, Loilo,Tokyo. iLuvQuran, Kuala Lumpur. Brive, Athens.
Enuma, Inc.Curriculum Advisor
Apr. 2012 - Apr. 2023Berkeley, CaliforniaCreating a Future Where Every Child Can Learn At Their Own Pace
The Program In Rehabilitation NeuroscienceGame Designer
Sep. 2010 - Apr. 2023Berkeley CAThe Program in Rehabilitation Neuroscience is an inter-disciplinary collaboration between clinicians and researchers at the VA Medical Centers (Northern California/Martinez and San Francisco) and University of California (Berkeley and San Francisco). The Program was founded in 2007 to advance the development of interventions to improve cognitive functioning, with a special focus on helping individuals who have suffered brain injury. The program was founded on the premise that the best of patient-oriented clinical care and neuroscience should be brought together to foster innovations.
ZookazooChief Playwright
Jul. 2007 - Mar. 2009Designed and produced single-player and social games for children 5 to 13.
Monterey Institute for Technology and EducationDirector, Special Projects
Jan. 2007 - Jul. 2007Brought new initiatives to the Institute, then led the learning design of the next generation of courses for the Institute's core project, the National Repository for Online Courses (NROC), nrocmath.org.
Kids' Informal Learning and Digital Media studyCo-PI
Jan. 2004 - Jun. 2008Four year, $3 million study of how kids learn from social media and games. Final report, "Hanging Out, Messing Around, Geeking Out" published by the MIT Press in November of 2009.
The John D. and Catherine T. MacArthur FoundationEducation Program Consultant
Dec. 2003 - Dec. 2008Helped shape investment strategy for education program, find and filter opportunities for grants related to digital media and learning
The William and Flora Hewlett FoundationEducation Program Consultant
Nov. 2002 - Jun. 2004Help shape investment strategy for education program, find and filter opportunities for grants related to technology and education
ALLearn - Alliance for Lifelong LearningActing Director of Development
Jun. 2001 - Dec. 2002Worked with course teams at Oxford, Princeton, Stanford and Yale to craft an online offering for their alumni.
Pensare, Inc.Chief Learning Architect and Vice President, Development
Jan. 1997 - Jan. 2001Built team, developed three versions of eLearning platform, produced courses in partnership with distinguished business faculty, created customized solutions for business partners, scaled development process, and created software development toolkit (SDK) to reduce costs and time to market by half. Recruited content partners and closed prospects. Evangelized the Pensare Knowledge Community solution to industry.
CyberIsland Studios LtdExecutive Vice President
Jan. 1996 - Jan. 1997Led effort to raise working capital and establish strategic partnerships. Designed first product, Da Vinci's Apprentice, and concepts for math, language arts, and social studies product lines.
Digital Pictures, Inc.Vice President for Education
Jun. 1993 - Jan. 1996Created strategy for company's entry into the children's software market, including development, marketing and distribution. Launched company's first children's product, Kids on Site, designed and produced What's My Story? and established distribution by Brøderbund to school market.
Apple Inc.Director, Education Research
Feb. 1989 - Jun. 1993Managed 40 regular staff and transformed a $12M annual investment in assorted research projects such as Apple Classrooms of Tomorrow, the San Francisco Multimedia Lab, and Alan Kay's Vivarium into a cross-disciplinary team integrating Apple technology effectively into learning and training, ensured smooth technology transfer from select sponsored research projects in independent and university labs, and trimmed $3M while sustaining staff commitment. Advisor to the Internet Society.
Stanford University Graduate School of EducationConsulting Associate Professor
Jun. 1988 - May. 1991Stanford, California, United StatesLed joint project in Human Biology with Apple's San Francisco Multimedia Laboratory
University of Southern CaliforniaMartha Boaz Distinguished Research Professor
Jan. 1988 - Jan. 1988Designed faculty and student program for new teaching library
Stanford UniversityDirector, Instruction and Research Information Systems and Systems Development
Jun. 1980 - Feb. 1989Stanford, California, United StatesHelped define University strategy for academic computing, created and built a division comprising two dozen academic computing specialists, specialized laboratories and electronic classrooms to support consulting services, sponsored projects and experiments and provide student and faculty access to institutional computers of all sizes. Helped over 300 humanities faculty replace IBM Selectrics with IBM PCs, and cultivated professors’ interest in creating and publishing innovative ways of teaching using new technology.
MPC PhDPrincipal
Jan. 1979San Francisco Bay AreaLearning design and technology investing and strategic consulting services Current clients include:
The Mimir, SoundTown, SciQuery, CogniLearn, Ed3DAO, mySafetyNest, Zoe Immersive, Global Childhood Academy, Erase All Kittens, and Snorble. Former clients include:
Health Games Research Program, UC Santa Barbara; The Veterans Health Research Institute; Apple Worldwide Sales Training and Communication, The Computer History Museum. The Exploratorium in San Francisco; GlassLab; InsideTrack; GreatSchools.org; Ithaka Strategic Services; Steve & Kate's Camps; Anifie The William and Flora Hewlett Foundation; John D. and Catherine T. MacArthur Foundation; George Lucas Educational Foundation; The Internet Society; Foreign Relations Committee, United States Senate.
A Country GirlJean-Paul Marat
Jan. 1979 - Jan. 1979New Hampshire
Dartmouth CollegeAssistant Professor Of History
Sep. 1973 - Jun. 1980Hanover, New Hampshire, United StatesTaught courses in European, French, and French Revolution history, and history and film. Created digital simulations to help learners with the pre-revolution economy and the Terror. Served on the Executive Committee of the faulty, and advised the Native Americans at Dartmouth. Master of the Choate Residence. Consultant on terrorism to the Foreign Relations Committee of the United States Senate assessing Carter administrations counter-terrorism capability and scripting hearings.
International Centre for EdTech Impact; WiKIT
San Francisco, California, United States
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