BIO
I was born and raised in Vancouver, Canada. After finishing high school, I spent two years in Scotland. While there I worked and lived at a residential school for students with multiple and severe disabilities and attended classes at the University of Aberdeen in Special Education. I completed my B.A. in Fine Arts and Education in Montreal while continuing to work with students in a variety of ways. I then moved to San Francisco, where I began working on my Masters at SFSU in Special Education. Concurrently, I worked for a number of charter schools around the Bay Area. For more details, see my K-12 teaching experience page.
My vision is to provide access to general education curriculum for diverse learners through differentiation and strong instructional design. My philosophy developed to include an interest in designing Blended Learning programs that prioritize the integration of technology. I began this work in Algebra 1 classrooms, growing the program to include math classroom 9-12 and assistive technology for student 9-12 in all disciplines. The story of this work can be read on the blend2learn blog.
I apprenticed as a Learning Scientist and Design-Based Researcher at UC Berkeley, receiving a PhD in Special Education with a Designated Emphasis in New Media. My research explores how the tools and technologies that are used in education influence learning, math learning (specifically algebra) with an emphasis on discovery-based approaches. Using a design-based research approach I explore alternative approaches to introducing learners to important aspects of algebraic cognition. My dissertation focused on how technology-based learning activities can facilitate emergent algebraic understanding that is subjectively transparent, and proposes a new pedagogical approach called Reverse Scaffolding. For more details, see my publications and presentations pages.
I have been a Graduate Student Researcher at San Francisco State University for Respect RX, at UC Berkeley’s Center for New Media and the Graduate School for Education on projects such as the On The Same Page’s Turing Test Tournament and Technology in Teacher Preparation. I work with pre-service Mathematics and Science teachers through the CalTeach program. I am the Project Director of Giant Steps 4 Algebra for the Undergraduate Research Apprenticeship Program as a part of my dissertation project.
I currently work for an educational non-profit called ConnectEd: The National Center for College and Career, supporting school districts that have adopted Linked Learning build instructional capacity. I am also is a lecturer at Touro University NY and UC Berkeley.
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My vision is to provide access to general education curriculum for diverse learners through differentiation and strong instructional design. My philosophy developed to include an interest in designing Blended Learning programs that prioritize the integration of technology. I began this work in Algebra 1 classrooms, growing the program to include math classroom 9-12 and assistive technology for student 9-12 in all disciplines. The story of this work can be read on the blend2learn blog.
I apprenticed as a Learning Scientist and Design-Based Researcher at UC Berkeley, receiving a PhD in Special Education with a Designated Emphasis in New Media. My research explores how the tools and technologies that are used in education influence learning, math learning (specifically algebra) with an emphasis on discovery-based approaches. Using a design-based research approach I explore alternative approaches to introducing learners to important aspects of algebraic cognition. My dissertation focused on how technology-based learning activities can facilitate emergent algebraic understanding that is subjectively transparent, and proposes a new pedagogical approach called Reverse Scaffolding. For more details, see my publications and presentations pages.
I have been a Graduate Student Researcher at San Francisco State University for Respect RX, at UC Berkeley’s Center for New Media and the Graduate School for Education on projects such as the On The Same Page’s Turing Test Tournament and Technology in Teacher Preparation. I work with pre-service Mathematics and Science teachers through the CalTeach program. I am the Project Director of Giant Steps 4 Algebra for the Undergraduate Research Apprenticeship Program as a part of my dissertation project.
I currently work for an educational non-profit called ConnectEd: The National Center for College and Career, supporting school districts that have adopted Linked Learning build instructional capacity. I am also is a lecturer at Touro University NY and UC Berkeley.
My Pronouns are They/Them
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