Robert Pirsig, 1928 – 2017
Zen and the Art of Motorcycle Maintenance was one of those books that have influenced me deeply. I read it when I was in high school and read it again and again...
Category: Engineering
Computational Thinking paper wins Outstanding Paper Award
A paper co-authored with Jon Good and Aman Yadav, building on Jon’s practicum study has received the Outstanding Paper Award at the SITE 2017. Complete re...
Coding + Aesthetics: New Journal Article
This may be my favorite quote about the transactional nature of the aesthetic experience. (Image © punyamishra) Does beauty have a role to play in learning to c...
Wordclouds, mathematics and building a better teacher
Wordcloud created from all the words in the wikipedia page for “mathematics education” What does a teacher need to know to intelligently integrate ...
KJZZ interview on STEAM education
I was interviewed recently by Mark Brodie of KJZZ.org for a story titled: STEM Vs. STEAM: Educators Urge Adding The Arts To Classrooms. You can listen to the in...
A new understanding of our confusion: Chapter on STEM education in Chicago
Reflection ambigram of “Chicago” Over the past two-and-a-half years we have worked with STEM educators in Chicago Public Schools as part of the MS...
The song remains the same: Old article holds true even today
As I dig through my Research Gate requests I realize that I have missed out on putting some of my articles onto my website. Here is another one (and on a side n...
The process of design: A quote
I have been a huge fan of Bill Atkinson, creator of MacPaint, one of the key players in developing the GUI for the original Macintosh including coming up with t...
Hot of the press: eBook on Creativity, Technology & Teacher Education
Danah Henriksen and I recently edited a special issue of the Journal of Technology and Teacher Education (Volume 23, Number 3, July 2015) devoted to Creativity,...
Episteme6 @ Mumbai: 2 presentations
This past December I was at the epiSTEME 6 conference in Mumbai. It was jointly organized by the Homi Bhaba Center for Science Education, TIFR and the Interdis...