Designing the futures of STEM education
“What knowledge is of most worth?” is a question asked over a 100 years ago by the English philosopher, Herbert Spencer. His unequivocal answer was—science. Thi...
Category: Computational Thinking
EDUsummIT 2019: eBook released
EduSummIT is a global community of policy-makers, researchers, and educators working together to move education into the digital age. EDUsummIT has been conveni...
Aesthetics & STEM education: Introducing a new framework
I have always been intrigued by the nature and role of the aesthetic experience in learning. A few members of the Deep-Play research group have been exploring t...
Creativity and the urban STEM teacher: New publication
I have written previously about the MSUrbanSTEM project and what it has meant to me. Over the past couple of years we have also published about this line of wor...
The future of work & learning: An interview
I had posted earlier about my visit to Bangalore back in summer to participate in the Quest 2 Learn Annual Summit organized by the Quest Alliance. The two day c...
Douglas Adams & Computational Thinking: New article
Illustration by Punya Mishra. See sketch of Douglas Adams at the end of this post. I have always been a huge fan of Douglas Adams, trying to sneak in his ideas...
NEW BOOK! Creativity, Technology & Education: Exploring their Convergence
I am thrilled to announce the publication of a new book, a Mishra-Henriksen production titled Creativity, Technology & Education: Exploring their Convergenc...
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...