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Dr. Kurt Squire, University of Wisconsin-Madison
Kurt Squire is an assistant professor at the University of Wisconsin-Madison in the Educational Communications and Technology division of Curriculum and Instruction. He is a former Montessori and primary school teacher and, before coming to Wisconsin, was Research Manager of the Games-to-Teach Project at MIT and Co-Director of the Education Arcade. Squire earned his doctorate in Instructional Systems Technology from Indiana University; his dissertation research examined students' learning through a game-based learning program he designed around Civilization III. Squire co-founded Joystick101.org with Jon Goodwin and currently writes a monthly column with Henry Jenkins for Computer Games magazine. In addition to writing over 30 scholarly articles and book chapters, and he has given dozens of talks and invited addresses in North America, Europe, and Asia. Squire's current research interests center on the impact of contemporary gaming practices on learning, schooling and society. Along with several other University Wisconsin-Madison faculty, he runs the Games and Professional Practice Simulations (GAPPS) initiative located at the Academic Advanced Distributed Learning Co-Lab.
Lyn Lord, Kimball Union Academy
Lyn earned a BA from Dartmouth College in anthropology and returned to Dartmouth as a teaching fellow in the MALS program earning an MA in anthropology and history. After starting a doctoral program at Harvard, Lyn left to teach in private schools. She taught in independent schools in Connecticut, Massachusetts and New Hampshire for the last 20 years. Her husband, Tom, is the assistant headmaster at Vermont Academy, and the youngest of her seven children, Alexandra, is a member of the Class of 2009.
Lyn teaches world history, US history and anthropology. A proponent of the creative use of technology, she introduced an innovative approach to teaching world history using the simulation, Civilization III that has become the model for fellow educators. One of the projects Lyn is currently working on is KUTube, the first YOUTube-style video sharing website at a secondary school and will be launched in November for the general public. |
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