Our Values  &  Our  Mission

We believe that learning should be creative, driven by curiosity, and full of joy. 

We believe that young people have beautiful ideas, and that education should value and nurture them.
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We believe that science, technology, the humanities, and the social sciences are all important ways of understanding the universe around us, and that approaches from these fields should inform each other.

​We create and study new learning experiences and technologies to realize these values.

Our  Team

Faculty

Ben  Shapiro,  Ph.D.

Assistant Professor of Computer Science
ATLAS Institute
School of Education (by courtesy)
Information Science (by courtesy)

Graduate Students

Lila Finch, M.S.

Ph.D. Student
Technology, Media, & Society

Annie Kelly

Ph.D. Student
Technology, Media, & Society

Will Temple

Ph.D Student
Computer Science

Kelsey Tayne

Ph.D. Student
Learning Sciences
​Curriculum & Instruction: Science

Abigail Zimmermann-Niefield

Ph.D Student
Computer Science

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Undergraduates

Bridget Murphy

Research Assistant
​Undergraduate, Computer Science

Varun Narayanswamy

Research Assistant
​Undergraduate, Technology, Arts & Media

Benjamin Feaver

Research Assistant
​Undergraduate

Tanner Quigley

Research Assistant
​Undergraduate

Collaborators

Susan  Jurow

Associate Professor
​CU Boulder School of Education 

Kristin  Searle

Associate Professor
Utah State University

Rebecca  Fiebrink

Senior Lecturer
Goldsmiths, University of London

Matt Hammer

Assistant Professor
​CU Boulder Department of Computer Science

Shaun Kane

Assistant Professor
​CU Boulder Department of Computer Science

Alumni

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Emily Daub

Adam  Siefkas

Byron Becker

Monica  Bolles

Jiffer Harimann

Joe Sanford

Zach  Lamb

Rachael Robinson

Susana  Gomez

Kari  Santos