Constructing Modern Knowledge LLC Information

As recognized leaders in the educational maker movement, the team at Constructing Modern Knowledge is uniquely qualified to help you create learning experiences that prepare students to solve problems their teachers may never anticipate. Inventing the future of education means trusting teachers as key stakeholders in the process. Modern education requires engaged, informed professionals who are partners in designing better learning experiences and shaping the modern learning environment. Investing in that future makes sense. Today is the right day to start. All of our workshops & professional development activities focus on active learning and knowledge construction. Our book publishing company, Constructing Modern Knowledge Press. publisher of the "bible of the maker movement in schools," Invent To Learn, has published dozens of books by creative educators for creative educators. Our institutes are globally regarded as the gold standard for celebrating the competence, creativity, and capacity of educators. Our founder, Dr. Gary Stager is a journalist, teacher educator, consultant, professor, software developer, publisher, and school administrator. An elementary teacher by training, he has taught students from preschool through doctoral studies. In 1990, Dr. Stager led professional development in the world’s first laptop schools and played a major role in the early days of online education. Dr. Stager’s work has earned a Ph.D. in Science and Mathematics Education and he collaborated on a project that won a Grammy Award. Recently, Gary was invited by Fondazione Reggio Children to lead public seminars, and even teach children, in Reggio Emilia, Italy. In April 2005, Gary led The Language of Computation — Constructing Modern Knowledge in Reggio Emilia. When Jean Piaget wanted to better understand how children learn mathematics, he hired Seymour Papert. When Dr. Papert wanted to create a high-tech alternative learning environment for incarcerated at-risk teens,