by PRP Group, on 07/11/2024
I began my 28-year teaching career as a special education teacher at a science and technology magnet school in New Jersey. All my students were at different levels and, since the school focused on science and technology, we had great technology resources. I had my first "aha moment" there when I saw how technology, and particularly games, could help personalize learning for my students in a powerful way.The school's tech director and I became friends, and we eventually started a computer training facility business designed to teach creative uses of technology in summer camps and after-school programs. We opened that space up on evenings and weekends for students to come in and play multiplayer games on our network. My next "aha moment" came when we saw these young people exercising their own agency by choosing the space as a second home and finding like-minded kids with similar interests, which was something new for many of those students.
