Brock Dubbels, a Ph.D. candidate in Curriculum and Instruction at the University of Minnesota is joining Education Futures for the next week or so as a guest blogger. Brock brings nearly two decades of experience in education and instructional design, exploring new technologies for assessment, delivering content, creating engagement with learners, and investigating ways people approach learning.
Brock is a former Fulbright Scholar and has been a recipient of a National Research Service Award from the National Institutes of Health. In the past he has worked for Xerox PARC, Oracle, Americorps, and as a raft guide for the Yellowstone Raft Company. Dubbels currently teaches for the Minneapolis Public Schools and in is licensed for k12 Media, k12 reading, and 7-12 Language Arts, and also serves on the District Technology Advisory Committee. He is currently working to complete a doctorate with David O’Brien in Learning and Literacy at the University of Minnesota, where he designed and currently delivers a course for the university called Video Games as Learning Tools as well as courses for reading acceleration for the Minnesota State Colleges and Universities.
Especially important to us at Education Futures: His current work involves the use of video game technology and activities to develop reading comprehension and increase engagement to help students accelerate beyond benchmarks and minimum learning standards.
Watch this profile from WCCO-TV’s News At 10 (Spring 2006 — also noted by Education Futures).
Brock’s Website: http://brockdubbels.efoliomn2.com/
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