Skateboarding physicist, educator at-large, digital artist, etc.
Here’s the talk I gave at TEDxEastsidePrep: “Can Skateboarding Save Our Schools?” I also highly recommend watching Shawn Cornally‘s talk “Pointslessness: The Future of Education Without Coercion or Toy Economies” which overlapped with many of the ideas in my talk but from a completely different perspective.
Are schools designed to help people learn? Are colleges and universities really institutions of higher education? Do students actually learn any science in science classes? Can skateboarding give us a better model for teaching and learning? Watch this video to find out.
For a platform that is supposed to be revolutionary, these shortcomings and complaints are painfully familiar because they’re exactly the same problems that limit traditional university courses.
This video was my (award-winning!) entry in the Mystery Teacher Theater 2000 (#MTT2K) Contest.
As you can see from my videos, I’m obviously a world-class pool player.
An overview of my road trip presented through Google Maps.
A time lapse video of sunset at the Grand Canyon and some photos.
A time-lapse video of my drive clockwise around Lake Tahoe starting at Kings Beach.
