About:
Devin Hess, MS Educational Computing, Design and Online Learning / Curriculum and Instruction:
I currently work as an independent Instructional and Technology Integration Consultant as well as serve as the Director of Technology Integration for the UC Berkeley History-Social Science Project. I have been developing curriculum and/or working in a classroom since the turn of the century. Credentialed in Math and Social Studies, I have taught both at the middle school level. Throughout this time, I worked as the school network administrator and Technology Instructor, allowing me many opportunities to actively integrate technology into my teaching practices and support colleagues in technology integration. In 2013, I completed a Master’s program in Educational Computing, Design and Online Learning (Curriculum and Instruction).
I started working with UC Berkeley History and Social Science Project (UCBHSSP) in 2009 as a fellow in their Teacher Research Group. Over the last 12 years, they have developed a large, classroom-tested set of print-based literacy strategies that promote deep analysis and thinking skills, now at the heart of the Common Core State Standards. My focus has been to modify, adapted and extend these powerful strategies to the digital realm and to work with school districts to develop and present integrated literacy / technology professional development programs.
In addition to working locally in the SF Bay Area, I am also engaged in several international educational programs. Between 2010 and 2012, I spent over a year in India supporting a set of projects directed at educational reform and technology integration in a network of rural villages. My work with them continues since my return to the States in 2012. I currently am working on a program in Guatemala that supports technology introduction in the schools in the context of the exploration and teaching of Mayan culture. In both settings, my goal is to promote a curriculum that introduces computer technology in the context of youth and community empowerment - initially through animated digital storytelling that gives voice to the students. This work has been challenging, and has given me a new perspective on the role of technology in education, as well as the process by which students engage with and learn to use these tools.
I started working with UC Berkeley History and Social Science Project (UCBHSSP) in 2009 as a fellow in their Teacher Research Group. Over the last 12 years, they have developed a large, classroom-tested set of print-based literacy strategies that promote deep analysis and thinking skills, now at the heart of the Common Core State Standards. My focus has been to modify, adapted and extend these powerful strategies to the digital realm and to work with school districts to develop and present integrated literacy / technology professional development programs.
In addition to working locally in the SF Bay Area, I am also engaged in several international educational programs. Between 2010 and 2012, I spent over a year in India supporting a set of projects directed at educational reform and technology integration in a network of rural villages. My work with them continues since my return to the States in 2012. I currently am working on a program in Guatemala that supports technology introduction in the schools in the context of the exploration and teaching of Mayan culture. In both settings, my goal is to promote a curriculum that introduces computer technology in the context of youth and community empowerment - initially through animated digital storytelling that gives voice to the students. This work has been challenging, and has given me a new perspective on the role of technology in education, as well as the process by which students engage with and learn to use these tools.