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Derek Breen | |
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| Born | March 28, 1970 Boston, United States |
| Occupation | Writer, Educator, Graphic Designer |
| Language | English |
| Nationality | American |
Derek Breen (born March 28, 1970 in Boston, Massachusetts) is an American writer, educator and graphic designer.
Biography[edit]
Derek Breen is a writer, educator and graphic designer from Boston, Massachusetts.
Breen studied instructional design and educational media development at Harvard Extension School, where he had a teaching fellowship in 2014[1]. He also had a teaching fellowship at Moscow State Pedagogical University in 2016[2].
Breen was on the faculty of British School of Art and Design in Moscow from 2016 to 2017[3]. He has served as owner/operator of Mod, a cybercafé and digital learning center in Charlottesville, Virginia[4].
In 2015 Breen started publishing books for teachers and students which explore programming, digital design and digital storytelling[5]. Since then he has done extensive educational charity work across Europe, Asia and Africa, including serving as a special ambassador for EU Code Week[6] and Africa Code Week[7]. Breen's books have been translated into several languages including French, Spanish, Portuguese, German, Italian, Dutch, Hungarian and Chinese[8].
On January 29, 2018 Breen publicly disclosed he has advanced brain cancer[9], discovered in 2014, which caused him to cease his international teaching and educational advocacy work in March, 2017.
Published Books[edit]
- Scratch For Kids for Dummies, Wiley Publishing, 2015
- Creating Digital Animations, Wiley Publishing, 2016
- Designing Digital Games, Wiley Publishing, 2016
Educational Products[edit]
- Coding Scratch Game Design Skill Cards, ETA Hand2Mind, 2015, collaboration with Cynthia Solomon
- Digital Game Design Curriculum Guide, i2 Learning, 2016, collaboration with Cynthia Solomon
- StarLogo Nova, Education Arcade at MIT, led by Daniel Wendel
References[edit]
- ^ "Amazon.com: Derek Breen: Books, Biography, Blog, Audiobooks, Kindle". www.amazon.com. Retrieved March 10, 2018.
- ^ Horst, Jens. "international open podcast episode 005". internationalopenmagazine.org.
{{cite web}}: Cite has empty unknown parameter:|1=(help) - ^ "Derek Breen to lead ArtsCool course for school kids in digital direction". britishdesign.ru (in Russian). Retrieved March 10, 2018.
- ^ ""Warhol's factory with coffee and computers" - C-VILLE Weekly". C-VILLE Weekly. December 5, 2006. Retrieved March 3, 2018.
- ^ "Derek Breen, Good Reads". Retrieved January 31, 2018.
- ^ Digital Single Market (September 29, 2015), CODE WEEK 2015: Derek Breen, retrieved March 3, 2018
- ^ "Africa Code Week". Retrieved January 31, 2018.
- ^ "Derek Breen, Wiley Publishing". Retrieved January 31, 2018.
- ^ Breen, Derek (January 19, 2018). "Teaching/Learning Journey Coming To An End…". Derek Breen. Retrieved March 10, 2018.
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