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| Luke Walker |
| Status: Sweet success on the train front (5 hours ago) |
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Director of Education Programs, TakingITGlobal |
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Male, 26
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Toronto, Ontario |
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 Canada |
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Canadian
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Canada
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French
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 http://www.lukewalker.org/ |
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 About Me |
Luke is the Director of Education Programs at TakingITGlobal, a non-profit organization focused on empowering young people through technology to learn about and take action on global social issues. Since Luke joined TakingITGlobal in 2004, he has been responsible for developing programs and tools to help teachers and students leverage the vibrant TakingITGlobal.org community to support interactive and highly engaging e-learning experiences. TakingITGlobal for Education (TIGed.org) works with thousands of educators and students in 40 countries to introduce safe and meaningful online social networking to the learning experience, and help students develop much-needed 21st century skills. Luke has played a key role in securing support from the MacArthur Foundation, Microsoft, the Canadian International Development Agency, the International Society for Technology and Education, the University of Toronto and the Gordon Foundation for TakingITGlobal’s education programs. Prior to joining TakingITGlobal, Luke had experience as an educator and instructional designer at the Acadia Institute for Teaching and Technology.
Luke has presented at education-related conferences around North America and throughout the world. He has spoken extensively at educational conferences, including the National Educational Computing Conference, the Virtual School Symposium, the School of the Future World Summit (all in 2005), and the Association of Teacher Educators and the Microcomputers in Education Conference (2006) in the US. Internationally, he was a keynote speaker at the 2005 Global Project Based Learning Forum and Exhibition in Kaohsiung, Taiwan and the 2006 iEARN Youth Summit in the Netherlands. He has also spoken at the iEARN World Summit (Netherlands, 2006) and in the Youth Hub at the World Summit on the Information Society in Tunis (2005).
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- A Short History of Nearly Everything by Bill Bryson
- A Short History of Progress by Ronald Wright
- All Families are Psychotic : A Novel by Douglas Coupland
- Angels & Demons
- Dry : A Memoir by Augusten Burroughs
- Dude, Where's My Country? by Michael Moore
- Empowering Students With Technology by Alan November
- Everything Is Miscellaneous: The Power of the New Digital Disorder by David Weinberger
- Fast Food Nation tie-in: The Dark Side of the All-American Meal (P.S.) by Eric Schlosser
- Five Regions of the Future : Preparing Your Business for Tomorrow's Technology Revolution by Joel Barker, Scott Erickson
- Freakonomics : A Rogue Economist Explores the Hidden Side of Everything by Steven D. Levitt, Stephen J. Dubner
- Getting What You Came For : The Smart Student's Guide to Earning an M.A. or a Ph.D. by Robert Peters
- Goat: A Memoir by Brad Land
- Guns, Germs, and Steel: The Fates of Human Societies by Jared Diamond
- Harry Potter and the Chamber of Secrets (Book 2)
- Harry Potter and the Deathly Hallows (Book 7) by J. K. Rowling, Mary Grandpré
- Harry Potter and the Goblet of Fire (Book 4)
- Harry Potter and the Half-Blood Prince (Book 6) by J.k. Rowling, Mary Grandpr
- Harry Potter and the Order of the Phoenix (Book 5) by J. K. Rowling, Mary Grandpré
- Harry Potter and the Prisoner of Azkaban (Book 3)
- Harry Potter and the Sorcerer's Stone (Book 1)
- Hey Nostradamus! : A Novel (Coupland, Douglas) by Douglas Coupland
- iWoz: From Computer Geek to Cult Icon: How I Invented the Personal Computer, Co-Founded Apple, and Had Fun Doing It by Steve Wozniak, Gina Smith
- Long Way Round: Chasing Shadows Across the World by Ewan Mcgregor, Charley Boorman
- Magical Thinking : True Stories by Augusten Burroughs
- Miss Wyoming : A Novel by Douglas Coupland
- Oryx and Crake by Margaret Atwood
- Possible Side Effects by Augusten Burroughs
- Running with Scissors: A Memoir by Augusten Burroughs
- The Curious Incident of the Dog in the Night-Time (Vintage Contemporaries) by Mark Haddon
- The Da Vinci Code
- The Daily Show with Jon Stewart Presents America (The Book): A Citizen's Guide to Democracy Inaction by The Writers Of The Daily Show, Jon Stewart
- The Day of the Triffids (20th Century Rediscoveries) by John Wyndham, Edmund Morris
- The End of Ignorance: Multiplying Our Human Potential by John Mighton
- The Hitchhiker's Guide to the Galaxy : A Novel by Douglas Adams
- The Last Juror by John Grisham
- The Middle Stories by Sheila Heti
- The Perks of Being a Wallflower by Stephen Chbosky
- The Vinyl Cafe Unplugged by Stuart Mclean
- Vinyl Cafe Diaries by Stuart Mclean
- You Shall Know Our Velocity by Dave Eggers
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| User Joined: May 11, 2004 |
| Last Login: May 13, 2008
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