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I am a first year PhD
student in
Learning Sciences
at University of Illinois at Chicago (UIC). I am working with
Tom Moher and
Leilah Lyons in the
Learning Technologies Group.
I graduated with a Masters
degree in
Human-Computer Interaction (HCI)
from
Georgia Institute of Technology (Georgia Tech)
in Spring (May) 2009.
My interest lies in
developing educational, developmental and assistive technologies.
I like to create examples that help students understand the science
behind everyday things. The students also learn to make scientific explanations
from those examples. I was working with
Janet Kolodner and was responsible for designing and developing the Physics
Case Library which augmented the existing
visualization software.
The software helped in teaching basic physics concepts to middle
school children while they were designing and building physical artifacts (Learning by DesignTM).
Prior to joining the MS
program at Georgia Institute of Technology (Georgia Tech), I was working
as a software developer for three years, specializing in IBM iSeries (AS/400)
applications. I am
interested in social work related to child education and minority
population. In the past, I have volunteered
for other
non-profit organizations like
Child Rights and You and
Vidya & Child and also
co-founded a Citizens Action Group with them in Noida (India). |
