The Future of Education

Quinn Burke is an Assistant Professor at the College of Charleston (SC) School of Education. Focusing on integrating computer science (CS) into middle and high school math and ELA classrooms, Quinn examines the particular affordances of different activities (e.g., digital storytelling, video game making) and different introductory programming languages (e.g., Blockly, Scratch, Python) in successfully integrating CS into core curricula classrooms. He sits on the advisory board of the statewide Exploring Computing Education Pathways (ECEP) program as well as the advisory board of Charleston’s Chamber of Commerce CS Outreach program. He has written a number of articles around integrating CS into the middle and high school day, and he recently completed a book (with co-author Yasmin Kafai) entitled Connected Code: Why Children Need to Learn Programming, which was published by MIT Press in July of 2014. A new book Connected Gaming (MIT Press) is forthcoming over the Fall 2016.