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April 11, 2012, 5:18 pm
An opportunity I’m pretty excited about. I’ve been invited to speak at TEDx Lansing. From the college’s announcement:
LCCTV is once again teaming up with organizers of TEDxLansing to live stream the upcoming event featuring more than a dozen presenters including one of Lansing Community College’s own Jim Luke.
When: April 13th 9am-2pm
Where: Washington Street Armory
Live Stream: www.lcc.edu/tv/watch
Buy Tickets/More Info: www.tedxlansing.com
Many of you are familiar with TED talks and their mission to promote Ideas Worth Spreading with a focus on technology, entertainment and design. At TEDx Lansing local thought leaders are handpicked from the community and are given 20 minutes to share their idea, inspiration or research.
TEDxLansing offers 11 speakers who explore creativity in its myriad forms, including filmmaking, engineering, advocacy and zombies. The event will include performers as well as TED Talk videos designed to spark deep conversation and connection.
Here’s the lineup for this year, it’s a diverse cast of characters including LCC economics professor, Jim Luke talking about education and technology, an idea further influenced by his role with LCC’s Learn Forward campaign.
His presentation is called “Will Plato Hack the iPAD?”
If you’re going to watch the live streaming on Friday, I’m scheduled to speak at 10:43 am to 11:00.
November 21, 2011, 7:07 pm
Malartu, Inc, the non-profit I helped start (separate from any LCC activities and on my own time), has gotten some national recognition. (the picture is stock photo, not me).
Economics Professor Starts Designing Tools for Faculty That Meet Their Needs
By Tanya Roscorla
While vendors make plenty of technology platforms and services that serve students, most of them don’t meet professors’ needs, according to the experience of Jim Luke, an economics professor from Lansing College.
They require a major time investment and make professors’ jobs harder, he said.
“Just in 10 years the amount of time and work it takes to be a good teacher has just really skyrocketed, and a good bit of it is because of the software and the systems. They are not friendly and easy to use.”
While billions of dollars pour into campus enterprise technology and services for students, few people look at the teacher’s job. And few people create tools for teachers that they need.
For these reasons, Luke decided to start a nonprofit called Malartu Inc. While projects exist in the early stages, he hopes that the tools he envisions will help professors be more productive and effective.
