Michael S. Horn
Michael Horn is a Ph.D. candidate in computer science at Tufts
University working in the HCI group with Professor Rob Jacob. He
received his undergraduate degree in computer science from Brown
University. Afterwards he worked for five years for Classroom Connect,
an Internet company that provides curriculum and professional
development services for K-12 educators.
His research interests include exploring innovative ways to integrate
appropriate and useful technology into K-12 classrooms. In particular,
he is interested in educational programming languages and the
opportunities created by tangible user interface (TUI) technology.
Michael also works two days a week with elementary and middle school
students at the Mission Hill school in Roxbury, Massachusetts and
serves as a faculty associate in the Problem Solving with Discrete
Mathematics workshops for grades 5-9 teachers.
