Chestnut Hill Educator Named to 'Top 30 Technologists, Transformers, and Trailblazers'

CHESTNUT HILL, MA – An area educator who sits on the Board of Trustees at Beaver Country Day School has been recognized for his work in changing the landscape of education across America using digital resources.

Chris Dede, a professor at Harvard Graduate School of Education, was recently named to the "Top 30 Technologists, Transformers, and Trailblazers" by the Center for Digital Education. Dede was one of 24 individuals to receive the honor, in addition to four teams and two organizations.

This year's winners were selected based on their efforts to improve education through technological solutions, their impact on student performance and their initiative, creativity and leadership skills.

"Our 2016 Top 30 award winners are visionaries who are going against the grain to increase funding, bandwidth, privacy protocols, predictive analytics and to improve the personalization of learning," Dr. Kecia Ray, executive director of the Center for Digital Education, in a statement. "With technology as their catalyst, they are dedicated to transforming education at the local, state and national levels in ways that have a positive impact on student success. I am thrilled to recognize our award winners and applaud their achievements."

Dede recently introduced a series of "unlearning" workshops at Beaver Country Day to encourage a shift in how educators approach teaching. Through this system, teachers were challenged to approach problems from new perspectives and alter their current systems, habits and mindsets.

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