Lei Yang
Education Experience
Inspired by my family, especially my mom, I've been interested in education industry for a long time. My dream career is to apply my multimedia technology background for eduction needs, use the power of technology to minimize the inequity in educational sources.
My dream, hi-tech museums for kids around the world!
Research Assistant, Graduate School of Education, UPenn
05/2014 - Present
Working on edu-tech projects with Dr. Yasmin Kafai and Dr. Gabriela Richard. Our goal is to arouse kids, especially girls' interests in programming.
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DebugMe Studio: NSF-supported project
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Scratch programming (scratch.mit.edu)
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Designed for kids to learn debugging
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eTextiles: Wearable Game Interface:
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Lilypad Arduino and MaKey MaKey
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Prototype wearable game interfaces
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Bifocal instructional design
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TOEFL English Writing Instructor, New Oriental Education Group
07-08/2013
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Taught VIP classes, students ranged from middle school to adults (aged 13~22)
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Humorous teaching style
Yushu Teaching Volunteer Group - Lead
07-08/2011
- Taught English, art and special designed courses at Wanquan School, Yushu County, earthquake hazard region, West China;
- Multiple student family visits;
- Computer software training for local teachers;
- Reported by news agencies (Xinhua News, China Youth Daily);
- Awarded "Excellent Volunteer Team of Beijing".
Teaching Assistants
01/2014-Present; 09/2012-01/2013
I've been working as teaching assistants for two courses. One was "Introduction to Unix/Linux Programming Environment" at my undergrad school, another one is Penn's CIS 660 - Advanced Topics in Computer Graphics and Animation.
My job responsibilities range from giving lectures, presentations, grading, troubleshooting and course materials translation.