Dr Mark J Samberg

Project Manager - Technology Innovations

mjsamber@ncsu.edu

Office: 919-513-8551

About Mark

Mark Samberg is the Technology Innovations Lead at the Friday Institute for Educational Innovation at NC State University. In this role, he works with project teams at the Friday Institute to identify, select and implement technology solutions that support their work and the work of the Friday Institute. Mark brings 12 years of public school experience, primarily in northeastern North Carolina as as a math teacher, instructional coach, technology director and software developer. Mark holds B.S. degrees in Mathematics Education and Computer Science from NC State University. He also holds a M.Ed. in Instructional Technology and an Ed.D. in Educational Leadership from East Carolina University, where his research focused on the integration of computational thinking, design thinking and data literacy across the curriculum.

Teams

Friday Institute Operations and Support

(Leadership Team)
MOOC-Ed

(Leadership Team)
North Carolina Digital-Age Learning Initiative

(Leadership Team)
Computer Science For All

Projects

Problem Solving in the Digital Age MOOC-Ed (Principal Investigator)

This digital-age problem solving course teaches participants how to use technology and data to create real solutions to real problems for real people.
Game-Changing Research Incentive Program (GRIP): Computer Science for All K-12 Students

This project will establish NC State as a national center addressing the critical need to provide pre-college students with foundational knowledge and skills in computational thinking.
Micro-credentialing

Bringing competency-based approaches into educator preparation, credentialing and professional development by developing a series of micro-credentials for teachers, coaches and administrators.
Sound Basic Education for All: An Action Plan for North Carolina

The Friday Institute is collaborating with WestEd and Learning Policy Institute to develop an action plan to support the state to ensure constitution compliance.
Students LEAD

This student-focused course is based on the idea that we all learn differently. During this course, students learn about their own learning and advocate for it as they define success for themselves.
Teaching the Beauty and Joy of Computing Curriculum MOOC-Ed

The Teaching the Beauty and Joy of Computing (BJC) Curriculum MOOC-Ed will help you be successful in teaching the AP Computer Science Principles course, whether you are new or experienced at programming and at using project-based, student-inquiry approaches in your classroom.

Updates

Spring 2019 MOOC-Eds Now Open for Registration
Jan 24, 2019
Free high-quality online courses for educators are now open for registration for the Spring 2019 session, which starts on February 5. The Friday Institute for Educational Innovation is offering five...
Friday Institute for Educational Innovation Announces Commitment to Computer Science Education at 2018 CSforALL Summit
Oct 09, 2018
The Friday Institute for Educational Innovation announced a commitment today to expand their professional learning programs and their Massive Open Online Courses for Educators as part of the second annual CSforALL Summit. The commitment will reach 500 teachers in 50 North Carolina schools districts and 1,500 educators throughout the US and around the world in 2018-2019.
Summer Adventures for Computer Science For All in NC
Aug 20, 2018
Our CS4ALL team, initially funded by NC State’s Game-Changing Research Incentive Program (GRIP), has worked together this summer to develop a diverse range of professional learning opportunities, research, funding, partnerships, and policy...