Samberg, Dr Mark J – Friday Institute for Educational Innovation

Project Manager - Technology Innovations

mjsamber@ncsu.edu

Office: 919-513-8551

Teams

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.
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.

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.