File:Building a Culture of Innovation Don Buckley at TEDxNYED

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Don Buckley has transformed learning spaces so they work for teachers and students and not just architects, he has transformed textbooks so that they work for students and teachers and not just publishers, and transformed new media resources so that they work for students and teachers and not just programmers. He has advanced degrees from leading European universities, is a former industrial chemist, published photographer, and consultant to MOMA. As well as teaching a graduate course at Columbia Teacher's College in Educational Technology and directing the Technology and Innovation at The School, he is an author for Pearson's Interactive Science Program (a K-8 Science series for 21st century schools). Most recently Don has just co-founded Tools at Schools with design partner aruliden, who's mission is to make design thinking our everyday.

Don is passionate about Travel, Architecture, Design, Change, The Future and Innovation.

He is a scientist, technologist, educator, author, traveler, design thinker, innovator and dual citizen of Ireland and the United States.