The Silicon Classroom

I design for big-E Education and you could too

I have spent most of my time at Stanford exploring the intersection between design, technology and education, and many people have asked why. I have been giving slightly different reasons to each one, since I am both captivated by it as a student…

Silicon Classroom Trip: Day 4

We woke up and headed to Starbucks for a chat with an investor from Emerson Collective. Emerson Collective…

Silicon Classroom Day 6— Friday

Wow! This alternate spring break is almost over; what a quick long, adventurous, hilarious, busy, and tiring few days of visits.

Luckily, in comparison to the early sleep deprived mornings of the past few days friday offered some respite.

The Silicon Classroom — Trip: Day 7

Today was the last day of our ASB! We wrapped up by implementing our design project at Third Street Community Center and then celebrating with brunch.

Silicon Classroom Trip — Day 4

Today, we visited various edtech companies in the San Francisco and Berkeley areas. We began with the San Francisco based startup Clever which provides a standardized platform that developers can use to create education apps. Many education app developers run into the…

ASB Trip: Day 3

The next stops for our trip included visits to 2 more schools, 2 companies, and having dinner at an alumni’s house!

The Silicon Classroom — Trip: Day 2

Today, we began our week of site visits. We got up early in the morning and drove to Aspire…

The Silicon Classroom — Trip: Day 1

Hello! In the words of Chance the Rapper: “And we back, and we back, and we back…” It’s the first official day of our Alternative Spring Break trip, and it’d already been a blast. We convened at 11:30am headed for Chipotle for a nice brunch, then returned to campus.