My name is arvind s. grover. Yes, I do spell my name lower case. I am the Director of Educational Technology at The Hewitt School in New York City.
I grew up in beautiful western Pennsylvania just outside the city of Pittsburgh where I attended Shady Side Academy for 12 years [never did I suspect how much SSA would impact my career path]. I then attended the University of Michigan where I studied biology and computer science, and found out that I wanted to be a vegetarian.
I am in the Intensive Master’s Program at Teachers College, Columbia University in the Computer in Education program concentraing in Technology Leadership. [wow that's a mouthful/handful]
I identify as a constructivist educator. I have found personally, through research, and through my teaching, that students learn best when they discover and construct their own meaning. No one really learns much by reading or watching. The real learning takes place afterwards when they try. Think of a 8 year old watching someone ride a bike. They know the mechanics, but it is not until they get on their own bike that they learn what it is to fall or to ride.
