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Jim Cole has over 20 years of experience in leading-edge software development for companies including Adobe and Intuit. As founder of the Covero Consulting Group, a successful computer consulting firm, Cole brings substantial business management expertise as well as technological savvy to the Big Learning organization. He holds an M.A. in Economics from San Jose State University and a B.S. in computer science, Phi Beta Kappa, from Indiana University. He holds 7 U.S. patents for computer design.
Karin Green is an attorney, legal writer, and parent. Karin is the Assistant Editor of Gilson on Trademarks, a ten-volume legal treatise. She also litigated for a large national law firm, clerked for a federal judge, worked on Capitol Hill, and helped manage a national educational and political non-profit. Karin is the mother of two eager, hands-on learners and has volunteered in their classrooms and PTAs. Karin earned her B.A. from Macalester College and her J.D. from Harvard Law School, where she was the Supreme Court Editor of the Harvard Law Review.
Jennifer Knudsen is a senior mathematics educator at the Center for Technology and Learning at SRI, International, an active volunteer at her daughter's San Francisco elementary school, and, of course, a parent.
At SRI, Knudsen designs programs and materials for students and teachers, helping a broad range of students learn high-level mathematics even at the middle-school level. She directs a research project funded by the National Science Foundation, developing and testing new professional development techniques for teachers. Previously, at the Institute for Research on Learning, she designed innovative, technology-rich programs for students, parents and teachers, which were one source of inspiration for the Big Learning framework.
Knudsen was a high school mathematics teacher in New York City public schools and, as a volunteer, developed an artist-in-residence program bringing weekly art experiences to the youngest children at her daughter's elementary school. Her education includes a B.A. from the Evergreen State College and graduate studies at Stanford University and Columbia Teachers' College.
Karin Green is an attorney, legal writer, and parent. Karin is the Assistant Editor of Gilson on Trademarks, a ten-volume legal treatise. She also litigated for a large national law firm, clerked for a federal judge, worked on Capitol Hill, and helped manage a national educational and political non-profit. Karin is the mother of two eager, hands-on learners and has volunteered in their classrooms and PTAs. Karin earned her B.A. from Macalester College and her J.D. from Harvard Law School, where she was the Supreme Court Editor of the Harvard Law Review.
Jennifer Knudsen is a senior mathematics educator at the Center for Technology and Learning at SRI, International, an active volunteer at her daughter's San Francisco elementary school, and, of course, a parent.
At SRI, Knudsen designs programs and materials for students and teachers, helping a broad range of students learn high-level mathematics even at the middle-school level. She directs a research project funded by the National Science Foundation, developing and testing new professional development techniques for teachers. Previously, at the Institute for Research on Learning, she designed innovative, technology-rich programs for students, parents and teachers, which were one source of inspiration for the Big Learning framework.
Knudsen was a high school mathematics teacher in New York City public schools and, as a volunteer, developed an artist-in-residence program bringing weekly art experiences to the youngest children at her daughter's elementary school. Her education includes a B.A. from the Evergreen State College and graduate studies at Stanford University and Columbia Teachers' College.