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The Career of Elliot Soloway

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    Junior Facultty Member at Yale

    Spent his research time developing artificial intelligence
  • Recruited to University of Michigan

    Recruited to University of Michigan

    "As a new faculty person and a new parent, it suddenly dawned on me that instead of making machines smarter, I should be using my time to make kids smarter. So I stopped doing AI and started working in schools, trying to make technology an effective tool in the classroom. Then I discovered that schools don't want technology. They want curriculum."
  • Started to develop educational technology software

    Soloway and friends launched HI-CE, the Center for Highly Interactive Computing in Education, a research collaborative that continues to attract faculty from around the University.
  • HI-CE

    He worked with 50,000 in 30 Detroit Middle Schools using HI-CE and helped them increase their test scores by 15%.
  • GoKnow, Inc.

    GoKnow, Inc.

    Guided by UM Tech Transfer, the HI-CE faculty formed a start-up called GoKnow, Inc. in efforts to move usable technology into the classrooms
  • "Learn How to Fly"

    "Learn How to Fly"

    Soloway guides his undergraduates in how to develop their own educational technology
  • Distinguished Teacher of the Year

    Awarded by EECS College of Engineering HKN Honnor Soceity
  • Technical Advisory Board

    Technical Advisory Board

    Became a member of the Technical Advisory Board at Data Evolution Corp.
  • Golden Apple

    Golden Apple

    He won the University's Golden Apple Award for Teaching
  • Teacher of the Year

    Teacher of the Year

    "I've found my calling" He was named Teacher of the Year by the Electrical Engineering and Computer Science Honor Society.

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