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Junior Facultty Member at Yale
Spent his research time developing artificial intelligence -
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.
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"
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
Became a member of the Technical Advisory Board at Data Evolution Corp. -
Golden Apple
He won the University's Golden Apple Award for Teaching -
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.
