Amir Bar Presentes at the Systems Thinking & Dynamic Modeling Conference for K-12 Education

Amir Bar, an alumni of  the Human Resources Development program at UH developed a tool to help students learn concepts from the Systems Thinking course in the Foresight program. He recently had the opportunity to present the flashcards he developed at the Systems Thinking and Dynamic Modeling for K-12 conference in Boston, MA.
In a recent correspondance, Amir reflected on his experience.
“My presentation focused on a project I created while taking a special topics course with Dr. Peter Bishop in 2012. As a graduate student in the HRD program and a Systems Thinking Course student, I was looking to create a mobile learning product that would help students master key terms in Systems Thinking. The outcome was a set of 31 “SmartCards” in which each card offers printed information on a term along with a QR code with access to an online module, including among other things a two-minute video of Dr. Bishop introducing the term.
I received very positive feedback at the conference, and I was asked by many to bring the SmartCards to market and make them available for teachers. I am currently working with Dr. Bishop on increasing the deck to 45 terms, and we hope to make them available by the end of the year.”