Jeff Branson

Jeff Branson is a a tinkerer. In a lifetime of exploration Jeff has gathered bodies of knowledge in mathematics, computer science, welding and machining and educational practice. Jeff is driven by the belief that we are "teaching the machines to be more human" and his essential question is " how do we impact students who will become the agents of learning for our machines?" Jeff is a Field engineer at SparkFun Electronics in Boulder, Colorado. Much of Jeff's work is centered around introducing emerging technology to classrooms across North America. Jeff travels and works with teachers in topics like Arduino, RaspberryPi, Python, robotics, makerspaces and best practices for STEM learning.