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Derek Breen
Derek Breen
Born	March 28, 1970 (age 54); Boston, United States
Occupation	Writer, Educator, Graphic Designer
Language	English
Nationality	American

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Derek Breen (born March 28, 1970 in Boston, Massachusetts) is an American writer, educator and graphic designer.

Biography

Derek Breen is a writer, educator and graphic designer from Boston, Massachusetts.

Breen studied instructional design and educational media development at Harvard Extension School, where he had a teaching fellowship in 2014^[1]. He also had a teaching fellowship at Moscow State Pedagogical University in 2016^[2].

Breen was on the faculty of British School of Art and Design in Moscow from 2016 to 2017^[3]. He has served as owner/operator of Mod, a cybercafé and digital learning center in Charlottesville, Virginia^[4].

In 2015 Breen started publishing books for teachers and students which explore programming, digital design and digital storytelling^[5]. Since then he has done extensive educational charity work across Europe, Asia and Africa, including serving as a special ambassador for EU Code Week^[6] and Africa Code Week^[7]. Breen's books have been translated into several languages including French, Spanish, Portuguese, German, Italian, Dutch, Hungarian and Chinese^[8].

On January 29, 2018 Breen publicly disclosed he has advanced brain cancer^[9], discovered in 2014, which caused him to cease his international teaching and educational advocacy work in March, 2017.

Published Books

Scratch For Kids for Dummies, Wiley Publishing, 2015
Creating Digital Animations, Wiley Publishing, 2016
Designing Digital Games, Wiley Publishing, 2016

Educational Products

Coding Scratch Game Design Skill Cards, ETA Hand2Mind, 2015, collaboration with Cynthia Solomon
Digital Game Design Curriculum Guide, i2 Learning, 2016, collaboration with Cynthia Solomon
StarLogo Nova, Education Arcade at MIT, led by Daniel Wendel

References

^ "Amazon.com: Derek Breen: Books, Biography, Blog, Audiobooks, Kindle". www.amazon.com. Retrieved March 10, 2018.
^ Horst, Jens. "international open podcast episode 005". internationalopenmagazine.org. {{cite web}}: Cite has empty unknown parameter: |1= (help)
^ "Derek Breen to lead ArtsCool course for school kids in digital direction". britishdesign.ru (in Russian). Retrieved March 10, 2018.
^ ""Warhol's factory with coffee and computers" - C-VILLE Weekly". C-VILLE Weekly. December 5, 2006. Retrieved March 3, 2018.
^ "Derek Breen, Good Reads". Retrieved January 31, 2018.
^ Digital Single Market (September 29, 2015), CODE WEEK 2015: Derek Breen, retrieved March 3, 2018
^ "Africa Code Week". Retrieved January 31, 2018.
^ "Derek Breen, Wiley Publishing". Retrieved January 31, 2018.
^ Breen, Derek (January 19, 2018). "Teaching/Learning Journey Coming To An End…". Derek Breen. Retrieved March 10, 2018.

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[1] "Amazon.com: Derek Breen: Books, Biography, Blog, Audiobooks, Kindle". www.amazon.com. Retrieved March 10, 2018.

[2] Horst, Jens. "international open podcast episode 005". internationalopenmagazine.org. {{cite web}}: Cite has empty unknown parameter: |1= (help)

[3] "Derek Breen to lead ArtsCool course for school kids in digital direction". britishdesign.ru (in Russian). Retrieved March 10, 2018.

[4] ""Warhol's factory with coffee and computers" - C-VILLE Weekly". C-VILLE Weekly. December 5, 2006. Retrieved March 3, 2018.

[goodreads-5] "Derek Breen, Good Reads". Retrieved January 31, 2018.

[6] Digital Single Market (September 29, 2015), CODE WEEK 2015: Derek Breen, retrieved March 3, 2018

[Africa-7] "Africa Code Week". Retrieved January 31, 2018.

[8] "Derek Breen, Wiley Publishing". Retrieved January 31, 2018.

[9] Breen, Derek (January 19, 2018). "Teaching/Learning Journey Coming To An End…". Derek Breen. Retrieved March 10, 2018.

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