Joel Arquillos

Joel Arquillos is the Executive Director at 826LA, a nonprofit organization dedicated to supporting students ages 6 to 18 with their creative and expository writing skills, and to helping teachers inspire their students to write. Prior to relocating to Los Angeles, Joel worked alongside Dave Eggers and Ninive Calegari as Director of National Programs for 826 National. From 1998 to 2006, Joel taught social studies in the San Francisco Unified School District at Galileo High School.

What Joel will be doing at DIY DAYS

Experiential Learning

Join some of LA’s most innovative educators as they sit down for a discussion around what they are doing to engage their students within and outside of the classroom. Using creative writing, gaming, performers and props 826la, Story Pirates as well as individual teachers are challenging the way students are learning.

 

DIY DAYS asks Joel

 

What are you currently working on that you’re excited about?

A collaboration with the design firm Seso, King Middle School, and Rice University. We’re planning an exchange between students at King M.S. and students in India who will be test driving an iSlate device (an inexpensive iPad) behind developed by professor Krishna Palem from Rice University.

What are some of your favorite sites and / or mobile apps and brief why?

Just continuing to explore Google Apps as a tool that can help organize our small nonprofits’ operations.

What are you currently watching, reading or playing?

I’ve been reading “Teaching in 2030″ by Barnett Berry. The book takes a look at the future of  public schools and the growth of the “teacherprenuer.”

For more on Joel and his work visit

Site:
www.826la.org