Derek Tangredi
Derek Tangredi is an educator, researcher, maker, and consultant seeking to inspire kids. He is currently the Director of Education with Inksmith. Derek is also an award-winning Instructor at Western University and within Thames Valley District School Board in London, Ontario. He is also a Master Teacher Mentor at Western University where he has received an Award of Excellence for his work around Mathematics, STEAM, Maker Education, Computational Thinking, and Empathetic Design. Previously Derek acted as the Director of STEAM Education for Fair Chance Learning. He is also a curriculum/instructional designer and professional development creator & facilitator with hopes of transferring more agency to the learner in order to take learning beyond the walls of the classroom.
He is also founder of Hacked Education, a non-profit venture to give students the access and ability to use technology and equipment ordinarily unavailable to them at home or through their schools.
Derek is currently working on several research projects & has several ongoing development projects with a variety of organizations.
Derek has an Engineering background and is a speaker on several subjects including STEM, Makerspaces, Coding in the Classroom, Mathematics, Engineering, Design & Computational Thinking & Robotics.
He is a keynote speaker and has presented at Microsoft ConnectEd, Microsoft TransformEd, Microsoft Student Summits, BIT, Synnex Canada, Connect, Global Maker Day, EdCamp Global, STEAM, iCON, Google Summits, Maker Faires & many more. You can find several of his professional talks online or linked through his webpage.
Derek is a curriculum designer and professional development creator & facilitator. Please contact him if interested in a particular service.
Derek’s goal is to engage and empower students about their passions through Coding, Making, and Inquiry. His goal is to extend learning beyond the classroom.