Luke Walker

Luke is the Director of Education Programs at TakingITGlobal, a non-profit organization focused on empowering young people through technology to learn about and take action on global social issues. Since Luke joined TakingITGlobal in 2004, he has been responsible for developing programs and tools to help teachers and students leverage the vibrant TakingITGlobal.org community to support interactive and highly engaging e-learning experiences. TakingITGlobal for Education (TIGed.org) works with over one thousand educators and thousands of students in 40 countries to introduce safe and meaningful online social networking to the learning experience, and help students develop much-needed 21st century skills. Luke has played a key role in securing support from the MacArthur Foundation, Microsoft, the Canadian International Development Agency, the International Society for Technology and Education, the University of Toronto and the Gordon Foundation for our Education programs. Prior to joining TakingITGlobal, Luke had experience has an educator and instructional designer at the Acadia Institute for Teaching and Technology.