Jacques du Plessis
Education Strategist in Wyoming, United States
Background: An African in America.
FOCUS
Disruptive Technologies; Genealogy, Peace Building; Education.
DEVELOPER & RESEARCHER
Co-founder of the Disruptive Technologies Lab at UWM and former Advisory Board Member of the Connected Systems Institute.
Founding board member of AGES (The Association of Genealogy Educators and Schools)
Online Foreign Language Learning: I have been teaching Afrikaans in the USA since the mid '80s. Served as president of the National Council of Less Commonly Taught Languages. I developed a Web environment for open language learning www.afrikaans.us.
Map of Macro Objectives of Education: My future research and publication targets:
• Post-Bloom macro-model of the Objectives of Education, the LIFT+ model.
• Hygienics, expanding the conceptual understanding of healthcare.
• Family History: Revisit the potential and socio-emotional impact of family histories.