Lyford Rome

I am an Educator, EdTech Guru and Contrarian, and Electronic Musician currently living in San Diego, California.

You can click the button above to listen to my music.

I have over two decades of history working with K-12 educational technology as an author, producer, teacher, and administrator.

My professional interests include the role of technology in building communities, designing effective learning environments, human-computer interfaces, and technology mediated relationships. I am also interested in human centered design, media ecology, knowledge management, persuasive systems, and electronic and aleatoric music systems.

I have produced educational resources and deployed systems for McGraw-Hill, Atomic Learning, San Diego State University, Pearson, GeoSafari, and several K-8 private schools. I have designed and installed solutions and networks for schools including 1 to 1 laptop programs, school information systems, and multi-platform wireless environments.

In 2009, I was accepted as a NASA/JPL Solar System Ambassador. This position involves doing outreach for space science missions and working with the general public to promote science education.

In 2010, I was commissioned to compose music for NASA's Kepler Mission's Carl Sagan Day tribute which was featured in an international online event.

More recently, I was very honored to have my music featured in the James Alan Rose Gallery's audiovisual installation "synthesis" which featured a multichannel sound environment accompanying Joanne Dramko's evocative paintings.

At Francis Parker School, I was pleased to offer courses in Human Centered Design, Digital Animation, Digital Audio Production, and Musical Synthesis.

I am a member of the International Society for Technology in Education, the Electronic Music Foundation, the Media Ecology Association, the Planetary Society, the Electronic Frontier Foundation and the New Media Consortium.

My first computer, an Atari, still holds a place of honor connected to my home network.

What are my interests?

Music, Museums, Mother Nature.

Camping, Cooking, Computers.

Culture, Cuisine, Cats.

Physics, Philosophy, Fiction.

Atari, Astronomy, Alliteration.