Katie Krummeck

Katie Krummeck is the director of the Deason Innovation Gym at the Lyle School of Engineering at Southern Methodist University. Katie has worked in numerous educational settings, including the Hasso Plattner Institute for Design at Stanford University (“the d.school”) as well as K12 schools. Katie’s work has focused on designing, experimenting and hacking at the education system, in order to create positive change in how students are taught and learn. Katie is currently working to reimagine and grow SparkTruck, an innovative mobile maker lab for elementary school students, pivoting the project to create more lasting change by inspiring and supporting teachers to integrate creativity and hands-on learning into their classrooms.

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