Luyen Chou, Chief Product Officer, Schoolnet, Inc.

Luyen Chou is Chief Product Officer at SchoolNet, Inc. In this capacity, Luyen is responsible for the firm’s product strategy, development, and operations for new and existing products.

Prior to joining SchoolNet, Luyen Chou was the Executive Director of the Center for Integrated Learning and Teaching, and the Associate Head of The School at Columbia University – an independent K-8 laboratory school on the campus of Columbia University in New York City.
Before working at Columbia University, Luyen was Founder, President, and CEO of Learn Technologies Interactive, Inc. (LearnTech), a New York-based company that develops innovative educational software tools and applications.

Prior to founding LearnTech, Luyen served as Director of the New Laboratory for Teaching and Learning at The Dalton School in New York City. Luyen also taught high school philosophy, history, and multimedia; and developed an award-winning curriculum on New York City during the Civil War.

Luyen joined SchoolNet in 2006 as Senior Vice President, Global Networks. He graduated magna cum laude with a B.A. in Philosophy from Harvard College. He received his M.A. in Educational Leadership from Columbia University Teachers College in June 2007. He has written articles on education technology and on interactive design for journals such as The American Programmer and ICTE. Luyen has also lectured on these subjects at Columbia University, MIT, Stanford University, the U.S. Library of Congress, TED Conference, the Association for Supervision and Curriculum Development (ASCD), and many other venues. Luyen has consulted extensively for schools and universities around the world as well as for-profit and not-for-profit organizations, including: George Lucas Educational Foundation, The Walt Disney Company, ABC, Inc., ICL (Fujitsu, UK) Ltd., PBS, and WNET.

Luyen is a co-founder and board chair of Brooklyn Prospect Charter School. He also serves as vice-chair of the board of directors of MOUSE, a non-profit dedicated to supporting technology in public schools.  Luyen has also served on the board of directors of The Teachers Network and Black Rock Forest; and on the board of advisors for the New York City Department of Education and the Harlem Day Charter School.





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