{"id":1162,"date":"2020-09-30T01:08:43","date_gmt":"2020-09-30T08:08:43","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/blogs.ubc.ca\/etec522\/?p=1162"},"modified":"2020-09-30T01:19:27","modified_gmt":"2020-09-30T08:19:27","slug":"lisa-castaneda-foundry10","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/blogs.ubc.ca\/etec522\/2020\/09\/30\/lisa-castaneda-foundry10\/","title":{"rendered":"Lisa Castaneda &#8211; foundry10"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<div style=\"height:50px\" aria-hidden=\"true\" class=\"wp-block-spacer\"><\/div>\n\n\n\n<h2 class=\"wp-block-heading\"><span class=\"has-inline-color has-ubc-tertiary-blue-color\"><strong>Venture Company:<\/strong><\/span><\/h2>\n\n\n\n<p>foundry10 is a force of disruption in the educational technology space because it has always eschewed the traditional in favour of fresh innovation. Their original value proposition was to utilize research, collaboration, and philanthropy in the realm of gaming and education in order provide more opportunities and value for youth today. In the pullout below you can peruse their root principles. foundry10 uses <strong>research<\/strong> in order to examine learning processes and outcomes to advance practices for education and development. They <strong>collaborate<\/strong> by sharing their findings with educators, organizations, researchers, and industry professionals via a myriad of methods. They primarily explore learning through running and developing collaborative programs. Importantly, foundry10 operates through <strong>philanthropy<\/strong> whereby they do not charge fees for their programs and research, and they focus on not just giving, but co-designing with their various communities.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<a href=\"http:\/\/www.foundry10.org\/our-story\" class=\"wp-block-ubc-simplecard course-block--link\" style=\"color:#fff\"><section style=\"background:#0055b7\"><header class=\"course-block--inner \" style=\"color:#fff\"><h2 class=\"course-block--title\"><span class=\"has-inline-color has-ubc-white-color\">foundry10&#8217;s Root Principles:<\/span><\/h2><p class=\"course-block--description\">* We believe in thinking flexibly, iterating on ideas, and gathering feedback from teachers and students as their voices form the foundation of our work.<br><br>* We believe that hiring a staff with diverse life and educational experiences is of vital importance if we are going to tackle real issues with regard to learning.<br><br>* We believe that every employee should have regular contact with students in order to ground us in our work and keep  us focused on what matters: kids\u2019 learning.<br><br>* We believe learning research should create real value for students and teachers.<br><br>* Finally, we believe in removing as many barriers as possible to create valuable experiences for children and the adults who work with them.<\/p><\/header><\/section><\/a>\n\n\n\n<h2 class=\"wp-block-heading\"><sup><em>Some of their Programs:<\/em><\/sup><\/h2>\n\n\n\n<ul class=\"wp-block-list\"><li><a rel=\"noreferrer noopener\" href=\"https:\/\/www.foundry10.org\/vr-game-review\" data-type=\"URL\" data-id=\"https:\/\/www.foundry10.org\/vr-game-review\" target=\"_blank\">VR game reviews highlighting potential classroom applications<\/a><\/li><li><a rel=\"noreferrer noopener\" href=\"http:\/\/www.foundry10.org\/programs\/games-and-learning\/portal-2\" data-type=\"URL\" data-id=\"http:\/\/www.foundry10.org\/programs\/games-and-learning\/portal-2\" target=\"_blank\">Complete lesson plans on using Portal 2 in the classroom (Gr. 4-12)<\/a><\/li><li><a rel=\"noreferrer noopener\" href=\"https:\/\/www.foundry10.org\/automotive-projects\" data-type=\"URL\" data-id=\"https:\/\/www.foundry10.org\/automotive-projects\" target=\"_blank\">Project Based Learning in High School Automotive Programs<\/a> <\/li><li><a rel=\"noreferrer noopener\" href=\"http:\/\/www.foundry10.org\/programs\" data-type=\"URL\" data-id=\"http:\/\/www.foundry10.org\/programs\" target=\"_blank\">And many more!<\/a><\/li><\/ul>\n\n\n\n<div style=\"height:50px\" aria-hidden=\"true\" class=\"wp-block-spacer\"><\/div>\n\n\n\n<h2 class=\"wp-block-heading\"><strong><span class=\"has-inline-color has-ubc-tertiary-blue-color\">Meet the Co-founder and CEO:<\/span><\/strong><\/h2>\n\n\n\n<div class=\"wp-block-columns is-layout-flex wp-container-core-columns-is-layout-9d6595d7 wp-block-columns-is-layout-flex\">\n<div class=\"wp-block-column is-layout-flow wp-block-column-is-layout-flow\" style=\"flex-basis:33.33%\">\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image size-large is-resized\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/blogs.ubc.ca\/etec522\/files\/2020\/09\/lisa-2.jpg\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-1173\" width=\"317\" height=\"413\" \/><\/figure>\n<\/div>\n\n\n\n<div class=\"wp-block-column is-layout-flow wp-block-column-is-layout-flow\" style=\"flex-basis:66.66%\">\n<p><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Lisa Castaneda is the CEO and co-founder of foundry10, a philanthropic learning technology company that at it&#8217;s heart, seeks to expand the way people think about learning.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Lisa started out as a mathematics teacher in grades K-8, during which time she spent time as a curriculum coordinator, focused on aligning standards, assessment, and creativity in math. Lisa was especially interested in finding ways to produce useful educational outcomes via video games. As can be gathered, she was not just content to simply teach the content, she had a thirst for reaching students in new and novel ways &#8211; continually honing her ability to be a successful entrepreneur.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>By 2013 Lisa had taught for 10 years and had just finished her Master&#8217;s degree in Education. Her new determination was to do work on something that would positively impact more than just one school. A true disruptor, Lisa was interested in approaching learning in methods that were not tried before.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Gabe Newell (the co-founder and President of Valve) had a child who went to the school Lisa taught at and after finding that they shared many common interests in gaming as well as novel educational advancement, they agreed to cofound a company that would focus on this field.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>You can check out what Lisa says she currently does in her role at foundry10 by hovering on the pullout below!<\/p>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n\n\n\n<a href=\"https:\/\/www.linkedin.com\/in\/lisa-castaneda-62a36346?challengeId=AQHtJeGaursM-wAAAXTdc6yUCMadqVZrU4-gmjCdK2CmhWyq-Wyz5KTbRm96zekrfsi7oVzaVUdqCKo66S_czmaLWnZCHxsyJw&amp;submissionId=b0c97b38-1678-3916-4fda-1d099b37b42d\" class=\"wp-block-ubc-simplecard course-block--link\" style=\"color:#fff\"><section style=\"background:#0055b7\"><header class=\"course-block--inner \" style=\"color:#fff\"><h2 class=\"course-block--title\"><span class=\"has-inline-color has-ubc-white-color\">Lisa&#8217;s Current Job Description:<\/span><\/h2><p class=\"course-block--description\">* Developing research initiatives to investigate non-traditional learning and expanded ideas of what learning can look like both inside and outside of school environments.<br><br>* Collaborating with people in a variety of fields and specialty areas to develop innovative ideas about learning as well as gather data on the success of those ventures.<br><br>* Examining the ways in which findings from various fields can be synthesized together in order to improve educational outcomes.<br><br>* Designing programs and conducting outreach initiatives to encourage and expand our collective understanding of learning.<\/p><\/header><\/section><\/a>\n\n\n\n<div style=\"height:50px\" aria-hidden=\"true\" class=\"wp-block-spacer\"><\/div>\n\n\n\n<h2 class=\"wp-block-heading\"><span class=\"has-inline-color has-ubc-tertiary-blue-color\">The Team:<\/span><\/h2>\n\n\n\n<p>the leadership team at foundrey10 looks to be quite diverse, purposely. Additionally, the team culture has a somewhat flattened hierarchy where educators, youth, artists, engineers, researchers, and more can all lend their unique voices to a variety of projects. I have to believe that this is more than just words: Gabe Newell (co-founder) runs his hugely successful game company, Valve, in much the same way (people can work on whatever project interests them). foundry10 employs a plethora of staff with very diverse fields of expertise, covering all school subjects, research positions, program developers, designers, community specialists, and more. Additionally, foundry10 employs an ever evolving list of real world instructors in most, if not all, school subjects. There are 8 people on the institutional review board (including Lisa), who are a diverse group that audits the research done to ensure the ethical treatment of participants. Finally a group of 4 make up the Board of Advisors, who help develop and grow the organization to serve more students and more communities. Overall foundry10 looks to have an extremely well-rounded and qualified group of leaders, advisors, and employees.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<div style=\"height:50px\" aria-hidden=\"true\" class=\"wp-block-spacer\"><\/div>\n\n\n\n<h2 class=\"wp-block-heading\"><span class=\"has-inline-color has-ubc-tertiary-blue-color\">My Takeaway:<\/span><\/h2>\n\n\n\n<p>I was drawn to this venture due to Gabe Newell&#8217;s initial involvement but as I learned more about foundry10 Lisa&#8217;s story became much more interesting to me. Lisa is an inspiration, as I sometimes feel as though I have been in education too long to start a venture or to take new risks and so her decade in the classroom is a confident booster. Her continual pursuit of making learning ever more accessible is commendable. What I appreciate most about Lisa and this venture, foundry10, is that it truly looks to disrupt &#8211; it&#8217;s mission statement is to explore new ways of learning.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<h2 class=\"wp-block-heading\"><sup><em>Closing Content &#8211; Lisa speaks about VR in learning (2016):<\/em><\/sup><\/h2>\n\n\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-embed is-type-video is-provider-youtube wp-block-embed-youtube wp-embed-aspect-16-9 wp-has-aspect-ratio\"><div class=\"wp-block-embed__wrapper\">\n<iframe loading=\"lazy\" title=\"Virtual Reality in Learning | foundry10 podcast\" width=\"500\" height=\"281\" src=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/embed\/1I2NOBhlrPo?feature=oembed\" frameborder=\"0\" allow=\"accelerometer; autoplay; clipboard-write; encrypted-media; gyroscope; picture-in-picture; web-share\" referrerpolicy=\"strict-origin-when-cross-origin\" allowfullscreen><\/iframe>\n<\/div><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<p><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Venture Company: foundry10 is a force of disruption in the educational technology space because it has always eschewed the traditional in favour of fresh innovation.&#8230;<\/p>\n<div class=\"more-link-wrapper\"><a class=\"more-link\" href=\"https:\/\/blogs.ubc.ca\/etec522\/2020\/09\/30\/lisa-castaneda-foundry10\/\">Read more<span class=\"screen-reader-text\">Lisa Castaneda &#8211; foundry10<\/span><\/a><\/div>\n","protected":false},"author":74315,"featured_media":1163,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[17],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-1162","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-founders-parade","entry"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/blogs.ubc.ca\/etec522\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/1162","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/blogs.ubc.ca\/etec522\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/blogs.ubc.ca\/etec522\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/blogs.ubc.ca\/etec522\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/74315"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/blogs.ubc.ca\/etec522\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=1162"}],"version-history":[{"count":38,"href":"https:\/\/blogs.ubc.ca\/etec522\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/1162\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":1226,"href":"https:\/\/blogs.ubc.ca\/etec522\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/1162\/revisions\/1226"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/blogs.ubc.ca\/etec522\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/1163"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/blogs.ubc.ca\/etec522\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=1162"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/blogs.ubc.ca\/etec522\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=1162"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/blogs.ubc.ca\/etec522\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=1162"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}