Gever tulley biography of abraham

American computer scientist

Gever Tulley is an American writer, speaker, educator, entrepreneur, and computer scientist. He is the founder of the Brightworks School, Tinkering School, the non-profit Institute for Applied Tinkering, and educational kit maker Tinkering Labs.

His more recent work centers around the concept of students learning through building projects. He has delivered multiple TED talks on his work, published the book 50 Dangerous Things (You Should Let Your Children Do), and has contributed articles for many online media outlets.

Career

Tinkering School

Main article: Tinkering School

A self-taught software engineer, Tulley created the summer program called Tinkering School in The Tinkering School's program provides children with a week-long overnight experience at a ranch outside of San Francisco, California, United States.

Participants spend the week building large projects such as a working roller coaster, a rope bridge made out of