David Hatfield is a former environmental ecologist, student activist, and college English teacher. As an undergraduate, he balanced research on aquatic ecology with active participation in student leadership development through volunteer programs at Virginia Tech. Shifting his focus from environment to people, he then pursued a Master's degree in English Literature at North Carolina State University. During this time he also was fortunate to teach freshman English composition courses in computer classrooms. Developing technologies for learning have been his focus since, as an instructional designer at the University of Wisconsin Learning Innovations Center and as a consultant for web-based eLearning and collaboration.

David is interested in how elements of the professional practice of Journalism can be modeled in software tools to enable high school students to engage more quickly in that community of practice while building skills in inquiry and critical thinking. Currently, he is working on the science.net project.

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