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Edward Kukla

he/him

Educator
Kukla Consulting
Participates in 3 items
Edward Kukla (that would be me!) has been a research Biologist, Mathematician, Software Engineer and a reader of Science Fiction for the last 55+ years. Now that my focus is on secondary education for the foreseeable future, I would really like to make sure that there is a sustainable future for all the current denizens of the secondary education classroom. Here is the question: Does Science Fiction have measurable value for those that read it, or is it just vacuous entertainment? I believe in the former.

Sessions in which Edward Kukla participates

Friday 25 May, 2018

Time Zone: (GMT-08:00) Pacific Time (US & Canada)
4:30 PM
4:30 PM
Refugees
1 hour 30 minutes, 4:30 PM - 6:00 PM

San Mateo Marriott - Connect 4

Pat MacEwen (Moderator)

Hanne Madeleine Gates Paine (Participant)

Edward Kukla, Kukla Consulting (Participant)

Will there be any end to the influx? Or is this just the beginning? Where will they come from? What do we owe them? What if they can't ever go home...

Sunday 27 May, 2018

Time Zone: (GMT-08:00) Pacific Time (US & Canada)
1:00 PM
1:00 PM
Science and Politics in the USA: Latter Day Lysenkoism?
1 hour 30 minutes, 1:00 PM - 2:30 PM

San Mateo Marriott - Connect 1

Edward Kukla, Kukla Consulting (Moderator)

Bradford Lyau, Community Guest of Honor (Participant)

Vanessa MacLaren-Wray, RPG Power Systems (Participant)

Howard Davidson, Facebook (Participant)

2:30 PM
2:30 PM
YA Genre Fiction - Digging Deeper
1 hour 30 minutes, 2:30 PM - 4:00 PM

San Mateo Marriott - Synergy 5

Edward Kukla, Kukla Consulting (Moderator)

Rebecca Inch-Partridge (Participant)

Tamora Pierce (Participant)

YA Science Fiction and Fantasy novels have exploded in popularity. But do they offer more than just disposable entertainment; are they a boon or a ...