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Educator · Researcher · Los Angeles

I'm Bryan Sanders, Ed.D.

Starting in the mid 1990s as an educator, I continue to work and refine my practice. I blend critical theory, technology, and constructivism.

  1. ~>/teachtutoring and learning design at RE/EDUCATION
  2. ~>/buildTurtleBlock AI, STEAM Hamlet, and the Ideas Lab
  3. ~>/writea dissertation, book chapters, articles, and a newsletter
  4. ~>/talksend me a note
Me, smiling in a yellow shirt, outdoors by a staircase

No. 01

/teach

RE/EDUCATION, LLC

Student centered, inquiry based education

RE/EDUCATION provides student centered, inquiry based learning for every age, from preschool through college. We specialize in executive functioning support across all content areas, along with English, reading, writing, mathematics, critical thinking, computer programming, game based learning, and interdisciplinary studies.

The work also includes SAT, ACT, ISEE, and AP preparation, college essays, and blending academic and creative work. We consult with parents on digital safety and citizenship, homework management, and student advocacy. RE/EDUCATION is Lorri Horn, M.A.Ed., and me, Bryan Sanders, Ed.D.

Visit reeducationllc.com Ask about tutoring

How I teach

I nurture a learning environment where students create more than they consume. It is my belief that we have not yet fully harnessed what teachers and students can do with computers as part of the teaching and learning cycle. Students imagine, create, program, and build robots, games, and applications, with digital citizenship and online safety alongside.

Guiding principles

  • Human development has not significantly changed in comparison to the rapid changes of technology and culture.
  • Relationships with parents and other students matter most. Technology happens inside of strong relationships.
  • Hands on activities are essential (building with blocks or tools, digging in the dirt), and screens cannot replace them.
  • Kids still need help and guidance to use technology to become builders, creators, storytellers, and composers. They are not born knowing how.
  • Technology usage in families needs negotiation and practice.

Tools we build with

Minecraft, MakeCode, Scratch, Logo Turtle Art, micro:bit, Makey Makey, Hummingbird Robotics, LEGO Robotics, and Tynker.

Credentials and background
  • Doctor of Education, Loyola Marymount University
  • Literature, University of California, Santa Cruz
  • National Board Certified Teacher
  • California Teaching Credential
  • Minecraft Global Mentor
  • Member, Association for Educational Communications and Technology
  • Certifications from Google, Apple, and Microsoft

For thirty years I've taught public and private high school English, web design, and elementary school educational technology, with a focus on revitalizing student experiences through immersive, interdisciplinary work and technology.

No. 02

/build

2026 to now

TurtleBlock AI

A research world for humans, turtles, ideas, and building. Its turtle is named for the Logo turtle from Seymour Papert's lab at MIT. I didn't invent the turtle, but TurtleBlock AI is mine.

turtleblockai.com

Essays and a future school

STEAM Hamlet

Temporal scrolls: a single page unfolding unto infinite. Origin stories, virtual learning environments, Minecraft as a school, GPT and me, and a school for the year 2051.

steamhamlet.com

The studio

Culver City Studio Works

The independent creative technology studio behind TurtleBlock AI, Salonities, and SLOAF Hotline. Software, systems, art, and experiments.

culvercitystudioworks.com

Since around 1996

Salonities

The stuff was already happening. Around 1996 it learned its name. It has not stopped.

salonities.net

Experiments

Ideas Lab

My experimentation space, where half finished thoughts get a stage, a spotlight, and sometimes a rubber chicken.

lab.bryansanders.net

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My research lives where critical theory, computers, digital learning environments, and constructionism meet. My dissertation merges seminal texts by John Dewey, Paulo Freire, and Seymour Papert.

  1. 2025
    GPT and Me, An Honest Reevaluation: The Dawn of Co-active Emergence Impacting Education: Journal on Transforming Professional Practice, 10(1), 96 to 100. Article.
  2. 2023
    A Radical Shift for the Future, Today California English, 29.2 (November 2023). Article on teaching with AI.
  3. 2021
  4. 2021
    Could Minecraft Be a School? In Game-based Learning Across the Disciplines, Springer. Book chapter.
  5. 2021
    Twenty Things to Do with a Computer Forward 50 Constructing Modern Knowledge Press. Contributor.
  6. 2019
    Toward a Unified Computer Learning Theory: Critical Techno Constructivism Doctoral dissertation, Loyola Marymount University. Also on ProQuest.
  7. 2019
    Uncharted Territory: The Nexus Between Doctoral Education and Community-based Learning Journal for Leadership, Equity, and Research, 5(1 and 2). With Elizabeth C. Reilly.

Possible Possibles

My newsletter on Substack: notes on learning, computing, and what could come next.

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No. 04

/talk

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