David Boxer has more than fifteen years of experience in the educational technology field, including service as a classroom teacher, curriculum developer and staff developer. He now serves as the Director of Information Support Services at The Blake School in Minneapolis, MN. He is a featured instructor for Global Online Academy’s professional development focused on implementing a blended model of instruction. In 2015, he was thrilled to join the Apple Distinguished Educator program, a global community of teachers who collaborate on solutions to the education challenges of today and tomorrow. He is a Common Sense Media Certified Educator, focused on digital citizenship. He was selected as one of the 100 PBS Learning Media Digital Innovator, ambassadors who embrace lifelong learning, collaboration, inclusion, and innovation. He is a founding member of the New Media Consortium's K-12 Ambassador program, a group of K-12 education professionals who are committed to using innovative approaches to teaching and learning in their K-12 classroom. In summer 2013, the New Media Consortium (NMC) selected Boxer and four other K-12 Ambassadors to present solutions to “wicked problems” faced in education in the NMC K-12 Ambassadors Forum. He is a Google Certified Teacher and Education Trainer. In 2008 - 2009, Boxer was inducted into the NAIS Teacher of the Future and NAIS Aspiring Heads.
In fall 2013, Boxer and his Blake School colleague, Scott Flemming, Director of the Office of Equity and Community Engagement, were awarded a grant by HP, ISTE, and the NMC to develop a MOOC for the NMC Academy, titled “Addressing Stereotypical Threats in STEMx Classrooms to Create a Safe Space for Students,” featuring Dr. Claude Steele. Boxer has collaborated with former colleagues at Teachers College, Boxer including Judith Cramer who collaborated on the Media Literacy section of “Teaching the Levees: A Curriculum of Civic Engagement to accompany Spike Lee's documentary When the Levees Broke.” Funded with a $1 million grant from the Rockefeller Foundation, this curriculum has been distributed free to 30,000 teachers of high school, college and adult students.
