Blake Harvard
Bio
Blake Harvard has been a full-time teacher for fifteen years; educating students from sixth to twelfth grade. Since 2012 he has been teaching AP Psychology at the high school level. For the past five years, Blake has developed an affinity for cognitive psychology; more specifically, reading about and implementing the learning sciences in his classroom to make it more efficient and effective. Blake is the creator of The Effortful Educator, an online blog that discusses and highlights articles and research in the area of cognitive psychology that can easily be applied in the classroom. The Effortful Educator Twitter platform is a remarkable community of 12k educators interacting and sharing practical applications of evidence-based learning strategies.