John is a middle school history teacher and Minecraft in education curriculum developer, trainer, and global mentor. He is also a Google Innovator and CUE Lead Learner with over 20 years classroom experience. John holds a Masters Degree in Educational Technology and Instructional Design, is a contributor to the book "An Educator's Guide to Using Minecraft in the Classroom" (2014) and is co-author of "Unofficial Minecraft Lab for Kids"(2016) and "Unofficial Minecraft STEM Lab for Kids" (2018). In 2017 he was honored as a finalist for California Teacher of the Year and more recently was awarded a Fulbright Distinguished Award in Teaching that will take him to Singapore in 2019.