Office: DSCH 350 | Phone: (308) 865-8554 | Email: swedbergr@sixtyminutemen.com
Riley Swedberg, a native Nebraskan and University of Nebraska - Omaha alumni, taught 13 years of public high school advanced math, physics, and computer science in Madison and Minden, Nebraska. He later became involved in teaching dual credit computer science classes at Minden through the University of Nebraska – Kearney (体育菠菜大平台). Riley has presented at conferences on topics such as thermodynamics and energy transfer, and the relation between volume and surface area. Areas of research include computer science education, standard-based grading within Nebraska, and creating web application software to meet needs that have been identified by research. Teaching computer science to other people and anticipating where misconceptions will occur is his strength.
M.S., Computer Science Education, University of Nebraska – Omaha
B.A., Mathematics, Morningside College
Computer science education
Standards-based grading
Creating web application software to meet specific needs
I didn't like high school very much because I couldn't see the application with any of it and that frustrated me. When I took my first logic class in college, I was amazed at how math was not just numbers and equations but rather decision-making that had so much application to the real world. I asked my advisor why this "world" of math was not being presented to high school students and she responded with, "Maybe you should do something about that." I declared myself a math education major the next day. A few years later, I took a programming course that was required for my degree and loved it so much I almost changed majors. I love how computer science allows the logic of math to have an even greater application.
My favorite thing about teaching is helping students gain valuable skills that will allow them to make great contributions to their field of choice. I strive to help them see the application of the subject to all of the curriculum so that they can acknowledge the value of it. Additionally, when I do this, I believe it helps students shape their ideas of what field they may want to enter.
