Dr. David Cavallo is a Research Scientist and Co-Director of the Future of Learning Research Group at the MIT Media Laboratory. His work focuses on human learning, designing technology to facilitate learning, and large-scale reform of educational systems. He designs, implements and helps deploy new technologies for learning through design, expression, and construction.

Through his work on “models of growth,” he has focused on comprehensive approaches to large-scale change, including content development, educational methodology, teacher development and organizational change. He currently is a principal in the One Laptop per Child (OLPC) initiative, and is country manager for OLPC in Brazil.  His recent project work has focused on educational reform in urban areas in the United States, as well as in Brazil, Costa Rica, and other Latin American countries.