John has been a middle school teacher in King City, California for 30 years. He has experience teaching grades 6-8 in every content area and holds both multiple and single subject credentials and has interests in astronomy, anthropology, and world history. He was awarded an MA in Education with an emphasis on Educational Technology and loves to dive deep into instructional design and games-based learningJohn (@johnmillerEDU) was recognized as Teacher of the Year for Monterey County and was honored as a finalist for California Teacher of the Year in 2017. He is a Google Innovator and an internationally recognized leader in the Minecraft in Education community. John was awarded a Fulbright Distinguished Teaching Award in 2018 which took him to Singapore to study the impact of games and learning in secondary schools..John blogs regularly about his Fulbright experiences and reflects on designing and implementing lessons using Minecraft at edtecworks.com. He is is a contributor to the book "An Educator's Guide to Using Minecraft in the Classroom" (2014) and is co-author of "Unofficial Minecraft Labs for Kids" (2016) and "Unofficial Minecraft STEM Labs for Kids" (2018). Details of his work and selected contributions to the learning community can be found at education.minecraft.net, EdSurge, MindShift, EdSource, and the NEA magazine.