Beaumie Kim is an associate professor and chair of the Learning Sciences at the Werklund School of Education. She worked previously at the Learning Sciences Group in Nanyang Technological University in Singapore, as well as NASA-sponsored Classroom of the Future program in Wheeling Jesuit University. Her research is focused on students' constructing their own understanding using gaming, modeling and visualization tools for learning. Her work is carried out in collaboration with teachers and students as design partners, and by observing their interactions, discourse and artifacts.