Classcraft was created by Shawn Young, a grade 11 physics teacher at a high school in Sherbrooke, Quebec, with the help of his willing students. Shawn has a bachelor’s degree in physics and a master’s degree in education. The subject of his thesis was the use of online platforms in high school education for the creation of a learning community. He has worked on numerous gamification research projects for the University of Sherbrooke and University of Lyon (Clim@ction, JPAEL). He has been teaching physics for 7 years. Shawn also teaches university classes to future teachers, at the University of Sherbrooke.
Moreover, he is a web developer and founder of a web development company, The Flux. He has worked on numerous web projects, including large databases, corporate websites, web applications and mobile applications. Clients include Chanel, Dubspot and Integrative Nutrition.
Shawn is a veteran gamer himself and, as such, is interested in all sorts of games, both digital and tabletop. His teaching approach is mainly project-based and he has long been interested in collaboration amongst students, creating online platforms so they can work together outside the classroom.