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LeVar Burton
Birthday:
16 February 1957
Birth Name:
Levardis Robert Martyn Burton Jr.
Height:
170 cm
Biography
I genuinely believe we have an opportunity to revolutionize how we educate our children.
I genuinely believe we have an opportunity to revolutionize how we educate our children.
All literature is political.
All literature is political.
We have an amazing advantage right now in that we have developed technology that is so sexy, so engaging for kids.
We have an amazing advantage right now in that we have developed technology that is so sexy, so engaging for kids.
It's not about division. It's not about politics. My concern is how do we come together?
It's not about division. It's not about politics. My concern is how do we come together?
I'm enormously proud of the fact that Star Trek has really not just sparked an interest, but encouraged, a few generations of people to go into the sciences.
I'm enormously proud of the fact that Star Trek has really not just sparked an interest, but encouraged, a few generations of people to go into the sciences.
We want a book to be a book. We'll have all the interactive bells and whistles but our intent is to engage young people in reading, not to show them a movie.
We want a book to be a book. We'll have all the interactive bells and whistles but our intent is to engage young people in reading, not to show them a movie.
I've always been interested in gadgets and technology and I've always been a reader.
I've always been interested in gadgets and technology and I've always been a reader.
The unvarnished truth is that we have spent the last decade funding the machinery of war, and our children have been sacrificed.
The unvarnished truth is that we have spent the last decade funding the machinery of war, and our children have been sacrificed.
I'm excited to see how current and future technologies revolutionize the way we learn.
I'm excited to see how current and future technologies revolutionize the way we learn.
It's definitely true that there are a lot of the devices we used on 'Star Trek,' that came out the imagination of the writers, and the creators that are actually in the world today.
It's definitely true that there are a lot of the devices we used on 'Star Trek,' that came out the imagination of the writers, and the creators that are actually in the world today.
We can't afford to sacrifice another generation of American children to bureaucratic politics. We've got to get it done. The future, the health, the life - our nation depends on it and it's just foolish to think or act otherwise.
We can't afford to sacrifice another generation of American children to bureaucratic politics. We've got to get it done. The future, the health, the life - our nation depends on it and it's just foolish to think or act otherwise.
And it's here and it's ready and we can really revolutionize the way we educate our children with tablet computers, and I'm committed to doing whatever I can to speaking to whomever I can to send this signal - to pound this message home. Now is the time.
And it's here and it's ready and we can really revolutionize the way we educate our children with tablet computers, and I'm committed to doing whatever I can to speaking to whomever I can to send this signal - to pound this message home. Now is the time.
Yeah. I do. I think that we have to continue to expand the areas in which we want our kids to be literate. And social media's going to be a part of their lives. And why not? Why not give them a sense of what the rules of the road are?
Yeah. I do. I think that we have to continue to expand the areas in which we want our kids to be literate. And social media's going to be a part of their lives. And why not? Why not give them a sense of what the rules of the road are?
Reading a hard copy book, and reading a book on an iPad are slightly different experiences. What they both have in common though is that you must engage your imagination in the process.
Reading a hard copy book, and reading a book on an iPad are slightly different experiences. What they both have in common though is that you must engage your imagination in the process.
I fly my geek flag proudly. Absolutely.
I fly my geek flag proudly. Absolutely.
It is no longer appropriate for me as an American to sit by and expect my government to get it done.
It is no longer appropriate for me as an American to sit by and expect my government to get it done.
This wired generation is kind of cool.
This wired generation is kind of cool.
We had to figure out how to produce books in a cost-effective way.
We had to figure out how to produce books in a cost-effective way.
I have always been a fan of 'Star Trek.' I love Gene Roddenberry's vision of the future.
I have always been a fan of 'Star Trek.' I love Gene Roddenberry's vision of the future.
Because storytelling, and visual storytelling, was put in the hands of everybody, and we have all now become storytellers.
Because storytelling, and visual storytelling, was put in the hands of everybody, and we have all now become storytellers.
As long as we are engaged in storytelling that moves the culture forward, it doesn't matter what format it is.
As long as we are engaged in storytelling that moves the culture forward, it doesn't matter what format it is.
There would be no Star Trek unless there were transporter malfunctions.
There would be no Star Trek unless there were transporter malfunctions.
If we marry educational technology with quality, enriching content, that's a circle of win.
If we marry educational technology with quality, enriching content, that's a circle of win.
I get most of my news updates from electronic and social media.
I get most of my news updates from electronic and social media.
LeVar Burton
LeVar Burton was born on February 16, 1957 in Landstuhl, Rhineland-Palatinate, Germany as Levardis Robert Martyn Burton Jr. He is an actor and director, known for Star Trek: The Next Generation (1987), Reading Rainbow (1983) and Captain Planet and the Planeteers (1990). He has been married to Stephanie Cozart Burton since October 3, 1992. They have one child.
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