SXSWedu - 2015

72 SXSWedu 2014 9:20 AM - 9:35 AM ACHIEVEMENT GAPS & EDUCATIONAL EQUALITY Why School Counseling Creates Jobless Dropouts Hilton Salon C | Future15: Administration Currently in America there is one counselor to every 500 students. The average stu- dent only gets 38 minutes with this person while in high school. Because of the lack of personal discovery in school students end up paying for it in the long run. In this session, EJ Carrion, co-founder of the Student Success Academy and Amazon Best- Selling author of Accelerate Your Success, will entertain and inform us about the lack of personalization and real-world development in our education system. EJ Carrion, Student Success Academy 9:30 AM - 10:00 AM EDUCATION POLICY & FUNDING Special Education: Bring your Robot to School! ACC Ballroom EF | Playground Hands On Want to drive a robot? TinyEYE Therapy Services will give attendees the chance to be the C-3P0 or R2-D2 robots they dreamed of as kids! Not only will TinyEYE showcase the robots utilized in official partnership with Double Robotics, but also the vast im- pact this new technology has in special education. Discover firsthand how TinyEYE's team is delivering online speech therapy and online occupational therapy programs to students with unprecedented success by bringing robots to the classroom. Greg Sutton, TinyEYE Technologies #robotinschools 9:40 AM - 9:55 AM BIG DATA & LEARNING ANALYTICS A Narrative of Schools Through Data Hilton Salon C | Future15: Administration This spellbinding presentation uses data from millions of students and teachers to illustrate the new digital divide—the distance between the "digitization of 20th Cen- tury practice" and true transformative 21st Century learning. Captivating infographics bring to life the insignificant impact that most technology has on student learning, and heartfelt storytelling highlights the bright spots that are beginning to illuminate a path toward a transformational future. Rob Mancabelli, BrightBytes 10:30 AM - 11:30 AM BEST PRACTICES & IMPLEMENTATION Are We Still Teaching to the Middle? Hilton Salon D | Solo Presentation How do we empower all youth to be driven from within to create their futures? Best in- tentions—coupled with policy reform, school accountability, teacher performance— suggest that educators and mentors can help. The reality: successfully meeting the needs of students, especially those outside the middle, continues to be a persistent challenge. The road to better outcomes is riddled with challenges. Attendees will gain practical knowledge that can be applied within today's school environments. Russ Quaglia, Quaglia Institute For Student Aspirations 10:30 AM - 11:30 AM GLOBAL CONNECTIONS & INTERNATIONAL APPROACHES Building a Global Student Body ACC Room 15 | Panel Discussion The world is becoming flat as international students look to the U.S. for Higher Ed. But what's the best recruiting strategy for these students, and how can universities best engage them as part of the student body? Together, an international admissions expert, one of the largest public Higher Ed institutions and a Chinese student will discuss engaging student stakeholders on U.S. campuses, evaluating international recruiting effectiveness, and making the most of the global student body. Denis Simon, Arizona State University, Kai Jia, Davidson College, Sid Krommenhoek, Chegg #stdnts1st 10:30 AM - 11:30 AM COGNITIVE PROCESS & DESIGN THINKING ConnectED: The Future of Learning Hilton Salon A | Core Conversation In the words of President Obama, "In a country where we expect free Wi-Fi with our coffee, why shouldn't we have it in our schools?" Fewer than 20 percent of schools have an internet connection that meets their needs. Participants will engage in an open-dialogue with facilitators on how to build high-speed digital connections for America's schools, invest in digital devices, develop support services and professional learning for educators, and leverage high-quality open learning content. Dallas Dance, Baltimore County Public Schools, Jim Shelton, U.S. Department of Education #ConnectED 10:30 AM - 11:30 AM EDUCATION POLICY & FUNDING Early Childhood Education: What's It Worth? Hilton Salon B | Policy Forum As cities and states make determinations about where along the education pipeline to invest resources, attention has increasingly turned to early childhood education. But what is its long-term value to students, and how much of a priority should it be? Bob Sanborn, CHILDREN AT RISK, Eric Westervelt, NPR, Jeanne Russell, SA2020, Leslie Wang, Houston Endowment Inc #prek 10:30 AM - 11:30 AM ACHIEVEMENT GAPS & EDUCATIONAL EQUALITY Education Equality: Is Common Core Enough? Hilton Salon J | Panel Discussion America is making strides towards Common Core and standardized curriculum, but is that enough to ensure education equality? Currently, the American classroom fails to adapt to the needs and challenges unique to local communities. Our distinguished panel will tackle the question of how to create true education equality. Panelists will discuss the need to leverage technology in order to create a truly democratic and ro- bust learning process, tailored to students and their communities. Blaine Vess, StudyMode, Joy Resmovits, The Huffington Post, Kimberly Boyd, Boys & Girls Club, Nancy Prince-Cohen, California Polytechnic State University #EdEquality 10:30 AM - 11:30 AM ACCESSIBILITY & SPECIAL EDUCATION Education for All: Accessibility Innovations ACC Ballroom G | Panel Discussion Scientists who observe how the brain absorbs information agree; no two people learn the same way. So why is there resistance to using digital tools to personalize learning for students? The panel will discuss the transformation that occurs when technolo- gies like digital media, blended learning, MOOCs, text-to-speech, speech-to-touch, and text-to-touch, are combined with instructional methodologies that remove accessibil- ity barriers for non-traditional learners with—and without—disabilities. Anne Taylor, National Federation of the Blind, David Rose, CAST, John Baker, Desire2learn, Kel Smith, Anikto LLC 10:30 AM - 10:45 AM LEADERSHIP & INSPIRATION Hack Your Space - Making Your Own Classroom Hilton Salon C | Future15: The Classroom Environment is not neutral. Where learning occurs is as important as how, with whom and when we learn. Education is changing rapidly—common core, making, PBL, col- laboration, and technology require us to rethink the format, delivery, and tools used in education. Yet classrooms remain largely unchanged. This session will discuss how to hack your own classrooms to transform teaching and learning without spending beaucoup dollars. Don Orth, Hillbrook School #hackspace WEDNESDAY SESSIONS

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