SXSWedu - 2015

SXSWedu 2014 73 10:30 AM - 11:30 AM EDUCATION POLICY & FUNDING Imagining a "Snappy New Day" in the Neighborhood Hilton Salon F | Problem Solver Trusted guides from public media helped us navigate the path to adulthood. We learned ABCs from Big Bird. Mister Rogers helped us with our feelings. Curious George, Fizzy, Arthur, and others continue that tradition on TV and now digital platforms. The way families consume media is evolving and so are we. Join a discussion of public me- dia's latest educational innovations, where we need to go next and how kids learn. CPB will announce a new funding opportunity for educational children's content. Linda Simensky, PBS, Michael Fragale, Corporation for Public Broadcasting, Sara DeWitt, PBS #snappyday 10:30 AM - 11:30 AM SHARED & OPEN RESOURCES Open Education: The Business and Policy Case for OER ACC Room 16AB | Solo Presentation The internet, open licensing, open journals and OER provide the foundation for a world in which a quality education can be a basic human right. Yet before we break the "iron triangle" of access, cost and quality with new models, we need to develop sustainable open models with open policies: public access to publicly funded resources. Learn how institutions, provinces / states and nations have built effective business cases for OER. Cable Green, Creative Commons #ccoer 10:30 AM - 11:30 AM SOCIAL & MOBILE LEARNING RapGenius.EDU and the Future of Reading ACC Room 17B | Interview Former high school English teacher and current "Education Czar" at the popular lyric website Rap Genius, Dr. Jeremy Dean, sits down with a former student, Louis Lafair, to discuss their experiences using the "Genius" platform as a social network for close reading great works of literature in the classroom. Jeremy Dean, Rap Genius, Louis Lafair, St Stephen's Episcopal School 10:30 AM - 11:30 AM ENTREPRENEURIALISM IN EDUCATION Show Me the Money: How to Get Funded in EdTech Hilton Salon K | Panel Discussion This panel will pull opinions from successful founders who have been through the trenches themselves and come out on the other side as well as VCs who can speak to the other side of this equation. Panelists will share everything from "fundraising hacks" to candid responses answering why investing in education may/may not make sense for venture capital firms. Come listen to founders and VCs duke it out and discuss the unique challenges and opportunities EdTech companies face in raising funding. Melissa Loble, Canvas, Ki Mae Heussner, GigaOM, Rafael Corrales, Charles River Ventures, Michael Silagadze, Top Hat 10:30 AM - 11:30 AM HigherEdNext Series hosted by The Bill & Melinda Gates Foundation Show Me What You Learned Hilton Salon H | Panel Discussion Evidence for Learning (EFL) tools including badging, e-portfolios, etc. categorize, document, manage, and represent a student's competencies and professional expe- riences while providing students more efficient and effective educational pathways and facilitating transitions among educational providers and employers. Join us for a presentation on this topic by Education Growth Advisors and a discussion with experts in the field. Adam Newman, Education Growth Advisors, Matthew Pittinsky, Parchment Inc, Stacey Clawson, The Bill & Melinda Gates Foundation, Karen Vignare, University of Maryland University College #HigherEdNext 10:30 AM - 11:30 AM ENTREPRENEURIALISM IN EDUCATION Startups Should Talk with Researchers and Educators ACC Room 12AB | Panel Discussion Educational technology startups seem to ignore the knowledge that educators and researchers have amassed that can help startups succeed. Last year's SXSWedu event felt more like a vendor gathering than a space for "meaningful conversation." If we want to change how we do education, these groups must converse. In this panel, we will discuss how educators/researchers can help startups improve products and an- swer questions pertaining to education research, how people learn, and classroom practice. Amy Collier, Stanford University, Audrey Watters, Hack Education, George Veletsianos, Royal Roads University, Tanya Joosten, University of Wisconsin- Milwaukee #sxswchat 10:30 AM - 11:00 AM STANDARDS, ASSESSMENT & ACCOUNTABILITY Xerox Igniting Education ACC Ballroom EF | Playground Talk Ignite, the new Xerox innovation for education, is igniting the power of Education across America. Designed in partnership with education practitioners, Ignite is a unique solution in the Education market. This talk will feature a leading practitioner partner, the scientist who leads education innovation at Xerox, and a glimpse into col- laboration between Education and private industry and the future of the solution. 10:30 AM - 11:30 AM SHARED & OPEN RESOURCES The Virtual Human Right ACC Room 18ABCD | Featured Session The access to scientific information is a necessity for progress in our society. However over 90% of all scientific journals are locked tightly behind paywalls. In this talk young cancer researcher Jack Andraka tells his story of finding a new way to detect pan- creatic cancer and his current fight for open access scientific publishing and internet access: the virtual human right. Jack Andraka, Student Scientist 10:30 AM - 11:30 AM BIG DATA & LEARNING ANALYTICS UDL + Big Data = Personalization Hilton Room 400/402 | Panel Discussion Personalization has been a growing conversation across education. Unfortunately, many personalization practices and systems have missed a major component: the ac- tual student. Learners are highly variable and personalized systems must be designed to account for this variability. This panel will discuss the current realities as well as the future needs of personalized learning environments, including the need to support learner variability through the UDL framework and Big Data analytics. Bruce Umpstead, BrightBytes, James Basham, University of Kansas, Lois Schonberger, Declara, Steve Nordmark, Knovation Learning #UDLPLA 10:50 AM - 11:05 AM ACHIEVEMENT GAPS & EDUCATIONAL EQUALITY Mega to Giga—The Plan to Upgrade Our Classrooms Hilton Salon C | Future15: The Classroom More than 40 million American children attend schools where the internet is too slow to connect them to digital learning tools. EducationSuperHighway, the FCC, the U.S. Department of Ed, and others have joined forces to close this digital divide within the next five years. This session will offer new data and insights on school technology infrastructure nationwide, and will challenge current conventions by describing an innovative plan to cost-effectively transform public schools into digital hubs. Evan Marwell, EducationSuperHighway #mega2giga WEDNESDAY SESSIONS (continued)

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