SXSWedu - 2015

SXSWedu 2014 77 1:30 PM - 2:30 PM BEST PRACTICES & IMPLEMENTATION How Schools Can Better Discover Tech Tools Hilton Salon F | Problem Solver With the growing number of digital tools available for the classroom, how do we decide which products work best for students? To answer that question, school leaders must consider feedback from end-users—the teachers who seek out these tools on their own, and the students who must use them in the classroom. In this interactive session, attendees will help school leaders develop ideas for a more inclusive, informed evalu- ation process for education technology, one based in outcomes for students. Sara Schapiro, Digital Promise, David Rose, DC Public Schools #EdTechEval 1:30 PM - 2:30 PM STANDARDS, ASSESSMENT & ACCOUNTABILITY Innovation in Assessment Need Not be an Oxymoron ACC Room 15 | Panel Discussion Education is moving from the bubble age in assessment to the digital age of online as- sessments. Six consortia are attempting to create assessments for the Common Core State Standards in a way to serve all students. Representatives from the consortia developing assessments for regular students, for the roughly one percent of students who have significant disabilities and for English Language Learners will demonstrate innovative ways to these items. State technology leaders will discuss the impact. Brandt Redd, Smarter Balanced, Karen Guettler, ILSSA, Phil Olsen, Wisconsin Department of Public Instruction, Susan Van Gundy, Partnership For The Assess- ment Of Readiness For College And Careers 1:30 PM - 2:30 PM Educating & Innovating Series hosted by The University of Texas at Austin Innovative Partnerships: Extending the Reach of the University Hilton Salon D | Panel Discussion Improving student success in college doesn't begin when students arrive on campus. A broad community of individuals and institutions contribute to students' current and future successes. The University of Texas at Austin continues to cultivate and invest in partnerships with public school districts, community colleges, and universities across Texas and the nation. We will explore the potential of such partnerships for expanding educational opportunity beyond the limits of traditional campuses. Catherine Stacy, The University of Texas at Austin, Harrison Keller, The University of Texas at Austin, James Pennebaker, The University of Texas at Austin, Julie Schell, The University of Texas at Austin #ImpactBeyondthe40Acres 1:30 PM - 2:30 PM CONTINUING EDUCATION & WORKFORCE DEVELOPMENT Inspire, Lead, Innovate, Make More, TEACH ACC Room 18ABCD | Featured Session Exceptional people gravitate toward big challenges and there are few challenges greater than reinventing American education. Join Teach.org in a panel discussion on the current state of education and recruiting the next generation of teachers. Learn how to help prospective teachers transition into the teaching profession and ways to help spread the importance of teaching. Teaching demands exceptional talent. Are you up for the challenge? Make more. Mauro Diaz, U.S. Department of Education, James Bernard, Microsoft, Geneviève DeBose, National Board, Jeff Johnson, BET #MakeMore 1:30 PM - 2:30 PM GLOBAL CONNECTIONS & INTERNATIONAL APPROACHES International Initiatives to Personalize Learning Hilton Salon J | Panel Discussion While it's easy to consider personalized learning solutions on individual student, teacher or classroom levels, that's not enough when up against skill demands, school district limitations, budgetary considerations and limitEdTechnology access. Hear how government and private initiatives across the globe are rethinking personalized learning with new technologies, utilizing it to streamline national policy standards, launch new curricula and build infrastructure for better learning outcomes. Adrian Fenty, Andreessen Horowitz, Alicia Lebrija, Fundación Televisa, Ramona Pierson, Pierson Labs, Susan Mann, Education Services Australia 1:30 PM - 2:30 PM ENTREPRENEURIALISM IN EDUCATION LAUNCHedu Competition Showdown Round Hilton Salon G | LAUNCHedu The Showdown Round is the final leg of the exciting LAUNCHedu education startup competition at SXSWedu. Only the judges' top three start-up choices will move for- ward to participate in this session. Companies that make it to this round are given a lightly longer presentation time frame to pitch their innovative solutions and may opt to incorporate a product demo. The judges will score the final three start-ups and the winner will be revealed and celebrated Wednesday evening at the LAUNCHedu Party. #LAUNCHedu 1:30 PM - 2:30 PM LEADERSHIP & INSPIRATION More Than Making a Difference: EdNews is Evolving ACC Room 17B | Panel Discussion With the onslaught of social media, the ability to curate news is more powerful than ever. Educators and consumers are looking to craft their own story about education. So how are newer education media outlets reacting to this need and trend? Do MSM outlets perpetuate the myth of the "angry teacher?" How does traditional EdNews hold a candle to the bits and bytes of an oversaturated media audience? Join some of the leaders in education media, as we dig into education's evolving media story. Betty Ray, Edutopia, Daniel Rezac, EdReach, Jeff Dunn, Edudemic, Leah Clapman, PBS Newshour #EdNewsSXSW 1:30 PM - 1:45 PM BIG DATA & LEARNING ANALYTICS Not Your Mom's PD: Individualizing Teacher Growth Hilton Salon C | Future15: Professional Development Traditional Professional Development is expensive and doesn't always impact student learning. Tech innovations offer new ways for empowering educators to drive their own learning. BloomBoard provides educators with easy-to-use tools for collecting insights from observations, student learning outcomes, and peer/parent surveys. These insights are then linked to our PD marketplace, where teachers ignite their own professional development growth. Jason Lange, BloomBoard 1:30 PM - 2:30 PM ACCESSIBILITY & SPECIAL EDUCATION Revolutionary Research About How We Learn to Read ACC Ballroom G | Solo Presentation Misconceptions about how children in general learn to read are pervasive. At this ses- sion, we aim to share the revolutionary findings about how children and especially deaf children learn to read based on research from Visual Language and Visual Learn- ing (VL2), NSF's Science of Learning Center. In this session, we will also share infor- mation about exciting new products including apps and parent information package created by the center to support the reading development. Come and be inspired! Melissa Herzig, Gallaudet University #VL2science 1:30 PM - 2:30 PM HigherEdNext Series hosted by The Bill & Melinda Gates Foundation Technologies to Improve College Completion Hilton Salon H | Panel Discussion In 2013, the Gates Foundation launched an RFP to boost innovation and to strengthen partnerships between Higher Ed institutions and vendors of Integrated Planning and Advisory Services (IPAS) technologies. Come and learn more about the implementa- tion of these technologies from a group of institutions actively engaged in rolling them out. Jeff Snell, Alvarez & Marsal, Kenneth Pierce, The University of Texas at San Anto- nio, Mark Amos, Southern Illinois University, Melissa Biegert, Austin Community College #HigherEdNext WEDNESDAY SESSIONS (continued)

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