SXSW EDU

111 SXSWedu 2016 Conference Overview About Special Programs Socials Wednesday Wednesday 11:00 AM - 12:30 PM Educational Equality Oyler ACC | Room 9C | Film A Cincinnati public school fights to break the cycle of poverty in its Urban Appalachian neighborhood, where senior Raven Gribbins aims to become the first in her troubled family to graduate and go to college. When Principal Craig Hockenberry's job is threatened, it becomes clear it's a make-or-break year for both of them. 11:00 AM - 12:00 PM Educational Equality Getting Real About Challenges with Student Success Hilton | Salon C | Panel | #Imagineif Hosted by the Bill and Melinda Gates Foundation: Join a free- wheeling discussion of the realities involved in expanding access to education, removing barriers and increasing the odds of success on the ground for students every day. Moderator Ahrash Bissell, a key member of the community-focused NROC Project since 2010, is also the co-creator of EdReady, a platform for personalized learning with a starting focus on developmental math. Discover what Bissell and his colleagues have learned about the challenges associated with innovation, and the evidence that is encouraging them and others to engage in more community-based approaches to driving student success. Ahrash Bissell, The NROC Project, Jan Case, Jacksonville State University, Ryan Schrenk, Montana Digital Academy, Stephanie Lin, College Track 11:00 AM - 12:00 PM Implementation Eliminating Sexual Assault on Campus Hilton | Salon H | Policy Forum In a recent survey of female college students by the AAU, 23% said they experienced unwanted sexual contact carried out by force or threat of force, or while they were incapacitated due to alcohol and drugs. This topic is the focus of an Interim Charge presented by Texas House of Representatives Speaker Joe Straus to study current initiatives at higher ed institutions and make recommen- dations toward the prevention and elimination of sexual assault on campuses. Annie Clark, Executive Director of End Rape on Campus and an expert on campus sexual assault, testified before the House Committee earlier and with the Committee's Chair and Vice Chair will further explore this important topic. Annie Clark, End Rape on Campus (EROC), Donna Howard, Texas House of Representatives, John Zerwas, Texas House of Representatives, Matthew Watkins, The Texas Tribune 11:00 AM - 12:00 PM Instructional Strategies Design Thinking Educators Meet Up ACC | Room 18D | Meet Up | #DTedu Higher Ed and K-12 educators: If you consider yourself a design thinker or are interested in connecting with other educators who use design thinking techniques in their work to drive change and improve the lives of students, join us for a lively, interactive meet up of design thinkers in EDU. Come share ideas, make connections and grow your professional learning network in this design thinking meet up. Martin Moran, Francis W Parker School, Lisa Jasinski, Trinity University/ The University of Texas at Austin 11:00 AM - 11:30 AM Instructional Strategies Explore Your World with Google Expeditions Hilton | Salon B | Show & Tell Hosted by Google: Google Expeditions: Taking your students places a school bus can't go. Three teachers who've built virtual field trips with Google Expeditions share tips on creating great virtual content for your classes. They'll take you on the field trips they build and talk about how to integrate VR content into your curriculum. Jennifer Holland, Google Apps for Education 11:00 AM - 11:15 AM Educational Equality Closing the Equity Gap ACC | Room 15 | Future15 | #EquityGap This session will present a new lens through which to view and champion equity for all learners. Rather than viewing "equity" in terms of dollars spent, the diverse needs of our students are best met when schools focus on innovation. This session will share ways in which meaningful innovation is supporting differentiation, making learning more equitable by supporting new instructional practices, encouraging data use, streamlining assessment and driving student engagement. Aurora Martinez, Curriculum Associates 11:15 AM - 11:45 AM Instructional Strategies Jumpstart Your School's Maker Culture ACC | Ballroom EFG | Playground Hands On Discover how to jumpstart your school's maker culture by engaging parents, students and teachers in learning through making. Then, learn how to grow maker culture by developing curriculum and assessing the impact of making and tinkering. During this workshop you will learn about and takeaway a maker framework, a making and tinkering guide for teachers, a making and tinkering guide for parents, guidance for professional development and tools for assessing impacts of learning through making. John Kilbane, American School of Bombay 11:20 AM - 11:35 AM Entrepreneurialism How to Start Your Dream Hardware Company ACC | Room 15 | Future15 | #DroneEdu Are you considering taking your idea from concept to reality? Come learn the ins and outs of getting your startup off the ground. From Kickstarter campaigns to promoting at CES, Hansol will chart a path for how to gain support for your ideas and bring them to the edu- cation market. Given his work with both robots and drones, you will learn about developing instructional materials for your product, with a special focus on hardware. Hansol Hong, Robolink Inc 11:40 AM - 11:55 AM Entrepreneurialism Coffee's for Closers: How to Succeed in Edtech ACC | Room 15 | Future15 | #EDUpreneur Starting an EdTech company is not for the casual or short term entrepreneur. Education is a unique industry, and one where the contemporary tech ideals of disruption and rapid, iterative pace of development are often at odds with the more measured and entrenched traditions of academia and its layers of bureaucracy. For mission-driven companies, the opportunity to have meaningful and transformative effects on education outweighs the challenges, but passion alone can't drive success. This Future15 will address how to tackle the business behind the blackboard, including how to close deals, strike necessary partnerships, and develop long-term strategy for your company. Paul Mumma, Cerego LLC

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