SXSW EDU

122 SXSWedu 2016 Wednesday 4:00 PM - 6:00 PM Instructional Strategies Globalizing Your School Hilton | Salon K | Workshop In increasingly diverse communities around the country, schools and educators are working to integrate the knowledge, skills and mindsets needed to support students as global 21st century learners. Developing students' global competence gives them the opportunity to apply learning, to engage in real-world thinking and problem-solving and to make connections relevant to their lives and the broader community. This workshop delivers strategies to globalize your school to deliver on deeper learning outcomes, while engaging students in meeting state and other standards such as the Common Core. Kate Farmer, Asia Society 4:00 PM - 4:30 PM Entrepreneurialism Finding the Insights that Tell Your Brand's Story Hilton | Salon B | Show & Tell | #InsightsFP Hosted by Finn Partners: Building a high-quality product or service is just the beginning. Whether you are going to the market for the first time, introducing yourself to a new audience or simply refresh- ing your brand, strong messages that are grounded in research will help you connect with the right audience at the right moment. Telling an effective story can be the difference between driving ac- tion, sales and strong brand allegiance and falling flat. We'll explore research approaches for developing a strong brand message that connects with audiences. Understanding your audience—what they care about, what motivates them and what information they need— is the building block to a successful brand identity. Matt Price, Finn Partners, Katherine Curtis, Finn Partners 4:15 PM - 5:00 PM Continuing Education Employers Helping Employees Make Personal Progress JW | Salon 4 | Summit Hosted by Pearson: Learning makes us. In this session, leading employers will discuss innovative initiatives designed to help their employees make meaningful, measurable progress in their lives and unlock new career opportunities. Presenters will include Walmart's Brian Poland, director, Lifelong Learning, on the company's GED- Works Program for employees. In addition, IBM's David Leaser, se- nior manager of strategic initiatives for IBM's Global Skills Initiative, will discuss the company's bold new Open Badge program, which recognizes learning achievements and community contributions, while delivering measurable benefits to badge earners and to IBM, its partner network, and customers. David Leaser, IBM, Peter Janzow, Pearson, Acclaim, Brian Poland, Walmart 4:15 PM - 4:45 PM Cognitive Process Come Build Your Own Computer ACC | Ballroom EFG | Playground Hands On Many people know how to text, tweet and triumph over Angry Birds, but most don't understand the technology that happens underneath. By using a step-by-step approach, Kano will guide learners of all ages through creating the technology we typically just consume—and it's as simple and fun as LEGO. In this interactive session, attendees will have the opportunity to build a comput- er with Kano, see what's inside and play with code to create art, games and more. Joanna Bersin, Kano 4:20 PM - 4:35 PM Entrepreneurialism Social Entrepreneurship-Learn to Change the World ACC | Room 15 | Future15 CPE Social Entrepreneurship is the business of learning to turn our student's "unreasonable expectations" into the sustainable busi- nesses the world needs while growing the skills and knowledge our students require. Our students and our world cannot wait! Hear about how the American School of Bombay seeks to (and how your school can) empower students to gather and learn to create busi- nesses with a social impact, through creating a student-led Social Entrepreneurship Summit. Karishma Galani, American School of Bombay 4:30 PM - 5:00 PM Entrepreneurialism EdTech Japan to the World ACC | Room 19AB | Industry Talk Panel discussion to talk about the current trend of EdTech in Japan. Speakers will be EdTech and education experts from education companies, investors, start-ups and the government. Main topics include trending innovations, EdTech ecosystem, international expansion, investment opportunities, etc. Japan is a unique market, and there is huge potential for EdTech innovation. It also means opportunities to make businesses successful and profitable. Masahiro Sato, Digital Hollywood University, Akira Hirata, Triple Junction Co Ltd 4:40 PM - 4:55 PM Entrepreneurialism Obtaining Rapid Growth ACC | Room 15 | Future15 Learn to work a little smarter and a little harder in the short term, to get out of the day-to-day trenches that entrepreneurs blindly charge into. To achieve this, Matthew takes participants through his real-life discovery of a three-step niche marketing process, helping participants to understand why they can't and shouldn't be every- thing to everyone, how to craft a unified message that intrigues prospects to want to know more as well as helping participants to understand the power of finding and communicating the right message to a true market niche; customers that support their brand and communicate their unique message to others. Matthew Pollard, Rapid Growth Coach 4:45 PM - 6:00 PM Leadership PBL? It's All About the Plan JW | Salon 1 | Summit CPE This fourth module—PBL? It's All About the Plan—engages school and district leaders in a highly interactive Project Based Learn- ing systemic action planning workshop led by Buck Institute for Education staff. We will review key considerations for schools and districts that want a sustainable and scalable implementation of gold standard Project Based Learning across their system. Bob Lenz, Buck Institute for Education, Jennifer Cruz, Buck Institute for Education

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