SXSW EDU

92 SXSWedu 2016 Tuesday 11:00 AM - 12:00 PM Educational Equality We Need to Talk: Building Inclusive Communities ACC | Room 12AB | Panel CPE How do you define inclusion? Come hear from panelists of varying backgrounds who look at social justice through a special needs lens. Participants will learn how these experts use "inclusion" to describe the act of intentionally creating and seeking diverse communities that welcome and support people with special needs to learn alongside their typically developing peers. Panelist will share their personal definitions, stories, best practices and will invite others who may or may not share similar backgrounds to do the same. The conversation is not limited to special needs issues, as this practice of equal access, when authentically implemented, is impactful for all learners and communities. Lyn Pollard, Understood, Sara Stone, Community Roots Charter School, Cristen Carson Reat, Easter Seals Greater Houston/BridgingApps, Mark Barlet, The AbleGamers Foundation Inc 11:00 AM - 12:00 PM Leadership Begging for Disruption: EdTech Procurement Hilton | Room 400-402 | Panel EdTech Procurement is broken. American K-12 schools spend over $20 billion annually on instructional materials for students. This money is often spent without any measure of the impact on students. As a result, schools unintentionally waste public funds, provide students inferior or inappropriate materials and perpetuate a system that makes it difficult for new, more effective curricu- la and instructional materials to break into the market, chilling investor interest in building solutions. Our panel will shed light on opportunities and new models to unlock K-12 edtech market and innovations that can make edtech procurement more transparent and responsive. Celina Morgan-Standard, The New York Academy of Sciences, Hal Friedlander, NYC Department of Education, Harold Levy, Jack Kent Cooke Foundation 11:00 AM - 1:00 PM Instructional Strategies Designing and Sustaining Transformative PD Hilton | Room 410 | Workshop CPE This workshop will focus on the design and cultivation of inspiring and practical differentiated PD resources, with an exploration of de- ployment strategies that promote anytime, anywhere engagement that can be sustained independently. Participants will explore tech- niques to design and deploy high quality PD, including high-impact interactive videos, collaborative agendas, and curated collections as well as engage with resources that allow educators to continue connecting and sharing beyond the traditional one or multi-day face-to-face meeting. Mia Morrison, Foxcroft Academy, Michael Mills, University of Central Arkansas 11:00 AM - 12:00 PM Educational Equality Politics + Education in the 2016 Election Hilton | Salon H | Policy Forum Is 2016 the year America's public education crisis will take center stage in the presidential election? Thought-leaders and political journalists sound off on this question and explore how and why the challenges and opportunities facing our country's K-12 education system must matter in the 2016 election. K-12 education regularly ranks as an issue voters are most concerned about, but it is often overlooked in debates and along the campaign trail. Amid rising concerns about income disparity, economic opportunity and racial equality, the panel will discuss how education policies have fac- tored into the 2016 election cycle so far, and how this urgent issue can still shape November's contest. Campbell Brown, The Seventy Four, Roland Martin, News One Now, TV One Cable Network, Reihan Salam, National Review Jonathan Alter 11:00 AM - 2:00 PM Entrepreneurialism K12 Social Innovation: Design 4 Impact JW | Salon 4 | Summit | #d4iconfer CPE This student-led summit explores social innovation as a vehicle for real-world problem solving, design thinking, entrepreneurship service and projects. Leaders of the SI Program at Avenues will present workshop including a brief discussion of the goals and utility of SI curriculum, a mini-design challenge, case study analysis in the global social innovation class and student-led event planning and management. We will embed the experience and outcomes of the d4i conference, held at the school on February 27, 2016 and co-hosted by 4.0 Schools and Schools That Can, in order to share the experiences of the schools, innovators and community mem- bers engaged in scaling this work. Sophie Potter, Avenues: The World School, Luca Leung, Avenues: The World School, Ella Weinstein, Avenues: The World School, Ivan Cestero, Avenues: The World School 11:00 AM - 12:00 PM Continuing Education Traditional vs. Competency-Based Learning Models ACC | Room 16AB | Panel | #Love2Learn CPE In today's world, it's important for teachers to adopt a lifelong learning mindset to continually expand their knowledge and im- prove student engagement. Continuous learning can come in many forms, and with or without the guidance of your principal or district. In this panel, we'll explore traditional learning models and compe- tency-based models of professional development. Is one better than the other, or should there be a balance? Can a shift be made? What are the implications? Join us for a lively discussion. Jason Lange, BloomBoard, Paige Hoffman, DC Public Schools, Karen Cator, Digital Promise 11:00 AM - 12:00 PM Educational Equality Digital Diversity: Minorities Excelling in Tech Hilton | Salon D | Panel Research shows minorities are underrepresented in the field of technology. Females and minorities who do make it soon leave the field. Through teacher leadership, knowledge, access and training we can support more minorities to enrich the field. Inclusion and diversity leads to a broader perspective in solving problems with technology. This session is an open and honest discussion with four minority leaders in different educational technology leadership positions who share their movements, resources and pose honest questions to the audience for a discussion of possible solutions. Collectively, we will share resources through the live session and backchannel. Cori Coburn-Shiflett, Georgetown ISD, Shaina Glass, Raymond Academy/ Aldine ISD, Abran Maldonado, NuSkool, Shelly Sanchez Terrell, 30 Goals Challenge for Educators 11:00 AM - 12:00 PM Implementation Indiana Jones and the Journey of Innovation ACC | Room 18ABC | Featured CPE America is on a journey of innovation to catalyze blended learning in schools nationwide. Join Scott Ellis, CEO of The Learning Accel- erator, for a discussion of the progress we have made and what comes next: we have cultivated the enablers for scale like Internet connectivity and professional development, and over the coming months the focus will be on transforming teaching and learning in the classroom and then measuring impact. Bonus: discover how Indiana Jones will show us the path forward! Scott Ellis, The Learning Accelerator

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