SXSW EDU

98 SXSWedu 2016 Tuesday 1:45 PM - 2:15 PM Continuing Education Collaborative Empathy: Teaching for Learning ACC | Ballroom EFG | Playground Hands On | #spotchange Drawing on our international experiences applying design thinking methods in k-12 schools and colleges in the US and Brazil, we will share tools and strategies for educators to empathize with and understand their learners. Empathy epiphanies, acquired through observation and interactions, can inform pedagogical strategies, content, instructional spaces and assignments according to learn- ers' preferences and needs. Attendees will learn how and when to extend their "Antennae Hacks," in order to spot opportunities ripe for change; identifying ways that learners already modify systems, structures, policies, objectives and environments to meet their needs. Caroline Bucker, Idealiza Tools & Methods, Lisa Jasinski, Trinity University/ The University of Texas at Austin 1:50 PM - 2:05 PM Instructional Strategies WhoClass: The MOOC That's Bigger on the Inside ACC | Room 15 | Future15 #WhoClass, or "Doctor Who in the Digital Age," is a Massive Open Online Course (MOOC) on the history and cultural impact of the British science fiction series, Doctor Who, which has attracted thousands of students and worldwide media coverage. #WhoClass leverages a unique set of online learning techniques developed by Prof. Rotolo of the S.I. Newhouse School of Public Communications at Syracuse University. In this session, Prof. Rotolo will break down the elements of #WhoClass to explain how this "unearthly course" grew from a "mild curiosity on a college campus" into a global learning experience that is truly "bigger on the inside." (A special mini-session of #WhoClass will be included). Anthony Rotolo, Syracuse University 2:00 PM - 3:00 PM Special Needs On-Tech and On-Task Hilton | Salon A | Core Conversation Self-monitoring is a time-tested intervention for many students with behavior problems. However, self-monitoring via technology has not evolved in classrooms as it has in public health medicine. We will discuss several studies that show how middle school students with reading and behavioral problems used technolo- gy-based self-monitoring to improve behavior and academic skills— and how technology can improve existing self-monitoring methods to increase students' academic engagement. Allison Bruhn, University of Iowa, Ted Hasselbring, Vanderbilt University 2:00 PM - 3:00 PM Entrepreneurialism Entrepreneurship: The Empowering Nature of Failure ACC | Room 12AB | Panel | #failfast When is an entrepreneurship class not just a business class? When the program is rigorously authentic, it is anything but business as usual. Barrington High School allowed community members to create an entrepreneurship program based on the real world. The teaching team included business people as class coaches and men- tors. Students created business concepts and pitched to real sharks. Learners of all ages came away with these lessons: failure means you are trying, the current marketplace demands better ideas and teachers don't know all the answers. Michael Miles, INCubatoredu, Thomas Leonard, Eanes Independent School District, Scott Arnett, Baylor University/FuntasTech, Margarita Geleske, INCubatoredu 2:00 PM - 3:00 PM Implementation Adapting "Adaptive Learning" for Real Schools Hilton | Room 400-402 | Panel CPE Adaptive learning is all about adjusting to the differences between students. But traditional schools are organized around a group instruction model. There are benchmark exams, pacing guides and other constraints on how students can progress through a curriculum. The role of teachers changes when each student follows his or her own path. This panel will present research, policy and practitioner perspectives on how traditional school environments can balance institutional requirements and instructional practices to best support personalized learning that adapts to each student's abilities and preferences. Steven Ritter, Carnegie Learning, Sandy Bartle Finocchi, Carnegie Learning, Thomas Arnett, Clayton Christensen Institute, Ilia Molina, Miami-Dade County Public Schools 2:00 PM - 3:00 PM Instructional Strategies Flipping the Classroom with YouTube's Top Teachers Hilton | Salon J | Panel CPE Flipped classrooms and video instructional content are not the magic solution for all the challenges in education. But if used thoughtfully, they can be powerful tools to allow the instructor to shift the pedagogical focus of teaching. Here, we will talk with the creators of three of YouTube's most popular education channels, whose content covers Biology, Chemistry, Physics and Math. Each of these creators is also an experienced classroom teacher, and they'll talk about why and how they started making video, how they intend their videos to be used, how teachers can implement new instructional strategies for using video and how pedagogy can meaningfully change in a flipped classroom. Tyler DeWitt, Teacher And YouTube Education Creator, Joelle Murphy, Google, Paul Andersen, Bozeman Science, Patrick Jones 2:00 PM - 3:00 PM Early Learning Invisible Assessment: What K-12 Can Learn from ECE Hilton | Salon E | Panel CPE If you ask most teachers and parents about assessment, you are going to get an earful of the negative aspects—student stress, tests taking away from instructional time, etc. The purpose of assessments, however, is to provide insight on student perfor- mance—it doesn't require a kid filling out bubble sheets. But what if assessment was nearly invisible? Teachers in early childhood are already doing real-time, ongoing formative assessments focused on child development along a learning progression. This type of 'whole child' assessment powered by technology, centers on project-based, hands-on teaching and learning. Learn how invisible assessment enables teachers to gain valuable insights. Kai-leé Berke, Teaching Strategies LLC, Lillian Mongeau, The Hechinger Report, Vincent Constanza, New Jersey Department of Education, Laura Bornfreund, New America

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