SXSW EDU

110 SXSWedu 2016 Wednesday 11:00 AM - 12:00 PM Continuing Education Cultivating Teacher Readiness in Next Gen Learning Hilton | Salon G | Panel CPE What is thwarting the successful adoption and scaling of digital learning? Discover why MIT's Office of Digital Learning and the Woodrow Wilson Foundation's Academy of Teaching and Learning have joined forces to reimagine and cultivate teacher readiness to advance STEM and support next gen learning. Educators need and deserve new approaches to continuous development and renewal, performance assessment and retention. It's important to under- stand why the key to transformation in a rapidly evolving digital learning landscape is teacher engagement and teacher readiness. Arthur Levine, Woodrow Wilson Foundation, Liz Willen, The Hechinger Report, Sanjay Sarma, MIT 11:00 AM - 1:00 PM Instructional Strategies The Real Hunger Games: Reacting to the Past Hilton | Room 410 | Workshop | #Reacting Fight (for your life!) with words and ideas in an elaborate role- immersion game set in Athens in 404 BCE. Spartan troops have surrounded the city. Within, Athenians are starving. Should Athens surrender and abandon its democracy? With every passing minute, more die. Experience a heart-pounding, mini-version of Reacting to the Past—the hottest new pedagogy in higher education. In re- acting games, students take on roles based on complex texts. They write speeches and position papers and debate big ideas. They learn how to cope with the unscripted world they will enter upon graduation. Reacting games are used in first-year seminars, honors, interdisciplinary and disciplinary courses. Charlie McCormick, Schreiner University, Julie Casey, The University of Texas at Austin, Mark Carnes, Barnard College 11:00 AM - 1:00 PM Instructional Strategies This Above All: To Thine Own Lesson be True! Hilton | Salon F | Workshop CPE It's no secret that teachers are some of the most talented artists. Their medium is the human mind, shaped by word and deed. The performance of an excellent teacher might as well be performed on stage, deserving even of the Globe Theatre! The art of teaching is channeled through the well-crafted lesson plan. This workshop is designed to equip teachers as they hone their planning process. Participants will also be given access to resources on the TES Connect platform—the largest teacher network in the world. An expert from the Royal Shakespeare Company will guide teachers as they create a world-class lesson on ol' Bill, weaving process tips, resources and insight throughout. Lord Jim Knight, TES Global 11:00 AM - 12:00 PM Educational Equality Leveling the Maker Playing Field: A National Plan Hilton | Salon E | Panel | #natlmaker A new model for integrating making into schools promises to expand opportunities for hands-on learning on a national scale. Join Tim Carrigan of the Institute of Museum and Library Services (IMLS) and partner organizations, who will share insights about the framework to inform maker activities for learning—large and small. Attendees will gain perspective on making as an equity issue, how to build community through crowdfunding and how to forge part- nerships with local institutions, including public and school libraries. Also on hand will be the Children's Museum of Pittsburgh, which is helping bring a maker program to 10 diverse schools and helping train master maker teachers. Kathy Ishizuka, School Library Journal, Tim Carrigan, Institute of Museum & Library Services, Teresa DeFlitch, Children's Museum of Pittsburgh, Kristin Fontichiaro, University of Michigan-School of Information 11:00 AM - 12:30 PM Instructional Strategies Introduction to Gold Standard PBL: Getting Started JW | Salon 1 | Summit The PBL Done Well summit focuses on the two most important factors in effective implementation of Project Based Learning: the teacher and the organizational context in which they operate. This first module, Introduction to Gold Standard PBL: Getting Started with Project Design, introduces educators to the instructional de- sign model used by the Buck Institute for Education. Bob Lenz, Buck Institute for Education, Jennifer Cruz, Buck Institute for Education 11:00 AM - 2:00 PM Implementation Beyond Devices: Bringing Blended Learning to Life JW | Salon 3 | Summit | #TLArecs CPE Interested in taking your blended learning implementation to the next level but not sure what resources exist to support you? Through a series of small-group sessions TLA will share expertise and resources focused on several key topics: competency-based education for students, competency-based professional develop- ment for educators, leadership competencies for blending learning, tools for tracking mastery, lessons learned from schools implement- ing blended learning and measurement. Come experience a com- petency-based learning environment in which you will choose your own path based on your objectives and interests, and leave with a concrete resource or plan to improve your own implementation. John Branam, The Learning Accelerator, Beth Rabbitt, The Learning Accelerator, Kira Keane, The Learning Accelerator, Saro Mohammed, The Learning Accelerator 11:00 AM - 12:00 PM Leadership Finding the Medium ACC | Room 16AB | Panel The education debate has become a political football. From Washington to Silicon Valley, policymakers, hedge-fund managers, tech millionaires and more set a debate about education policy that is grounded more in personal opinion than evidence or lived experience. And all too often, the voices of those on the front lines, educators and school staff, are drowned out. We are using innova- tive approaches with the Medium platform to elevate the voices of teachers, and engage them in meaningful dialogue with policy- makers and other interested parties to help bridge the divide and ensure that educators and schools have a voice in finding solutions- -not simply having "solutions" forced on them. Frederick Hess, American Enterprise Institute, Gabe Kleinman, Medium, José Luis Vilson, New York City Public Schools, Randi Weingarten, American Federation of Teachers 11:00 AM - 12:00 PM Educational Equality Education, Development and Peace in Afghanistan ACC | Room 18ABC | Featured | #letgirlslearn CPE Laureate of the 2015 WISE Prize for Education, Dr. Sakena Yacoobi will share her inspirational experience in rebuilding Afghanistan's educational landscape in the past two decades. Blending storytell- ing and lessons learned, Dr. Yacoobi will unveil a fascinating and challenging life story, which echoes that of her country and people. From working in refugee camps in Pakistan to supporting under- ground schools during the Taliban regime until today, Dr. Yacoobi's groundbreaking and visionary approach has empowered 12 million Afghans through education. Sakena Yacoobi, Afghan Institute of Learning

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