SXSW EDU

127 SXSWedu 2016 Conference Overview About Special Programs Socials Thursday 9:30 AM - 10:30 AM Implementation Mobile Archives: Preserving Community Memories Hilton | Salon C | Panel Hosted by the Knight Foundation: Libraries are essential institutions for serving 21st century information needs, but they are also at risk. Modern information flows have challenged what libraries mean to communities and individuals. Technologists, librarians and allies explore how we can use mobile digital archiving to transform com- munity engagement and bridge the digital divide. Dean Haddock, StoryCorps, Jon Voss, Historypin, Trevor Owens, Institute of Museum and Library Services, Emily Gore, Digital Public Library Of America 9:30 AM - 10:00 AM Learning Spaces Connecting Communities: Beyond Social Networking ACC | Ballroom EFG | Playground Talk Do you want to expand access to K-16 global education and improve students' global competencies? Have you considered a virtual exchange that connects your classroom to others around the world? Not sure what a virtual exchange is or why it is important? Interested in learning more about how others have successfully run synchronous exchanges across multiple time differences? Hear from practitioners and supporters as they lead an interactive session that includes participants from classes or programs using virtual exchange, led by staff from the Qatar Foundation Interna- tional and the Stevens Initiative of The Aspen Institute. Francesca Carpenter, Qatar Foundation International, Melissa Ingber, Stevens Initiative The Aspen Institute 9:30 AM - 10:30 AM Leadership Breaking the University From the Inside Out Hilton | Salon G | Panel Higher education does plenty of R&D on everything from anthro- pology to zoology, but it lacks frameworks for incubating, testing and implementing ideas about teaching and learning within univer- sities. To foment "more than incremental" change, some schools are creating safe-to-fail sandboxes where academics can run pilots with edtech entrepreneurs and measure the effects of those exper- iments. This session will highlight examples of these emerging R&D models and ask two questions: How can we intentionally design universities to change fast--even as fast as the needs of students themselves are changing? And what is the role of edtech organiza- tions--either for-profit or not--in these sandboxes? Josh Kim, Dartmouth College, Sean Hobson, Arizona State University, Paul Freedman, Entangled Ventures, Allison Dulin Salisbury, EdSurge 9:30 AM - 10:30 AM Leadership ELL Educator Meet Up ACC | Room 18D | Meet Up | #TALAS Hosted by TALAS: Come socialize and network with other ELL edu- cators and TALAS at SXSWedu 2016! Randy Cavazos, TALAS 9:30 AM - 10:30 AM Entrepreneurialism BORN TO LEAD: Unleashing Your Inner Entrepreneur ACC | Room 18ABC | Featured | #wslab If you had the chance to change the world, what would you do? Recognized as one of CNN's 10 Visionary Women in 2014, Ari Horie, Founder and CEO of Women's Startup Lab (WSLab) shares how finding your passion and unleashing your inner entrepreneur leads to unwavering leadership. We achieve great things in the pursuit of passion. Positively impact the lives of others and awaken your inner entrepreneur, because we are all born to lead! Ari Horie, Women's Startup Lab 9:30 AM - 10:30 AM Data Analytics What the Pell? New Data on Pell Grad Rates Hilton | Salon A | Core Conversation For the first time ever, data on the college completion outcomes for students who receive a Pell Grant have been compiled for roughly 1,200 institutions across the United States.This ground- breaking report presents hard-edge data on why improving college outcomes for low-income students is critically important for our nation's health and economic mobility. Researchers from The Edu- cation Trust will present the data, including case studies of specific institutions and recommend policy changes that can help improve outcomes for low-income students. Andrew Nichols, The Education Trust, Lynn Jennings, The Education Trust 10:00 AM - 12:00 PM Cognitive Process So Many SXSWedu Ideas: See How They Connect Hilton | Room 412 | Workshop | #ideaidea You just had an inspiring conversation. And saw a cool new app. And had an insight into a teaching approach you want to try. Now come explore how all these different ideas connect—and how they connect us to each other. Based on the findings of a three-year so- cial experiment called the Idea Idea, this workshop is a place to ac- tively explore, collide and combine ideas you have gathered during SXSWedu with other people/ideas. With insights into the social, neurological and cultural elements involved in such exchanges (and a bit of play), you will build new awareness and confidence to share and integrate your ideas across schools, skill-sets or industries—and make a few new friends to boot. Amy Shaffer, The Wonderment, Michael Ellsworth, Civilization, Brian Spittler, The Wonderment 10:00 AM - 10:15 AM Implementation WordPress for Schools—Saving Taxpayer Dollars ACC | Room 15 | Future15 | #wp4schools Learn how NJ's largest public school district (Newark Public Schools) migrated from an expensive vendor-controlled content management system to WordPress, cutting our web site operating budget in half three years in a row. By switching to open source technologies, we gained complete control over our web sites and are now building applications and tools on top of WordPress that better service our district. A complete case study (that can serve as a model for your district) will be presented. Cameron Barrett, Newark Public Schools 10:00 AM - 12:00 PM Educational Equality Education Across America: A Town Hall with Mayors Hilton | Salon H | Policy Forum Across the country mayors are facing tremendous challenges on how to support their school districts in educating students to pre- pare them for college and career. Mayors are concerned with issues like graduation rates, kindergarten readiness, community involve- ment, and the changing classroom. Not only is the technology that supports a classroom changing, but students in a classroom are changing. Hear from three mayors on how they are addressing the challenges facing their communities and schools while remaining focused on supporting students as they work to achieve success in school and in life. Chris Cabaldon, City Of West Sacramento, Laura Moser, Slate, Jorge Elorza, City of Providence, Steve Adler, City of Austin

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