Math isn’t hard, it’s a language | Randy Palisoc | TEDxManhattanBeach

This talk was given at a local TEDx event, produced independently of the TED Conferences. Is 26% proficiency in math acceptable to you? That’s the question teacher and Synergy Academies Founder Dr. Randy Palisoc asks the TEDxManhattanBeach audience. With only 26% of U.S. twelfth graders proficient in mathematics, Randy shares his solution: teach math as a language. Putting words back into math lessons enables even the youngest school-age minds to grasp complex concepts, such as fractions, that are traditionally thought of as abstract and difficult to understand. In his stunningly simple and effective approach, math no longer creates problems for kids but solves them. Randy Palisoc is a passionate educator, known for making math easy. A founder of the five-time national award winning Synergy Academies, Randy is proud to identify Synergy as an “in spite of” school. In spite of the fact that its students were disadvantaged and in spite of the fact that it did not have its own facility and had to pack up its classrooms every single week, his school was the first and only elementary school in South Los Angeles to ever win the National Blue Ribbon Award, and was named the #1 Urban Elementary School in America in 2013. Seeking a broader impact, Randy left Synergy this year to start Ironbox Education. One of the ways he believes we can dramatically improve America’s schools is by doing a better job teaching math to our students in a way that makes sense to them. Randy believes implementing a few changes in the way we approach math will give students the confidence and thinking skills to be more competitive in a global economy. Favorite TED Talk: “My Invention That Made Peace With Lions”: Richard Turere The “Game Changer” he most admires is Steve Jobs, because he had the ability to envision things we did not even know we needed or wanted. About TEDx, x = independently organized event In the spirit of ideas worth spreading, TEDx is a program of local, self-organized events that bring people together to share a TED-like experience. At a TEDx event, TEDTalks video and live speakers combine to spark deep discussion and connection in a small group. These local, self-organized events are branded TEDx, where x = independently organized TED event. The TED Conference provides general guidance for the TEDx program, but individual TEDx events are self-organized.* (*Subject to certain rules and regulations)

Why teachers teach but kids don’t learn | Ben Richards | TEDxYouth@Haileybury

Ben Richards is both an award winning playwright and an experienced teacher of Drama, Philosophy and Mathematics. He has spent the last ten years bringing together his different areas of expertise at a number of top UK schools, honing his unique approach to education. Haileybury Habits: Inquisitive, Reflective Teacher at Haileybury This talk was given at a TEDx event using the TED conference format but independently organized by a local community. Learn more at http://ted.com/tedx

What makes a good teacher great? | Azul Terronez | TEDxSantoDomingo

I’ve been asking the question: What makes a good teacher great? for 24 years. I have collected 26,000 responses from 8 different schools and patterns have emerged. For the last 24 years, he has repeatedly asked students the same question, “What makes a good teacher great?” Azul Terronez is the author of the best-selling book “The art of Apprenticeship” Azul has coached teachers and schools leaders around the world in Spain, Chile, Canada, India, United States and China and he is currently serves as a teacher coach at Shanghai American School. This talk was given at a TEDx event using the TED conference format but independently organized by a local community. Learn more at http://ted.com/tedx

The Art (& Science) of Great Teaching: Sam Chaltain at TEDxYouth@BFS

Sam Chaltain is a DC-based writer and education activist. He works with schools, school districts, and public and private sector companies to help them create healthy, high-functioning learning environments. Sam’s writings about his work have appeared in both magazines and newspapers, including the Washington Post, Forbes, and USA Today. A contributor to CNN and Huffington Post, Sam is also the author or co-author of six books, including his latest, Our School: Searching for Community in the Era of Choice (Teacher’s College Press, 2013). Sam has a Master’s degree in American Studies from the College of William & Mary, and an M.B.A. from George Washington University, where he specialized in non-profit management and organizational theory. He received his undergraduate degree from the University of Wisconsin at Madison, where he graduated with a double major in Afro-American Studies and History. Read Sam’s blog here, samchaltain.com. In the spirit of ideas worth spreading, TEDx is a program of local, self-organized events that bring people together to share a TED-like experience. At a TEDx event, TEDTalks video and live speakers combine to spark deep discussion and connection in a small group. These local, self-organized events are branded TEDx, where x = independently organized TED event. The TED Conference provides general guidance for the TEDx program, but individual TEDx events are self-organized.* (*Subject to certain rules and regulations)

Tim Leberecht: 3 ways to (usefully) lose control of your brand

The days are past (if they ever existed) when a person, company or brand could tightly control their reputation — online chatter and spin mean that if you’re relevant, there’s a constant, free-form conversation happening about you that you have no control over. Tim Leberecht offers three big ideas about accepting that loss of control, even designing for it — and using it as an impetus to recommit to your values. TEDTalks is a daily video podcast of the best talks and performances from the TED Conference, where the world’s leading thinkers and doers give the talk of their lives in 18 minutes (or less). Look for talks on Technology, Entertainment and Design — plus science, business, global issues, the arts and much more. Find closed captions and translated subtitles in many languages at http://www.ted.com/translate Follow TED news on Twitter: http://www.twitter.com/tednews Like TED on Facebook: https://www.facebook.com/TED Subscribe to our channel: http://www.youtube.com/user/TEDtalksD…

3 clues to understanding your brain | VS Ramachandran

http://www.ted.com Vilayanur Ramachandran tells us what brain damage can reveal about the connection between celebral tissue and the mind, using three startling delusions as examples. TEDTalks is a daily video podcast of the best talks and performances from the TED Conference, where the world’s leading thinkers and doers are invited to give the talk of their lives in 18 minutes — including speakers such as Jill Bolte Taylor, Sir Ken Robinson, Hans Rosling, Al Gore and Arthur Benjamin. TED stands for Technology, Entertainment, and Design, and TEDTalks cover these topics as well as science, business, politics and the arts. Watch the Top 10 TEDTalks on TED.com, at http://www.ted.com/index.php/talks/top10

3 ways the brain creates meaning | Tom Wujec

http://www.ted.com Information designer Tom Wujec talks through three areas of the brain that help us understand words, images, feelings, connections. In this short talk from TEDU, he asks: How can we best engage our brains to help us better understand big ideas? TEDTalks is a daily video podcast of the best talks and performances from the TED Conference, where the world’s leading thinkers and doers give the talk of their lives in 18 minutes. Featured speakers have included Al Gore on climate change, Philippe Starck on design, Jill Bolte Taylor on observing her own stroke, Nicholas Negroponte on One Laptop per Child, Jane Goodall on chimpanzees, Bill Gates on malaria and mosquitoes, Pattie Maes on the “Sixth Sense” wearable tech, and “Lost” producer JJ Abrams on the allure of mystery. TED stands for Technology, Entertainment, Design, and TEDTalks cover these topics as well as science, business, development and the arts. Closed captions and translated subtitles in a variety of languages are now available on TED.com, at http://www.ted.com/translate. Watch a highlight reel of the Top 10 TEDTalks at http://www.ted.com/index.php/talks/top10

The three ways that good design makes you happy | Don Norman

http://www.ted.com In this talk from 2003, design critic Don Norman turns his incisive eye toward beauty, fun, pleasure and emotion, as he looks at design that makes people happy. He names the three emotional cues that a well-designed product must hit to succeed. TEDTalks is a daily video podcast of the best talks and performances from the TED Conference, where the world’s leading thinkers and doers give the talk of their lives in 18 minutes. Featured speakers have included Al Gore on climate change, Philippe Starck on design, Jill Bolte Taylor on observing her own stroke, Nicholas Negroponte on One Laptop per Child, Jane Goodall on chimpanzees, Bill Gates on malaria and mosquitoes and “Lost” producer JJ Abrams on the allure of mystery. TED stands for Technology, Entertainment, Design, and TEDTalks cover these topics as well as science, business, development and the arts. Watch the Top 10 TEDTalks on TED.com, at http://www.ted.com/index.php/talks/top10

Stacey Kramer: The best gift I ever survived

http://www.ted.com TEDTalks is a daily video podcast of the best talks and performances from the TED Conference, where the world’s leading thinkers and doers give the talk of their lives in 18 minutes. Featured speakers have included Al Gore on climate change, Philippe Starck on design, Jill Bolte Taylor on observing her own stroke, Nicholas Negroponte on One Laptop per Child, Jane Goodall on chimpanzees, Bill Gates on malaria and mosquitoes, Pattie Maes on the “Sixth Sense” wearable tech, and “Lost” producer JJ Abrams on the allure of mystery. TED stands for Technology, Entertainment, Design, and TEDTalks cover these topics as well as science, business, development and the arts. Closed captions and translated subtitles in a variety of languages are now available on TED.com, at http://www.ted.com/translate. Watch a highlight reel of the Top 10 TEDTalks at http://www.ted.com/index.php/talks/top10 Stacey Kramer offers a moving, personal, 3-minute parable that shows how an unwanted experience — frightening, traumatic, costly — can turn out to be a priceless gift.

Elliot Krane: The mystery of chronic pain

http://www.ted.com We think of pain as a symptom, but there are cases where the nervous system develops feedback loops and pain becomes a terrifying disease in itself. Starting with the story of a girl whose sprained wrist turned into a nightmare, Elliot Krane talks about the complex mystery of chronic pain, and reviews the facts we’re just learning about how it works and how to treat it. TEDTalks is a daily video podcast of the best talks and performances from the TED Conference, where the world’s leading thinkers and doers give the talk of their lives in 18 minutes. Featured speakers have included Al Gore on climate change, Philippe Starck on design, Jill Bolte Taylor on observing her own stroke, Nicholas Negroponte on One Laptop per Child, Jane Goodall on chimpanzees, Bill Gates on malaria and mosquitoes, Pattie Maes on the “Sixth Sense” wearable tech, and “Lost” producer JJ Abrams on the allure of mystery. TED stands for Technology, Entertainment, Design, and TEDTalks cover these topics as well as science, business, development and the arts. Closed captions and translated subtitles in a variety of languages are now available on TED.com, at http://www.ted.com/translate

The art of asking | Amanda Palmer

Don’t make people pay for music, says Amanda Palmer. Let them. In a passionate talk that begins in her days as a street performer (drop a dollar in the hat for the Eight-Foot Bride!), she examines the new relationship between artist and fan. TEDTalks is a daily video podcast of the best talks and performances from the TED Conference, where the world’s leading thinkers and doers give the talk of their lives in 18 minutes (or less). Look for talks on Technology, Entertainment and Design — plus science, business, global issues, the arts and much more. Find closed captions and translated subtitles in many languages at http://www.ted.com/translate Follow TED news on Twitter: http://www.twitter.com/tednews Like TED on Facebook: https://www.facebook.com/TED Subscribe to our channel: http://www.youtube.com/user/TEDtalksD…

Bono: The good news on poverty (Yes, there’s good news)

Human beings have been campaigning against inequality and poverty for 3,000 years. But this journey is accelerating. Bono “embraces his inner nerd” and shares inspiring data that shows the end of poverty is in sight … if we can harness the momentum. TEDTalks is a daily video podcast of the best talks and performances from the TED Conference, where the world’s leading thinkers and doers give the talk of their lives in 18 minutes (or less). Look for talks on Technology, Entertainment and Design — plus science, business, global issues, the arts and much more. Find closed captions and translated subtitles in many languages at http://www.ted.com/translate Follow TED news on Twitter: http://www.twitter.com/tednews Like TED on Facebook: https://www.facebook.com/TED Subscribe to our channel: http://www.youtube.com/user/TEDtalksD

 

Innovating to zero! | Bill Gates

http://www.ted.com At TED2010, Bill Gates unveils his vision for the world’s energy future, describing the need for “miracles” to avoid planetary catastrophe and explaining why he’s backing a dramatically different type of nuclear reactor. The necessary goal? Zero carbon emissions globally by 2050. TEDTalks is a daily video podcast of the best talks and performances from the TED Conference, where the world’s leading thinkers and doers give the talk of their lives in 18 minutes. TED stands for Technology, Entertainment, Design, and TEDTalks cover these topics as well as science, business, development and the arts. Closed captions and translated subtitles in a variety of languages are now available on TED.com, at http://www.ted.com/translate. Watch a highlight reel of the Top 10 TEDTalks at http://www.ted.com/index.php/talks/top10 Follow us on Twitter http://www.twitter.com/tednews Checkout our Facebook page for TED exclusives https://www.facebook.com/TED

Michael Pritchard: How to make filthy water drinkable

http://www.ted.com Too much of the world lacks access to clean drinking water. Engineer Michael Pritchard did something about it — inventing the portable Lifesaver filter, which can make the most revolting water drinkable in seconds. An amazing demo from TEDGlobal 2009. TEDTalks is a daily video podcast of the best talks and performances from the TED Conference, where the world’s leading thinkers and doers give the talk of their lives in 18 minutes. TED stands for Technology, Entertainment, Design, and TEDTalks cover these topics as well as science, business, development and the arts. Closed captions and translated subtitles in a variety of languages are now available on TED.com, at http://www.ted.com/translate. Watch a highlight reel of the Top 10 TEDTalks at http://www.ted.com/index.php/talks/top10 Follow us on Twitter http://www.twitter.com/tednews Checkout our Facebook page for TED exclusives https://www.facebook.com/TED

Message Map: How To Pitch Anything In 15 Seconds | Forbes

Forbes Contributor Carmine Gallo tells you how to pitch anything in 15 seconds using a Message Map Subscribe to FORBES: https://www.youtube.com/user/Forbes?s… Stay Connected Forbes on Facebook: http://fb.com/forbes Forbes Video on Twitter: http://www.twitter.com/forbesvideo Forbes Video on Instagram: http://instagram.com/forbesvideo More From Forbes: http://forbes.com Forbes covers the intersection of entrepreneurship, wealth, technology, business and lifestyle with a focus on people and success.

Majora Carter: 3 stories of local eco-entrepreneurship

http://www.ted.com The future of green is local — and entrepreneurial. At TEDxMidwest, Majora Carter brings us the stories of three people who are saving their own communities while saving the planet. Call it “hometown security.” TEDTalks is a daily video podcast of the best talks and performances from the TED Conference, where the world’s leading thinkers and doers give the talk of their lives in 18 minutes. Featured speakers have included Al Gore on climate change, Philippe Starck on design, Jill Bolte Taylor on observing her own stroke, Nicholas Negroponte on One Laptop per Child, Jane Goodall on chimpanzees, Bill Gates on malaria and mosquitoes, Pattie Maes on the “Sixth Sense” wearable tech, and “Lost” producer JJ Abrams on the allure of mystery. TED stands for Technology, Entertainment, Design, and TEDTalks cover these topics as well as science, business, development and the arts. Closed captions and translated subtitles in a variety of languages are now available on TED.com, at http://www.ted.com/translate. Watch a highlight reel of the Top 10 TEDTalks at http://www.ted.com/index.php/talks/top10

Why videos go viral | Kevin Allocca

http://www.ted.com Kevin Allocca is YouTube’s trends manager, and he has deep thoughts about silly web video. In this talk from TEDYouth, he shares the 4 reasons a video goes viral. (This is the first talk posted from an amazing TEDYouth event. Many others will come on line next month as part of our TED-Ed launch. We can’t wait …) TEDTalks is a daily video podcast of the best talks and performances from the TED Conference, where the world’s leading thinkers and doers give the talk of their lives in 18 minutes. Featured speakers have included Al Gore on climate change, Philippe Starck on design, Jill Bolte Taylor on observing her own stroke, Nicholas Negroponte on One Laptop per Child, Jane Goodall on chimpanzees, Bill Gates on malaria and mosquitoes, Pattie Maes on the “Sixth Sense” wearable tech, and “Lost” producer JJ Abrams on the allure of mystery. TED stands for Technology, Entertainment, Design, and TEDTalks cover these topics as well as science, business, development and the arts. Closed captions and translated subtitles in a variety of languages are now available on TED.com, at http://www.ted.com/translate If you have questions or comments about this or other TED videos, please go to http://support.ted.com

Neil Pasricha: The 3 A’s of awesome

http://www.ted.com Neil Pasricha’s blog 1000 Awesome Things savors life’s simple pleasures, from free refills to clean sheets. In this heartfelt talk from TEDxToronto, he reveals the 3 secrets (all starting with A) to leading a life that’s truly awesome. TEDTalks is a daily video podcast of the best talks and performances from the TED Conference, where the world’s leading thinkers and doers give the talk of their lives in 18 minutes. Featured speakers have included Al Gore on climate change, Philippe Starck on design, Jill Bolte Taylor on observing her own stroke, Nicholas Negroponte on One Laptop per Child, Jane Goodall on chimpanzees, Bill Gates on malaria and mosquitoes, Pattie Maes on the “Sixth Sense” wearable tech, and “Lost” producer JJ Abrams on the allure of mystery. TED stands for Technology, Entertainment, Design, and TEDTalks cover these topics as well as science, business, development and the arts. Closed captions and translated subtitles in a variety of languages are now available on TED.com, at http://www.ted.com/translate. Watch a highlight reel of the Top 10 TEDTalks at http://www.ted.com/index.php/talks/top10

Questioning the universe | Stephen Hawking

http://www.ted.com Professor Stephen Hawking asks some big questions about our universe — How did the universe begin? How did life begin? Are we alone? — and discusses how we might go about answering them. TEDTalks is a daily video podcast of the best talks and performances from the TED Conference, where the world’s leading thinkers and doers give the talk of their lives in 18 minutes. TED stands for Technology, Entertainment, Design, and TEDTalks cover these topics as well as science, business, development and the arts. Closed captions and translated subtitles in a variety of languages are now available on TED.com, at http://www.ted.com/translate. Follow us on Twitter http://www.twitter.com/tednews Checkout our Facebook page for TED exclusives https://www.facebook.com/TED

Rose George: Let’s talk crap. Seriously.

It’s 2013, yet 2.5 billion people in the world have no access to a basic sanitary toilet. And when there’s no loo, where do you poo? In the street, probably near your water and food sources — causing untold death and disease from contamination. Get ready for a blunt, funny, powerful talk from journalist Rose George about a once-unmentionable problem. TEDTalks is a daily video podcast of the best talks and performances from the TED Conference, where the world’s leading thinkers and doers give the talk of their lives in 18 minutes (or less). Look for talks on Technology, Entertainment and Design — plus science, business, global issues, the arts and much more. Find closed captions and translated subtitles in many languages at http://www.ted.com/translate Follow TED news on Twitter: http://www.twitter.com/tednews Like TED on Facebook: https://www.facebook.com/TED Subscribe to our channel: http://www.youtube.com/user/TEDtalksD…

Chris Bliss: Comedy is translation

http://www.ted.com Every act of communication is, in some way, an act of translation. Onstage at TEDxRainier, writer Chris Bliss thinks hard about the way that great comedy can translate deep truths for a mass audience. Chris Bliss explores the inherent challenge of communication, and how comedy opens paths to new perspectives. TEDTalks is a daily video podcast of the best talks and performances from the TED Conference, where the world’s leading thinkers and doers give the talk of their lives in 18 minutes. Featured speakers have included Al Gore on climate change, Philippe Starck on design, Jill Bolte Taylor on observing her own stroke, Nicholas Negroponte on One Laptop per Child, Jane Goodall on chimpanzees, Bill Gates on malaria and mosquitoes, Pattie Maes on the “Sixth Sense” wearable tech, and “Lost” producer JJ Abrams on the allure of mystery. TED stands for Technology, Entertainment, Design, and TEDTalks cover these topics as well as science, business, development and the arts. Closed captions and translated subtitles in a variety of languages are now available on TED.com, at http://www.ted.com/translate If you have questions or comments about this or other TED videos, please go to http://support.ted.com

The next species of human | Juan Enriquez

http://www.ted.com Even as mega-banks topple, Juan Enriquez says the big reboot is yet to come. But don’t look for it on your ballot — or in the stock exchange. It’ll come from science labs, and it promises keener bodies and minds. Our kids are going to be … different. TEDTalks is a daily video podcast of the best talks and performances from the TED Conference, where the world’s leading thinkers and doers give the talk of their lives in 18 minutes. Featured speakers have included Al Gore on climate change, Philippe Starck on design, Jill Bolte Taylor on observing her own stroke, Nicholas Negroponte on One Laptop per Child, Jane Goodall on chimpanzees, and “Lost” producer JJ Abrams on the allure of mystery. TED stands for Technology, Entertainment, Design, and TEDTalks cover these topics as well as science, business, development and the arts. Watch the Top 10 TEDTalks on TED.com, at http://www.ted.com/index.php/talks/top10

John McWhorter: Txtng is killing language. JK!!!

Does texting mean the death of good writing skills? John McWhorter posits that there’s much more to texting — linguistically, culturally — than it seems, and it’s all good news. TEDTalks is a daily video podcast of the best talks and performances from the TED Conference, where the world’s leading thinkers and doers give the talk of their lives in 18 minutes (or less). Look for talks on Technology, Entertainment and Design — plus science, business, global issues, the arts and much more. Find closed captions and translated subtitles in many languages at http://www.ted.com/translate Follow TED news on Twitter: http://www.twitter.com/tednews Like TED on Facebook: https://www.facebook.com/TED Subscribe to our channel: http://www.youtube.com/user/TEDtalksD…

The way we think about charity is dead wrong | Dan Pallotta

Activist and fundraiser Dan Pallotta calls out the double standard that drives our broken relationship to charities. Too many nonprofits, he says, are rewarded for how little they spend — not for what they get done. Instead of equating frugality with morality, he asks us to start rewarding charities for their big goals and big accomplishments (even if that comes with big expenses). In this bold talk, he says: Let’s change the way we think about changing the world. TEDTalks is a daily video podcast of the best talks and performances from the TED Conference, where the world’s leading thinkers and doers give the talk of their lives in 18 minutes (or less). Look for talks on Technology, Entertainment and Design — plus science, business, global issues, the arts and much more. Find closed captions and translated subtitles in many languages at http://www.ted.com/translate Follow TED news on Twitter: http://www.twitter.com/tednews Like TED on Facebook: https://www.facebook.com/TED Subscribe to our channel: http://www.youtube.com/user/TEDtalksD…

Jerry Seinfeld Interview: How to Write a Joke | The New York Times

Jerry Seinfeld describes the anatomy of his Pop-Tart joke, still a work in progress, and shows his longhand writing process. Subscribe on YouTube: http://bit.ly/U8Ys7n ————————————————————— Want more from The New York Times? Watch more videos at: http://nytimes.com/video Facebook: https://www.facebook.com/nytvideo Twitter: https://twitter.com/nytvideo Instagram: http://instagram.com/nytvideo Whether it’s reporting on conflicts abroad and political divisions at home, or covering the latest style trends and scientific developments, New York Times video journalists provide a revealing and unforgettable view of the world. It’s all the news that’s fit to watch. On YouTube. Jerry Seinfeld Interview: How to Write a Joke | The New York Times http://www.youtube.com/user/TheNewYor…

Freeman Hrabowski: 4 pillars of college success in science

At age 12, Freeman Hrabowski marched with Martin Luther King. Now he’s president of the University of Maryland, Baltimore County (UMBC), where he works to create an environment that helps under-represented students — specifically African-American, Latino and low-income learners — get degrees in math and science. He shares the four pillars of UMBC’s approach. TEDTalks is a daily video podcast of the best talks and performances from the TED Conference, where the world’s leading thinkers and doers give the talk of their lives in 18 minutes (or less). Look for talks on Technology, Entertainment and Design — plus science, business, global issues, the arts and much more. Find closed captions and translated subtitles in many languages at http://www.ted.com/translate Follow TED news on Twitter: http://www.twitter.com/tednews Like TED on Facebook: https://www.facebook.com/TED Subscribe to our channel: http://www.youtube.com/user/TEDtalksD…

Apple – Macworld San Francisco 2007 Keynote Address – HD

Watch Apple CEO Steve Jobs kick off the MacWorld Conference & Expo 2007 with a keynote address from San Francisco’s Moscone West. Check out the exciting new developments at Apple, which include the addition of Paramount movies to iTunes, Apple which allows you to wirelessly play all of your iTunes content from your Mac or PC on your television, and pioneering iPhone. This revolutionary product is a widescreen iPod with touch controls, a mobile phone, and a Internet communications device all in one.

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The Lost 1984 Video: young Steve Jobs introduces the Macintosh

The Original 1984 Macintosh Introduction: the magic moment, when Steve Jobs unveils the Macintosh and releases it from its bag. We’ve found these historical lost videos in 2004 and restored and published them to the world on January 24., 2005, when the Mac became 21 years old. Read the story of this wonderful discovery here: http://www.mac-essentials.de/index.ph… Uploaded by TextLab, the original discoverers and restorers.

Mosquitos, malaria and education | Bill Gates

http://www.ted.com Bill Gates hopes to solve some of the world’s biggest problems using a new kind of philanthropy. In a passionate and, yes, funny 18 minutes, he asks us to consider two big questions and how we might answer them. TEDTalks is a daily video podcast of the best talks and performances from the TED Conference, where the world’s leading thinkers and doers are invited to give the talk of their lives in 18 minutes — including speakers such as Jill Bolte Taylor, Sir Ken Robinson, Hans Rosling, Al Gore and Arthur Benjamin. TED stands for Technology, Entertainment, and Design, and TEDTalks cover these topics as well as science, business, politics and the arts. Watch the Top 10 TEDTalks on TED.com, at http://www.ted.com/index.php/talks/top10

Why bother leaving the house? | Ben Saunders

Explorer Ben Saunders wants you to go outside! Not because it’s always pleasant and happy, but because that’s where the meat of life is, “the juice that we can suck out of our hours and days.” Saunders’ next outdoor excursion? To try to be the first in the world to walk from the coast of Antarctica to the South Pole and back again. TEDTalks is a daily video podcast of the best talks and performances from the TED Conference, where the world’s leading thinkers and doers give the talk of their lives in 18 minutes (or less). Look for talks on Technology, Entertainment and Design — plus science, business, global issues, the arts and much more. Find closed captions and translated subtitles in many languages at http://www.ted.com/translate Follow TED news on Twitter: http://www.twitter.com/tednews Like TED on Facebook: https://www.facebook.com/TED Subscribe to our channel: http://www.youtube.com/user/TEDtalksD…

The power of introverts | Susan Cain

http://www.ted.com In a culture where being social and outgoing are prized above all else, it can be difficult, even shameful, to be an introvert. But, as Susan Cain argues in this passionate talk, introverts bring extraordinary talents and abilities to the world, and should be encouraged and celebrated. TEDTalks is a daily video podcast of the best talks and performances from the TED Conference, where the world’s leading thinkers and doers give the talk of their lives in 18 minutes. Featured speakers have included Al Gore on climate change, Philippe Starck on design, Jill Bolte Taylor on observing her own stroke, Nicholas Negroponte on One Laptop per Child, Jane Goodall on chimpanzees, Bill Gates on malaria and mosquitoes, Pattie Maes on the “Sixth Sense” wearable tech, and “Lost” producer JJ Abrams on the allure of mystery. TED stands for Technology, Entertainment, Design, and TEDTalks cover these topics as well as science, business, development and the arts. Closed captions and translated subtitles in a variety of languages are now available on TED.com, at http://www.ted.com/translate If you have questions or comments about this or other TED videos, please go to http://support.ted.com

The best stats you’ve ever seen | Hans Rosling

http://www.ted.com With the drama and urgency of a sportscaster, statistics guru Hans Rosling uses an amazing new presentation tool, Gapminder, to present data that debunks several myths about world development. Rosling is professor of international health at Sweden’s Karolinska Institute, and founder of Gapminder, a nonprofit that brings vital global data to life. (Recorded February 2006 in Monterey, CA.) TEDTalks is a daily video podcast of the best talks and performances from the TED Conference, where the world’s leading thinkers and doers give the talk of their lives in 18 minutes. TED stands for Technology, Entertainment, Design, and TEDTalks cover these topics as well as science, business, development and the arts. Closed captions and translated subtitles in a variety of languages are now available on TED.com, at http://www.ted.com/translate. Follow us on Twitter http://www.twitter.com/tednews Checkout our Facebook page for TED exclusives https://www.facebook.com/TED

Before Avatar … a curious boy | James Cameron

http://www.ted.com James Cameron’s big-budget (and even bigger-grossing) films create an unreal world all their own. In this personal talk, he reveals his childhood fascination with the fantastic — from reading science fiction to deep-sea diving — and how it ultimately drove the success of his blockbuster hits “Aliens,” “The Terminator,” “Titanic” and “Avatar.” TEDTalks is a daily video podcast of the best talks and performances from the TED Conference, where the world’s leading thinkers and doers give the talk of their lives in 18 minutes. Featured speakers have included Al Gore on climate change, Philippe Starck on design, Jill Bolte Taylor on observing her own stroke, Nicholas Negroponte on One Laptop per Child, Jane Goodall on chimpanzees, Bill Gates on malaria and mosquitoes, Pattie Maes on the “Sixth Sense” wearable tech, and “Lost” producer JJ Abrams on the allure of mystery. TED stands for Technology, Entertainment, Design, and TEDTalks cover these topics as well as science, business, development and the arts. Closed captions and translated subtitles in a variety of languages are now available on TED.com, at http://www.ted.com/translate. Watch a highlight reel of the Top 10 TEDTalks at http://www.ted.com/index.php/talks/top10

Janine Shepherd: A broken body isn’t a broken person

Cross-country skier Janine Shepherd hoped for an Olympic medal — until she was hit by a truck during a training bike ride. She shares a powerful story about the human potential for recovery. Her message: you are not your body, and giving up old dreams can allow new ones to soar. TEDTalks is a daily video podcast of the best talks and performances from the TED Conference, where the world’s leading thinkers and doers give the talk of their lives in 18 minutes (or less). Look for talks on Technology, Entertainment and Design — plus science, business, global issues, the arts and much more. Find closed captions and translated subtitles in many languages at http://www.ted.com/translate Follow TED news on Twitter: http://www.twitter.com/tednews Like TED on Facebook: https://www.facebook.com/TED Subscribe to our channel: http://www.youtube.com/user/TEDtalksD…

Your body language may shape who you are | Amy Cuddy

Body language affects how others see us, but it may also change how we see ourselves. Social psychologist Amy Cuddy argues that “power posing” — standing in a posture of confidence, even when we don’t feel confident — can boost feelings of confidence, and might have an impact on our chances for success. (Note: Some of the findings presented in this talk have been referenced in an ongoing debate among social scientists about robustness and reproducibility. Read Amy Cuddy’s response here: http://ideas.ted.com/inside-the-debat…) The TED Talks channel features the best talks and performances from the TED Conference, where the world’s leading thinkers and doers give the talk of their lives in 18 minutes (or less). Look for talks on Technology, Entertainment and Design — plus science, business, global issues, the arts and more. Follow TED on Twitter: http://www.twitter.com/TEDTalks Like TED on Facebook: https://www.facebook.com/TED Subscribe to our channel: https://www.youtube.com/TED

Jennifer Granholm: A clean energy proposal — race to the top!

Kicking off the TED2013 conference, Jennifer Granholm asks a very American question with worldwide implications: How do we make more jobs? Her big idea: Invest in new alternative energy sources. And her big challenge: Can it be done with or without our broken Congress? TEDTalks is a daily video podcast of the best talks and performances from the TED Conference, where the world’s leading thinkers and doers give the talk of their lives in 18 minutes (or less). Look for talks on Technology, Entertainment and Design — plus science, business, global issues, the arts and much more. Find closed captions and translated subtitles in many languages at http://www.ted.com/translate Follow TED news on Twitter: http://www.twitter.com/tednews Like TED on Facebook: https://www.facebook.com/TED Subscribe to our channel: http://www.youtube.com/user/TEDtalksD…

Colin Powell: Kids need structure

How can you help kids get a good start? In this heartfelt and personal talk, Colin Powell, the former U.S. Secretary of State, asks parents, friends and relatives to support children from before they even get to primary school, through community and a strong sense of responsibility. (Filmed at TEDxMidAtlantic.) TEDTalks is a daily video podcast of the best talks and performances from the TED Conference, where the world’s leading thinkers and doers give the talk of their lives in 18 minutes (or less). Look for talks on Technology, Entertainment and Design — plus science, business, global issues, the arts and much more. Find closed captions and translated subtitles in many languages at http://www.ted.com/translate Follow TED news on Twitter: http://www.twitter.com/tednews Like TED on Facebook: https://www.facebook.com/TED Subscribe to our channel: http://www.youtube.com/user/TEDtalksD…

The Neuroanatomical Transformation of the Teenage Brain: Jill Bolte Taylor at TEDxYouth@Indianapolis

Our brain is made up of cells and every ability we have is the product of those cells. What is going on during our teenage years that accounts for the way teenagers feel, think and behave? This presentation will focus on the neurological transformation of the brain that occurs during the teenage years. In the spirit of ideas worth spreading, TEDx is a program of local, self-organized events that bring people together to share a TED-like experience. At a TEDx event, TEDTalks video and live speakers combine to spark deep discussion and connection in a small group. These local, self-organized events are branded TEDx, where x = independently organized TED event. The TED Conference provides general guidance for the TEDx program, but individual TEDx events are self-organized.* (*Subject to certain rules and regulations)

Lisa Kristine: Photos that bear witness to modern slavery

For the past two years, photographer Lisa Kristine has traveled the world, documenting the unbearably harsh realities of modern-day slavery. She shares hauntingly beautiful images — miners in the Congo, brick layers in Nepal — illuminating the plight of the 27 million souls enslaved worldwide. (Filmed at TEDxMaui) TEDTalks is a daily video podcast of the best talks and performances from the TED Conference, where the world’s leading thinkers and doers give the talk of their lives in 18 minutes. Featured speakers have included Al Gore on climate change, Philippe Starck on design, Jill Bolte Taylor on observing her own stroke, Nicholas Negroponte on One Laptop per Child, Jane Goodall on chimpanzees, Bill Gates on malaria and mosquitoes, Pattie Maes on the “Sixth Sense” wearable tech, and “Lost” producer JJ Abrams on the allure of mystery. TED stands for Technology, Entertainment, Design, and TEDTalks cover these topics as well as science, business, development and the arts. Closed captions and translated subtitles in a variety of languages are now available on TED.com, at http://www.ted.com/translate If you have questions or comments about this or other TED videos, please go to http://support.ted.com

Choice, happiness and spaghetti sauce | Malcolm Gladwell

http://www.ted.com Tipping Point author Malcolm Gladwell gets inside the food industry’s pursuit of the perfect spaghetti sauce — and makes a larger argument about the nature of choice and happiness. TEDTalks is a daily video podcast of the best talks and performances from the TED Conference, where the world’s leading thinkers and doers are invited to give the talk of their lives in 18 minutes — including speakers such as Jill Bolte Taylor, Sir Ken Robinson, Hans Rosling, Al Gore and Arthur Benjamin. TED stands for Technology, Entertainment, and Design, and TEDTalks cover these topics as well as science, business, politics and the arts. Watch the Top 10 TEDTalks on TED.com, at http://www.ted.com/index.php/talks/top10

Ludwick Marishane: A bath without water

If you had to walk a mile for a jug of water every day, as millions of people do, it’s unlikely you’d use that precious water to bathe. Young entrepreneur Ludwick Marishane tells the amazing, funny story of how he invented a cheap, clean and convenient solution: DryBath, the world’s first bath-substituting lotion. TEDTalks is a daily video podcast of the best talks and performances from the TED Conference, where the world’s leading thinkers and doers give the talk of their lives in 18 minutes (or less). Look for talks on Technology, Entertainment and Design — plus science, business, global issues, the arts and much more. Find closed captions and translated subtitles in many languages at http://www.ted.com/translate Follow TED news on Twitter: http://www.twitter.com/tednews Like TED on Facebook: https://www.facebook.com/TED Subscribe to our channel: http://www.youtube.com/user/TEDtalksD…

How to get your ideas to spread | Seth Godin

http://www.ted.com In a world of too many options and too little time, our obvious choice is to just ignore the ordinary stuff. Marketing guru Seth Godin spells out why, when it comes to getting our attention, bad or bizarre ideas are more successful than boring ones. TEDTalks is a daily video podcast of the best talks and performances from the TED Conference, where the world’s leading thinkers and doers are invited to give the talk of their lives in 18 minutes — including speakers such as Jill Bolte Taylor, Sir Ken Robinson, Hans Rosling, Al Gore and Arthur Benjamin. TED stands for Technology, Entertainment, and Design, and TEDTalks cover these topics as well as science, business, politics and the arts. Watch the Top 10 TEDTalks on TED.com, at http://www.ted.com/index.php/talks/top10

Do schools kill creativity? | Sir Ken Robinson

Sir Ken Robinson makes an entertaining and profoundly moving case for creating an education system that nurtures (rather than undermines) creativity. The TED Talks channel features the best talks and performances from the TED Conference, where the world’s leading thinkers and doers give the talk of their lives in 18 minutes (or less). Look for talks on Technology, Entertainment and Design — plus science, business, global issues, the arts and more. Check out more TED Talks: http://www.ted.com Follow TED on Twitter: http://www.twitter.com/TEDTalks Like TED on Facebook: https://www.facebook.com/TED Subscribe to our channel: https://www.youtube.com/TED

Our buggy moral code | Dan Ariely

http://www.ted.com Behavioral economist Dan Ariely studies the bugs in our moral code: the hidden reasons we think it’s OK to cheat or steal (sometimes). Clever studies help make his point that we’re predictably irrational — and can be influenced in ways we can’t grasp. TEDTalks is a daily video podcast of the best talks and performances from the TED Conference, where the world’s leading thinkers and doers give the talk of their lives in 18 minutes. Featured speakers have included Al Gore on climate change, Philippe Starck on design, Jill Bolte Taylor on observing her own stroke, Nicholas Negroponte on One Laptop per Child, Jane Goodall on chimpanzees, Bill Gates on malaria and mosquitoes, Pattie Maes on the “Sixth Sense” wearable tech, and “Lost” producer JJ Abrams on the allure of mystery. TED stands for Technology, Entertainment, Design, and TEDTalks cover these topics as well as science, business, development and the arts. Closed captions and translated subtitles in a variety of languages are now available on TED.com, at http://www.ted.com/translate If you have questions or comments about this or other TED videos, please go to http://support.ted.com

Andrew Stanton: The clues to a great story

http://www.ted.com Filmmaker Andrew Stanton (“Toy Story,” “WALL-E”) shares what he knows about storytelling — starting at the end and working back to the beginning. (Contains graphic language …) TEDTalks is a daily video podcast of the best talks and performances from the TED Conference, where the world’s leading thinkers and doers give the talk of their lives in 18 minutes. Featured speakers have included Al Gore on climate change, Philippe Starck on design, Jill Bolte Taylor on observing her own stroke, Nicholas Negroponte on One Laptop per Child, Jane Goodall on chimpanzees, Bill Gates on malaria and mosquitoes, Pattie Maes on the “Sixth Sense” wearable tech, and “Lost” producer JJ Abrams on the allure of mystery. TED stands for Technology, Entertainment, Design, and TEDTalks cover these topics as well as science, business, development and the arts. Closed captions and translated subtitles in a variety of languages are now available on TED.com, at http://www.ted.com/translate If you have questions or comments about this or other TED videos, please go to http://support.ted.com

The power of vulnerability | Brené Brown

http://www.ted.com Brené Brown studies human connection — our ability to empathize, belong, love. In a poignant, funny talk at TEDxHouston, she shares a deep insight from her research, one that sent her on a personal quest to know herself as well as to understand humanity. A talk to share. TEDTalks is a daily video podcast of the best talks and performances from the TED Conference, where the world’s leading thinkers and doers give the talk of their lives in 18 minutes. Featured speakers have included Al Gore on climate change, Philippe Starck on design, Jill Bolte Taylor on observing her own stroke, Nicholas Negroponte on One Laptop per Child, Jane Goodall on chimpanzees, Bill Gates on malaria and mosquitoes, Pattie Maes on the “Sixth Sense” wearable tech, and “Lost” producer JJ Abrams on the allure of mystery. TED stands for Technology, Entertainment, Design, and TEDTalks cover these topics as well as science, business, development and the arts. Closed captions and translated subtitles in a variety of languages are now available on TED.com, at http://www.ted.com/translate. Watch a highlight reel of the Top 10 TEDTalks at http://www.ted.com/index.php/talks/top10

We need to talk about an injustice | Bryan Stevenson

http://www.ted.com In an engaging and personal talk — with cameo appearances from his grandmother and Rosa Parks — human rights lawyer Bryan Stevenson shares some hard truths about America’s justice system, starting with a massive imbalance along racial lines: a third of the country’s black male population has been incarcerated at some point in their lives. These issues, which are wrapped up in America’s unexamined history, are rarely talked about with this level of candor, insight and persuasiveness. TEDTalks is a daily video podcast of the best talks and performances from the TED Conference, where the world’s leading thinkers and doers give the talk of their lives in 18 minutes. Featured speakers have included Al Gore on climate change, Philippe Starck on design, Jill Bolte Taylor on observing her own stroke, Nicholas Negroponte on One Laptop per Child, Jane Goodall on chimpanzees, Bill Gates on malaria and mosquitoes, Pattie Maes on the “Sixth Sense” wearable tech, and “Lost” producer JJ Abrams on the allure of mystery. TED stands for Technology, Entertainment, Design, and TEDTalks cover these topics as well as science, business, development and the arts. Closed captions and translated subtitles in a variety of languages are now available on TED.com, at http://www.ted.com/translate If you have questions or comments about this or other TED videos, please go to http://support.ted.com

Ernesto Sirolli: Want to help someone? Shut up and listen!

When most well-intentioned aid workers hear of a problem they think they can fix, they go to work. This, Ernesto Sirolli suggests, is naïve. In this funny and impassioned talk, he proposes that the first step is to listen to the people you’re trying to help, and tap into their own entrepreneurial spirit. His advice on what works will help any entrepreneur. TEDTalks is a daily video podcast of the best talks and performances from the TED Conference, where the world’s leading thinkers and doers give the talk of their lives in 18 minutes (or less). Look for talks on Technology, Entertainment and Design — plus science, business, global issues, the arts and much more. Find closed captions and translated subtitles in many languages at http://www.ted.com/translate Follow TED news on Twitter: http://www.twitter.com/tednews Like TED on Facebook: https://www.facebook.com/TED Subscribe to our channel: http://www.youtube.com/user/TEDtalksD…

Secrets of success in 8 words, 3 minutes | Richard St. John

http://www.ted.com Why do people succeed? Is it because they’re smart, or are they just lucky? Analyst Richard St. John condenses years of interviews into an unmissable 3-minute presentation on the real secrets of success. TEDTalks is a daily video podcast of the best talks and performances from the TED Conference, where the world’s leading thinkers and doers give the talk of their lives in 18 minutes. TED stands for Technology, Entertainment, Design, and TEDTalks cover these topics as well as science, business, development and the arts. Closed captions and translated subtitles in a variety of languages are now available on TED.com, at http://www.ted.com/translate. Follow us on Twitter http://www.twitter.com/tednews Checkout our Facebook page for TED exclusives https://www.facebook.com/TED

My stroke of insight | Jill Bolte Taylor

http://www.ted.com Neuroanatomist Jill Bolte Taylor had an opportunity few brain scientists would wish for: One morning, she realized she was having a massive stroke. As it happened — as she felt her brain functions slip away one by one, speech, movement, understanding — she studied and remembered every moment. This is a powerful story about how our brains define us and connect us to the world and to one another.

Life at 30,000 feet | Richard Branson

http://www.ted.com Richard Branson talks to TED’s Chris Anderson about the ups and the downs of his career, from his multibillionaire success to his multiple near-death experiences — and reveals some of his (very surprising) motivations. TEDTalks is a daily video podcast of the best talks and performances from the TED Conference, where the world’s leading thinkers and doers are invited to give the talk of their lives in 18 minutes — including speakers such as Jill Bolte Taylor, Sir Ken Robinson, Hans Rosling, Al Gore and Arthur Benjamin. TED stands for Technology, Entertainment, and Design, and TEDTalks cover these topics as well as science, business, politics and the arts. Watch the Top 10 TEDTalks on TED.com, at http://www.ted.com/index.php/talks/top10

Looks aren’t everything. Believe me, I’m a model. | Cameron Russell

Cameron Russell admits she won “a genetic lottery”: she’s tall, pretty and an underwear model. But don’t judge her by her looks. In this fearless talk, she takes a wry look at the industry that had her looking highly seductive at barely 16-years-old. (Filmed at TEDxMidAtlantic.) Cameron on Twitter: https://twitter.com/CameronCRussell Cameron on Instagram: https://instagram.com/cameron_r/ TEDTalks is a daily video podcast of the best talks and performances from the TED Conference, where the world’s leading thinkers and doers give the talk of their lives in 18 minutes (or less). Look for talks on Technology, Entertainment and Design — plus science, business, global issues, the arts and much more. Find closed captions and translated subtitles in many languages at http://www.ted.com/translate Follow TED news on Twitter: http://www.twitter.com/tednews Like TED on Facebook: https://www.facebook.com/TED Subscribe to our channel: http://www.youtube.com/user/TEDtalksD…

It’s not fair having 12 pairs of legs | Aimee Mullins

http://www.ted.com Athlete, actor and activist Aimee Mullins talks about her prosthetic legs — she’s got a dozen amazing pairs — and the super-powers they grant her: speed, beauty, an extra 6 inches of height … Quite simply, she redefines what the body can be. TEDTalks is a daily video podcast of the best talks and performances from the TED Conference, where the world’s leading thinkers and doers give the talk of their lives in 18 minutes. TED stands for Technology, Entertainment, Design, and TEDTalks cover these topics as well as science, business, development and the arts. Watch the Top 10 TEDTalks on TED.com, at http://www.ted.com/index.php/talks/top10 Follow us on Twitter http://www.twitter.com/tednews Checkout our Facebook page for TED exclusives https://www.facebook.com/TED

Why we do what we do | Tony Robbins

Tony Robbins discusses the “invisible forces” that make us do what we do — and high-fives Al Gore in the front row. TEDTalks is a daily video podcast of the best talks and performances from the TED Conference, where the world’s leading thinkers and doers give the talk of their lives in 18 minutes. TED stands for Technology, Entertainment, Design, and TEDTalks cover these topics as well as science, business, development and the arts. Closed captions and translated subtitles in a variety of languages are now available on TED.com, at http://www.ted.com/translate. Follow us on Twitter http://www.twitter.com/tednews Checkout our Facebook page for TED exclusives https://www.facebook.com/TED

How to create animated presentations. PowToon – The PowerPoint Alternative

— Created using PowToon — This animated video clip was created using PowToon. Powtoon is a free tool that allows you to create cool animated clips for your website and cool animated presentations. Use PowToon’s animated templates or create an animated presentation from scratch. It’s drag and drop easy: you do not need to know flash or be an experienced animator to produce cool animations quickly with Powtoon. — Signup for free at http://www.powtoon.com — About PowToon: PowToon is a brand new presentation software that is so simple and intuitive, it allows anyone who ever used PowerPoint or KeyNote to easily evolve their presentations to AWESOMENESS! PowToon contains themes of animated characters, props and cool transitions which you can just drag and drop into a slide to create eye catching and fun presentations that can be presented in person, or turned into animated videos at the click of a button – to be shared on YouTube, Facebook or Twitter. — Created using PowToon — You’re watching an animated video clip created with PowToon–a free tool that allows you to develop cool animated clips and animated presentations for your website, office meeting, sales pitch, nonprofit fundraiser, product launch, video resume, or anything else your imagination conjures. PowToon’s animation templates help you create animated presentations from scratch. It’s drag-and-drop easy! No need to know flash or be an experienced animator. Anyone can produce awesome animations quickly with PowToon, without the cost or hassle other professional animation services require. — Signup for free at http://www.powtoon.com — PowToon is a brand new presentation software that redefines simplicity and intuitiveness. Anyone who has ever used PowerPoint or Keynote can now easily unleash the AWESOME in their presentations!

How to find Creative Commons videos on Youtube and images or music elsewhere!

http://adf.ly/Ke8gd Just click ‘skip ad’ on top right after you click the link then you’ll be redirected to the website where you can search for all kinds of Creative Commons license YouTube videos, images, music all kinds of other stuff that you can reuse without having to worry about copyright laws. ALTERNATIVELY: you can type [whatever you search]+[,creativecommons] but most people isn’t bothered – it’s easier if you use the website 😛 Please like the video if it helps:) tags- how to find creative commons content how to find create commons videos on youtube how to find creative commons images how to find creative commons music how to find creative commons materials, license how to find creative commons licensed images

Make Makey Makey using Arduino

You can make ‘Makey Makey’ using Arduino Leonardo in 10 mins… Here is the Arduino Source Code and the link to the library….. Arduino Code : (Now added the code for multiple keys as well) https://www.facebook.com/notes/alpesh… Link to download Moving Average Library: https://github.com/sebnil/Moving-Avar… If you have Arduino UNO you can refer to Bhavya Shukla’s work. (Thanks Bhavya) https://github.com/BhavyaShukla/Makey…

Makey Makey Music with Star Wars Bobble Heads

Ever wish you could take play to another level? Thanks to the inventors of Makey Makey, an ingeniously simplistic plug-and-play device that turns any object, animate or inanimate, into a playable “key,” this is now possible. Watch as Genuine Labs explore new methods of user interaction by turning our favorite Star Wars characters into a basic keyboard using this cool little gadget. Learn more about Genuine Labs and other experiential projects here – http://www.genuineinteractive.com/labs/ To see more of our videos, subscribe or check us out at www.genuineinteractive.com

Introduction to Using “Voice Thread”

This tutorial introduces you to the website “Voice Thread.” Voice Thread allows you to create an online discussion with your students on a topic, picture, or video. You will learn how to create an account, upload a thread, and make a comment on it. Please subscribe to our channel, rate our videos, and leave comments. If you have any questions or suggestions that you do not want to post directly to our channel, email us at radfordeducation@gmail.com.

How to Capture a Screen Shot with the Snipping Tool in Windows 7

We will learn how to utilize the Snipping Tool in Windows 7 to capture a screen shot. A screen shot is a captured image from anywhere on the screen. You can use this to capture an image from a website, or take a still picture from a video clip. One practical use is to capture an error message and then send it to someone who can help you. Visit our website, www.instructorgadget.com, to view more tutorials as well as find additional resources.

Technology in Education

Paul Hamilton presents ‘Technology in Education’, a creative and artistic look at the challenges edtech faces. Subscribe to the number 1 resource for teachers using iPads in the classroom. iPad Monthly: http://www.ipadmonthly.com Find many more iPad tutorials for teachers and students at: https://www.youtube.com/user/appsbypa… Other iPad tutorials worth viewing include: iBeacons technology in Education https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=S04vi… Using Augmented Reality in Education https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=jC1DP… Using Topia App for creative writing https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=z18gm… Student using GamePress App to create history digital storytelling project https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=KU1WO… GamePress tutorial for teachers https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=_8-y0… Hopscotch tutorial for teachers https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=MINJ7… Making a robot using Explain Everything https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=k_XP2…

DU PARADIGME DE L’EDUCATION

www.education-authentique.org APPRENDRE LA VIE ? L’école, la famille, les médias, structurés implicitement autour de la comparaison, conditionnent à la fragmentation, au manque, à la conformation — ce qui génère blessures, peurs et souffrances. Que serait et comment mettre en place une ‘éducation’ véritablement libératrice, qui préparerait à vivre harmonieusement, dans toutes les circonstances de la vie ? C’est ce que travaille le CREA-Apprendre la vie (Cercle de Réflexion pour une Éducation Authentique), avec et pour tous ceux que cette vision intéresse. Lettre mensuelle gratuite : s’inscrire à appvie-crea-subscribe@yahoogroupes.fr ou bien, pour la recevoir par La Poste, 6 timbres (pour 6 numéros) Rencontre annuelle gratuite, fin août Ateliers et séminaires sur demande. CREA, F-71300 MARY appvie-crea@yahoo.fr www.education-authentique.org

Achieving education for all in Vietnam

Transcript Vietnam made enormous progress in developing its education system in recent years, but still faced challenges in rural and remote areas, particularly in meeting the needs of disadvantaged children-poor kids, street kids, kids with disabilities, and kids from ethnic minorities. Some children had to walk two to three kilometres along steep mountain paths just to get to school. It’s no surprise that some never got there and others gave up along the way. La Thi Huyen: “My name is La Thi Huyen, I’m a new teacher. I graduated this year. It’s my first full year teaching. One of the biggest difficulties I face in teaching these children is that all of them are from ethnic minorities and they don’t speak Vietnamese very fluently.” As part of its priority theme to secure a future for children and youth, CIDA, along with other donors, including the World Bank, worked with the Government of Vietnam for seven years to improve access to primary school for disadvantaged children such as these-some 2.7 million or 27 percent of all students in Vietnam-and to improve the quality of education in 40 poor provinces. Together, they: Provided more than 3 million textbooks to students, as well as school supplies, and in some cases shoes and uniforms Built more than 16,000 new schools Trained more than 312,865 teachers and 7,026 teacher’s aides La Thi Huyen: “I have learned how teachers should interact with children, how we should write on the boards. I apply some teaching methods that I learned to make it easier for my students to learn.” The results? By the end of 2010: Primary school enrolment increased from 80 percent to 99 percent Primary school completion rates increased from 72 percent to 94 percent Drop-out rates fell from 12 percent to 2.5 percent More than 2.7 million students now have a more hopeful future, and Vietnam is closer to achieving universal primary education for all-one of the Millennium Development Goals agreed to by the world’s leaders in 2000.

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Waldorf School Education

Support our channel with a small donation at http://www.patreon.com/sprouts Waldorf education is based on the principles of Anthroposophy by Rudolf Steiner. Rudolf Steiner founded the first school in 1919 Stuttgart Germany to educate the children of the factory workers from the Waldorf Astoria Zigaretten Fabrik – hence the name. All kids, independent of social status or talent received the same instruction, which made the school a pioneer of social justice in education. The goal of a Waldorf education is to develop free, but morally responsible individuals equipped with a high degree of social competence and creative capabilities. Factual knowledge, homework and tests scores receive less attention. Storytelling and experimentation are the main method of instruction, textbooks are being avoided. Over the twelve-year curriculum, students learn math, literature, history and science as well as a wide variety of arts and hands-on skills. Elementary students paint, knit, weave and sculpt with wax. Older ones make patterns, books, pottery and sculpt in stone. Everybody learns to do music. First all play the flute, then some play string instruments and others join the choir. Students play non-competitive games and learn to dance eurhythmy. They do organic farming and learn two foreign languages, which in the first years are taught through songs, storytelling and conversations. In grade 8 and 12 the entire class develops a classical drama which they perform in front of their parents and friends. Waldorf uses a unique project based approach to almost all main academic subjects. Instead of repetitive schedules, a specific subject, such as history, math, science or even gardening dominates the first two hours in the morning for a period of 4-6 weeks. After that, a new subject gets the main focus. Steiner also invented an experiential approach to science whereby students observe and later describe scientific concepts in their own words and drawings rather than learning about them in a textbook first. Waldorf schools therefore consider computers useful to children only in their teens, after they have mastered fundamental, time-honored ways of discovering information and learning. In the spirit of personal development and empathy, competition and grades are being avoided. Teachers instead assess the student’s individual growth of character. Tests scores and grades are only slowly introduced to older students as they prepare for college and entrance exams. Today there are over a thousand Waldorf schools in 60 countries, making it one of the largest independent school movements. Waldorf has become a recognised educational theory in Europe and its schools have received state funding.

Inside Rihanna’s Trip to Malawi for Education

In January 2017, Rihanna’s Clara Lionel Foundation, Global Citizen, and the Global Partnership for Education visited Malawi, one of the poorest countries in the world. The Clara Lionel Foundation has partnered with the Global Partnership for Education and Global Citizen to advocate for strong education systems that ensure the world’s poorest kids can get a quality education. Take action: globalcitizen.org/gpe Credits: Tom Kucy, Director ​o​f Photography, Critical Mass Studio Justin Medoruma​, Directo​r of Photography, Critical Mass Studio Evan E. Rogers, ​ Directo​r of Photography & Editor, FENTY Corp.

Dean’s Lecture Series 2017 – Opportunities and obstacles for STEM education

Although the acronym STEM (Science, Technology, Engineering and Mathematics) has gained substantial traction around the globe in the last decade, its educational implication is much debated. Interpretations of STEM education differ in their emphases, for instance, on interdisciplinarity or integration, on developing skills such as critical thinking or creativity, or on introducing contemporary content (e.g., robotics, virtual reality). In any case, there is an expectation that STEM education will boost student interest and achievement, and that pursuing STEM studies will enhance students’ employability. Yet, implementation of STEM education poses serious challenges for schools and teachers in terms of curriculum, pedagogy, assessment and organisation. This presentation will explore the longitudinal research needed to determine the impact of STEM education on students, teachers and schools. Professor Jan van Driel A former chemistry teacher, Professor van Driel has a PhD in chemical education from Utrecht University in the Netherlands. He was a teacher trainer and educational consultant at Delft University of Technology, before joining Leiden University Graduate School of Teaching in 1995. He went on to become the Professor of Science Education in 2006 and Director of ICLON, Leiden University, before moving to Australia in 2016 to become the Melbourne Graduate School of Education’s inaugural Professor of Science Education. A world leading scholar, Professor van Driel’s work is influential in informing the professional development of science teachers and he has done extensive research in the domains of teaching, teaching education and higher education. He is co-editor-in-chief of the International Journal of Science Education and was Vice-President of the Netherlands Educational Research Association from 2001-2009. Until recently Professor van Driel was chair of the Interuniversity Centre for Teacher Education and secretary of the board of the Technasium Foundation (Netherlands).

Education Is a System of Indoctrination of the Young – Noam Chomsky

Chomsky has been known to vigorously defend and debate his views and opinions, in philosophy, linguistics, and politics. More Chomsky: https://www.amazon.com/gp/search?ie=U… He has had notable debates with Jean Piaget, Michel Foucault, William F. Buckley, Jr., Christopher Hitchens, George Lakoff, Richard Perle, Hilary Putnam, Willard Quine, and Alan Dershowitz, to name a few. In response to his speaking style being criticized as boring, Chomsky said that “I’m a boring speaker and I like it that way…. I doubt that people are attracted to whatever the persona is…. People are interested in the issues, and they’re interested in the issues because they are important.” “We don’t want to be swayed by superficial eloquence, by emotion and so on.” In early 1969, he delivered the John Locke Lectures at Oxford University; in January 1970, the Bertrand Russell Memorial Lecture at University of Cambridge; in 1972, the Nehru Memorial Lecture in New Delhi; in 1977, the Huizinga Lecture in Leiden; in 1988 the Massey Lectures at the University of Toronto, titled “Necessary Illusions: Thought Control in Democratic Societies”; in 1997, The Davie Memorial Lecture on Academic Freedom in Cape Town, and many others. He is a member of the American Academy of Arts and Sciences, the National Academy of Sciences, and the American Philosophical Society. In addition, he is a member of other professional and learned societies in the United States and abroad, and is a recipient of the Distinguished Scientific Contribution Award of the American Psychological Association, the Kyoto Prize in Basic Sciences, the Helmholtz Medal, the Dorothy Eldridge Peacemaker Award, the 1999 Benjamin Franklin Medal in Computer and Cognitive Science, and others. He is twice winner of The Orwell Award, granted by The National Council of Teachers of English for “Distinguished Contributions to Honesty and Clarity in Public Language” (in 1987 and 1989). He is a member of the Serbian Academy of Sciences and Arts in Department of Social Sciences. In 2005, Chomsky received an honorary fellowship from the Literary and Historical Society. In 2007, Chomsky received The Uppsala University (Sweden) Honorary Doctor’s degree in commemoration of Carolus Linnaeus. In February 2008, he received the President’s Medal from the Literary and Debating Society of the National University of Ireland, Galway. Since 2009 he is an honorary member of IAPTI. In 2010, Chomsky received the Erich Fromm Prize in Stuttgart, Germany. In April 2010, Chomsky became the third scholar to receive the University of Wisconsin’s A.E. Havens Center’s Award for Lifetime Contribution to Critical Scholarship. Chomsky has an Erdős number of four. Chomsky was voted the leading living public intellectual in The 2005 Global Intellectuals Poll conducted by the British magazine Prospect. He reacted, saying “I don’t pay a lot of attention to polls”. In a list compiled by the magazine New Statesman in 2006, he was voted seventh in the list of “Heroes of our time”. Actor Viggo Mortensen with avant-garde guitarist Buckethead dedicated their 2006 album, called Pandemoniumfromamerica, to Chomsky. On January 22, 2010, a special honorary concert for Chomsky was given at Kresge Auditorium at MIT. The concert, attended by Chomsky and dozens of his family and friends, featured music composed by Edward Manukyan and speeches by Chomsky’s colleagues, including David Pesetsky of MIT and Gennaro Chierchia, head of the linguistics department at Harvard University. In June 2011, Chomsky was awarded the Sydney Peace Prize, which cited his “unfailing courage, critical analysis of power and promotion of human rights”. In 2011, Chomsky was inducted into IEEE Intelligent Systems’ AI’s Hall of Fame for the “significant contributions to the field of AI and intelligent systems”. http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Noam_Cho…

Jumpstarting education for Chad’s children | UNICEF

“I would like to do well so that I can help my parents.” Ahmat, 14 from Chad, loves learning. But schools in his country – one of the poorest in the world – face enormous challenges and are often overcrowded and understaffed. Watch how we’re helping revitalize the education system so children like Ahmat can achieve their goals. _________ Subscribe to UNICEF here: http://bit.ly/1ltTE3m The official UNICEF YouTube channel is your primary destination for the latest news updates from the frontline, documentaries, celebrity appeals, and more about our work to realize the rights of every child. Click here to see all of our latest trending videos: http://smarturl.it/TrendingAtUNICEF For more about UNICEF’s work, visit: http://www.unicef.org Follow UNICEF here: UNICEF Connect blog: http://blogs.unicef.org Facebook: https://www.facebook.com/unicef Twitter: https://twitter.com/unicef Instagram: http://instagram.com/UNICEF Tumblr: http://unicef.tumblr.com Pinterest: http://www.pinterest.com/unicef

Evolution and Future of Video Game Music | Robert Magnus | TEDxYouth@BrowningSchool

Robert Magnus discussed the history and future of music in video games. Robert exhorted his listeners not to turn off the music while they play their video games, for he said it constitutes the parts of the game that are the most atmospheric and enjoyable. Robert Magnus is an eighth grade student who lives in New York City. He has hiked Mt. Washington, participated in a New York City regional science bowl, and is a key member on his school’s green team. In terms of video games, he has played many Pokémon games from generations 4-7, two Mariokart games, two Super Smash bros. games, three Legend of Zelda games, and Splatoon as well as other games for Nintendo consoles. He has also watched several videos on other gaming franchises like Sonic the hedgehog, Banjo-Kazooie, and Final Fantasy. This talk was given at a TEDx event using the TED conference format but independently organized by a local community. Learn more at http://ted.com/tedx

Media and Tech’s Role in 2017 | Dylan Steck | TEDxYouth@BrowningSchool

Technology will continue to evolve, and we have no choice but to adapt. In order to do so, everybody must stay informed about current progress and recent innovations. Dylan Steck is a 14-year-old coder and entrepreneur. In 2016, he started his own company called WebDeck, which he hopes to be everyone’s homepage on the web. He has attended The Flatiron School courses where he learned Software Engineering and The Make School Summer Academy, where he learned how to make iPhone apps. Outside of WebDeck, Dylan likes to help with clubs at school, other side projects, and follow the tech and news/media worlds. This talk was given at a TEDx event using the TED conference format but independently organized by a local community. Learn more at http://ted.com/tedx

Entrepreneurship and You | David Eisman | TEDxYouth@BrowningSchool

While some see the path to success as linear, every person, rather, has his or her own unique journey to reach it. “You have to find your own way to start a business or become successful,” David says, “because there’s no single path to success or starting a business.” David Eisman is an entrepreneur and consultant. He started his own video game company at 16 and was featured in publications such as Business Insider and Yahoo Finance. Eisman is a dedicated and thoughtful innovator and businessperson that has practiced the rewards and challenges young people will face as they join the global workforce. This talk was given at a TEDx event using the TED conference format but independently organized by a local community. Learn more at http://ted.com/tedx

Utilizing UI and UX | Alexander Kwok | TEDxYouth@BrowningSchool

According to his experiences in creating and using websites and applications, it is essential that both the user interface and experience work together to create a site that fulfills its primary goal, whether it be to entertain, educate, or, perhaps, present. Alexander’s main concern is that not enough developers are aware of this concept, and his goal is to bring attention to those who want to create effective content. Alexander Kwok, a Form III Browning School student, works on multiple projects related to coding and design. He has experience developing mobile applications, competing in robotics competitions, and coordinating coding clubs which brings together student programmers after school. This talk was given at a TEDx event using the TED conference format but independently organized by a local community. Learn more at http://ted.com/tedx

Starting Early: LIGO Science & the Future Astrophysicist | Zsuzsa Marka | TEDxYouth@BrowningSchool

Ms. Márka’s main contribution is leading the manufacturing and testing of a key subsystem, the timing system for the LIGO detectors. On September 14, 2015, the LIGO detectors observed that three solar masses of energy had radiated away from merging black holes, in the form of gravitational waves. Using a laser interferometer, which splits a single beam into two that eventually rejoin, LIGO was able to detect a small displacement from the normal wave. This displacement indicated the presence of a gravitational-wave. Zsuzsa Marka is an experimental physicist at Columbia University. She works on the LIGO (Laser Interferometer Gravitational-wave Observatory) project, the experiment that a year ago announced the discovery of gravitational-waves from a pair of merging black holes. Her main contribution is leading the manufacturing and testing of a key subsystem, the timing system, for the LIGO detectors, and she also leads the timing diagnostics studies for the collaboration. Beyond instrumentation, she also works with members of the Columbia Experimental Gravity group on various aspects of gravitational-wave astrophysics. This talk was given at a TEDx event using the TED conference format but independently organized by a local community. Learn more at http://ted.com/tedx

Thread Learning: Fighting Autism with EdTech Design | Gregory Bill | TEDxYouth@BrowningSchool

According to a recent CDC study, 1 and 45 children are found to be on the autism spectrum. What does being on the autism spectrum entail? In simple terms, Greg explains, those on the spectrum learn in different ways, and autism teachers have to teach them differently. What can technology do to help teachers transform their practice and support special education for children with autism? Greg is the Co-Founder and CEO of Thread Learning, which builds a data platform for autism and special needs education. His mission is to get 100% of the 1.7mm US children with autism on digital data within the next 5 years. Greg received his MBA from Cornell Tech, where he graduated in the Top 5 of his class. He received his BA in Economics Cum Laude from Washington and Lee University. This talk was given at a TEDx event using the TED conference format but independently organized by a local community. Learn more at http://ted.com/tedx

The Beauty That Is Sanskrit | Abhinav Seetharaman | TEDxYouth@BrowningSchool

Abhinav Seetharaman, an undergraduate student at Columbia University, delivered a talk about Sanskrit and its global influence. One of Abinhav’s concerns is why Latin and Ancient Greek are taught much more than Sanskrit, for he explained how all three have had an immense influence on the world in which we live today. He explained and demonstrated how learning Sanskrit has ameliorated his pronunciation, linguistic and cultural understanding, and view of the world. Abhinav Seetharaman is a third-year undergraduate student at Columbia University, majoring in Economics and Sustainable Development with a concentration in Sanskrit. He started learning the Sanskrit language as a high-school student and completed a 3-year Sanskrit immersion program before matriculation into college. As a sophomore last year, he co-founded a YouTube channel called ‘Spoken Sanskrit Series,’ that aims to teach conversational Sanskrit in an enjoyable and casual manner. His efforts towards the revival of the language continue with him being co-founder and singer in a Sanskrit A Cappella group called “The Sanskrit Boys.” Additionally, Abhinav is a professional South-Indian percussionist and performs in concerts and outreach programs across the United States, India, and other venues abroad. This talk was given at a TEDx event using the TED conference format but independently organized by a local community. Learn more at http://ted.com/tedx

Evolving Cities | George Stavropoulos | TEDxYouth@BrowningSchool

The New York City community needs to develop more of a sustainable mentality to protect ourselves and preserve our cities, such as using products like Solar Roadways and solar panels and constructing buildings that are capable of withstanding natural disasters like earthquakes. George Stavropoulos, a Form V student at The Browning School, is a native New Yorker and 3rd generation Greek-American. Interests in community involvement and passion for education inspired him to mentor lower school students in after-school robotics classes. This talk was given at a TEDx event using the TED conference format but independently organized by a local community. Learn more at http://ted.com/tedx

Can a drink change the world? | Jeffery Adler | TEDxAmericasFinestCity

This talk was given at a local TEDx event, produced independently of the TED Conferences. In a stirring delivery, mix-master of the hand-crafted drink chain, Dlush, Jeffery Adler shares a fiercely personal spoken word poem about a recent encounter with his ten year old son. Through the poem Adler reveals a life-changing revelation about getting to the ‘why’ behind everything that drives his life’s work to build a global drink company devoted to helping kids. With candor and courage, Adler talks about second chances, the power in the small, and the relentless endurance demanded in his rite of passage as an emerging social entrepreneur. Jeffery Adler is the founder of Dlush, a youth-market retailer specializing in hand-crafted beverages. The Dlush team is a collection of social entrepreneurs devoted to changing the world, one drink at a time. The retail chain has outlets in San Diego, Los Angeles, Kuwait, and Qatar. Recent expansion initiatives include a flagship outlet at main campus UC San Diego, its first student life storefront. Prior to Dlush, Jeffery worked as a retail consultant to executives of leading retail chains in Southeast Asia. Jeffery is noted for his category-defining innovations in the F&B space. He was recognized in 2009 as Top 50 People to Watch, by San Diego Magazine. Jeffery’s mission is to build a company home to San Diego that inspires the youth to connect around his product, and from it, inspire kids to go after their most personal dreams. Dlush has been featured in a variety of publications and television programs, including Weeds (Showtime Network), Entrepreneur Magazine, Fast Company, Inc. Magazine, Chain Store Age, Nation’s Restaurant News, and CNN. Jeffery is a graduate of Georgetown Law where he received his juris doctorate in international law, and University of Maryland, College Park where he graduated summa cum laude as the University’s valedictorian and commencement speaker. Jeffery enjoys speaking at schools and industry conferences on topics of social entrepreneurship. He is an active member of the TED community. He was a speaker at TEDx SDSU in 2013, and is scheduled for an upcoming talk at TEDx Americas Finest City on October 11, 2014. He is deeply passionate cultivating hope and supporting today’s youth – in the areas of education, sports and the arts. Jeffery and his wife Gilda are blessed with two beautiful children, Eric and Leah. About TEDx, x = independently organized event In the spirit of ideas worth spreading, TEDx is a program of local, self-organized events that bring people together to share a TED-like experience. At a TEDx event, TEDTalks video and live speakers combine to spark deep discussion and connection in a small group. These local, self-organized events are branded TEDx, where x = independently organized TED event. The TED Conference provides general guidance for the TEDx program, but individual TEDx events are self-organized.* (*Subject to certain rules and regulations)

Transform aging through villages of seenagers | Yasmin Shah | TEDxAmericasFinestCity

This talk was given at a local TEDx event, produced independently of the TED Conferences. With the silver Tsunami of seniors in full force we need solutions to meet their needs. Restoring the benefits of concepts that worked until the 21st century that helped seniors age in their own homes is the vison of the modern day “Village” movement. Yasmin Shah also introduces us to a new word (Seenager) that will challenge us to look at the golden years of our lives differently. Yasmin Shah is a seasoned executive and an entrepreneur; who has launched, transformed and grown companies. Now she has a mission to provide the aging population a way to thrive, be part of society and age in their own beloved homes. After many years of taking care of her parents and learning tough lessons through her experience, she has passionately taken on the cause of transforming the lives of seniors by tackling most difficult issues; lack of purpose and isolation. She is a visionary that excels in assessing the present challenges and architecting solutions for the future. Equally adept at using her left Brain and Right brain, her eclectic mix of her professional life includes: an Electrical Engineering degree, executive management positions at high tech companies, Owner of franchise hair salons, and Angel investor. Her professional career is matched with her long history of volunteering in the community. Her eclectic experience includes being a Protocol Officer at Centennial Olympics, Professional Speaker for domestic violence and adoption, Trained Facilitator for issue resolutions in the workplace, Co-Founder and Coach for Idea Potential Lab for Women entrepreneurs. She currently serves as Co-Founder and President of the Board for 2 non-profits in San Diego. One is networking organization in San Diego for technology executives, and other is a membership based organization that enables seniors to age in their own homes in their existing communities. She also served as President of the Board for Tierrasanta Village of San Diego for 7 years. Yasmin passions and energy is rivaled only by her desire to inspire and help others. About TEDx, x = independently organized event In the spirit of ideas worth spreading, TEDx is a program of local, self-organized events that bring people together to share a TED-like experience. At a TEDx event, TEDTalks video and live speakers combine to spark deep discussion and connection in a small group. These local, self-organized events are branded TEDx, where x = independently organized TED event. The TED Conference provides general guidance for the TEDx program, but individual TEDx events are self-organized.* (*Subject to certain rules and regulations)

Transforming adversity into opportunity -The SDSU X-Team | Lambert Ninteman | TEDxAmericasFinestCity

This talk was given at a local TEDx event, produced independently of the TED Conferences. Building cross-functional teams across university and industry lines, relentless innovation despite lack of resources, and competing at a global level in the XPRIZE competiton. As a childhood cancer survivor, Lambert is passionate about the need to develop effective consumer medical diagnostic solutions. Dedicated to building and leading effective teams, he hopes to harness emerging technologies to solve the world’s most pressing social and environmental problems. Team Captain of SDSU X-Team (Qualcomm Tricorder XPRIZE competition), building hand-held medical scanning device capable of performing accurate disease diagnostics using smartphone technology. Our goal is to develop accurate, mobile detection of disease indications, with a focus on microfluidic and laser-based proteomics and wireless sensor integration. 312 teams entered the Qualcomm Tricorder XPRIZE Competition, and SDSU X-Team made it to the Top 21 before being knocked out in August 2014. SDSU X-Team is now focused on commercialization of our Tricorder solution, and application of our technology to a number of fields and disciplines. About TEDx, x = independently organized event In the spirit of ideas worth spreading, TEDx is a program of local, self-organized events that bring people together to share a TED-like experience. At a TEDx event, TEDTalks video and live speakers combine to spark deep discussion and connection in a small group. These local, self-organized events are branded TEDx, where x = independently organized TED event. The TED Conference provides general guidance for the TEDx program, but individual TEDx events are self-organized.* (*Subject to certain rules and regulations)

Beyond EdTech — build an effective learning ecosytem | David Miyashiro | TEDxAmericasFinestCity

This talk was given at a local TEDx event, produced independently of the TED Conferences. Reform and incremental growth will not be enough to restore US public schools to the globally elite. We must transform our public schools leveraging modern technologies to personalize and catapult student achievement through blended learning. This talk provides a roadmap for achieving that goal. Dr. David Miyashiro currently serves as the Superintendent of The Cajon Valley Union School District. He Brings 20 years of successful experience in education to the post. Cajon Valley has been dubbed “One to Watch” by The Classroom of the Future Foundation and has earned both local and national recognition for its leadership in transforming public education. Dr. Miyashiro began his career as a teacher because of his love of children and passion for learning. Whereas these motivations continue to drive him, David believes the role and impact of public educators goes far beyond the classroom walls. “In order to keep pace with the rapidly changing world, our systems of public education both in California and the United States must be in a constant state of evolution”. The Cajon Valley Union School District in San Diego, California, demonstrates just how possible it is not only to keep pace, but to lead the way. David formerly served as the Assistant Superintendent of Educational Services for the Encinitas Union School District. In this role he designed and implemented a one to one digital learning initiative as well as a comprehensive health and wellness program. Dr. Miyashiro served as a Principal in the Fullerton and East Whittier School Districts. There he led two Title I schools with challenging demographics successfully out of program improvement status with a combined API growth of over 240 points. He was a teacher at the elementary, middle, and high school levels in the Rowland Unified District and the Los Angeles Unified School District. He also served as the Co-Chair of the North County Professional Development Federation and has presented at the National School Boards Association Conference, the California School Boards Association Conference, The Computer Using Educators Conference and on the topic of digital learning and the changing educational Paradigm. David completed his doctoral studies at UCLA, Masters of Education at Grand Canyon University, and Bachelors Degree at Long Beach State University. About TEDx, x = independently organized event In the spirit of ideas worth spreading, TEDx is a program of local, self-organized events that bring people together to share a TED-like experience. At a TEDx event, TEDTalks video and live speakers combine to spark deep discussion and connection in a small group. These local, self-organized events are branded TEDx, where x = independently organized TED event. The TED Conference provides general guidance for the TEDx program, but individual TEDx events are self-organized.* (*Subject to certain rules and regulations)

Courage is not what you think | Eric Kaufmann | TEDxAmericasFinestCity

This talk was given at a local TEDx event, produced independently of the TED Conferences. You have to be out of your mind to tap deep courage. Literally. Most of your fears are mental. The trick to cultivating courage, therefore, is by getting out of your mind and into your body. Learn why and how to use a three step approach to have more courage on your personal and professional journey. Eric Kaufmann guides leaders to better decisions and superior results. He brings a unique mix of professional and personal experience to his work of transformation and developing executive wisdom. Kaufmann’s book, “Leadership as a Hero’s Journey,” explores the four virtues of successful, passionate and creative leaders. The book describes how they navigate through uncertainty and manage anxiety, in order to improve the lives and livelihoods of those around them. Kaufmann is a native of Israel, who lived in South Africa, before gaining two decades of experience in sales and management at companies such as Lanier/3M and Corning Clinical Laboratories. In 1999 he launched a leadership consulting firm that guides and instructs individuals and teams in senior management of Fortune 1,000 companies; firms such as Sony, T-Mobile, Verizon, Novartis, Genentech, and SunPower. Kaufmann guides executives and their teams in clarifying their strategy, goals, and vision; assessing and enhancing management teams; and identifying and eliminating obstacles to collaboration, trust, and productivity. Ultimately, his contribution leads to better decisions, and improved team engagement. Kaufmann’s roles as management consultant, executive coach, and keynote speaker are shaped by real-world business experience, as well as other skills and perspectives. Kaufmann is a clinical hypnotherapist, master scuba diving instructor, and lifelong practitioner of Zen meditation. He once spent a year in silent meditation, living in a cabin he built himself in a remote area of New Mexico. His quest for clarifying his lenses of perception, deepening his insight, and widening his capacity to care continues through regular meditation and five-day meditation retreats. His professional affiliations include serving on several community boards, teaching at San Diego State University and Cal State San Marcos, speaking for Vistage International, and membership with the Institute of Management Consultants and National Speakers Association. About TEDx, x = independently organized event In the spirit of ideas worth spreading, TEDx is a program of local, self-organized events that bring people together to share a TED-like experience. At a TEDx event, TEDTalks video and live speakers combine to spark deep discussion and connection in a small group. These local, self-organized events are branded TEDx, where x = independently organized TED event. The TED Conference provides general guidance for the TEDx program, but individual TEDx events are self-organized.* (*Subject to certain rules and regulations)

The READ/WRITE World — Hacking civic engagement | Xavier Leonard | TEDxAmericasFinestCity

This talk was given at a local TEDx event, produced independently of the TED Conferences. What happens when we treat our municipal environments and processes as open-source content to be hacked, re-imagined, and remixed by the community? The READ/WRITE World is born. Xavier Leonard is a designer, researcher and advocate of technologies that make communities more resilient. A graduate of Columbia University, he has been the Public Technology and Data Strategist for the City of San Diego’s Civic Innovation Lab, Media and Communications Specialist with the Center on Policy Initiatives and a Senior Fellow in Emerging Technology at the SDSU Visualization Center. He was the founding director of Heads on Fire and the Heads on Fire Fab Lab. That program was selected as a national model in the United States for teaching technology in out-of-school settings. Leonard has been honored as a Z-Fellow of the Zero Divide Foundation, an Ideas Institute Fellow of the MIT Media Lab, and a TEC Champion by the United States Congress. His design projects have been presented at the Institute of Contemporary Art, Philadelphia; the Institute of Contemporary Art,London; The Henry Art Gallery, Seattle; the Biennial Soundwave Festival, San Francisco; Franklin Furnace, NYC; The Knitting Factory, NYC; and the Centre International Francais, Ouagadougo, Burkina Faso, among other venues. His work has been supported by the Western States Arts Federation; the San Diego Foundation; the Pennsylvania Council of the Arts; the Institute of International Education; the Pew Fellowship in the Arts and New American Radio. A proponent and producer of Open Source software and hardware projects, Leonard has spoken on the benefits of Open Knowledge, Open Data and Open Government at the Open Knowledge Festival in Helsinki and Berlin; the United Nations’ World Summit on the Information Society in Tunis, Tunisia; the Air Jaldi Summit on Wireless Technologies in Dharamsala, India; the International Summit for Community Wireless Networks; the Nonprofit Technology Network Conference; the Community Technology Center Network Conference; the signature Maker Faires in San Mateo and NYC, TEDxAmericasFinestCity and the Global Fab Lab Conference. As a Kid*Spark Fellow, he is currently investigating the role of play and maker activity in the delivery of STEM education and preparing to be Innovator-in-Residence at San Fransisco’s Childrens Creativity Museum. About TEDx, x = independently organized event In the spirit of ideas worth spreading, TEDx is a program of local, self-organized events that bring people together to share a TED-like experience. At a TEDx event, TEDTalks video and live speakers combine to spark deep discussion and connection in a small group. These local, self-organized events are branded TEDx, where x = independently organized TED event. The TED Conference provides general guidance for the TEDx program, but individual TEDx events are self-organized.* (*Subject to certain rules and regulations)

‘Developing’ with community | David Malmuth | TEDxAmericasFinestCity

This talk was given at a local TEDx event, produced independently of the TED Conferences. Why is that certain real estate projects catalyze community transformation, while others make no impact? David describes why NOT having the typical ‘advantages’ of a real estate developer -land, money & tenants – has proven to be his secret weapon. Instead integrating Innovation + Design + Education + Arts has involved the community in defining the future of I.D.E.A, propelling the project forward with a broad base of support. n 2011, David and Pete Garcia formed I.D.E.A. Partners to lead the development of the I.D.E.A. District (www.ideadistrictsd.com) — Innnovation+Design+Education+Arts — in downtown San Diego. This transformative initiative, located on 35 blocks in the Upper East Village, aims to create a vibrant, sustainable mixed-use district that will generate over 13,000+ design and technology jobs in the next 10 years. IDEA1, their first mixed-use project with partner Lowe Enterprises, will break ground in early 2015. Before starting his own firm, David was the Founder and a Managing Director for seven years with RCLCO’s Development Services Group where he provided development management services to a wide variety of corporate and institutional clients. Prior to that, between 1996-2002, David was a Senior Vice President at TrizecHahn Development Corporation. During his six-year tenure, he was the key project executive on Hollywood & Highland and the Kodak Theater (now Dolby Theater) in Hollywood, CA in collaboration with architects Stan Eckstut and David Rockwell. During this same period he also initiated the development of Paseo Colorado in Pasadena, CA. Video Previous to his position at TrizecHahn, David was Vice President/General Manager at Disney Development Company-West. During his nine years at The Walt Disney Company, he managed the development of over $250 million in projects including The Feature Animation Building in Burbank with architect Robert A. M. Stern and Disney Ice and The Disneyland Administration Building in Anaheim both designed by Frank Gehry. From 1993-1996 he spearheaded Disney’s restoration of the New Amsterdam Theater in New York with architect Hugh Hardy, which catalyzed the highly acclaimed development of additional retail/entertainment business on New York’s famed 42nd Street. David is a graduate of Claremont McKenna College and the Stanford Graduate School of Business. He lives in Del Mar with his wife Ann Berchtold. About TEDx, x = independently organized event In the spirit of ideas worth spreading, TEDx is a program of local, self-organized events that bring people together to share a TED-like experience. At a TEDx event, TEDTalks video and live speakers combine to spark deep discussion and connection in a small group. These local, self-organized events are branded TEDx, where x = independently organized TED event. The TED Conference provides general guidance for the TEDx program, but individual TEDx events are self-organized.* (*Subject to certain rules and regulations)

Think like a Disrupter | Jon Hirschtick | TEDxBabsonCollege

Every engineer knows and loves SolidWorks, Jon Hirschtick is the founder and former CEO of this adored company. He will talk about his disruption in the CAD industry with OnShape, his newest brainchild that is taking the industry by storm. This talk was given at a TEDx event using the TED conference format but independently organized by a local community. Learn more at https://www.ted.com/tedx

Disruptive Furniture – To Soon have Superpowers | Hasier Larrea | TEDxBabsonCollege

An engineer and designer, Hasier Larrea is changing the way we look at furniture with his MIT Media Lab spinout Ori Systems – a robotic, flexible furniture system for small apartments. As he leads the Architectural Robotics research area at the Media Lab, his team is passionate in transforming traditional architectural and furniture elements to intelligently connect to the world around us. This talk was given at a TEDx event using the TED conference format but independently organized by a local community. Learn more at https://www.ted.com/tedx

Digital Innovation and Disruption | Bala Iyer | TEDxBabsonCollege

Professor Iyer, Ph.D. from New York University with a minor in computer science, is involved in analyzing the digital titans to understand how the nature of competition has evolved. A few of his research interests are digital businesses from an ecosystem perspective, exploring the role of IT architectures in delivering business capabilities, designing knowledge management systems, using concepts from systems design, hypertext design and workflow management etc. With years of research in the field, his understanding of disruption in digital world is truly insightful. Professor Iyer, Ph.D from New York University with a minor in Computer Science is involved in analyzing the digital titans to understand how the nature of competition has evolved. A few of his research interests are digital businesses from an ecosystem perspective, exploring the role of IT architectures in delivering business capabilities, designing knowledge management systems, using concepts from systems design, hypertext design and workflow management etc. With years of research in the field, his understanding of disruption in the digital world is truly insightful. This talk was given at a TEDx event using the TED conference format but independently organized by a local community. Learn more at https://www.ted.com/tedx

Disruption in EdTech with Targeted Cognitive Intervention | Steve Wilkins | TEDxBabsonCollege

A champion of targeted cognitive intervention, Steve Wilkins has dedicated his life to teach children with language based learning disabilities. He has proved himself as the next big disrupter by providing education to the needy and larger masses. He believes “I have been fortunate to work at schools that share a formula for success: a celebration of different learning styles, a commitment to experiential modes of teaching and learning, and—above all—deep adherence to human values and community.” This talk was given at a TEDx event using the TED conference format but independently organized by a local community. Learn more at https://www.ted.com/tedx

Kiran Bedi Seeks CBI Probe Into Education Scam In Puducherry

Get Latest Updates On PM Modi’s 2017 US Visit►http://bit.ly/2sgY34y Puducherry Lieutenant Governor Kiran Bedi said her office has sought a Central Bureau of Investigation probe into alleged corruption in admission of students in different courses by private colleges. Subscribe to Times Now | Click Here ► http://goo.gl/U9ibPb ‘Download the official TIMES NOW mobile app – Give a missed call on 1800 4190 300. Stay updated, stay ahead.’ Subscribe Now To Our Network Channels :- The NewsHour Debate : http://goo.gl/LfNgFF ET Now : http://goo.gl/5XreUq To Stay Updated Download the Times Now App :- Android Google Play : https://goo.gl/zJhWjC Apple App Store : https://goo.gl/d7QBQZ Social Media Links :- Facebook – http://goo.gl/CC7rGc G+ – http://goo.gl/O1iEp5 Twitter – http://goo.gl/uHYsqP Also visit our website – http://www.timesnow.in

Documentary explores why higher education has a higher price

The rise in U.S. college tuition is unsustainable. That’s the argument of a new television documentary, “Ivory Tower,” which tackles growing worries and critique over college costs and student debt. Jeffrey Brown talks to filmmaker Andrew Rossi about the origins of rising costs and financial competition among institutions, plus ideas about how to turn around the trend.

President Moon’s picks for education and unification minister nominees face Assembly

국회 인사청문회: 교육부, 통일부장관 후보자 시험대에 올라 More confirmation hearings were held on Thursday to fill the Moon administration’s cabinet. The main opposition party continues to be on the offensive. The latest target was the education minister nominee, accused of ethical lapses. Shin Se-min has the details. Kim Sang-kon , nominated to head the country’s education ministry, who would also double the role as the deputy prime minister for social affairs, faced questions from the Assembly during his one-day confirmation hearing. Opposition party lawmakers tried to shoot down the education minister nominee,… calling him unfit for the position over allegations that he had plagiarized his research papers,… to which Kim had responded by saying he had done nothing to be ashamed of. Answering policy related questions,… the former education superintendent for Gyeonggi-do Province said he would improve equality in education,… and said he’ll monitor the increasingly competitive educational system once sworn in. Meanwhile, after a relatively smooth confirmation hearing process, lawmakers adopted a hearing report on the unification minister nominee Cho Myoung-gyon, . During the Q&A session, Cho told lawmakers that Seoul will respond strongly to Pyongyang’s nuclear and missile provocations,… while working to re-establish dialogue between the two Koreas. Also during the hearing, Cho said that Seoul needs to craft bold and practical ways to resolve the North’s nuclear issue. These comments come as President Moon had expressed that he would seek a dual-track approach towards denuclearizing North Korea. Cho also said Seoul needs to work on re-opening the now-closed Kaesong Industrial Complex,… once progress has been made towards North Korea’s denuclearization. The unification minister nominee had previously played a part in opening the jointly-run complex during his time as a presidential secretary under the Roh Moo-hyun administration. Next to face the lawmakers questions is labor minister nominee Cho Dae-yeop, who has his confirmation hearing scheduled for Friday. Shin Se-min, Arirang News. Visit ‘Arirang News’ Official Pages Facebook(NEWS): http://www.facebook.com/newsarirang Homepage: http://www.arirang.com Facebook: http://www.facebook.com/arirangtv Twitter: http://twitter.com/arirangworld Instagram: http://instagram.com/arirangworld

Every kid needs a champion | Rita Pierson

Rita Pierson, a teacher for 40 years, once heard a colleague say, “They don’t pay me to like the kids.” Her response: “Kids don’t learn from people they don’t like.'” A rousing call to educators to believe in their students and actually connect with them on a real, human, personal level. TEDTalks is a daily video podcast of the best talks and performances from the TED Conference, where the world’s leading thinkers and doers give the talk of their lives in 18 minutes (or less). Look for talks on Technology, Entertainment and Design — plus science, business, global issues, the arts and much more. Find closed captions and translated subtitles in many languages at http://www.ted.com/translate Follow TED news on Twitter: http://www.twitter.com/tednews Like TED on Facebook: https://www.facebook.com/TED Subscribe to our channel: http://www.youtube.com/user/TEDtalksD…

EIC: Education Then vs Now

Education in the 90s was very different from what it is today. Our latest sketch looks at the differences between Education then and Education now. Get awesome discount coupons and offers from CouponDunia – India’s #1 Coupon Website. http://www.coupondunia.in Director: Sapan Verma Writers: Sahil, Sapan, Sorabh, Kunal, Azeem, Angad, Atul DOP: Sid Editor: Rahul Lalchandani Music: Kaizad Gherda Production: Sonali Thakker & Manish Nihalani Additional Cast: Chaitanya Chinchlikar, Nida Chakraborty, Sanika More, Rashmi Chandani, Sonali Thakker, Manish Nihalani Sound: Maxim Mendonsa Location Courtesy: Whistling Woods Follow us on: Twitter: https://twitter.com/eastindiacomedy Facebook: https://www.facebook.com/EastIndiaComedy

Education Q&A with OECD’s Andreas Schleicher

OECD Acting Director for the Directorate of Education and Skills, Andreas Schleicher answers crowdsourced questions for the Global Education and Skills Forum, 2014. Don’t miss new Big Think videos!  Subscribe by clicking here: http://goo.gl/CPTsV5 Find out more about the Global Education & Skills Forum: http://www.educationandskillsforum.org Questions: — Will we ever see an international assessment that tracks student learning across multiple years? — Do parents have an impact on student success? — Is there a risk that good PISA scores might lead to complacency? — Is the humanistic approach to evaluation an important indicator? Transcript – We need to become better at tracking student learning growths not at just seeing where students are at any point in time but also seeing how they actually progress in their learning pathways. And actually a lot is happening in that field. In fact, the PISA assessment as we have it currently focusing on 15 year olds is looking into expanding to lower grades so that we can actually get at least at the synthetic level some sense of the progress that is being made in education raising quality, improving equity and also value for money. The PISA data show that parents have a very significant influence on the success of their children. We see that where parents have a greater expectations on education, where parents are more closely involved in the education of their children results are significantly better. And it’s not only in terms of the academic performance of students but it’s also in terms of their attitudes toward learning, their enjoyment of learning. Their persistence when things get tough in school. So parental involvement is very important. We also see that that parental involvement isn’t about having an academic degree as a parent or spending hours of time on homework. It’s really the interest parents show for the education of their children. For example, when parents regularly ask their children, you know, “How was school today? What did go wrong?” We can see those kids actually having a significantly higher performance at school than kids — even kids from wealthy neighborhoods where parents do not show that level of engagement. So a very important ingredient for success is to make parents part of the equation. If you do well you might think you don’t need to improve. But, in fact, the PISA data do not lend much evidence to this. In fact, some of the most rapidly improving systems are some of the best performing systems. They want to move from good to great. They’re actually seeing, you know, how is the labor demand shaping up in the future. What are the kind of knowledge and skills that we need to improve on? I’ll give you an example. You can look at Singapore. Singapore has always done well on math and science tests. But Singaporean educators have not been satisfied with this. They’re looking to how can we strengthen students ways of thinking, creativity, critical thinking, problem solving. Students ways of working, collaboration, teamwork and so on. So the education system is actually looking towards moving forward. Complacency is a risk but we do actually see very encouraging signals that improvement is taking place at every part of the system. You cannot improve what you can’t measure. So the measurement framework is really, really critically important. But we also do see incentives not only for our low performers to catch up but also for the strong performers to move forward further. It was a bit long? A humanistic perspective is very important to evaluating educational results. In fact, we need to get away from looking at education with a single perspective. Evaluation can only take part place in a framework of multiple kinds of perspectives. Looking at test data from students is one perspective. Looking at teachers views on student performance. Looking at other students — it’s this kind of multiplicity of instruments that actually help us improve education. And that’s true even at the level of teachers, you know. You can evaluate teachers on the basis of student learning outcomes. This is one perspective. But you also need to bring in other perspectives that value the broader responsibilities that teachers have. So looking at outcomes from multiple perspectives including these kind of quality — qualitative outlook is very, very important. Directed and Produced by Jonathan Fowler

Technology in Education

Paul Hamilton presents ‘Technology in Education’, a creative and artistic look at the challenges edtech faces. Subscribe to the number 1 resource for teachers using iPads in the classroom. iPad Monthly: http://www.ipadmonthly.com Find many more iPad tutorials for teachers and students at: https://www.youtube.com/user/appsbypa… Other iPad tutorials worth viewing include: iBeacons technology in Education https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=S04vi… Using Augmented Reality in Education https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=jC1DP… Using Topia App for creative writing https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=z18gm… Student using GamePress App to create history digital storytelling project https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=KU1WO… GamePress tutorial for teachers https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=_8-y0… Hopscotch tutorial for teachers https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=MINJ7… Making a robot using Explain Everything https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=k_XP2…

Education: It Matters More to Health Than Ever Before

Did you know that your years of education can affect how long and how well you will live? Americans with fewer years of education have poorer health and shorter lives, and that has never been more true than today. In fact, since the 1990s, life expectancy has decreased for people without a high school education. Education is important not only for higher paying jobs and economic productivity, but also for saving lives and saving dollars. Created by the VCU Center on Society and Health with support from the Robert Wood Johnson Foundation, this video is part of the Education and Health Initiative, a larger project aiming to increase awareness and understanding of the important connections between education and health. More detailed information is available at http://www.rwjf.org/EducationMatters

5 Stories About Make: Judy Lee at TEDxEastsidePrep

Judy is a Senior Project Leader and Principle Product Designer in the IDEO Palo Alto office. She is passionate about using human-centered methodologies to bring compelling new offerings into the world, from design strategy and conceptual development through implementation. Her work has spanned a variety of industries and organizations, ranging from consumer packaged goods to medical products and from government agencies to small communities in Kenya. Her background combined with her experience in rapid prototyping and creative design exploration makes her versatile in both design thinking and multidisciplinary projects across private, social, and public sectors. Outside of IDEO, Judy is a co-host of a kids PBS series called Design Squad Nation. The show teaches kids how engineering can be a part of your everyday life. The show aired January, 2011. She continues to integrate her interests in education with community outreach around IDEO. Before joining IDEO, she worked as a Mechanical Engineer for Underwriters Laboratories designing and building automation equipment. Judy studied at North Carolina State University, where she earned a B.S. in Mechanical Engineering and Masters in Industrial Design. Her graduate research studies focused on children’s flexible, unpredictable play patterns and created transformative toys to stretch the imagination of a child. As a grad student, one of her designs was accepted for 2006 production by IKEA. In the spirit of ideas worth spreading, TEDx is a program of local, self-organized events that bring people together to share a TED-like experience. At a TEDx event, TEDTalks video and live speakers combine to spark deep discussion and connection in a small group. These local, self-organized events are branded TEDx, where x = independently organized TED event. The TED Conference provides general guidance for the TEDx program, but individual TEDx events are self-organized.* (*Subject to certain rules and regulations)

Do Science to Learn Science: Paul Doherty at TEDxEastsidePrep

Paul Doherty is a Senior Staff Scientist and Co-Director of the Teacher Institute at the Exploratorium. He received his PhD in Solid State Physics from MIT in 1974,where he specialized in laser light scattering. He is an expert on atmospheric optics and the discoverer of the shape of the Martian carbon dioxide snowflake. At the Exploratorium he shows high-school science teachers how to make science class relevant and interesting. In 2003 Dr. Doherty received the Faraday award for excellence as a science communicator from the National Science Teachers Association. In 2012 he participated in a program to bring science to Buddhist monks at the request of his holiness the Dalai Lama. He has written several science books including the Explorabook which has sold over a million copies, and the book Color of Nature. His website features hundreds of science explorations. He is a mountaineer and was the navigator on the first ascent of the 20,000 foot high Sierra Nevada de Lagunas Bravas in the Andes. In the spirit of ideas worth spreading, TEDx is a program of local, self-organized events that bring people together to share a TED-like experience. At a TEDx event, TEDTalks video and live speakers combine to spark deep discussion and connection in a small group. These local, self-organized events are branded TEDx, where x = independently organized TED event. The TED Conference provides general guidance for the TEDx program, but individual TEDx events are self-organized.* (*Subject to certain rules and regulations)

Occupy EdTech: Khalid Smith at TEDxEastsidePrep

Khalid Smith is an entrepreneur and a designer of experiential events that teach educators to lead in the development of technology enhanced education products. Khalid and his wife co-founded LessonCast Learning in 2010 based on an innovative professional development process she used to turn around a restructured school as an assistant principal. As chief product officer, Khalid builds tools for teacher preparation programs to engage teaching candidates in assignments where they apply the same skills they are trying to build in 21st century learners, by creating and sharing artifacts that demonstrate real world teacher effectiveness. Khalid’s search for a community of education entrepreneurs in his native Baltimore led him to participate, organize and ultimately assume a founding role as education leader of the StartupWeekend Education sub-brand. From September 2011 to December 2012 Khalid helmed the global 501C3, facilitating dozens of events, igniting the passion of hundreds of educator entrepreneurs and producing start-ups with innovations currently being evaluated in thousands of classrooms. More importantly, Khalid learned of the need for an experiential education process that aims to bridge the chasm between the education reform and entrepreneurial/innovation movements. In addition to LessonCast, Khalid and Nicole are dedicated parents to their two children Elijah (6) and Nala (4), and tirelessly push for reform in the PreK through 2nd grade educational system and for better models of personalized instruction for all learners. Prior to his founding roles with LessonCast and StartupWeekend Education, Khalid had a 10-year career as an engineer and brand manager for Procter and Gamble. He also founded a non-profit management consultancy and worked as a community organizer during the Obama for American campaign of 2008. Very, very long ago, he earned degrees in chemical and bio-medical engineering that today gather a lot of dust but taught him a lot about grit. Shorter musings can be found on twitter @KhalidRudo and longer ones at KhalidRudo.com. In the spirit of ideas worth spreading, TEDx is a program of local, self-organized events that bring people together to share a TED-like experience. At a TEDx event, TEDTalks video and live speakers combine to spark deep discussion and connection in a small group. These local, self-organized events are branded TEDx, where x = independently organized TED event. The TED Conference provides general guidance for the TEDx program, but individual TEDx events are self-organized.* (*Subject to certain rules and regulations)

Creating the Next Generation of Technologists: Edward Jiang at TEDxEastsidePrep

Involved with technology since a young age, Edward now uses his passion to encourage other students to get involved in tech. Edward runs StudentRND, an organization that inspires students to work on tech projects in their spare time. At StudentRND, he works to change students’ mindsets from “I don’t know how to do something, so I won’t do it” to “I don’t know how to do something, but I can learn.” In the spirit of ideas worth spreading, TEDx is a program of local, self-organized events that bring people together to share a TED-like experience. At a TEDx event, TEDTalks video and live speakers combine to spark deep discussion and connection in a small group. These local, self-organized events are branded TEDx, where x = independently organized TED event. The TED Conference provides general guidance for the TEDx program, but individual TEDx events are self-organized.* (*Subject to certain rules and regulations)

Dreams Unlimited: Tay Siang Hui & Val Tan Xin Hui at TEDxEastsidePrep

Award-winning film-makers and inspirational story-tellers from Singapore, Tay and Val, are living examples of dreamers who have cycled and traveled across the globe on project, “I Believe That Dreams Can Come True”. Having set off in March 2010, they aimed to cycle to as many countries as they can, walk into the lives of local people, and then document their personal stories about their dreams on videos. These videos are then posted on their website as short stories and shared with the world. With the intention of “One Dream Shared, One Dream Inspired”, their stories have inspired many to seek out their dreams and achieve them. For the last 3 years, they have created a chain of dreams inspiring dreams across 12 countries. They have conducted numerous sharing events in schools and to the public empowering people to do the things they truly want to do and be the person they want to be. They have collected at least 2600 dreams and inspired countless lives. Tay is a storyteller who has 12 years of experience working in the film and TV industry as a Director. She has won a World Gold Award for Best Direction at the New York Festivals for Documentary Feature “Little Big Dreams” which was distributed internationally and numerous other awards in South East Asia. Val is an actress and TV Producer/Director. She has 5 years of experience working in the digital media industry and 13 years of experience in film/TV industry. She won the iJudges award in Asia’s first multi-country online talent competition, iTalenstar; and has contributed to various marketing campaigns that have won the Webby Awards (Oscars for the internet). The duo is currently working on a series of multi-media books and a full-length documentary about their journey. In the spirit of ideas worth spreading, TEDx is a program of local, self-organized events that bring people together to share a TED-like experience. At a TEDx event, TEDTalks video and live speakers combine to spark deep discussion and connection in a small group. These local, self-organized events are branded TEDx, where x = independently organized TED event. The TED Conference provides general guidance for the TEDx program, but individual TEDx events are self-organized.* (*Subject to certain rules and regulations)

Do you *really* love your child?: Dale Stephens at TEDxEastsidePrep

At 20, Dale Stephens founded UnCollege.org because we’re paying too much for college and learning too little. It’s no secret that college doesn’t prepare students for the real world. Student loan debt recently eclipsed credit card debt for the first time in history and now tops 1 trillion dollars. And the throngs of unemployed graduates chasing the same jobs makes us wonder whether there’s a better way to “make it” in today’s marketplace. There is—and Dale Stephens is proof of that. In Hacking Your Education, Stephens speaks to a new culture of “hackademics” who think college diplomas are antiquated. Hackademics abandon society’s linear path to success and bend institutions to fit their own reality. Stephens shows how he and dozens of others have hacked their education, and how you can too. You don’t need to be a genius or especially motivated to succeed outside school. The real requirements are much simpler: curiosity, confidence, and grit. Stephens is a sought-after education expert appearing on major news networks including CNN, ABC, NPR, CBS, Fox, and TechCrunch. His work has been covered by the New York Times and New York Magazine to Fast Company and Forbes. He has spoken around the world at high-profile events, from debating Vivek Wadhwa onstage at TED 2012 to lecturing at the New York Times to speaking to C-level executives at NBC Universal. He works frequently with universities who realize their model of education must change to survive in the 21st century. In May 2011 Stephens was selected out of hundreds of individuals around the world as a Thiel Fellow, a program recognizing the top twenty-four entrepreneurs around the world under the age of twenty. In addition to leading UnCollege, Stephens advises education and technology companies. Rejected for being young or inexperienced, he has risen above skepticism to do what many said he couldn’t. Because he bridges the gap between teens and adults, he doesn’t just relate to both but shares their experiences, fears, and challenges. Stephens’ energetic, informative and down-to-earth presentations draw on his own experience to address generation-specific issues most relevant to people in their 10s, 20s, and 30s. In the spirit of ideas worth spreading, TEDx is a program of local, self-organized events that bring people together to share a TED-like experience. At a TEDx event, TEDTalks video and live speakers combine to spark deep discussion and connection in a small group. These local, self-organized events are branded TEDx, where x = independently organized TED event. The TED Conference provides general guidance for the TEDx program, but individual TEDx events are self-organized.* (*Subject to certain rules and regulations)

Collateral Damage – Your Kids or Mine?: Joanne McEachen at TEDxEastsidePrep

Originally from New Zealand, Joanne works with school systems to affect change. Large-scale change can overwhelm, but Joanne works to elevate the conversation above the politics and the trivial details. She has led national education change initiatives by focusing on the most important outcomes and the fundamental values driving the change, regardless of the obstacles. Articulate and persuasive, whatever project she has worked on ultimately equated to success for students. In addition to her national level work at the New Zealand Ministry of Education, Joanne has on the ground experience as a school principal and a superintendent. In the spirit of ideas worth spreading, TEDx is a program of local, self-organized events that bring people together to share a TED-like experience. At a TEDx event, TEDTalks video and live speakers combine to spark deep discussion and connection in a small group. These local, self-organized events are branded TEDx, where x = independently organized TED event. The TED Conference provides general guidance for the TEDx program, but individual TEDx events are self-organized.* (*Subject to certain rules and regulations)

HIGH SPEED VEDIC MATH. INSTANT SUBTRACTIONS by Gaurav Tekriwal

This is the 1st lesson only, continue this course at: https://coursmos.com/gaurav-tekriwal/… Gaurav Tekriwal presents techniques of vedic maths – world’s fastest mental math system which provides methods enabling anyone to calculate at phenomenal speed compared to modern mathematics. Learn how to instantly subtract by way of simple operations only.

HIGH SPEED VEDIC MATH. MULTIPLES AND SUB-MULTIPLES by Gaurav Tekriwal

This is the 1st lesson only, continue this course at: https://coursmos.com/gaurav-tekriwal/… Gaurav Tekriwal presents techniques of vedic maths – world’s fastest mental math system which provides methods enabling anyone to calculate at phenomenal speed compared to modern mathematics. To understand this course you first need to know the Base Method.

Le partage de connaissances est-il l’avenir de l’éducation? Antoine AMIEL – WikiStage Centrale Paris

Antoine Amiel nous explique en quoi la numérique change notre façon d’apprendre./// “L’éducation c’est par définition le partage, c’est la transmission et la volonté d’aider les gens de se développer, à s’améliorer. Une éducation sans partage, ça n’a pas de sense ” “L’élève de demain ça va être quelqu’un qui va savoir d’identifier des sources pertinentes et les approprier en fonction de ses besoins” “Le numérique permet d’accélérer la diffusion des connaissances, d’abattre les cloisons physiques qui existent traditionnellement. C’est une sorte de méga porte-voix qui permet finalement à tous de diffuser sa voix et à chacun d’entre d’apprendre” Help us caption & translate this video! http://amara.org/

Energizers HD

Elementary and middle school energizers are classroom-based physical activities that help teachers integrate physical activity with academic concepts. These are short (about 10 minute) activities that classroom teachers can use to provide physical activity to children in accordance with the North Carolina State Board of Education’s Healthy Active Children Policy. In addition, energizers have been created for use in after-school programs.

Content-Embedded Concept Maps | Mark Edwards | William Mitchell C of L | ILT 2015

ILT 2015 These videos are part of a video collection from the Igniting Law Teaching conference, hosted by LegalED at American University Washington College of Law. Responding to the calls for legal education reform, the conference — the first of its kind — creats a forum for professors experimenting with cutting edge technologies and techniques in law teaching with the goal of spreading their ideas to the broader community. The talks were modeled on TEDx Talks, with each speaker on stage alone, giving a well scripted and performed talk about an aspect of law school pedagogy. The goal of LegalED is to curate a growing collection of short videos on law school-related pedagogy that will inspire innovation and experimentation by law professors to bring more active learning and practical skills training into the law school curriculum. This videos, and others like it, are available on LegalED, a website developed by a community of law professors interested in using online technologies to facilitate more active, problem-based learning in the classroom, in addition to more assessment and feedback. Supported by the Uncommon Individual Foundation. Website- uif.org/#home Twitter- twitter.com/UIFworld LinkedIn-goo.gl/AAx6sw Facebook- facebook.com/uncommonindividualfoundation?ref=hl

HIGH SPEED VEDIC MATH. SPECIAL MULTIPLICATION TECHNIQUES by Gaurav Tekriwal

This is the 1st lesson only, continue this course at: https://coursmos.com/gaurav-tekriwal/… Gaurav Tekriwal presents techniques of vedic maths – world’s fastest mental math system which provides methods enabling anyone to calculate at phenomenal speed compared to modern mathematics. Here are some simple ways to multiply and divide by 2, 4 and 8.

Quel rapport entre le jeu et la connaissance ? French Touch de l’Éducation 2016

Serge Soudoplatoff, co-fondateur de Scanderia revient sur le rapport entre le jeu et la connaissance, lors de la French Touch de l’éducation 2016. Comment le jeu nous permet-il de mieux apprendre ? Serge Soudoplatoff montre à travers de nombreux exemples, parfois contre intuituifs, que le jeu est un moyen très puissant pour apprendre y compris des concepts extrêmement complexes. ► Abonnez-vous à la newsletter 100% Edtech : https://learnassembly.leadpages.co/fr… ► Pour plus d’informations sur la French Touch de l’éducation : http://www.frenchtoucheducation.com/ ► Pour plus d’informations sur LearnAssembly : http://www.learnassembly.com/ ► Suivez-nous sur Twitter : https://twitter.com/learnassembly

“Teaching and Theater: The Craft of Law Teaching” Doni Gewirtzman, New York Law School

Doni Gewirtzman, New York Law School, “Teaching and Theater: The Craft of Law Teaching” This video is part of a video collection from the Igniting Law Teaching, hosted by LegalED at American University Washington College of Law. Responding to the calls for legal education reform, the conference — the first of its kind — created a forum for professors experimenting with cutting edge technologies and techniques in law teaching with the goal of spreading their ideas to the broader community. The talks were modeled on TEDx Talks, with each speaker on stage alone, giving a well scripted and performed talk about an aspect of law school pedagogy. The goal of LegalED is to curate a growing collection of short, 10-minute videos on law school-related pedagogy that will inspire innovation and experimentation by law professors to bring more active learning and practical skills training into the law school curriculum. This videos, and others like it, are available on LegalED, a website developed by a community of law professors interested in using online technologies to facilitate more active, problem-based learning in the classroom, in addition to more assessment and feedback. Supported by the Uncommon Individual Foundation. Website- http://uif.org/#home Twitter- https://twitter.com/UIFworld LinkedIn-http://goo.gl/AAx6sw Facebook- https://www.facebook.com/uncommonindi… Please join us in the conversation at https://twitter.com/LegalEDweb

Are Your Students 21st Century Researchers? | Susan Nevelow Mart | Univ. of Col Boulder | ILT 2015

Join the conversation. twitter.com/LegalEDweb & facebook.com/LegalED?ref=hl This video is part of a video collection from the Igniting Law Teaching conference, hosted by LegalED at American University Washington College of Law. Responding to the calls for legal education reform, the conference — the first of its kind — creates a forum for professors experimenting with cutting edge technologies and techniques in law teaching with the goal of spreading their ideas to the broader community. The talks were modeled on TEDx Talks, with each speaker on stage alone, giving a well scripted and performed talk about an aspect of law school pedagogy. The goal of LegalED is to curate a growing collection of short videos on law school-related pedagogy that will inspire innovation and experimentation by law professors to bring more active learning and practical skills training into the law school curriculum. This videos, and others like it, are available on LegalED, a website developed by a community of law professors interested in using online technologies to facilitate more active, problem-based learning in the classroom, in addition to more assessment and feedback. Supported by the Uncommon Individual Foundation. Website- uif.org/#home Twitter- twitter.com/UIFworld LinkedIn-goo.gl/AAx6sw Facebook-facebook.com/uncommonindividualfoundation?ref=hl

“An Improviser’s Guide to Law Teaching” Leah A. Plunkett, University of New Hampshire School of Law

Leah A. Plunkett, University of New Hampshire School of Law: “An Improviser’s Guide to Law Teaching” This video is part of a video collection from the Igniting Law Teaching, hosted by LegalED at American University Washington College of Law. Responding to the calls for legal education reform, the conference — the first of its kind — created a forum for professors experimenting with cutting edge technologies and techniques in law teaching with the goal of spreading their ideas to the broader community. The talks were modeled on TEDx Talks, with each speaker on stage alone, giving a well scripted and performed talk about an aspect of law school pedagogy. The goal of LegalED is to curate a growing collection of short, 10-minute videos on law school-related pedagogy that will inspire innovation and experimentation by law professors to bring more active learning and practical skills training into the law school curriculum. This videos, and others like it, are available on LegalED, a website developed by a community of law professors interested in using online technologies to facilitate more active, problem-based learning in the classroom, in addition to more assessment and feedback. Supported by the Uncommon Individual Foundation. Website- http://uif.org/#home Twitter- https://twitter.com/UIFworld LinkedIn-http://goo.gl/AAx6sw Facebook- https://www.facebook.com/uncommonindi… Please join us in the conversation at https://twitter.com/LegalEDweb

“H2O: Remixing the Casebook” Brett Johnson, Harvard Law School

Brett Johnson, Harvard Law School: “H2O: Remixing the Casebook” This video is part of a video collection from the Igniting Law Teaching, hosted by LegalED at American University Washington College of Law. Responding to the calls for legal education reform, the conference — the first of its kind — created a forum for professors experimenting with cutting edge technologies and techniques in law teaching with the goal of spreading their ideas to the broader community. The talks were modeled on TEDx Talks, with each speaker on stage alone, giving a well scripted and performed talk about an aspect of law school pedagogy. The goal of LegalED is to curate a growing collection of short, 10-minute videos on law school-related pedagogy that will inspire innovation and experimentation by law professors to bring more active learning and practical skills training into the law school curriculum. This videos, and others like it, are available on LegalED, a website developed by a community of law professors interested in using online technologies to facilitate more active, problem-based learning in the classroom, in addition to more assessment and feedback. Supported by the Uncommon Individual Foundation. Website- http://uif.org/#home Twitter- https://twitter.com/UIFworld LinkedIn-http://goo.gl/AAx6sw Facebook- https://www.facebook.com/uncommonindi… Please join us in the conversation at https://twitter.com/LegalEDweb

“Graduating Them Whole Not Broken” Leah Wortham, Columbus School of Law

Leah Wortham, The Catholic Univ. of America, Columbus School of Law: “Graduating Them Whole Not Broken” This video is part of a video collection from the Igniting Law Teaching, hosted by LegalED at American University Washington College of Law. Responding to the calls for legal education reform, the conference — the first of its kind — created a forum for professors experimenting with cutting edge technologies and techniques in law teaching with the goal of spreading their ideas to the broader community. The talks were modeled on TEDx Talks, with each speaker on stage alone, giving a well scripted and performed talk about an aspect of law school pedagogy. The goal of LegalED is to curate a growing collection of short, 10-minute videos on law school-related pedagogy that will inspire innovation and experimentation by law professors to bring more active learning and practical skills training into the law school curriculum. This videos, and others like it, are available on LegalED, a website developed by a community of law professors interested in using online technologies to facilitate more active, problem-based learning in the classroom, in addition to more assessment and feedback. Supported by the Uncommon Individual Foundation. Website- http://uif.org/#home Twitter- https://twitter.com/UIFworld LinkedIn-http://goo.gl/AAx6sw Facebook- https://www.facebook.com/uncommonindi… Please join us in the conversation at https://twitter.com/LegalEDweb

“Designing Lawyers: Leading an Experiential Law School Design Lab” Dan Jackson, NUSL

Dan Jackson, Northeastern University School of Law: “Designing Lawyers: Leading an Experiential Law School Design Lab” This video is part of a video collection from the Igniting Law Teaching, hosted by LegalED at American University Washington College of Law. Responding to the calls for legal education reform, the conference — the first of its kind — created a forum for professors experimenting with cutting edge technologies and techniques in law teaching with the goal of spreading their ideas to the broader community. The talks were modeled on TEDx Talks, with each speaker on stage alone, giving a well scripted and performed talk about an aspect of law school pedagogy. The goal of LegalED is to curate a growing collection of short, 10-minute videos on law school-related pedagogy that will inspire innovation and experimentation by law professors to bring more active learning and practical skills training into the law school curriculum. This videos, and others like it, are available on LegalED, a website developed by a community of law professors interested in using online technologies to facilitate more active, problem-based learning in the classroom, in addition to more assessment and feedback. Supported by the Uncommon Individual Foundation. Website- http://uif.org/#home Twitter- https://twitter.com/UIFworld LinkedIn-http://goo.gl/AAx6sw Facebook- https://www.facebook.com/uncommonindi… Please join us in the conversation at https://twitter.com/LegalEDweb

We Are Always Team Teaching | Jack Preis | Univ. of Richmond School of Law | ILT 2015

This video is part of a video collection from the Igniting Law Teaching conference, hosted by LegalED at American University Washington College of Law. Responding to the calls for legal education reform, the conference — the first of its kind — creats a forum for professors experimenting with cutting edge technologies and techniques in law teaching with the goal of spreading their ideas to the broader community. The talks were modeled on TEDx Talks, with each speaker on stage alone, giving a well scripted and performed talk about an aspect of law school pedagogy. The goal of LegalED is to curate a growing collection of short videos on law school-related pedagogy that will inspire innovation and experimentation by law professors to bring more active learning and practical skills training into the law school curriculum. This videos, and others like it, are available on LegalED, a website developed by a community of law professors interested in using online technologies to facilitate more active, problem-based learning in the classroom, in addition to more assessment and feedback. Supported by the Uncommon Individual Foundation. Website- uif.org/#home Twitter- twitter.com/UIFworld LinkedIn-goo.gl/AAx6sw Facebook-facebook.com/uncommonindividualfoundation?ref=hl

Ekaterina Matveeva – Memory Sportsman and Polyglot – TRAILER | Inspired Edinburgh

Our latest guest on Inspired Edinburgh is Ekaterina Matveeva. Ekaterina is the Founder of Amolingua, a company whose mission is to create a more connected, multi-lingual world. She has been working on the concept of the secondary linguistic personality since 2009 and has organised international events like G20 exploring inter-cultural communication in business and politics. She became the first Russian female memory sportsman exploring how mnemonics could help in language learning and in 2015 she founded EuropeOnline, now Amolingua, an EdTech Startup teaching people languages at an accelerated pace. Her school was listed in CNBC’s top 20 startups in the world and she received the title of UK Business Woman 2015 by the Grad Factor. This is a phenomenal interview with a incredibly inspirational woman. You can find Ekaterina at: http://www.amolingua.com https://www.facebook.com/amolingua https://twitter.com/amolingua Drop Inspired Edinburgh a message on Facebook: www.facebook.com/INSPIREDINBURGH Music by Djsadhu: https://youtu.be/n9QzGbKTcok

Flipping Bar Prep | Emmy Reeves | Univ. of Richmond School of Law | ILT 2015

This video is part of a video collection from the Igniting Law Teaching conference, hosted by LegalED at American University Washington College of Law. Responding to the calls for legal education reform, the conference — the first of its kind — creates a forum for professors experimenting with cutting edge technologies and techniques in law teaching with the goal of spreading their ideas to the broader community. The talks were modeled on TEDx Talks, with each speaker on stage alone, giving a well scripted and performed talk about an aspect of law school pedagogy. The goal of LegalED is to curate a growing collection of short videos on law school-related pedagogy that will inspire innovation and experimentation by law professors to bring more active learning and practical skills training into the law school curriculum. This videos, and others like it, are available on LegalED, a website developed by a community of law professors interested in using online technologies to facilitate more active, problem-based learning in the classroom, in addition to more assessment and feedback. Supported by the Uncommon Individual Foundation. Website- uif.org/#home Twitter- twitter.com/UIFworld LinkedIn-goo.gl/AAx6sw Facebook- facebook.com/uncommonindividualfoundation?ref=hl

“Teaching Through Simulations” Shawn Marie Boyne, IU Robert H. McKinney School of Law

Shawn Marie Boyne, Indiana University – Robert H. McKinney School of Law, “Teaching Through Simulations” This video is part of a video collection from the Igniting Law Teaching, hosted by LegalED at American University Washington College of Law. Responding to the calls for legal education reform, the conference — the first of its kind — created a forum for professors experimenting with cutting edge technologies and techniques in law teaching with the goal of spreading their ideas to the broader community. The talks were modeled on TEDx Talks, with each speaker on stage alone, giving a well scripted and performed talk about an aspect of law school pedagogy. The goal of LegalED is to curate a growing collection of short, 10-minute videos on law school-related pedagogy that will inspire innovation and experimentation by law professors to bring more active learning and practical skills training into the law school curriculum. This videos, and others like it, are available on LegalED, a website developed by a community of law professors interested in using online technologies to facilitate more active, problem-based learning in the classroom, in addition to more assessment and feedback. Supported by the Uncommon Individual Foundation. Website- http://uif.org/#home Twitter- https://twitter.com/UIFworld LinkedIn-http://goo.gl/AAx6sw Facebook- https://www.facebook.com/uncommonindi… Please join us in the conversation at https://twitter.com/LegalEDweb

“Why Use Clickers?” Michele Gilman, University of Baltimore School of Law

Michele Gilman, University of Baltimore School of Law, “Why Use Clickers? To Provide Students Real Time Feedback” This video is part of a video collection from the Igniting Law Teaching, hosted by LegalED at American University Washington College of Law. Responding to the calls for legal education reform, the conference — the first of its kind — created a forum for professors experimenting with cutting edge technologies and techniques in law teaching with the goal of spreading their ideas to the broader community. The talks were modeled on TEDx Talks, with each speaker on stage alone, giving a well scripted and performed talk about an aspect of law school pedagogy. The goal of LegalED is to curate a growing collection of short, 10-minute videos on law school-related pedagogy that will inspire innovation and experimentation by law professors to bring more active learning and practical skills training into the law school curriculum. This videos, and others like it, are available on LegalED, a website developed by a community of law professors interested in using online technologies to facilitate more active, problem-based learning in the classroom, in addition to more assessment and feedback. Supported by the Uncommon Individual Foundation. Website- http://uif.org/#home Twitter- https://twitter.com/UIFworld LinkedIn-http://goo.gl/AAx6sw Facebook- https://www.facebook.com/uncommonindi… Please join us in the conversation at https://twitter.com/LegalEDweb

“How Non-Bar Tested Electives Can Teach Lawyering” John M. Bickers, Chase College of Law

John M. Bickers, N. Kentucky University: Chase College of Law: “How Non-Bar Tested Electives Can Teach Lawyering” This video is part of a video collection from the Igniting Law Teaching, hosted by LegalED at American University Washington College of Law. Responding to the calls for legal education reform, the conference — the first of its kind — created a forum for professors experimenting with cutting edge technologies and techniques in law teaching with the goal of spreading their ideas to the broader community. The talks were modeled on TEDx Talks, with each speaker on stage alone, giving a well scripted and performed talk about an aspect of law school pedagogy. The goal of LegalED is to curate a growing collection of short, 10-minute videos on law school-related pedagogy that will inspire innovation and experimentation by law professors to bring more active learning and practical skills training into the law school curriculum. This videos, and others like it, are available on LegalED, a website developed by a community of law professors interested in using online technologies to facilitate more active, problem-based learning in the classroom, in addition to more assessment and feedback. Supported by the Uncommon Individual Foundation. Website- http://uif.org/#home Twitter- https://twitter.com/UIFworld LinkedIn-http://goo.gl/AAx6sw Facebook- https://www.facebook.com/uncommonindi… Please join us in the conversation at https://twitter.com/LegalEDweb

Finding Professional Identity Through Reflective Learning: Prof | Jill Engle | PSU Law | ILT 2015

ILT 2015 These videos are part of a video collection from the Igniting Law Teaching conference, hosted by LegalED at American University Washington College of Law. Responding to the calls for legal education reform, the conference — the first of its kind — creats a forum for professors experimenting with cutting edge technologies and techniques in law teaching with the goal of spreading their ideas to the broader community. The talks were modeled on TEDx Talks, with each speaker on stage alone, giving a well scripted and performed talk about an aspect of law school pedagogy. The goal of LegalED is to curate a growing collection of short videos on law school-related pedagogy that will inspire innovation and experimentation by law professors to bring more active learning and practical skills training into the law school curriculum. This videos, and others like it, are available on LegalED, a website developed by a community of law professors interested in using online technologies to facilitate more active, problem-based learning in the classroom, in addition to more assessment and feedback. Supported by the Uncommon Individual Foundation. Website- uif.org/#home Twitter- twitter.com/UIFworld LinkedIn-goo.gl/AAx6sw Facebook- facebook.com/uncommonindividualfoundation?ref=hl

“Scaffolding” John P. Joergensen, Rutgers University School of Law (Newark)

John P. Joergensen, Rutgers University School of Law (Newark): “Scaffolding” This video is part of a video collection from the Igniting Law Teaching, hosted by LegalED at American University Washington College of Law. Responding to the calls for legal education reform, the conference — the first of its kind — created a forum for professors experimenting with cutting edge technologies and techniques in law teaching with the goal of spreading their ideas to the broader community. The talks were modeled on TEDx Talks, with each speaker on stage alone, giving a well scripted and performed talk about an aspect of law school pedagogy. The goal of LegalED is to curate a growing collection of short, 10-minute videos on law school-related pedagogy that will inspire innovation and experimentation by law professors to bring more active learning and practical skills training into the law school curriculum. This videos, and others like it, are available on LegalED, a website developed by a community of law professors interested in using online technologies to facilitate more active, problem-based learning in the classroom, in addition to more assessment and feedback. Supported by the Uncommon Individual Foundation. Website- http://uif.org/#home Twitter- https://twitter.com/UIFworld LinkedIn-http://goo.gl/AAx6sw Facebook- https://www.facebook.com/uncommonindi… Please join us in the conversation at https://twitter.com/LegalEDweb

“An LLM, an Oral Presentation, and a Video Camera” Victoria Szymczak, Richardson Sch. of Law

“An LLM, an Oral Presentation, and a Video Camera” Victoria Szymczak Richardson Sch. of Law This video is part of a video collection from the Igniting Law Teaching, hosted by LegalED at American University Washington College of Law. Responding to the calls for legal education reform, the conference — the first of its kind — created a forum for professors experimenting with cutting edge technologies and techniques in law teaching with the goal of spreading their ideas to the broader community. The talks were modeled on TEDx Talks, with each speaker on stage alone, giving a well scripted and performed talk about an aspect of law school pedagogy. The goal of LegalED is to curate a growing collection of short, 10-minute videos on law school-related pedagogy that will inspire innovation and experimentation by law professors to bring more active learning and practical skills training into the law school curriculum. This videos, and others like it, are available on LegalED, a website developed by a community of law professors interested in using online technologies to facilitate more active, problem-based learning in the classroom, in addition to more assessment and feedback. Supported by the Uncommon Individual Foundation. Website- http://uif.org/#home Twitter- https://twitter.com/UIFworld LinkedIn-http://goo.gl/AAx6sw Facebook- https://www.facebook.com/uncommonindi… Please join us in the conversation at https://twitter.com/LegalEDweb

Forming Resilient Lawyers | Susan Brooks | Drexel Law | ILT 2015

Join the conversation. https://twitter.com/LegalEDweb & https://www.facebook.com/LegalED?ref=hl This video is part of a video collection from the Igniting Law Teaching conference, hosted by LegalED at American University Washington College of Law. Responding to the calls for legal education reform, the conference — the first of its kind — creates a forum for professors experimenting with cutting edge technologies and techniques in law teaching with the goal of spreading their ideas to the broader community. The talks were modeled on TEDx Talks, with each speaker on stage alone, giving a well scripted and performed talk about an aspect of law school pedagogy. The goal of LegalED is to curate a growing collection of short videos on law school-related pedagogy that will inspire innovation and experimentation by law professors to bring more active learning and practical skills training into the law school curriculum. This videos, and others like it, are available on LegalED, a website developed by a community of law professors interested in using online technologies to facilitate more active, problem-based learning in the classroom, in addition to more assessment and feedback. Supported by the Uncommon Individual Foundation. Website- http://uif.org/#home Twitter- https://twitter.com/UIFworld LinkedIn-http://goo.gl/AAx6sw Facebook-https://www.facebook.com/uncommonindi…

“A Better Class to Class Process to Accompany Flipping” Wes Reber Porter, Golden Gate School of Law

Wes Reber Porter, Golden Gate University School of Law: “A Better Class to Class Process to Accompany Flipping” This video is part of a video collection from the Igniting Law Teaching, hosted by LegalED at American University Washington College of Law. Responding to the calls for legal education reform, the conference — the first of its kind — created a forum for professors experimenting with cutting edge technologies and techniques in law teaching with the goal of spreading their ideas to the broader community. The talks were modeled on TEDx Talks, with each speaker on stage alone, giving a well scripted and performed talk about an aspect of law school pedagogy. The goal of LegalED is to curate a growing collection of short, 10-minute videos on law school-related pedagogy that will inspire innovation and experimentation by law professors to bring more active learning and practical skills training into the law school curriculum. This videos, and others like it, are available on LegalED, a website developed by a community of law professors interested in using online technologies to facilitate more active, problem-based learning in the classroom, in addition to more assessment and feedback. Supported by the Uncommon Individual Foundation. Website- http://uif.org/#home Twitter- https://twitter.com/UIFworld LinkedIn-http://goo.gl/AAx6sw Facebook- https://www.facebook.com/uncommonindi… Please join us in the conversation at https://twitter.com/LegalEDweb

Unhiding the Socratic Ball | Jeremiah Ho | Univ. of Mass Law Sch | ILT 2015

Join the conversation. twitter.com/LegalEDweb & facebook.com/LegalED?ref=hl This video is part of a video collection from the Igniting Law Teaching conference, hosted by LegalED at American University Washington College of Law. Responding to the calls for legal education reform, the conference — the first of its kind — creates a forum for professors experimenting with cutting edge technologies and techniques in law teaching with the goal of spreading their ideas to the broader community. The talks were modeled on TEDx Talks, with each speaker on stage alone, giving a well scripted and performed talk about an aspect of law school pedagogy. The goal of LegalED is to curate a growing collection of short videos on law school-related pedagogy that will inspire innovation and experimentation by law professors to bring more active learning and practical skills training into the law school curriculum. This videos, and others like it, are available on LegalED, a website developed by a community of law professors interested in using online technologies to facilitate more active, problem-based learning in the classroom, in addition to more assessment and feedback. Supported by the Uncommon Individual Foundation. Website- uif.org/#home Twitter- twitter.com/UIFworld LinkedIn-goo.gl/AAx6sw Facebook- facebook.com/uncommonindividualfoundation?ref=hl

“Bringing Exercises in Large Classes” Victoria Duke, Indiana Tech Law School

Victoria Duke, Indiana Tech Law School: “Bringing Exercises in Large Classes” This video is part of a video collection from the Igniting Law Teaching, hosted by LegalED at American University Washington College of Law. Responding to the calls for legal education reform, the conference — the first of its kind — created a forum for professors experimenting with cutting edge technologies and techniques in law teaching with the goal of spreading their ideas to the broader community. The talks were modeled on TEDx Talks, with each speaker on stage alone, giving a well scripted and performed talk about an aspect of law school pedagogy. The goal of LegalED is to curate a growing collection of short, 10-minute videos on law school-related pedagogy that will inspire innovation and experimentation by law professors to bring more active learning and practical skills training into the law school curriculum. This videos, and others like it, are available on LegalED, a website developed by a community of law professors interested in using online technologies to facilitate more active, problem-based learning in the classroom, in addition to more assessment and feedback. Supported by the Uncommon Individual Foundation. http://uif.org/#home Please join us in the conversation at https://twitter.com/LegalEDweb

Writing Workshop 1: How to Write an Essay

In our EssayJack (http://www.essayjack.com) writing workshop video part one, our award-winning educator goes through how to write a successful basic essay. EssayJack is a revolutionary online, interactive essay structuring platform to help structure argumentative essays into their proper component parts: introduction, body, and conclusion. EssayJack – for students, by professors – makes essay writing easier for students and makes teaching essay writing easier for educators. Learn how EssayJack can help you: http://www.essayjack.com

Finding Your Professional Identity w/Reflective Learning | Courtney Kiehl | PSU Law | ILT 2015

Join the conversation. twitter.com/LegalEDweb & facebook.com/LegalED?ref=hl This video is part of a video collection from the Igniting Law Teaching conference, hosted by LegalED at American University Washington College of Law. Responding to the calls for legal education reform, the conference — the first of its kind — creates a forum for professors experimenting with cutting edge technologies and techniques in law teaching with the goal of spreading their ideas to the broader community. The talks were modeled on TEDx Talks, with each speaker on stage alone, giving a well scripted and performed talk about an aspect of law school pedagogy. The goal of LegalED is to curate a growing collection of short videos on law school-related pedagogy that will inspire innovation and experimentation by law professors to bring more active learning and practical skills training into the law school curriculum. This videos, and others like it, are available on LegalED, a website developed by a community of law professors interested in using online technologies to facilitate more active, problem-based learning in the classroom, in addition to more assessment and feedback. Supported by the Uncommon Individual Foundation. Website- uif.org/#home Twitter- twitter.com/UIFworld LinkedIn-goo.gl/AAx6sw Facebook- facebook.com/uncommonindividualfoundation?ref=hl

“Why Law School Must Change” Michele Pistone, Villanova University School of Law

Michele Pistone, Villanova University School of Law, “Why Law School Must Change” This video is part of a video collection from the Igniting Law Teaching, hosted by LegalED at American University Washington College of Law. Responding to the calls for legal education reform, the conference — the first of its kind — created a forum for professors experimenting with cutting edge technologies and techniques in law teaching with the goal of spreading their ideas to the broader community. The talks were modeled on TEDx Talks, with each speaker on stage alone, giving a well scripted and performed talk about an aspect of law school pedagogy. The goal of LegalED is to curate a growing collection of short, 10-minute videos on law school-related pedagogy that will inspire innovation and experimentation by law professors to bring more active learning and practical skills training into the law school curriculum. This videos, and others like it, are available on LegalED, a website developed by a community of law professors interested in using online technologies to facilitate more active, problem-based learning in the classroom, in addition to more assessment and feedback. Supported by the Uncommon Individual Foundation. Website- http://uif.org/#home Twitter- https://twitter.com/UIFworld LinkedIn-http://goo.gl/AAx6sw Facebook- https://www.facebook.com/uncommonindi… Please join us in the conversation at https://twitter.com/LegalEDweb

“The Law School as a Classroom” Ryan Dooley & Allison Robbins, CUNY School of Law

“The Law School as a Classroom” Ryan Dooley & Allison Robbins, CUNY School of Law This video is part of a video collection from the Igniting Law Teaching, hosted by LegalED at American University Washington College of Law. Responding to the calls for legal education reform, the conference — the first of its kind — created a forum for professors experimenting with cutting edge technologies and techniques in law teaching with the goal of spreading their ideas to the broader community. The talks were modeled on TEDx Talks, with each speaker on stage alone, giving a well scripted and performed talk about an aspect of law school pedagogy. The goal of LegalED is to curate a growing collection of short, 10-minute videos on law school-related pedagogy that will inspire innovation and experimentation by law professors to bring more active learning and practical skills training into the law school curriculum. This videos, and others like it, are available on LegalED, a website developed by a community of law professors interested in using online technologies to facilitate more active, problem-based learning in the classroom, in addition to more assessment and feedback. Supported by the Uncommon Individual Foundation. Website- http://uif.org/#home Twitter- https://twitter.com/UIFworld LinkedIn-http://goo.gl/AAx6sw Facebook- https://www.facebook.com/uncommonindi… Please join us in the conversation at https://twitter.com/LegalEDweb

“Using Technology For Engagement and Assessment” Sydney Beckman, Duncan School of Law

Sydney Beckman, Lincoln Memorial University, Duncan School of Law: “Using Technology For Engagement and Assessment” This video is part of a video collection from the Igniting Law Teaching, hosted by LegalED at American University Washington College of Law. Responding to the calls for legal education reform, the conference — the first of its kind — created a forum for professors experimenting with cutting edge technologies and techniques in law teaching with the goal of spreading their ideas to the broader community. The talks were modeled on TEDx Talks, with each speaker on stage alone, giving a well scripted and performed talk about an aspect of law school pedagogy. The goal of LegalED is to curate a growing collection of short, 10-minute videos on law school-related pedagogy that will inspire innovation and experimentation by law professors to bring more active learning and practical skills training into the law school curriculum. This videos, and others like it, are available on LegalED, a website developed by a community of law professors interested in using online technologies to facilitate more active, problem-based learning in the classroom, in addition to more assessment and feedback. Supported by the Uncommon Individual Foundation. Website- http://uif.org/#home Twitter- https://twitter.com/UIFworld LinkedIn-http://goo.gl/AAx6sw Facebook- https://www.facebook.com/uncommonindi… Please join us in the conversation at https://twitter.com/LegalEDweb

“The Socratic Method, Revisited” Jamie R. Abrams, Louis D. Brandeis School of Law

Jamie R. Abrams, University of Louisville, Louis D. Brandeis School of Law: “The Socratic Method, Revisited” This video is part of a video collection from the Igniting Law Teaching, hosted by LegalED at American University Washington College of Law. Responding to the calls for legal education reform, the conference — the first of its kind — created a forum for professors experimenting with cutting edge technologies and techniques in law teaching with the goal of spreading their ideas to the broader community. The talks were modeled on TEDx Talks, with each speaker on stage alone, giving a well scripted and performed talk about an aspect of law school pedagogy. The goal of LegalED is to curate a growing collection of short, 10-minute videos on law school-related pedagogy that will inspire innovation and experimentation by law professors to bring more active learning and practical skills training into the law school curriculum. This videos, and others like it, are available on LegalED, a website developed by a community of law professors interested in using online technologies to facilitate more active, problem-based learning in the classroom, in addition to more assessment and feedback. Supported by the Uncommon Individual Foundation. Website- http://uif.org/#home Twitter- https://twitter.com/UIFworld LinkedIn-http://goo.gl/AAx6sw Facebook- https://www.facebook.com/uncommonindi… Please join us in the conversation at https://twitter.com/LegalEDweb

Active Use of a Passive Learning | Craig Forcese |Univ. of Ottawa| ILT 2015

Join the conversation. twitter.com/LegalEDweb & facebook.com/LegalED?ref=hl This video is part of a video collection from the Igniting Law Teaching conference, hosted by LegalED at American University Washington College of Law. Responding to the calls for legal education reform, the conference — the first of its kind — creates a forum for professors experimenting with cutting edge technologies and techniques in law teaching with the goal of spreading their ideas to the broader community. The talks were modeled on TEDx Talks, with each speaker on stage alone, giving a well scripted and performed talk about an aspect of law school pedagogy. The goal of LegalED is to curate a growing collection of short videos on law school-related pedagogy that will inspire innovation and experimentation by law professors to bring more active learning and practical skills training into the law school curriculum. This videos, and others like it, are available on LegalED, a website developed by a community of law professors interested in using online technologies to facilitate more active, problem-based learning in the classroom, in addition to more assessment and feedback. Supported by the Uncommon Individual Foundation. Website- uif.org/#home Twitter- twitter.com/UIFworld LinkedIn-goo.gl/AAx6sw Facebook-facebook.com/uncommonindividualfoundation?ref=hl

PenPal Schools: A World of Learning

PenPal Schools connects over 100,000 students in 170 countries to learn together. PenPals ages 9 and up collaborate through free, high-quality online courses to discover cultures and learn about global challenges while practicing essential communication and technology skills. PenPal Schools has won multiple international awards and was recognized by the President of the United States as one of the world’s leading social enterprises. Visit our website to learn more and preview one of our free courses.

Teaching Analysis as More than Arrangement | Kristen Tiscione | Georgetown Law | ILT 2015

Join the conversation. twitter.com/LegalEDweb & facebook.com/LegalED?ref=hl This video is part of a video collection from the Igniting Law Teaching conference, hosted by LegalED at American University Washington College of Law. Responding to the calls for legal education reform, the conference — the first of its kind — creats a forum for professors experimenting with cutting edge technologies and techniques in law teaching with the goal of spreading their ideas to the broader community. The talks were modeled on TEDx Talks, with each speaker on stage alone, giving a well scripted and performed talk about an aspect of law school pedagogy. The goal of LegalED is to curate a growing collection of short videos on law school-related pedagogy that will inspire innovation and experimentation by law professors to bring more active learning and practical skills training into the law school curriculum. This videos, and others like it, are available on LegalED, a website developed by a community of law professors interested in using online technologies to facilitate more active, problem-based learning in the classroom, in addition to more assessment and feedback. Supported by the Uncommon Individual Foundation. Website- uif.org/#home Twitter- twitter.com/UIFworld LinkedIn-goo.gl/AAx6sw Facebook-facebook.com/uncommonindividualfoundation?ref=hl

Network Trailblazer: A Conversation with Nicholas Negroponte, Founder, One Laptop per Child

Network Trailblazer: Nicolas Negroponte, shares his views on new education models, do they work and do they have a future? The contents or opinions in this video are independent and may not necessarily represent the views of Cisco. They are offered in an effort to encourage continuing conversations on a broad range of innovative technology subjects. We welcome your comments and engagement. We welcome the re-use, republication, and distribution of “The Network” content. Please credit us with the following information: Used with the permission of http://thenetwork.cisco.com/

Students Preparing Themselves for a Law Practice Future | Shaun Jamison | Concord Law Sch | ILT 2015

Join the conversation. https://twitter.com/LegalEDweb & https://www.facebook.com/LegalED?ref=hl This video is part of a video collection from the Igniting Law Teaching conference, hosted by LegalED at American University Washington College of Law. Responding to the calls for legal education reform, the conference — the first of its kind — creates a forum for professors experimenting with cutting edge technologies and techniques in law teaching with the goal of spreading their ideas to the broader community. The talks were modeled on TEDx Talks, with each speaker on stage alone, giving a well scripted and performed talk about an aspect of law school pedagogy. The goal of LegalED is to curate a growing collection of short videos on law school-related pedagogy that will inspire innovation and experimentation by law professors to bring more active learning and practical skills training into the law school curriculum. This videos, and others like it, are available on LegalED, a website developed by a community of law professors interested in using online technologies to facilitate more active, problem-based learning in the classroom, in addition to more assessment and feedback. Supported by the Uncommon Individual Foundation. Website- http://uif.org/#home Twitter- https://twitter.com/UIFworld LinkedIn-http://goo.gl/AAx6sw Facebook- https://www.facebook.com/uncommonindi…

ISTE 2016 EdTekTalks | Dr. Alex Thornton provides strategies for boosting digital health & wellness

Dr. Alex Thornton taught for seven years in Canada and Boston before shifting his focus to Educational Leadership. As Doctor of Education at RTSG Neuroscience, he brings his expertise in education and school program implementation to the consulting firm’s education related projects and studies. RTSG creates large scale interventions that use exercise to benefit groups of people. Dr. Thornton works in schools to maximize the benefits of physical education. His work has shown that, if done correctly, PE can improve academic performance in other subjects. He also collaborates closely with other educators, researchers and renowned thinkers to bring findings from sleep, nutrition, play, and Neuro/Biofeedback research to educational and organizational settings. His goal is to incorporate findings from neuropsychology into educational practice. Dr. Thornton joined us at the ISTE 2016 Conference EdTekTalks to share his findings on using exercise to change school cultures and optimize student learning. Using EEG and ERP data, he outlined in his talk the ways that exercise promotes attention and brain growth. Just a couple minutes of exercise can help students focus better and retain more information. The other side of the coin, however, is proper sleep. Memory is consolidated during sleep, and as students are getting less sleep than they did in the past—partly due to constant access to the Internet, online games, etc.—they are struggling harder to learn and retain information. Technology, says Thornton, interferes with both exercise and sleep, but also offers ideas and solutions to get more exercise and sleep. For educators and parents, finding the right balance is key to helping students do their best learning.

La formation digitale : “un changement de culture” – French Touch de l’éducation 2016

Xavier D’Esquerre, Senior Vice President Workforce Planning & Learning Solutions chez Schneider-Electric revient sur le changement de culture induit par le digital en matière de formation. Le digital bouleverse la manière de se former pour les apprenants et modifie le rôle des responsables formation. ► Abonnez-vous à la newsletter 100% Edtech : https://learnassembly.leadpages.co/fr… ► Pour plus d’informations sur la French Touch de l’éducation : http://www.frenchtoucheducation.com/ ► Pour plus d’informations sur LearnAssembly : http://www.learnassembly.com/ ► Suivez-nous sur Twitter : https://twitter.com/learnassembly

The Simple and Effective Way to Use SOLEs (Self-Organized Learning Environments)

On Tuesday, May 20th, at 11am ET, we held a Google Hangout on Air with Jamie Mason Cohen where he discussed the simple and effective ways to use SOLEs (Self Organized Learning Environments). He focused on the ways in which this model can ignite the imaginations of, the and creativity within, students of all ages. About the Speaker: Jamie Mason Cohen is a high school English teacher and Co-Director of Student Activities at TanenbaumChat in Maple, Ontario Canada. He was the winner of the 2013 Huffington Post-TED sponsored teaching contest, “The Sole Challenge.” His unique implementation of self-organized learning environments (SOLES) was recently recorded and shown at TEDVancouver as part of a panel discussing the future of learning. This year Jamie has been invited to speak at diverse education conferences such as RAVSAK in L.A. and TEDx in Europe. Jamie’s experience includes years working for Saturday Night Live in New York City, and also directing an award-winning docudrama, “The Barber of Kigali.” This background helped Jamie create synergy between his passion for entertainment, arts and media, and his over a decade long experience as a teacher. Jamie has been able to generate innovative problem-solving strategies using new technologies for educators. He has written for academic publications such as “Jewish Educational Leadership” and blogs such as “Poetry Brain” and “Poetry Genius.” He has been featured in the Canadian Jewish News and on TED.com. His blog for teachers is www.jamiemasoncohen.com. He can be reached at: jamiecoheneducator@gmail.com

Unlearning: The Hardest Part of Law School | Deb Cohen | University of D of C | ILT 2015

ILT 2015 These videos are part of a video collection from the Igniting Law Teaching conference, hosted by LegalED at American University Washington College of Law. Responding to the calls for legal education reform, the conference — the first of its kind — creats a forum for professors experimenting with cutting edge technologies and techniques in law teaching with the goal of spreading their ideas to the broader community. The talks were modeled on TEDx Talks, with each speaker on stage alone, giving a well scripted and performed talk about an aspect of law school pedagogy. The goal of LegalED is to curate a growing collection of short videos on law school-related pedagogy that will inspire innovation and experimentation by law professors to bring more active learning and practical skills training into the law school curriculum. This videos, and others like it, are available on LegalED, a website developed by a community of law professors interested in using online technologies to facilitate more active, problem-based learning in the classroom, in addition to more assessment and feedback. Supported by the Uncommon Individual Foundation. Website- uif.org/#home Twitter- twitter.com/UIFworld LinkedIn-goo.gl/AAx6sw Facebook- facebook.com/uncommonindividualfoundation?ref=hl

Startups shutting down is not a negative sign: Artha India Ventures’ Anirudh Damani

Anirudh Damani, partner at Artha India Ventures, has made nine investments to date this year, just five deals behind Ratan Tata. His investments include companies such as ConfirmTKT, FindUrClass, Vahanalytics, ShabdaNagari, vPhrase Analytics, Roadhouse Hostels, and others. In an interview to Techcircle, Damani shares the strategy he implies while investing. He speaks about what makes a startup favourable for investment, and how the current funding environment will make entrepreneurs concentrate on a robust business model rather than customer acquisition. For more logon to vccircle.com/vcc-tv

Mobile Devices in the Classroom | Nottingham Law Sch| ILT 2015

Join the conversation. twitter.com/LegalEDweb & facebook.com/LegalED?ref=hl This video is part of a video collection from the Igniting Law Teaching conference, hosted by LegalED at American University Washington College of Law. Responding to the calls for legal education reform, the conference — the first of its kind — creates a forum for professors experimenting with cutting edge technologies and techniques in law teaching with the goal of spreading their ideas to the broader community. The talks were modeled on TEDx Talks, with each speaker on stage alone, giving a well scripted and performed talk about an aspect of law school pedagogy. The goal of LegalED is to curate a growing collection of short videos on law school-related pedagogy that will inspire innovation and experimentation by law professors to bring more active learning and practical skills training into the law school curriculum. This videos, and others like it, are available on LegalED, a website developed by a community of law professors interested in using online technologies to facilitate more active, problem-based learning in the classroom, in addition to more assessment and feedback. Supported by the Uncommon Individual Foundation. Website- uif.org/#home Twitter- twitter.com/UIFworld LinkedIn-goo.gl/AAx6sw Facebook- facebook.com/uncommonindividualfoundation?ref=hl

ALFABETIZACIÓN DIGITAL | Bastard Education

Mashup con fines educativos realizado por alumnxs y profesorxs del Campus María Zambrano de Segovia (Universidad de Valladolid). El remix o collage audiovisual está compuesto por una entrevista al profesor de Introducción a las tecnologías de la comunicación Jon Dornaletetxe, la locución del estudiante Rafael Naveiro y la edición de Rafael Barquero Murillo y Haritz Alzola. Los vídeos utilizados han sido capturados con tecnología screencast en Youtube. Estos son sus títulos: – See how easily freaks can take over your life. – Amazing mind reader reveals his ‘gift’. – How it Feels [through Google Glass]. – We Are Legion. – Minority Report. – Reprap 3D Printers in Action HD. – [Tutorial] Arduino. Parte 1 [HD][ESPAÑOL]. – Typewriter landscape. – THE CYBER BULLYING VIRUS. – Que es el SPAM y como funciona. – Empire – Social networks, social revolution. – Social Media Revolution 2013. – Businesspeople on a busy street in London. – Wikileaks the best of 2012. – Future of Screen Technology. – Let’s Compare ( Classic Pac-Man ). – Creative Commons & Copyright Info. – Facebook Messenger App Review. – 2012 Told Through Twitter – Year in Review. – Dropbox Review_ Proof! I am a paying customer. – How to set up Social Network feeds on Samsung Galaxy S3 (S III) – Phones 4u. – Android 4.1 Jelly Bean Walkthrough. – Google Drive tutorial- What Is Google Drive – lynda.com. – Adobe Creative Cloud Overview. – iOS 7 Unveiled — Official iOS 7 Commercial _ Ad. – Time lapse HD movie in city life. – Crowd 24 07 2010. Vadim I. Filimonov. – University of Toronto – The Centre for Engineering Innovation & Entrepreneurship. – The MakerBot Replicator 2. – How It WorksSchool of Professional Communication, Ryerson University. – Por un internet más rápido, Google Chrome. – Technology in 2019 – What the future of tech looks like. – Ubuntu 12.10 brings the web to your desktop. – Presentación de Windows 8 (NO OFICIAL). – Cinder Creative Coding. – Codecademy vs Kahn Academy Computer Science- EdTech TV #3. – Introducing Video on Instagram. – iPad Mini Review. – Learn to Read with iSammy from Backatcha Books for iPad. – 16-month baby playing with Ipad. – Time lapse HD movie in city life. – Super Angry Birds – a Tangible Controller. – Overlay Scrollbars in Unity – implementation. – Illucia- a modular codebending instrument. – Cómo se fabrican memorias Flash. – Dancing with the Stars. – We steal Secrets: The history of Wikileaks. La banda sonora son ‘samples’ (muestras) de Logic Pro y la edición está hecha con Premiere y el color esta retocado con el plugin Looks.

 

“Metacognition and the Value of Reflection in Learning” Renee Allen, FAMU University College of Law

Renee Allen, Florida A&M University College of Law, “Metacognition and the Value of Reflection in Learning” This video is part of a video collection from the Igniting Law Teaching, hosted by LegalED at American University Washington College of Law. Responding to the calls for legal education reform, the conference — the first of its kind — created a forum for professors experimenting with cutting edge technologies and techniques in law teaching with the goal of spreading their ideas to the broader community. The talks were modeled on TEDx Talks, with each speaker on stage alone, giving a well scripted and performed talk about an aspect of law school pedagogy. The goal of LegalED is to curate a growing collection of short, 10-minute videos on law school-related pedagogy that will inspire innovation and experimentation by law professors to bring more active learning and practical skills training into the law school curriculum. This videos, and others like it, are available on LegalED, a website developed by a community of law professors interested in using online technologies to facilitate more active, problem-based learning in the classroom, in addition to more assessment and feedback. Supported by the Uncommon Individual Foundation. Website- http://uif.org/#home Twitter- https://twitter.com/UIFworld LinkedIn-http://goo.gl/AAx6sw Facebook- https://www.facebook.com/uncommonindi… Please join us in the conversation at https://twitter.com/LegalEDweb

Alain Goudey : L’école, un modèle devenu has-been ?

L’école, dans laquelle nous passons un grande partie de nos 20 premières années de vie, issue de l’ancien monde, ne répond plus aux besoins du monde d’aujourd’hui. Cette conférence, intitulée “L’école, un modèle devenu has-been ?”, réalisée par Alain Goudey à NEOMA Business School, Reims le 12/10/2017 démontre le côté inadapté des formations d’aujourd’hui et propose des pistes de transformation. Avec ou sans edTech, il est nécessaire de faire évoluer les pédagogies pour permettre à nos enfants de s’épanouir pleinement dans un monde peuplé de technologies (réalité virtuelle, robots, intelligence artificielle, etc.). Besoin d’un talk sur l’impact et les enjeux des technologies dans votre secteur ? Visitez mon site : https://alain.goudey.eu

“Game On! Educational Games for Law Students” Jeanne Eicks, Vermont Law School

Jeanne Eicks, Vermont Law School: “Game On! Educational Games for Law Students” This video is part of a video collection from the Igniting Law Teaching, hosted by LegalED at American University Washington College of Law. Responding to the calls for legal education reform, the conference — the first of its kind — created a forum for professors experimenting with cutting edge technologies and techniques in law teaching with the goal of spreading their ideas to the broader community. The talks were modeled on TEDx Talks, with each speaker on stage alone, giving a well scripted and performed talk about an aspect of law school pedagogy. The goal of LegalED is to curate a growing collection of short, 10-minute videos on law school-related pedagogy that will inspire innovation and experimentation by law professors to bring more active learning and practical skills training into the law school curriculum. This videos, and others like it, are available on LegalED, a website developed by a community of law professors interested in using online technologies to facilitate more active, problem-based learning in the classroom, in addition to more assessment and feedback. Supported by the Uncommon Individual Foundation. Website- http://uif.org/#home Twitter- https://twitter.com/UIFworld LinkedIn-http://goo.gl/AAx6sw Facebook- https://www.facebook.com/uncommonindi… Please join us in the conversation at https://twitter.com/LegalEDweb

How to Build a Multiple 6-Figure Online Course Business | Thinkific Success Story: Justin Brooke

Create your own online courses for FREE at http://thnk.cc/2p16ToR In this success story video, Tyler Basu interviews digital marketing expert and online course creator Justin Brooke on how he built an online course business that generates multiple 6 figures in annual sales. To read the case study visit: http://blog.thinkific.com/justin-broo…

Teaching Law Students to Think Like Law Reformers | Shannon Salter | UBC Faculty of Law | ILT 2015

These videos are part of a video collection from the Igniting Law Teaching conference, hosted by LegalED at American University Washington College of Law. Responding to the calls for legal education reform, the conference — the first of its kind — creats a forum for professors experimenting with cutting edge technologies and techniques in law teaching with the goal of spreading their ideas to the broader community. The talks were modeled on TEDx Talks, with each speaker on stage alone, giving a well scripted and performed talk about an aspect of law school pedagogy. The goal of LegalED is to curate a growing collection of short videos on law school-related pedagogy that will inspire innovation and experimentation by law professors to bring more active learning and practical skills training into the law school curriculum. This videos, and others like it, are available on LegalED, a website developed by a community of law professors interested in using online technologies to facilitate more active, problem-based learning in the classroom, in addition to more assessment and feedback. Supported by the Uncommon Individual Foundation. Website- uif.org/#home Twitter- twitter.com/UIFworld LinkedIn-goo.gl/AAx6sw Facebook- facebook.com/uncommonindividualfoundation?ref=hl

“Building and Using Visual Mindmaps in Legal Education” Jeffrey Ritter, Georgetown Law

Jeffrey Ritter, Georgetown Law, Mapping the Law: Building and Using Visual Mindmaps in Legal Education This video is part of a video collection from the Igniting Law Teaching, hosted by LegalED at American University Washington College of Law. Responding to the calls for legal education reform, the conference — the first of its kind — created a forum for professors experimenting with cutting edge technologies and techniques in law teaching with the goal of spreading their ideas to the broader community. The talks were modeled on TEDx Talks, with each speaker on stage alone, giving a well scripted and performed talk about an aspect of law school pedagogy. The goal of LegalED is to curate a growing collection of short, 10-minute videos on law school-related pedagogy that will inspire innovation and experimentation by law professors to bring more active learning and practical skills training into the law school curriculum. This videos, and others like it, are available on LegalED, a website developed by a community of law professors interested in using online technologies to facilitate more active, problem-based learning in the classroom, in addition to more assessment and feedback. Supported by the Uncommon Individual Foundation. Website- http://uif.org/#home Twitter- https://twitter.com/UIFworld LinkedIn-http://goo.gl/AAx6sw Facebook- https://www.facebook.com/uncommonindi… Please join us in the conversation at https://twitter.com/LegalEDweb

Starr Sackstein Keynote MassCUE and MASCD Spring Leadership Conference 2017

Starr Sackstein is a nationally board certified teacher who has taught in the NYC public school system for 15 years. Sackstein has written books about assessment reform and student empowerment as well as presenting a TEDx talk about her journey to give up grades. Starr’s Presentation: Empower Students by Engaging them in the Assessment Process Every child has the right to engage in their learning starting from their mistakes straight through to their successes. We must give students the language they need to adequately co-construct and design learning opportunities and then express their own progress and growth in a meaningful way. Students certainly don’t need grades to communicate what they know and can do, they just need the opportunity to share in their own words in the language of the standards to express strengths and challenges. Leveraging Technology to Empower the Whole Child #MALeads17 MassCUE (Massachusetts Computer Using Educators) and MASCD (Massachusetts Association for Supervision and Curriculum Development) have joined forces to bring together classroom and educational leaders for a one-day event of powerful presentations, workshops, hands-on sessions, and informal gatherings to address the critical issues of education. Both organizations believe that each child, in each school, in each of our communities deserves to be healthy, safe, engaged, supported, and challenged. Thus, this year we will focus on how leaders can leverage technology to reach the whole child.

What are the 4Cs?

What are the 4Cs? Learn how critical thinking, communication, collaboration, and creativity are essential 21st-century skills for today’s students.  To learn more about the 4Cs, see The 4Cs Research Series by the Partnership for 21st Century Skills. ——— Subscribe to our channel: http://bit.ly/CS_Edu_YT Follow us on Twitter: http://www.twitter.com/commonsenseed Like us on Facebook: https://www.facebook.com/CommonSenseE… Check us out on Pinterest: https://www.pinterest.com/commonsense…

Dan Olsen, A Playbook for Achieving Product-Market Fit, LSC15

Everyone working on a new product is trying to achieve the same goal: product-market fit. Although product-market fit is one of the most important Lean Startup concepts, it’s also the least well defined. Dan Olsen shares the top advice from his book The Lean Product Playbook, including the Product-Market Fit Pyramid: an actionable model that breaks product-market fit down into 5 key elements. Dan also explains the Lean Product Process, a 6-step methodology with practical guidance on how to achieve product-market fit, illustrated with a real-world case study.

“Teaching Narrative” Elizabeth Keyes, University of Baltimore School of Law

Elizabeth Keyes, University of Baltimore School of Law: “Teaching Narrative” This video is part of a video collection from the Igniting Law Teaching, hosted by LegalED at American University Washington College of Law. Responding to the calls for legal education reform, the conference — the first of its kind — created a forum for professors experimenting with cutting edge technologies and techniques in law teaching with the goal of spreading their ideas to the broader community. The talks were modeled on TEDx Talks, with each speaker on stage alone, giving a well scripted and performed talk about an aspect of law school pedagogy. The goal of LegalED is to curate a growing collection of short, 10-minute videos on law school-related pedagogy that will inspire innovation and experimentation by law professors to bring more active learning and practical skills training into the law school curriculum. This videos, and others like it, are available on LegalED, a website developed by a community of law professors interested in using online technologies to facilitate more active, problem-based learning in the classroom, in addition to more assessment and feedback. Supported by the Uncommon Individual Foundation. Website- http://uif.org/#home Twitter- https://twitter.com/UIFworld LinkedIn-http://goo.gl/AAx6sw Facebook- https://www.facebook.com/uncommonindi… Please join us in the conversation at https://twitter.com/LegalEDweb

Blockchain for Smart Contracts

Bitcoin has pushed blockchain technology into the limelight in recent years. Now, many companies are investing in blockchain technology and finding more creative applications. Join us for a complimentary webinar explaining the technology’s basics, problems it solves and types of smart contracts it enables. Upon completion of this webinar, participants will be able to: * Explain blockchain technology basics * Describe the problems blockchain technology solves * Recognize the smart contract types on the horizon

Rise of the Global Teacher

The schools in the London Borough of Redbridge share the meaning of a ” true” video conference for teaching and learning around the world using new VC hardware solutions developed for education by VCfL. This video shows how this technology can make an impact on teaching and learning. Through using the correct hardware that meets international standards and content that is delivered securely, interoperably and with high quality. This video inspired Mina Patel, Executive Director of VCfGL to give her TEDx talk with Lord Jim Knight about the Rise of the Global Teacher, at Tedxmidatlantic, on September 25th 2015. https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=L-xy0… For more information about remote teaching for English – go to http://www.vcfgl.co.uk For more information about the Redbridge VC Learning Network go to http://www.rnlcom.com/the-networks/vi…

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Future of Learning | Vikas Gupta | MD, Wiley India | #VikasSpeaks

Going back to university every time you want to learn something new, is not possible. But gaining new skills is important to remain part of the relevant workforce and move ahead in the career. Then how do you learn while you work? In this video, Vikas Gupta, MD Wiley India talks about the future of learning. He talks about the efficacy of assessments and the learn by doing approach. He also talks about how learning has to be bi-directional, social, based on projects & simulations and most importantly, affordable. Watch the complete video to learn about the future of learning and connect with Vikas. In the #VikasSpeaks series of videos, Vikas shares his opinion on the latest trends in publishing, education and Ed-tech sector in these series of videos. About Vikas Gupta- Vikas Gupta is a recognized and award winning thought leader in the publishing and knowledge industry. In a career spanning over 20 years, Mr. Vikas has been a forerunner in leading many innovative products and business models in the space of technology-driven learning solutions, research and faculty development, professional certifications and skill development. Connect with him: Linkedin- https://www.linkedin.com/in/vikasgupt… Facebook- https://www.facebook.com/vikasguptawiley Twitter- https://www.twitter.com/vikasguptawiley Website – https://www.vikas-gupta.com #Education #EducationTechnology #Publishing #StartUp #IndianEducation #GlobalEducation #CollegeEducation #WileyIndia #HigherEducation #EducationModels #OnlineEducation #MOOCs #TrainingInstitutes #YouTube #VideoSeries #mLearning #eLearning #ProjectBasedLearning #EdTech #EduTech #EdTools #EdApps #iPadEd #BYOD

“How to Be the World’s Best Law Professor” Warren Binford, Willamette University College of Law

Warren Binford, Willamette University College of Law: “How to Be the World’s Best Law Professor” This video is part of a video collection from the Igniting Law Teaching, hosted by LegalED at American University Washington College of Law. Responding to the calls for legal education reform, the conference — the first of its kind — created a forum for professors experimenting with cutting edge technologies and techniques in law teaching with the goal of spreading their ideas to the broader community. The talks were modeled on TEDx Talks, with each speaker on stage alone, giving a well scripted and performed talk about an aspect of law school pedagogy. The goal of LegalED is to curate a growing collection of short, 10-minute videos on law school-related pedagogy that will inspire innovation and experimentation by law professors to bring more active learning and practical skills training into the law school curriculum. This videos, and others like it, are available on LegalED, a website developed by a community of law professors interested in using online technologies to facilitate more active, problem-based learning in the classroom, in addition to more assessment and feedback. Supported by the Uncommon Individual Foundation. Website- http://uif.org/#home Twitter- https://twitter.com/UIFworld LinkedIn-http://goo.gl/AAx6sw Facebook- https://www.facebook.com/uncommonindi… Please join us in the conversation at https://twitter.com/LegalEDweb

Jennie Magiera: “Our Untold Stories” | Talks at Google

Educators work every day to help their students learn and grow. How do we support the learning and growing of educators? What are the untold stories we need to consider to avoid stereotype threat and help teachers see themselves as change agents – as wizards? In this keynote, Jennie Magiera shares three untold stories to amplify in order to empower educators to change the world, starting in their classrooms.

Supporting English Language Learners With Digital Storytelling

English-language learners come to our classrooms with a diverse set of learning needs, including the need for more opportunities to practice using English in a variety of settings. But can digital communication help increase ELLs’ language output? Here you’ll find practical tips on using digital-creation and storytelling activities to empower authentic communication, both in the classroom and beyond. What’s more, these types of activities can be just as engaging and productive for any student, regardless of their literacy level or language-learner status. For more tips for supporting ELLs in the classroom, check out our Teaching Strategies page: https://www.commonsense.org/education… ——— Subscribe to our channel: http://bit.ly/CS_Edu_YT Follow us on Twitter: http://www.twitter.com/commonsenseed Like us on Facebook: https://www.facebook.com/CommonSenseE… Check us out on Pinterest: https://www.pinterest.com/commonsense…

How to Be the World’s Best Law Student | Warren Binford | Willamette Univ. College of Law | ILT 2015

Join the conversation. twitter.com/LegalEDweb & facebook.com/LegalED?ref=hl This video is part of a video collection from the Igniting Law Teaching conference, hosted by LegalED at American University Washington College of Law. Responding to the calls for legal education reform, the conference — the first of its kind — creats a forum for professors experimenting with cutting edge technologies and techniques in law teaching with the goal of spreading their ideas to the broader community. The talks were modeled on TEDx Talks, with each speaker on stage alone, giving a well scripted and performed talk about an aspect of law school pedagogy. The goal of LegalED is to curate a growing collection of short videos on law school-related pedagogy that will inspire innovation and experimentation by law professors to bring more active learning and practical skills training into the law school curriculum. This videos, and others like it, are available on LegalED, a website developed by a community of law professors interested in using online technologies to facilitate more active, problem-based learning in the classroom, in addition to more assessment and feedback. Supported by the Uncommon Individual Foundation. Website- uif.org/#home Twitter- twitter.com/UIFworld LinkedIn-goo.gl/AAx6sw Facebook-facebook.com/uncommonindividualfoundation?ref=hl

#17 with Audrey Jarre, The Edtech World Tour – Global EdTech Case Studies

What’s in this episode? Outcomes of tour of ten countries and 2 years work looking at education innovation Why education is local, not global Why storytelling is so essential; getting the buy-in of parents and students The power of gamified education Why EdTech is not just about the consumption of content, but the creation of content Why education innovation needs the language of teachers and of business Why low-tech education innovation needs showcasing vs. VR, AI and hype terms The opportunity of EdTech for special educational needs Creating a clear brand around French EdTech – implications for start-ups Addressing the silos of education Creating impactful low-hype EdTech How Svenia and Audrey met at business school and realised they learnt more through ‘doing’ than attending ‘learning classes’. How they applied this to education innovation more broadly. Most memorable part of the tour spent : South Africa with Green Shoots Education Quotes:  On next steps in Audrey’s career: ‘I don’t think working for the ministry (of education) would be the solution.’ On liking/disliking school ‘I think I loved it.’ ‘I really want to go back into teaching at some point.’ On collaboration: ‘You need people who speak both languages – the one of the teachers and the one of the business people.’ Reading and Resources: The Edtech World Tour & Liberte Living Lab http://www.edtechworldtour.com/#report https://liberte.paris/ http://www.edtechworldtour.com/#partners EdTech Europe: http://edtechxeurope.com/ French MOE: http://www.education.gouv.fr/  

The Arctic vs. the Antarctic – Camille Seaman

View full lesson: http://ed.ted.com/lessons/the-arctic-… How can you tell the two poles apart? Where are the penguins? What about the bears? The Arctic pole is located in the Northern Hemisphere within the deep Arctic Ocean, while the Antarctic pole is smack in the middle of the ice-covered Antarctica. Camille Seaman describes how enterprising people and organisms have found ways to reside around both poles despite the frigid temperatures. Lesson by Camille Seaman, animation by Provincia Studio.

Who won the space race? – Jeff Steers

View full lesson: http://ed.ted.com/lessons/what-was-th… On October 4, 1957, the Soviet Union launched the satellite Sputnik and, with it, an international space race. The United States and the Soviet Union rushed to declare dominance of space for 18 years, until the two countries agreed to a more collaborative model. The real winner? Science. Jeff Steers describes the history — and the benefits — of the space race. Lesson by Jeff Steers, animation by The Moving Company Animation Studio.

What’s the difference between a scientific law and theory? – Matt Anticole

View full lesson: http://ed.ted.com/lessons/what-s-the-… Chat with a friend about an established scientific theory, and she might reply, “Well, that’s just a theory.” But a conversation about an established scientific law rarely ends with “Well, that’s just a law.” Why is that? What is the difference between a theory and a law… and is one “better”? Matt Anticole shows why science needs both laws and theories to understand the whole picture. Lesson by Matt Anticole, animation by Zedem Media.

TEDx P&G Geneva: DXTR on Disruptive Innovation & Exponential Technologies

DXTR’s CEO Ken Madsen’s TEDx Talk from TEDx P&G Geneva in March 2016. The theme of the Ken’s talk is The Innovators Dilemma in an Exponential World and the business models this brings with it; how exponential technologies are changing the world at a pace that we’ve never seen before, and how we see playDXTR being a part of what will change the toy industry and educational system forever. Comments and feedback are welcome!

The global classroom, live from South Africa: Steve Sherman at TEDxCapeTownED

Steve is the Managing Director of an Educational NGO called Living Maths. He teaches ¬4500 students weekly in schools around Cape Town and now recently, the world. He is passionate about sharing knowledge and empowering young people. In this whistle-stop tour through his current experiments with technology and education he shows how to use simple and freely available technology to vastly enhance the teaching and learning experience. About TEDx, x = independently organized event
In the spirit of ideas worth spreading, TEDx is a program of local, self-organized events that bring people together to share a TED-like experience. At a TEDx event, TEDTalks video and live speakers combine to spark deep discussion and connection in a small group. These local, self-organized events are branded TEDx, where x = independently organized TED event. The TED Conference provides general guidance for the TEDx program, but individual TEDx events are self-organized.* (*Subject to certain rules and regulations) Find out more about TEDxCapeTownED at http://TEDxCapeTownED.org/

Carol Dweck, “Developing a Growth Mindset”

Watch, learn and connect: https://stanfordconnects.stanford.edu/ Should you tell your kids they are smart or talented? Professor Carol Dweck answers this question and more, as she talks about her groundbreaking work on developing mindsets. She emphasizes the power of “yet” in helping students succeed in and out of the classroom. Carol Dweck is the Lewis and Virginia Eaton Professor of Psychology and, by courtesy, at the Graduate School of Education. A leading expert in the field of motivation, her research has demonstrated the role of mindsets in students’ achievement and has shown how praise for intelligence can undermine motivation and learning. She has lectured to education, business and sports groups all over the world, and has been elected to the American Academy of Arts and Sciences and the National Academy of Sciences. She has appeared on Today, Good Morning America, Nightline and 20/20. Her bestselling book Mindset has been widely acclaimed and translated into over 20 languages. This Stanford+Connects micro lecture was filmed on location in New York, New York. Stanford+Connects is a program of the Stanford Alumni Association.

Can you solve the bridge riddle? – Alex Gendler

View full lesson: https://ed.ted.com/lessons/can-you-so… Want more? Try the buried treasure riddle: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=tCekl… Taking that internship in a remote mountain lab might not have been the best idea. Pulling that lever with the skull symbol just to see what it did probably wasn’t so smart either. But now is not the time for regrets because you need to get away from these mutant zombies…fast. Can you use math to get you and your friends over the bridge before the zombies arrive? Alex Gendler shows how. Lesson by Alex Gendler, animation by Artrake Studio.

Can you solve the temple riddle? – Dennis E. Shasha

View full lesson: http://ed.ted.com/lessons/can-you-sol… Your expedition finally stands at the heart of the ancient temple. But as you study the inscriptions in the darkness, two wisps of green smoke burst forth. The walls begin to shake. The giant sandglass begins flowing with less than an hour before it empties, and a rumbling tells you that you don’t want to be around when that happens. Can you use math to escape the temple? Dennis E. Shasha shows how. Lesson by Dennis E. Shasha, animation by Artrake Studio.

Visual collaboration in the classroom

True collaborative learning occurs when teacher and students are able to share content regardless of being used in the interactive display, portable computer or mobile device. All technology being used in the classroom must speak the same language and EXO U provides such universal framework for content delivery and easily managed by the teacher who becomes a learning facilitator.

Israel High Tech News .Israeli startup Interlude raises $ 50 -$ 100 Millions , from Sony

Israel High Tech News .Israeli startup Interlude raises $ 50 -$ 100 Millions , from Sony . Last week Sony Pictures Entertainment (SPE) announced that it had invested in Israeli startup Interlude. No financial details were disclosed but CEO and cofounder Yoni Bloch has said, “We are talking about tens of millions of dollars.” With offices in New York and Tel Aviv, Interlude is a media and technology company that is pioneering a new kind of video that responds to a person’s emotions and interests. The company has raised $38.2 million to date including an $18.2 million financing round in December 2015 from Metro-Goldwyn-Mayer Studios, Warner Music Group, Samsung, Sequoia Capital and Intel Capital. The company, which has developed the Eko interactive storytelling platform, has 60 employees, half of them in Israel. Bloch, 34, began his musical career when he was 21. He has recorded three albums and produced albums for other singers and even managed a stint as a guest judge on the Israeli TV talent show A Star is Born. Then in 2009 he decided to pursue a career in high-tech and he founded Interlude with CTO Tal Zubalsky and Barak Feldman. The Eko platform changes audience passivity by enabling creators to easily script and craft stories that can be shaped by the viewer based on a range of options and their preferences. Bloch said, “This is a language that most young producers have been waiting for. They have been looking for a new language and through our technology they can realize it.” Globes: What is the aim of the cooperation with Sony? Bloch, “To produce interactive series that exploit technology to tell a story that couldn’t be told in a linear way.” What is new at the company since your last financing round? “The company has grown particularly on the technology side. Our videos play on iPhones and Androids and through virtual reality. Our most recent strategic fund raising ensures that the world’s best quality content producers work and invest in content on our medium.”

Engaging Students in Science with Art, Physics and Literature by Arthur Eisenkraft

Arthur Eisenkraft speaks on Engaging Students in Science with Art, Physics and Literature, as part of the Azim Premji University Public Lecture series January 7, 2014 Arthur Eisenkraft, Distinguished Professor of Science Education, Professor of Physics Director, Center of Science and Math in Context (COSMIC) University of Massachusetts Boston Boston, MA, USA About the Talk For some students, science concepts are fascinating from the outset and the mathematics is a source of beauty. Other students need to enter the world of science through their other interests including sports, transportation, medicine, communications and technology. All students can benefit from an approach that uses art and literature to propel an understanding of physics. Professor Eisenkraft will discuss how working with an artist and drawing from literature has led to a unique approach to engaging students in physics. About the Speaker Arthur Eisenkraft, PhD, is one of America’s leading science educators. For 25 years, he taught high school physics and was a 6-12 science coordinator. He is past president of the National Science Teacher Association and is currently chair of the Science Academic Advisory Committee of the College Board. He is project director of the NSF-supported Active Physics curriculum project that is introducing physics instruction for the first time to all students and leading a similar effort with Active Chemistry. He is chair and co-creator of the Toshiba/NSTA ExploraVision Awards, involving 15,000 students annually. His current research projects include investigating the efficacy of a second generation model of distance learning for professional development; a study of professional development choices that teachers make when facing a large scale curriculum change and assessing the technological literacy of K-12 students. He has received numerous awards recognizing his teaching and related work including the Presidential Award for Excellence in Science Teaching, the American Association of Physics Teachers Millikan Medal, the Disney Corporation’s Science Teacher of the Year, and the NSTA Robert Carleton Award. He is a fellow of the AAAS, holds a patent for a laser vision testing system and was awarded an Honorary Doctorate from Rennssalaer Polytechnic Institute.

Scott Hebert on Gamification in the Classroom

“There is an engagement crisis in school.” Scott Hebert, a new teacher, in a new school, in a new community, realized there was a problem with the way students were struggling to pay attention in class. He went from being a fourth grade phys ed teacher to being a eighth grade sciences and technologies teacher. The differences in the classrooms were alarming. The younger grade was full of children who were enthusiastic and engaged during class. The new class was filled with older students struggling to pay attention and hold onto the information being given to them. Scott realized his class time was too much of him talking, and too little of the kids doing. So, he gamified. Read more at www.TeacherTechTrials.com

Security Risks posed by Smartphones

(www.abndigital.com) According to recent international reports sales of smartphones will exceed those of PCs in the next year with an expected 500 million smartphones to be sold in 2012 alone. More cellphones of course means more connectivity and with greater connectivity comes greater security risks. ABN’s Natascha Jacobz speaks to Sinishia Patkovic, Director of BlackBerry Security at RIM about his views on smartphone security and this is what he had to say.

James McCormick on How to Get Better By Being Less Judgmental

In Chapter 15 of 21 in his 2013 Capture Your Flag interview, legal search and consulting firm executive James McCormick answers “What Skills Are You Working on Right Now to Become Better at Your Job?” As a facilitator connecting job candidates to hiring managers, McCormick learns how to be less judgmental and keep his personal feelings out of the job search process. He realizes the hiring decision is up to his candidates and clients and that understanding the views of others from their perspective helps him serve his clients better. James McCormick is a Partner at Empire Search Partners in New York City. Previously, he practiced law as an employee benefits and executive compensation attorney for Proskauer Rose and Jones Day. He earned a JD at Tulane Law School and a BA in History at the University of Michigan. Capture Your Flag is a career documentary interview series that interviews 60 up and coming leaders annually to gather knowledge and share a Near Peer Learning experience its audience may use to better plan, pursue and achieve life and career aspirations. Discover more at http://www.captureyourflag.com/ Follow us on Twitter: http://www.twitter.com/captureyourflag Like us on Facebook: http://www.facebook.com/captureyourflag

Startup Showcase Winners and Closing | Tech Inclusion SF 2016

Startup Showcase Winners at Change Catalyst’s Tech Inclusion 2016 in San Francisco, California on October 27th, 2016. Learn more & get involved at https://TechInclusion.co by https://changecatalyst.co Learn more about diversity, inclusion, and accessibility in tech with CHANGE CATALYST: Empowering Inclusive Innovation https://changecatalyst.co Check out more: Join an upcoming event: https://Techinclusion.co Youtube: https://www.youtube.com/changecatalyst Podcasts: https://changecatalyst.co/podcast Blog posts: http://changecatalyst.co/blog Tweets: https://twitter.com/techinclusion Facebook: https://www.facebook.com/changecatalysts Showcase: http://sf16.techinclusion.co/startups… Startups pitched to judges and investors and showcased their solutions at Tech Inclusion. Tech Inclusion is the leading diversity and inclusion conference, career fair and startup showcase, held October 26-27, 2016 at the Palace of Fine Arts, Innovation Hangar, San Francisco, CA. These amazing and diverse startups and entrepreneurs are building new products and services in the following categories: EdTech FinTech PeopleTech (NEW!) Criteria: (startups must have met three out of 4 criteria) * product/solution must have at least reached beta, and less than 3 yrs old * founders/founding team should be diverse or woman-led * startup has received less than $2M in funding * product/technology addresses diversity, inclusion or exemplifies social entrepreneurship Companies were limited to five (5) minutes to pitch and may have included a presentation (maximum 8 slides). Prizes included cash awards, coaching, accelerator interviews, and more. Winners: 1st: LiftEd: http://www.liftingeducation.co/ 2nd: Literator: http://www.literatorapp.com/ 3rd: Joonko: http://www.joonko.co/

ECO15 London: Impact VC Panel Solarkiosk ClearlySo DOEN Foundation SET Ventures

For the first time, we did a panel about the intersection of impact investing and venture capital at ECO15 London as we believe it is a very important topic and a great opportunity for startups to tap into more sources of capital. A lively discussion emerged between Andreas Spiess (Solarkiosk), Mike Mompi (ClearlySo), Daan Lameris (DOEN Foundation) and Rene Savelsberg (SET Ventures). Most people agree that impact investing is about supporting startups that create environmental, social and economic impact in parallel. Still, there are different personal and and corporate preferences when it comes to putting an impact investing strategy into practice. Some entrepreneurs and investors focus on social impact while others want to create impact by supporting founders in the early stage when less fundraising alternatives are available as the risk is still too high. Agreement was reached that scale plays an important role as we want to create big impact with big startups. At any rate, impact investors and financially driven VCs may actually complement one another very well as they bring different values and skill sets to the table. The founders just have to make sure that values are aligned and the same growth strategy is supported by all investors.

12. The Orange Economy in Latin America by Felipe Buitrago. Alas Conference 2015

ALAS Conference 2015: Creativity Across the Americas, through the lens of education, culture and creative industries. April 23, 2015 at Teachers College Columbia University. http://alas-teacherscollege.tumblr.com/ Panel: Creative Industries in Latin America The Orange Economy In Latin America by Felipe Buitrago (Interamerican Development Bank – Idb) Moderator: Lina Alfonso Felipe Buitrago is a consultant at the IDB’s Culture, Solidarity and Creativity Affairs Division. For over twelve years, he has worked on the development of the Orange Economy from various angles: as advisor in the Ministry of Culture of Colombia, program manager in the British Council, director of the Ibero-American Observatory of Copyright (ODAI), independent consultant and university professor. His experience in over a dozen countries around the world includes research, multilateral negotiation, and the design and evaluation of public policy and development programs. He has collaborated on the development of numerous creative economy studies, including the Creative Industries Mapping of Bogotá and Soacha (2002), Creative Lebanon (2009), A Tanzania for the Creatives (2009), Una Ventana a la Economía Creativa de Valparaíso (2010) and The Orange Economy (2013). Buitrago is an economics graduate of Los Andes University (Bogotá), a passionate amateur historian, and holds a Masters in International Public Policy from Johns Hopkins University – SAIS.

VIRTUAL REALITY AND HIGHER EDUCATION

How will virtual reality effect higher education? Elliot Grove gives his perspective. Elliot Grove is a Canadian-born film producer who founded both the Raindance Film Festival in 1993 and the British Independent Film Awards in 1998. Find out more: http://www.raindance.org Special thank you to the University of London International Programmes for helping produce this series. www.londoninternational.ac.uk

HHQ Square Table: scaling an AI-powered language-learning startup in Beijing (1/3)

Australian entrepreneur Nick Jenkins is interviewed by experienced venture partner Terry Hilsberg about his lessons learned whilst scaling his start-up in China. Nick’s start-up Language Confidence automates tutoring and spoken assessment with artificial intelligence driven technology. In this clip Nick talks about his background, and why he dropped out of university to pursue his entrepreneurial dreams. He goes on to talk about the nascent stages of his start-up, experiences with the muru-D accelerator program and reasoning behind location choice. Nick also explains the scope of the education market in China, his move from a B2C to B2B model, networking strategies in Chinese business culture, deals currently in negotiation, and developing a competitive differentiation. Some questions answered include: Why did you move to China rather than stay in the Sydney (Muru-D) accelerator? Is there a competitive tension in the Chinese business partnerships (comprising of mainly 5-6 major players)? How do you negotiate a fair deal in China? What personal challenges did you face in China? What advice would you give for entrepreneurs who don’t speak Chinese and want to enter the Chinese market?

Ashish Dhawan (Central Square Foundation) – Importance of Talent, Scale in the Social Sector

A lot of capital is flowing into the Development Sector (specially from CSR) – demanding professional leadership management talent More and more young people showing interest in working in this sector (Fellowships); People are looking to move from the corporate sector as well – looking for help in making that transition

PROGRAMMING IS THE FUTURE

It is the Hour of Code this week and knodemy wants to know what that means to the world. We sat down with some technology experts to discuss the importance of learning code and expanding STEM education to kids of the world. Our own instructor and programmer, Jordan Jalles, discusses how learning code will lead to a better future. You can learn more about knodemy on our website: https://www.knodemy.com/ Don’t forget to Like and Share! Subscribe to see more of Knodemy’s upcoming events: https://www.youtube.com/channel/UC8gU… Follow Knodemy’s other accounts for more exciting updates: Twitter: https://twitter.com/knodemy Instagram: https://instagram.com/knodemy/ Pinterest: https://www.pinterest.com/knodemy/ LinkedIn: https://www.linkedin.com/company/knodemy Facebook: https://www.facebook.com/knodemy knodemy is an EdTech Company based in the Tri-Valley Bay Area with the focus on Technology & Math programs (STEM). Our philosophy is to teach coding fundamentals via projects (theory + practice). knodemy’s highly interactive platform connects students to top STEM instructors & experts. Through our platform, instructors can deliver live lessons to students anywhere, anytime. Our mission is to provide every student an opportunity to learn to code.

New Directions in Language Learning Through Technology

Presentation for Pyatigorsk conference on langauge learning, April, 2015 Table of Contents: 00:00 – New Directions in Language Learning Through Technology 00:31 – Trends in Language Learning Technology 02:04 – #1: Informal learning 03:59 – Reading Development 06:09 – Vocabulary Development 08:08 – Listening Comprehension 09:29 – Pronunciation and Speaking 10:53 – Writing 12:02 – #2: Personalized learning 13:28 – The teacher’s role in learner autonomy 17:03 – Mobile: A Game Changer? 18:56 – Mobile: In-class 21:34 – #3: Natural Language Processing 23:02 – NLP widely implemented in mobile 23:44 – NLP and grammar acquisition 24:16 – Intelligent tutors and personalization 24:49 – Likely Directions: Language Learning 26:21

Elequin, Honors Thesis (Baylor University) – “Press A+ To Play” – Gamification in Higher Education

Why do students love to play games, but hate to do schoolwork? In his Honors Thesis, 2016 Baylor Graduate Nathan Elequin discusses the unlikely alliance between game design and educational psychology, and the strategies that educators can implement in their learning programs to increase the engagement of their students. FOLLOW THE SLIDESHOW (http://bit.ly/27wRGKN) DOWNLOAD THE FULL THESIS (http://bit.ly/1TGGC3U) READ THE ABSTRACT BELOW: Press A+ To Play: The Emerging Field of Gamification in Higher Education Director: Jason Whitlark, Ph.D. Higher education faces a critical issue with producing and encouraging engagement in and out of the classroom, as students are finding more reasons to dismiss their coursework as a “means to an end” in the game of the degree-grab. Meanwhile, research from the unorthodox and previously-untapped field of game design offers to provide a unique solution to these educational concerns. In short, the newly-emerging field of gamification asks a simple question – how can we make the learning experience more meaningful and fun for the average student? In this expansion on the works of TEDx spokesperson Yu-Kai Chou and New York Times bestseller Jane McGonigal, I argue that game designers possess an invaluable expertise in holding the attention of and creating meaningful experiences for emerging adults. I then dissect the higher educational discipline from the perspective of a game engineer, to discuss and diagnose the critical failings of the institution in exciting and engaging its students. Finally, using Chou’s pioneering Octalysis Framework, I will detail eight strategies for improving learning through a game design approach, concluding with a listed arsenal of engagement tools that be directly-applied to the programming and pedagogy of the classroom. By the end of this thesis, parents, student, educators, and administrators alike will have acquired actionable tools to increasing the enjoyment and engagement of their educational experiences. Questions? Contact me at (nathan.elequin@gmail.com) or via Facebook!

Coachimo.de presents Bianca Praetorius – Pitch coach

Bianca Praetorius is one of the best and most well-known coaches on the start-up scene. She’ll support you in the creation and delivery of a convincing presentation. Bianca’s most distinctive competency is the so-called elevator pitch – both in English and in German. With her acting training, Bianca knows exactly how to convince an audience. So you’d like to get to know Bianca? Contact Bianca Praetorius for more information for free via her Coachimo profile: https://goo.gl/md4FE8 What is Coachimo? Coachimo is an online platform that supports your professional and personal growth by connecting you with the right coach or expert in the fields of business coaching, life coaching, and IT. How does Coachimo work? 1. Register for free on Coachimo.de. 2. Use our advanced filters to search by price, city, field of expertise, and much more to find the right coach for you. 3. Contact your coach directly via the contact button and arrange a free 15-minute call. 4. When you’ve agreed on the scope and timing of the coaching session, you can book the coach directly on Coachimo. The benefits of using Coachimo.de: – Wide selection of qualified coaches and experts – Free registration with just a few clicks – Easy comparison of coaching offers – Saving time in your search for the right coach or expert – 24-hour money-back guarantee if it doesn’t work out after the first coaching session (private clients only) You’re a coach and you’d like to present yourself on Coachimo with a profile video? Then you’ll find our offer here: https://goo.gl/ay1GLA

TBS Report on E-education

E-education, a DVD based educational intervention in Bangladesh, initiated by Atsuyoshi Saisho of Japan and Implemented by Abdul Matin Sheikh (Maheen) of Bacbon Foundation (http://bacbonedu.com/). This Project is now under rigorous research through the funding of JSPS under University of Tokyo and later under University of Kyoto. The researchers involved in the impact evaluation of this intervention is Yasuyuki Sawada of University of Tokyo, Hisaki Kono of University of Kyoto and Abu Shonchoy of IDE-JETRO and University of Tokyo. This report has been edited and produced by Meiko Tateyama of TBS, Japan

https://youtu.be/P1txKNzKM60

Dr. Ann Cavoukian on Privacy by Design

In this video, Dr. Ann Cavoukian describes how her new course, Privacy by Design: The Global Framework, prepares privacy professionals of the future. Produced by Digital Education Strategies at The G. Raymond Chang School of Continuing Education, Ryerson University. For More Info: Certificate in Privacy, Access, and Information Management: http://www.ryerson.ca/ce/privacyaccess The Chang School: http://www.ryerson.ca/ce Digital Education Strategies: http://de.ryerson.ca © 2016 Ryerson University. All rights reserved.

Ana Arriola | Rise Like A Phoenix | Tech Inclusion SF 2016

Ana Arriola of Samsung Global delivers a solo talk at Change Catalyst’s Tech Inclusion 2016 in San Francisco, California on October 27th, 2016. Learn more & get involved at https://TechInclusion.co by https://changecatalyst.co Learn more about diversity, inclusion, and accessibility in tech with CHANGE CATALYST: Empowering Inclusive Innovation https://changecatalyst.co Check out more: Join an upcoming event: https://Techinclusion.co Youtube: https://www.youtube.com/changecatalyst Podcasts: https://changecatalyst.co/podcast Blog posts: http://changecatalyst.co/blog Tweets: https://twitter.com/techinclusionco Facebook: https://www.facebook.com/changecatalysts Speaker Bio: Showcasing ten outstanding early stage entrepreneurs in FinTech, EdTech and PeopleTech. Ana shares her journey of perseverance, reinvention, across geographies, cultures, careers, and gender diversity. Ana Arriola celebrates the renegade spirit of California by designing products and experiences that are – Human. Simple. Authentic. Currently, she is the Global VP of UX &; Design at Samsung for Visual Display and Digital Appliances + PXd Studio. Ana also runs a bespoke skunk works product design consultancy – Minimalisms. Working with craftspeople around the world Ana has designed iconic objects and experiences such as the world’s first heirloom electronic – Runcible, by Monohm. Designed to be quiet. Fundamentally calming. Humanistic. Ana also participates in the United States White House LGBT Summit & Briefings that look at potential challenges which include: STEM for women and girls, gender equity, big data and privacy, voting rights, the environment, energy, and inclusion in the tech industry. Ana currently splits her time between San Francisco, Suwon, Seoul, Tokyo, and Kyoto. — Learn more about diversity, inclusion, and accessibility in tech – CHANGE CATALYST: Empowering Inclusive Innovation http://changecatalyst.co — Check out our related videos and channel – https://www.youtube.com/channel/chang… Check out our G+ posts – https://plus.google.com/+Techinclusion Check out our blog posts – http://changecatalyst.co/blog

Dr. Jeremy Friedberg on the Gamification of Education

Educational game designer and entrepreneur Dr. Jeremy Friedberg gives us a preview of the ‘Gamifying Learning Experiences’ master class he will present in February at ChangSchoolTalks 2016. Produced by Digital Education Strategies at The G. Raymond Chang School of Continuing Education, Ryerson University. For More Info: ChangSchoolTalks: http://changschooltalks.ryerson.ca The Chang School: http://www.ryerson.ca/ce Digital Education Strategies: http://de.ryerson.ca © 2016 Ryerson University. All rights reserved.

Canvas discusses the future of education technology at BETT 2016

Watch Sam Blyth and Melissa Loble from learning management platform Canvas discussing the future of education technology UK at BETT 2016. Until now, education technology has got in the way of teaching or learning, because it wasn’t used properly, or at all. Canvas is an innovative system, that’s easy for teachers to use, helping them to create more engaging lessons that lead to better outcomes for pupils and schools.

Artificial Intelligence and its Effects on Society

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2016 GEC Keynote – Tosca Killoran

Tosca Killoran NIST International School Tosca Killoran has been teaching in the IB international community in Asia and Europe since 2000. Tosca acts as an EDTech consultant to international schools as well as a presenter and keynote speaker at conferences and professional development sessions. As a doctoral student, Tosca’s published research focuses on innovation in education. She co-founded ED-ucation Publishing, founded TEDxYouth@BIS, and TEDxYouth@NIST in order to give a voice to #youthchangemakers. She is an Amazon bestseller author of children’s books, a website designer and app creative director. Her passion is character education, service learning and providing opportunities for learning communities to grow. http://www.toscakilloran.com/ Service Learning and the Maker Mindset

Steve Dembo – Telling Your Story

A former kindergarten teacher and school Director of Technology, Discovery Education’s Online Community Manager, Steve Dembo, is a pioneer in the field of educational social networking, winning recognition from the Online Education Database, Technology and Learning Magazine, Association of Educational Publishers, and a recipient of the BESSIE Award. Steve is a prolific blogger whose personal blog and companion podcast, Teach42, continues to serve as inspiration for tens of thousands of educators around the world. In 2009 his blog was recognized as one of 20 Must-Read Education Technology blogs by ACE Online Schools and was nominated for Best Individual Blog and Best EdTechSupport Blog at the Edublog Awards. In addition, Steve has been recognized as one of the top 50 educational bloggers by Social Media Explorer. Steve is also a dynamic speaker on the capabilities of social networking, the power of educational technologies and Web 2.0 tools, and the ability of digital content to empower teachers to improve student achievement. He has delivered keynote presentations at PETE&C, TRETC, the Maryland K12 Libraries Conference and the Connecting & Learning Conference, and has been a featured speaker at GaETC, MACUL, METC, FETC, and Tech Forum.

Teaser TEDxCELSA – Sortir du cadre

Découvrez le teaser de la première édition TEDxCelsa qui aura le 25 juin 2015, à 19h, dans les locaux de Google France. En septembre 2014, Celsa Paris Sorbonne Alumni, l’association des anciens du Celsa, s’est lancée dans un projet ambitieux : l’organisation d’une conférence TEDx. L’objectif est à la fois de créer un événement fédérateur autour du partage d’idées et d’expériences inspirantes et de valoriser l’école à travers ses anciens étudiants. Le thème de ce premier TEDxCelsa, “Sortir du cadre”, a été choisi avec l’objectif de mettre en valeur la richesse des profils et la diversité des parcours de ceux et celles qui passent sur les bancs du Celsa depuis plus de 50 ans! “Sortir du cadre”, c’est avant tout une invitation : une invitation à OSER. Oser explorer de nouvelles routes, oser préférer l’aventure au confort, ou encore oser être soi en laissant parler ses talents, sa créativité, ses rêves, pour les partager avec d’autres et ainsi, les faire grandir. En capitalisant sur ses acquis et sur les boîtes à outils précieusement composées au fil de ses études et formations, développer son propre itinéraire sur-mesure, unique, bâti selon ses forces et ses faiblesses. “Sortir du cadre” c’est donc aussi, professionnellement comme dans la sphère privée, contourner les sentiers battus, choisir de créer son propre chemin, prendre le risque de répondre à un appel profond. Et c’est presque toujours de l’inconnu que jaillissent les plus grandes richesses. Lors de ce TEDxCelsa, prévu au printemps 2015, sept anciens étudiants du Celsa viendront partager leurs idées, leur vision, chacun en très peu de temps et de manière nouvelle. 12 minutes pour que la magie opère… ©Junior Communication Crédit voix: Charles Flamand Crédit bande son: La Grande Table Productions

A Guide to Games in Education

How teachers can use games in their classrooms to increase students’ engagement, motivation, and ability to solve problems. 0:00 – Purpose of the guide 0:43 – Reasons for using games 5:30 – Integrating games into the classroom: 5:45 – Cargo Bot review 7:00 – Lure of the Labyrinth review & lesson plan 10:07 – Gamification example 10:52 – Kahoot review & lesson plan 13:05 – Best practices & resources for getting started with games 13:34 – Additional resources Links to resources discussed in video: Cargo Bot: http://twolivesleft.com/CargoBot/ Lure of the Labyrinth: https://labyrinth.thinkport.org Kahoot!: https://getkahoot.com/ BrainPop Game Up: https://www.brainpop.com/games/ Edutopia’s Game Based Learning Resource Roundup: http://www.edutopia.org/game-based-le… Common Sense Media’s Learning Ratings: https://www.commonsensemedia.org/lear… Teach Thought: http://www.teachthought.com/?s=games Gabe Zichermann’s TEDx talk: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=O2N-5… Jane McGonigal’s TED talk: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=dE1Du… Extra Credits YouTube channel: https://www.youtube.com/user/ExtraCre… NPR article about benefits of games: http://www.npr.org/sections/ed/2015/0… IGNITEducation’s Insert Coins blog: http://igniteducation.com/tag/insert-… Lure of the Labyrinth Educators’ page: https://labyrinth.thinkport.org/www/e… Gamestar Mechanic: http://gamestarmechanic.com/teachers/… Edutopia – Using Games for Assessment: http://www.edutopia.org/blog/using-ga… Game-Based Learning & Formative Assessment: https://www.classroominc.org/case_stu… Using a Classroom Game as an Assessment: http://www.edutopia.org/blog/classroo…

Ben Nelson – Rethinking Higher Education. ICERI2016 Keynote Speech

http://iated.org/iceri Universities today are under an enormous amount of criticism and pressure: structures and pedagogical models developed in the 17th and 18th centuries, increasingly higher costs and rising demands for an educated work force in a changing and complex world. Minerva’s founder Ben Nelson talks about the origins of some of these problems, but also offers some disruptive ideas in order to change this situation. He describes a new model of Higher Education based on a redefined student body, a reinvented curriculum, rigorous academic standards, cutting- edge technology and an immersive global experience.

A Few Testimonials

Please view my TEDx talk at: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=sQcc1… This video includes a few students and teachers providing honest feedback relating to the positive impact of Active Learning. www.teachingrocks.com Hello friends, my name is Troy Wittmann, and I want to help teachers engage their students in the learning process. After two decades of teaching, I have discovered one absolute truth: our students want to be active participants in the learning process. Fortunately, the days of “chalk and talk” or the teacher being the lone “sage on the stage” are becoming less prevalent. Today students want and deserve more. An old Native American expression captures this sentiment perfectly: “Tell me and I will forget. Show me and I may not remember. Involve me and I will understand.” I have written a book and completed a video series on Active Learning. The book is entitled: 33⅓ Active Learning Strategies. It comes with a companion set of eight DVD’s and one futuristic, musical CD. The DVD’s contain 33⅓ separate HD videos with an average runtime of 15 minutes. The Active Learning Strategies explained in the book and on the DVD’s can be used from elementary through high school and even for adult learners. All you need to do is adjust the questions and statements to meet your goals and objectives. Of course, these strategies may also be used to address local, state, and Common Core Standards. One specific method of engaging our students that my faith has inspired me with is known simply as the Teachingrocks Time Machine™. I can’t wait to show you how it all works. Thank you, Troy Wittmann Teacher www.teachingrocks.com

L@S 2017 Panel: “Creative Learning @ Scale, ” Karen Brennan, Cristóbal Cobo, and J. Philipp Schmidt

Where: Learning at Scale (L@S) 2017, MIT April 2017 Title: Panel: Creative Learning @ Scale Panelists: Karen Brennan, Cristobal Cobo, J. Philipp Schmidt Moderator: Mitch Resnick Karen Brennan Karen Brennan is an Associate Professor at the Harvard Graduate School of Education. Her research is primarily concerned with the ways in which learning environments–in and out of school, online and face-to-face–can be designed to support young people’s development as computational creators. Many of Brennan’s research and teaching activities focus on constructionist approaches to designing learning environments–encouraging learning through designing, personalizing, connecting, and reflecting, and fostering learner agency. Before joining HGSE, Brennan completed her PhD in Media Arts and Sciences at the MIT Media Lab. Cristóbal Cobo Cristóbal Cobo (Phd) is Director of the Center for Research – Ceibal Foundation in Uruguay, and also an associate researcher at the Oxford Internet Institute, University of Oxford. Cristóbal has been distinguished by the British Council of Economic and Social Research (ESRC) and associate research fellow at the Centre on Skills, Knowledge and Organisational Performance, University of Oxford. He was Professor and director of Communication and New Technologies at the Latin American Faculty of Social Sciences, Mexico. He has served as external Evaluator for the Inter-American Development Bank; the National Science Foundation and MIT Press (US), International Labour Organization (UN), and the International Development Research Centre (Canada). He has PhD “cum laudem” Communication Sciences at Universitat Autònoma de Barcelona. Co-author of the book Invisible Learning, his most recent books is “Innovación Pendiente” (Penguin Random House, 2016). He has been speaker in more than 30 countries (+ 4 TEDx). Currently he collaborates with the Digitally Connected Network (a collaborative initiative between UNICEF and the Berkman Klein Center). J. Philipp Schmidt J. Philipp Schmidt is Director of Learning Innovation at the MIT Media Lab, where he leads the ML Learning initiativeOpens in a new window, teaches courses, and conducts research on learning communities. He is also a cofounder and board member of Peer 2 Peer University (P2PU)Opens in a new window, a non-profit organization that provides access to online higher education through public libraries. Philipp served on the founding board of the OpenCourseWare Consortium, co-authored the Cape Town Open Education Declaration, and is an advisor to a number of non-profit and for-profit education projects. He has received ShuttleworthOpens in a new window and Ashoka fellowships, and came to MIT as a Media Lab Director’s fellowOpens in a new window. Mitchel Resnick Mitchel Resnick, LEGO Papert Professor of Learning Research at the MIT Media Lab, develops new technologies and activities to engage people (particularly children) in creative learning experiences. His Lifelong Kindergarten research group develops the Scratch programming software and online community (scratch.mit.edu), used by millions of young people around the world. The group also collaborates with the LEGO Company on the development of new educational ideas and products, including LEGO Mindstorms and WeDo robotics kits. Resnick co-founded the Computer Clubhouse project, an international network of 100 after-school learning centers where youth from low-income communities learn to express themselves creatively with new technologies. Resnick earned a BA in physics at Princeton University (1978) and MS and PhD degrees in computer science at MIT (1988, 1992). He worked as a science-technology journalist from 1978 to 1983. He is author of Turtles, Termites, and Traffic Jams (1994), co-editor of Constructionism in Practice (1996), as well as co-author of Adventures in Modeling(2001) and The Official ScratchJr Book (2015). He was awarded the McGraw Prize in Education in 2011 and the AACE EdMedia Pioneer Award in 2013.

Augmented Reality In Education with Katie Ann Wilson – HoET070

Katie Ann Wilson (@KatieAnn_76), wrote the book about augmented reality in education. She shares apps and resources as well how to best integrate augmented reality into your classroom. Support for this episode of House of #EdTech comes from:   SummerPD.com - Use Promo code: HOUSEOFEDTECH   Become a Patron…   Complete show notes: http://www.chrisnesi.com/70   ** SEGMENTS **   (1:30) Intro   (8:30) House of #EdTech Thought – Are You A Learning Leader?   (12:00) House of #EdTech Recommendation - 5 Apps to Use with Google Cardboard courtesy of Monica Burns – http://www.classtechtips.com   (16:00) Featured Content – Augmented Reality with Katie Ann Wilson   (48:40) House of #EdTech VIP – Mark Grundel – @MGrundel   ** FEEDBACK **   Call: (732) 903-4869 Voxer: mrnesi Email: feedback@chrisnesi.com Twitter: @mrnesi Send a voice message from http://www.chrisnesi.com

Plus de digital, plus d’humain ! French Touch de l’Éducation 2016

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Creating space for stories which define you | Nam-ho Park | TEDxSnoIsleLibraries

This talk was given at a local TEDxSnoIsleLibraries event and produced independently of the TED Conferences. Digital strategist and internet architect, Nam-ho Park, explores the need to be deliberate in the stories which define us. As West Coast managing director for Forum One, Nam-ho leads creative web strategy, online community and mobile solutions to help non-profit, government and issue-driven clients increase their impact. He has been active in Web technologies and crafting user experience for more than 16 years, both in the U.S. and Asia. He teaches at the University of Washington. This talk was given at a TEDx event using the TED conference format but independently organized by a local community. Learn more at http://ted.com/tedx

سكيتش نوتس – SketchNotes | Bandar Suleiman – بندر سليمان | TEDxRiyadh

الاطفال يركزون على ايصال افكارهم عبر رسوماتهم، والسكيتش نوتس يوفر هذه الامكانية صاحب فكرة السكيتش نوتس بالعربي، مهتم بالتدريب و التطوير و حاصل على عدة شهادات معتمدة في التدريب و تطوير الموارد البشرية This talk was given at a TEDx event using the TED conference format but independently organized by a local community. Learn more at http://ted.com/tedx

EdTechxEurope 2017 panel – Fostering Innovation in Education Institutions

To drive student engagement and performance across different education institutions, a significant investment of time and money towards innovation is required. How are different organizations ensuring innovation is fostered in their institutions? What are some of the strategies that can be implemented globally? What are the key challenges to get support for innovation growth? Speakers: Marielle van der Meer, Vice President of GLobal Affairs, African Leadership University Russel Shilling, Senior Innovation Fellow (funded by the Chan Zuckerberg Initiative), Digital Promise Mark Brown, Professor and Director, National Institute for Digital Learning, Dublin City University Justin Olmanson, Assistant Professor of Instructional Technology, University of Nebraska-Lincoln Tony Sheehan, Associate Dean, Digital Learning, London Business School Join Us in EdTechxAsia 31 Oct.-1 Nov.| Singapore Expo @ Max Atria For more information visit http://edtechxasia.com/

Why we do what we do | Tony Robbins

Tony Robbins discusses the “invisible forces” that make us do what we do — and high-fives Al Gore in the front row. TEDTalks is a daily video podcast of the best talks and performances from the TED Conference, where the world’s leading thinkers and doers give the talk of their lives in 18 minutes. TED stands for Technology, Entertainment, Design, and TEDTalks cover these topics as well as science, business, development and the arts. Closed captions and translated subtitles in a variety of languages are now available on TED.com, at http://www.ted.com/translate. Follow us on Twitter http://www.twitter.com/tednews Checkout our Facebook page for TED exclusives https://www.facebook.com/TED

Computational thinking: A digital age skill for everyone

In a rapidly changing world, today’s students will need a whole new set of skills to solve tomorrow’s problems. Computational thinking gives them the ability to recognize when and how technology can boost their own critical-thinking, creative and problem-solving skills in order to find innovative solutions to real-world problems. ISTE, CSTA and NSF collaborated on this video, which is part of a suite of free CT resources you can find at http://www.iste.org/computational-thi…. Watch more education-related videos on ISTE’s EdTekHub, http://www.iste.org/video

Scientix webinar: It’s a Game Changer!

The webinar “It’s a game changer! How to motivate and engage students with game based learning.”took place in the Scientix online meeting room on 13 April 2018 at 17:00 Central European Time. Webinar outline: Calculus is critical to degrees in the fields of Science, Technology, Engineering and Mathematics (STEM), yet it has one of the highest failure rates of any university course, according to the Mathematical Association of America. What’s more, calculus ranked number one on the list of courses most disliked by students, according to College Stats. These alarming trends have educators turning to game-based learning to improve students’ success rates, not to mention their attitudes towards mathematics. Join long-time gaming enthusiast, professor and developer André Thomas and award-winning mathematics teacher Panagiota Argyri to explore ways in which game-based learning can be used to motivate and engage students and push them to go for the epic win, in this case subject mastery. During this webinar, Mr Thomas discusses research in game-based learning and shares tips for utilising games in the classroom. Ms Argyri highlights her experience using Variant: Limits, Triseum’s calculus game, in the STEM Ahead Competition, and European Schoolnet’s Game-Based Validation Study. About the presenters: André Thomas’s passion for game-based learning resonates inside and outside of the classroom. He founded and serves as the director of the LIVE Lab in the Department of Visualization at Texas A&M University, where he also teaches game design, game development and interactive graphics techniques. In 2014, he founded Triseum, where he serves as CEO and leads the creation of its award-winning academic video games. He is an EdTech Leadership award winner, National Academy of Sciences board member, National Arts Education Association lead instructor, and Chillennium Game Jam chair. André also has been invited to speak at numerous education and technology events both in the US and abroad, including SXSW, TEDx, ASU-GSV, BETT and European Schoolnet. His game-based learning insights and ideas are featured in the Huffington Post, Austin Business Journal, eCampus News and Learning Solutions Magazine, to name a few. Previously he was Head of Graphics for EA Sports Football games (including NCAA, Head Coach, NFL Tour and Madden, the longest running and most successful sports franchise in games industry). He also created graphics for such notable films as Men in Black, Con Air, Independence Day, Valiant, Ant Bully and Tomorrow Never Dies. An award-winning mathematics teacher in primary and secondary education, Panagiota Argyri has researched and applied games in her classrooms to inspire students, as well as boost curriculum knowledge and retention. Her commitment to innovation in teaching and learning is exemplified in her work as a tutor for teachers to help them embrace advances in education and as an author of educational and pedagogical materials and scenarios for STEM lessons. She led her students through Europe’s STEM Ahead competition and published numerous science papers both in Greece and across Europe. She is a Triseum Game-Based Learning Teacher of the Year award winner and also participated in the European Schoolnet Game-Based Learning Validation Study. Panagiota holds two Master’s degrees, including a Master of Education in Teaching and Learning Mathematics.

#28 with Dave Faulkner, Education Changemakers – on Australian education innovation

What’s in this episode?  Word from ELTjam 0-1.15 Intro 1.30-2.15 Dave Faulkner Interview 2.30-24 Word from ClearlySo 11.54-12.30 Outro, Word from Firefly Learning and The Edtech Podcast at Web Summit 24-25 Interview: Dave Faulkner’s ascendancy to district superintendent by the time of 30 in Australia The experience of rural education leadership and how technology can help What does ‘teacher-led innovation’ mean to Education Changemakers? About EC Lab’s rapid accelerator for Edtech start ups Why Australia and Victoria is so well established as an education innovation capital Why Asia is so important to Edtech companies with global aspiration Meeting Sir John Hattie Bringing EC Lab’s rapid accelerator to the UK and looking for partners Recommended reads for leaders in education Sample Quotes: ON EDUCATION CHANGEMAKERS ‘We exist to unleash teacher led innovation.’ ON FAULKNER’S JOURNEY AS AN EDUCATION LEADER: ’I first became a principal when I was 24. By the time I was 27 I was running one of the biggest district high schools in the country. By the time I was 30 I was a district superintendent’ ABOUT SEEKING OPPORTUNITIES: ‘It was putting my hand up early and saying I want to lead change’ ‘I applied for my first deputy principal’s job before I even had a degree.’ ON EDUCATION AND RURALITY: My first school was about 400km from the capital city of western australia in perth. Marvel Loch ‘The real issue is the professional isolation. The best way to connect when you are far away, is often through technology.’ AUSTRALIAN TWITTER CHATS: #edchat #pstchat #aussieed #educhange #launchvic ‘Probably in Australia twitter is one of the most utilised mediums for teachers.’ ON EC LABS ACCELERATOR: ’EC labs is the first education sector specific lab accelerator and incubator in Australia.’ ‘We’ve been working with incredible education companies.’ ‘What we actually start with is an education rapid accelerator.’ ‘We are currently looking for partners in the UK, working closely with Bett, to look at what does a rapid accelerator look like with Bett Futures.’ QUALITIES TO LOOK FOR IN A START-UP: ’Do they have a great team with a great idea which is going to impact students in a really positive and powerful way?’ ON TECH WHEN FAULKNER WAS GROWING UP: ‘I can still remember we had type writing classes!’ ‘2000-2010 was a real growth phase for education technology.’ Tech when I was a kid? I can remember the first 286’s that came into my house.’ Shout-outs:  DAVE FAULKNER: https://twitter.com/d_faulk   EDUCATION CHANGEMAKERS: http://educationchangemakers.com/   ECLABS: http://educationchangemakers.com/ecla…   MATH PATHWAYS: http://www.mathspathway.com/  G FELLOWS: https://gfellows.org/scholarship-oppo… PWC: http://www.pwc.com.au/press-room/2016… AMY O’TOOLE: https://www.ted.com/speakers/amy_o_to… UNIVERSITY OF MELBOURNE & PROFESSOR JOHN HATTIE: http://findanexpert.unimelb.edu.au/di… MARVEL LOCH: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Marvel_… BETT FUTURES: http://www.bettshow.com/content/Bett-…   FAULKNER’S TOP READS: https://www.goodreads.com/list/show/1…   Subscribe to The Edtech Podcast Weekly: http://eepurl.com/cgjMkX #EDTECHPOD Rate and Review: https://itunes.apple.com/gb/podcast/t… Follow on Twitter: https://twitter.com/podcastedtech  Welcome to Launch Party Sponsors: ELTjam are based in Hackney Wick, so couldn’t be more local to The EdTech Podcast. ELTjam work with learning organisations to help them build better products in better ways by putting the learner at the centre of every decision. You can find out more about the work they do and the things that interest them at www.eltjam.com/welcome . To follow on twitter go to @ELTJam and to find out more contact Jo Sayers jo@eltjam.com   ClearlySo is Europe’s leading impact investment bank, working exclusively with businesses and funds delivering positive social, ethical and/or environmental impact along with financial return. It supports capital raising activity through financial advisory work. Originally founded in 2008, ClearlySo has helped more than 100 clients raise more than £100 million in impact investment from its extensive network of high-net-worth individual and institutional investors. You can follow them @clearlyso and contact John Lloyd john.Lloyd@clearlyso.com  for more information. You may know Firefly Learning as an online tool that brings together teachers, students and parents to set homework, track progress, share resources and engage parents. It’s used by hundreds of schools…

Mary Jo Madda, Creative Strategy Manager, Google: Lunch Keynote at Datapalooza 2017

Mary Jo Madda is currently the Creative Strategy Manager for the Code Next team at Google, where she works to create free computer science education programs for black and Latino/Hispanic students. She recently joined Google after four years at edtech news organization EdSurge, where she was the Director of Audience Development and Senior Editor. At the start of her career, Mary Jo taught middle school math/science with Teach for America’s Houston corps (specifically KIPP Houston) and later with the Archdiocese of Los Angeles at St. Cyril of Jerusalem School, where she also served as an administrator, curriculum coordinator, and decathlon coach. Following her years teaching, she was a member of the ScratchED team at the MIT Media Lab, was an instructional coach with MATCH Charter Schools, and served as one of four founding Education Entrepreneurship Fellows at the Harvard University Innovation Lab while piloting an educational media start-up. She was also a fellow in the Harvard Graduate School Leadership Institute. Mary Jo has an Ed.M. from the Harvard Graduate School of Education and a B.A. from Northwestern University. She was featured on the Forbes “30 Under 30” list for 2016 for her work at EdSurge, and has presented at TEDx Chicago, SXSWedu, and Stanford University.

最高の授業を世界の果てまで届けよう | Atsuyoshi Saisho | TEDxHIU

The innovation of education in Bangladesh. He was born in Adachi Ward in Tokyo in 1989. He is the founder of an international educational support NGO called “e-Education” and is currently in a master course at Institute of Education at University of London. In 2009, his lost love and one book took him to Bangladesh. He founded an e-education system called “e-Education Project”, which provides first educational videos in the country. He helped students from an area of poor families to enter Dhaka University, the highest echelon of academic excellence in the country, four years in a row. He won First Prize in the World Bank Group’s 2014 Innovation Challenge. He is currently committing to expand his project to all areas of the country, collaborating with Bangladesh Ministry of Education. Propounding drastic changes in education in the whole world with his colleagues, he is taking actions in seven countries. This talk was given at a TEDx event using the TED conference format but independently organized by a local community. Learn more at http://ted.com/tedx

Qu’est ce que l’apprentissage transformationnel ? French Touch de l’Éducation 2016

Caroline Meyer, digital learning manager chez LearnAssembly, définit l’apprentissage transformationnel, lors de son intervention à la French Touch de l’Education. ► Abonnez-vous à la newsletter 100% Edtech : https://learnassembly.leadpages.co/fr… ► Pour plus d’informations sur la French Touch de l’éducation : http://www.frenchtoucheducation.com/ ► Pour plus d’informations sur LearnAssembly : http://www.learnassembly.com/ ► Suivez-nous sur Twitter : https://twitter.com/learnassembly

TEDxSnoIsleLibraries: Inspirational Moments

Community members from teens to seniors, from many walks of life, came together to explore new ideas and connect with Sno-Isle Libraries in a new way through our first TEDx event. In this video, attendees reveal their “Aha” moments and most inspiring talks of the day. TEDxSnoIsleLibraries was held at the Edmonds Center for the Arts in Edmonds, Washington, on Nov. 6, 2015. http://www.sno-isle.org/tedx Watch videos of the full talks here: https://www.youtube.com/playlist?list…

TEDxAUEB x 100mentors: “Come Unlearn With Us”

“Unlearn with Us” 20 curious delegates. 4 prominent mentors. 3 rounds of unusual questions. Four extraordinary individuals will be judged by your first impression. You will be called to guess who is who. Explore your mind’s ability to reach to conclusions by putting together different pieces of the human mosaic. There is only one right answer… or maybe not? A workshop powered by 100mentors, an EdTech platform empowering the world’s youth to consciously take their once-in-a-lifetime decisions. Created with the assistance of Andronikos Koutroumpelis

TEDxJOHANNESBURG: Art For Africa Salon — Live Sketchnoting by Roy Blumenthal

Sayubona! Dumela! Hola! Heytada! Hi! Roy Blumenthal here. I’m making live sketchnotes of today’s TEDxJOHANNESBURG talk… ART FOR AFRICA. I’m sitting in the back of the THEATRE ON THE SQUARE with my Cintiq Companion 2 setup, ready for action. Because TEDx talks go so fast, I won’t be able to interact with you until AFTER the event ends, and I’m all packed up, and back home. So, if you DO have any questions, leave them in the comments, and I’ll get back to you. (Probably tomorrow.) Some technical answers to questions you probably already have… 1. I’m working in PHOTOSHOP CS2015. 2. It’s a Cintiq Companion 2 I’m working on. 3. I’m livestreaming using a fast network connection, and the free and open source broadcast tool called OBS (https://obsproject.com/). The setup instructions for streaming live to Facebook are at http://welivestream.us/. 4. I’m a professional visual facilitator and coach to creatives. You can find me on Facebook at https://web.facebook.com/EaselEmpire/. My website is http://royblumenthal.com. I’m on Twitter at https://twitter.com/RoyBlumenthal. I am available for YOUR event. Hook up with me on Whatsapp or Telegram on my cellphone at +27741046386. 5. Yes, I work internationally. See you on the other side of the stream!

ou 手に乗る宇宙開発: Yuta Komiya at TEDxTitech

Yuta Komiya is a satellite engineer. He was born in Kochi in 1986, and raised in Saitama. During his childhood, Komiya once watched a documentary program about Apollo 13, and he came to admire the NASA Flight Director, Gene Kranz. After that, he developed a strong interest in space program development. He attended Tokyo Institute of Technology, where he was heavily involved in developing micro satellites. At the end of 2011, just before graduation, while he was intensely investigating satellite development and writing his thesis, he found a passion for adult outreach activities. Since then, outside of his work, he has overseen the ‘Komiya Rocket Club’, an “Adult Hangout” that launches model rockets along the Tama River. 小宮 悠太 人工衛星エンジニア 1986年高知生まれ、埼玉育ち。幼いころ、たまたまアポロ13号のドキュメンタリー番組に出てきた、ジーン・クランツに憧れて宇宙開発を志す。ちなみに白いベストは持っていない。 以来、宇宙と関わる進路を選択し続け、東工大にて超小型人工衛星の研究開発に関わる。大学院卒業間際の2011年末、多忙を極める衛星開発と論文執筆のストレスが原動力となり、モデルロケットを使った大人向けアウトリーチ活動に目覚める。 以来現在に至るまで、本職の傍ら、「大人の本気の遊び場」をコンセプトに、多摩川沿いでモデルロケット教室”Komiya Rocket Club”を定期的に開催している。 For more information of TEDxTitech: HP: tedxtitech.com Facebook:/TEDxTitech In the spirit of ideas worth spreading, TEDx is a program of local, self-organized events that bring people together to share a TED-like experience. At a TEDx event, TEDTalks video and live speakers combine to spark deep discussion and connection in a small group. These local, self-organized events are branded TEDx, where x = independently organized TED event. The TED Conference provides general guidance for the TEDx program, but individual TEDx events are self-organized.* (*Subject to certain rules and regulations)

ClassDojo: Best Education Startup | Crunchies Awards 2015

ClassDojo moves to the head of the class with the Crunchies Award for 2015 Best Education Startup (other nominees: AltSchool, Coursera, Kano, and Khan Academy) Subscribe to TechCrunch Today: http://bit.ly/18J0X2e TechCrunch kicks off 2015 with the 8th Annual Crunchies Awards, the annual competition and award ceremony to recognize and celebrate the most compelling startups, internet and technology innovations of the year.

Tech-Enabled Leadership: Camille Rutherford at TEDxStCatharines

The education community is in the midst of a groundswell of change as technology transforms the learning process at all levels. In addition to disrupting traditional notions of teaching and learning, technology has also had a profound impact on individual and collective leadership within the school. A new genre of tech-enabled leadership that takes advantage of the affordance of technology to enable leadership actions that are open, collaborative and dynamic has begun to appear in many 21st century schools. With a focus on leader influence, tech-enabled leadership transforms the scale and scope of traditional leadership structures to facilitate the distribution of leadership actions to stakeholders that were previously shut out of the leadership process. As these 21st century students graduate with a digital toolbox of technology resources that can be used to affect their leadership influence, the question becomes how will our civic and political institutions react to this generation of tech-enabled leaders? BIO Dr. Camille Rutherford is an Associate Professor of Education at Brock University. As a former classroom teacher and university administrator, her work with teacher candidates, teachers, adult educators and educational leaders explores the use of technology to enhance teaching & learning and transform leadership.

Smart laws | Martyn Dorey & Stephen Ozanne | TEDxStPeterPort

We often accept the terms and conditions of our society without understanding the fine print. Laws consisting of long legal texts, which are full of jargon, govern most of what we do, but they are unyielding and immovable in their nature. Martyn Dorey and Stephen Ozanne believe that we have reached a tipping point where the law now holds us back rather than enabling society to progress and diversify. In contrast, technology is changing at an exponential rate. At Ozoris Martyn and Stephen are reimagining society’s relationship with the law and they are finding new ways to make the law accessible for billions across the globe. Ozoris is creating ‘legal artificial intelligence’ using a breakthrough technology that aims to enable machines to serve the public interest by interpreting laws for themselves and empowering people by giving them affordable and direct access to the law. Its time to rethink the future relationship between the law and the society it is intended to serve. As a co-founder and Chief Technology Officer at Ozoris, Martyn is creating ambitious technology to enable machines to interact with the law; an approach that could improve access to the law for billions around the globe. Martyn is an investment actuary, financial technology entrepreneur, and he has been a specialist in algorithm development for “big data” since 1996. In addition to his role as Chief Technology Officer for Ozoris he is also managing director of Dorey Financial Modelling, and a partner of Lima Insights, a big data business for the construction sector. Stephen is a corporate and commercial lawyer with extensive experience in innovative financial services and technology. He was awarded the Harmsworth Scholarship by the Middle Temple before being called to the Bar of England and Wales and he now regularly advises many businesses that are household names at the specialist firm, AO Hall. As the Chief Legal Officer and a co-founder of Ozoris, Stephen’s vision is to enable machines to interpret laws and contracts so that everyone can have equal access to the legal information that they need. This talk was given at a TEDx event using the TED conference format but independently organized by a local community. Learn more at http://ted.com/tedx

Technology in Education: A Future Classroom

• Official Selection, 2014 White House Student Film Festival • Best Special Effects, 2014 Rockland Youth Film Festival • Featured as part of the ZKM | Center for Art and Media’s “Exo-Evolution” exhibit in Karlsruhe, Germany (October 30, 2015—February 28, 2016) • 2nd Place Experimental Film (Professional Subdivision), 2014 My Hero International Film Festival ———————————– FIND NEMROFF PICTURES ONLINE ———————————– Website: http://Nemroff.Pictures Facebook: http://facebook.com/nemroffpictures Instagram: http://instagr.am/dannemroff IMDb: http://www.imdb.com/name/nm6530000/ ———————————– CREDITS ———————————– Directed/Written/Edited/Visual Effects by Daniel Nemroff (Class of 2015) Cinematography — Daniel Nemroff and Noah Silvestry Casting and Grip — Samuel Kruger and John Gallagher Featuring (in order of appearance): Alex Nichol Odette Moolten John Gallagher Josh Weisgrau Shira Prusky Krishna Kahn Will Keith Alexander Horikawa-Torno Jenna Bergmann Marissa Gratz Nicky Kirschner Samson Zaoutis Talia Rosenberg Jessica Weiss Matt Blackman David Abrams Daniel Nemroff Sam Kruger Colin Roberts Dr. Hanson Alex Kalman Sahva Gebrehiwet Hannah Lafferty Grace McDonnell Adam Trask Acetic Acid 3D Model by John Gallagher Special Thanks: Ken Kirschner Dr. Hanson Colin Angevine and Josh Weisgrau Friends’ Central School I have the rights to the music in this film. Edited using Adobe Premiere Pro and Adobe After Effects.

TEDucation: Bringing TED to Cajon Valley

TED-Ed + TEDx = TEDucation in Cajon Valley. This video documentary highlights how the Cajon Valley Union School District implemented TED-Ed clubs across their district. Then created a community-wide TEDxKids@Cajon event to showcase students and student work. The TED efforts were supported at all levels of the school district from the Governing Board to the Custodial Staff literally bringing the district together under the TED umbrella.

When technology and the real world meet | John Hardy | TEDxLancasterU

Computers in fact have incredible capabilities. But can you imagine living in a world where our physical environments are programmed the way in which we program computers? How is computing changing in today’s Age of Optimisation and how is research moving to the ultimate computer? John Hardy is an inventor and computer scientist with a love for building tools that help people explore new and emerging technologies. John graduated in 2014 with a PhD in Digital Innovation from Lancaster University and now runs a start up in Manchester called Hardy & Ellis Inventions LTD where they put the research into practice. This talk was given at a TEDx event using the TED conference format but independently organized by a local community. Learn more at https://www.ted.com/tedx

Technology: Education Made Beautiful, Engaging and Delightful | Chibueze Ikedi | TEDxAladinma

Children refused to go home because technology was introduced into their classroom.School systems in Africa should leverage on technology for quality and practical education. Chibueze Ikedi has passion for tech, education and poetry. His quest to serve humanity by providing solutions to people’s problems led to his foray into technology and later, entrepreneurship. He is the innovator/pioneer of EmBED, an educational platform to improve the outcomes of children and young people using technology, bridging the gap between the public and private education systems. In line with his passion for children and education, he hosted the Africa Code Week 2015 and 2016 in Aba, with 110 children from two schools in 2015 and 347 children from 11 schools and one church in 2016. The focus is to introduce children to software coding and computers at a tender age. This talk was given at a TEDx event using the TED conference format but independently organized by a local community. Learn more at https://www.ted.com/tedx

We need to get the Kiwi philanthropic ecosystem back in balance | Bridget Frame | TEDxChristchurch

When Bridget Frame started wondering about the total impact of philanthropy in New Zealand, she was surprised to find there were no statistics that covered the entire sector. So she developed them herself, spending six months researching publicly available information to pull together a complete picture of the philanthropic ecosystem. What she found — about where philanthropic funding comes from, where it goes, and how it gets there — warrants a collective discussion, about what we value as a society and whether our charitable giving is doing more harm than good. Bridget Frame has almost twenty years experience in corporates, two years with a post-earthquake not-for-profit and two years as a grant maker; she is an active community member through three children. Now, through her own consultancy, she is doing a bunch of interesting things with great people. This talk was given at a TEDx event using the TED conference format but independently organized by a local community. Learn more at http://ted.com/tedx

What’s your story?: Suchita Salwan at TEDxITMU

In the spirit of ideas worth spreading, TEDx is a program of local, self-organized events that bring people together to share a TED-like experience. At a TEDx event, TEDTalks video and live speakers combine to spark deep discussion and connection in a small group. These local, self-organized events are branded TEDx, where x = independently organized TED event. The TED Conference provides general guidance for the TEDx program, but individual TEDx events are self-organized.* (*Subject to certain rules and regulations)

EdTech Hack kick off

How do socio-emotional aspects effect learning? How to use AI in a sustainable way in education? We asked these questions from the AI researcher Timo Honkela from the university of Helsinki, Juha Ollila from Mightifier app. From UX designer Chitrak Mitra we learned that designing for children requires specific expertise on several fields. These sparkling experts of their fields kicked off Metka EdTech Hack. More inspiration follows on webinars and in the EdTech Hack Facebook group. Join the hackathon on April 5.-7.2018 in Helsinki!

South Africa’s abundance of innovation and creativity | Gideon Potgieter | TEDxJohannesburg

Gideon Potgieter is an electrical engineer by training, and an MBA graduate from the Rotterdam School of Management. After years of experience in broadcasting, and a stint at Packard Bell, plus several entrepreneurial ventures here and in the Netherlands, he joined Resolution Circle in 2014. Resolution Circle focuses on technology and product development for other companies. Gideon is responsible for the business development, marketing and sales function of the company. Gideon is an electrical engineer by training, and an MBA graduate from the Rotterdam School of Management. After years of experience in broadcasting, and a stint at Packard Bell, plus several entrepreneurial ventures here and in the Netherlands, Gideon joined Resolution Circle in 2014. Resolution Circle focuses on technology and product development for other companies. He is responsible for the business development, marketing and sales function of the company. This talk was given at a TEDx event using the TED conference format but independently organized by a local community. Learn more at https://www.ted.com/tedx

Education: Making a difference one student at a time. | David Rock | TEDxUM

Education can change the world! What should be our focus if we truly want to make a difference using education?  This talk shares a list of focal points that can lead to change through education. Dr. David Rock is currently Dean of the School of Education at the University of Mississippi. He has conducted hundreds of educational workshops and seminars at local, state, and national conferences in which his goal is to increase interest and enthusiasm of the teaching and learning of mathematics. While his love is mathematics, his passion is the use of technology to enhance education. He is the developer of Ole Miss Math Challenge, which encourages students to utilize the Internet to solve challenging mathematics problems from across the globe. Participants come from 237 different countries. David has also published numerous articles and co-authored 15 books including Teaching Secondary Mathematics (2013), Scratch Your Brain Where It Itches (2001, 2006, 2008), and Teaching K-6 Mathematics (2003). And by the way, he has learned more about education from his family that include four children across grades 6 – college and his wife Michelle who is a former elementary teacher. This talk was given at a TEDx event using the TED conference format but independently organized by a local community. Learn more at http://ted.com/tedx

Innovating with Nature | Jarrod Lyman | TEDxSanJuanIsland

What if we could eat a meal comprised of food we have grown ourselves, irrigated with water drawn from our own land and cooked using power generated on our own property? Jarrod Lyman explores how simple technology can make a substantial and live-saving impact for people around the world who need it most. During the day Jarrod Lyman is the communications specialist for Oregon’s Mt. Hood Territory, where he manages a social media following of more than a quarter million. He also works withPterofin, a clean energy startup that uses the simple concept of biomimicry to solve complex clean energy problems. At all times he’s an avid geek and lover of nerdy socks. This talk was given at a TEDx event using the TED conference format but independently organized by a local community. Learn more at http://ted.com/tedx

Lost in cyberia: Clueless with toothless tools | Vidyashree Dharmaraj | TEDxSNSCE

A professional backed with 20 years of journalistic experience in the country & leading newspapers. Holds the credential of working with the biggest players in Indian Media such as The New Indian Express, The Hindu and The Deccan Chronicle. Currently the Editor-in-Chief of Coimbatore’s First English News Portal, The Covai Post. As a certified professional in Cyber Investigation and Law, have been associated with the Police Department. Is the Deputy Area Commander of Home Guards, an auxiliary to Tamil Nadu Police. Have been conducting courses on Cyber Security as the Core Member of Data Security Council of India, Coimbatore Chapter. A professional backed with 20 years of journalistic experience in the country & leading newspapers. Holds the credential of working with the biggest players in Indian Media such as The New Indian Express, The Hindu and The Deccan Chronicle. Currently the Editor-in-Chief of Coimbatore’s First English News Portal, The Covai Post. As a certified professional in Cyber Investigation and Law, have been associated with the Police Department. Is the Deputy Area Commander of Home Guards, an auxiliary to Tamil Nadu Police. Have been conducting courses on Cyber Security as the Core Member of Data Security Council of India, Coimbatore Chapter. This talk was given at a TEDx event using the TED conference format but independently organized by a local community. Learn more at https://www.ted.com/tedx

TEDxNYED – April 28, 2012 – Jim Groom

Jim Groom is the Director of Teaching and Learning Technologies at the University of Mary Washington in Fredericksburg, Virginia. He has been working for over fifteen years in education with a consistent focus on the development of teaching and learning in higher education. In addition to extensive experience teaching at the college level, for the past seven years he has worked primarily in the field of instructional technology. Recent projects include an intercampus collaborative course known affectionately as ds106, a “massive” open online digital storytelling course that re-thinks the intersection of the humanities and online, distributed community-based learning experiences. He was also instrumental in the development of UMW Blogs, a multi-user blogging environment designed to provide an academic web-authoring solution to faculty and students that is flexible and open. Jim regularly blogs about edtech, film, literature, toys, and whatever else interests him at bavatuesdays.com.

Every Child Benefits From a TEDucation | David Miyashiro | TEDxElCajonSalon

The possibilities are endless on the TED stage. Dr. David Miyashiro has brought a successful combination of TED-Ed Clubs and TEDx events to provide a World-Class TEDucation for Cajon Valley Union School District. Dr. Miyashiro has lead the charge in implementing the first district-wide TED-Ed Clubs culminating in a TEDx event with K-8 student speakers. For more information on this TEDx talk go to www.TEDxKidsElCajon.com. Dr. David Miyashiro currently serves as Superintendent of the Cajon Valley Union School District. David recently was named 2016 Superintendent of the Year by ACSA (Association of California School Administrators), Region 18. Under his leadership, Cajon Valley has undergone a seamless transition to the digital age. Cajon Valley has achieved system-wide success with blended and personalized learning for all students through inclusive planning, design, and an iterative approach, Cajon Valley has been dubbed “One to Watch” by The Classroom of the Future Foundation and has earned both local and national recognition for its leadership in transforming public education. In 2015, The Cajon Valley Union School District was inducted by Digital Promise into The League of Innovative Schools. orth Spreading”, the Cajon Valley Union School District launched the first district-wide TEDx and TED Ed Club in the United Sta This talk was given at a TEDx event using the TED conference format but independently organized by a local community. Learn more at http://ted.com/tedx

Where Does a Plant Grow and Flourish? | Swetha Shutthanandan | TEDxYouth@Redmond

Swetha details her research findings and how her interest in science began at a young age. Swetha Shutthanandan, 18, is an incoming freshman at Stanford University. She has been doing scientific research projects mainly concentrating on renewable energy and nanomaterials since the age of 10. Research has become an important part of who Swetha is, and through many years of constant research, she has come to the realization that she wants to be doing it for the rest of her life. Through her research projects, Swetha has participated and placed in science fairs around the country, such as the Intel International Science and Engineering Fair (ISEF), International Sustainable World (for Energy, Environment, Engineering) Project Olympiad (ISWEEEP), National Junior Science & Humanities Symposium (JSHS) and GENIUS Olympiad. Last year, she was named as a Davidson Fellow Laureate by the Davidson Institute for Talent and Development. She was honored to be one of very few students to be given the opportunity to participate in these prestigious science competitions and also win awards. This talk was given at a TEDx event using the TED conference format but independently organized by a local community. Learn more at https://www.ted.com/tedx

David Miyashiro | #TransformationThrough Education | TEDxAmericasFinestCity

We’ll hear from Superintendent, David Miyashiro from Cajon Valley Union School District On October 11th talking about our systems of public education and how they have changed (or not). Come listen to discussion of reform in education and the what, how, and why we can’t wait any longer for this transformation in America’s Finest City. Tickets are available here: http://www.eventbrite.com/e/tedxameri… Learn more at http://www.tedxamericasfinestcity.com

Invisible friends | Kei Kudo | TEDxMeieki

Japanese society is closely connected to work. Without a job, your cultural capital will be lost as well as income. Kei Kudo, who is challenging the unemployment problem of younger people, points out the importance of “Omoikiru” (go with no second thought). If society is to be made by the behavior of each individual, why not go and take a step together? In the spirit of ideas worth spreading, TEDx is a program of local, self-organized events that bring people together to share a TED-like experience. At a TEDx event, TEDTalks video and live speakers combine to spark deep discussion and connection in a small group. These local, self-organized events are branded TEDx, where x = independently organized TED event. The TED Conference provides general guidance for the TEDx program, but individual TEDx events are self-organized.* (*Subject to certain rules and regulations)

Why aren’t there more Women and Diverse Leaders? | Jean Lau Chin | TEDxNorthernIllinoisUniversity

Why aren’t there more Women and Diverse Leaders? Jean Lou Chin is currently a professor at Apelphi University in New York, For many years she has trained pyschologists and health care professionals about diagnosing and treating those with mental health problems. In addition to her educational role she is also an advocate for women’s issues. Jean Lou Chin delves into some of the key problems today for why we do not have more Women and Diverse leaders as a part of our everyday lives. This talk was given at a TEDx event using the TED conference format but independently organized by a local community. Learn more at http://ted.com/tedx

The Presence of Honor | Swil Kanim | TEDxSnoIsleLibraries

This talk was given at a local TEDxSnoIsleLibraries event and produced independently of the TED Conferences. The opening talk and performance by gifted storyteller and violinist, Swil Kanim, defined the gift of presence and honor. It was through music that Swil Kanim, a member of Washington’s Lummi Tribe, healed childhood wounds and reconnected to his Native American roots. The classically trained violinist travels extensively, enchanting audiences with his original music and native storytelling. He is president of HonorWorks, a nonprofit with a mission to ignite the potential for honor among all people. This talk was given at a TEDx event using the TED conference format but independently organized by a local community. Learn more at http://ted.com/tedx

The Three Laws of Ed-Tech Robotics: Audrey Watters at TEDxNYED

Audrey Watters is a writer who’s worked in the education field for the past 15 years: as a graduate student, college instructor, and program manager for an ed-tech non-profit. Although two chapters into her Comparative Literature dissertation, Audrey decided to abandon academia, and she now happily fulfills the one job recommended by a junior high aptitude test: freelance writer. Her work has appeared in Edutopia, MindShift, Fast Company, Inside Higher Ed, The School Library Journal, O’Reilly Radar, ReadWriteWeb, Campus Technology, and The Huffington Post, in addition to her own blog Hack Education.

What Gabby Douglas teaches us about the meaning of excel: Angela Onwuachi-Willig at TEDxUIowa

Angela Onwuachi-Willig is the Charles and Marion Kierscht Professor of Law at the University of Iowa. She joined the Iowa Law faculty in 2006 after three years on the tenure track at the University of California, Davis School of Law. She graduated from Grinnell College, Phi Beta Kappa, with a B.A. in American Studies, and received her J.D. from the University of Michigan Law School, where she was a Clarence Darrow Scholar and a Note Editor on the Michigan Law Review and an Associate Editor of the founding issue of the Michigan Journal of Race and Law. After law school, she clerked for Judge Solomon Oliver, now Chief U.S. District Judge for the Northern District of Ohio, and Judge Karen Nelson Moore, U.S. Circuit Judge for the Sixth Circuit. Professor Onwuachi-Willig has received many accolades for her work. In 2006, Professor Onwuachi-Willig was honored by the Minority Groups Section of the Association of American Law Schools (AALS) with the Derrick A. Bell Award, which is given to a junior faculty member who has made an extraordinary contribution to legal education, the legal system, or social justice. In December of 2010, Professor Onwuachi-Willig was elected to the American Law Institute, she was selected as a finalist for the Iowa Supreme Court. In 2011, she was named one of America’s top young legal professionals by the National Law Journal, which placed her on its “Minority 40 under 40” list. In 2012, she won the Marion Huit Award, a University award given to a tenured faculty member in recognition of outstanding teaching and assistance to students, exceptional research and writing, and dedicated service to the University and the surrounding community. In the spirit of ideas worth spreading, TEDx is a program of local, self-organized events that bring people together to share a TED-like experience. At a TEDx event, TEDTalks video and live speakers combine to spark deep discussion and connection in a small group. These local, self-organized events are branded TEDx, where x = independently organized TED event. The TED Conference provides general guidance for the TEDx program, but individual TEDx events are self-organized.* (*Subject to certain rules and regulations)

Changing the face of education | Ingrid van Rossum | TEDxAmsterdamED

How can practical education in the future look? And how can vocational students take their education into their own hands? Ingrid van Rossum has a vision and a dream to share in this down-to-earth, practical and engaging talk about a new way of learning through doing. Ingrid van Rossum believes that 21st-century skills are not learned sitting behind a desk – they are learned through practicing professional competencies in a real setting. For this reason, Ingrid founded the Team Academy to empower young people to develop their ideas and become entrepreneurial spirits. She uses her background in entrepreneurship, coaching, leadership and innovation to guide Next Generation Entrepreneurs to finding their own path. This talk was given at a TEDx event using the TED conference format but independently organized by a local community. Learn more at http://ted.com/tedx

How technology is changing education: Kshitij Kumar at TEDxGBU

17 yrs old, Investor & Entrepreneur. Co Founder and CEO, Blix Corporation. Entrepreneur in Residence (EiR) at GSF (Global Superangels Forum). Started coding at the age of 9, and launched his first website at the age of 10. Launched Blix Corporation at the age of 13. Made several softwares and apps reaching a total of 1 million downloads. In the spirit of ideas worth spreading, TEDx is a program of local, self-organized events that bring people together to share a TED-like experience. At a TEDx event, TEDTalks video and live speakers combine to spark deep discussion and connection in a small group. These local, self-organized events are branded TEDx, where x = independently organized TED event. The TED Conference provides general guidance for the TEDx program, but individual TEDx events are self-organized.* (*Subject to certain rules and regulations)

The future of education – An interview with Sugata Mitra | Sugata Mitra | TEDxRiodelaPlata

We interviewed Sugata Mitra, winner of the 2013 TED Prize. His wish: Build a School in the Cloud, where children can explore and learn from one another. We discussed the progress he made in achieving his dream and he shared his perspective on the future of education. … This talk was given at a TEDx event using the TED conference format but independently organized by a local community. Learn more at http://ted.com/tedx

Growing Together: Each person can make a difference in this world | Jack Wood | TEDxFargo

Growing Together, a community garden ministry started in 2006 with eight families has grown to an organization which serves over 200 families who work and share together. In 2015 the self-sustaining gardens produced over 46,000 pounds of produce. The key to this success has been the building of the volunteer team with a motto of “many hands make light work.” Jack Wood is one of the founders of Growing Together, a decade-long community gardening project. Started in 2006 with eight families and a small garden on church property, the organization has now grown into six gardens supporting over 150 families. Many of the families are New Americans and new to our community. In 2015, the Growing Together gardens produced over 45,000 pounds of fresh produce for the families and gardeners. Growing Together has utilized their toolkit to help over a dozen organizations begin their own community gardens. They also help area elementary schools develop gardens and will offer a JR Master Gardener program to youth this summer. This talk was given at a TEDx event using the TED conference format but independently organized by a local community. Learn more at http://ted.com/tedx

Will we gain security if we give up our privacy? | Henry Feingold | TEDxLFHS

Is combating terrorism worth compromising our privacy? Student Henry Feingold tackles the issues. Henry is freshman at Lake Forest High School. As a first-year student, he plays football, lacrosse and squash. In addition to athletics, he has wide and varied interests, including cooking, fishing, snorkeling and nature. Academically, he is interested in math and science, and with that foundation in place, he hopes to have a career in technology – specifically, cyber security, penetration testing or game development. He chooses to participate at TEDxLFHS because he would love the chance to express his ideas on a creative platform with innovative thinkers. This talk was given at a TEDx event using the TED conference format but independently organized by a local community. Learn more at http://ted.com/tedx

Evolving Cities | George Stavropoulos | TEDxYouth@BrowningSchool

The New York City community needs to develop more of a sustainable mentality to protect ourselves and preserve our cities, such as using products like Solar Roadways and solar panels and constructing buildings that are capable of withstanding natural disasters like earthquakes. George Stavropoulos, a Form V student at The Browning School, is a native New Yorker and 3rd generation Greek-American. Interests in community involvement and passion for education inspired him to mentor lower school students in after-school robotics classes. This talk was given at a TEDx event using the TED conference format but independently organized by a local community. Learn more at http://ted.com/tedx

Collateral Damage – Your Kids or Mine?: Joanne McEachen at TEDxEastsidePrep

Originally from New Zealand, Joanne works with school systems to affect change. Large-scale change can overwhelm, but Joanne works to elevate the conversation above the politics and the trivial details. She has led national education change initiatives by focusing on the most important outcomes and the fundamental values driving the change, regardless of the obstacles. Articulate and persuasive, whatever project she has worked on ultimately equated to success for students. In addition to her national level work at the New Zealand Ministry of Education, Joanne has on the ground experience as a school principal and a superintendent. In the spirit of ideas worth spreading, TEDx is a program of local, self-organized events that bring people together to share a TED-like experience. At a TEDx event, TEDTalks video and live speakers combine to spark deep discussion and connection in a small group. These local, self-organized events are branded TEDx, where x = independently organized TED event. The TED Conference provides general guidance for the TEDx program, but individual TEDx events are self-organized.* (*Subject to certain rules and regulations)

We Know What To Do: Gary Stager at TEDxNYED

“Some people think outside of the box. Gary is unaware of the box’s existence.” – Futurist, Dr. David Thornburg Gary Stager is an internationally recognized educator, speaker, journalist, consultant, and founder of the Constructing Modern Knowledge summer institute. Since 1982, Gary has helped learners of all ages on six continents embrace the power of computers as intellectual laboratories and vehicles for self-expression. He led professional development in the world’s first laptop schools (1990) and has taught students from preschool through doctoral programs. His new book (written with Sylvia Martinez), Invent to Learn: Making, Tinkering and Engineering in the Classroom, will be available in Mid-May. When Jean Piaget wanted to better understand how children learn mathematics, he hired Seymour Papert. When Dr. Papert wanted to create a high-tech alternative learning environment for incarcerated at-risk teens, he hired Gary Stager. This work was the basis for Gary’s doctoral dissertation and documented Papert’s most-recent institutional research project. In 1999, Converge Magazine named Gary a “shaper of our future and inventor of our destiny.” The National School Boards Association recognized Dr. Stager with the distinction of “20 Leaders to Watch” in 2007. The June 2010 issue of Tech & Learning Magazine named Gary Stager as “one of today’s leaders who are changing the landscape of edtech through innovation and leadership.” CUE presented Gary with its 2012 Technology in Learning Leadership Award. A popular speaker, Dr. Stager has been a keynote speaker at major conferences around the world. Gary was the new media producer for The Brian Lynch/Eddie Palmieri Project — Simpatíco, 2007 Grammy Award Winner for Best Latin Jazz Album of the Year. Dr. Stager is also a contributor to The Huffington Post and a Senior S.T.E.M. and Education Consultant to leading school architecture firm, Fielding Nair International. Gary also works with teachers and students as S.T.E.M. Director at The Oaks School in Hollywood, California. Dr.Stager’s blog may be found at http://stager.tv/blog.

TEDxTacoma – Cheryl Monk – Living a full life as a person with disabilities

About TEDx, x = independently organized event In the spirit of ideas worth spreading, TEDx is a program of local, self-organized events that bring people together to share a TED-like experience. At a TEDx event, TEDTalks video and live speakers combine to spark deep discussion and connection in a small group. These local, self-organized events are branded TEDx, where x = independently organized TED event. The TED Conference provides general guidance for the TEDx program, but individual TEDx events are self-organized.* (*Subject to certain rules and regulations)

Kayla Delzer

​Kayla Delzer is a 3rd grade teacher and technology champion in North Dakota. She is a columnist for Edsurge and blogger for Edutopia, where she writes about a variety of edtech and design topics. She is also the creator of her blog, Top Dog Teaching. On July 23, 2015 she delivered her first TEDx Talk, Reimagining Classrooms: Students as Leaders and Teachers as Learners. Her work with classroom redesign and flexible seating has become the standard worldwide. She was also recently selected as North Dakota’s Lead Digital Innovator by PBS. Kayla is authoring her first book for educators based on best 21st century teaching practices for digital natives, due to be published in December 2016. You can connect with Kayla on all social media platforms @topdogteaching, and on her student lead social media accounts @topdogkids.

Inovação Academica — Repensando a sala de aula | Fábio Reis | TEDxUNISUAMED

This talk was given at a local TEDx event, produced independently of the TED Conferences. Fábio Reis discute as inovações que estão sendo levadas às salas de aula e os principais pontos que podem ser evoluídos em busca da reconfiguração do ambiente da sala de aula. Diretor de Operações – Unidade de Lorena / SP no Centro Universitário Salesiano de São Paulo – UNISAL. Pesquisador visitante do Boston College em 2010 e autor de diversos textos sobre Gestão Universitária. Experiência em Gestão Acadêmica com foco em resultados e inovação pedagógica. Capacidade de implementação de programas acadêmicos para agregar valor, fomentar o empreendedorismo e melhorar a qualidade acadêmica. Nos últimos três anos, atua como Diretor de Operações do Centro Universitário UNISAL, o que permitiu a experiência de Gestão Administrativa e Financeira da IES. Tem resultados na diminuição de custos e melhoria na rentabilidade. About TEDx, x = independently organized event In the spirit of ideas worth spreading, TEDx is a program of local, self-organized events that bring people together to share a TED-like experience. At a TEDx event, TEDTalks video and live speakers combine to spark deep discussion and connection in a small group. These local, self-organized events are branded TEDx, where x = independently organized TED event. The TED Conference provides general guidance for the TEDx program, but individual TEDx events are self-organized.* (*Subject to certain rules and regulations)

Eco-systems thinking | Claire Janisch | TEDxPretoria

All the technology we need to create a better world already exists – in nature. Biomimicry engineer Claire Janisch shares her optimism for a future in which design is inspired by the genius of natural systems which capture and store energy, purify water and generate rain using the minimum of effort and materials. Claire is a Biomimicry Professional and sustainability & innovation advisor. She is a graduate of and has been a co-trainer for the international 2-year biomimicry Professionals Program (BPCP). She is the Founder and Director of BiomimicrySA and is the leading presenter, trainer and consultant for biomimicry in South Africa. Claire works in the areas of strategy, technology & education. She researches, translates and shares the genius of nature for product, process & systems innovations. This talk was given at a TEDx event using the TED conference format but independently organized by a local community. Learn more at http://ted.com/tedx

A Thought Box for the Thinking Indian | H R Venkatesh | TEDxEicherSchool

A talk which touches upon Free Speech is titled, “A ThoughtBox for the Thinking Indian” And include about Polarised Times, Reasonable Dialogue, and Six Principles of free speech. Venkatesh is a journalist who runs NetaData.in, an independent, non-partisan service focusing on Indian politics and policy. He is a Chevening scholarship holder at the University of Oxford, where he earned a Master’s degree in contemporary Indian studies in 2010. This year, he is also a Tow-Knight Fellow at the Center for Entrepreneurial Journalism in New York. Just prior to this, Venkatesh was Editor, The Quint and Director of Communications at Change.org India. For 9 years, he was a Senior Anchor at CNN-IBN. He has covered politics, crime, business and sports as a journalist. Venkatesh lives in New Delhi, but is from Bangalore. This talk was given at a TEDx event using the TED conference format but independently organized by a local community. Learn more at http://ted.com/tedx

Освіта нового покоління | Nadia Andrushchenko | TEDxTernopil

Переосмислюємо разом з Надією Андрущенко сучасну освіту; освіту, що є фундаментом для нових грандіозних ідей у наших містах! Co-Founder/CEO at KID’IT This talk was given at a TEDx event using the TED conference format but independently organized by a local community. Learn more at http://ted.com/tedx

karma’s Mathematical Quality: it adds up. | V K Bansal | TEDxRTU

“All mathematical functions are not continuous” An amazing personality who challenged his own destiny to achieve the impossible. Diagnosed with Muscular Dystrophy – a degenerative disease without cure –  V K Bansal was forced to seek a new career in 1983. He started off teaching a single student on his dining table. From this humble beginning, he’s come a long way to run an institute where thousands of students  are taught every year. Today, he is the guiding force behind the ‘IIT dream’ of thousands across India. An amazing personality who challenged his own destiny to achieve what seemed impossible, Mr Bansal was diagnosed with muscular dystrophy, which left him physically impaired and a predicted short lifespan. He, however, became the founder of Bansal Classes, one of the leading Test Preparation Institutions in the country. From the humble beginning of the dining room classes to now training thousands of students every year, Bansal Classes became a household name for anyone preparing for IIT-JEE showing favourable results year after year. This talk was given at a TEDx event using the TED conference format but independently organized by a local community. Learn more at https://www.ted.com/tedx

Taking Climate Change Personally | TJ DiCaprio | TEDxOrcasIsland

A sense of exploration fuels TJ’s interest in environmental studies, economic systems, and incorporating scalable technological models in corporations to improve their carbon footprints. As Sr. Director of Environmental Sustainability at Microsoft, TJ is the chief architect responsible for designing and managing Microsoft’s internal carbon fee model. Her efforts drive accountability while supporting innovation in efficiency, green power, and low-carbon economic development in emerging nations. This talk was given at a TEDx event using the TED conference format but independently organized by a local community. Learn more at http://ted.com/tedx

The Kids Are Still Alright: John Tarnoff at TEDxSoCal

John is a communicator and strategist with over 30 year’s management expertise in motion pictures, interactive technology, and workforce development. As a consultant, he uses visionary leadership skills to provide solutions at the intersection of the media/entertainment business, education and digital technology. His consultancy, Newspeak Media LLC, helps organizations and individuals successfully identify, understand, and adapt to the profound business, cultural and personal paradigm shifts that we are facing in the 21st century. Current clients include Carnegie Mellon University, the Academy of Motion Picture Arts & Sciences, 5D|Organization, and The ACME Network, a leading online mentoring community. As a production executive and producer for studios including MGM, Columbia, and Warner Bros, he supervised over a dozen movies in the ’80s, adding interactive CD-ROM game development in the ’90s, and co-founding/running an internet technology startup from 1996 until 2002. From 2003 to 2009, he returned to entertainment as Head of Show Development for DreamWorks Animation SKG, where he ran the studio’s animated film prototyping program, its internal artistic training program and founded its college outreach recruiting program. John holds a B.A. magna cum laude from Amherst College, and a M.A. in Spiritual Psychology from the University of Santa Monica. In the spirit of ideas worth spreading, TEDx is a program of local, self-organized events that bring people together to share a TED-like experience. At a TEDx event, TEDTalks video and live speakers combine to spark deep discussion and connection in a small group. These local, self-organized events are branded TEDx, where x = independently organized TED event. The TED Conference provides general guidance for the TEDx program, but individual TEDx events are self-organized.* (*Subject to certain rules and regulations)

Solution to the broken educational system in India | Dr. Vilas Gaikar | TEDxDBATU

There are problems, a lot of problems to in the current educational system. And the solution lies here itself! Currently serving as the vice-chancellor of Dr. Babasaheb Ambedkar Technological University, Lonere, he is on leave from the post of Bharat Petroleum Distinguished Professor of Chemical Engineering from Institute of Chemical Technology, Matunga. He has more than 7 awards in the field of chemical engineering, has published 164 papers in national and international journals, has written two books and is the professional member of more than 30 academic as well as industrial bodies. This talk was given at a TEDx event using the TED conference format but independently organized by a local community. Learn more at http://ted.com/tedx

Along multiple learning paths to success | Sofia Castro & Paulo Vasconcelos | TEDxUniversityOfPorto

Using two concepts that are related but not equivalent (teaching and learning), Sofia Castro and Paulo Vasconcelos, two teachers from the School of Economics and Management from University of Porto, designed a learning methodology. By using this method the student is free to choose their own educational path. This methodology can be used by individualists, by students who prefer to work in groups, protects introverts and exposes extroverts. The motivation and the effort under this strategy will guide the student to the desired goal: the success. Sofia Castro is Full Professor at Faculty of Economics and a researcher at Maths Research Center of the University of Porto. Besides doing research in Mathematics in the areas of Dynamical Systems and Singularity Theory, she has collaborated with economists in addressing research questions in economics, including problems of general equilibrium, oligopoly theory and New Economic Geography. Throughout her teaching career she has been confronted with several pedagogical challenges that motivate her continuous development in this area. Paulo Vasconcelos is Assistant Professor at the Faculty of Economics and a researcher at the Maths Research Center of University of Porto. His research focuses on Numerical Analysis, Computational Mathematics and Computational Economics. He also researches topics such as National Defense, Underground Economy and Fraud Systems in Portugal. For a long time he has devoted time to reflect on pedagogical issues, in particular the use of virtual learning environments. This talk was given at a TEDx event using the TED conference format but independently organized by a local community. Learn more at http://ted.com/tedx

Changing the Audience | David Miyashiro | TEDxElCajonED

Dr. Miyashiro’s talk highlights the work of Cajon Valley Union School District in El Cajon to bring a new audience to student learning. Cajon Valley has implemented TED Ed Clubs in their schools and provided students with a community TEDx event as a platform for sharing their IDEAS WORTH SPREADING. Dr. David Miyashiro, Superintendent and Liz Loether, Educational Technology Coordinator created a bridge between TED Ed Clubs and their school sites to create a districtwide movement toward authentic audiences through the TED platform. Dr. David Miyashiro currently serves as Superintendent of The Cajon Valley Union School District. Under his watch, Cajon Valley has undergone a seamless transition to the digital age. Through inclusive planning, design thinking, and an iterative approach, Cajon Valley has achieved system-wide success with blended and personalized learning for all students and staff. Cajon Valley has been dubbed “One to Watch” by The Classroom of the Future Foundation and has earned both local and national recognition for its leadership in transforming public education. The Cajon Valley Union School District in San Diego, California, demonstrates just how possible it is not only to keep pace, but to lead the way. This talk was given at a TEDx event using the TED conference format but independently organized by a local community. Learn more at http://ted.com/tedx

Big data and the connected arts | Elliot Masie | TEDxBroadway

Elliott Masie talks about using “big data” to find the places of disconnection in the arts world and put them back together. Crowdsourcing, hackathons, and, believe it or not, throwable microphones all play a part. Elliott Masie is an international expert in the fields of learning, workforce development and big data. He has also been a producer/investor in a range of Broadway productions (Macbeth with Alan Cumming, Godspell, Kinky Boots, Allegiance and An American in Paris). This talk was given at a TEDx event using the TED conference format but independently organized by a local community. Learn more at http://ted.com/tedx

The Heart of a Big Idea | Richard Price | TEDxLivermore

This talk was given at a local TEDx event, produced independently of the TED Conferences. Richard Price learned that a medical emergency occurred in a nearby office while he was out enjoying dinner – an emergency that he believes he could have had a positive impact on, with his training in life-saving procedures. After this life-changing experience, Richard set out on an impassioned journey to figure out how to, as he puts it, ‘crowd-source good Samaritans’, and has learned much along the road to creating something new in the world. Entrepreneurs with a passion for making an impact will love the advice Richard shares at approximately 10 minutes into this amazing talk. Retired San Ramon Valley Fire Chief Richard Price created a smart phone application that alerts CPR-trained individuals to a nearby emergency. His invention, the PulsePoint CPR/AED notification app, earned him the American Heart Association “Heart of Gold” and the Journal of Emergency Medical Services’ EMS10 Innovator of the Year awards. Richard is currently president of the nonprofit PulsePoint Foundation, which focuses on guiding and expanding the reach of his life-saving tool. About TEDx, x = independently organized event In the spirit of ideas worth spreading, TEDx is a program of local, self-organized events that bring people together to share a TED-like experience. At a TEDx event, TEDTalks video and live speakers combine to spark deep discussion and connection in a small group. These local, self-organized events are branded TEDx, where x = independently organized TED event. The TED Conference provides general guidance for the TEDx program, but individual TEDx events are self-organized.* (*Subject to certain rules and regulations)

‘Developing’ with community | David Malmuth | TEDxAmericasFinestCity

This talk was given at a local TEDx event, produced independently of the TED Conferences. Why is that certain real estate projects catalyze community transformation, while others make no impact? David describes why NOT having the typical ‘advantages’ of a real estate developer -land, money & tenants – has proven to be his secret weapon. Instead integrating Innovation + Design + Education + Arts has involved the community in defining the future of I.D.E.A, propelling the project forward with a broad base of support. n 2011, David and Pete Garcia formed I.D.E.A. Partners to lead the development of the I.D.E.A. District (www.ideadistrictsd.com) — Innnovation+Design+Education+Arts — in downtown San Diego. This transformative initiative, located on 35 blocks in the Upper East Village, aims to create a vibrant, sustainable mixed-use district that will generate over 13,000+ design and technology jobs in the next 10 years. IDEA1, their first mixed-use project with partner Lowe Enterprises, will break ground in early 2015. Before starting his own firm, David was the Founder and a Managing Director for seven years with RCLCO’s Development Services Group where he provided development management services to a wide variety of corporate and institutional clients. Prior to that, between 1996-2002, David was a Senior Vice President at TrizecHahn Development Corporation. During his six-year tenure, he was the key project executive on Hollywood & Highland and the Kodak Theater (now Dolby Theater) in Hollywood, CA in collaboration with architects Stan Eckstut and David Rockwell. During this same period he also initiated the development of Paseo Colorado in Pasadena, CA. Video Previous to his position at TrizecHahn, David was Vice President/General Manager at Disney Development Company-West. During his nine years at The Walt Disney Company, he managed the development of over $250 million in projects including The Feature Animation Building in Burbank with architect Robert A. M. Stern and Disney Ice and The Disneyland Administration Building in Anaheim both designed by Frank Gehry. From 1993-1996 he spearheaded Disney’s restoration of the New Amsterdam Theater in New York with architect Hugh Hardy, which catalyzed the highly acclaimed development of additional retail/entertainment business on New York’s famed 42nd Street. David is a graduate of Claremont McKenna College and the Stanford Graduate School of Business. He lives in Del Mar with his wife Ann Berchtold. About TEDx, x = independently organized event In the spirit of ideas worth spreading, TEDx is a program of local, self-organized events that bring people together to share a TED-like experience. At a TEDx event, TEDTalks video and live speakers combine to spark deep discussion and connection in a small group. These local, self-organized events are branded TEDx, where x = independently organized TED event. The TED Conference provides general guidance for the TEDx program, but individual TEDx events are self-organized.* (*Subject to certain rules and regulations)

Disruptive Furniture – To Soon have Superpowers | Hasier Larrea | TEDxBabsonCollege

An engineer and designer, Hasier Larrea is changing the way we look at furniture with his MIT Media Lab spinout Ori Systems – a robotic, flexible furniture system for small apartments. As he leads the Architectural Robotics research area at the Media Lab, his team is passionate in transforming traditional architectural and furniture elements to intelligently connect to the world around us. This talk was given at a TEDx event using the TED conference format but independently organized by a local community. Learn more at https://www.ted.com/tedx

The one solution to most problems: Future clarity | Simon Moss | TEDxDarwin

Why does life sometimes feel so hard? Simon shows that many problems in society, from mental illness to crime, can largely be ascribed to one cause: a hazy, uncertain future. Fortunately, recent scientific advances can be applied to help people clarify their future. Dr Simon Moss is an Associate Professor at Charles Darwin University. His primary research interest concerns how characteristics of organizations and societies, such as inequality of income or leadership, influence the brain functioning—and ultimately the mood, creativity, intuition, engagement, honesty, and altruism—of individuals. To investigate these issues, Simon has published a range of books and articles in the fields of leadership, emotion, motivation, and integrity. For example, he is an author of “The negative side of positive thinking”, “Where should I work?”, “The Science of Management”, “Sustainable coaching”, and “Emotional Intelligence: Journey to the Source”. Simon was also a cofounder of Zenith Professional Development, a company that collated every scientific discovery that contradicts prevailing management beliefs and practices. Using this database, he developed a tool that identifies misconceptions in management. In addition, he has presented training pr This talk was given at a TEDx event using the TED conference format but independently organized by a local community. Learn more at http://ted.com/tedx

Trends of Hardware Startups | Eduardo Gallo | TEDxSMICSchool

Gallo invites TEDx to the unveiling of the world’s first IOT hardware solution that aims to change this paradigm. As an Open Source Initiative, we will also invite the audience to join the project and become a part of this seed tracing change. Eduardo Alarcon is the founder of Tokylabs.com, a robotics company changing the way students and organizations approach technological innovation. Eduardo specializes in injecting creativity into engineering development and operations. He has seven publications in some of the top international scientific magazines. He speaks five languages and has traveled to more than 40 countries. This talk was given at a TEDx event using the TED conference format but independently organized by a local community. Learn more at https://www.ted.com/tedx

My bigshot experience | Akash Nayar | TEDxYouth@TheSchool

This talk was given at a local TEDx event, produced independently of the TED Conferences. http://bigshotcamera.com Akash was a part of the design team for the Bigshot Camera, a DIY digital camera kit that his father, Shree Nayar, invented. Akash described his experience at TEDxYouth@TheSchool. Akash Nayar is a 7th grader at the School at Columbia University in New York City. His favorite subjects are Math and Science. He also loves computer programming and modeling. He has done several projects using Scratch, Blender, Tinkercad and Python. He also likes to 3D print his designs. He helped with the design and testing of the Bigshot camera that his father invented. Since a very young age, Akash has been passionate about building things with his hands. Some of his projects include an electric buzzer, a flashlight, and an eight-legged robot. Akash also loves listening to music About TEDx, x = independently organized event In the spirit of ideas worth spreading, TEDx is a program of local, self-organized events that bring people together to share a TED-like experience. At a TEDx event, TEDTalks video and live speakers combine to spark deep discussion and connection in a small group. These local, self-organized events are branded TEDx, where x = independently organized TED event. The TED Conference provides general guidance for the TEDx program, but individual TEDx events are self-organized.* (*Subject to certain rules and regulations)

Les apports du numérique pour l’éducation en Afrique: François Bocquet at TEDxIsereRiver

A Science Education Professor and Research Engineer, François Bocquet is an expert in digital education. He is particularly interested in the use of technology in African elementary schools. François is in charge of the Sankoré project (http://sankore.org/) that encourages the development of free and open digital education for all. On stage, he presents this ecosystem open to all teachers for creating, editing and sharing open educational digital resources. Contact François: – through LinkedIn: fr.linkedin.com/in/fbocquet – via Sankoré: http://sankore.org/fr/ In the spirit of ideas worth spreading, TEDx is a program of local, self-organized events that bring people together to share a TED-like experience. At a TEDx event, TEDTalks video and live speakers combine to spark deep discussion and connection in a small group. These local, self-organized events are branded TEDx, where x = independently organized TED event. The TED Conference provides general guidance for the TEDx program, but individual TEDx events are self-organized.* (*Subject to certain rules and regulations)

Trusting your authenticity | Jolynn Minnaar | TEDxCapeTownSalon

This talk was given at a local TEDx event, produced independently of the TED Conferences. Trust you head, your heart and your gut. Jolynn Minnaar shares what she learnt about trusting her own authenticity when undertaking her most profound career and personal journey thus far. Jolynn Minnaar is an award-winning young South African director, cinematographer, photographer and communications strategist based in Cape Town. Committed to telling stories that matter, 2014 saw the release of her acclaimed debut feature documentary, Unearthed, which uncovers the shale gas industry from an international perspective in order to understand whether or not countries like South Africa should pursue fracking. The film won the Green Award after its World Premiere at the prestigious Sheffield Doc/Fest 2014 as well as the Best South African Film Audience Award at the 2014 Encounters Film Festival. Glamour Magazine named Jolynn “Woman of the Year: Change Agent” for 2014 alongside inspiring female leaders such as Public Protector, Thuli Madonsela. Still dealing with the passing of 35mm, drive-in cinemas and mixtapes, Jolynn works to contribute to dialogue in South Africa by producing meaningful art across all media. Rarely seen without a camera or notebook in her hand, Jolynn is usually on the outside looking in, questioning or reframing the world around us to better understand where we’ve come from and where we’re headed. About TEDx, x = independently organized event In the spirit of ideas worth spreading, TEDx is a program of local, self-organized events that bring people together to share a TED-like experience. At a TEDx event, TEDTalks video and live speakers combine to spark deep discussion and connection in a small group. These local, self-organized events are branded TEDx, where x = independently organized TED event. The TED Conference provides general guidance for the TEDx program, but individual TEDx events are self-organized.* (*Subject to certain rules and regulations)

Agents of change: Nathan de Groot at TEDxVienna

Nathan de Groot is a Dutch urbanist/journalist/optimist. In 2013, he graduated from the Strelka Institute for Media, Architecture & Design in Moscow. The collective research project ‘Foresight in Hindsight’ culminated in an interactive exhibition and publication presenting past views of the future. Under the name Assembled Ground, a new collective with three architects, he produced a successful entry for the Vision Competition of Tallinn Architecture Biennale 2013. Before, he contributed as a blogger to The Pop-up City and as an editor to Huisboomfeest, an urban art project by Wapke Feenstra. In the spirit of ideas worth spreading, TEDx is a program of local, self-organized events that bring people together to share a TED-like experience. At a TEDx event, TEDTalks video and live speakers combine to spark deep discussion and connection in a small group. These local, self-organized events are branded TEDx, where x = independently organized TED event. The TED Conference provides general guidance for the TEDx program, but individual TEDx events are self-organized.* (*Subject to certain rules and regulations)

Invisible friends | Kei Kudo | TEDxMeieki

Japanese society is closely connected to work. Without a job, your cultural capital will be lost as well as income. Kei Kudo, who is challenging the unemployment problem of younger people, points out the importance of “Omoikiru” (go with no second thought). If society is to be made by the behavior of each individual, why not go and take a step together? In the spirit of ideas worth spreading, TEDx is a program of local, self-organized events that bring people together to share a TED-like experience. At a TEDx event, TEDTalks video and live speakers combine to spark deep discussion and connection in a small group. These local, self-organized events are branded TEDx, where x = independently organized TED event. The TED Conference provides general guidance for the TEDx program, but individual TEDx events are self-organized.* (*Subject to certain rules and regulations)

#KidsCanTeachUs | Olivia Van Ledtje | TEDxYouth@BHS

Olivia Van Ledtje talks about how she has used the power of social media to conquer bullying and share her ideas and stories with the world. Olivia shows that even kids have big ideas worth sharing. Olivia (aka LivBit) is a 9-year old reader, thinker, and kids’ voice believer. She is smart about all things shark and hopes to be a future ichthyologist. Olivia is an ambassador for the Gills Club, an organization promoting girls in science through inquiry-based experiences meant to grow enthusiasm and activism for sharks. She is also a passionate advocate for books and using social media to promote digital citizenship, voice and audience. Wanting to promote a deeper understanding about kindness in social media posting, Olivia is working hard to be a “mentor tech” for others. Olivia’s work on LivBits has been featured all over the world, including conferences in Taiwan, Singapore, and England. She was so excited to be included as a keynote speaker and voice for kids using social media at the Digital Citizenship Summit 2016 at Twitter Headquarters in October. She’s presented with accomplished authors at national and international conferences, including NCTE, ASCD, ISTE, and ILA. This talk was given at a TEDx event using the TED conference format but independently organized by a local community. Learn more at https://www.ted.com/tedx

How to innovate health tech innovation | Rocco Van Den Berg | TEDxLSE

Rocco van den Berg is an innovation leader with over 17 years of experience driving digital strategies and disruptive product innovations. In this compelling talk, illuminated by his own life experiences, Rocco suggests that creativity, idea-sharing and personal background can ‘speed up innovation to create a better world, faster’. Rocco van den Berg is a freelance innovation lead, currently working for the Digital Accelerator of Philips, accelerating digital innovation projects in areas such as diabetes, asthma, COPD, pregnancy and elderly care. He has a PhD in Molecular Immunology and over 17 years of experience driving digital strategies and disruptive product innovations at a wide variety of companies such as Elsevier Science, PwC, IBM, Endemol and Aegon Insurances. Rocco is passionate about speeding up the development of health solutions and setting up innovation labs. He is coaching and bridging startups, universities and hospitals to launch first-to-the-world digital health solutions using co-creation and lean startup approaches. This talk was given at a TEDx event using the TED conference format but independently organized by a local community. Learn more at http://ted.com/tedx

TEDxKinnaird – Jazib Zahir – Integrating Technology and Learning through Video Games

About the Talk: Video games developer, Jazib Zahir takes on the question of video games and how they present the option of a more interactive learning environment by making learning a fun experience. About the Speaker: Jazib has graduated from Stanford and LUMS and has worked with technology companies in Pakistan and the United States. He is presently Chief Operations Officer of Tintash, a Lahore based startup that develops games and applications for platforms like Facebook and the iPhone. He remains involved in teaching at LUMS and Lahore Grammar School and freelances for The News. A recent passion has been social entrepreneurship through involvement with the Association for Development of Pakistan, Bags for Bliss, EcoEnergy Finance and the International College of American Nursing in Sri Lanka. About TEDx, x = independently organized event: In the spirit of ideas worth spreading, TEDx is a program of local, self-organized events that bring people together to share a TED-like experience. At a TEDx event, TEDTalks video and live speakers combine to spark deep discussion and connection in a small group. These local, self-organized events are branded TEDx, where x = independently organized TED event. The TED Conference provides general guidance for the TEDx program, but individual TEDx events are self-organized.* (*Subject to certain rules and regulations)

Traditional learning VS Modern Learning | Ahmed Bafadhl | TEDxMukalla

Mr. Bafadhl comparing between the ordinary way of learning with a modern way that includes using of distance learning and other activities. Ms. business administration, one of the teaching staff in community college – Seiyon. This talk was given at a TEDx event using the TED conference format but independently organized by a local community. Learn more at http://ted.com/tedx

We are not imposters: Ramsey Musallam at TEDxBurnsvilleED

Ramsey Musallam, Learning and Instruction Ramsey Musallam is a high school chemistry teacher, science department chair, and director of inquiry and innovation at Sacred Heart Cathedral High School in San Francisco. His research and pedagogical interests focus on student inquiry, motivation and curiosity, occasionally using technology to fuel the process. In addition to the classroom, Musallam is the host of the Infinite Thinking Machine, an internet show dedicated to fostering creativity and innovation in the classroom. In the spirit of ideas worth spreading, TEDx is a program of local, self-organized events that bring people together to share a TED-like experience. At a TEDx event, TEDTalks video and live speakers combine to spark deep discussion and connection in a small group. These local, self-organized events are branded TEDx, where x = independently organized TED event. The TED Conference provides general guidance for the TEDx program, but individual TEDx events are self-organized.* (*Subject to certain rules and regulations)

Education Award Pitch (Winner): From dropouts to innovators | Nathalie Lecina | TEDxAmsterdamED

Nathalie Lecina from Studio Moio tells us that we need drop-outs to change the world! According to her, drop-outs are the best innovators ever, since they do not fit into any preconceived box. They don’t have to think out-of-the-box because they were never in it. For a number of years, Nathalie Lecina worked at the Institute of Societal Innovation (Instituut Maatschappelijke Innovatie) and while there became aware of the fact that the so-called innovators were all somehow ‘part of the system’. Especially after noticing that the education system is failing to motivate people to learn and demotivating them from developing themselves. Her idea could be a hack on the education system, and some other systems at the same time. ‘Drop-outs are the most valuable resource for innovation, especially for innovation in education.’ For more information go to: www.studiomoio.nl Nathalie Lecina is the winner of the TEDxAmsterdamED 2015 Award. This talk was given at a TEDx event using the TED conference format but independently organized by a local community. Learn more at http://ted.com/tedx

What a PLN Journey: Rehab Ragab at TEDxWinchesterTeachers

Rehab has been involved in professional development activities for teachers in the UAE through her work with TESOL Arabia Organisation for the past seven years. Currently she is the Vice-President/President-Elect of the Organization. She worked as an ESL teacher for twelve years before becoming a Technology Integration Senior Coordinator at The Institute of Applied Technology. She is passionate about sharing innovative teaching ideas and developing online learning communities. She is also an advocate of technology in the classroom and considers herself a lifelong learner. Rehab graduated with an MA in Educational Technology from Michigan State University in 2010. Website: www.tedxwinchesterschool.com Facebook: www.facebook.com/tedxwinch Twitter: @TEDxWinch, #TedxWinch In the spirit of ideas worth spreading, TEDx is a program of local, self-organized events that bring people together to share a TED-like experience. At a TEDx event, TEDTalks video and live speakers combine to spark deep discussion and connection in a small group. These local, self-organized events are branded TEDx, where x = independently organized TED event. The TED Conference provides general guidance for the TEDx program, but individual TEDx events are self-organized.* (*Subject to certain rules and regulations)

FlexBooks: Neeru Kholsa at TEDxYouth@Sacramento

Neeru Khosla is a firm believer in the power of education. Neeru is the co-founder and Executive Director of CK-12 Foundation, a non-profit organization launched in 2006 that aims to reduce the cost of textbook materials for the K-12 market, both here and abroad. She also is one of the founding members of the K-12 Initiative of the D-School (Hasso Plattner Institute of Design) at Stanford University, and is a member of the committee to expand the program. Neeru wants the rigor and accountability of for-profit models to apply to non-profits. She serves as a member of the board at the Nueva School in Hillsborough, California, where she has served since 1997; the school caters to gifted and talented students, and is internationally recognized. Neeru is also on the advisory board of the American India Foundation, a leading international development organization charged with accelerating social and economic change in India. Neera previously served as a trustee of the Pacific Vascular Research Foundation and Connexions, a Rice University open-source project. Neeru’s commitment to education is evidenced by her role on the National Advisory Board for DonorsChoose, an organization dedicated to addressing the scarcity and inequitable distribution of learning materials in U.S. public schools. Neeru holds a bachelor’s degree from Delhi University and San Jose State, a master’s degree in molecular biology from San Jose State, and a master’s in education from Stanford University. About TEDx, x = independently organized event In the spirit of ideas worth spreading, TEDx is a program of local, self-organized events that bring people together to share a TED-like experience. At a TEDx event, TEDTalks video and live speakers combine to spark deep discussion and connection in a small group. These local, self-organized events are branded TEDx, where x = independently organized TED event. The TED Conference provides general guidance for the TEDx program, but individual TEDx events are self-organized.* (*Subject to certain rules and regulations)

Disruption in EdTech with Targeted Cognitive Intervention | Steve Wilkins | TEDxBabsonCollege

A champion of targeted cognitive intervention, Steve Wilkins has dedicated his life to teach children with language based learning disabilities. He has proved himself as the next big disrupter by providing education to the needy and larger masses. He believes “I have been fortunate to work at schools that share a formula for success: a celebration of different learning styles, a commitment to experiential modes of teaching and learning, and—above all—deep adherence to human values and community.” This talk was given at a TEDx event using the TED conference format but independently organized by a local community. Learn more at https://www.ted.com/tedx

Do Science to Learn Science: Paul Doherty at TEDxEastsidePrep

Paul Doherty is a Senior Staff Scientist and Co-Director of the Teacher Institute at the Exploratorium. He received his PhD in Solid State Physics from MIT in 1974,where he specialized in laser light scattering. He is an expert on atmospheric optics and the discoverer of the shape of the Martian carbon dioxide snowflake. At the Exploratorium he shows high-school science teachers how to make science class relevant and interesting. In 2003 Dr. Doherty received the Faraday award for excellence as a science communicator from the National Science Teachers Association. In 2012 he participated in a program to bring science to Buddhist monks at the request of his holiness the Dalai Lama. He has written several science books including the Explorabook which has sold over a million copies, and the book Color of Nature. His website features hundreds of science explorations. He is a mountaineer and was the navigator on the first ascent of the 20,000 foot high Sierra Nevada de Lagunas Bravas in the Andes. In the spirit of ideas worth spreading, TEDx is a program of local, self-organized events that bring people together to share a TED-like experience. At a TEDx event, TEDTalks video and live speakers combine to spark deep discussion and connection in a small group. These local, self-organized events are branded TEDx, where x = independently organized TED event. The TED Conference provides general guidance for the TEDx program, but individual TEDx events are self-organized.* (*Subject to certain rules and regulations)

Fragmented Identities in a Hypermedia Culture: Tim Burke at TEDxPoynterInstitute

In the spirit of ideas worth spreading, TEDx is a program of local, self-organized events that bring people together to share a TED-like experience. At a TEDx event, TEDTalks video and live speakers combine to spark deep discussion and connection in a small group. These local, self-organized events are branded TEDx, where x = independently organized TED event. The TED Conference provides general guidance for the TEDx program, but individual TEDx events are self-organized.* (*Subject to certain rules and regulations)

Un salto en la educación vía tecnológica | Beatriz Martos | TEDxUDeustoMadrid

En esta charla Beatriz Martos nos habla de la conveniencia de modernizar la labor pedagógica a través de las posibilidades que brindan las nuevas tecnologías. Psicóloga y oordinadora pedagódica de la startup Smile & Learn This talk was given at a TEDx event using the TED conference format but independently organized by a local community. Learn more at http://ted.com/tedx

Technology solutions for African problems | Siphumelele Zondi | TEDxJohannesburg

Siphumelele Zondi, TV/Radio Producer & Anchor Siphumelele Zondi is the creator, senior producer and anchor of Network – a technology news programme on SABC News on DSTV 404. The show covers technology and social media inventions, innovations and tech news from the African continent. He also presents current affairs for Channel Africa Radio, a continental radio station that is part of the SABC. He has a Master of Arts in Media and Cultural Studies from Sussex University in the United Kingdom. This talk was given at a TEDx event using the TED conference format but independently organized by a local community. Learn more at https://www.ted.com/tedx

Sustainability in Prisons: Dan Pacholke and Andrea Martin at TEDxTheEvergreenStateCollege

A long-time officer and administrator of the Washington State Department of Corrections, Dan Pacholke co-founded the Sustainability in Prisons Project with Dr. Nalini Nadkarni of The Evergreen State College. As the agency’s assistant secretary of corrections, Dan has formalized the Sustainability in Prisons Project through an unprecedented cooperative agreement with The Evergreen State College. Today he spearheads sustainable operations system-wide and advances resource conservation efforts along with rehabilitative educational programs such as K-9 Rescue in which inmates train troubled dogs for adoption. Andrea Martin leads Sustainability in Prisons’ Oregon spotted frog program at Cedar Creek Corrections Center. In the spirit of ideas worth spreading, TEDx is a program of local, self-organized events that bring people together to share a TED-like experience. At a TEDx event, TEDTalks video and live speakers combine to spark deep discussion and connection in a small group. These local, self-organized events are branded TEDx, where x = independently organized TED event. The TED Conference provides general guidance for the TEDx program, but individual TEDx events are self-organized.* (*Subject to certain rules and regulations)

CCTV-NEWS Interview for Founder of China’s EdTech Unicorn

During the 3rd World Internet Conference held in Wuzhen, China, China’s state television CCTV-NEWS had an exclusive interview for Arnold(Cairui) Fu, the founder & CEO of China’s EdTech unicorn company HUJIANG. Headquartered in Shanghai, China, Hujiang is a leading online education company that was started in a college dorm as a free online language learning platform in 2001.We strive to make high-quality education more accessible and enjoyable through our mobile learning applications, online courses, and online classroom platforms. Serving over 130 million users (including 100 million mobile users) in China, we offer a wide range of online educational programs, including international & domestic examination preparation, foreign language learning, and professional skills training. Arnold (Cairui) Fu, an accomplished Chinese entrepreneur, is the founder & CEO of Hujiang. He was born in the small town of Lianyungang City, Jiangsu Province in 1979. “I never dreamed of being a millionaire”, Fu has stated, “I simply dedicated myself to making education easier, fairer, and more enjoyable through the internet”. This is also the mission Hujiang has been striving to fulfill over the last fifteen years.

U TURN: Karthikeyan Vijayakumar at TEDxCEG

Karthikeyan Vijayakumar, an engineering graduate from BITS,Pilani is the Founder and CEO of Twenty19, an internship portal for engineers. Twenty19 has been enabling students all over India to explore their career options and to claim their dream internships. It has now grown to become India’s largest student internship portal in which over 2 lakh college students are registered and have access to internships in over 4500 companies. TiE Chennai awarded Mr. Karthikeyan the ‘Young Achiever of the Year 2012’ for the work done by Twenty19.com. He is also the co-founder of Deepam, an NGO that teaches less-privileged children in Chennai.It has taught over 1000 children so far and won the 2010 EdTech Award for Education Innovation. In the spirit of ideas worth spreading, TEDx is a program of local, self-organized events that bring people together to share a TED-like experience. At a TEDx event, TEDTalks video and live speakers combine to spark deep discussion and connection in a small group. These local, self-organized events are branded TEDx, where x = independently organized TED event. The TED Conference provides general guidance for the TEDx program, but individual TEDx events are self-organized.* (*Subject to certain rules and regulations)

Performance — TILT shift | The Carnival Band | TEDxVancouver

This talk was given at a local TEDx event, produced independently of the TED Conferences. This performance was given at a local TEDx event, produced independently of the TED Conferences. The Carnival Band and Blink Acro collaborated under the direction of Kelly Daines to deliver a powerful stage performance that opened the segment of TILT, the core theme of TEDxVancouver 2014. Zany, odd and high energy this performance epitomizes the moment you step outside of your comfort zone. The Carnival Band is a community music project with fifteen years of history, based out of Commercial Drive’s Britannia Community Centre. Musical direction is provided by Ross Barrett and Tim Sars. Instrumentation for the band includes all range of brass, woodwinds, drums, percussion, accordions, and of course voice. The Carnival Band believe that in order to be effective, community music must be grounded in collaboration and empowering to each individual involved. Blink Acro is a modern circus entertainment company based in Vancouver, British Columbia. Blink Acro artists bring audiences a wide variety of unique acrobatic performances, custom-designed to match your needs. About TEDx, x = independently organized event In the spirit of ideas worth spreading, TEDx is a program of local, self-organized events that bring people together to share a TED-like experience. At a TEDx event, TEDTalks video and live speakers combine to spark deep discussion and connection in a small group. These local, self-organized events are branded TEDx, where x = independently organized TED event. The TED Conference provides general guidance for the TEDx program, but individual TEDx events are self-organized.* (*Subject to certain rules and regulations) Tags: TEDxVancouver, 2014, TILT, Vancouver, Queen Elizabeth Theatre, Carnival Band, Blink Acro, performance, TILT, marching band, circus, juggling, breakdancing The Carnival Band is a community music project with fifteen years of history, based out of Commercial Drive’s Britannia Community Centre. Blink Acro is a modern circus entertainment company based in Vancouver, British Columbia. About TEDx, x = independently organized event In the spirit of ideas worth spreading, TEDx is a program of local, self-organized events that bring people together to share a TED-like experience. At a TEDx event, TEDTalks video and live speakers combine to spark deep discussion and connection in a small group. These local, self-organized events are branded TEDx, where x = independently organized TED event. The TED Conference provides general guidance for the TEDx program, but individual TEDx events are self-organized.* (*Subject to certain rules and regulations)

Empowering the teacher technophobe: Kristin Daniels at TEDxBurnsvilleED

Kristin Daniels, Education Technology Consultant Kristin Daniels has worked as a classroom teacher, technology integration specialist and innovation coach, and she is currently an education technology consultant for Technology and Information Educational Services (TIES) in St. Paul, Minn. She is a co-designer and implementor of Flipped PD, a model of professional development that uses digital resources along with a job-embedded coaching model to create personalized professional development for teachers. In the spirit of ideas worth spreading, TEDx is a program of local, self-organized events that bring people together to share a TED-like experience. At a TEDx event, TEDTalks video and live speakers combine to spark deep discussion and connection in a small group. These local, self-organized events are branded TEDx, where x = independently organized TED event. The TED Conference provides general guidance for the TEDx program, but individual TEDx events are self-organized.* (*Subject to certain rules and regulations)

Inspiring Students in STEM: Dr. Kathy Marrs at TEDxIUPUI 2013

Dr. Kathleen A. Marrs is a member of the Biology Department at IUPUI. She has been recognized as a Women Creating Excellence at IUPUI, selected for the Chancellor’s Award for Excellence in Teaching, and is a member of the Faculty Colloquium on Excellence in Teaching (FACET). She is currently the Associate Dean for Academic Affairs in the School of Science, and leads a number of STEM (Science, Technology, Engineering and Mathematics) education programs in the School of Science funded by the National Science Foundation. She is the Director of the Woodrow Wilson Indiana Teaching Fellowship program and NSF Robert Noyce Teacher Scholarship program at IUPUI, two programs created to prepare the next generation of STEM teachers. TEDxIUPUI Talk Title: Inspiring Students in STEM How can we inspire students to view the STEM disciplines as interesting, relevant, and accessible to all? Can real life examples and interactions with scientists inspire students to pursue the many opportunities available to them in STEM fields? How can we recruit and prepare the best STEM teachers to guide the next generation? We’ll examine these questions in the context of raising the next generation of STEM thinkers and problem solvers.

Why Education Needs Entrepreneurs | Mandela Schumacher-Hodge | TEDxLoyolaMarymountU

Mandela has quite an impressive resume in supporting entrepreneurship. In this talk, she reminds us all that formal education is a social construct and that it’s about time we hone in on our power to construct it differently. During her time as a middle school teacher in South Central Los Angeles and Pacoima, CA, Mandela earned a Master’s Degree in Education Administration and Policy, and was admitted into a top six Ph.D. education program. Thereafter, she co-founded the edtech startup, Tioki, which became dubbed “The LinkedIn for Educators.” In 2013, Mandela was appointed the Global Director of Education Entrepreneurs at UP Global (now Techstars). Within the first year, her team scaled the organization from three to six continents, solidifying it as the largest initiative in the world dedicated to teaching people how to use entrepreneurship to improve education. In 2014, Mandela was named to the Forbes “30 Under 30 in Education” list, a distinction recognizing her influential accomplishments at the intersection of education, technology, and entrepreneurship. This talk was given at a TEDx event using the TED conference format but independently organized by a local community. Learn more at http://ted.com/tedx

TEDxNYU – Clare Chiesa – Digital Inequality

In this humbling talk Clare Chiesa urges us all to be aware of and work to correct the growing digital inequality in our communities. About Clare Chiesa Clare is an alumni of NYU and founder of iGotItToo, a non-profit organization dedicated to educating those who have technology but lack the skills to fully utilize it. Her work has impacted communities across New York City. About TEDxNYU As one of the world’s leading research universities, New York University hosts an amazing roster of highly intelligent, vastly inquisitive Students, Faculty, and Alumni throughout its global network. Each is a thought-leader in his or her own right, and with TEDxNYU we are bringing them together to share ideas, insights and inspiration. About TEDx, x = independently organized event In the spirit of ideas worth spreading, TEDx is a program of local, self-organized events that bring people together to share a TED-like experience. At a TEDx event, TEDTalks video and live speakers combine to spark deep discussion and connection in a small group. These local, self-organized events are branded TEDx, where x = independently organized TED event. The TED Conference provides general guidance for the TEDx program, but individual TEDx events are self-organized.* (*Subject to certain rules and regulations)

3D Superhero: Unleashing your creativity in Sketch Up: Paul Lee at TEDxTallaght 2012

Paul Lee is a veritable evangelist for Google SketchUp, a free low cost powerful 3D modelling platform. Lee joined Nexus Cork, a technology enthusiasts or “Hacker” group, dedicated to the cause of spreading free technology and information to a wider audience. In 2011, he started to contribute to Coderdojo as a mentor in 3D printing, programming and digital modelling. With Alan O’Brien, he started Viewsion Virtual Environments- Ireland’s only Google SketchUp Authorised Training Centre. Together they have taught students and professionals from ages 10 to 90 how to use SketchUp to achieve solutions to the problems of rapid design and tecnhical communication. Paul Lee has lectured in The Royal Institute of Architects of Ireland, Dublin; St. John’s Central College, Cork; Crawford School of Art, Cork; 3D Barcamp, Limerick; The Rubicon Centre, CIT; 3D Basecamp 2010, Boulder, Colorado. In the spirit of ideas worth spreading, TEDx is a program of local, self-organized events that bring people together to share a TED-like experience. At a TEDx event, TEDTalks video and live speakers combine to spark deep discussion and connection in a small group. These local, self-organized events are branded TEDx, where x = independently organized TED event. The TED Conference provides general guidance for the TEDx program, but individual TEDx events are self-organized.* (*Subject to certain rules and regulations

Меняй себя через свои привычки | Дмитрий Мацкевич | TEDxLavrushinskyLn

Дмитрий Мацкевич, рассказывает о способности мозга противодействовать нашим волевым решениям и о своем опыте борьбы с этим механизмом через создание положительных привычек и «взлом» отрицательных. Дмитрий Мацкевич – серийный предприниматель, инвестор, лектор, эксперт в области поведенческой психологии, нейробиологии и искусственного интеллекта. Со-основатель таких компаний как 1minute (платформа для благотворительного маркетинга), relap (№1 платформа рекомендаций контента как сервис для b2b), flocktory (лидирующая маркетинг платформа для ecommerce – продана в 2017 году в NASDAQ: QIWI), dbrain.io (платформа для обучения нейронных сетей). Серийный предприниматель, инвестор, лектор, эксперт в области поведенческой психологии, нейробиологии и искусственного интеллекта. Со-основатель таких компаний как 1minute (платформа для благотворительного маркетинга), relap (№1 платформа рекомендаций контента как сервис для b2b), flocktory (лидирующая маркетинг платформа для ecommerce – продана в 2017 году в NASDAQ: QIWI), dbrain.io (платформа для обучения нейронных сетей). This talk was given at a TEDx event using the TED conference format but independently organized by a local community. Learn more at https://www.ted.com/tedx

Connectivity in education: Jim Tisch at TEDxTacoma

Jim Tisch is the founder & President of iQ Technologies — a company focused on changing the way people connect and communicate leveraging social media and innovative technologies. Jim is passionate about high-tech solutions that improve education, productivity and enhance collaboration. He has an established record of providing social media solutions that deliver results. He is a product and marketing professional with over 20 years of experience with strong new product development delivering enterprise solutions and best practices. He has experience with companies ranging from Internet start-up to Fortune 100 providing solutions for companies and organizations such as Laureate, Belo, Microsoft, Apple, and 3Com while working for companies such as iQ Technologies, FranklinCovey, eCollege.com, Pacific Edge, and Robbins Gioia consulting. Jim is a graduate of Brigham Young University. About TEDx, x = independently organized event In the spirit of ideas worth spreading, TEDx is a program of local, self-organized events that bring people together to share a TED-like experience. At a TEDx event, TEDTalks video and live speakers combine to spark deep discussion and connection in a small group. These local, self-organized events are branded TEDx, where x = independently organized TED event. The TED Conference provides general guidance for the TEDx program, but individual TEDx events are self-organized.* (*Subject to certain rules and regulations)

Fearlessly conquer your fear | Dinh Nhat Bui | TEDxYouth@NamHa

Bui Dinh Nhat is the Managing Director of Topica Founder Institute, a startup accelerator in Vietnam and Thailand. jointly organized by Topica Edtech Group and Founder Institute – the Silicon Valley Accelerator located in 60+ countries and 150+ cities around the world. In this TEDx talk, Nhat shares his own experience with facing fear how to overcome it. This talk was given at a TEDx event using the TED conference format but independently organized by a local community. Learn more at https://www.ted.com/tedx

What if Mothers Taught the World?: Sam Paddock at TEDxCapeTownED

Sam is the founder of GetSmarter, an online/distance learning organisation. In this short talk from TEDxCapeTownED he lays out the philosophy behind their success rates (over 90% vs 9% at South Africa’s largest distance learning institution). He credits their success to splitting the role of administrator (‘Mother’) and teacher, and having this consistent individual frequently in contact with the students. It’s a high touch approach that changes the environment of learning and a model, he says, we learnt from our mothers. About TEDx, x = independently organized event
In the spirit of ideas worth spreading, TEDx is a program of local, self-organized events that bring people together to share a TED-like experience. At a TEDx event, TEDTalks video and live speakers combine to spark deep discussion and connection in a small group. These local, self-organized events are branded TEDx, where x = independently organized TED event. The TED Conference provides general guidance for the TEDx program, but individual TEDx events are self-organized.* (*Subject to certain rules and regulations) For more information on GetSmarter visit http://www.getsmarter.co.za/ Find out more about TEDxCapeTownED at http://TEDxCapeTownED.org/

About Assessment – Reshan Richards at TEDxNYED

This is a remix of the original video posted here – http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=MDZ8sj… – Updated so that the timing of the slides and transitions matched more closely to how the actual talk was presented. Reshan Richards is an educator, researcher, and app designer. His 12+ years of experience in schools as math teacher and technology integrator intersected with his research on screencasting and formative assessment to inspire the creation of Explain Everything for iPad. His lifelong goal is to uncover how emerging technologies can be used to capture and mediate discourse that data-driven approaches are not capable of measuring. Reshan is the Director of Educational Technology at an independent PK-12 school in NJ and a doctoral researcher at Teachers College, Columbia University. He is the founder of Constructivist Toolkit, LLC, a company that started as a blog but now is responsible for a variety of Ed Tech projects including Explain Everything. He is an Apple Distinguished Educator and a card-carrying member of Mensa. Reshan has his Ed.M from Harvard University in Learning and Teaching and his B.A. in Music from Columbia

Solving Dirty-Dangerous-Dull problems with robots | Pulkit Gaur | TEDxCTAE

In this talk Pulkit Gaur shares the power of strong will and determination to overcome any difficulty in life. He also explains how technology can be utilized to solve issues which are often neglected. He is an Engineer by education and the founder of Gridbots Technologies has found his passion in Robotics. He has since supervised the development of over 50 robots that have applications in a diverse range of fields from defence to home-making. He has received TED Fellowship – MIT Young Innovator Award and Rajiv Motwani Circle Fellowship apart from various other national and international awards for his technological innovations. Pulkit Gaur, an Engineer by education and the founder of Gridbots Technologies found his passion in Robotics. He has been building robots since his childhood. He quit his job as a technical manager with Meditab Software in Ahmedabad to launch Gridbots Technologies in 2007. He has since supervised the development of over 50 robots that have applications in a diverse range of fields from defense to home-making. He currently serves as the Chief Technology Office of Gridbots and drives the companies Innovation and Technological advancements. He has received TED Fellowship – MIT Young Innovator Award and Rajiv Motwani Circle Fellowship apart from various other national and international awards for his technological innovations. This talk was given at a TEDx event using the TED conference format but independently organized by a local community. Learn more at https://www.ted.com/tedx

Disrupt Tradition and Raise STEAM Ambitious Girls | Emi Takemura | TEDxRoppongi

Emi Takemura challenges the phenomenon of how women remain to be the minority in key STEAM subjects. 42% of students at Japanese universities are women, but there is only 3.4% in mechanical engineering, 13% in physics, and 6.7% in electrical engineering. In the era of AI and robot, having understandings of making things or coding underlined with logics and creativity is ever more important. With more than 1 in 3 couples divorcing, building an independent, professional career for women is a paramount life skill. Emi’s talk dives deep into the changing role models in families and society and the reasons why parents need to encourage young girls to be more curious and pursue higher education in STEAM subjects. As an internet industry veteran, Emi embarked on startup journey since 2010 and co-founded Peatix.com in 2011, a leading community event platform in Japan and Southeast Asia. Emi has led efforts to drive its adoption in Japan and the Southeast Asia region as CMO and Head of Asia. Emi has also co-founded Unreasonable Lab Japan, a hyper-accelerator for social entrepreneurs in Japan since 2015. Emi is currently focused on projects to reimagine education for the 21st century as a co-founder of FutureEdu Tokyo, a member of EdTech Women Japan, and a fellow at Mistletoe KK. Emi also serves as a member of Information and Communications Council. Emi holds a BA in Economics from Keio University, an MBA from the Wharton School, and an MA in International Studies from the University of Pennsylvania. A mother of two digital native children. This talk was given at a TEDx event using the TED conference format but independently organized by a local community. Learn more at http://ted.com/tedx

Digital Innovation and Disruption | Bala Iyer | TEDxBabsonCollege

Professor Iyer, Ph.D. from New York University with a minor in computer science, is involved in analyzing the digital titans to understand how the nature of competition has evolved. A few of his research interests are digital businesses from an ecosystem perspective, exploring the role of IT architectures in delivering business capabilities, designing knowledge management systems, using concepts from systems design, hypertext design and workflow management etc. With years of research in the field, his understanding of disruption in digital world is truly insightful. Professor Iyer, Ph.D from New York University with a minor in Computer Science is involved in analyzing the digital titans to understand how the nature of competition has evolved. A few of his research interests are digital businesses from an ecosystem perspective, exploring the role of IT architectures in delivering business capabilities, designing knowledge management systems, using concepts from systems design, hypertext design and workflow management etc. With years of research in the field, his understanding of disruption in the digital world is truly insightful. This talk was given at a TEDx event using the TED conference format but independently organized by a local community. Learn more at https://www.ted.com/tedx

Living in beta: Molly Schroeder at TEDxBurnsvilleED

Molly Schroeder, Tech Integration Specialist A Google Certified Instructor, Molly Schroeder has spent the last year keynoting and presenting at Google in Education summits all over the world. Most recently, she delivered the keynote address at the Hong Kong Google in Education Conference and was a guest speaker at the Google Developers forum at the ISTE conference. Her presentations often focus on how to integrate Google Apps and other emerging technologies into the classroom. In the spirit of ideas worth spreading, TEDx is a program of local, self-organized events that bring people together to share a TED-like experience. At a TEDx event, TEDTalks video and live speakers combine to spark deep discussion and connection in a small group. These local, self-organized events are branded TEDx, where x = independently organized TED event. The TED Conference provides general guidance for the TEDx program, but individual TEDx events are self-organized.* (*Subject to certain rules and regulations)

Saving the Silver Bullet: Jaime Casap at TEDxFargo

Education is the silver bullet that has the power to disrupt poverty. It has the potential to break the cycle of poverty in just one generation. At the core of the American spirit is the ability to look at any child, no matter their social status, and say to them, “If you get your education and work hard, you can have the American dream.” It feels like that’s getting harder and harder to say. We are in danger of losing the power and potential of the silver bullet and our very future depends on saving it. Jaime Casap is the Global Education Evangelist at Google, Inc. Jaime evangelizes the power and potential of the web, technology, and Google tools in education. He helps educational organizations across the world find ways to utilize these tools in support of new learning models. Born and raised as a first generation American to a single mother on welfare in Hell’s Kitchen, New York, Jaime understands the power of education in changing the destiny of a family in just one generation. You can follow Jaime on Google+ at +Jaime Casap and on Twitter @jcasap. In the spirit of ideas worth spreading, TEDx is a program of local, self-organized events that bring people together to share a TED-like experience. At a TEDx event, TEDTalks video and live speakers combine to spark deep discussion and connection in a small group. These local, self-organized events are branded TEDx, where x = independently organized TED event. The TED Conference provides general guidance for the TEDx program, but individual TEDx events are self-organized.* (*Subject to certain rules and regulations)

Education is globally broken… and it can’t be fixed without AI | Harri Ketamo | TEDxTartu

Robotisation will automate manual jobs, Artificail Intelligents is going to partially replace, partially boost intellectual work, also education. What is Harris vision? Hear more from video. Harri Ketamo, Ph.D., is an independent researcher and start-up entrepreneur with over 15 years of experience in Learning Sciences, Data Mining and Artificial Intelligence. He is a Senior Fellow at University of Turku and Adjunct Professor at Tampere University of Technology. Prior to founding HeadAI (artificial labour), he has founded e.g. SkillPixels ltd. (games based learning) and gameMiner ltd (game AI & data mining). Ketamo has published more than 80 international peer-reviewed research articles, had ~200 presentations on his studies in international forums and received several awards and nominations related his R&D activities. This talk was given at a TEDx event using the TED conference format but independently organized by a local community. Learn more at http://ted.com/tedx

Unleashing the potential of university ecosystems | Chloe Edmundson | TEDxUniversityofEdinburgh

We are currently sitting at a crossroads in education. Our changing world has left the current model inadequate and outdated. Chloe Edmundson believes we need to develop our education systems to better confront global issues. This talk was delivered at Edinburgh’s iconic Central Hall on Thursday, February 18th 2016 and was a part of series of talks given at the TEDxUniversityofEdinburgh 2016 Conference. As a student at the University of Edinburgh, Chloe Edmundson is passionate about changing our education system. This passion has led to her involvement in innovative enterprises to enhance the student experience in Edinburgh, such as Freshsight and grassroots movement Ed2020. Recently, she founded and is the Director of ‘Knack’, which aims to assist personal growth by facilitating connections within the university community. This talk was given at a TEDx event using the TED conference format but independently organized by a local community. Learn more at http://ted.com/tedx

Igniting Tomorrow’s Innovators and Most Valued Engineers | Colin Lang | TEDxSanAntonio

Teachers must create environments where students are free to learn about learning, and free to fail as well. This requires the adoption of student-centered techniques that facilitate creativity and innovation. Colin R. Lang is a teacher, mentor, and coach. He is in his ninth year at Alamo Heights High School where he teaches the innovative, project-based (SystemsGo) Aerospace Studies program. He has served as mentor to new teachers, coach, and presenter at science and technology conferences, as well as lead trainer and instructor for the SystemsGo program. Mr. Lang has received several awards including First Year Teacher of the Year (NISD), Spot- light on Excellence Award (AHISD), Texas High School Rugby Coach of the Year, and finalist in the HEB Excellence in Education and Trinity Prize. This talk was given at a TEDx event using the TED conference format but independently organized by a local community. Learn more at http://ted.com/tedx

Education as investment: Engaging the disengaged | David Delmar | TEDxSomerville

Traditional education is an investment opportunity that we ask our young people to make, every morning. Yet from the perspective of an investor, the product is over a century old, with few upgrades and no overhaul. And while the product continues to deprecate, the barrier to entry doesn’t deprecate along with it. The other investors in your community are withdrawing, because too few of them have seen any return. And the product was built with absolutely no regard for the actual needs of the market. So…would you invest? David Delmar is an artist, designer and Founder/Executive Director of Resilient Coders, a volunteer-based program focused on making web technology more available to urban youth who might not otherwise be exposed to it. His mission is to spread code literacy to communities underrepresented in technology by targeting youth who are at-risk or have been caught up in the court system. He believes in the resilience of Boston’s youth and that technology provides an opportunity for true meritocracy. Before launching Resilient Coders, he led a team of designers and coders at PayPal. This talk was given at a TEDx event using the TED conference format but independently organized by a local community. Learn more at http://ted.com/tedx

Hello world | Danny Yaroslavski | TEDxKitchenerED

Danny, a coder and entrepreneur, makes an impassioned case for the need for students of all ages to begin to learn to code. In this talk, he encourages educators and parents to engage our youth with the basics of coding and offers steps on how to get started. Danny Yaroslavski is a videogames developer and a Forbes 30 under 30 EdTech entrepreneur. Combining his passion for games with a Computer Science degree from UWaterloo, he created Lightbot; a series of games that teach kids about coding. Lightbot’s games have now been used as a first step to coding for over 5 million students worldwide. This talk was given at a TEDx event using the TED conference format but independently organized by a local community. Learn more at http://ted.com/tedx

How The Robots Ignite A Human Revolution | Christina “CK” Kerley | TEDxBend

In this TEDx Talk, CK explores how the Robots will liberate us, Artificial Intelligence will revolutionize us—and Automation will humanize us. Powerhouse speaker, futurist, and professor Christina “CK” Kerley pushes Fortune 500s AHEAD of the curve through the 10+ tech that will dominate the next 10 years. Through her signature “edu-taining” style, she educates and entertains her audiences, and has keynoted at Verizon, Johnson & Johnson, Microsoft, Amazon, E*TRADE, The United Nations, Best Buy, The Ad Council, Prudential, CIO, SIM, ANA, and the IAB. A top-rated faculty member at Rutgers Business School for Executive Education, CK guest lectures at many prestigious schools and has published several eBooks. Through her pro bono program, ImpaCKt, she works to give a leading edge to underserved groups by partnering with similarly-focused organizations. This talk was given at a TEDx event using the TED conference format but independently organized by a local community. Learn more at https://www.ted.com/tedx

Why data should be over-the-counter | Jenny Rankin | TEDxTUM

Data is critical, but data has not always lead to success. If data is not communicated clearly, the results can be disastrous. Design lets us communicate data so it can be understood. Dr. Rankin believes that “when we’re fluent in visualizing our ideas, we can communicate them across global boundaries, across spoken language barriers, and across other obstacles thrown in our paths.” In her talk, she illustrates how heroes effectively used data to communicate various messages and tells us about how we can communicate data more effectively by making data over-the-counter. Dr. Jenny Grant Rankin, who will teach at University of Cambridge in 2016 for the PostDoc Masterclass, is an award-winning educator and an active member of Mensa. She has served as a teacher, school administrator, district administrator, and the Chief Education & Research Officer of Illuminate Education, an edtech data systems company. She presents her research findings annually for the U.S. Department of Education at STATS-DC and at other noteworthy conferences. Dr. Rankin has served as judge for the University of Pennsylvania’s Milken-Penn Graduate School of Education Business Plan Competitions and played a role in numerous state and national initiatives related to assessment data. She serves on several research committees, including those for the American Educational Research Association (AERA) and the International Society for Technology in Education (ISTE). Dr. Rankin also served on the Panel of Experts and Advisory Board for the New Media Consortium (NMC) Horizon Report. This talk was given at a TEDx event using the TED conference format but independently organized by a local community. Learn more at http://ted.com/tedx

The “Always Finished’ computer desk | Sarvarbek Mahmudov | TEDxKids@ElCajon

Savarbek, Savar for short, gets frustrated when he cannot find room to put his computer on his desk. So he came up with an invention to solve that problem. Watch his talk to learn about the features of his desk that is a computer! Savar attends Cajon Valley Middle School in El Cajon, Ca. He likes to take MIT classes online at home and he says he studies, ‘ALOT!’. This talk was given at a TEDx event using the TED conference format but independently organized by a local community. Learn more at http://ted.com/tedx

About Assessment: Reshan Richards at TEDxNYED

Reshan Richards is an educator, researcher, and app designer. His 12+ years of experience in schools as math teacher and technology integrator intersected with his research on screencasting and formative assessment to inspire the creation of Explain Everything for iPad. His lifelong goal is to uncover how emerging technologies can be used to capture and mediate discourse that data-driven approaches are not capable of measuring. Reshan is the Director of Educational Technology at an independent PK-12 school in NJ and a doctoral researcher at Teachers College, Columbia University. He is the founder of Constructivist Toolkit, LLC, a company that started as a blog but now is responsible for a variety of Ed Tech projects including Explain Everything. He is an Apple Distinguished Educator and a card-carrying member of Mensa. Reshan has his Ed.M from Harvard University in Learning and Teaching and his B.A. in Music from Columbia.

Think like a Disrupter | Jon Hirschtick | TEDxBabsonCollege

Every engineer knows and loves SolidWorks, Jon Hirschtick is the founder and former CEO of this adored company. He will talk about his disruption in the CAD industry with OnShape, his newest brainchild that is taking the industry by storm. This talk was given at a TEDx event using the TED conference format but independently organized by a local community. Learn more at https://www.ted.com/tedx

Moonshots in Education | Esther Wojcicki | TEDxPaloAltoHighSchool

Esther Wojcicki discusses the necessity to change the classroom culture into an environment where students have more control of their own learning. Wojcicki advocates for a classroom in which instruction is supported by technology and real world projects that students choose for themselves. Esther Wojcicki is an American journalist and educator who is a pioneer in exploring the interface between education and technology. She graduated from University of California Berkeley with a B.A. in English and Political Science. She received a secondary teaching credential from University of California, Berkeley, as well as a graduate degree from the Graduate School of Journalism in Berkeley. Currently, Wojcicki is a journalism and english teacher at Palo Alto High School. She began its journalism program, which has grown to become one of the largest in the nation. Wojcicki strongly believes in changing a classroom’s culture so that students are more in control of their learning. Wojcicki discusses this in her book Moonshots in Education: Launching Blended Learning in the Classroom. This talk was given at a TEDx event using the TED conference format but independently organized by a local community. Learn more at http://ted.com/tedx

In Search of Purpose and Lunch | Debbie Lacy | TEDxOlympia

To create meaning and fulfillment in life, you need to know what you want. Using the decision about what to have for lunch as both a practice and metaphor for pursuing bigger desires, life coach Debbie Lacy invites us to take the Three Day Lunch Challenge. Debbie is a Certified Life Coach with a Master of Social Work degree from the University of Maryland. Debbie is the author of Ready, Set, Manifest! A Handbook for the In-Betweens and Leaps in Life. After a career that spanned social psychology research, clinical social work, and nonprofit management, Debbie launched her full-time coaching and consulting practice in 2003. She is a practitioner at Higher Wellness in Bellevue, WA where she provides individual coaching sessions and workshops. She and her husband live in Kirkland, WA with their son and two dogs. Debbie enjoys monthly meetings with her book group and providing “quality control” services at Auclair Winery, her husband’s labor of love. Learn more about Debbie and her work at www.debbielacy.com. This talk was given at a TEDx event using the TED conference format but independently organized by a local community. Learn more at http://ted.com/tedx

Why we procrastinate by Vik Nithy @ TEDxYouth@TheScotsCollege

Vik Nithy is the founder of 3 companies at the age of 20 including how own marketing consulting firm. His left after school Vik has been extremely successful despite being diagnosed with ADHD after finishing his school exams. Developing his passion for cognitive neuroscience, educational reform and the potential of young people. In the spirit of ideas worth spreading, TEDx is a program of local, self-organized events that bring people together to share a TED-like experience. At a TEDx event, TEDTalks video and live speakers combine to spark deep discussion and connection in a small group. These local, self-organized events are branded TEDx, where x = independently organized TED event. The TED Conference provides general guidance for the TEDx program, but individual TEDx events are self-organized.* (*Subject to certain rules and regulations)

#10assumptions I Had As A Kid That I’m Still Unpacking As An Adult | Dr. Joe Mazza | TEDxYouth@BHS

Whether we’re at work, school or at home, we oftentimes navigate our world with a set of assumptions that were passed down to us from our parents, friends and families over the years. In this talk, @Joe_Mazza shares 10 assumptions he had growing up that he’s now working to overcome, and ensure his own children are actively encouraged to get to know their world deeper before taking advice from others as truth. Topics such as cultural competency, mental health, patriotism, Native American reservation life, tattoos, meeting new people, dangerous pets and places that have been publicly constructed on negligent assumptions are discussed during this honest and transparent talk. Read more and/or share your own #10assumptions using the hashtag. Dr. Mazza teaches at PennGSE’s Mid-Career Doctoral Program in Ed Leadership (alum of @MCDPEL) and speaks internationally on empathy, adult and teen empowerment, family-community engagement and innovative teaching, learning and leadership strategies. Dr. Joe Mazza serves as the Leadership Innovation Manager at the University of Pennsylvania’s Graduate School of Education working with Mid-Career Doctoral Program in Educational Leadership (MCDPEL) faculty, students and alumni as well as supporting the Penn Center for Educational Leadership (PCEL). Joe also serves as a national family-community engagement advisor to the Institute for Educational Leadership in Washington, DC. Joe served as lead learner at Knapp Elementary School since 2007 before taking on the district edtech role. He has spent his career working with students, teachers & families as a 3rd grade teacher, bilingual assistant principal, middle school vice-principal, an elementary principal, while serving as a TV studio producer, webmaster and technology integration coach in each setting. He is a graduate of the University of Pennsylvania with a doctoral degree in Educational Leadership. This talk was given at a TEDx event using the TED conference format but independently organized by a local community. Learn more at http://ted.com/tedx

Don’t Buy the Book: Cultivate, Curate and Go Open | Matt Miller | TEDxElCajonSalon

Matt Miller Superintendent from Mentor Public Schools shares the evolution of textbooks and how schools can now use Open Education Resources to broaden the opportunities for students. He shares his passion for schools to to progress past 21st Century Learning to the next steps of education. For more information on Matt Miller visit www.TEDxElCajon.com or email loethere@cajonvalley.net. Matthew Miller is the superintendent of Mentor Public Schools, a suburban school district located just east of Cleveland, Ohio, serving 7,700 students enrolled in pre-kindergarten through twelfth grade. He has spent the last 22 years serving Ohio communities as an educator in the roles of superintendent (11), principal (6) and teacher (5). These roles have given Matt the opportunity to implement innovative instructional practices in the classroom that have touched the lives of thousands of students and hundreds of educators. Matt is a proponent for sharing resources to ensure all children have access to a high quality education. He is actively involved in the prestigious and nationwide League of Innovative Schools, is the Chairperson of the Ohio Blended Learning Network, and was selected as one of 100 superintendents nationwide to attend the #FutureReady National Connect Superintendents Summit at the White House in 2015. This talk was given at a TEDx event using the TED conference format but independently organized by a local community. Learn more at http://ted.com/tedx

The Future of Learning in Education | Jon Tait | TEDxPocklingtonED

Jon’s talk gives valuable insights into new ways of thinking and learning for our education system. It gives the audience an overview of flip learning and shows the benefits for both students and teachers of adopting this new and exciting concept. Jon Tait is an experienced senior leader and current deputy head teacher in a large and diverse North East secondary school. He regularly presents at teaching conferences in the UK and internationally, talking about how he has researched and conducted trials with digital technology in schools. In 2012, Jon was selected to carry the Torch at the London 2012 Olympics due to his work with young people, both in schools and through his sports coaching in the local community. This talk was given at a TEDx event using the TED conference format but independently organized by a local community. Learn more at http://ted.com/tedx

The world is changed by those brave enough to question it | Jessica Tenuta | TEDxNormal

Curiosity is the most valuable resource humanity has, and it is unlimited. All we have to do is learn how to wake it up in the minds of our students…and they will go on to change the world. Jessica is a Co-Founder and Head of Design for Packback. The Packback team started the company in their junior year of college, after they realized that the cost of their education was at an all-time high, but the value of their education was at an all-time low. Packback helps students get affordable access to their materials, while giving them a safe space to be curious and ask BIG questions through online book-based study groups. As a designer, Jessica specializes in the art of asking the right questions to uncover the real problem that needs to be solved. Jessica has experience building compelling brands for startups, from both the perspective of a founder and from that of operational Venture Capital. As a brand designer at both Lightbank and Listen Ventures, she helped build the brands and user experiences for some of Chicago’s top startups. Jessica was recently named as one of Chicago’s “25 Startup Founders under 25” by Chicago Inno. This talk was given at a TEDx event using the TED conference format but independently organized by a local community. Learn more at http://ted.com/tedx

The Two Guys Show 44: Beth Holland

We are so excited to announce we have officially relaunched the 2 Guys Show! Earlier today we recorded episode 44 with our friend Beth Holland. Beth is an EdTechTeacher Instructor, Edutopia and EdTech Researcher Blogger, TEDx Presenter, Google for Education Certified Trainer, and doctoral student at Johns Hopkins University. Beth thrives on helping teachers to create exciting and engaging learning environments for their students.

Press Play — Gaming, Simulation & Achievement in the Classroom: Jonathon Best at TEDxDenverTeachers

Achievement and investment go hand-in-hand in today’s 21st century classroom. By integrating design elements from modern video game frameworks and leveraging the impact of success in a technology-saturated and highly simulated world, teachers can better motivate and in turn, serve our digital citizens through their progression towards college and the professional world. By the end of this talk, educators will walk away with concrete steps to help them integrate the modern world of video games and simulation in their daily practices. Presented by Jonathon Best, Press Play – Teacher at KIPP Sunshine Peak Academy. In the spirit of ideas worth spreading, TEDx is a program of local, self-organized events that bring people together to share a TED-like experience. At a TEDx event, TEDTalks video and live speakers combine to spark deep discussion and connection in a small group. These local, self-organized events are branded TEDx, where x = independently organized TED event. The TED Conference provides general guidance for the TEDx program, but individual TEDx events are self-organized.* (*Subject to certain rules and regulations)

Self Directed, Peer-to-peer Learning Can Teach the World | Bodo Hoenen | TEDxLoyolaMarymountU

Bodo describes his project to build algorithms that take advantage of peer-to-peer learning and discovery to allow learning, even in settings where people have virtually no knowledge of technology or literacy. Bodo Hoenen is an EdTech innovator creating autonomous self-schooling opportunities for children in poverty, disaster areas, conflict zones, and areas that restrict open education. Motivated by his young daughter’s self-directed learning, Hoenen realized children crave learning and when given the opportunity, will seek out knowledge and skills. He founded Dev4X’s Moonshot Education Project 18 months ago, with a vision to create a personalized digital learning platform to revolutionize education for the world’s most marginalized children. Hoenen and Dev4x have recently joined the Global Learning XPRIZE (GLXP) in an effort to pilot their learning platform through the $10M grant GLXP’s provides for the best education solution. With his latest project, Hoenen will illustrate how we can leverage the natural teaching moments of communities to create learner-generated algorithms that teach any child, just about anything, no matter where they are born. This talk was given at a TEDx event using the TED conference format but independently organized by a local community. Learn more at http://ted.com/tedx

これからの未来に必要な教育とは?: Tomohisa Ote at TEDxSaku

大手智之さんのトークです。長野県佐久市で2014年5月に開催されたTEDxSakuにて。 株式会社アソビズム代表取締役CEO タイトル: これからの未来に必要な教育とは? 紹介文: 1974年、群馬県高崎市生まれ。 8歳の時に父親のパソコンでプログラミングと出会い、 兄弟・友人が喜ぶのが嬉しくてゲーム作りにのめり込む。 2002年、勤めていたゲーム会社から独立し、株式会社アソビズムを設立。 現在65名の従業員とともにゲームの企画・開発等を行っている。 秋葉原にある本社オフィスは「第25回日経ニューオフィス推進賞」を受賞。 設立当初から新しいワークスタイルを模索している。 2012年、娘の幼稚園選びを機に長野への移住を決意。 翌年2013年に長野支社、愛称「長野ブランチ」を設立した。 現在のオフィスは長野駅近郊にある古い旅館をリノベーションしたもの。 将来的には自然豊かな北信州へ移転し、子どもの教育と仕事が両立できる環境を作ることを目指している。 また、長野ブランチ2階の和室で「未来工作ゼミ」を開催。 子どもたちに、ゲーム作りを通してICTを教えたり、ロボット工作を一緒に行うなどして、 「大自然の中で心を開き、自分で考え、楽しみ、生きる力を育てる」ことにも取り組んでいる。 株式会社アソビズム http://www.asobism.co.jp In the spirit of ideas worth spreading, TEDx is a program of local, self-organized events that bring people together to share a TED-like experience. At a TEDx event, TEDTalks video and live speakers combine to spark deep discussion and connection in a small group. These local, self-organized events are branded TEDx, where x = independently organized TED event. The TED Conference provides general guidance for the TEDx program, but individual TEDx events are self-organized.* (*Subject to certain rules and regulations)

The Gift | Keith Edgerton | TEDxOlympia

Legally blind at 35, Keith discovered that his life expanded as his sight dimmed. Keith is a father of 2 daughters, a step dad, husband, waterman, singer/songwriter, drummer, and lacrosse coach. Keith feels most comfortable in the natural world. He is sharing his journey as a legally blind man on his blog. This talk was given at a TEDx event using the TED conference format but independently organized by a local community. Learn more at http://ted.com/tedx

Micro-franchising — a solution to South Africa’s unemployment | Tracey Chambers | TEDxCapeTownSalon

This talk was given at a local TEDx event, produced independently of the TED Conferences. Tracey Chambers motivates why entrepreneurship is not the panacea for the unemployment crisis in South Africa, and proposes a new methodology for creating and sustaining livelihoods for disenfranchised mothers. Tracey is a Wynberg Girls High School Alumni; a B Comm CA/SA University of Cape Town; a Chartered Accountant with 20 years’ experience. Before starting The Clothing Bank, she spent 9 Years with Woolworths in various positions and was Head of Finance for the last 5 years. She left the corporate world in 2009 to pursue her passion for teaching and empowering women. The Clothing Bank was founded in 2010; its mission: to inspire, skill and support unemployed mothers to eradicate poverty in their lives. It is now considered one of the best practice examples of sustainable Enterprise Development in SA. About TEDx, x = independently organized event In the spirit of ideas worth spreading, TEDx is a program of local, self-organized events that bring people together to share a TED-like experience. At a TEDx event, TEDTalks video and live speakers combine to spark deep discussion and connection in a small group. These local, self-organized events are branded TEDx, where x = independently organized TED event. The TED Conference provides general guidance for the TEDx program, but individual TEDx events are self-organized.* (*Subject to certain rules and regulations)

Kids Deserve It | Todd Nesloney | TEDxTAMU

Todd Nesloney is a life-changing principal. He works every day to help establish and build relationships that kids need to grow and develop. Come see what incredible things Todd is able to accomplish and why he does so. Todd Nesloney is the Principal/Lead Learner of Webb Elementary in Navasota, TX. He is the 2015 BAMMY Award Recipient for Elementary Principal and the 2014 BAMMY Award Winner for Classroom Teacher of the Year, the TCEA Teacher of the Year for 2014, a White House Champion of Change, a National School Board Association “20 to Watch”, and Center for Digital Education “Top 40 Innovators in Education”. Todd is also the author of children’s book “Spruce & Lucy” and the co-author of the Award Winning Book, “Flipping 2.0” and most recently “Kids Deserve It!”. Todd serves on both the Scholastic Principal Advisory Board and the Remind Advisory Board. He is also the co-host of the popular education podcast series “Kids Deserve It”. This talk was given at a TEDx event using the TED conference format but independently organized by a local community. Learn more at https://www.ted.com/tedx

Pivoting the Education System into the 21st Century | The Climber | TEDxYouth@DPSRKPuram

The co-founders of The Climber take over the stage one by one and talk about the necessity of following one’s passion. They also talk about the necessity of cherishing one’s individuality and how they have been trying to help the students, who are stuck in the Indian Education System, to live their dreams. The Climber is a youth-driven organisation that focuses on puttiing students first when it comes to their education. The Climber is one of the top ten student run startups as per TATA, and has also been ranked as the best early stage startup by IIM B at Bzzwings 2015. The leaders of the startup, who are also the speakers of the talk, have been awarded a multitude of awards for their achievements. This talk was given at a TEDx event using the TED conference format but independently organized by a local community. Learn more at http://ted.com/tedx

Education for Unity: Gilbert Mane at TEDxParramatta

Gilbert Mane’s idea is to immerse children in the best and finest ideas from a range of different traditions and cultures to show them pathways to making their ideas live, and make their own contribution to this rich human archive. Gilbert Mane has been the Headmaster of John Colet School, a primary school in Belrose since 1989. He practised as a solicitor from 1980 and has a lifelong interest in history, public affairs and both Eastern and Western philosophy, particularly those involving practical methods of inner stillness and meditation. He contributed a chapter on values education to Education and the Ideal. And his first book 7 Steps to Freedom is based on several decades of practical experience in self-awareness techniques. In the spirit of ideas worth spreading, TEDx is a program of local, self-organized events that bring people together to share a TED-like experience. At a TEDx event, TEDTalks video and live speakers combine to spark deep discussion and connection in a small group. These local, self-organized events are branded TEDx, where x = independently organized TED event. The TED Conference provides general guidance for the TEDx program, but individual TEDx events are self-organized.* (*Subject to certain rules and regulations)

David Blake, Degreed – CEO

Organizasyonunuz’da Modern Öğrenme Kültürünü Nasıl Oluşturursunuz? David Blake, Degreed – CEO DAVID BLAKE KİMDİR? http://www.egitimvegelisimzirvesi.com… Degreed CEO David Blake, Degreed’in CEO’su ve Kurucusudur. David daha önce, Zinch’i kuran takımın bir üyesiydi ve akredite bir üniversitenin açılmasına yardımcı oldu. David, Institute of Design at Stanford ve Techstars mezunları tarafından en iyi Edtech girişimcisi seçilmiştir. David EdTech Avrupa, TEDx ve Eğitimde İnovasyon Zirvesi’ne konuşmacı olarak katılmıştır. Bu sunumu kaçırmayın…. Geride kalmayın! “Büyük değişim zamanlarında, öğrenenler dünyayı miras alırken öğrenmiş olanlar artık var olmayan bir dünyayla baş başa kalırlar.” David Blake is the Founder and CEO of Degreed. Previously, david was part of the founding team at Zinch (sold to Chegg: CHGG NASDAQ) and helped launch an accredited university. David was selected as a top EDTech enterpreneur by Institute of design at Stanford and a Techstars alumni. David has spoken at EdTech Europe, TEDx and Education Innovation Summit You mustn’t miss this presentation… Don’t left behind! “ In times of great change, learners inherit the earth while the learned find themselves beautifully equipped for a world that no longer exists.”

Digital Citizenship in the Surveillance State | Wesley Fryer, Ph.D. | TEDxWallerMiddleSchool

The revelations of Edward Snowden about mass surveillance continue to inform discussions about privacy, cyber-security, counter-terrorism and digital ethics. How can these topics fit into discussions about digital citizenship in the classroom? Should we be concerned about the amount of information we freely share with businesses and corporations via social media and settings on our smartphones like location services and even our microphone? What kinds of things should we be aware of as citizens in the surveillance state, and are there issues on which we should be advocates for regulation or limitations on the abilities of both governments as well as businesses to collect and use information about citizens for their own purposes? Dr. Wesley Fryer (@wfryer) is a teacher, author, speaker, and the Director of Technology for Casady School in Oklahoma City. He is the co-host of the weekly “EdTech Situation Room” podcast (@edtechSR) and the author of several books on effectively using digital technologies to communicate, tell stories, create media projects and develop STEM coding skills. Wes became a Google Certified Teacher in 2009, was named an Apple Distinguished Educator in 2005, and a PBS Digital Innovator in 2014. He completed his PhD in Curriculum and Instruction from Texas Tech University in 2011. Wes co-chairs the Digital Citizenship Team at Casady School and is helping develop a five year strategic plan for Digital Citizenship which will guide teachers and students in important conversations relating to Internet safety, privacy, digital sharing, and other related topics. His professional blog and podcast is “Moving at the Speed of Creativity” (www.speedofcreativity.org) focusing on technology integration. This talk was given at a TEDx event using the TED conference format but independently organized by a local community. Learn more at http://ted.com/tedx

Building a culture of feedback in every school | Ernest Jenavs | TEDxRiga

What do you think would improve education for your kid? Government regulations? Change of school or a new class? Ernest Jenavs suggests that we should be finding ways to improve the quality of education school by school. And the way we could this — is by building a strong culture of feedback. As the co-founder of the EdTech startup Edurio, Ernest is seeking to help schools tap into the power of feedback, thereby improving the quality of the education they provide. This talk was given at a TEDx event using the TED conference format but independently organized by a local community. Learn more at http://ted.com/tedx

TEDxNYED – April 28, 2012 – Juliette LaMontagne

Juliette LaMontagne, Ed.D., is an educator dedicated to diversifying educational opportunities to better meet the needs of learners. After teaching in the New York City Public Schools and later Columbia University, she began consulting for the Student Press Initiative, the Center for the Professional Education of Teachers, and the Asia Society’s International Studies School Network as a Curriculum Developer and EdTech Innovations Facilitator. Her current initiative, ProjectBreaker.org, drives alternative learning and social innovation by mobilizing interdisciplinary teams of young, creative collaborators to design product solutions to global challenges

Two ideas that will revolutionize education forever | Aditi Avasthi | TEDxIITHyderabad

What do the classrooms of the future look like? Aditi Avasthi takes us on a brief tour of how AI is can help identify traits in a student that a traditional student-teacher pair cannot, and provide tailor-made education. Aditi Avasthi is the Founder and CEO at Embibe.com which is an exciting artificial intelligence platform that is personalising the delivery of education to students in emerging markets with a deep stack on content intelligence using computer vision and machine learning. This talk was given at a TEDx event using the TED conference format but independently organized by a local community. Learn more at https://www.ted.com/tedx

Blended learning: Frank Baxter at TEDxManhattanBeach

Frank Baxter has been an enlistee in the US Air Force, CEO of an Investment Bank, Ambassador to Uruguay, inveterate non-profit Board member. He has run 17 marathons and climbed Mount Kilimanjaro. Since 1986, Frank has been an activist in improving K-12 education for low income students. Since the 90′s he has been a supporter of charter schools in Oakland and Los Angeles. In 2004, he was one of the founders of the Alliance for College Ready Public Schools, a high performing Los Angeles charter management organization which now has 6 middle schools and 15 high schools serving 9,500 inner-city students. He has served as Chairman and Co-Chairman since. In 2010, the Alliance started a transition to blended learning, a model which integrates teachers with 21st century technology. Now seven schools are BLAST (Blended Learning Alliance School Transformation) schools. The students are learning much faster and are much happier than in the traditional vintage 19th century model. He has a BA in Economics with honors from the University of California, Berkeley. His wife, Kathy, and he have 3 children, 6 grandchildren and 1 great granddaughter. About TEDx, x = independently organized event In the spirit of ideas worth spreading, TEDx is a program of local, self-organized events that bring people together to share a TED-like experience. At a TEDx event, TEDTalks video and live speakers combine to spark deep discussion and connection in a small group. These local, self-organized events are branded TEDx, where x = independently organized TED event. The TED Conference provides general guidance for the TEDx program, but individual TEDx events are self-organized. (Subject to certain rules and regulations.)

Seema Bansal: Leap EdTech by TLabs, 2017

Seema Bansal, Director – Social Impact and Development Practice, The Boston Consulting Group spoke about the Massive Gaps in EdTech – Are India’s EdTech entrepreneurs targeting drops or the ocean? “EdTech” has become a buzzword among startups, with companies like BYJU’s launching to incredible success. But tech is not the reality of the majority of India. Though market penetration of mobile phones is on a rise, using technology for education requires far more than just access to a piece of tech. The speakers will tackle some of the largest inhibitors to EedTtech throughout the Indian education system––from the privileged students in Tier 1 cities, all the way to the rural schools in places like Rajasthan. Just because it’s tech-enabled, do students actually learn? Further, BECAUSE it’s tech, does that leave out the majority of India and those who need it most?

Artificial Intelligence & Education: Lifelong Learning Dialogue | Toru Iiyoshi | TEDxKyotoUniversity

In this talk, Prof. Iiyoshi goes head to head with an AI questioning the fate of education and lifelong learning! Toru Iiyoshi was previously a senior scholar and Director of the Knowledge Media Laboratory at the Carnegie Foundation for the Advancement of Teaching (1999-2008), and Senior Strategist in the Office of Educational Innovation and Technology at Massachusetts Institute of Technology (2009-2011). He is the co-editor of the Carnegie Foundation book, “Opening Up Education: The Collective Advancement of Education through Open Technology, Open Content, and Open Knowledge” (MIT Press, 2008) and co-author of three books including “The Art of Multimedia: Design and Development of The Multimedia Human Body” and numerous academic and commercial articles. He received the Outstanding Practice Award in Instructional Development and the Robert M. Gagne Award for Research in Instructional Design from the Association for Educational Communications and Technology. Currently, he is the director and a professor of the Center for the Promotion of Excellence in Higher Education (CPEHE) at Kyoto University. This talk was given at a TEDx event using the TED conference format but independently organized by a local community. Learn more at http://ted.com/tedx

Indian Education System needs a serious makeover | Paresh Gupta | TEDxYouth@SangamSchool

Even though India is developing with rapid pace, the Indian Education System still lags behind, struggling to evolve with time. The Education System of the country still follows the inherited coursebooks, syllabuses and methodologies which are fading away with development hence, we do not see change, says Paresh Gupta at TEDxYouthSangamSchool, raising a crucial and bold issue. This talk by Paresh Gupta outlines various flaws and problems of the Indian Education System and effective solutions to these very problems. Watch Paresh Gupta’s revolutionary talk which indeed is an eye-opener to many. He also mentions about the practical implications of the solutions at Global Centre for Entrepreneurship and Commerce, GCEC, his institution, focusing on practical approaches to education where the institution goes bookless making the institution one of its kind across India. Paresh Gupta is a first attempt Chartered Accountant and a merit holder MBA from London School of Business and Finance. He is also a trained financial modeller from Operis UK, rated amongst the top 20 credit research analysts team in Europe and has various international research publications to his credit. He has over 13 years of experience in strategic advisory, takeovers, mergers and acquisitions, infrastructure consulting, financial restructuring and business research across Asia, Middle East, Europe and USA. Paresh has recently returned back to India to start his entrepreneurial journey and founded a 3 times national award winning company SHArP Edge Learning. Paresh Gupta is a first attempt Chartered Accountant and a merit holder MBA from London School of Business and Finance. He is also a trained financial modeler from Operis UK, rated amongst the top 20 credit research analysts team in Europe and has various international research publications to his credit. He has over 13 years of experience in strategic advisory, takeovers, mergers and acquisitions, infrastructure consulting, financial restructuring and business research across Asia, Middle East, Europe and USA. Paresh has recently returned back to India to start his entrepreneurial journey and founded a 3 times national award winning company SHArP Edge Learning. This talk was given at a TEDx event using the TED conference format but independently organized by a local community. Learn more at https://www.ted.com/tedx

Is College Still Worth It? | Jason Lange | TEDxWilmingtonED

As technology continues to accelerate change, will the traditional college model be able to keep up? Why might college no longer be worth it for many of our nation’s kids, and what might they consider doing instead? Jason Lange is the Co-Founder and President of BloomBoard, an education technology company focused on empowering educator success through personalized, competency-based learning. Prior to founding BloomBoard, Jason worked in finance as an investment banking Analyst and then as a private equity Associate before going to graduate school. While in graduate school, Jason worked as a Summer Associate at NewSchools Venture Fund, where he supported the development of the initial edtech investment thesis for the NewSchools Seed Fund (now Reach Capital). Jason received a BA in psychology and philosophy from Yale University, an MBA from Stanford University Graduate School of Business, and an MA in Education from Stanford University School of Education. This talk was given at a TEDx event using the TED conference format but independently organized by a local community. Learn more at https://www.ted.com/tedx

Impact Investing: Your money doing good in the world – and your wallet | Kevin Peterson | TEDxFargo

More and more investors are putting their dollars into impact investments. Kevin Peterson of the New Hampshire Charitable Foundation explains how this trend is helping save the environment, boost local economies and build child care centers – and how you can be part of it. From New Hampshire Charitable Foundation’s Upper Valley office in Hanover, Kevin co-leads design and implementation of the Impact Investing Program. He also manages four grant programs: a statewide environment portfolio; the Wellborn Ecology Fund; the Upper Connecticut River Mitigation and Enhancement Fund; and regional grants/nonprofit/donor relations in the Upper Valley. This talk was given at a TEDx event using the TED conference format but independently organized by a local community. Learn more at https://www.ted.com/tedx

Gamification in Higher Education | Christopher See | TEDxCUHK

Christopher is sharing his idea behind one of his innovative education project: Escape Room feat. Medical Examination! What were the myths people usually confuse with playing games in learning? Chris is going to tell us the answer Dr. Christopher See took his medical degree at Trinity College, Cambridge University, and worked as a junior doctor in several UK hospitals. He completed a PGCE in clinical education with the University of Edinburgh and went on to take a teaching post at Manchester University Medical School, where he received the Excellent Teacher Award for the Faculty in 2012. He is currently completing his PhD research in the application of e-learning and game-based learning in medical training at the University of Hong Kong. He has published in peer-reviewed publications include the journal Rheumatology and the Imperial College Press, as well as 7 book titles with publisher Kogan Page. He is a keen science communicator, winning the science presenting competition Famelab in 2013 and hosting public lectures at the HK Science Museum and Café Scientifique. Oh, and he really loves games. You’ll see. This talk was given at a TEDx event using the TED conference format but independently organized by a local community. Learn more at http://ted.com/tedx

The Most Important Course in High School | Lee Taal | TEDxEdmontonED

Lee’s talk gives educators research and perspective on why we do career education to build the value and understanding of why it matters. A future paleontologist/football player who attended high school in Peterborough, Ontario, Lee’s unique career path was a complete surprise. As a graduate of Royal Roads Military College with a double major in Oceanography & Space Science, he worked in the Arctic, deployed overseas, gave advice to engineers on broken down locomotives, designed advertising at Airports, and now is the founder and CEO of EdTech ChatterHigh, helping students get the conversation started about their future. Considered a ‘philanthropreneur’ in his approach to helping schools, Lee presents at educational conferences and has talked with thousands of teachers and students in classrooms across N. America about the trait ‘hope’, the value of career education, and why becoming adaptable matters. He founded “Canada’s Most Informed School” and “Most Informed Student” competitions, allowing schools to raise funds and students to earn scholarships by actively exploring resources and opportunities. This talk was given at a TEDx event using the TED conference format but independently organized by a local community. Learn more at https://www.ted.com/tedx

The Brave New World of Online Learning: Amy Collier at TEDxStanford

Amy Collier works with faculty, instructional designers and doctoral students to explore and design online learning experiences at Stanford. Amy Collier is the director for technology and teaching for the Office of the Vice Provost for Online Learning. She is an advocate for learners and teachers across a variety of educational institutions, from community-based service organizations to large public universities. Before coming to Stanford, Collier was the director of the Center for Excellence in Teaching and Learning at Texas Wesleyan University, where her team implemented nationally recognized faculty development programs for online learning. Through her graduate studies in social sciences and nearly 10 years in faculty development, she is a member of the American Educational Research Association, The Sloan Consortium, Educause Learning Initiative and the Professional and Organizational Development Network. Collier frequently presents at universities and conferences, on topics like open learning, online learning and faculty development.

Your life in a drop of blood | Dr Terry Pearson | TEDxVancouver

This talk was given at a local TEDx event, produced independently of the TED Conferences. This talk was given at a local TEDx event, produced independently of the TED Conferences. Terry reminds us that we are individuals down to the smallest level and explains how we can harness this fact to change diagnostic medicine. Personalized monitoring of molecules in blood will allow improved wellness and clinical outcomes in acute and chronic diseases. Professor, medical industry entrepreneur, and disease diagnosis specialist, Dr. Terry Pearson and his colleagues are about to change the way we view and monitor our health. By combining ground- breaking biotechnology and cost effective diagnostic testing using a single drop of blood, the team is able to capture more personalized medical data that will facilitate much more meaningful analysis. It’s a revolutionary approach that could alter the face of medicine in the very near future. Dr. Pearson is a professor in the Department of Biochemistry and Microbiology at the University of Victoria. He obtained his PhD at UBC and after postdoctoral work at the Medical Research Council Laboratory in Cambridge, England, Dr. Pearson worked as a staff scientist in its Division of Cell Biology. He was then recruited to Nairobi, Kenya as a research scientist at the newly formed International Laboratory for Research on Animal Diseases where he introduced monoclonal antibody technology to Africa. This experience led to a love of and fascination with the African continent. For more than 35 years his research has focused on tropical diseases, mainly African sleeping sickness, and on diagnosis of disease. In the past decade, his research has focused on translation of basic research discoveries into application to clinical diagnostic medicine in both the developed and developing world. In addition to serving on the boards of several private and public biotechnology companies, he is co-founder of SISCAPA Assay Technologies, Inc., a privately held biotechnology company focused on developing diagnostic tests for personalized medicine. About TEDx, x = independently organized event In the spirit of ideas worth spreading, TEDx is a program of local, self-organized events that bring people together to share a TED-like experience. At a TEDx event, TEDTalks video and live speakers combine to spark deep discussion and connection in a small group. These local, self-organized events are branded TEDx, where x = independently organized TED event. The TED Conference provides general guidance for the TEDx program, but individual TEDx events are self-organized.* (*Subject to certain rules and regulations)

Will schools exist 50 years from now? | Marc Sanz López | TEDxESADE

Why is education transforming? What’s the deal with Education Technology (EdTech)? How will our current school and education system look like in the future? Listen to Marc Sanz López as he portrays the challenges schools are facing in the post-internet era, how to choose a good school and what can we expect from this sector over the next decades. Marc is in continuous conversations with schools and education leaders. Besides being a founder of the first TEDxESADE seven years ago he currently is the Head of Google for Education for the South of Europe. He has founded various entrepreneurship clubs at university, national and international level, and has even co-founded and currently runs its own videogame studio. His background proves his bold professional profile and his commitment to improving Education and Entrepreneurship – two key pillars of society nowadays. This talk was given at a TEDx event using the TED conference format but independently organized by a local community. Learn more at https://www.ted.com/tedx

More pedagogic change in 10 years than last 1000 years: Donald Clark at TEDxGlasgow

Search, links, media sharing, social media, Wikipedia, games, open source etc. are ground breaking shifts in the way we learn, says Donald Clark. Unfortunately, they’re not matched by the way we teach. The growing gap between teaching practice and learning practice is acute and growing. Institutional teaching, especially in Universities is hanging on to the pedagogic fossil that is the lecture. The true driver for positive, pedagogic change is the internet. More about Donald… Donald Clark was CEO and one of the original founders of Epic Group plc, which established itself as the leading company in the UK e-learning market, floated on the Stock Market in 1996 and sold in 2005. Describing himself as ‘free from the tyranny of employment’, he is a board member of Ufi, Cogbooks, LearningPool and the Brighton Arts Festival. Donald has been involved in major film, games, simulations, social media and mobile projects. He is an evangelist for the use of technology in learning and has won many awards, notably the ‘Outstanding Achievement in e-learning Award’. He has advised on e-learning for many global, public and private organisations, and is a regular speaker at national and international conferences…… also a regular (and controversial) blogger on e-learning! In the spirit of ideas worth spreading, TEDx is a program of local, self-organized events that bring people together to share a TED-like experience. At a TEDx event, TEDTalks video and live speakers combine to spark deep discussion and connection in a small group. These local, self-organized events are branded TEDx, where x = independently organized TED event. The TED Conference provides general guidance for the TEDx program, but individual TEDx events are self-organized.* (*Subject to certain rules and regulations)

Open a bakery! | Maria Sirotkina | TEDxIEMadrid

Today days entrepreneurs all over the world are struggling to come up with “the next big thing”. There are facts supporting the success of a different approach, though. While for some it’s still ok to pursue that big project aiming to be the next mass consumed product (or service) impacting millions or even billions of lives, the shocking reality is quite different. In her talk, Maria explains to us the implications, causes and pitfalls of her “best-morning-bread” idea. IE MBA alumni and a co-founder of Jey STUDY, Russia’s leading Educational consulting company, Maria has worked with EdTech startups advised a number of companies on Educational technologies. Maria is currently working on her new global community project for entrepreneurs that goes life in 2016. This talk was given at a TEDx event using the TED conference format but independently organized by a local community. Learn more at http://ted.com/tedx

Education – The Way Students want it | Steve Dineen | TEDxSquareMile

At TEDx Square Mile Steve explained FuseSchool, an exciting charitable project to improve lives by providing free world class secondary education. FuseSchool has already gained 78,000 subscribers with just one subject, Chemistry. They also have content for Biology and Mathematics. With their success FuseSchool are now attracting amazing partners like The Prince’s Trust, UNHCR and some of the world’s best schools where they are able to combine their strengths to expand their impact. Steve is an EdTech entrepreneur who is passionate about bottling greatness and sharing it through learning & communications technology. His drive to democratise learning and knowledge led him to found Fuse Universal to push the boundaries of learning technology and find the best blend with face-to-face delivery to increase performance and individual opportunity. At TEDx Square Mile Steve will explain Fuseschool, an exciting charitable project to improve lives by providing free world class secondary education. Fuseschool has already gained 15,000 subscribers with just one subject, chemistry, and will add further subjects in the next 12 months. With their success Fuseschool are now attracting amazing partners like The Prince’s Trust, UNHCR and some of the world’s best schools where they are able to combine their strengths to expand their impact. This talk was given at a TEDx event using the TED conference format but independently organized by a local community. Learn more at https://www.ted.com/tedx

Are You Ready to Disrupt Learning? | Holly Clark | TEDxLangleyED

Learning needs to be disrupted. The way teachers think of themselves as learners needs to be disrupted, and the way we deliver instruction in classrooms need to be disrupted. So how can we disrupt? We can start by making three simple changes. We need to change the focus of questions in education, how we gather information about student learning and growth, and we need to redefine what it means to be literate in the 21st Century. With three simple changes we can hopefully create an atmosphere of binge learning in classrooms everywhere – where students learn to love learning again. Holly Clark: She is an award-winning educator and speaker based in San Diego, CA and Portland, Oregon. She is both a National Board Certified Teacher and Google Certified Innovator. A long time teacher and administrator, Holly consults globally with schools to help them successfully and purposefully innovate instruction through the use of learning theory, technology integration and design thinking strategies. Holly holds an MA in Education from Columbia University, New York. She is an internationally recognized keynote speaker – passionately spreading the idea that we need to disrupt education and innovate our classroom curriculum. She is the Educational Strategist for EdTechTeam and head of their new publishing division – EdTechTeam Press. She authors a successful blog and her first book – Are You Ready to Disrupt? is due out in 2016. This talk was given at a TEDx event using the TED conference format but independently organized by a local community. Learn more at http://ted.com/tedx

The Promise of Education Technology | Daniel Kao | TEDxUCSD

Daniel Kao is fourth year computer science major at UC San Diego. In 2015, he interned for the U.S. Department of Education under the Office of Educational Technology. There, he helped with key initiatives including the National Education Technology Plan, policies around Open Educational Resources, and organized the White House Computer Science Tech Jam for Computer Science Education Week. Daniel discusses the state of education technology in today’s classrooms, and how use it to empower students. Daniel grew up under a computer table cause they couldn’t get him in a playpen. At UCSD, he is a 4th year Computer Science major. In 2015, he worked for the US department of Education under the Office of Educational Technology. There, he helped with key initiatives including the National Education Technology Plan, policies around Open Educational Resources, and organized the White House Computer Science Tech Jam for Computer Science Education Week. Currently, he is the director of technology and digital strategy for a nation-wide nonprofit organization called Student Voice, a student run nonprofit helping students have a bigger voice in the education. In 2014, he helped start an inquiry-based charter school in San Francisco focusing on addressing issues of equity in the city. Besides education, he is interested in startups and technology, news media, politics, and theoretical physics. In his free time, he reads voraciously, plays the drums, and pretends to be a coffee connoisseur. This talk was given at a TEDx event using the TED conference format but independently organized by a local community. Learn more at http://ted.com/tedx

Debating the education gap | Lewis Iwu | TEDxLondon

Today, perhaps more than ever, it’s vital that we can disagree without being disagreeable. This principle is at the heart of debating. Lewis Iwu, Director of the Fair Education Alliance, argues that debating builds character, confidence and emotional resilience: vital skills for narrowing the education gap. Lewis Iwu read politics, philosophy and economics at Oxford University, where he was elected President of the students’ union. Lewis is an active debating coach, having coached the national teams of Hong Kong in 2006, the United Arab Emirates in 2010 and 2011, and the ESU England schools debating team in 2012. He is a former World Universities Debating Champion. Lewis also helped set up Debate Mate, which teaches debating in more than 240 state schools in some of the UK’s most deprived areas. He is currently the Director of the Fair Education Alliance. The alliance of 55 organisations, including universities, companies and NGOs seeks to tackle education inequality and increase social mobility across the UK. This talk was given at a TEDx event using the TED conference format but independently organized by a local community. Learn more at http://ted.com/tedx

Disruptive Education is rebooting people’s lives | Alvaro Sanmartin Cid | TEDxImperialCollege

What is the future of education and how can you adapt to these rapidly changing work environment? Alvaro shares how Disruptive Education programmes can have a major impact on our lives. Alvaro is passionate about changing lives through disruptive education. He works at Udacity and has co-founded 3 Edtech Companies. This talk was given at a TEDx event using the TED conference format but independently organized by a local community. Learn more at https://www.ted.com/tedx

Gifted, creative and highly sensitive children | Heidi Hass Gable | TEDxLangleyED

Being “gifted” often feels far from a good thing, when you’re the one living it. And yet the myth persists that “gifted” is an elitist and privileged label in education. That “those kids” will be fine without any extra programs or supports. After all, what’s the worst that can happen – they get bored? In reality, many of our most vulnerable learners are those “gifted” kids who know they just don’t “fit it.” In our rush to identify and label children for purposes of funding and organizing our educational services most efficiently, we’re missing the ground level, actionable and everyday needs of an entire grouping of needy kids. Our most gifted, sensitive and creative students are our canaries in the coal mine; they are more sensitive to the world around them and the reactions we see in them can teach us what our education system needs to be, believe, include and stop. As is often the case, what is necessary for some is beneficial to all. Heidi approaches our education system from multiple perspectives. First and foremost, she is the mother of three amazing, gifted, creative and/or highly sensitive children! Heidi also spent almost six years as president of the City of Coquitlam‘s District Parent Advisory Council, attending countless advisory committees and working to build relationships between parents and teachers. And finally, she has worked with many passionate educators as an edtech consultant – participating in technology planning, facilitating dialogue and implementing technology to support student learning, communication and relationship building. She is an idealist, geek and deceptively social introvert. This talk was given at a TEDx event using the TED conference format but independently organized by a local community. Learn more at http://ted.com/tedx

AI & The Future of Work | Volker Hirsch | TEDxManchester

The robots are coming. We (as in the people who attend TED talks and things) tend to think we will probably be fine. You know, knowledge folks and all. We might not be. What will be our coping mechanisms? What can we do to be OK? Volker Hirsch is not afraid of placing his faith in concepts that others consider “niche”. He has championed mobile and games for more than 15 years as an angel investor, founder, and advisor. He helped launch the world’s first mobile music services, published games on tiny black and white mobile phones and – damningly – used the term “gamification” as early as 2006. Today his focus is on education, Internet of Things (IoT) and – still – games. Blackberry’s former Global Head of Business Development is now a founder of several companies, including software development house Blue Beck, and IoT venture programme builder Quantified Ventures. He is also a venture partner at leading EdTech accelerator Emerge Education, and the chairman of knowledge content recommendation system Bibblio. This talk was given at a TEDx event using the TED conference format but independently organized by a local community. Learn more at http://ted.com/tedx

Are men smarter than women? Do white people work harder? | Bode Bamkole | TEDxGuildford

Are men smarter than women? Do white people work harder than ethnic minorities? And does a paid education entitle you to better opportunities? Bode Bamkole asks these questions of our education system in the context of diversity. He lays out the real problems that students, teachers and the education system face at large and discusses why, through the use of technology, we’re finally in a position to tackle these issues. Bode has founded Study Streak in an attempt to bring these solutions to life. Website: www.studystreak.co.uk Social Media: Facebook: @studystreak Instagram: @studystreakk Twitter: @studystreak. Bode is an Economics Graduate from the University of Nottingham. He currently works at KPMG and is the founder of Study Streak, an Edtech company dedicated to addressing education disparities by race, income and gender through an innovative and comprehensive programme. Having benefited from a good education himself, he has made it a goal to make quality education accessible to as many people as possible. His energy and commitment have seen him turn this idea for better education into a rapidly growing project with quality content, supported by a growing team. Bode hopes to continue to develop his skills in the financial sector and use them to achieve Study Streak’s long-term vision of being a top quality education provider. This talk was given at a TEDx event using the TED conference format but independently organized by a local community. Learn more at https://www.ted.com/tedx

Jailbreaking the degree: David Blake at TEDxFurmanU

At TEDxFurmanU, David Blake highlights the distinction between education and degrees, arguing that the future of learning involves abandoning the concept of a finite education. About David Blake David Blake is the founder of Degreed, a free online platform that scores and validates lifelong education from both accredited and non-accredited sources . A 2007 graduate of Brigham Young University, David was most recently a consultant for New Charter University, an accredited private online university founded in 2011 with headquarters in San Francisco, CA. In 2011, David was one of 25 select participants chosen to join the inaugural EdTech Entrepreneurs Lab at Stanford University. The Lab, a joint program of Teach For America and the venture philanthropy firm NewSchools Venture Fund, was launched in collaboration with the Hasso Plattner Institute of Design at Stanford University. The goal of the EdTech Lab is to address the education achievement gap between students from low and high-income communities. From 2008 to 2011, David worked as a founding member of Zinch.com, an online social network that connects students with information and opportunities relating to colleges, scholarships, study abroad opportunities, and graduate schools. Through his work, David aims to promote universal access to education, create meaningful indicators of personal educational outcomes and success and enable a measured and meaningful system for lifelong learning. About TEDx In the spirit of ideas worth spreading, TEDx is a program of local, self-organized events that bring people together to share a TED-like experience. At a TEDx event, TEDTalks video and live speakers combine to spark deep discussion and connection in a small group. These local, self-organized events are branded TEDx, where x = independently organized TED event. The TED Conference provides general guidance for the TEDx program, but individual TEDx events are self-organized.* (*Subject to certain rules and regulations)

Instructional technologies — Changing teaching and learning | Eric Simon | TEDxNewEnglandCollege

This talk was given at a local TEDx event, produced independently of the TED Conferences. The history of education is one of continuous adaptation to new technologies, each of which offers potential benefits to the teaching and learning experience. This talk examines general principles to consider when faced with any new educational technology, and considers the role that educational technologies can play in the global educational marketplace. Eric J. Simon is an Associate Professor in the Department of Biology and Health Science at New England College in Henniker, New Hampshire. He teaches introductory biology to both science majors and non-science majors, as well as tropical marine biology and careers in science. Dr. Simon received a B.A. in Biology and Computer Science and an M.A. in Biology from Wesleyan University, and a Ph.D. in Biochemistry at Harvard University. His research focuses on innovative ways to use technology to improve teaching and learning in the science classroom, particularly among non-science major students. Dr. Simon is the lead author of Essential Biology (4th Ed.), Essential Biology with Physiology (3rd Ed.), and Biology: The Core, and a co-author of Biology: Concepts and Connections (6th Ed.), all published by Pearson Education. About TEDx, x = independently organized event In the spirit of ideas worth spreading, TEDx is a program of local, self-organized events that bring people together to share a TED-like experience. At a TEDx event, TEDTalks video and live speakers combine to spark deep discussion and connection in a small group. These local, self-organized events are branded TEDx, where x = independently organized TED event. The TED Conference provides general guidance for the TEDx program, but individual TEDx events are self-organized.* (*Subject to certain rules and regulations)

The future of certification | Gustav Borgefalk | TEDxHongKong

This talk was given at a local TEDx event, produced independently of the TED Conferences. The Future of Certification Gustav Borgefalk Co-founder of Sqore Mr. Gustav Borgefalk is a Swedish EdTech entrepreneur and global competition specialist, currently building future-proof tools for knowledge certification. Mr. Borgefalk is co-founder of Sqore and Studentcompetitions.com, the World’s largest community for students who competes. He advises corporate, university and government clients across the world on talent attraction strategies and is on a mission to create linkages between talents and opportunities on grand scale. Mr. Borgefalk has a MSc. In Business Administration and Entrepreneurship from the Stockholm School of Economics and is a graduate from Singularity University in Silicon Valley, working with the world’s brightest minds with solving humanity’s greatest challenges using tomorrow’s technologies. Mr. Borgefalk has been recognized as one of the top 20 Innovators of the World by Intel, named Leader of Tomorrow by St. Gallen Symposium and been named top 20 Super Talents by Sweden’s largest business weekly magazine. Recently, he starred in the Swedish TV-show “Genikampen” (The Battle of the Geniuses), popularizing science and technology among youth. About TEDx, x = independently organized event In the spirit of ideas worth spreading, TEDx is a program of local, self-organized events that bring people together to share a TED-like experience. At a TEDx event, TEDTalks video and live speakers combine to spark deep discussion and connection in a small group. These local, self-organized events are branded TEDx, where x = independently organized TED event. The TED Conference provides general guidance for the TEDx program, but individual TEDx events are self-organized.* (*Subject to certain rules and regulations)

Everyone is a teacher! | Vamsi Krishna | TEDxWalledCity

Learning does not happen by force, it emerges in the right environment. Vamsi Krishna talks about the discovery of learning through his experience of teaching 5000 students. The sheer joy of education for both the teacher and the students emerges… find out how… Vamsi Krishna is the co-founder of Vedantu, a live online tutoring platform which uses technology to bring together teachers and students to enable live one to one learning between them. Vamsi and his co-founders believe they can make the world a better place by allowing everyone to become a teacher. This talk was given at a TEDx event using the TED conference format but independently organized by a local community. Learn more at http://ted.com/tedx

The Future of Universities in a Block Chain World | Diane Sieber | TEDxBoulder

Universities have been central to intellectual and creative discourse for a millennium, and yet during the last two decades, powerful economic, technological and social forces have increasingly challenged their survival. Professor Diane Sieber argues that the future of the university may look very much like its origin: decentralized, just-in-time learning with flexible curricula and outcomes-based rather than credit-hour-based credentialing. In the near future, block chain technology will allow learners to design a personalized education that constellates inexpensive online resources and experiences, and to connect directly with employers through smart contracts. Universities that can adapt quickly will weather this change; others will collapse in the face of accelerating technologies and less expensive alternatives. Diane Sieber is a professor in the Engineering College at the University of Colorado, where she lives in a student residence hall with global engineers who speak many foreign languages. She also inhabits the intersection among information technologies, history, philosophy, literature, online games and punk rock. This talk was given at a TEDx event using the TED conference format but independently organized by a local community. Learn more at https://www.ted.com/tedx

The Era of Online Learning | Niema Moshiri | TEDxUCSD

In this talk, Niema Moshiri talks about his experience as a student in a massive classroom, and how this to his goal of rethinking education. As classroom sizes continue to increase, he illustrates the benefits of adaptive online education as a replacement for the traditional classroom. Alexander Niema Moshiri is currently a Ph.D. student in the Bioinformatics and Systems Biology program at the University of California, San Diego. He works on computational biology, with a research focus on phylogenetics and phylogenomics. Aside from research, Niema places a heavy emphasis on teaching, namely on the development of online educational content, primarily Massive Adaptive Interactive Texts (MAITs). For the past few years, he has worked with Dr. Pavel Pevzner and Dr. Phillip Compeau in the development of the Bioinformatics Specialization Track on Coursera, and has separately co-authored a free online MAIT on Data Structures that is being used at UCSD and USD. This talk was given at a TEDx event using the TED conference format but independently organized by a local community. Learn more at https://www.ted.com/tedx

The Gamification of Education | Emmett Stone | TEDxYouth@EB

Imagine a world where teachers could really understand the way each kid’s brain worked. Imagine that they learn this information from how each kid plays a game. Emmett Stone, a college freshman at Western Michigan University, is working on a way that allows young people to measure their thinking preferences in a game-like format. While working as an intern at FourSight he took a research-based thinking assessment and gamified it in the virtual world of Minecraft. His creation, still under development, helps kids discover what kind of thinker they really are, and produces insights that might just change the way teachers educate and kids learn. This talk was given at a TEDx event using the TED conference format but independently organized by a local community. Learn more at http://ted.com/tedx

A different way to think about technology in education: Greg Toppo at TEDxAshburn

When did Technology become a tool in our lives? A quick synopsis of technology as adopted throughout history. In the spirit of ideas worth spreading, TEDx is a program of local, self-organized events that bring people together to share a TED-like experience. At a TEDx event, TEDTalks video and live speakers combine to spark deep discussion and connection in a small group. These local, self-organized events are branded TEDx, where x = independently organized TED event. The TED Conference provides general guidance for the TEDx program, but individual TEDx events are self-organized.* (*Subject to certain rules and regulations)

The cycle of giving | TEDxVancouver | Treana Peake | TEDxVancouver

This talk was given at a local TEDx event, produced independently of the TED Conferences. This talk was given at a local TEDx event, produced independently of the TED Conferences. Treana explains how one small action can have an unknown but lasting impact. Our acts of kindness have enormous capacity to carry on far beyond the actual moment of giving, and that what we experience in these generous moments is only the beginning. As the founder and creative designer of the luxury fashion line Obakki and its philanthropic counterpart, the Obakki Foundation, Treana Peake has fused her lifelong passions together to create engaging and innovative philanthropy. By giving fashion a purpose and applying creativity to development work, Peake is tilting the landscape of generosity and pioneering a new type of fundraising model, one that is both dynamic and inspiring. As the creative designer and founder of the luxury fashion line Obakki and its philanthropic counterpart, the Obakki Foundation, Treana Peake has fused her lifelong passions together to create engaging and innovative philanthropy. The Obakki Foundation has delivered over 600 water wells and built 12 schools in South Sudan and Cameroon, leading to self-sustainable growth in countless communities, and garnering recognition and endorsement by the UN in the process. Peake’s leadership in fashion through Obakki has also received widespread acclaim through international publications such as Vogue UK and Elle, and her contemporary, sophisticated designs have been spotted on celebrity devotees such as Gwyneth Paltrow and Kate Hudson. By giving fashion a purpose and applying creativity to development work, Peake is pioneering a new type of fundraising model, one that is both dynamic and inspiring. About TEDx, x = independently organized event In the spirit of ideas worth spreading, TEDx is a program of local, self-organized events that bring people together to share a TED-like experience. At a TEDx event, TEDTalks video and live speakers combine to spark deep discussion and connection in a small group. These local, self-organized events are branded TEDx, where x = independently organized TED event. The TED Conference provides general guidance for the TEDx program, but individual TEDx events are self-organized.* (*Subject to certain rules and regulations)

The Power of Gamification in Education | Scott Hebert | TEDxUAlberta

Scott Hebert is a teacher in Fort Saskatchewan, Canada. In this talk he addresses why the modern education system is experiencing an engagement crisis, and how we can solve it through a new approach in teaching. #GameMyClass Scott Hebert is a local middle school teacher, author, former TEDx speaker and educational innovator from Fort Saskatchewan where he teaches at Our Lady of the Angels Catholic School. He has been on a crusade since beginning his career in 2009 to rid the stereotypes and archaic expectations of school. In 2013, he was awarded the Alberta Excellence in Teaching Award for his efforts in elementary physical education. He then moved into middle school sciences. After a year of planning, in 2015, Scott unveiled his latest effort to connect students to their education using the upcoming teaching methodology of gamification. Subsequently, his program was named the Best Gamified Project in Education globally in 2015 by the World Gamification Congress. His class has gained local, provincial, and international attention for its unique approach to answering the engagement crisis many of today’s student face. Scott’s speaking style uses humour, honesty and personal experience to connect with his audience. This talk was given at a TEDx event using the TED conference format but independently organized by a local community. Learn more at https://www.ted.com/tedx

Should technology replace teachers? | William Zhou | TEDxKitchenerED

Will is an educational technology entrepreneur who has a great deal of experience in looking at how technological innovation is impacting the classroom. In his talk Will argues that technology will not replace teachers, but rather enhance classroom practice in ways that we’ve never imagined and enable teachers to work with students like never before. William Zhou is the co-founder and CEO of Chalk.com, an education software company focused in K-12. William has been passionate about entrepreneurship from a young age, founding his first company in high school. He launched his first Internet business in 2010, which he sold at the age 18 during his first year of computer science at the University of Waterloo. To pursue the bigger challenge of changing education, William founded Chalk.com to create a productivity suite for K-12 teachers. Forbes recently named William to their top 30 under 30 list for Education in 2015. Today, Chalk.com is used by over 125,000 teachers. This talk was given at a TEDx event using the TED conference format but independently organized by a local community. Learn more at http://ted.com/tedx

How Technology is Disrupting Traditional School Learning | John Goh | TEDxSydneySalon

Imagine a primary school, where students from culturally diverse backgrounds can learn anytime, anywhere and with anyone. Imagine a school with no bells and where students can eat whenever they want and have time to follow their passions in learning spaces that are devoid of traditional desks and chairs; a place where being a social entrepreneur, a researcher, a computer programmer, or a globally connected problem solver is becoming the norm – with opportunities to prototype designs and then share their knowledge and skills pro-bono in the workplace. This is John Goh’s education world, where the use of disruptive adaptive technologies, transcend traditional school learning and it is the reality of schools as we move to the end of the second decade of the twenty first century. Owning technology is not enough, what we can do with technology to self regulate our learning is where we want our students to be. John Goh is currently the principal of Merrylands East Public School, in South Western Sydney. He leads a culturally diverse school of around 380 students with 85% of students from a non-English Speaking Background and 10% refugees. John’s dynamic and innovative staff are part of the Microsoft Partners in Learning Program. Together, they have a passion for the use of technology in learning and student engagement. In recent years, John’s school has achieved the United Nations Association of Australia World Environment Day Award for their sustainability programs and infrastructure and the NSW Director General’s School Achievement Award. This talk was given at a TEDx event using the TED conference format but independently organized by a local community. Learn more at http://ted.com/tedx

The True Gifts of a Dyslexic Mind | Dean Bragonier | TEDxMarthasVineyard

In this inspiring talk, advocate and educator Dean Bragonier offers a different take on Dyslexia. By looking at the unique mindset of Dyslexics as a strength, Dean reframes a perceived weakness as a powerful tool and teaches us all an important lesson about the power of an open mind and an open heart. Dean Bragonier is a social entrepreneur in the EdTech space. Shaped by the challenges associated with his dyslexia, Dean became an advocate for learning and disability equality and has founded, managed and served on the boards of organizations working to create systemic change in this field. As the Founder and Executive Dyslexic of NoticeAbility Inc., Dean leads a collaborative team from Harvard University, Tufts University and the Carroll School that is building curricula designed to offer authentic inquiry experiences in vocational subjects that cater to the neurological strengths of the dyslexic mind. Upon graduation, Dean embraced his entrepreneurial instincts and acquired a small seasonal restaurant on Martha’s Vineyard Island that he transformed into a successful full-scale enterprise (see Boston Magazine, July 2001). It was through this endeavor that he was able to contextualize his years of laborious academic learning and discover the true gifts of his dyslexic mind. This talk was given at a TEDx event using the TED conference format but independently organized by a local community. Learn more at http://ted.com/tedx

Thread Learning: Fighting Autism with EdTech Design | Gregory Bill | TEDxYouth@BrowningSchool

According to a recent CDC study, 1 and 45 children are found to be on the autism spectrum. What does being on the autism spectrum entail? In simple terms, Greg explains, those on the spectrum learn in different ways, and autism teachers have to teach them differently. What can technology do to help teachers transform their practice and support special education for children with autism? Greg is the Co-Founder and CEO of Thread Learning, which builds a data platform for autism and special needs education. His mission is to get 100% of the 1.7mm US children with autism on digital data within the next 5 years. Greg received his MBA from Cornell Tech, where he graduated in the Top 5 of his class. He received his BA in Economics Cum Laude from Washington and Lee University. This talk was given at a TEDx event using the TED conference format but independently organized by a local community. Learn more at http://ted.com/tedx

How I quit my job and became an ed-tech entrepreneur | Alexandra Maratchi | TEDxIHEParis

Can you afford what you dare? As much as the idealist side of me pushes me to dare and imagine numerous intellectual accidents as we like to call them; my realist side keeps testing if I can afford what I am daring. By afford, I don’t only mean financially, and that is crucial, I mean professionally, socially and personally. Alexandra Maratchi is the co-founder and CEO of Homuork, a Barcelona-based Ed Tech company at the frontier of helping organizations scale and optimize their training programs through technology and innovation. Alexandra started her career in FMCG marketing but, disappointed by the lack of focus on continuous development, founded Homuork in order to support companies of all sizes in making knowledge widely accessible (and fun!) to their employees. Now, she has made a career out of how knowledge, experience and skills interact to improve our workplaces. This talk was given at a TEDx event using the TED conference format but independently organized by a local community. Learn more at http://ted.com/tedx

Occupy EdTech: Khalid Smith at TEDxEastsidePrep

Khalid Smith is an entrepreneur and a designer of experiential events that teach educators to lead in the development of technology enhanced education products. Khalid and his wife co-founded LessonCast Learning in 2010 based on an innovative professional development process she used to turn around a restructured school as an assistant principal. As chief product officer, Khalid builds tools for teacher preparation programs to engage teaching candidates in assignments where they apply the same skills they are trying to build in 21st century learners, by creating and sharing artifacts that demonstrate real world teacher effectiveness. Khalid’s search for a community of education entrepreneurs in his native Baltimore led him to participate, organize and ultimately assume a founding role as education leader of the StartupWeekend Education sub-brand. From September 2011 to December 2012 Khalid helmed the global 501C3, facilitating dozens of events, igniting the passion of hundreds of educator entrepreneurs and producing start-ups with innovations currently being evaluated in thousands of classrooms. More importantly, Khalid learned of the need for an experiential education process that aims to bridge the chasm between the education reform and entrepreneurial/innovation movements. In addition to LessonCast, Khalid and Nicole are dedicated parents to their two children Elijah (6) and Nala (4), and tirelessly push for reform in the PreK through 2nd grade educational system and for better models of personalized instruction for all learners. Prior to his founding roles with LessonCast and StartupWeekend Education, Khalid had a 10-year career as an engineer and brand manager for Procter and Gamble. He also founded a non-profit management consultancy and worked as a community organizer during the Obama for American campaign of 2008. Very, very long ago, he earned degrees in chemical and bio-medical engineering that today gather a lot of dust but taught him a lot about grit. Shorter musings can be found on twitter @KhalidRudo and longer ones at KhalidRudo.com. In the spirit of ideas worth spreading, TEDx is a program of local, self-organized events that bring people together to share a TED-like experience. At a TEDx event, TEDTalks video and live speakers combine to spark deep discussion and connection in a small group. These local, self-organized events are branded TEDx, where x = independently organized TED event. The TED Conference provides general guidance for the TEDx program, but individual TEDx events are self-organized.* (*Subject to certain rules and regulations)

Reimagining Classrooms: Teachers as Learners and Students as Leaders | Kayla Delzer | TEDxFargo

Why do some classrooms look the same now as they did 70 years ago? In this passionate talk, second grade teacher Kayla Delzer speaks about her mission to revitalize learning and the classroom environment. Kayla explains how to release the power in the classroom by giving students ownership of their learning and making it relevant to them. Breaking down the four walls of the classroom allows her students to become globally connected – and you won’t believe the endeavors her students conquer by embracing purposeful technology. Kayla Delzer is a 2nd grade teacher and Project Lead the Way Lead Teacher in West Fargo, North Dakota. In August, she will begin her 8th year of teaching 2nd grade and her second year with West Fargo Public Schools (WFPS). Teaching is her true passion in life, and she enjoys her job and helping children to love learning and become creative problem solvers. Her students are her focus in life; they are like family to her. In August 2014, she completed her master’s degree in Elementary Education. She also serves on the Technology Task Force and Social Media Task Force for WFPS. Her classroom Twitter account, @tweetingtopdogs, has allowed her students to learn virtually with hundreds of classrooms and educational experts from all over the world. Kayla has teamed up with several companies to improve the lives of students and teachers, and she works frequently with GoNoodle and Remind. She is highly sought after by educational and technology companies to preview and review their products. This talk was given at a TEDx event using the TED conference format but independently organized by a local community. Learn more at http://ted.com/tedx

After watching this, your brain will not be the same | Lara Boyd | TEDxVancouver

In a classic research-based TEDx Talk, Dr. Lara Boyd describes how neuroplasticity gives you the power to shape the brain you want. Recorded at TEDxVancouver at Rogers Arena on November 14, 2015. YouTube Tags: brain science, brain, stroke, neuroplasticity, science, motor learning, identity, TED, TEDxVancouver, TEDxVancouver 2015, Vancouver, TEDx, Rogers Arena, Vancouver speakers, Vancouver conference, ideas worth spreading, great idea, Our knowledge of the brain is evolving at a breathtaking pace, and Dr. Lara Boyd is positioned at the cutting edge of these discoveries. In 2006, she was recruited by the University of British Columbia to become the Canada Research Chair in Neurobiology and Motor Learning. Since that time she has established the Brain Behaviour Lab, recruited and trained over 40 graduate students, published more than 80 papers and been awarded over $5 million in funding. Dr. Boyd’s efforts are leading to the development of novel, and more effective, therapeutics for individuals with brain damage, but they are also shedding light on broader applications. By learning new concepts, taking advantage of opportunities, and participating in new activities, you are physically changing who you are, and opening up a world of endless possibility. This talk was given at a TEDx event using the TED conference format but independently organized by a local community. Learn more at http://ted.com/tedx

Teaching Methods for Inspiring the Students of the Future | Joe Ruhl | TEDxLafayette

Collaboration. Communication. Critical thinking. Creativity. – Should be present in all classrooms. Joe Ruhl received his bachelors and masters degrees at Purdue University and he has been sharing the joys of biology with kids for 37 years. He presently teaches Biology, Genetics, and Science Research courses at Jefferson High School in Lafayette, Indiana. Joe and his wife Gail have two children and two grandchildren. The National Association of Biology Teachers named Joe Ruhl the Outstanding Biology Teacher of Indiana in 1987. In 1988 he was awarded a Golden Apple Teaching Award by the Lafayette, Indiana Chamber of Commerce. In 1989 he was honored at the White House as Indiana’s recipient of the Presidential Award for Excellence in Science Teaching. In 1996 he received the Purdue University College of Science Distinguished Alumnus Award for Excellence in K-12 Science Teaching. In 2004 he was awarded the Purdue College of Education’s Crystal Apple Teaching Award. And in 2012 he was honored with the Shell National Science Teaching Award. This talk was given at a TEDx event using the TED conference format but independently organized by a local community. Learn more at http://ted.com/tedx

Cultivating an E-learning Culture | Lloyd Espiritu | TEDxDLSU

Dr. Lloyd Espirtu founds his talk on the idea that “learning is a creation process not just knowledge consumption.” He urges professors to focus more altering discussions and using the contemporary idea of ‘connectivity’ to focus on the learning skills of the students. Technology Advocate. Educator. Author. Doc Lloyd is also an active educational technology consultant working on around the country. He has lead large-scale projects projects in Instructional Design, e-Learning, mobile-Learning, e-Assessment with different organizations such as Vibal Publishing House, DTI, the Commission on ICT, the Bureau of Alternative Learning System (ALS), and TESDA. His most recent project with TESDA premiers the first MOOC (massive open online course) for TVET in the Philippines. This MOOC was launched in 2012 to increase access to TVET courses and continuous to help Filipinos get certified for employment. This talk was given at a TEDx event using the TED conference format but independently organized by a local community. Learn more at http://ted.com/tedx

The Effective Use of Game-Based Learning in Education | Andre Thomas | TEDxTAMU

André Thomas designs and researches the creation of games for higher education, targeting difficult subjects such as Calculus to help students succeed. His approach helps increase success rates by 20% and more. He will share his approach and findings in this talk while providing an overview of the effectiveness of Game-Based learning. André Thomas’ passion for game-based learning resonates inside and outside of the classroom. He founded and serves as the director of the LIVE Lab in the Department of Visualization at Texas A&M University, where he also teaches game design, game development and interactive graphics techniques. In 2014, he founded Triseum, where he serves as CEO and leads the creation of its award winning academic video games. He is an EdTech Leadership award winner, National Academy of Sciences board member, National Arts Education Association lead instructor, and Chillennium Game Jam chair. André also has been invited to speak at numerous education and technology events both in the U.S. and abroad, including SXSW, TEDx, ASU-GSV, BETT and European Schoolnet. His game-based learning insights and ideas are featured in the Huffington Post, Austin Business Journal, eCampus News and Learning Solutions Magazine, to name a few. With more than 20 years in CGI production, André has worked around the world on legendary video games, live action feature films and memorable commercials. Previously he was Head of Graphics for EA Sports Football games (including NCAA, Head Coach, NFL Tour and Madden, the longest running and most successful sports franchise in games industry). He also created graphics for such notable films as Men in Black, Con Air, Independence Day, Valiant, Ant Bully and Tomorrow Never Dies. Follow André on twitter at @athomas_tr. This talk was given at a TEDx event using the TED conference format but independently organized by a local community. Learn more at https://www.ted.com/tedx

Bring on the Learning Revolution! | Ken Robinson | TED Talks

In this poignant, funny follow-up to his fabled 2006 talk, Sir Ken Robinson makes the case for a radical shift from standardized schools to personalized learning — creating conditions where kids’ natural talents can flourish. TEDTalks is a daily video podcast of the best talks and performances from the TED Conference, where the world’s leading thinkers and doers give the talk of their lives in 18 minutes (or less). Look for talks on Technology, Entertainment and Design — plus science, business, global issues, the arts and much more. Find closed captions and translated subtitles in many languages at http://www.ted.com/translate Follow TED news on Twitter: http://www.twitter.com/tednews Like TED on Facebook: https://www.facebook.com/TED

Blending technology and classroom learning: Jessie Woolley-Wilson at TEDxRainier

Jessie Woolley-Wilson is an eLearning leader who has served as President of LeapFrog SchoolHouse, Blackboard, and now as Chair, President and CEO of DreamBox Learning, creator of the Intelligent Adaptive Learning platform that teaches students at any level of understanding how to become better junior mathematicians. This talk was given at TEDxRainier in Seattle on November 10, 2012. In the spirit of ideas worth spreading, TEDx is a program of local, self-organized events that bring people together to share a TED-like experience. At a TEDx event, TEDTalks video and live speakers combine to spark deep discussion and connection in a small group. These local, self-organized events are branded TEDx, where x = independently organized TED event. The TED Conference provides general guidance for the TEDx program, but individual TEDx events are self-organized.* (*Subject to certain rules and regulations)

Why Technology Can’t Fix Education | Mary Jo Madda | TEDxChicago

Is too much technology in our classrooms detrimental to learning? Lifelong educator Mary Jo Madda cautions that tech tools should support the relationship between teachers and students, not replace it. Featured in Forbes “30 Under 30,” Mary Jo is a born educator, from her start as a charter middle school teacher during her years with Teach for America to her current work as a lead at Google on the Code Next team, where she’s working to develop computer science education programs for students of color. Aside from her time served teaching, Mary Jo was also a Director at EdSurge (an edtech news organization), a member of the ScratchED team at the MIT Media Lab, and one of four founding Education Entrepreneurship Fellows at the Harvard University Innovation Lab. She has spoken at SXSWedu, Stanford University, the University of Virginia, and now will grace our stage at TEDxChicago. This talk was given at a TEDx event using the TED conference format but independently organized by a local community. Learn more at https://www.ted.com/tedx

Redefining Learning & Teaching using Technology. | Jason Brown | TEDxNorwichED

“Did you know that 16% of 8-11 year olds own five or more media devices and 72% of 12-15 year olds own three or more media devices? 51% of households with a child aged between 3 and 15 have a tablet compared to 7% in 2011. No matter where you look, children and students are using technology more and more because it is becoming more accessible. What is the education system doing to respond to this? Does technology have a place in schools? How can technology be used to effectively improve teaching, learning and productivity in the classroom? ” Jason is a Year 13 A level student studying at Wymondham High Academy. He is passionate about technology in education and has been working with Microsoft to promote technology in education since November 2013. Part of his role as a Worldwide Microsoft Student Ambassador is to promote and advocate the use of technology such as smartphones and tablets in the classroom and inspire students to make the most of the technology they have. He has presented at events in Seattle and London about technology in education. This talk was given at a TEDx event using the TED conference format but independently organized by a local community. Learn more at http://ted.com/tedx

Beyond EdTech — build an effective learning ecosytem | David Miyashiro | TEDxAmericasFinestCity

This talk was given at a local TEDx event, produced independently of the TED Conferences. Reform and incremental growth will not be enough to restore US public schools to the globally elite. We must transform our public schools leveraging modern technologies to personalize and catapult student achievement through blended learning. This talk provides a roadmap for achieving that goal. Dr. David Miyashiro currently serves as the Superintendent of The Cajon Valley Union School District. He Brings 20 years of successful experience in education to the post. Cajon Valley has been dubbed “One to Watch” by The Classroom of the Future Foundation and has earned both local and national recognition for its leadership in transforming public education. Dr. Miyashiro began his career as a teacher because of his love of children and passion for learning. Whereas these motivations continue to drive him, David believes the role and impact of public educators goes far beyond the classroom walls. “In order to keep pace with the rapidly changing world, our systems of public education both in California and the United States must be in a constant state of evolution”. The Cajon Valley Union School District in San Diego, California, demonstrates just how possible it is not only to keep pace, but to lead the way. David formerly served as the Assistant Superintendent of Educational Services for the Encinitas Union School District. In this role he designed and implemented a one to one digital learning initiative as well as a comprehensive health and wellness program. Dr. Miyashiro served as a Principal in the Fullerton and East Whittier School Districts. There he led two Title I schools with challenging demographics successfully out of program improvement status with a combined API growth of over 240 points. He was a teacher at the elementary, middle, and high school levels in the Rowland Unified District and the Los Angeles Unified School District. He also served as the Co-Chair of the North County Professional Development Federation and has presented at the National School Boards Association Conference, the California School Boards Association Conference, The Computer Using Educators Conference and on the topic of digital learning and the changing educational Paradigm. David completed his doctoral studies at UCLA, Masters of Education at Grand Canyon University, and Bachelors Degree at Long Beach State University. About TEDx, x = independently organized event In the spirit of ideas worth spreading, TEDx is a program of local, self-organized events that bring people together to share a TED-like experience. At a TEDx event, TEDTalks video and live speakers combine to spark deep discussion and connection in a small group. These local, self-organized events are branded TEDx, where x = independently organized TED event. The TED Conference provides general guidance for the TEDx program, but individual TEDx events are self-organized.* (*Subject to certain rules and regulations)

Disruption in EdTech with Targeted Cognitive Intervention | Steve Wilkins | TEDxBabsonCollege

A champion of targeted cognitive intervention, Steve Wilkins has dedicated his life to teach children with language based learning disabilities. He has proved himself as the next big disrupter by providing education to the needy and larger masses. He believes “I have been fortunate to work at schools that share a formula for success: a celebration of different learning styles, a commitment to experiential modes of teaching and learning, and—above all—deep adherence to human values and community.” This talk was given at a TEDx event using the TED conference format but independently organized by a local community. Learn more at https://www.ted.com/tedx

Can Technology Change Education? Yes!: Raj Dhingra at TEDxBend

Raj Dhingra is a twenty-year veteran of the technology industry with an extensive track record of building strong, sustainable and profitable industry leadership positions in new and emerging categories. Raj brings entrepreneurial drive and success, and a rich depth of corporate experience across general management, business development, product development, sales and marketing functions. Prior to joining NComputing in April 2011, Raj was VP and GM at Citrix where he led the company’s desktop virtualization business from zero to half a billion dollars growth in sales over a 3 year period. As well as his leadership role in global virtualization companies such as Citrix, Dhingra has held executive leadership positions in public companies such as McAfee, 3Com, SonicWALL and startups such as IntruVert Networks (acquired by McAfee) and PortAuthority Technologies (acquired by Websense). In the spirit of ideas worth spreading, TEDx is a program of local, self-organized events that bring people together to share a TED-like experience. At a TEDx event, TEDTalks video and live speakers combine to spark deep discussion and connection in a small group. These local, self-organized events are branded TEDx, where x = independently organized TED event. The TED Conference provides general guidance for the TEDx program, but individual TEDx events are self-organized.* (*Subject to certain rules and regulations)

Can Hip Hop Save Us? Youth & School Culture | SXSWedu

Regardless of one’s nationality, ethnicity and/or social class, everyone is familiar with, and has knowledge of, hip hop. Yet, hip hop culture, which is youth culture, is stigmatized, marginalized and prohibited from school settings. If youth culture is deemed irrelevant, does that affect their academic achievement and their self worth? Is there a correlation to the high school graduation rate? This panel includes teachers, professors, and popular rappers who will pose this essential question: Can hip hop’s presence in social media and pop culture be leveraged to prepare students for careers and college?

Launch Competition: Lightning Round | Expii | SXSWedu 2016

SXSWedu Launch is a fast-paced, live startup competition for education entrepreneurs designed to highlight emerging innovations impacting the world of teaching and learning. Ten early-stage education startups have been selected to compete in the fifth annual Launch competition. While these startups vary in location, mission, structure and the challenges they hope to solve, they all share a passion and desire to create positive change in education. All ten Launch 2016 finalists will take a turn pitching their education startup to the judging panel and live audience in this fast-paced kickoff to the competition.

K-12 Ed Reform in the Post-Obama World Video | SXSWedu 2017 | Policy Forum

Eva Moskowitz, John Katzman, Nina Rees and Richard Whitmire Education reform means different things to different people but, after eight years of Obama, we were pretty sure what we were talking about. No one knows for sure what a new President will bring to the pace, guidelines or definitions of K-12 education reform. We’ll examine the possibilities and probabilities of reform post-Obama. About SXSWedu The SXSWedu® Conference & Festival fosters innovation in learning by hosting a passionate and diverse community of education stakeholders. The seventh annual SXSWedu will return to Austin, March 6-9, 2017, for four days of compelling sessions, in-depth workshops, engaging learning experiences, mentorship, film screenings, startup events, policy-centered discussions, business opportunities, networking and so much more! Through collaboration, creativity and social action, SXSWedu empowers its global community to connect, discover and impact. SXSWedu is a component of the South by Southwest® (SXSW®) family of conferences and festivals. Internationally recognized as the convergence gathering for creative professionals, SXSWedu extends SXSW’s support for the art of engagement to include society’s true rock stars: educators! Connect with SXSWedu Online at: Visit the SXSWedu website: http://sxswedu.com/ Follow SXSWedu on Twitter: https://twitter.com/sxswedu Like SXSWedu on Facebook: https://www.facebook.com/sxswedu/

Sarah Elizabeth Lewis Video | SXSWedu 2017 | Creativity & Social Justice

Sarah Elizabeth Lewis, SXSWedu 2017 Keynote, Creativity & Social Justice About SXSWedu The SXSWedu® Conference & Festival fosters and celebrates innovations in learning by hosting a diverse and energetic community of stakeholders across a variety of backgrounds in education. The annual four-day event affords registrants open access to engaging sessions, immersive workshops, interactive learning experiences, film screenings, early-stage startups, business opportunities and networking. Through collaboration, creativity and social action, SXSWedu empowers its global community to Connect. Discover. Impact. SXSWedu is a component of the South by Southwest® family of conferences and festivals. Connect with SXSWedu Online at: Visit the SXSWedu website: http://sxswedu.com/ Follow SXSWedu on Twitter: https://twitter.com/sxswedu Like SXSWedu on Facebook: https://www.facebook.com/sxswedu/

Brené Brown Video | SXSWedu 2017 | Daring Classrooms

Brené Brown, SXSWedu 2017 Keynote, Daring Classrooms We need to understand how scarcity affects the way we lead and teach, we have to engage with vulnerability and we need to learn how to recognize and combat shame. What would it mean for our schools and classrooms if we showed up for tough, honest conversations about what it takes to bring our best, most authentic selves to work? These conversations may sound risky and vulnerable, but risk and vulnerability are essential to courageous schools. A daring classroom is a place where both teachers and students commit to choosing courage over comfort, choosing what is right over what is fun, fast or easy and practicing values rather than professing them. About SXSWedu The SXSWedu® Conference & Festival fosters and celebrates innovations in learning by hosting a diverse and energetic community of stakeholders across a variety of backgrounds in education. The annual four-day event affords registrants open access to engaging sessions, immersive workshops, interactive learning experiences, film screenings, early-stage startups, business opportunities and networking. Through collaboration, creativity and social action, SXSWedu empowers its global community to Connect. Discover. Impact. SXSWedu is a component of the South by Southwest® family of conferences and festivals. Connect with SXSWedu Online at: Visit the SXSWedu website: http://sxswedu.com/ Follow SXSWedu on Twitter: https://twitter.com/sxswedu Like SXSWedu on Facebook: https://www.facebook.com/sxswedu/

The Science of Learning – David Levin and Professor Rose Luckin

For the last few years, personalised learning and adaptive technology have been a hot topic in the education world, but what does the promise of this new way of teaching and learning mean for you and your students? In this session with McGraw-Hill Education CEO David Levin and top learning scientist Professor Rose Luckin from UCL Institute of Education, they discuss the world of learning science and understand why and how your students learn best. They investigate how metacognitive theory, the concept of deliberate practice and the Ebbinghaus Forgetting Curve impact learning potential and see what the excitement is all about

Providing a free, world-class education for anyone – Salman Khan

Khan Academy is a non-profit providing free resources for learners of all ages at KhanAcademy.org. Its library of content covers math, science, computer programming, history, art history, economics, and more. To date, Khan Academy has delivered over 580 million lessons. It has over 26 million registered students, who have completed over 3.8 billion practice problems – about 4 million per day.

Connecting Global Educators and Learners – Sugata Mitra

Professor Sugata Mitra. Professor of Educational Technology /Director of the interdisciplinary research centre, SOLE Central, University of Newcastle. He was given the $1m TED Prize in 2013 in recognition of his work and to help build a School in the Cloud, a creative online space where children from all over the world can gather to answer ‘big questions’, share knowledge and benefit from help and guidance from online educators. The School in the Cloud brings together Self Organised Learning Environments (SOLEs) to link in with the Granny Cloud, originally set up in 2009 following an appeal for retired teachers willing to offer a few hours a week to help teach English to Indian schoolchildren. This mentoring and encouraging role is still a vital part of the success of this educational approach today.

Through the Looking Glass – The Future of Learning – Dan Haesler

What do Tripadvisor, Youtube, Minecraft, Twitter, Facebook, MOOCs, Blogs and Wikipedia all have in common? These, amongst many other platforms represent the new front in learning. Dan Haesler travels from Australia to explore the possibilities of Connected Learning in organisations and why it is essential it is embraced in formal education.

Learning Conductor: The Changing Role of the Teacher – Sam Morris

As more technology enters the classroom, the challenges for teachers have changed. Leveraging cloud based tools for collaboration, showcasing student work, managing small group learning, and providing just in-time feedback are just some of the new daily tasks for teachers in the digital classroom. In these learning environments, effective classroom orchestration can be the difference between chaos and success. Join this discussion on the changing role of the teacher as it evolves beyond the stereotypes of “sage on the stage” and “guide on the side.”

What you really need to know from these pecha-kucha insight sessions

Sometimes less is really more. Find out what you really need to know from these pecha-kucha insight sessions: Lightning Insight Presentation 1: Be the First to Know – EdTech Trends David Mattin, Head of Trends & Insights, trendwatching.com “Edtech UK – the state of the nation” Ian Fordham is the Co-founder of The Education Foundation and CEO of Edtech UK; Ty Goddard is the Co-founder of The Education Foundation and Chair of Edtech UK Let the learners lead: why the research of 2.2 billion children is worth listening too and worth acting upon Stephen Heppell, Emeritus Professor Chair in New Learning Environments, Anglia Ruskin University

The Great Disruption Debate – Future of EdTech

This debate offering attendees the chance to consider the massive investments on IT education resources and discuss the ways how computing is actually used in the classroom. Should we raise our expectations? Should we expect computing to be used in more powerful ways? What are the actual 21st century skills? Join this debate to challenge your beliefs and to think deeper about what you are doing in your classroom. Maurice de Hond- Founder of Steve Jobs schools Audrey Watters – education writer who runs the HACK Education blog Will Richardson – Expert, Innovator and author in the intersection of education and social, online learning networks

The development of education in the Russian Federation and support of gifted and talented children

Veniamin Kaganov – Deputy Minister of Education and Science, Russian Federation – Changes in the federal state educational standards in the education of children and young people in primary schools and in higher education. – Approaches to forming a federal system for identifying and supporting gifted and talented children.

Microsoft’s Anthony Salcito at Bett 2016

The VP of Worldwide Education for Microsoft reveals how Minecraft Education will transform teaching and introduces the Micro:bit. Anthony Salcito works to help empower educators and inspire students to achieve more. He aims to transform the way we learn with the support of the best technology to help build critical skills for the modern, global workplace. He’s speaking at the Arena at Bett 2016.

BETT 2016 School Leaders Summit – Life After Levels

This session from the School Leaders Summit at Bett 2016 has three different perspectives on how you can use assessment in life after levels. Greg Watson, Chief Executive, GL Assessment, Jonathan Bishop, Headteacher, Broadclyst Community Primary School & Luke Bowers, Director of Data Strategy, Ormiston Academies Trust How digital assessment can actually save you time and effort. How assessment can help you to deliver a more creative curriculum. How assessments can give you strategies to tackle the new accountability measures. How a modest amount of assessment data well used can enhance teaching and learning for every student.

BETT 2016 School Leaders Summit – Gill Leahy

The Modern Classroom – balancing technology, space and pedagogy. Gill Leahy – Senior International Education Consultant Promethean. Informed by recent research and Promethean’s own classroom based experience, this session considers the 3 key aspects of the modern classroom (the learning space, the technology and the pedagogy), and how these can be adapted to support the 4 catalysts of engagement, feedback, personalisation and collaboration which are critical to motivate students to learn. The session considers some of the barriers overcome by successful school leaders in reimagining the classroom. Toolkits for designing, implementing and evaluating the modern classroom are recommended.

BETT 2016 School Leaders Summit – Ian Birch

This session gives you great insight into new methods for schools to meet the demands of the future. Ian Birch provides the audience with hands-on examples and recommendations for a whole new approach to professional development for teachers and school leaders. Ian Birch, Leadership Development at IST, is passionate about lifting leadership skills and professional development within schools to a whole new level. This former Special Forces officer who sees school leadership as his new mission has also spent time as a teacher, coach and management consultant. At his current role at IST Ian is primarily focusing on quality management and professional development.

BETT 2016 School Leaders Summit – Dan Haesler

Engaging Kids Today: It’s about pedagogy not just technology. The body of literature around student engagement is vast and continues to grow. Educators have never been better informed of the complexities and interactions between pedagogy, technology, neuroscience and engagement. Yet, across the western world in particular, studies suggest that student engagement levels continue to drop. Why is this? Could one of the reasons be, that despite all the talk of an Education Revolution, most of the action centres around standardisation, assessment and accountability? In this presentation, Dan explores how, by understanding authentic engagement teachers can inspire mini-revolutions in their own schools and communities, to ensure that – not only are kids prepared for tomorrow – they are engaged today.

BETT 2016 School Leaders Summit – Eddie Ginja, Kyocera

The Future of Technology in Education. Eddie Ginja is Head of Technology & Innovation at KYOCERA Document Solutions UK. The use of technology is an effective way of reducing cost and increasing satisfaction among teachers and students. Kyocera has a variety of products and software solutions, already adopted in business, which can be tailored to the needs of schools and colleges to enable teachers to spend more time teaching and less time on paperwork

BETT 2016 School Leaders Summit – Marek Polniaszek

Reliability is Everything. Technology lessons learned from one of the UK’s top ranking schools. Marek Polniaszek – Head of IT at Wilson’s School, Sutton. In an environment of increasing demand for ‘digital technologies in the classroom’, blended learning, BYOD, 1:1 and the relentless growth of educational applications, coupled with ever-constricting budgets, the requirement for a reliable technology infrastructure is paramount. An appropriate educational technology solution requires three components: 1. Infrastructure reliability 2. Consistently reliable high performance 3. Reliable and predictable longevity In this informative, straight-talking session, Marek Polniaszek, Wilson’s School’s Head of IT skips the hype and marketing to discuss how they put an end to the constant fix-patches and instead engineer a new infrastructure architecture designed to transform a slow, unreliable legacy environment to an extremely reliable, high performance and ubiquitous IT delivery system designed to benefit all subjects and departments, with measurable results. Wilson’s school now delivers an education eco-system that consistently places it at the top of UK rankings, and at over 400 years old, the school has had to continually adapt over centuries to meet ever-changing expectations. With schools throughout the country replicating this model, this is a session not to be missed. Marek is a head of IT, consultant and coach who is an expert at achieving the highest performance outcome utilising the minimum possible resources. With 30 years’ experience in the IT industry, Marek has mastered multiple IT roles, working on several, multi-national projects, including Unilever and Radianz. Moving from an enterprise environment where money was not so constrained, into education where budgets continually tighten has allowed Marek to develop a highly efficient IT strategy that other schools throughout the country are replicating. As well as heading up IT at Wilson’s School in Sutton, Marek now advises other schools on infrastructure policies and implementation.

BETT 2016 School Leaders Summit – Neil Harvey & Yvette Bellis

FutureLearn and the role of MOOCs in education. FutureLearn is an innovative MOOC platform with over 2.8 million users and hundreds of free online courses from the world’s leading universities and institutions, such as UCL, King’s College London, Edinburgh and Manchester. The free online courses cover a wide range of subjects, from Dentistry, Medicine and History to Preparing for University and Developing Your Research Project. Yvette Bellis is Assistant Head, Bullers Wood School and Neil Harvey is Head of Marketing and Communications at FutureLearn Video production by Silverstream TV.

BETT 2016 School Leaders Summit – Tricia Kelleher

Maintaining the ability to learn in a digital landscape. Tricia Kelleher is Principal, Stephen Perse Foundation. With so much focus on learning through technology, some questions have been raised about the ability of pupils to learn through traditional methods. This session will address an integrated approach; where by students understand their own ability to learn through e-books. Video production by Silverstream TV

BETT 2016 School Leaders Summit – Civica – Ryan Meade & Martin Baker

Changing Landscapes in the Education Sector. As the pace of change and expectation for schools continues to accelerate, driven by the changing student on one hand and the challenge of maintaining and improving services while spending less on the other, how can technology help schools and academies adapt? A key element is ensuring a single view of student interaction and school management, and this session highlights key aspects as provided by Civica’s Education Suite. Ryan Meade is a Consultant at Civica, a provider of ICT solutions, software and services to schools, academies, free schools, colleges, multi academy trusts and local authorities. Ryan has 12 years’ experience in the Education sector, having previously worked at Capita before joining Civica in 2014. Ryan’s experience includes working with Local Authorities to deliver projects to improve efficiency and provide cost savings; and with schools, academies and Multi Academy Trusts to manage the transition from complex systems such as Management Information Systems. Today, Ryan works within a team which provides education software to over 6,000 schools, academies and colleges to help improve teaching, learning and administration. Martin Baker is Senior Account Manager for Multi Academy Trusts at Civica. Martin has 20 years’ experience in the sector, having previously worked at Capita and the Guardian before joining Civica in 2014. Today, Martin works within a team which provides dedicated support to approximately 50 Multi Academy Trusts, helping them to improve teaching, learning and administration.

BETT 2016 School Leaders Summit Barnaby Lenon

Barnaby Lenon addresses how schools can achieve outstanding results whilst reaching full business potential Barnaby Lenon is Chairman of the Independent Schools Council. He was educated at Eltham College and Oxford University. He taught at Sherborne School, Eton for 12 years, was deputy head of Highgate School, head master of Trinity School Croydon and head of Harrow (12 years). He has been a governor of nine schools. He is chairman of governors of the London Academy of Excellence, a free school which opened in 2012 in Newham, east London. He is chairman of the Independent Schools Council, a member of the Oxfordshire County Council Education Advisory Committee, a trustee of the Yellow Submarine charity, and a board member of Ofqual and the New Schools Network.

BETT 2016 School Leaders Summit – Mick Walker

Life after levels. Mick Walker, one of the UK’s leading assessment gurus, loves education and is passionate about the opportunity life after levels brings to all teachers. He believes this is the teaching profession’s time to define the future of assessment. He will offer expert advice on how to deal with the removal of attainment levels and how to put assessment back at the heart of teaching and learning. Video production by Silverstream TV.

Discussion Panel with Intel Education Visionaries

Dr. Eileen Lento – Director Strategy & Marketing – Intel Education John Galvin – Vice President of Sales and Marketing Group and General Manager – Intel Education Peter Rafferty – Educator – Green Park Primary School Amanda Hayward – eLearning Advisor Gareth Shaw – Educator and ICT Lead – Ballyclare High School Ollie Bray – Headteacher and Principal – Kinguissie High School Annemieke Akkerman – ICT Coordinator – Nelson Mandela School

Assessing the Effectiveness of Social Media: Successes and Pitfalls

Technology in Higher Education Summit John Kaye – Senior Co-Design Manager – Jisc Steve Wheeler – Associate Professor of Learning Technologies – Plymouth University Emma Leech – Director of Marketing and Advancement – Loughborough University Peter Klappa – Master of Rutherford College and Reader – University of Kent Mark Frydenberg – Senior Lecturer- Bentley University

Sharing Techniques to Enhance Student Satisfaction

Technology in Higher Education Summit John Kaye – Senior Co-Design Manager – Jisc Shaun Hides – Deputy Dean of the Faculty of Arts and Humanities and Chair of the Advisory Board DMLL – Coventry University Belinda Tynan – Pro Vice Chancellor (Learning Innovation) – The Open University Ian Campbell – Deputy Vice Chancellor – University of Hertfordshire

Strategies for Reacting to the Removal of Caps on Student Numbers: Quality vs Quantity

Technology in Higher Education Summit Martin Hamilton – Futurist – Jisc Julie McLeod – Pro Vice Chancellor – Oxford Brookes University Shan Wareing – Pro Vice Chancellor – London South Bank University Rebecca Lingwood – Vice Principal – Queen Mary University of London Thomas Ward – Pro Vice Chancellor – Durham University

Introducing Distance Learning into your Institution: Step Towards Internationalisation

Technology in Higher Education Summit Martin Hamilton – Futurist – Jisc Will Woods – Acting Director, Technology- Enhanced Learning (Learning and Teaching Solutions) – The Open University Enda McGovern – Associate Professor – Sacred Heart University Diana Andone – Director of the eLearning Center – University Politehnica

Moving Away From Traditional Lectures

Incorporating Blended Learning and Flipped Classroom Models Technology in Higher Education Summit Sarah Davies – Head of Change Implementation Support – Jisc Zoe Swan – Senior Lecturer – University of Greenwich Ali Press – Lecturer – University of Westminster Linda Creanor – Head of Blended Leaning – Glasgow Caledonian University Santanu Vasant – Educational Technologist – City University London

Evolving Learning Spaces to Meet The Demand of Tomorrow’s Students

As learners become more technology savvy, universities must adapt to ensure that they facilitate student’s needs. Chris Evan’s case study shows how this university’s journey is transforming their campus and outcomes. Chris Evans has been the Manager of e-Learning of Warwick Manufacturing Group at the University of Warwick for the past three years. In this role he is responsible for the strategic development, coordination and implementation of technology enhanced learning policies and initiatives, and for providing support to staff in translating and implementing these policies and initiatives.

Microsoft’s Anthony Salcito welcomes you to Bett Asia

Vice President of Worldwide Education at Microsoft, Anthony Salcito, tells us what he is most looking forward to at Bett Asia. His Bett highlights include seeing new, innovative technology and sharing educational inspiration with each other. For more information on Bett visit: https://asia.bettshow.com/ Facebook: https://www.facebook.com/BettAsia/ Twitter: https://twitter.com/Bett_Asia LinkedIn: https://www.linkedin.com/showcase/112…

Microsoft’s Anthony Salcito welcomes you to Bett MEA

Vice President of Worldwide Education at Microsoft, Anthony Salcito, tells us what he is most looking forward to at Bett MEA. His Bett highlights include seeing new, innovative technology and sharing educational inspiration with each other. For more information on Bett visit: https://mea.bettshow.com/ Facebook: https://www.facebook.com/Bett.MEA Twitter: https://twitter.com/Bett_MEA

Microsoft’s Anthony Salcito is ready for Bett UK

Vice President of Worldwide Education at Microsoft, Anthony Salcito, tells us what he is most looking forward to at Bett. His Bett highlights include seeing new, innovative technology and learning from one another. For more information on Bett visit: http://www.bettshow.com/ Facebook: https://www.facebook.com/bettshowuk Twitter: https://twitter.com/bett_show LinkedIn: https://www.linkedin.com/company-beta…

Microsoft’s Anthony Salcito welcomes you to Bett Educar

A warm welcome from Vice President of Worldwide Education at Microsoft, Anthony Salcito. Anthony tells us what he is most looking forward to at Bett, including seeing new, innovative technology and trends that are impacting classrooms in Brazil. Para mais informações sobre a Bett Educar, acesse: http://www.bettbrasileducar.com.br/ Facebook: https://www.facebook.com/BettBrasilEd… Twitter: https://twitter.com/EducarBett

Bett Q&A: What’s the role technology has to play in the future of education? – 1/4 – Aaron Tait

For more information on Bett visit: http://www.bettshow.com/ Facebook: https://www.facebook.com/bettshowuk Twitter: https://twitter.com/bett_show LinkedIn: https://www.linkedin.com/company-beta…For more information on Bett visit: http://www.bettshow.com/ Facebook: https://www.facebook.com/bettshowuk Twitter: https://twitter.com/bett_show LinkedIn: https://www.linkedin.com/company-beta…

Bett anuncia la entrega de un aula móvil educativa “Aulabox” para apoyar el aprendizaje en México

Ciudad de México, 19 de octubre de 2017. En el marco del segundo día de actividades de Bett Latin America 2017, el comité internacional de Bett informó que entragará a las autoridades de la Secretaría de Educación Pública Federal, una unidad móvil educativa “Aulabox” y la donación de paquetes de útiles escolares, a fin de apoyar la educación de las comunidades afectadas por los terremotos en México. Con esta iniciativa, Bett apoyará el reestableceimiento de clases, a modo de dar continuidad al aprendizaje de los estudiantes. “Aulabox” es una iniciativa impulsada por UNETE, -asociación civil enfocada en mejorar la calidad y la equidad de la educación en México a través del uso de la tecnología-, que consiste en la instalación de contenedores de carga, adaptados como aulas de clase y equipados con computadoras, software ducativo, internet y servicios de impresión. “La instalación de un Aula Box tendrá como objetivos principales restabler la educación formal, reintegrar a los alumnos, rehabilitar o reconstruir escuelas, continuar con el programa de estudio y reincorporar y capacitar a los docentes”, señaló Grania Chesterton, Directora de Bett Latin America 2017. Asimismo, Bett informó que, en conjunto con Suma por la Educación y las donaciones recibidas por parte de los participantes en el Centro de Acopio instalado en la Expo, al momento se han recaudado más de mil artículos escolares con los que se elaborarán paquetes que serán entregados en las zonas más afectadas.

Innovation and Entrepreneurship in the Classroom – Bett Middle East

From the perspective of the classroom; how can teachers bring innovation into the classroom and enable students to have an entrepreneurial mind-set. At Bett Middle East, we talk to: Professor Hossom Badrawi – Chairman, Nile Badrawi Foundation for Education and Development. Dr Leland Blank – Interim Provost & Chief Academic Officer – American University of Sharjah. Richard Lee – EMEA Education Enablement Manager, Lenovo. Sir John Jones – Author and Educationalist.

Abdul Chohan – The Role of Technology in Education

Director of Development at ESSA Academy; Abdul Chohan discusses how technology enhances education through the possibility of personalisation for the student and therefore; technology also amplifies a teacher’s potential to transform education in and outside of the classroom. For more information on Bett visit: http://www.bettshow.com/ Facebook: https://www.facebook.com/bettshowuk Twitter: https://twitter.com/bett_show LinkedIn: https://www.linkedin.com/company-beta…

Bett LatAm provides an educational mobile classroom “Aulabox” to support learning in Mexico

As part of the second day of activities of Bett Latin America 2017, Bett’s international committee reported that it will provide the authorities of the Federal Public Education Secretariat with an educational mobile unit “Aulabox” and the donation of school supplies to support the education of communities affected by earthquakes in Mexico. With this initiative, Bett will support the reestablishment of classes, in order to give continuity to student learning. “Aulabox” is an initiative promoted by UNETE, a civil society focused on improving the quality and equity of education in Mexico through the use of technology, which consists of the installation of cargo containers adapted as classrooms and equipped with computers, educative software, internet and print services. “The main purpose of the Aula Box will be to restore formal education, reintegrate students, rehabilitate or rebuild schools, continue the curriculum and reintegrate and train teachers,” said Grania Chesterton, Director of Bett Latin America 2017. Likewise, Bett reported that, in conjunction with Suma for Education and the donations received by the participants in the Collection Center installed at the Expo, more than a thousand school items have now been collected with which packages will be produced and delivered in the most affected areas. For more information on Bett visit: https://latam.bettshow.com Facebook: https://www.facebook.com/BettLatinAme… Twitter: https://twitter.com/Bett_LatAm

Bett Asia Malaysia Roadshow 2017 – Professor Graham Kendall

Professor Graham Kendall – Provost and CEO, The University of Nottingham Malaysia Campus (UNMC) discussing his experiences in expanding into ASEAN with the first ever branch campus of a British University outside the UK. For more information on Bett Asia visit: asia.bettshow.com Facebook: www.facebook.com/BettAsia Twitter: www.twitter.com/Bett_Asia

Bett Asia keynote speaker Graham Brown-Martin on the future of education

In the lead up to Bett Asia 2017, we asked our keynote speaker Graham Brown-Martin, Educator and Founder of Learning Without Frontiers, about his topic at Bett Asia ‘Education & the Fourth Industrial Revolution’ and why is it important for our audience to hear about, and how education systems can adapt to meet the needs of future employability skills.

Connect@Bett – eMathsMaster success story

Adam Caplan, CEO of eMathsMaster, reflects on the huge success of using Connect@Bett at Bett in 2017 to schedule meetings and connect with decision makers, as the “most important thing that could maybe have happened commercially in [his] life”. For more information on Bett visit: http://www.bettshow.com/ Facebook: https://www.facebook.com/bettshowuk Twitter: https://twitter.com/bett_show LinkedIn: https://www.linkedin.com/company/1115…

Anthony Salcito, Digital Transformation Keynote Address | Bett MEA 2018

Mr. Anthony Salcito, Vice President – Worldwide Education, Microsoft, presents his Digital Transformation keynote at Bett Middle East and Africa 2018 Technology has changed the way we all learn. Our schools and learning environments have greater potential to empower every student to learn at their own pace, in their own way, with insights driving a more personal connection. This address shares how technology will power the future of personalized and predictive learning environments and empower educators and schools to shift the dynamics of the traditional school and classroom. The era of automation is winding down…the time for true transformation is upon us.

ISTE 2011 Conference: The World’s Premier Ed Tech Event

Join your colleagues at the world’s premier ed tech event—ISTE 2011 in Philadelphia, June 26-29! Experience hands-on the way technology and the latest digital innovations are transforming learning and teaching, and meet face to face with educators worldwide who share your passion! ISTE’s annual conference and exposition, formerly the National Educational Computing Conference (NECC), is hosted by the International Society for Technology in Education. www.isteconference.org www.iste.org

ISTE Music Video: Say Hey (I Love School)

A music video created for the ISTE 2011 conference in Philadelphia, PA, inspired by Michael Franti’s Say Hey (I Love You) song and featuring the talents of Temple University’s Broad Street Line and Alliance for Progress Charter School’s 4th Grade Class. Filmed on location in Philadelphia, PA. Credits Production: Director/Editor
: Jon Kaufman
 Producer/Concept: 
Jennifer Ragan-Fore Director of Photography: 
Aaron Sawyer
 Production Manager/Prop Master
: Heidi Ellis Lyrics: 
Aaron Ragan-Fore
 Arrangement
: Jeffrey Molush Recorded with Common Mode Studio Recording Engineer: Justin Chapman Inspired by 
I Love You (Say Hey) 
by Michael Franti & Spearhead (Please buy their song on iTunes!) Production Assistants: Teila Allmond Danielle Duncan Asil Lawrence Sherrieff McCrae Ricky Pham Cast: Broad Street Line Lead Vocals Matthew Frankel
 Dana McCloskey Ron Holgado Robert Joffred Jonathan Kriner Thomas McGovern Joshua McHugh Jeffrey Molush Thomas Patterson Joel Shapiro Cameron Snyder-Mitchell Max Torrente David Williamson Additional vocals by: Aaron Castro Adam Brokos Stuart Grady 
Denzell Ivery Kevin Longwill Alliance for Progress Charter School 
4th Grade Class 
Emani Bell Kierra Best Simeon Beyah Jahleel Brisbon Tahmir Brown Nasya Corbitt Jada Davis Jamira Fitchett Trinity Fredericks Shannon Govan Amani Gray Zakkarah Jackson Joshua Johnson Maniyah Jordan Ashley Marriott Emanuel Miller Dajuan Murphy Khary Parker Lanaiya Ray Sydnei Scipio Kisheionna Smith Elijah Spence Noah Spence Aliyah Thompson Special Thanks: Mary Beth Hertz and Joanna Bermudez, 
Alliance for Progress Charter School The Village of Arts and Humanities Science Leadership Academy

Computational thinking: A digital age skill for everyone

In a rapidly changing world, today’s students will need a whole new set of skills to solve tomorrow’s problems. Computational thinking gives them the ability to recognize when and how technology can boost their own critical-thinking, creative and problem-solving skills in order to find innovative solutions to real-world problems. ISTE, CSTA and NSF collaborated on this video, which is part of a suite of free CT resources you can find at http://www.iste.org/computational-thi…. Watch more education-related videos on ISTE’s EdTekHub, http://www.iste.org/video

ISTE Expanding Video

An inspirational video about using technology to expand learning and teaching. Thank you to all the students who helped with the video: Gabrielle Lewis Samantha Day Logan Smith Ali Fanning Chris Plummer McKenzie Telfer Nathan Thiesfeld Delanie Sommers Hanna Mathews Michael Reed Brooke Hogan Mollyann Reynolds Shelby Hoiland Baylee Kuschel Kolby Moore Tessa Needham Brendan Fingal Janie Fingal Thank you to all the staff and faculty who helped with the video: Matt Ciaffoni Tom Edmundson Wendy Osburn-Rothenberger Josh Stauber Carlita Stutzman Shannon Urhansen Ray White Douglas Ellis Big thank you to the entire staff and faculty of Harrisburg High School for allowing us to shoot this video on their campus.

ISTE 2012 Wednesday Keynote: Dr. Willie Smits with Christopher Gauthier (Full-Length)

In 2010 a group of students and teachers from around the world began a collaborative project to combat one of the most urgent man-made global problems on the planet. Leveraging the power of social networking, collaborative online tools, and new pedagogies, the collaboration was chartered with proving a model by which young people could demonstrate powerful 21st century skills by taking meaningful, powerful action. Now with hundreds of thousands of students across the planet, this project is changing lives and defining what learning could be. In this session, world famous conservationist Dr. Willie Smits, and dynamic teacher Christopher Gauthier, share a truly inspiring, emotional and important story about human achievement colliding with real-world project-based learning in a time when young people have true voice in the future of the planet they will inherit. Also including remarks by ISTE Deputy CEO and Conference Chair Leslie S. Conery.

ISTE 2012 Sunday Keynote featuring Sir Ken Robinson

The ISTE 2012 Sunday Keynote featuring Sir Ken Robinson with Shawn Covell, Marc Prensky, and Mayim Bialik on the topic of “Redefining Horizons: Encouraging Students’ Passion to Achieve.” By having the courage to dig deep and expand horizons, educators can have a tremendous impact on the individual and collective learning experience of students. They can truly establish a culture and a climate that fosters a lifelong pursuit of new knowledge. Education thought leader Marc Prensky is the author of two works on digital natives and a new book about how “digital wisdom” is the next frontier in cognitive evolution. Shawn Covell is Qualcomm’s Vice President, Government Affairs and has been heavily influential in Qualcomm’s strategy for supporting 24/7 education through integrated mobile and handheld technologies. Actress Mayim Bialik is well known for her movie and television roles, most recently appearing as a regular cast member of CBS’s Big Bang Theory. What many people don’t know is that she’s also a PhD in neuroscience, a physics and chemistry teacher, an author and passionate blogger on the topics of child development and parenting, a STEM advocate, and Texas Instruments spokesperson. World-renowned creativity and innovation expert Sir Ken Robinson provides context, perspective, and moderation for the evening’s panel. ISTE President Holly Jobe provides opening remarks, along with a brief video address by U.S. Secretary of Education, Arne Duncan.

ISTE 2012 Tuesday Keynote Featuring Yong Zhao

Dr. Yong Zhao addresses ISTE 2012 attendees on the topic of ” Global, Creative, and Entrepreneurial: Defining High-Quality Education.” How do you prepare students for their future when globalization and rapid technological changes make it almost impossible to predict what the future will be like? In this presentation, Dr. Yong Zhao shows how the current measures of education quality, such as the PISA and TIMSS, are misleading, and how the so-called high-performing education systems do not actually produce the kind of creative and entrepreneurial talents we need. He makes the case for a future-oriented education starting with each child instead of an authoritative prescription of knowledge and skills. He discusses the education necessary to prepare students to be globally competent and creative entrepreneurs. Also featuring remarks for ISTE CEO Don Knezek and a recognition of long-time ISTE staffer Anita McAnear, who retires at the end of July.

ISTE 2013 Closing Keynote, Adam Bellow: You’re Invited to Change the World

Author and educational technologist Adam Bellow delivers the closing keynote of ISTE 2013 with a high-energy presentation reveling in the joys of being a connected educator in these amazing times. Showcasing stories of inspiration from classrooms around the world and anecdotes from Bellow’s career, and highlight inspiration from classrooms around the world. Bellow invites you to challenge yourself to make a difference in your school with creativity and kindness.

Students do homework in class, lessons at night in flipped classroom

LONE TREE, Colo. — The flipped classroom is a whole different approach to learning that some argue can improve grades, and maybe even free up some extra time at home. The Flipped Learning Network estimates 3 percent of teachers now flip their class, and a recent survey by Sophia.org found 85 percent of teachers surveyed who flipped their class had seen improvements in grades.

ISTE Ignite – Allison Finn

Allison Finn of Global Nomads Group kicks off the first round of Ignite sessions at ISTE 2014 in Atlanta by exploring how global collaboration in the classroom teaches students to break down cultural barriers and navigate an increasingly global marketplace. ISTE Ignite sessions feature dynamic, rapid-fire presentations on thought-provoking topics from cutting-edge leaders in the field of education technology.

5-Minute Film School

Cinematic storytelling engages students’ hearts as well as their minds to create meaningful projects that will stay with them long after they’ve forgotten most of the facts they learned in school. Film and broadcast journalism teacher Michael Hernandez offers filmmaking tips to help students create video projects they’ll be proud to share with the world. Watch more education-related videos on ISTE’s EdTekHub, http://www.iste.org/video. Want more ideas for using technology to achieve deeper learning? Get more than 90 recorded sessions from ISTE 2014 on topics ranging from 1:1 to flipped learning: https://www.iste.org/resources/produc…

The why behind 3D printing

3D printing can be a powerful learning tool. It can give students hands-on access to primary source materials such as dinosaur bones, allow them to engineer solutions to real-life problems and empower them to help others in a tangible way. Author and maker education expert Sylvia Martinez explores what 3D printing offers for students and how it’s being harnessed in the classroom. Watch more education-related videos on ISTE’s EdTekHub, http://www.iste.org/video Want more ideas for using technology to achieve deeper learning? Get more than 90 recorded sessions from ISTE 2014 on topics ranging from 1:1 to flipped learning: https://www.iste.org/resources/produc…

8 essential elements of PBL

All too often, teachers load students up with information and then cap off the unit with a project. Project-based learning (PBL) turns that model on its head by allowing students to learn through hands-on work. Technology integration expert Michael Gorman outlines the eight essential elements of true PBL. Watch more education-related videos on ISTE’s EdTekHub, http://www.iste.org/video Want more ideas for using technology to achieve deeper learning? Get more than 90 recorded sessions from ISTE 2014 on topics ranging from 1:1 to flipped learning: https://www.iste.org/resources/produc…

What will you learn at ISTE 2015?

The ISTE Conference & Expo is more than just an education conference. It’s ed tech’s greatest meeting of the minds — the hub where thousands of educators from around globe gather to shape the future of education. It’s an interactive, hands-on lab where you can discover real-world solutions and experiment with the latest ed tech innovations. And this year, it’s in Philadelphia! Learn more at http://isteconference.org.

Top 3 challenges of teaching digital citizenship

In a world where technology changes faster than teachers can keep up, and students face different expectations for technology use at home than at school, many schools are struggling to develop a cohesive digital citizenship curriculum. Technology infusion and professional development coordinator LeeAnn Lindsey explains the three biggest challenges of teaching digital citizenship. Watch more education-related videos on ISTE’s EdTekHub, http://www.iste.org/videos, and learn more about our digital citizenship resources: http://www.iste.org/resources/product….

Overcoming the barriers to innovation

To successfully teach with technology, schools must cultivate the necessary conditions for innovation to thrive. District superintendent Pat Skorkowsky reveals how the fifth largest U.S. school district has used ISTE’s Essential Conditions for tech integration to spur rapid growth in student achievement. Watch more education-related videos on ISTE’s EdTekHub, http://www.iste.org/video Has your school or district developed the necessary conditions for technology integration? Evaluate your progress with the Lead & Transform diagnostic tool: http://www.iste.org/standards/lead-tr…

ISTE Standards: Preparing students for the digital age

The ISTE Standards serve as a beacon for students and educators as they navigate the digital universe. Teachers and leaders from around the globe share their insights into how the standards are helping them guide systemwide change, design instruction for the digital age and prepare students for an inconceivable future. Learn about the ISTE Standards at http://www.iste.org/standards. Watch more education-related videos on ISTE’s EdTekHub, http://www.iste.org/video.

Meet the Makers

Join a few of our ISTE 2015 Makerspace presenters for a 30 minute chat. Laura Briggs Technology Resource Teacher  Loudoun County Public Schools Sylvia Martinez Co-author of Invent To Learn: Making, Tinkering, and Engineering in the Classroom Vinnie Vrotny Director of  Technology Kinkaid School They will be taking your questions and are looking forward to “hanging out”.

Educators from around the world connect at ISTE 2015

“How often do 17,000 educators passionate about education technology get to come together from around the world to talk about what they love and learn from each other?” Answer: Once a year, at the ISTE Conference & Expo, where they finally get to meet their virtual colleagues face to face. See what else is happening at ISTE 2015 at iste.org/explore/conference-news.

ISTE Ignite talk: Jenn Scheffer

Jenn Scheffer, faculty facilitator of one of the first and most successful student-run genius bars in the country, describes some of the powerful ways that the Burlington High School Help Desk gives students real-world opportunities to build invaluable digital age skills in her ISTE Ignite talk at ISTE 2015 in Philadelphia. Find out more about the ISTE Conference & Expo at isteconference.org.

Let’s Get Social: The Educator’s Guide to Edmodo

Social networks are a growing part of our daily lives. But what people may not know is that these powerful and diverse online communities can also inform the way students learn, the way teachers teach and the way educators communicate and share ideas. Let’s Get Social is an instructional tool. In this book, educators can learn everything they need to know about integrating social learning at all grade levels using the popular educational social network, Edmodo. With valuable tips and resources for both new and experienced users, it provides immediately adaptable strategies for incorporating Edmodo’s suite of tools and apps in their classrooms. Learn how to leverage Edmodo for assessment, project-based learning, flipped classroom, gamification and more.

Amy O’Toole urges educators to inspire students with real science

At age 10, Amy O’Toole became one of the youngest people ever to publish a peer-reviewed science paper. Previously disinterested in science, O’Toole’s passion was ignited by an educator who empowered his students to conduct real scientific research. In her EdTedTalk at ISTE 2015, O’Toole invites educators to push boundaries and challenge the notion that children can’t do real science.

How to navigate the ISTE 2016 digital program

ISTE is more environmentally-friendly this year! To honor our commitment to sustainability, we will not offer a printed program this year. Instead, attendees will be able to access vital info and all of the fantastic sessions via the digital program on isteconference.org or within the ISTE 2016 mobile app. Here are some tips to familiarize yourself with the program and make the most of your conference experience.

Welcome to ISTE 2016! Take a Tour of the Convention Center

Planning your ISTE 2016 schedule? This tour of the Colorado Convention Center & ISTE 2016 is a great way to orient yourself before arriving on-site. From playground locations, lounges and places to relax and wayfinding information to ISTE Central where you can find resources & ISTE swag, this video has the basic info you’ll need to hit the ground running at ISTE 2016.

Where young educators learn, share and meet their eduheroes | Register now for ISTE 2018

“You feel very lonely or apprehensive when you think you’re the only one doing something. When you find your tribe at ISTE, everyone empowers each other,” says Ed Tech Coach Chris Aviles. As a young educator, it’s easy to get overwhelmed or feel isolated, especially in your first year of teaching. In this video, ISTE Conference & Expo attendees share their tips for young educators on how to stay connected, collaborate, innovate and transform learning. Learn more and register for the ISTE 2018 Conference & Expo at isteconference.org

ISTE 2016 Ignites | The culture and climate of an authentic STEM classroom

Ben Smith is a physics teacher and technology resource instructor at Red Lion Area Senior High School in Pennsylvania. He is also a doctoral student in instructional technology at Towson University, and is an ISTE Consultant and a PK-12 representative to the ISTE Board of Directors. With over a decade of professional development experience, Smith works through EdTEchinnovators to provide educators with resources to help them successfully infuse technology into their classrooms. As well as providing strategies and templates for teachers and students to facilitate the shift to the digital age classroom, he has created step-by-step tutorials on tool use, assisted educational organizations in planning technology purchases, and helped school districts and organizations develop a philosophy or vision for technology use. Along with Jared Mader, Smith serves as the Science Curriculum Specialists for Learning and Leading, ISTE’s flagship journal. Together, they recently worked with NASA to develop an iBook for teachers to complement the MMS Mission Launch student activities. Smith took time from his busy schedule to join ISTE for a 2016 Conference Ignite session—a rapid-fire event where multiple presenters get just five minutes and 20 slides each to inspire audience members. In his presentation, The Culture and Climate of an Authentic STEM Classroom, he speaks about how classroom climate and culture can lead students to the excitement of STEM projects, relying on each other and building a sense of themselves as learners. His classroom model is an inspiration for educators.

Educator insights: Computer Science Is More Than Just Coding

Collaboration, critical thinking, creativity and computational thinking are all major benefits of teaching kids computer science. It’s so much more than just coding. Dive into this critical topic in education with two educators who are passionate about CS in schools: Kimberly Lane and Steven Isaacs. You can also get inspiration and ideas for how you can join the conversation by following ISTE on Twitter: @isteconnects or subscribing to the ISTE Blog at iste.org/blog to get great content and resources like these delivered right to your inbox. Educators featured in this video: Steven Isaacs, Teacher, Video Game Design and Development, William Annin Middle School, Basking Ridge, NJ @mr_isaacs Kimberly Lane, Blended Learning Specialist, Lancaster ISD, Lancaster, Texas @askatechnogirl

Support the ISTE Cause and Lead the Change in Transforming Learning Around the World

Learning, exploring and creating are natural human instincts. We are wired to connect and share; it doesn’t matter where, only that we do. ISTE’s mission is to empower learners to flourish in a connected world by cultivating a passionate professional learning community, linking educators and partners, leveraging knowledge and expertise, advocating for strategic policies, and continually improving learning and teaching. Support ISTE and join us in transforming education worldwide.

ISTE 2016 Closing Keynote Highlights – Michelle Cordy

Closing the ISTE 2016 conference & expo in Denver, Colorado is 3rd grade teacher from London, Ontario, Michelle Cordy. Author of Hack the Classroom and a highly respected ISTE community member, Cordy is on a mission to ignite young minds through new ways of learning and teaching. In her closing keynote speech, she makes the point that structure matters in educational networks. What happens, she asks, when just a few teachers, instead of being only connected to the teacher on your left and the teacher on your right, make just a few more connections, and find people like themselves in that network? What if there are connected educators that reach out to people they don’t normally speak to, that introduce their friends to your friends? Amazing things can happen then, because when your friends are better connected, you are better connected, and in this network—what Cordy calls a “small world”—good ideas are passed around, people have access to the expertise of librarians, STEM educators, artists, and more. Connection and community can lead to empowerment. By changing how teachers are bonded together, you may find a new engagement that allows for devising solutions together. By bringing students into the process, we can together transform education for future students. This innovative teacher calls ISTE a “special small world where good ideas pass. In fact, ISTE is many small worlds because within this group… all of us are connected and we share ideas in this diamond network.” Being a connected educator is a powerful thing!

Interview with Nicholas Provenzano – Giving students the freedom to fail forward

Learn more about encouraging students to fail forward by visiting the ISTE Blog here: http://bit.ly/2aZXucA What does learning look like when students are given the freedom to fail? In this inaugural EdTekHub InnerView with Nicholas Provenzano, Brian Lewis explores this very question. Nicholas Provenzano, an English teacher and technology curriculum specialist at Grosse Pointe Public Schools in Michigan, is deeply familiar with failure in his own educational experience both as a young student and as an adult. It wasn’t until high school that he discovered that he is dyslexic and finally understood why math and reading were so challenging for him. But by this point, Provenzano was used to failure and learned that he had to be okay with it and learn from it. It is this attitude and a philosophy that failure can be an extremely useful educational tool that Provenzano strives to bring to his own students. Learn more about encouraging students to fail forward by visiting the EdTekHub here: http://bit.ly/2aZXucA

EdTekHub InnerView with LeVar Burton – Sparking a passion for reading in digital age learners

Reading empowers students to become lifelong learners and gives them a unique sort of freedom that only reading can. That’s why LeVar Burton, actor, director and co-founder of RRKidz, is passionate about providing resources that make literature relevant for young readers. Burton credits his passion for reading and his commitment to serving the greater good to his mother, Erma Gene Christian, who worked as an English teacher and social worker. Later, through his work on the Roots miniseries, he experienced how powerful and compelling storytelling in a popular medium could be when created with intention. It was then that Burton realized that kids could be inspired to love reading if the material were presented in a medium that they understand and care about. In the 1980’s that meant T.V., but today it means digital access, which is how RRKidz and its Reading Rainbow-style resources were born. With versions for both families and schools, RRKidz continues to provide resources and a digital library of books that spark a love of reading in early and emerging readers, just as Reading Rainbow did in its time. Another lesson that Burton has learned and shares in this video is to not wait to understand the end destination before taking the next step. “You don’t need to know the end of the story, when you’re in Chapter 3,” he says. “Take the step that’s right in front of you.” Read more and find more compelling stories like this one by visiting the ISTE EdTekHub: http://bit.ly/2bgLHXN

Share your spark for learning and teaching | Michelle Cordy interview

Teacher and self-titled Applied Researcher Michelle Cordy wants to spark a curiosity for the world among her students and her peers. Growing up, Cordy’s extra-curricular athletic activities made her a bit of an unconventional student. Many of her teachers met the challenge head on and found a way to provide Cordy with the learning opportunities she needed while creating space for her to pursue this other important aspect of her life. This flexibility and a curiosity for the world instilled in her by her parents, opened her mind to a wealth of possibility and opportunity. As she settled into her career as an educator, she continued to expand her way of thinking and challenge her perspective through a commitment to professional learning and building relationships within her professional learning community. She found a home among like-minded educators through her ISTE membership and connections made at the ISTE Annual Conference & Expo and strives to bring the passion for learning and sharing back to her local PLN each year. When asked about what lesson she would most like to share with her peers, Cordy responded that her advice would be to focus on building valuable professional relationships and the collective good work they are doing on a daily basis.

ISTE 2016 keynote speaker Ruha Benjamin | Incubate a Better World in the Minds & Hearts of Students

“Teachers, if actually unified and empowered, can change the direction of history,” says Ruha Benjamin in this powerful keynote address at the ISTE 2016 Conference & Expo. Benjamin, a Princeton professor in the department of African American studies, specializes in the interdisciplinary studies of science, medicine, race, ethnicity gender, biotechnology, health and biopolitics. She envisions an education system that acts as an incubator for social change, and poses the question, “How do we make our schools laboratories of democratic participation, rather than sites where inequality is reproduced, where not only is the potential of each individual child realized, but where we’re experimenting with technologies of love, of reciprocity and of justice.” She makes important points about adopting technology in the classroom. We must wrestle, she insists, with the parallel realities that today’s children face if technology is to become a tool to close the gap in educational opportunity and life outcomes. The goal is not to simply empower our student to succeed in the world of today, says Professor Benjamin, but to give them the tools and opportunities that will allow them to imagine and create alternatives to the current system and culture. Ruha Benjamin is an engaging and animated speaker who eloquently and successfully brings in examples as far reaching as Star Trek, nuclear testing in the Marshall Islands, code switching, Google searches, zero tolerance policies, and much more in order to build a momentum that will galvanize viewers. Watch the full keynote now and get inspired to transform society through the transformation of education. Want to get inspired and join a tribe of passionate, innovative educators like you? Don’t miss ISTE 2017. Sign up to receive email updates: http://bit.ly/2cEsT4T

ISTE 2016 EdTekTalks | Janice & Marley Dias on promoting diversity in media with #1000BlackGirlBooks

11-year-old Marley Dias has had enough of reading about white boys and their dogs. So she decided to launch a campaign to transform school reading lists and ensure that smart, adventurous and interesting girls like her could see themselves in the characters of the books they read. With the launch of her #1000BlackGirlBooks campaign, Marley started a movement that has so far achieved an impressive list of accomplishments. Watch Marley’s ISTE 2016 EdTekTalk with her mother Janice and read more about the campaign here:

ISTE 2016 Ignites | Personalize learning and empower students to change their stories

Is the ed tech you’re using a story changer or a story repeater? In this inspiring Ignite talk from ISTE 2016, Katharine Hale challenges you to take on what she calls “the single story problem” in schools. Traditionally, education has reinforced a single idea of want academic success looks like and, for kids who don’t fit the mold, their stories go like this: average student, special ed, behavior problem, etc. In this talk, Hale urges teachers to integrate tech thoughtfully and meaningfully to personalize learning and help students write their own stories.

ISTE 2016 EdTekTalks | Introducing a must-try global PBL opportunity for students

Caleb Harper, Director of the MIT Open Agriculture Initiative (OpenAg), joined us at the 2016 ISTE Conference & Expo EdTekTalks to share the powerful work he and his team of “farmers” are doing to produce Food Computers that promote an open-source ecosystem. These computers serve as tools for users to experiment, innovate, hack and grow. Every time users grow and harvest, they contribute to a library of climate recipes that can be borrowed and scaled so that users around the world can gain access to the best and freshest foods. By placing Food Computers into classrooms, K-12 students and educators become part of the worldwide community that is breaking down barriers of entry and developing open source hardware and software platforms for hydroponic and aeroponic agriculture systems. Students become part of the network of farmers, makers, scientists and others who are laying the groundwork for the future of food production. With useful visual aids to explain issues of food insecurity and distribution, Harper employs passion and humor to open up the world of the MIT Media Lab’s work in creating beneficial agricultural climates with a Food Computer, and explores the technology that makes it possible to code climate recipes, superior flavor and better nutrition. These collaborative tools and platforms make the science behind modern agriculture more accessible, and are opening doors for students to be an integral part of putting the power of food production back in the hands of the people who need it the most.

How to survive your first year of teaching | 5 tips from the ISTE Young Educator Network

Your first year of teaching can be exciting and rewarding, but it can also be overwhelming and confusing. Watch the video for five survival tips for new and first year teachers from the ISTE Young Educator Network. The ISTE Young Educator Network is a vibrant community of both new and veteran teachers under 35 who are passionate about transforming learning through the meaningful use of ed tech. They are innovative, generous and dedicated professionals who love to share resources, grow their PLNs and support one another. Learn more and try out some ISTE member resources at iste.org/YENresources

ISTE 2016 Ignites | The culture and climate of an authentic STEM classroom

Ben Smith is a physics teacher and technology resource instructor at Red Lion Area Senior High School in Pennsylvania. He is also a doctoral student in instructional technology at Towson University, and is an ISTE Consultant and a PK-12 representative to the ISTE Board of Directors. With over a decade of professional development experience, Smith works through EdTEchinnovators to provide educators with resources to help them successfully infuse technology into their classrooms. As well as providing strategies and templates for teachers and students to facilitate the shift to the digital age classroom, he has created step-by-step tutorials on tool use, assisted educational organizations in planning technology purchases, and helped school districts and organizations develop a philosophy or vision for technology use. Along with Jared Mader, Smith serves as the Science Curriculum Specialists for Learning and Leading, ISTE’s flagship journal. Together, they recently worked with NASA to develop an iBook for teachers to complement the MMS Mission Launch student activities. Smith took time from his busy schedule to join ISTE for a 2016 Conference Ignite session—a rapid-fire event where multiple presenters get just five minutes and 20 slides each to inspire audience members. In his presentation, The Culture and Climate of an Authentic STEM Classroom, he speaks about how classroom climate and culture can lead students to the excitement of STEM projects, relying on each other and building a sense of themselves as learners. His classroom model is an inspiration for educators.

Where education leaders find edtech strategies that work | Register now ISTE 2017

“The annual ISTE Conference is the perfect place to learn what’s cutting edge in terms of what’s available for our students,” says Assistant Superintendent Regina Rinaldi. “This is a perfect place from us to come and learn from each other, but also from experts in the field.” Education leaders — from superintendents to CTOs to board members, principals and more — are the drivers of transformation in learning and teaching. Watch the full video to see what leaders in education are saying about their ISTE Conference & Expo experience and how leaders can transform learning for students in their districts and schools. To learn more and register for ISTE 2017 in San Antonio visit http://conference.iste.org/2017/.

ISTE 2016 keynote speaker Michelle Cordy | Connect with your PLN to empower & engage students

Third grade teacher, Apple Distinguished Educator and Google Certified Innovator, Michelle Cordy, was the closing keynote speaker at ISTE 2016 conference & expo in Denver, Colorado. As a teacher in London, Ontario, Canada and author of Hack the Classroom, Cordy is a highly respected ISTE community member on a mission to ignite young minds through new ways of learning and teaching that incorporate ed tech, and which empower students in their own education. In her closing keynote speech, she looks at the importance of being a connected educator, of expanding the education network, of engaging and empowering students, and she brings new ideas to the conversation, including the importance of mindfulness and stewardship. What happens, she asks, when just a few teachers, instead of being only connected to the teacher on your left and the teacher on your right, make just a few more connections, and find people like themselves in that network? In this network—what Cordy calls a “small world”—good ideas are passed between participants, people have access to the expertise of librarians, STEM educators, artists, and more. Connection, community, mindfulness and stewardship can lead to engagement and empowerment, to new devising solutions and a rethinking of how we think about and arrange the educational tools we’re given. By bringing students into the process, we can together transform education for future students. This innovative teacher calls ISTE a “special small world where good ideas pass. In fact, ISTE is many small worlds because within this group… all of us are connected and we share ideas in this diamond network.” Being a connected educator who shows up to the place in education where you can make your greatest contribution, and refuses to leave is a powerful thing!

ISTE 2016 Ignites | How to become a badass teacher

Laura Thomas, MEd. has been an educator, school coach and staff developer for more than a decade. Previously a high school English, speech and theatre teacher, she is currently the Director of the Center for School Renewal at Antioch University New England and is a library media specialist at Harrisville Wells Memorial School. She is also a community facilitator for Edutopia, a comprehensive website and online community that increases knowledge, sharing and adoption of what works in K-12 education. Emphasizing core strategies, Edutopia provides educators with resources for project-based learning, comprehensive assessment, integrated studies, social and emotional learning, educational leadership and teacher development, and technology integration. Thomas is also affiliated with the Coalition of Essential Schools and the School Reform Initiative. She is the author of multiple articles as well as Facilitating Authentic Learning (Corwin, 2011) and you can find more of her work at The Critical Skills Classroom (http://antiochcriticalskills.wordpres…). Laura Thomas’ 2016 Ignite Session at the ISTE 2016 Conference, titled Becoming Badass, speaks to the strength of K-12 teachers, and the power of coming together as educators, of keeping an open mind, not passing judgement, always embracing curiosity and ongoing learning, doing what is right in spite of fear. She makes the point clearly that being a badass educator is teaching at its best. Take a moment to listen to Laura Thomas and be inspired.

ISTE 2016 EdTekTalks | Dr. Alex Thornton provides strategies for boosting digital health & wellness

Dr. Alex Thornton taught for seven years in Canada and Boston before shifting his focus to Educational Leadership. As Doctor of Education at RTSG Neuroscience, he brings his expertise in education and school program implementation to the consulting firm’s education related projects and studies. RTSG creates large scale interventions that use exercise to benefit groups of people. Dr. Thornton works in schools to maximize the benefits of physical education. His work has shown that, if done correctly, PE can improve academic performance in other subjects. He also collaborates closely with other educators, researchers and renowned thinkers to bring findings from sleep, nutrition, play, and Neuro/Biofeedback research to educational and organizational settings. His goal is to incorporate findings from neuropsychology into educational practice. Dr. Thornton joined us at the ISTE 2016 Conference EdTekTalks to share his findings on using exercise to change school cultures and optimize student learning. Using EEG and ERP data, he outlined in his talk the ways that exercise promotes attention and brain growth. Just a couple minutes of exercise can help students focus better and retain more information. The other side of the coin, however, is proper sleep. Memory is consolidated during sleep, and as students are getting less sleep than they did in the past—partly due to constant access to the Internet, online games, etc.—they are struggling harder to learn and retain information. Technology, says Thornton, interferes with both exercise and sleep, but also offers ideas and solutions to get more exercise and sleep. For educators and parents, finding the right balance is key to helping students do their best learning.

How a Proposal Becomes an ISTE Conference Session

Thousands of ISTE Conference session proposals are submitted each year, and after a rigorous review process by volunteer educators, about one-third make it to the final program. Assembling a conference program that features a range of content, is comprehensive and offers something for all attendees at all times would not be possible without the hundreds of educators that contribute to the peer-review process. This video illuminates the proposal selection process that involves several stages of peer review, months of work and hundreds of volunteer experts. Watch to learn more and visit isteconference.org to see the latest information on the program of the upcoming ISTE Conference & Expo.

What your PLN can do for you | Tips from the ISTE Young Educator Network

Teachers, tech integration specialists and edtech leaders share their reasons and advice for building a professional learning network. Their tips cover everything from getting inspiration for new strategies to try in the classroom to which digital spaces are the best for connecting with educators both locally and from around the globe. Special thanks to the ISTE Young Educator Network.

ISTE 2016 EdTekTalks | 4 tips for engaging kids in STEM with littleBits founder Ayah Bdeir

Today’s educators are preparing students for a future that has yet to be imagined. littleBits founder and CEO Ayah Bdeir shared the inspiration behind her company and her passion for empowering any child to become an innovator. There are 4 ways Ayah Bdeir’s company, littleBits, seeks to engage students more deeply in STEM education: 1. Making it fun 2. Going from STEM to STEAM 3. Help them make it theirs 4. Empowering educators Watch her EdTekTalk from ISTE 2016 and get inspired!

ISTE 2016 Ignites | Gamify and empower learning with a badging program

“Badges … are to grades and assessments like flipped was to teaching,” Brad Flickinger explains in this talk from the ISTE 2016 Ignite series. “They’re about skills. They’re not about knowledge.” Badging programs, both digital and analog, are not only a great way to engage and reward learners, they also motivate students by empowering them to take control of their own learning destinies. See how Brad Flickinger, an educator at the Metropolitan School of Panama, has engaged and empowered learners with a badging program. Subscribe to our channel for more great content!

Make your voice heard! Advocate for edtech policies and funding

April is ISTE Advocacy Month and Mila Thomas-Fuller, ISTE Board President, wants YOU to advocate for edtech policies and funding. Act now to make your voice heard and help us advocate for important edtech programs like ESSA, the E-Rate program and the Lifeline program. These programs are critical for connecting schools, closing the homework gap and investing in innovation. Learn more at iste.org/takeaction

Act now to protect edtech funding with these 3 tips | #Act4EdTech

Imagine a future where students lack the tools and skills they need to succeed in a digital world. It is possible, and we can’t let it happen. Here are three actions you can take right now to help protect edtech funding for our students: 1. Send a letter to congress. 2. Call your elected officials. 3. Speak out on social media with the hashtag #Act4EdTech. Learn more at iste.org/takeaction and share your story on social media with #Act4EdTech

ISTE 2016 Ignites | Make digital learning accessible for all students

In this 5-minute Ignite talk from ISTE 2016, Rhianon Gutierrez shares her passion for inclusive learning and her tips for how to make digital learning accessible for everyone. Born hard of hearing, Gutierrez doesn’t see her disability as a limitation, but rather as something that has led her to become an advocate for all different types of learning. With the principles of Universal Design for Learning (UDL) at the forefront, Gutierrez shares her tips for how to make your content — both for students and for adults – accessible. To experience incredible learning opportunities like this, register for the ISTE Conference at conference.iste.org

7 Ways | The ISTE Standards for Students Music Video

Make learning with technology meaningful with the ISTE Standards for Students! Use this rap video produced by Flocabulary to get students engaged and show them what it means to be a digital age learner. Learn more about the ISTE Standards: www.iste.org/standards Learn more about Flocabulary: www.flocabulary.com The ISTE Standards for Students are a learner-driven process of exploration, creativity and discovery using technology for learning. Number one — I’m an Empowered Learner, I set goals and pursue ’em with fervor. My learning is up to me, it’s not passive, My brain learns best when I am digitally proactive, Number two — I’m a digital Citizen, I stay safe on all the sites I’m visiting. I use technology to make a difference With power comes responsibility, you getting it? I’m a Knowledge Constructor — number three, I carefully select and evaluate what I read. Curate media oh so brilliantly (And) I think critically about source validity. Four — I’m an Innovative Designer, That means I solve problems, major and minor. Start with empathy, ideate, then prototype, Test and iterate, that method is so nice, I’m a Computational Thinker — five, Improving any process I can find. Writing algorithms and testing in beta, Analyzing to find the trends in the data. I’m a Creative Communicator — (that’s) six, Like I put this in a rap song to make it stick. I could use different media or tools, Like infographics to make my point get through. Seven — I’m a Global Collaborator, I might connect with students way over the equator. Digital technology makes the dream come true, I had a virtual field trip with a kid in Peru. That’s seven ways that I can be A life-long learner in this 21st century. What kind of student do I want to be? It’s my path, that’s up to me!

1:1 Tips for Education Leaders

We wanted to know: what do school and district administrators and their staff technology teams need to know when implementing a 1:1 or BYOD program? So we asked the experts: educators who’ve been there. Check out these six tips from participants in and facilitators of the Verizon Mobile Learning Academy, a free, team-based professional learning program delivered by ISTE in partnership with The Verizon Foundation.

Educator Insights: How to Build a PLN and Become a Connected Educator

In this video, influential educators share their thoughts, tips, and insights on building a professional learning network to become a connected educator both online and in person. Get inspiration and ideas for how you can join the conversation! Follow ISTE on Twitter: @isteconnects or subscribe at iste.org/explore to get great content and resources like these delivered right to your inbox. Educators featured in this video: Jaime Donally, Edtech Presenter, White Oak, Texas @JaimeDonally Michael Hernandez, Teacher, Cinema and Journalism, Mira Costa High School, Manhattan Beach, California @cinehead Kimberly Lane, Blended Learning Specialist, Lancaster ISD, Lancaster, Texas @askatechnogirl Steven Isaacs, Teacher, Video Game Design and Development, William Annin Middle School, Basking Ridge, NJ @mr_isaacs Cathy Hunt, Visual Arts Educator, St. Hilda’s School, Southport, Australia @art_cathyhunt Sarah-Jane Thomas, Regional Technology Coordinator, Prince Georges County Public Schools, Prince Georges County, Maryland @sarahdateechur

Sarah Thomas on Being a Learner and Building a Personal Learning Family

Learning comes naturally to educators, but in today’s busy world, it can be hard to prioritize time for learning. In her Ignite talk at ISTE 2017, Sarah Thomas reminds educators of how empowering and important it is to engage in learning as educators, particularly when it comes to connecting and sharing with one another. She shares her thoughts and insights on building a Personal Learning Network (PLN), or what she refers to as her Personal Learning Family, and discusses how powerful educators are when they come together and support one another. And not only do educators benefit from engaging in professional learning, but their students benefit as well. Learner is one of the new ISTE Standards for Educators, and embodying the Learner is an important part of honing your educational practice and working toward a world where all learners thrive, achieve, and contribute. Visit iste.org/StandardsForEducators to learn more.

Clara Alaniz on Empowering and Celebrating Growth for All Learners

When educators who are empowered professionals collaborate with one another — and their students! — the results are incredible. In this talk at the ISTE 2017 Conference & Expo, Clara Alaniz shares her first-hand experience in working together with educators who advocate for and empower all of their students to grow and thrive. She compares educators to gardeners, who must plant and tend their gardens with intention, but must also celebrate growth when it crops up unexpectedly. Educators who embody the new ISTE Standards for Educators as empowered professionals and learning catalysts are in the best position to be able to advocate for and empower their students. The standards, Alaniz says, “are not things to do, they’re ways to be.” Watch her full talk to get inspired and learn more about the new Educator Standards at iste.org/StandardsForEducators.

Jennifer Parker on the Simple, Fun and Affordable Way to Shape Digital Age Learners

Instructional Technology Specialist and 21things4Students.net co-Founder Jennifer Parker wants to make digital age learning easy and accessible for all teachers and their students. That’s why she helped create the 21 Things Project. In this talk, Jennifer outlines some of the free tools for teachers, students and administrators, and shows how you can use these open source resources to develop students into thriving digital age learners. With the 21 Things Project, meeting and aligning learning with the ISTE Standards for Students is simple, fun and affordable. Watch to learn more and explore the standards at iste.org/standards

Students Discuss What’s Important in Education at ISTE 2017

Making education better starts with asking those who are most directly affected by it: students! We wanted to know what students really think about education — what works, what could be improved, which learning experiences are the most meaningful to them — so we invited four students from different schools across the U.S. to share their thoughts and insights on the ISTE 2017 keynote stage. Watch to learn more and get inspired by these remarkable student panelists. Visit isteconference.org to learn more about the event.

Educator Insights: Taking Digital Citizenship Beyond Monitoring to Mentoring

Hear from Michael Hernandez and mother and son digital citizenship duo Marialice Curran and Curran Dee on how digital citizenship is evolving. They share they’re observations, inspiration, and some ideas for how to build digital citizenship and media literacy skills by focusing on some of the “do’s” rather than the “don’t’s”. Get inspiration and ideas for how you can join the conversation! Follow ISTE on Twitter: @isteconnects or subscribe to the ISTE Blog at iste.org/blog to get great content and resources like these delivered right to your inbox. Educators featured in this video: Marialice B.F.X. Curran, Founder and CEO, Digital Citizenship Institute, Glastonbury, CT @mbfxc Curran Dee, Chief Kid Officer, DigCitKids, Glastonbury, CT @CurranCentral Michael Hernandez, Teacher, Cinema and Journalism, Mira Costa High School, Manhattan Beach, California @cinehead

Setting free the untold stories in education | Jennie Magiera, ISTE 2017 Keynote

Have you ever watched something that changed your life? Get ready for some intense inspiration with this uplifting, eye-opening keynote talk given by Jennie Magiera at ISTE 2017. In fifty minutes, Magiera dives into five single stories in education and the accompanying stories that are yet to be told. She tackles the stereotypes and simplistic narratives that we often apply to ourselves, our colleagues, our students, and our community and reveals the impact we can have when we unlock the untold stories and share them widely. She focuses on themes of compassion and empathy, failure, authenticity, and, most importantly, self-empowerment and the empowerment of others.

This is what it’s like to get inspired at the epicenter of edtech | ISTE Conference & Expo

Hear from educators from all over the world on what it’s like to learn at the epicenter of edtech. With hundreds of presenters and exhibitors, thousands of sessions and 16,000+ attendees, the professional learning and networking opportunities at the ISTE Conference & Expo are endless. Experience the annual event where educators become innovators and register now for ISTE 2018: isteconference.org

Everybody Wins When Everybody Codes | ISTE Conference full-length session

In this info-packed session from ISTE 2017, Jane Krauss and Sylvia Martinez cover everything from equity in computer science, how to get kids coding meaningfully, curating the best tools for CS success, how CS can be taught across the curriculum, what’s needed in education to bring computer science and computational thinking to every student, and much more. Want to be in the room where it happens next time? Registration for ISTE 2018 is open now. Visit isteconference.org to learn more.

Educator Insights: How Edtech Amplifies Learning and Breaks Down Barriers

When used meaningfully and equitably, technology can amplify learning and be the great equalizer in education. In this video, five educators share their thoughts on how technology is transforming learning for the better. Through digital learning, students can become global citizens, build skills in collaboration and creativity, prepare for the future, and much more. To learn more about what meaningful technology use in schools looks like, check out the ISTE Standards: iste.org/standards The ISTE Standards are the definitive education technology standards to transform learning and teaching. You can also get inspiration and ideas for how you can join the conversation by following ISTE on Twitter: @isteconnects or subscribing to the ISTE Blog at iste.org/blog to get great content and resources like these delivered right to your inbox. Educators featured in this video: Cathy Hunt, Visual Arts Educator, St. Hilda’s School, Southport, Australia @art_cathyhunt Jaime Donally, Edtech Presenter, White Oak, Texas @JaimeDonally Mason Mason, Education Technology Instructor, Dallas, Texas @EdTechMason Kimberly Lane, Blended Learning Specialist, Lancaster ISD, Lancaster, Texas @askatechnogirl Sarah-Jane Thomas, Regional Technology Coordinator, Prince Georges County Public Schools, Prince Georges County, Maryland @sarahdateechur Michael Hernandez, Teacher, Cinema and Journalism, Mira Costa High School, Manhattan Beach, California @cinehead

I Am Not a Failure! | Xavier Zeller, ISTE 2017 Student Ignite

In this 5-minute Ignite presentation, current student Xavier Zeller challenges traditional education models and shares his own experience of finding academic success through personalization and passion-based learning. He encourages educators to find ways to make learning fun and engaging for all kids and not write off those who learn differently and have different learning needs as failures.

We Can All Do Better | Jen Giffen, ISTE 2017 Ignite

In this powerful Ignite session, Jen Giffen shares the stories of two students who are among the third of students who don’t play the “game of school” well. These are students who might be considered challenging, or who would rather look lazy than stupid, and she urges educators to ask themselves: how can I do better? How can educators better support those students who don’t fit the traditional mold of “good” student? Want more inspiration like this? Register now for ISTE 2018 at isteconference.org

What is stopping you from reaching the moon? | Fanny Passeport, ISTE 2017 Ignite

Do you ever feel like you’re the only one in your school with wild and crazy ideas? You’re not alone! Fanny Passeport was once that teacher, but after she encountered moonshot thinking, she developed strategies for deepening, modeling and getting buy-in for an innovative, empowered mindset. In just five minutes, Passeport will leave you feeling inspired and motivated with her approach to moonshot thinking in education. Keep the learning and inspiration going at ISTE 2018! Register now at isteconference.org

Welcome, ISTE Members!

CEO Richard Culatta, of the International Society for Technology in Education (ISTE), welcomes ISTE members to the community! ISTE membership provides a platform for educators, leaders and experts to access curated tools, build skills, connect and create with peers, and to participate as volunteers and content creators. Easily access your member benefits in one place. Visit iste.org/ISTE-Central today!

Jennie Magiera is excited for #ISTE18 in Chicago!

ISTE 2017 keynote speaker and Chief Program Officer at EdTechTeam, Jennie Magiera, shares her excitement for the upcoming #ISTE18 conference in her hometown, Chicago, IL! The conference program has now been launched, and it includes more than 1,200 edtech experts, eager to share their wisdom with you! Educators, join us at the epicenter of edtech on June 24-27, 2018: Register now at isteconference.org! P.S. For Jennie’s own restaurant recommendations in Chi-town, check out bit.ly/jennielovesfood. We can’t wait to see you there!

Shiza Shahid | Empowering Girls and Women to Lead | SXSWedu

SXSWedu 2015 Featured Session Empowering Girls and Women to Lead Shiza Shahid, Malala Fund Co-Founder Caroline Howard, Forbes, Sr Online Editor Sixty six million girls around the world are out of school. Without education, they are trapped in a cycle of poverty. Driven by the work of recent Nobel Peace Prize Winner Malala Yousafzai, the Malala Fund aims to stop the cycle by empowering girls to achieve their potential through education. This session will highlight the importance of empowering young girls and women to lead through the lens of the Malala Fund. Learn more at http://sxswedu.com/

Engaging Millennials to Support Education | SXSW EDU 2018

Engaging Millennials to Support Education at SXSW EDU 2018, featuring Nnamdi Asomugha and Derrick Feldmann, discuss the current state of education and how a generation can support educational advancement for all of America’s youth. Visit https://www.sxswedu.com/ to learn more about SXSW EDU and subscribe to SXSW EDU on YouTube for more great videos https://www.youtube.com/user/SXSWEDU. – – – “Engaging Millennials to Support Education” Video Overview: Education is the cornerstone of success and in order to help people succeed they need access to quality education, regardless of their socioeconomic standing. In this discussion, Nnamdi Asomugha and Derrick Feldmann will discuss the current state of education and how a generation can support educational advancement for all of America’s youth. Nnamdi Asomugha is an actor, producer, philanthropist and former All-Pro NFL Player. Following a successful 11 year career in the NFL, Asomugha channeled his passion for film and television into a career in the entertainment industry. Asomugha has consistently used his platform to enact positive change in the community, and with his family established The Asomugha Foundation in 2010, a 501c(3) whose mission is to positively impact disadvantaged youth in the U.S. and underprivileged orphans and widows in Africa through education and empowerment. As part of the foundation, Asomugha established ACTS (Asomugha College Tour for Scholars) a mentorship program through which he annually takes a group of high-achieving high school students from underprivileged communities on a week-long trip to a different US city, to visit local colleges and universities. He has been honored for his philanthropic work with the NFL Players Association’s Man of the Year Award, The Jefferson Award for Public Service, and the President’s Volunteer Service Award, to name a few. Derrick Feldmann is an entrepreneur and sought-after speaker, researcher, author and advisor on cause engagement. He founded Achieve to help organizations address pressing issues through strategic, data-driven fundraising and awareness campaigns. He is creator/lead researcher of the Millennial Impact Project, a multi-year study of how millennials supports causes, and creator/producer of MCON, a national annual conference exploring how organizations turn engagement into movements. Derrick co-authored Cause for Change: The Why and How of Nonprofit Millennial Engagement and Social Movements For Good: How Companies and Causes Create Viral Change, contributes to Philanthropy News Digest and Huffington Post, and serves on the Leadership Faculty of the Points of Light Corporate Institute.

Fundraising While Millennial: Strategies & Secrets | SXSW EDU 2018

Fundraising While Millennial: Strategies & Secrets at SXSW EDU 2018, featuring Caroline Howard, Xiaohoa Michelle Ching, Evin Robinson, and Logan Cohen, share why they started, how to pitch and land funding and how to leverage that money into impact. Visit https://www.sxswedu.com/ to learn more about SXSW EDU and subscribe to SXSW EDU on YouTube for more great videos https://www.youtube.com/user/SXSWEDU. – – – “Fundraising While Millennial: Strategies & Secrets”” Video Overview: Three young rock star founders of successful nonprofit and private education startups on why they started, how to pitch and land funding and how to leverage that money into impact.

Distinguished Speaker: Mark Milliron – SXSWedu 2012

Using Technology to Make Learning Personal The hype around the use technology to “transform” traditional learning is everywhere and exhausting. Ironically, what technology might be best used for is to enable what we’ve long known works well in teaching and learning: engagement. It also might be best used to help stimulate what we’ve long known is a key to student success: academic tenacity. Most of all, all this technology might actually make learning more personal, optimizing our face to face time with students. Come join a conversion about all of this and more as we explore the strategic use of data analytics, digital curricular curation, “flip” models, competency-based progression, and more.

SXSWedu 2013

A robust platform for the community to connect, collaborate, create and change how we teach and learn- SXSWedu is quickly gaining a reputation as a catalyst for change in education. The event welcomes the professionals making up the many different facets of the education ecosystem. Education stakeholders and practitioners of all backgrounds– including teachers, administrators, university professors and business and policy leaders– with the passion and commitment to create a better tomorrow make up the SXSWedu community.

Keynote: Arne Duncan – SXSWedu 2012

Arne Duncan was nominated to be secretary of education by President Barack Obama and was confirmed by the U.S. Senate on Jan. 20, 2009. Prior to his appointment as Secretary of Education, Duncan served as the Chief Executive Officer of the Chicago Public Schools, a position to which he was appointed by Mayor Richard M. Daley, from June 2001 through December 2008, becoming the longest-serving big-city education superintendent in the country.

Distinguished Speaker: Catherine Casserly – SXSWedu 2012

The Power of Open: Creative Commons Licensing and its Global Impact This session will explore the role of “Open” in the world of content and learning. What is open licensing? How does “Openness” differ from online learning in general? What are the potential policy impacts of openness? How can openly licensed data on student learning impact feedback loops and improvement cycles? What are the latest developments in open licensing that hold promise for significant impact on teaching and learning?

SXSWedu 2013 – Our Latino Students: Voices Calling Us to a Brighter Future

Delivered by Distinguished Speaker Darline Robles, Professor at the University of Southern California. There’s a rising voice calling to our educators across the nation; it seeks access to the American dream; it seeks equity with other children; it seeks to speak into our future in new, daring, and exciting ways. Will we listen? Will we change? Will we embrace the change? For educators and educational entrepreneurs looking into the future of K-12 schools in America, Dr. Darline Robles will offer new insight into the “rising voice” of the Latino majority minority, which is even now entering kindergartens across the nation. Many of us already know the challenges inherent in closing the achievement gap, or effectively reaching English Learners. But can we say that we are truly culturally proficient? Are we developing the kinds of solutions they need to become engaged, informed and effective citizens? And in this new generation sweeping through our nation’s schools, are there echoes of the past—stories of success and equality—that can bring us hope, and guide us toward a brighter future?

SXSWedu 2013 – Mind the Gap: Games, Impact, Potential, Reality

Delivered by Distinguished Speaker Alan Gershenfeld, President of E-Line Media. Computer and video games have emerged as one of the most powerful mediums of the 21st century, generating billions of hours of highly engaged entertainment. A growing body of research is also highlighting the enormous potential of games and game-infused experiences to be a key driver of innovation in addressing some of the most pressing social, cultural, scientific and economic challenges of the 21st Century. Recognizing this potential, many leading foundations, academic institutions and government agencies are investing hundreds of millions of dollars to harness the power of the medium to further their learning, health, and social impact goals There is, however, a big gap between the potential for games to make a positive impact and the reality that most impact game projects struggle to transition from promising research pilots to meaningful, sustained impact at scale. This session will explore methodologies for closing this gap.

SXSWedu 2013 – The Changing Face of Public Education: Today’s Learners, Tomorrow’s Leaders

Delivered by Distinguished Speaker Maria Carstarphen, Austin Independent School District Superintendent. As the face of public education changes, educators must meet students where they are to prepare for the future—today. The Austin Independent School District serves more than 86,000 students amid changing demographics: Two out of three are from economically disadvantaged families; one in three is learning English; and one in 10 is in special education. For some, AISD is a high-quality pipeline to college and success. For others, AISD is their first connection with the U.S. education system. Serving this range of students in a competitive environment requires honest dialogue and innovative partnerships—from college-preparatory initiatives to Spanish-language, educational programs. Join Superintendent Meria Carstarphen to discuss the opportunities and challenges facing urban school districts through the lens of AISD, which is bringing its diverse communities together to strengthen support for all students. Learn about culturally relevant strategies to authentically engage communities and meet families where they are today—with a keen eye on the future.

SXSWedu 2013 – Unleashing Human Capacity: Saving the World in a Few Easy Steps

Delivered by Distinguished Speaker Jim Shelton, Assistant Deputy Secretary at the US Dept. of Education. The U.S. and the world are facing increasingly complex issues and challenges, both of man and nature, that seem to be beyond the imaginations and even well-intentioned efforts of this and the last generation. This seems to be a part of the human condition, which is why Robert F. Kennedy gave timeless advice, “…rely on youth…not a time of life but a state of mind, a temper of will, a quality of imagination, a predominance of courage over timidity, of the appetite for adventure over the love of ease…” The question is how can we unlock the latent human potential that exists in this and every country and use it to overcome some of our grandest challenges.

SXSWedu 2013 – Unleashing the Power of the Web in Education

Delivered by Distinguished Speaker Jaime Casap, Senior Education Evangelist at Google. The web has integrated into our daily lives. This is extraordinary considering that it happened in just a short number of years. Now imagine the integration of the web into our children’s lives. Those entering school this year do not know a world without the web. Our students are children of the web. It is where they manage their resources, where they manage their relationships, where they collaborate with each other, and where they go to learn. Think about what we can do with the web today and try to imagine what we will be able to do in two years, ten years, or 20 years. In this talk, we will examine how the web is central to new learning models that will help educators and students discover, collaborate, create, and transform what learning will look like for generations to come.

SXSWedu 2013 – Game Changers for Young Learners

Delivered by Distinguished Speaker Sara DeWitt, Vice President of PBS Kids Digital We are living and learning within a technological revolution, but today’s children experience it through a very specific vehicle: GAMES. Research shows that well designed games can improve and enhance children’s ability to learn key skills including math, literacy, science and beyond. And new technologies such as body-input navigation through cameras and 3D-rendered experiences like augmented reality apps also help kids between the ages of 3-8 get up and moving while they learn. So how can developers be innovative to create unique and compelling gaming experiences across platforms that will engage children while building critical skills for learning – and are they game changers for education? What do teachers, caregivers and parents need to navigate this new terrain? Join Sara DeWitt, Vice President, PBS KIDS Interactive, for a discussion about the current research and new technologies in gaming, and the potential (or risks?) for young learners.

SXSWedu 2013 – Supercharging the Teaching Profession by Igniting the Power of One

Delivered by Distinguished Speaker Rebecca Mieliwocki, 2012 National Teacher of the Year There is no more essential a profession responsible for shaping and safeguarding our future than that of teachers. Teachers provide our young people with the skills and knowledge they need to create the better world we all wish to live in. Yet, American public school teachers are unappreciated, tired, overwhelmed with responsibilities not typically theirs, burnt out, and under relentless attack. Fewer and fewer people see teaching as a viable profession that can sustain them financially or emotionally. If we hope to restore faith and admiration to the profession of teaching, we have to remind our teachers just how incredibly vital they are. If we hope to attract talented new individuals into this rewarding career path, they need to know more about the impact and influence great teachers can have. To truly elevate the profession we need to use our collective voice and energy to advocate for avenues for our skill and talent to be recognized, supported, and celebrated. But more than any of that, we need to remind everyone that teaching our young people is a uniquely human endeavor. The greatest gift we can give one another is the courage to be unique, to be human, to be different, to be incredible.

SXSWedu 2013 – Re-imagining Schools: Changing the Education Paradigm

Delivered by Distinguished Speaker Nikhil Goyal, 17-year-old author and speaker. Every nine seconds, a student drops out of school. Why? For a majority, school is not relevant to them. The education system isn’t broken— it’s doing exactly what it was intended to do — create compliant cogs in machines. Students are desperately craving a learning renaissance where the old order of education is shattered and institutions are forced to either adapt and reinvent, or go extinct. Imagine if we transformed schools into social engines and public spaces for tinkering, hacking, and disrupting. Imagine kids loving school each and every day. We will examine these ideas and questions like: What role does inquiry play in learning? How can students take agency over their learning experiences? How can we reinvent schools from scratch?

SXSWedu 2013 – Not Another Zombie Idea: Customizable, Open Digital Content Transforming Learning

Delivered by Distinguished Speaker Neeru Khosla, Co-Founder & Executive Director of CK-12 Foundation. Sticking out like a sore thumb in a sea of ed tech zombie ideas is the rapid growth of OER as the future of education. It is extraordinary to see the adoption of high quality, curated STEM content for K-12 from students, teachers — both in small private schools to public schools, parents — all actively participating in customizing and delivering OER content to improve learning outcomes. Imagine how marrying high value curated content + interactive tools can empower learners and teachers globally. In this talk, we will discuss how to discover and personalize this plethora of digital content to create FREE textbooks and also the future of concept-based (bite-sized) learning leveraging multiple modalities (text, videos, exercises,interactive learning objects) that will help students and educators transform learning experiences.

SXSWedu 2013 – The Magic of Making: Engaging Students As Makers

Delivered by Distinguished Speaker Dale Dougherty, Founding Editor of Maker Media. The growing Maker Movement, with Make Magazine and Maker Faire leading the charge, is a catalyst for change in industry, culture and education. Making is the magic that can transform us from passive consumers into active producers. In education, making is the magic that can turn students bored by traditional academics into active, engaged learners. As makers, students can be inspired and invited to design and create, build and tinker, explore and discover, fail and recover, all of which develop the kind of skills and mindset that we recognize in creative and innovative people. Making encourages us to see the world as filled with endless possibilities and problems worth solving. We must take advantage of this opportunity to transform standardized education into a wide-open workshop for innovation. We’ll look at the importance of creating makerspaces in schools, developing a community of practice around engaging kids as makers, and how online tools can enhance and extend the value of making to the broader community.

Bill Gates | SXSWedu Keynote 2013

Bill Gates, co-chair of the Bill & Melinda Gates Foundation, will address the foundation’s U.S. education work, which focuses primarily on ensuring all students are prepared for success in college and career. The keynote will take place 10:30 A.M. Thursday, March 7, 2013 in Ballroom D of the Austin Convention Center in Austin, Texas. “Bill Gates’ name is already synonymous with technology innovation and philanthropy and, driven by the work of the Gates Foundation, education is clearly a personal priority,” said Ron Reed, executive producer of SXSWedu. “Gates’ background as a global business executive and leading philanthropist gives him a unique vantage point into education, one we know will be eagerly received by SXSWedu attendees.” Education has been a core pillar of the Bill & Melinda Gates Foundation since its inception. Gates has been a vocal champion of using innovative technologies to widen access to quality education across K-12 and higher education.

SXSWedu 2013 Keynote – Asenath Andrews

G. Asenath Andrews founded and is currently the principal of Catherine Ferguson Academy, an alternative public high school for teen mothers that also provides early education services for the children of the high school moms. Both middle and high school classes are held at the academy, which boasts a 90 percent graduation rate, and the vast majority of those graduating attend 2-4 year colleges. For the school’s efforts, it was recognized as one of the 12 schools selected nationally as a Breakthrough High School by the National Association of Secondary Principals in 2004. Moreover, Mrs. Andrews is also adjunct faculty at the University of Michigan and Madonna University and is also a research assistant at Moore & Associates Market Research. Mrs. Andrews is actively involved in her profession and the community. She is both a board member and Trustee of Olivet College and has served as a board member for the Michigan Association for Art Education, Michigan Alternative Education Organization, and Young Audiences of Michigan. She is a founding member of the Detroit Professional Women’s Network and is a task force member of the National Committee to Prevent Teen Pregnancy. In her limited free time, she functions as a choir director for the Second New Hope Baptist Church and is also a founding member of the vocal group “One Mind.” Notably, Mrs. Andrews was honored as a Milken Family Foundation Educator of the Year in 1992 for her work at the academy. In addition, she received an award as a Fulbright Hayes Study Tour Teacher in Zimbabwe. Ms. Andrews has a B.A. from Olivet College, an M.A. in education from Wayne State University and an ABD in Educational Psychology from the University of Michigan.

SXSWedu 2013 – Digital Learning and Collective Impact in Education

Delivered by Distinguished Speaker Michael Robbins, Senior Advisor for Nonprofit Partnerships at the US Dept. of Education The digital learning revolution is more than trading textbooks for tablets – it is an unprecedented inflection point in education – a critical opportunity to transform how schools, parents, and community-based organizations collaborate on education. It should spur us to rethink how we connect all the assets in a student’s life to advance engagement in learning and academic success. There is unprecedented investment in education technology and digital learning initiatives. Unfortunately, we lack the corresponding investments to evolve education culture and build family and community supports to make these transformations successful. This session will discuss bridging this gap through digital learning partnerships and will explore how education technology should advance collective impact in education.

SXSWedu 2014

A robust platform for the community to connect, collaborate, create and change how we teach and learn- SXSWedu is quickly gaining a reputation as a catalyst for change in education. The event welcomes the professionals making up the many different facets of the education ecosystem. Education stakeholders and practitioners of all backgrounds– including teachers, administrators, university professors and business and policy leaders– with the passion and commitment to create a better tomorrow make up the SXSWedu community.

Optimizing Learning: Preview of Aspen Task Force on Learning & the Internet Report – SXSWedu 2014

The internet presents unique and unconventional learning opportunities to empower and engage youth in new ways, but also raises concerns about their safety and privacy. Over the last 12 months, the Aspen Institute Task Force on Learning and the internet convened 20 of the sharpest minds in the industry to explore these issues and craft recommendations to optimize online learning and innovation without compromising safety. The Task Force will preview their report highlighting these issues.

Analytical Writing: A Skill to Change the World – SXSWedu 2014

What makes great analytical writing—the ability to explain, argue, provoke—so powerful? And can a generation of American students become expert in this mighty art that most predicts success in college and careers? Come join College Board President David Coleman and Pulitzer Prize winner Robert Caro for a discussion of how writing can transform outcomes for students, schools and citizens across the country.

Analytics and Student Success Innovations in Higher Education – SXSWedu 2014

Diverse higher education institutions—from community colleges to private four-year colleges to large universities—are beginning to use advanced analytics to inform and power their student-success innovations. Come join this interactive dialogue to learn more about how exemplar institutions are approaching gaining deeper insights about what’s working, what’s not, and for whom; and deploying analytically fueled apps to the front lines to help more striving students learn well and finish strong.

Game Dynamics Can Be a Game Changer – SXSWedu 2014

Brain science has shown that active learning can achieve, in many instances, over 10X acceleration in the speed of learning, with better retention, compared to traditional methods. And just as with the best video games, technology now enables educators to personalize instruction to target each learner with exactly what he/she needs to develop skills and achieve mastery. Learn how games and game dynamics can be used by schools and teachers to maximize outcomes.

Convergence: Creating a New Culture of Learning – SXSWedu 2014

Miami-Dade County Public Schools is in the midst of a complete digital convergence. Through a system-wide confluence of digital resources and emergent technologies; blended learning and professional development; and deployment of digital content and mobile devices, this large urban district is knocking down the classroom walls and creating a new culture of learning. Learn how Miami-Dade is employing the concept of convergence to increase student achievement and implement true systemic reform.

Higher Ed is Big and Bold in Texas – SXSWedu 2014

The charter to establish “a university of the first class” hasn’t changed for the UT System since its creation in 1876, though the landscape of Higher Ed and what defines that certainly has. The UT System continues to set the standard for access and success for over 213,000 students attending 15 UT institutions. Today’s bold and innovative vision includes plans to establish two medical schools, transform education and health care in the Rio Grande Valley and lead the nation in online learning.

Welcome to Another Day in Paradise – SXSWedu 2014

Jeff Charbonneau believes that paradise must be built, maintained and improved by removing the words ‘can’t,’ ‘too hard’ and ‘impossible’ from our vocabulary. He understands that many students feel the “hard” sciences are too difficult and it’s his job to support their learning by breaking down the content and creating interactive learning experiences. Learn what makes Jeff the teacher he has become and how to create conditions that enable teachers like Jeff to grow and develop in every school.

E-Rate 2.0: Rebooting Support for Educational Technology in America – SXSWedu 2014

The Federal Communications Commission runs the nation’s largest educational technology program, known as E-Rate. Funded at $2.4 billion in 2013, the E-Rate program connects schools and libraries across the nation to modern communications and the Internet. A strong supporter of E-Rate, Commissioner Rosenworcel will discuss the program and how it should be refocused on broadband and modernized.

Inspire, Lead, Innovate, Make More, TEACH – SXSWedu 2014

Exceptional people gravitate toward big challenges and there are few challenges greater than reinventing American education. Join Teach.org in a panel discussion on the current state of education and recruiting the next generation of teachers. Learn how to help prospective teachers transition into the teaching profession and ways to help spread the importance of teaching. Teaching demands exceptional talent. Are you up for the challenge? Make more.

SXSWedu 2014 Keynote – Jeffrey Tambor: Performing Your Life in the Classroom

Jeffrey Tambor is an award-winning film and Broadway actor and star of Arrested Development. He is also an educator, with 40 years of experience. As a teacher, father, husband and student, he cultivates a passion for learning and creativity in others. His hilarious, one-man show includes personal stories to encourage teachers to look beyond their curriculums and offer lessons from their own truths. This inspirational conversation encourages audiences to overcome their fears and discover their potential.

SXSWedu 2015

A robust platform for the community to connect, collaborate, create and change how we teach and learn- SXSWedu is quickly gaining a reputation as a catalyst for change in education. The event welcomes the professionals making up the many different facets of the education ecosystem. Education stakeholders and practitioners of all backgrounds– including teachers, administrators, university professors and business and policy leaders– with the passion and commitment to create a better tomorrow make up the SXSWedu community.

SXSWedu 2014 Keynote – The Civil Rights Issue of Our Time

From classroom teacher to US Secretary of Education, Rod Paige has demonstrated his dedication to education. The driving force behind his work as Secretary was his strong belief that education is a civil right, just like the right to vote or to be treated equally. In an enlightening conversation moderated by Evan Smith of The Texas Tribune, Rod Paige speaks to a number of topics, most notably the perspective that education is the top civil rights issue of the 21st century.

SXSWedu Keynote | How the Crowd Will Change Education | Charles Best

SXSWedu 2015 Keynote How the Crowd Will Change Education Charles Best (DonorsChoose.org – Founder & CEO) More than half of US public schools have at least one teacher who has requested classroom resources on DonorsChoose.org. Since 2000, citizen philanthropists and corporate partners have funded nearly a quarter billion dollars in projects for America’s neediest classrooms. Learn how the country’s most creative teachers are partnering with entrepreneurs to bring innovation to their classrooms, and how DonorsChoose.org is opening its data to change the way education is funded.

SXSWedu Keynote | Great Instructors | Elizabeth Green & David Epstein

SXSWedu 2015 Keynote Great Instructors: Are They Born or Built? Elizabeth Green, Chalkbeat CEO & Co-Founder David Epstein, ProPublica Investigative Reporter & Author #GreatInstructors Many of us have had a great instructor, that one who changed us– ignited a passion for learning or led us from bewilderment to comprehension. That one we still thank in our mind twenty years later. Those teachers just have it. But where did “it” come from? Join two New York Times best selling authors in conversation and debate as they discuss the origins of teaching skill.

SXSWedu 2015 | Emily Pilloton | If You Build It

SXSWedu 2015 Keynote If You Build It Emily Pilloton, Project H Design Founder / Executive Director #ProjectHsxsw Design and building can transform lives and communities. In this session, stories, projects and lessons from Project H Design’s seven-year history will be shared, including public architecture built by high school students, ten-year-old welder girls and partnerships with civic entities that have created jobs and social impact across the country. Using architecture as a lens, this session will lay out a plan and challenge for youth to be leaders and builders of the future.

Guy Kawasaki | If I Knew Then What I Know Now | SXSWedu

SXSWedu 2015 Featured Session If I Knew Then What I Know Now Guy Kawasaki, Canva Chief Evangelist Entrepreneurial education is booming. It is no surprise given the desire of today’s generation to collaborate, create and contribute to social good. Join this session for intensely passionate and personal observations about life’s hindsights and what today’s educators can do to prepare students for a lifetime of joy, enlightenment and contribution to society.

SXSWedu | Higher Education Built by Students for Students

#SxStudents Traditional universities balance the interests of alumni, professors, donors, administrators, parents and more. Students are relegated to student governments that cannot enact real change. What would a university look like if students were empowered to shape their own educational experience? How can we work with faculty and staff to build a new model of higher education with students at its center? This session features students challenging higher education institutions to implement change.

Dallas Dance | Preparing Globally Competitive Students | SXSWedu

SXSWedu 2015 Featured Session Preparing Globally Competitive Students S. Dallas Dance, Baltimore County Public Schools – Superintendent This session will discuss the Baltimore County Public Schools (BCPS) S.T.A.T. Initiative by outlining how BCPS started with the development of digital curriculum before choosing a device. This has been critical in keeping the focus on instruction, professional development and creation of collaborative and engaged learning environments for students and teachers. Initiatives such as this and second language acquisition are critical to preparing students to be globally competitive.

Howard Fuller | No Struggle, No Progress | SXSWedu

SXSWedu 2015 Featured Session No Struggle, No Progress Dr. Howard Fuller, Black Alliance For Educational Options (BAEO) Interviewed by Mark Updegrove #EdReform Former Milwaukee Public School Superintendent, and author of No Struggle, No Progress: A Warrior’s Life from Black Power to Education Reform, has been a national advocate for education reform for more than 40 years. Join one of the leading voices in support of school choice and school vouchers in an interview exploring thoughts and reactions on some of today’s leading educational challenges.

Rosanne Somerson | The Impact of Critical Making | SXSWedu

SXSWedu 2015 Featured Session The Impact of Critical Making Rosanne Somerson, Rhode Island School of Design #risdmaking Join as this session explores the power of integrating “making” into education. The success of the maker movement has advanced this idea, but the model typically lacks the depth and rigor necessary for meaningful and lasting impact. When students connect advanced conceptual thinking with the materials and methods of making, they learn to actively invent the world, shaping their futures and ours.

SXSWedu 2015 Featured Session: Raised by Siri: A Digital Parenting Course

Carl Hooker Eanes ISD Siri: “What can I help you with?” Me: “How do I raise my kids with all these devices?” Siri: “Sorry, I didn’t get that.” SIRIously?! Remember when your parents used to complain about television and rock n’ roll? Now we complain about Snapchat and texting. We are now officially old. Unlike our parents, we have tools and resources available to us, but how many of those are valuable and how many of them are scare tactics? In this entertaining session we’ll find answers that Siri can’t.

SXSWedu 2015 My Brother’s Keeper: One Year Later

Eloy Ortiz Oakley (Long Beach Community College District) Kaya Henderson (DC Public Schools) Michael Smith (The White House) Tonya Allen (The Skillman Foundation) Despite areas of enormous progress in this country, the gates of opportunity have not fully opened for all in America. For decades, opportunity has lagged behind for boys and young men of color. My Brother’s Keeper, a signature initiative of the Obama administration, is celebrating its first anniversary and its collaborative approach to building ladders of opportunity to unlock the full potential of our young people. Learn more of MBK’s first year successes and its priorities moving forward from leaders in K-12, higher-education, and philanthropy.

SXSWedu 2015 Featured Session The Learner Driven Revolution

Jeff Sandefer (Acton Academy) The Acton Academy in Austin, Texas has drawn a great deal of attention with its Learner Driven Education model, which promises to deliver transformational learning for less than $2000 per student per year. The Learner Driven model sees students as “heroes who will change the world” and puts almost all learning and studio governance in their hands. By September 2014 Acton will have nine schools around the world and expects to have twenty five schools open by September 2015.

Sunni Brown | How to Stay Curious | SXSWedu

Sunni Brown (sunnibrown.com) Education is a full mind-body experience and true learning emerges out of a base of curiosity. But patterning habits of the mind – the tendency of the mind to make the world dualistic and black-and-white – can get in the way of persistent inquiry into the nature of the world around us. Join her for an interactive session that uses one of our native languages (visual language!) to demonstrate how we can continue to keep the mind open, to heighten awareness, and ultimately, to stay both expansive and sharp as learners and as people.

SXSWedu 2015 Featured Session: Employers Need More Than Just a Test Score

Linda Darling-Hammond (Stanford Center of Opportunity Policy in Education) Stephan Turnipseed (LEGO Education) What if job performance was measured by a year-end test aiming to boil all of our work down to a single score? As meaningless as that would be, that’s how our education system works; with the majority of instruction and student evaluation driven toward a single, year-end test. To foster classrooms that develop innovative, resourceful adults who can hold the jobs of the future—jobs which don’t even exist today—we need to implement rigorous accountability systems that foster meaningful learning.

Lily Eskelsen Garcia | A Tale of Two Schools: Time to Close the Opportunity Gap | SXSWedu

Lily Eskelsen Garcia, National Education Association – President More than 60 years since the Brown v. Board of Education Supreme Court ruling, we still find separate and unequal schools. Education is a civil right, and we must ensure all students receive the education they deserve. Each and every child, regardless of where they live, who their parents are or how much money they have, deserves a quality education. Join Lily Eskelsen Garcia, a 5th grade teacher from Utah and president of the National Education Association, as she explains the fundamental failure to meet this moral responsibility. Lily Eskelsen Garcia | A Tale of Two Schools: Time to Close the Opportunity Gap | SXSWedu 2015 Featured Session

Ann Cotton | The Power of Data for Poverty Eradication | SXSWedu

SXSWedu 2015 Featured Session The Power of Data for Poverty Eradication Ann Cotton, Camfed Founder & President In the field of international development, data flows from poor to rich communities, from development agencies to donors and from the governed to the governing. Poor people give away their personal data and do not participate in analysis or receive conclusions. Join the 2014 WISE Prize for Education Laureate as she describes how this one-way data flow reflects and sustains asymmetric relationships in the sector and undermines poverty eradication initiatives, and will demonstrate the power of data sharing within poor communities to create positive change.

Steve Mesler | Teaching Students to Think Like an Olympian | SXSWedu

Mentoring has long been known to demonstrably change outcomes for at-risk students. But what if the role model charged with mentoring students was the best in the world at their chosen field? Steve Mesler, three time Olympian and Olympic Gold medalist, co-founded an ecosystem that creates just that. Classroom Champions, an international mentoring and character development nonprofit, flips the classic mentoring model on its head. Steve will discuss how, through partnerships with educators, mentors can create powerful one-to-many mentoring relationships between the world’s greatest athletes and classrooms in underserved communities across North America.

Max Ventilla | Silicon Valley + Education = Real Change | SXSWedu

Max Ventilla AltSchool – Founder & CEO SXSWedu 2016 Featured Session Silicon Valley + Education = Real Change? Why does Silicon Valley think it can impact education? With over $1.6 billion invested in EdTech companies in the first half of 2015 alone, leading technologists and venture capitalists are placing a big bet on education. Max Ventilla, Founder/CEO of AltSchool, will discuss applying a startup mindset to schools, empowering educators to become 21st century knowledge workers, bringing entrepreneurism into the classroom and using technology that’s not screen time.

Temple Grandin | SXSWedu Keynote | Helping Different Kinds of Minds Solve Problems

SXSWedu 2016 Opening Keynote Helping Different Kinds of Minds Solve Problems Temple Grandin – Colorado State University Department of Animal Sciences – Professor of Livestock Behavior & Welfare Temple Grandin is the most accomplished and well-known adult with autism in the world. Dr. Grandin both inspires and motivates through her powerful story. Watch her SXSWedu Conference & Festival opening keynote presentation, Helping Different Kinds of Minds Solve Problems. Learn more at http://sxswedu.com/

Effective SEL: From Classroom to Community | SXSWedu

Kids come to school with a lot of feelings: fear, anxiety, abandonment and confusion. Educators teach SEL skills like empathy, persistence and problem-solving to support them, but too often kids find themselves on playgrounds, sports teams and even in homes where these skills are not valued or modeled. In this session, the panelists will share the four key components of Spark, a community-wide SEL initiative currently being implemented in Newtown, CT, including in-person SEL training, game-based assessment and personalized skill-building, community and parent training and brain health education. They will share how the components work together, how the speakers are ensuring they work and how these tactics can work for you! – See more at: http://schedule.sxswedu.com/events/ev…

SXSWedu Keynote | How the Crowd Will Change Education | Charles Best

SXSWedu 2015 Keynote How the Crowd Will Change Education Charles Best (DonorsChoose.org – Founder & CEO) More than half of US public schools have at least one teacher who has requested classroom resources on DonorsChoose.org. Since 2000, citizen philanthropists and corporate partners have funded nearly a quarter billion dollars in projects for America’s neediest classrooms. Learn how the country’s most creative teachers are partnering with entrepreneurs to bring innovation to their classrooms, and how DonorsChoose.org is opening its data to change the way education is funded.

SXSWedu 2016 Expo

The SXSWedu Expo is a free event designed to encourage and inspire learners of all ages to identify and reach their education and career goals. In 2015, the Expo brought close to 6,000 Central Texas students, parents and educators together at the event. Join us for this year’s Expo on Tuesday, March 8 from 9:00am – 5:00pm at the Austin Convention Center as it continues to grow its support for the local community.

SXSWedu 2016

The SXSWedu® Conference & Festival fosters innovation in learning by hosting a diverse and energetic community of stakeholders from a variety of backgrounds in education. The four-day event affords registrants open access to engaging sessions, interactive workshops, hands on learning experiences, film screenings, early stage startups and a host of networking opportunities. By providing a platform for collaboration, SXSWedu works to promote creativity and social change.

The Research University in the New Millennium | SXSWedu

For the last two hundred years, research universities have been engines driving human progress and have paved a pathway of opportunity for individual students, citizens, nations and humanity as a whole. Advances in the learning sciences, digital technologies and global collaboration provide an unprecedented and historic opportunity to re-envision the research university in the new millennium. This session will focus on key trends impacting the research university, examples of alternative prototype curricular models and a new design intended to advance intellectual and creative freedom and to accelerate learning, discovery, creation and invention well beyond existing frontiers.

K-12 Education Policy: New ESSA Enables PL + CBE | SXSWedu

The new Every Student Succeeds Act (ESSA) gives states increased flexibility. This represents a marked shift in federal control to states, presenting state and local stakeholders with an important opportunity to redefine what student success looks like and the goals of our nation’s education system. This session will identify key opportunities within the Every Student Succeeds Act for new systems of assessments and accountability that support personalized learning (PL) and competency-based education (CBE). Panelists will focus specifically on critical next steps for state and local leaders as well as strategies for maintaining the law’s fundamental commitment to equity for all students.

Ayah Bdeir & Sean Cavanagh | SXSWedu Keynote | The Role of Maker Ed in Schools

In this fireside chat with Education Week editor Sean Cavanagh, littleBits Founder & CEO Ayah Bdeir will discuss the role of Maker Education in classrooms, libraries and makerspaces. Using examples of students solving real world problems using littleBits and other Maker tools, Ayah will argue that Maker Ed should push beyond career preparation and strive to create active and creative citizens of the world. The session will conclude with an important announcement about a new initiative.

The Rather Prize: The Best Idea to Improve TX Edu | SXSWedu

The Rather Prize is a $10k prize given to the person behind the best idea to improve education in the state of Texas. The statewide prize is open to students, teachers and administrators in Texas. During the session, the prizewinner will present their idea as part of a discussion with Dan Rather, TV journalist and Rather Prize co-founder, and Martin Rather, Rather Prize Operational Director. We will begin with a discussion of Dan Rather’s Texan education, shifting to Martin Rather discussing the Rather Prize details and then the winner’s presentation followed by an open Q&A.

Scott Ellis | Indiana Jones and the Journey of Innovation | SXSWedu

America is on a journey of innovation to catalyze blended learning in schools nationwide. Join Scott Ellis, CEO of The Learning Accelerator, 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!

Politics + Education in the 2016 Election | SXSWedu 2016

Campbell Brown, Jonathan Alter, Reihan Salam, Roland Martin 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 factored into the 2016 election cycle so far, and how this urgent issue can still shape November’s contest. Campbell Brown The Seventy Four – Editor-in-Chief & Co-Founder Jonathan Alter – Journalist Reihan Salam National Review – Exec Editor Roland Martin News One Now/TV One Cable Network – Host & Managing Editor

College Success: Is There an App for That? | SXSWedu

9% of students from low-income communities earn a bachelor’s degree by their mid-20s vs 77% of their wealthy peers. That’s a statistic that we want to change. Since its launch in 2010, Beyond 12 has coached over 7,000 college students using near-peer, virtual coaches and an analytics platform. While its current model works, the organization aspires to serve 250,000+ students annually. With the help of visionary funders like Google, the Michael and Susan Dell Foundation, and Tipping Point Community, and the creative minds at IDEO, Beyond 12 is re-imagining college coaching to scale its student impact, and create a human-centered design model for the field. And yes, there is an app involved.

Opportunities & Options: Creating Career Pathways | SXSWedu 2016

Superintendent John White will describe how the state of Louisiana partners with leaders in business and industry as well as local educators to create meaningful career pathways in high school for all kids. Through this effort, Louisiana is making sure every child is prepared with the skills and knowledge they need to go on to college or into the workforce after graduation. Deidra Jackson Gayle Flowers John White Lyndsey Layton

Max Ventilla | Silicon Valley + Education = Real Change | SXSWedu

Max Ventilla AltSchool – Founder & CEO SXSWedu 2016 Featured Session Silicon Valley + Education = Real Change? Why does Silicon Valley think it can impact education? With over $1.6 billion invested in EdTech companies in the first half of 2015 alone, leading technologists and venture capitalists are placing a big bet on education. Max Ventilla, Founder/CEO of AltSchool, will discuss applying a startup mindset to schools, empowering educators to become 21st century knowledge workers, bringing entrepreneurism into the classroom and using technology that’s not screen time.

How Universities are Crowdsourcing Innovation | SXSWedu

There was some eye rolling when 11 major public research universities (a sector normally competing in rankings and football) announced they were going to come together and share their successes and failures in order to scale innovation. Collaboration in education has not always delivered; but two years later, those 11 schools have developed a proven method to source and scale innovation. Come learn how 11 seeming “frenemies” are closing the innovation gap to serve their students. They’ll talk about how they quickly test new technologies and approaches, share what’s working and deploy successful ideas across some of the largest universities in the country.

Is Education Policy Stifling Digital Innovation | SXSWedu

As digital innovation and technology continues to reshape the classroom and unlock possibilities for teachers and students, we need policies that can support and accelerate that innovation toward improving student outcomes. What those policies should look like – and the ultimate goals of the policy environment overall – continues to be the sticking point: from tackling funding to student and teacher assessment to making decisions about technology buying and implementation. Can we agree on fundamental education technology policy objectives? And can we find the right ways to get there quickly?

Recruiting and Retaining Teachers | SXSWedu

Fewer people are becoming teachers. Both the percentage and number of higher ed students with an education major have steadily dropped each year since 2010. Enrollment in teacher prep programs has fallen by 30 percent. Schools are struggling to find teachers for areas like science, math and bilingual education. The K12 student population is more racially, ethnically and linguistically diverse than ever, but teachers in the US are nowhere near as diverse as their students. Almost half the students are minorities, yet fewer than 1 in 5 of their teachers are nonwhite. Let’s look at what’s causing a shortage in teachers, particularly teachers of color, and how we can recruit future educators.

Jim Deters | Evolve or Die: Why Education Has to Change | SXSWedu

The landscape of higher education is quickly changing in the United States. The concept that a four-year degree guarantees a lifetime of success has been proven to be unrealistic in today’s job market. How do learners gain the skills and access necessary to be a part of the technology sector? What does education need to look like to keep up with market demands? What will happen to universities if they don’t evolve? In this presentation, Jim Deters, CEO and co-founder of Galvanize, will explain the tectonic demographic shifts causing these changes, how education providers need to step up to meet market demands, and what modern education will look like in the coming decades.

Bracing for Campus Carry in the Lone Star State | SXSWedu

As of August 1, handgun license holders in Texas can carry handguns on college campuses. Senate Bill 11, passed by the Texas Legislature in 2015, gives university presidents the authority to establish rules governing the campus carry, but lawmakers have been clear that the intent of the law must be upheld. Many faculty, students and parents fear the consequences of guns on campus while others feel the law enables them to defend themselves in the event of a school shooting. What will the policies look like and how can Texas become a leader for other states implementing similar laws? Join us for a discussion on how schools are addressing safety issues, alleviating fears and implementing the new law.

Can the Finnish Education Miracle be Replicated? | SXSWedu

For over a decade the Finnish education system has been a destination for thousands of practitioners, researchers and politicians. They have visited Finnish schools to find out what makes Finland one of the best performing education nations in the world. In this session, panelists will explain the basics of Finland’s educational success, consider what others can learn from the Finns and introduce HundrED, an ambitious education project creating 100 scalable educational innovations and sharing them for free with the world. Learn more at http://sxswedu.com/

Linking Dropout Rates to Economic Recovery | SXSWedu

Initiatives to increase graduation rates are underway nationwide, but students who have dropped out are still being left behind. The window for earning a diploma has closed on tens of millions of Americans who have “aged-out,” leaving them underprepared for the demands of the workforce and often bound in poverty. It’s not just a social issue; these underserved populations represent a cost totaling trillions in the coming decades. We can curb that trend with smart, cost-effective workforce development initiatives, but we have to act now. We’ll discuss innovative ideas that reengage adult students, reactivate their potential and prevent them from being left behind in the 21st century economy.

Eliminating Sexual Assault on Campus | SXSWedu

In a recent survey of female college students by the AAU, 23% said they experienced unwanted sexual contact carried out by force or threat of force, or while they were incapacitated due to alcohol and drugs. This topic is the focus of an Interim Charge presented by Texas House of Representatives Speaker Joe Straus to study current initiatives at higher ed institutions and make recommendations toward the prevention and elimination of sexual assault on campuses. Annie Clark, Executive Director of End Rape on Campus and an expert on campus sexual assault, testified before the House Committee earlier and with the Committee’s Chair and Vice Chair will further explore this important topic.

Developing and Charting the California Way | SXSWedu

California has built broad support for educational changes that have sparked divisive battles in other states. The “California Way” involves stakeholder alignment that starts with the highest levels of state government and includes deep work with innovative labor-management partnerships. The panel will analyze the relationships between the “what” of CA’s approach (new standards, new funding models, new accountability system) and the “how” of California’s work (innovative team-based, collaborative models). Panelists will provide first-hand insight into the exciting potential and successes to date, as well as the sometimes difficult struggles encountered by California.

Michelle Obama’s Digital Strategy to Engage Gen-Z | SXSWedu

Aimee Woodall, Ankur Thakkar, Don Yu, Eric Waldo 220+ million social media impressions, 500 media hits and a rap video starring First Lady Michelle Obama. That kind of buzzy entrance is necessary to capture the attention of Generation-Z, today’s high school students. Gen-Z is the most educated, connected and altruistic generation and they are making decisions about their education, careers and lives. That is why, as part of her Reach Higher initiative, the First Lady launched Better Make Room, a bold public awareness campaign that celebrates education and gives Gen-Z a space to share their story. It’s a grassroots campaign that gains momentum with every tweet, YouTube video and Vine post, all while making room for students’ voices. Aimee Woodall The Black Sheep Agency – CEO & Founder Ankur Thakkar Vine – Head of Editorial Don Yu Civic Nation – Dir, Better Make Room Campaign Eric Waldo Office of the First Lady – Exec Dir First Lady Michelle Obama’s Reach Higher Initiative

The Common Core: Defend, Bury, or Transform? | SXSWedu 2016

John Katzman, Lillian Mongeau, Michael Petrilli For over 25 years, the US has made academic standards a key component of K-12 reform, and is now five years into a multi-billion dollar effort to revamp K-12 learning through the Common Core. However, that effort is under attack from the left and right, and faces a new challenge in the form of parental opt-outs from testing. Join us for a debate about whether to defend the Common Core, bury it, or transform it into something better. John Katzman Noodle – CEO Lillian Mongeau The Hechinger Report – West Coast Correspondent Michael Petrilli Thomas B Fordham Institute – Pres – See more at: http://schedule.sxswedu.com/events/ev…

Dr. Sakena Yacoobi | Education, Development and Peace in Afghanistan | SXSWedu

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 storytelling 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 underground schools during the Taliban regime until today, Dr. Yacoobi’s groundbreaking and visionary approach has empowered 12 million Afghans through education.

Straight Talk from Teachers on Ed Tech Policy | SXSWedu 2016

Bev Perdue, Jose Frausto, Kerry Gallagher, Matthew Worthington Policymakers can have a big impact on what happens in the classroom—both good and bad, if you ask educators. Today, there’s a lot of exciting innovation taking place in classrooms across the country and teachers and principals are at the crux of it. So how can policy support or hinder innovation? Join a former governor for a frank conversation with administrators and teachers about Ed Tech policy issues of the day. From data privacy to Bring Your Own Device models to broadband access, savvy, policy-smart educators will share their perspective on policy discussions and give real world insights on how federal and state policy impact their work. Bev Perdue Whiteboard Advisors – Former Governor Kerry Gallagher St John’s Preparatory School – Digital Learning Specialist Jose Frausto Enrico Tonti Elementary School – Technology Teacher Matthew Worthington KIPP Austin Public Schools – Digital Learning Coord

Tim King | 10 & Change: Changing the Narrative for Black Boys | SXSWedu

In 2006, Tim King opened the first Urban Prep campus with a simple goal: improve the educational outcomes for African-American males. Since then, Urban Prep has achieved a 100% college acceptance rate for its graduates, grown from one school to a network of schools, created an innovative program supporting college students, launched a workforce development program and served over 2,000 young African-American males. On the 10th anniversary of opening the first school, Tim reflects on his journey as an educator, what it took to build the country’s first network of public charter high schools for boys and the secret to Urban Prep’s success. (Hint: there’s no secret)!

Igniting a Practice Revolution | SXSWedu

As with any endeavor a student pursues—chess, violin or skateboarding—the key to success on the SAT is dedicated practice. At SXSWedu 2014, the College Board announced plans for a new SAT, including an unprecedented partnership with Khan Academy to offer a free, personalized practice platform. Today, every student with access to the internet has access to world-class tools for focused and productive SAT practice. This has dramatic implications for equity in our world. Join panelists as they discuss how they teamed up to ignite a practice revolution that empowers students with the skills to do their best on the SAT, in college and beyond.

Ari Horie | BORN TO LEAD: Unleashing Your Inner Entrepreneur | SXSWedu

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!

The Future of Socioeconomic School Integration | SXSWedu

This panel will address future efforts to encourage socioeconomic equality in schools by addressing how to move toward a world in which no child will attend a school of high poverty—schools in which more than 50% of the students are poor. The panel will discuss recent efforts to encourage school integration nationwide by creating magnet schools, adopting inter-district transfer programs and other district-wide strategies for achieving socioeconomic diversity. The panel will address possible policy solutions for the future that could be implemented at either the federal or state level to improve the economic and racial diversity of schools.

A Conversation with Lizzie Velasquez | SXSWedu

Join motivational speaker and author Lizzie Velasquez for an intimate conversation about her journey from cyber bullying victim to anti-bullying activist. Lizzie will talk candidly about her experiences in school, giving the talk of her life and what she’s learned over the last year from the success of her award-winning documentary, “A Brave Heart: The Lizzie Velasquez Story.” Lizzie, a much sought after global speaker, will also discuss how we can all—students as well as parents—be activists for change.

Launch Competition: Lightning Round | Words Liive | SXSWedu 2016

SXSWedu Launch is a fast-paced, live startup competition for education entrepreneurs designed to highlight emerging innovations impacting the world of teaching and learning. Ten early-stage education startups have been selected to compete in the fifth annual Launch competition. While these startups vary in location, mission, structure and the challenges they hope to solve, they all share a passion and desire to create positive change in education. All ten Launch 2016 finalists will take a turn pitching their education startup to the judging panel and live audience in this fast-paced kickoff to the competition.

Launch Competition: Lightning Round | Admit.me | SXSWedu 2016

SXSWedu Launch is a fast-paced, live startup competition for education entrepreneurs designed to highlight emerging innovations impacting the world of teaching and learning. Ten early-stage education startups have been selected to compete in the fifth annual Launch competition. While these startups vary in location, mission, structure and the challenges they hope to solve, they all share a passion and desire to create positive change in education. All ten Launch 2016 finalists will take a turn pitching their education startup to the judging panel and live audience in this fast-paced kickoff to the competition.

Launch Competition: Lightning Round | ELSA | SXSWedu 2016

SXSWedu Launch is a fast-paced, live startup competition for education entrepreneurs designed to highlight emerging innovations impacting the world of teaching and learning. Ten early-stage education startups have been selected to compete in the fifth annual Launch competition. While these startups vary in location, mission, structure and the challenges they hope to solve, they all share a passion and desire to create positive change in education. All ten Launch 2016 finalists will take a turn pitching their education startup to the judging panel and live audience in this fast-paced kickoff to the competition.

Launch Competition: Lightning Round | Parachute Teachers | SXSWedu 2016

SXSWedu Launch is a fast-paced, live startup competition for education entrepreneurs designed to highlight emerging innovations impacting the world of teaching and learning. Ten early-stage education startups have been selected to compete in the fifth annual Launch competition. While these startups vary in location, mission, structure and the challenges they hope to solve, they all share a passion and desire to create positive change in education. All ten Launch 2016 finalists will take a turn pitching their education startup to the judging panel and live audience in this fast-paced kickoff to the competition.

Launch Competition: Lightning Round | Paragon One | SXSWedu 2016

SXSWedu Launch is a fast-paced, live startup competition for education entrepreneurs designed to highlight emerging innovations impacting the world of teaching and learning. Ten early-stage education startups have been selected to compete in the fifth annual Launch competition. While these startups vary in location, mission, structure and the challenges they hope to solve, they all share a passion and desire to create positive change in education. All ten Launch 2016 finalists will take a turn pitching their education startup to the judging panel and live audience in this fast-paced kickoff to the competition.

Launch Competition: Lightning Round | Territorium | SXSWedu 2016

SXSWedu Launch is a fast-paced, live startup competition for education entrepreneurs designed to highlight emerging innovations impacting the world of teaching and learning. Ten early-stage education startups have been selected to compete in the fifth annual Launch competition. While these startups vary in location, mission, structure and the challenges they hope to solve, they all share a passion and desire to create positive change in education. All ten Launch 2016 finalists will take a turn pitching their education startup to the judging panel and live audience in this fast-paced kickoff to the competition.

Launch Competition: Lightning Round | Listen Current | SXSWedu 2016

SXSWedu Launch is a fast-paced, live startup competition for education entrepreneurs designed to highlight emerging innovations impacting the world of teaching and learning. Ten early-stage education startups have been selected to compete in the fifth annual Launch competition. While these startups vary in location, mission, structure and the challenges they hope to solve, they all share a passion and desire to create positive change in education. All ten Launch 2016 finalists will take a turn pitching their education startup to the judging panel and live audience in this fast-paced kickoff to the competition.

Launch Competition: Lightning Round | Alchemie | SXSWedu 2016

SXSWedu Launch is a fast-paced, live startup competition for education entrepreneurs designed to highlight emerging innovations impacting the world of teaching and learning. Ten early-stage education startups have been selected to compete in the fifth annual Launch competition. While these startups vary in location, mission, structure and the challenges they hope to solve, they all share a passion and desire to create positive change in education. All ten Launch 2016 finalists will take a turn pitching their education startup to the judging panel and live audience in this fast-paced kickoff to the competition.

Closing Program | SXSWedu 2016

Opening Remarks – Paul Reville The End of Average – Todd Rose Are you above average? Is your child an A student? Every day we are measured against averages, and we’re judged on how far from them we fall. Indeed, measuring ourselves against the average is so ingrained in our consciousness that we don’t even question it. But what if that’s not the best way to judge success and failure? In Todd Rose’s new book “The End of Average,” he demonstrates that no one is average. And that, he argues, has enormous practical consequences. While we know people learn in distinctive ways, schools and businesses have been designed around the so-called “average person.” This model ignores our differences and fails at recognizing talent. It’s time to change it. Rethinking High School: Activating Innovation – Russlynn Ali The American public high school was invented more than a century ago, and it has remained frozen in time. As the modern world has moved on, our students are falling further and further behind. The answer? Reimagine high school itself. Russlynn Ali, former Assistant Secretary, Office of Civil Rights at the Department of Education, will share lessons from a movement doing exactly that. What happens when the inventors of the next American high school include the actual stakeholders: students, teachers, community leaders and beyond? Learning as a Lifestyle: Passion, People, Purpose – Connie Yowell LRNG is tackling the nation’s opportunity gap by starting where youth are, enabling young people to pursue their passions, connect with peers and mentors and find fulfilling 21st century opportunities and jobs. CEO Connie Yowell will discuss how LRNG is building an ecosystem of learning that combines in-school, out-of-school, employer-based and online learning experiences into a seamless network that is open and inviting to all youth. Through the LRNG platform and digital badges, LRNG is opening paths to higher education and employment. Learn how cities, businesses, nonprofits and schools can join the movement to ensure all young people can develop their full potential in the connected age.

Spotlight on SXSWedu 2017

The SXSWedu® Conference & Festival fosters innovation in learning by hosting a passionate and diverse community of education stakeholders. The seventh annual SXSWedu will return to Austin, March 6-9, 2017, for four days of compelling sessions, in-depth workshops, engaging learning experiences, mentorship, film screenings, startup events, policy-centered discussions, business opportunities, networking and so much more! Through collaboration, creativity and social action, SXSWedu empowers its global community to connect, discover and impact.

SXSWedu 2017 The Rather Prize: The Best Idea to Improve TX Edu

The Rather Prize is a $10k prize presented to the person behind the best idea to improve Texas education. The statewide prize is open to students, teachers and administrators in Texas. Our session will begin with a discussion about the implementation of Eastside Memorial’s winning idea from last year, followed by an announcement and action plan for the Rather Prize second annual contest. Martin and Dan Rather will lead the conversation focusing on the importance of listening to great ideas in Texas education. The session will include a Q&A session. Multimedia will be used to feature the comeback of Eastside memorial with a spotlight on the second annual Rather Prize winner.

Christopher Emdin SXSWedu 2017 Keynote

SXSWedu 2017s opening keynote. Merging theory and practice, connecting contemporary issues to historical ones, and providing a deep analysis on the current state of education, Dr. Emdin ushers in a new way of looking at improving schools and schooling. Drawing from themes in his New York Times Bestselling book, and the latest album from rap group A Tribe Called Quest, Emdin offers insight into the structures of contemporary schools, and highlights major issues like the absence of diversity among teachers, the ways educators of color are silenced in schools, the absence of student voice in designing teaching and learning, and a way forward in addressing these issues.

Michael Kleba Video | SXSWedu 2017 | Chief Teachers

Michael Kleba In industries from health care to the military to major league baseball, executives call on (and compensate) the advice of working practitioners. Why is it so rare to find companies that have working teachers in executive and leadership positions? Join Mike Kleba as he explores a revolutionary paradigm in education: teacher as advisor and business executive. Teachers aren’t untapped as end users; they are untapped as partners.

Tim Ferriss SXSWedu 2017 Keynote

The Secrets of Accelerated Learning & Mastery | SXSWedu Keynote Tim Ferriss in conversation with Charles Best Want to become world-class in anything, or teach others to do the same? Tim Ferriss, author of “Tools of Titans” and “The 4-Hour Workweek,” has spent years interviewing and studying world-class performers—celebs, entrepreneurs, athletes, Special Ops commanders and more—to deconstruct accelerated learning. In this talk, moderated by Charles Best, Founder and CEO of DonorsChoose.org, Ferriss will share frameworks and techniques that can help you take learning (and teaching) to the next level.

Andrew Smith Lewis | SXSWedu 2017 | Learning, Memory & Knowledge Post-Google

Learning, Memory & Knowledge Post-Google | SXSWedu Featured Session Andrew Smith Lewis Cerego – Co-Founder & CEO Seth Godin famously argued that there is “zero value in memorizing anything ever again.” In the post-Google, mobile era, where information is constantly at our fingertips, this may very well be true, but how does this cultural shift away from memorization actually impact knowledge and learning? In fact, memory may be more important than ever in role as the foundational knowledge from which our learning (and information seeking) takes shape. In this talk, Andrew Smith Lewis will look at the science of memory and how technology is changing the cultural value of memory and knowledge. He’ll also explore the tradeoffs we may be making in the post-Google era as how we learn evolves.

Jahana Hayes Video | SXSWedu 2017 | Classroom to Community

SXSWedu 2017 Featured Session Classroom to Community: Student Service Learning Jahana Hayes CCSSO – 2016 Natl Teacher of the Year Through service learning, 2016 National Teacher of the Year Jahana Hayes expands her classroom walls into the community. Community service projects build skills and empowerment, and provide students the opportunity to transfer the critical thinking and problem solving skills taught in the classroom into the real world. It also allows students to know the power of being the giver. Students build a sense of increased self-worth and self-sufficiency. This, in turn, can lead to academic success. Hayes will share best practices for engaging students in service learning and encourage educators to develop plans of their own to expand the network of teachers engaging in this valuable practice.

Do School Boards Work?: Improving Student Outcomes | SXSWedu 2017 | Policy Forum

AJ Crabill, Dori Fenenbock, Kendall Pace and Richard A Carranza Do School Boards Work?: Improving Student Outcomes How much of your district’s school board meetings are spent focused on student outcomes — not just adult inputs, frustrated parents, upset vendors, debates about whom the superintendent should or shouldn’t have hired, discussions that revolve around second-guessing managerial decisions, etc.? If your district is like many, the answer probably ranges from none to not enough. But there is another way; let’s talk about it.

Michelle Johnson | SXSWedu 2017 | Leaders in Lockstep: Combating Sexual Assault

Michelle Johnson US Air Force Academy – Lieutenant Gen Superintendent Leaders in Lockstep: Combating Sexual Assault Summary It is time to acknowledge and own the societal problem of sexual assault on college campuses. Despite our respective codes of honor, service academies have not been immune to this corrosive problem. Transforming culture has to start at the top, with leaders in lockstep, fostering a culture that is committed to respect for the human dignity of every person. The culture must be consistent, to include respect for gender, religion, socio economic status, race, color, creed or sexual orientation. We must take an honest, introspective look at our climate, reinforce our commitment to this consistent respect, and ensure that the emotional and physical wellbeing of victims is a top priority.

Is Educational Innovation Overrated? | SXSWedu 2017 | Policy Forum

Ben Riley, Dick Startz, Kate Walsh Is Educational Innovation Overrated? Summary In this no-holds-barred session, Kate Walsh (NCTQ) and Benjamin Riley (Deans for Impact) debate whether we actually need less innovation in education, particularly when preparing teachers. In what will surely feel like an anathema to the SXSWedu crowd, participants will be asked to close their laptops (gasp!) and to pocket cellphones (shudder!) as we discuss whether education in the 21st century is really all that different from the 20th…or the 3rd even! Dick Startz (UC Santa Barbara), a remarkably entertaining economist, moderates.

Computer Science Standards: Best Practices | SXSWedu 2017 | Policy Forum

Anthony A Owen, Heather Lageman, Kevin Nolten, Pat Yongpradit Computer Science Standards: Best Practices Summary The U.S. has over half a million unfilled computing jobs, and computing jobs are projected to grow at 2x the rate of any other job over the next 10 years. Like History, Math or English, Computer Science is recognized by educators and parents alike as a critical skill for career readiness. However, most states have not yet adopted computer science learning standards, and only 25% of schools teach computer science at all. State Boards of Education are key: 45 state boards of education have authority to design and implement education standards, but only 5 states have CS standards. This panel will highlight why CS standards are important, and how to get them passed in your state.

Jessica O Matthews Video | SXSWedu 2017 | Ideate & Create Towards a Better Tomorrow

Ideate & Create Towards a Better Tomorrow Jessica O Matthews Uncharted Play – Founder/CEO Summary How can we inspire children to create positive change in their communities? Uncharted Play makes energy-generating play products that power and empower communities worldwide. Using its products as teaching tools alongside the company’s “Think Out Of Bounds” (TOOB) Curriculum, the company is helping students find the confidence to imagine and invent a better future. Uncharted Play has based its headquarters in Harlem to champion the intersection of self-expression and technology, a union enhanced by diverse opinions and backgrounds. Learn more about how UP embraces the power of play and community to change the way the world looks at innovation—and innovators.

ESSA, Turnaround Arts & the Obama Education Legacy Video | SXSWedu 2017 | Policy Forum

Brittany Packnett, Iz Avila, Kathy Fletcher, Vernee Green ESSA, Turnaround Arts & the Obama Education Legacy Summary #ArtsEd The President’s Committee is a White House advisory committee on culture, for which the First Lady serves as Honorary Chair. Under this Committee, the Obama Administration created an impressive education legacy, of which the arts are a critical part. This session will demonstrate in action the arts education opportunities provided by Turnaround Arts (TA), an arts education initiative that uses the arts as a tool to reform some of the nation’s lowest performing schools. The session will help participants understand the ways in which local communities can leverage the arts through new education legislation (ESSA) and understand the methodology by which TA has achieved academic success.

Data Today: Trends & Predictions for Higher Ed Video | SXSWedu 2017 | Policy Forum

Mark Milliron, Laura Mercer, Jon Daries and John Gill Data Today: Trends & Predictions for Higher Ed Summary As data innovation and advanced analytics come of age in higher education, this panel will look at the today’s need-to-know trends and the wave of transition yet to come. Join a panel of data experts as they make bold predictions and explore trendsetting approaches that universities around the world are using to accomplish their teaching missions and address historic achievement gaps. This panel will look at proven and promising practices in how data can drive program review, curriculum development, research and governance and emerging examples from the frontlines of data innovation.

Beyond Aid: Solutions for Educating Refugee Youth Video | SXSWedu 2017 | Featured

Jane Meseck, Jodi Nelson, Leila Toplic and Melissa Ingber Beyond Aid: Solutions for Educating Refugee Youth Summary We are in the midst of the worst refugee crisis since World War II. Syrian refugees alone now number a staggering 4.8 million, more than half of whom are children. Trauma, poverty, social isolation and a lack of access to education are creating a bleak future for a generation of youth. Helping young refugees find a sense of purpose and a path to a better future is critical for their individual futures, their home countries and our well-being as a global community. Join experts from the International Rescue Committee, Aspen Institute, Microsoft, and NetHope for a discussion about how technology and other solutions including virtual exchange can aid refugee education at scale.

William McRaven Video | SXSWedu 2017 | Building an Educational Team of Teams

Building an Educational Team of Teams William McRaven Chancellor, The University of Texas System Summary The future of Texas will be determined by our ability to give every student willing to work hard a chance for a great education. Making that a reality is not only the job of higher education, of the Pre-K through 12 community, or anyone else. It’s a job for all of us. In his remarks, Chancellor McRaven will discuss the bold steps the UT System is taking, as well as the collaborative “Team of Teams” approach that he believes will drive Quantum Leaps forward for our state, and the world at large.

Addressing Inequality in Austin Video | SXSWedu 2017 | Policy Forum

Colette Pierce Burnette, Dave Mann, Richard Reddick and Mayor Steve Adler Addressing Inequality in Austin Summary In late 2016, Austin Mayor Steve Adler announced the creation of the Mayor’s Task Force on Institutional Racism and Systemic Inequities aimed at addressing racial inequality in the community and address the systemic structures and institutions that have negatively impacted communities of color. The task force will focus on criminal justice, education, health, finance and housing, working to bring an action plan to city leadership this spring. This panel will bring together Mayor Adler and leadership from the task force to discuss Austin’s history of racial inequity, the importance of the task force’s work and the implications for both Austin’s public schools as well as higher education.

Brain-Informed Education for All: Is It Possible? Video | SXSWedu 2017 | Policy Forum

Brain-Informed Education for All: Is It Possible? Abner Oakes, David Yeager Summary We now know more than ever about how people learn, but how close are we to creating a U.S. public education system that reflects recent scientific discoveries? How do we ensure that all students, particularly in underserved populations, have the resources and support they need to develop critical thinking skills, socio-emotional learning and other traits necessary for future success? Join us for a lively conversation as we look at the alignment of education policy to learning research, new opportunities for improvement and the challenges that remain.

Roberto Rivera Video | SXSWedu 2017 | Mindsets & Movements: Healing Self & Society

Roberto Rivera Good Life Alliance / 7 Mindsets – Pres & Lead Change Agent Mindsets & Movements: Healing Self & Society In this talk, Roberto Rivera reclaims the history of hiphop culture and breaks down how it embodies best practices in social emotional learning, post traumatic growth and social change. Roberto provides scientific research and remixes it with stories of personal and community transformation. Roberto was a former student deemed “at-risk,” by the age of 15 he was kicked out of school, ran away from home, and was in drug rehab. He now is a renown educator, social entrepreneur, and published scholar. He will illustrate his points further with case studies that illustrate these principles in school and community contexts. This talk will inspire you, any educator, artist or concerned citizen.

Scaling Global Competency Education Video | SXSWedu 2017 | Policy Forum

Scaling Global Competency Education Diane Robinson, Seth Brady, Tala Sweis, Trisha Carroll Unprecedented social, economic, political and cultural change has inspired calls for a new kind of education that prepares students for success in the global economy. One policy solution has been to integrate global competency standards into statewide curriculum. But applying policy to practice and bringing equitable global competency education to scale on a national level requires more substantial efforts––perhaps even a bit of radical thinking. This panel will feature trailblazers in Kentucky, Illinois and Jordan who have supported the implementation of virtual exchange as a tool to ensure young people have the skills they need to succeed in the 21st century.

SXSWedu 2017 | Liberal Arts 2.0: The Role of Colleges in Society

We are living in a time of vast, fast and unprecedented change in our world and will need educated citizens equipped with the skills, character and mindsets to tackle complex challenges and make decisions of consequence. Liberal arts colleges are institutions that are fundamentally committed to a deep, broad education that cultivates and launches the leaders we need. The best colleges will be those that continue to adapt and innovate in what they offer to best serve today’s young people and society. In this panel we’ll engage in a dialogue with the presidents of some of the top colleges in the country and their visions for the future of liberal arts and the roles of colleges in society.

SXSWedu 2017 | Remaking Learning in Mr. Rogers’ New Neighborhood

In a city known for reinventing itself, Pittsburgh and its Remake Learning Network are forging a new kind of modern education—one in which the region is a classroom and learners leverage the technology, creativity, and innovations that have transformed Fred Rogers’ hometown. Representing more than 250 schools, museums, libraries, and community centers, Remake Learning has reset educational expectations – in and out of school – PreK to Grade 12, earning coverage by Forbes, the Stanford Social Innovation Review and the World Economic Forum. This session will discuss how the network’s award-winning partnerships, programs and events are inspiring lifelong learners in Pittsburgh and beyond.

Equity For All Children: 4 Funders, 4 Approaches | SXSWedu 2017 | Policy Forum

Carla Thompson Payton, Hilary Pennington, Kyle Peterson, Sara Allan The Ford Foundation, Bill & Melinda Gates Foundation, W.K. Kellogg Foundation and Walton Family Foundation share a commitment to equity in education, especially for the nation’s underserved communities and marginalized student populations. Each approaches this work in unique and distinct ways that have been shaped by organizational history, culture and mission. Join foundation leaders as they discuss how their work impacts, and is impacted by, structures and struggles in our education system and the actions they are taking to reach an inclusive, equitable future for all.

SXSWedu 2017 | The Arts Matter: A Talk with Juilliard’s President

Do the arts really matter in today’s cultural and political environment? Dr. Joseph W. Polisi, president of The Juilliard School for more than three decades, shares how and why the school is bringing arts access to a wider public through K-12 educational curricula, The Tianjin Juilliard School, and an increasing array of digital education products. In this talk, moderated by Juilliard faculty chair Dr. Michael Shinn, Dr. Polisi will provide a framework for educating the artists, leaders, and citizens that our world needs today – and how to keep the arts alive for future generations.

SXSWedu 2017 | The State of Schools: Students Combatting Inequity

Student Voice’s national tour has found that students are struggling to reach their goals in the face of steep institutionalized inequity. While initiatives such as Affirmative Action, and scholarships, like the Gate’s Millennium Scholars, have made serious headway into decreasing the barriers many students must surmount in order to pursue an education, there are many students of color from low-income families, and/or with learning differences who have to contend with a system designed to keep them from realizing their dreams. This all-student panel will discuss how students in the U.S. are using their voice to change the status quo and combat inequity to achieve their scholastic aspirations.

The Moth | Stories of Schooling & Getting Schooled | SXSW EDU 2018

In collaboration with storytelling phenomenon The Moth, Stories of Schooling and Getting Schooled will feature four teachers telling true stories from their lives—journeys taken inside the classroom and outside of it. Teachers bring their lives into the classroom, and their classrooms into their lives. In exploring this intersection of teacher identity, The Moth will inspire listeners to find and share their own stories, launching a week of learning and connection at SXSW EDU.

Michael J. Sorrell | WE Over Me: From College to Movement | SXSW EDU 2018

SXSW EDU Keynote: WE over Me: From College to Movement In 2007, Paul Quinn College was a failing HBCU that had few students and seemingly a bleak future. By 2018, bolstered by a commitment to values and the belief in meeting students where they are, PQC has been transformed into one of the most innovative colleges in America. Join us as President Sorrell discusses how focusing on the needs of communities the school serves led to creating a new version of higher ed and the plan to build a network of Urban Work Colleges using Reality Based Education.

danah boyd SXSW EDU Keynote | What Hath We Wrought?

danah boyd’s SXSW EDU keynote, What Hath We Wrought?, takes a powerful look at media literacy, the widespread consumption of fake news and the cultural implications of media manipulation. Visit https://www.sxswedu.com/ to learn more about SXSW EDU and subscribe to SXSW EDU on YouTube for more great videos https://www.youtube.com/user/SXSWEDU. More on this video: What Hath We Wrought? A decade ago, we imagined a world of participatory culture where youth would be empowered to actively and strategically use technology. Through peer/self-learning and formal education, young people have developed a well-informed understanding of the world through social media. However, this participatory culture can be unhealthy, cruel, and socially devastating. In this talk, I’ll explore unintended consequences of efforts to empower youth, media manipulation and literacy, polarization, and other issues. danah boyd is the founder and president of Data & Society, a research institute focused on understanding the role of data-driven technologies in society. She is also a Principal Researcher at Microsoft Research and a Visiting Professor at New York University. Her research is focused on addressing social and cultural inequities by understanding the relationship between technology and society. Her most recent books – “It’s Complicated: The Social Lives of Networked Teens” and “Participatory Culture in a Networked Age” – examine the intersection of everyday practices and social media. She is a 2011 Young Global Leader of the World Economic Forum, a member of the Council on Foreign Relations, a Director of both Crisis Text Line and Social Science Research Council, and a Trustee of the National Museum of the American Indian. She received a bachelor’s degree in computer science from Brown University, a master’s degree from the MIT Media Lab, and a Ph.D in Information from the University of California, Berkeley.

Juan Pablo Romero Fuentes | Changing Guatemala | SXSW EDU 2018

Juan Pablo Romero Fuentes started Los Patojos (LP) in his parent’s house and grew it into a community center and school educating over 300 students. He’s now building an innovative campus with incubation labs, horticulture programs, culinary arts, and more. Hear how he’s shaping the future of Guatemala’s children by applying a holistic lens to everything LP does, battling brain-drain, and designing LP to be financially self-sustaining so he can open over 100 schools and change Guatemala.

Black Education in America | SXSW EDU 2018

A panel discussion of current issues, data, and trends in Pre-K through college with esteemed educational and civic leaders Chris Stewart (Wayfinder Foundation), Margaret Fortune (Fortune School of Education), Rehema Ellis (NBC News), and Howard Fuller (Marquette University). Chris Stewart (President & CEO, Wayfinder Foundation) Margaret Fortune (President & CEO, Fortune School of Education) Rehema Ellis (Senior Education Correspondent, NBC News) Howard Fuller (Distinguished Professor, Marquette University) When it comes to education, the black community faces many unique issues, including funding inequities, the achievement gap, students graduating from high school not ready for college or the workforce and access to great schools. This panel will discuss current issues, data, and trends in Pre-K through college with esteemed educational and civic leaders.

 

Equity Innovations for Low-Skill Adults | SXSW EDU 2018

36 million Americans have low skills in reading, math, and problem solving in technology rich environments. Upskilling is needed but the education and workforce training options available to adults are unequal. Innovators Lecester Johnson (Academy of Hope), Ilse Pollet, and Carrie Tupa (Texas Workforce Commission), will share how they are changing that paradigm. More About the Session: Lecester Johnson (CEO, Academy of Hope) Ilse Pollet (Executive Director, The Alliance for Language Learners’ Integration, Education, and Success (ALLIES)) Carrie Tupa (Strategic Planning & Accountability Coordinator, Texas Workforce Commission) 36 million Americans have low skills in reading, math, and problem solving in technology rich environments. The costs of these low skills to our nation’s productivity and to our nation’s political and social fabric are immense. People need to upskill, but the education and workforce development training options available to low-skill adults are often separate from and unequal to options for other adults. Learn from innovators from across the country who are changing that paradigm.

Educating Across the Aisle | SXSW EDU 2018

Exploring tangible programs that have broad support across political ideology and affiliation, Tobie Baker-Wright (Jobs for the Future), Mark Martin (Build Urban Prosperity), and Jeremiah Newell (Mobile Area Education Foundation), will share a focus on putting children, families, and communities first. More About the Session This panel explores tangible programs that have broad support across political ideology and affiliation. Although much of what we read, hear, and see presents polarized portrayals of the world, we know that more often than not there are many lines of similar thought and conviction that unite people and groups towards a common goal. The projects presented in this panel focus on putting children, families, and communities first, and politics and ideology a distant second.

That’s a Wrap! | SXSW EDU 2018

The SXSW EDU Conference & Festival cultivates and empowers a community of engaged stakeholders to advance teaching and learning. SXSW EDU is a component of the South by Southwest® (SXSW®) family of conferences and festivals. Internationally recognized as the convergence gathering for creative professionals, SXSWedu extends SXSW’s support for the art of engagement to include society’s true rock stars: educators!

 

From DC to Memphis: Solving the #StudentDebtCrisis | SXSW EDU 2018

As a result of the $1.4T student loan crisis, employers across the nation are starting to offer student loan repayment as an employee benefit to improve the financial well being of their workers and a bill co-authored by U.S. Rep. Scott Peters would make this employer contribution tax free. Alex Smith (City of Memphis), Scott Thomspon (Tuition.io), and Representative Scott Peters (US House of Representatives) will discuss. About SXSW EDU The SXSW EDU Conference & Festival cultivates and empowers a community of engaged stakeholders to advance teaching and learning. SXSW EDU is a component of the South by Southwest® (SXSW®) family of conferences and festivals. Internationally recognized as the convergence gathering for creative professionals, SXSWedu extends SXSW’s support for the art of engagement to include society’s true rock stars: educators!

Examining Our Faith in Educational Technology | SXSW EDU 2018

Hugh Norwood (Trinity Education Group), MaryEllen Elia (New York State Education Department), and Richard Culatta (ISTE) explore the efficacy and impact of “tech in ed.” Examining Our Faith in Educational Technology: Technology tools and companies are at the epicenter of a national political storm. There is a growing awareness that while technology can help, it can also hinder. Within education, policymakers and innovators alike are asking more of classroom technology and data than ever before. Yet questions of efficacy and impact remain. Is “tech in ed” always a good thing? Can its potential to transform finally be realized? About SXSW EDU The SXSW EDU Conference & Festival cultivates and empowers a community of engaged stakeholders to advance teaching and learning. SXSW EDU is a component of the South by Southwest® (SXSW®) family of conferences and festivals. Internationally recognized as the convergence gathering for creative professionals, SXSWedu extends SXSW’s support for the art of engagement to include society’s true rock stars: educators!

What Do Early Childhood Teachers Want from Tech? | SXSW EDU 2018

A DonorsChoose.org survey found that a majority of early learning teachers are eager to innovate with technology, and 93% want to use technology to further other innovations. This session will highlight practical and creative applications of what we have learned about tech use in early learning classrooms. Three early learning teachers will share how they use tech, from teaching coding to meeting special needs, to help all their students thrive.

Alaa Murabit SXSW EDU Keynote | Who Has the Right to Education?

With an eye on the intersection of education, conflict and emerging global issues, Dr. Murabit presents unique research & some recommendations and key strategies to move forward in today’s complex and changing educational landscape. Alaa Murabit is a medical doctor, one of 17 Global Sustainable Development Goal Advocates appointed by the UN Secretary General, and a UN High-Level Commissioner on Health Employment & Economic Growth. In 2016 she founded a global Mentorship Programme for emerging leaders and co-founded The Omnis Institute, an independent non-profit organisation committed to challenging critical global issues through the empowerment of emerging local leaders. About SXSW EDU The SXSW EDU Conference & Festival cultivates and empowers a community of engaged stakeholders to advance teaching and learning. SXSW EDU is a component of the South by Southwest® (SXSW®) family of conferences and festivals. Internationally recognized as the convergence gathering for creative professionals, SXSWedu extends SXSW’s support for the art of engagement to include society’s true rock stars: educators!

Jessica Lahey SXSW EDU Keynote | Teaching the Gift of Failure

Educator and author, Jessica Lahey’s SXSW EDU keynote Teaching the Gift of Failure breaks down research and factors on motivation, resilience and learning. Visit https://www.sxswedu.com/ to learn more about SXSW EDU and subscribe to SXSW EDU on YouTube for more great videos https://www.youtube.com/user/SXSWEDU. More on this video: Veteran teacher, author, and education journalist Jessica Lahey breaks down the research on motivation, resilience and learning, and explains how autonomy-supportive parenting and teaching not only boosts kids’ motivation, but improves educational outcomes. Using personal narrative and humor, Lahey explores the research on extrinsic and intrinsic motivators, praise, and learned helplessness, while offering instruction and assessment methods that promote deep, durable learning and engagement. Jessica Lahey is a teacher, writer, and mom. She writes about education, parenting, and child welfare for The Atlantic, Vermont Public Radio, and the New York Times and is the author of the New York Times bestselling book, The Gift of Failure: How the Best Parents Learn to Let Go So Their Children Can Succeed. She is a member of the Amazon Studios Thought Leader Board and wrote the educational curriculum for Amazon Kids’ The Stinky and Dirty Show. Jessica earned a B.A. in Comparative Literature from the University of Massachusetts and a J.D. with a concentration in juvenile and education law from the University of North Carolina School of Law. She lives in New Hampshire with her husband and two sons and teaches high school English and writing in Vermont.

Jim Shelton SXSW EDU Keynote | Amandla: Powering Everyone’s Potential

Education president of the Chan Zuckerberg Initiative, Jim Shelton’s SXSW EDU keynote Amandla: Powering Everyone’s Potential explored life-long learning. Visit https://www.sxswedu.com/ to learn more about SXSW EDU and subscribe to SXSW EDU on YouTube for more great videos https://www.youtube.com/user/SXSWEDU. More on this video: The world is changing rapidly, presenting challenges and opportunities yet unimagined. Life-long learning has gone from a catchphrase to a survival skill, not just for individuals but in real terms — to save the world. The urgency to broaden our definitions of success in education and leverage new science, strategies, and tools to attend to the needs of the whole child and those who serve them is foundational to building that skill and ensuring a future for everyone. Jim Shelton, President for Education, and former Deputy Secretary of Education under President Barack Obama, manages the Chan Zuckerberg Initiative’s education strategy, partnering with educators, communities and other key stakeholders to produce life changing learning experiences and systems to address the needs of the whole child. Previously, he served as the President and Chief Impact Officer at 2U, Inc., an education technology company that partners with top colleges and universities to bring their degree programs and credit-bearing courses online. He served as the Program Director for Education at the Bill and Melinda Gates Foundation from 2003 to 2010. Mr. Shelton has held a broad range of management, policy, and programmatic roles aimed at expanding access to personalized learning experience. He holds a bachelor’s degree in computer science from Morehouse College and Master’s degrees in both business administration and education from Stanford University.

Julia Freeland Fisher at SXSW EDU | Edtech that Connects: Expanding Student Networks

Julia Freeland Fisher’s SXSW EDU featured session, Edtech that Connects: Expanding Student Networks, explores the power and impact of relationships. Visit https://www.sxswedu.com/ to learn more about SXSW EDU and subscribe to SXSW EDU on YouTube for more great videos https://www.youtube.com/user/SXSWEDU. More on this video: Edtech that Connects: Expanding Student Networks Relationships matter. This simple idea can give teachers and school administrators a fresh perspective on how to break the pattern of inequality in American classrooms. Schools can invest in the power of relationships to increase social mobility for their students. Learn about innovative schools that are creating in learning models that strengthen teacher-student relationships and emerging edtech tools that promise to expand students’ networks to experts and mentors from around world. Julia Freeland Fisher is the director of education research at the Clayton Christensen Institute, a nonprofit, nonpartisan think tank. She leads a team that informs policymakers and community leaders on the power of disruptive innovation in the K-12 and higher education spheres through its research. Julia’s current research focuses on emerging tools and practices that leverage technology to radically expand who students know – their stock of “social capital” – by enhancing their access to and ability to navigate new peer, mentor, and professional networks. She is the author of the forthcoming book Who You Know: Unlocking Innovations that Expand Students’ Networks (Wiley: Jossey-Bass, 2018). Prior to joining the Institute, Julia worked at NewSchools Venture Fund, a venture philanthropy organization that supports education entrepreneurs who are transforming public education. She also served as an instructor in the Yale College Seminar Program. Julia holds a BA from Princeton University and a JD from Yale Law School.

Stephen K Klasko at SXSW EDU | Disrupting Medical Education in the Age of AI

Stephen K Klasko’s SXSW EDU featured session, Disrupting Medical Education in the Age of AI, reevaluates the skills needed in an age of deep learning, machine cognition and augmented intelligence. Visit https://www.sxswedu.com/ to learn more about SXSW EDU and subscribe to SXSW EDU on YouTube for more great videos https://www.youtube.com/user/SXSWEDU. More on this video: Disrupting Medical Education in the Age of AI With deep learning, machine cognition and augmented intelligence driving change throughout the healthcare industry, it’s time to reevaluate the skill sets needed. The shift from memorization to creative problem-solving with self awareness and empathy at the center is leading to a new way of teaching medical professionals that’s reflective of broader changes in the workforce at large. Drawing on his extensive research, Dr. Stephen Klasko will share his distinctive approach to medical education. DR. STEPHEN KLASKO IS A TRANSFORMATIVE LEADER who uniquely combines creativity and passion with strategic thinking to articulate and implement disruptive ideas for the future. As President and CEO of Philadelphia-based Thomas Jefferson University and Jefferson Health since 2013, he has steered one of the nation’s fastest growing academic health institutions based on his vision of re-imagining health care and higher education. In addition, his 2017 merger of Thomas Jefferson University with Philadelphia University creates a pre-eminent professional university that includes top-20 programs in fashion and design.

Future-focused Success Opportunities for All | SXSW EDU 2018

Future-focused Success Opportunities for All at SXSW EDU 2018 features Carolina Huaranca (Kapor Capital), Deborah McGriff (NewSchools Venture Fund), Luis Pinto (Learn Capital), and Ajita Talwalker Menon (Lumina Foundation). Visit https://www.sxswedu.com/ to learn more about SXSW EDU and subscribe to SXSW EDU on YouTube for more great videos https://www.youtube.com/user/SXSWEDU. More on this video: Future-focused Success Opportunities for All – Harnessing the forces of ideas, tech, and capital to drive new opportunities for more Americans to get the knowledge needed to succeed requires a focus on new solutions with strong outcomes. For the nation to prosper, this solution set has to focus on reaching populations that are facing unique circumstances that require attention and support. Come and hear from social impact investors who are advancing an agenda for social and economic mobility through the convergence of these forces. Carolina Huaranca Mendoza joined Kapor Capital in 2016 and focuses on identifying early stage investments and partnering with entrepreneurs to grow their companies. She is particularly interested in investments in future work, urban tech, and education. Prior to becoming Principal, she was an Entrepreneur-in-Residence at the Kapor Center for Social Impact (KCSI) working on a tech platform for teacher professional development. Deborah M. McGriff is a Managing Partner with NewSchools Venture Fund where she focuses on closing the demographic gap between students and leaders in education. Through leadership positions at NewSchools Venture Fund and EdisonLearning, she expanded access to innovative, high-quality charter schools for low-income and working class students in 16 of the nation’s largest cities in a dozen states and the District of Columbia. Luis is Operations Partner at Learn Capital, managing external relations with Governments and their stakeholders for Education policy, impact, PPPs and investments. Ajita Talwalker Menon recently relocated to the San Francisco Bay Area after serving in the Obama Administration as Special Assistant to the President for Higher Education Policy at the White House Domestic Policy Council. Ms. Menon focuses her work on supporting government agencies, higher education institutions and systems, non-profit organizations, and philanthropies in their efforts to drive better outcomes in higher education, including serving as Senior Advisor to the CEO of the Lumina Foundation, the nation’s largest private foundation focused solely on increasing Americans’ success in higher education and Senior Advisor to the Chancellor of the California Community Colleges, the nation’s largest community college system serving more than 2.1 million students.

Free Speech & Civil Dialogue Online & on Campus | SXSW EDU 2018

Free Speech & Civil Dialogue Online & on Campus at SXSW EDU 2018, featuring Jeffrey Rosen and Julie Wollman, explores the future of free expression and strategies for civil dialogue. Visit https://www.sxswedu.com/ to learn more about SXSW EDU and subscribe to SXSW EDU on YouTube for more great videos https://www.youtube.com/user/SXSWEDU. – – – “Free Speech & Civil Dialogue Online & on Campus” Video Overview: The need for civil discourse has never been more important or more urgent, yet on campuses and on the web today, the right to free speech has itself sparked debate. National Constitution Center President and CEO Jeffrey Rosen and Widener University President Julie Wollman will explore the future of free expression and strategies for facilitating civil dialogue in campus settings and online, including NCC’s Interactive Constitution and Widener’s Common Ground initiative. Jeffrey Rosen is the President and Chief Executive Officer of the National Constitution Center, a nonpartisan nonprofit organization whose mission is to educate the public about the U.S. Constitution. Located steps from Independence Hall in Historic Philadelphia, the Center engages millions of citizens as an interactive museum, national town hall, and provider of nonpartisan resources for civic education. Rosen became President and CEO in 2013 and has developed the Center’s acclaimed Interactive Constitution, which brings together the top conservative and liberal legal scholars in America to discuss areas of agreement and disagreement about every clause of the Constitution. The online resource has received more than 15 million hits since launching in 2015. For more than 25 years, Dr. Julie E. Wollman has been a passionate, fearless, and effective advocate and leader in higher education. She is the tenth president of Widener University, a role she assumed in January of 2016. Guided by a relentless pursuit of excellence, she has articulated a clear vision and distinct goals for the university focused on providing an unparalleled student experience.

National Arts Networks & Stories of Impact | SXSW EDU 2018

National Arts Networks & Stories of Impact at SXSW EDU 2018, with Hakim Bellamy and Mario Rossero, explores the networks and stories of impact from national art networks. Visit https://www.sxswedu.com/ to learn more about SXSW EDU and subscribe to SXSW EDU on YouTube for more great videos https://www.youtube.com/user/SXSWEDU. – – – “National Arts Networks & Stories of Impact”” Video Overview: Through a unique suite of national networks we work to remove barriers to equity and access in arts learning. From the strategic collective impact work of Any Given Child to a focus on our most struggling schools through Turnaround Arts, or through the community focus of our Citizen Artist Fellowship, our programs are targeted at combining problems of the field with compatible solutions that can be replicated. We will explore the networks and stories of impact from a selection of these programs.

Fundraising While Millennial: Strategies & Secrets | SXSW EDU 2018

Fundraising While Millennial: Strategies & Secrets at SXSW EDU 2018, featuring Caroline Howard, Xiaohoa Michelle Ching, Evin Robinson, and Logan Cohen, share why they started, how to pitch and land funding and how to leverage that money into impact. Visit https://www.sxswedu.com/ to learn more about SXSW EDU and subscribe to SXSW EDU on YouTube for more great videos https://www.youtube.com/user/SXSWEDU. – – – “Fundraising While Millennial: Strategies & Secrets”” Video Overview: Three young rock star founders of successful nonprofit and private education startups on why they started, how to pitch and land funding and how to leverage that money into impact.

José Luis Vilson | How Educators Lead with Equity in Mind | SXSW EDU 2018

New York educator, José Luis Vilson’s SXSW EDU featured session, How Educators Lead with Equity in Mind, explores the shifting narrative of teachers as experts. Visit https://www.sxswedu.com/ to learn more about SXSW EDU and subscribe to SXSW EDU on YouTube for more great videos https://www.youtube.com/user/SXSWEDU. – – – “How Educators Lead with Equity in Mind” Video Overview: How do educators help revolutionize the teaching profession? In this talk we explore how shifting the narrative from simple consumers of professional development to experts at the forefront of education reform has a significant impact on promoting equity and accessibility in education. José Luis Vilson is a math educator, blogger, speaker, and activist in New York City, NY. He is the author of This Is Not A Test: A New Narrative on Race, Class, and Education, and has spoken about education, math, and race for a number of organizations and publications, including The New York Times, Education Week, The Guardian, Al Jazeera America, Huffington Post, Edutopia, GOOD, and El Diario / La Prensa, NY. He is the founder of EduColor, a Math for America fellow and a National Board Certified teacher. – – – More About SXSW EDU: The SXSW EDU Conference & Festival cultivates and empowers a community of engaged stakeholders to advance teaching and learning. SXSW EDU is a component of the South by Southwest® (SXSW®) family of conferences and festivals. Internationally recognized as the convergence gathering for creative professionals, SXSWedu extends SXSW’s support for the art of engagement to include society’s true rock stars: educators!

Manoush Zomorodi & JP Connolly | Human Skills for Digital Natives | SXSW EDU 2018

At SXSW EDU 2018 Manoush Zomorodi and JP Connolly’s featured session, Human Skills for Digital Natives, explores the changing digital landscape. Visit https://www.sxswedu.com/ to learn more about SXSW EDU and subscribe to SXSW EDU on YouTube for more great videos https://www.youtube.com/user/SXSWEDU. – – – “Human Skills for Digital Natives”” Video Overview: In today’s landscape where change is the only constant, how can schools ensure that today’s students are thriving in increasingly digital environments? In this session, we’ll provide attendees with an interdisciplinary and innovative vision for improved digital health and literacy education. By incorporating neuroscience, behavioral economics, and purposeful digital design, this framework will illuminate how we can best help students become healthy and informed citizens, online and off. Manoush is the author of Bored and Brilliant. Find her @manoushz on Twitter/Instagram/Facebook and the podcast @NoteToSelf at NoteToSelfRadio.org JP Connolly is an educator, microbiologist, technologist, baker, tinkerer and amateur engineer, and currently serves as the Director of Technology and MS/HS Science teacher at Saint Ann’s School in Brooklyn, NY. A Baltimore native, JP has undergraduate degrees in Biology and Japanese and a Masters in Microbiology and Immunology, and worked as a research fellow at Osaka University in Japan before settling in NYC and beginning his work in K-12 education at Saint Ann’s. JP serves on the NY State Association of Independent Schools Technology Committee, is an emeritus President of the New York Consortium of Independent School Technologists, and works to encourage the integration of neuroscience, pedagogy-driven instructional technology, mindfulness, ethics and equity into K-12 curricula of all types. JP is perpetually inspired by his students and sons, who are continue to be his best teachers.

Liz Dozier | Justice & Opportunity Through Disruption | SXSW EDU 2018

Chicago Beyond Founder Liz Dozier’s SXSW EDU 2018 talk, Justice & Opportunity Through Disruption, takes a powerful and realistic look at disrupting the hopelessness that confronts many of our nation’s young people. Visit https://goo.gl/FGJHhA to learn more about SXSW EDU and SUBSCRIBE to SXSW EDU on YouTube for more great videos http://www.youtube.com/subscription_c…. Do we believe every child deserves the freedom to tap into their fullest human potential? In our country’s most marginalized communities, there are too many instances where we are failing to provide youth with educational and economic opportunity. Disruption means breaking that cycle. We do it elsewhere – think taxis and shopping malls. Now think Uber and Amazon. Join Liz Dozier for a powerful and realistic look at disrupting the hopelessness that confronts many of our nation’s young people. About SXSW EDU: The SXSW EDU Conference & Festival cultivates and empowers a community of engaged stakeholders to advance teaching and learning. SXSW EDU is a component of the South by Southwest® (SXSW®) family of conferences and festivals. Internationally recognized as the convergence gathering for creative professionals, SXSWedu extends SXSW’s support for the art of engagement to include society’s true rock stars: educators!

Anant Agarwal, Mark Cousino & TC Haldi | Reinventing Corporate Education | SXSW EDU 2018

Reinventing Corporate Education with Anant Agarwal, Mark Cousino & TC Haldi, at SXSW EDU 2018, explores innovative ideas and how companies can invest in talent to drive better results, faster. Visit https://goo.gl/NUpxKV to learn more about SXSW EDU and SUBSRIBE to SXSW EDU on YouTube for more great videos http://www.youtube.com/subscription_c…. Today’s corporate training—off-the-shelf, expensive, and inefficient—is broken. It doesn’t provide in-demand skills, benefit your employees or your bottom line. Employees know this and have moved on to new solutions that you should be more actively engaged with. Join experts from edX and Boeing to discuss innovative ideas to solve this challenge. Is there a role for universities to help deliver better quality? How can companies invest in talent to drive better results, faster? About SXSW EDU: The SXSW EDU Conference & Festival cultivates and empowers a community of engaged stakeholders to advance teaching and learning. SXSW EDU is a component of the South by Southwest® (SXSW®) family of conferences and festivals. Internationally recognized as the convergence gathering for creative professionals, SXSWedu extends SXSW’s support for the art of engagement to include society’s true rock stars: educators!

Christopher Cabaldon and more | Mayors & the Promise of College & Career Readiness | SXSW EDU 2018

Speakers: Christopher Cabaldon, Karen Freeman-Wilson, Darrell Steinberg Mayors discuss innovative approaches mayors are taking through college promise programs, digital badges, place-based work experiences, and more. Discover how a comprehensive and collaborative approach with schools, higher ed, employers, and local government can stimulate your talent pipeline. About SXSW EDU: The SXSW EDU Conference & Festival cultivates and empowers a community of engaged stakeholders to advance teaching and learning. SXSW EDU is a component of the South by Southwest® (SXSW®) family of conferences and festivals. Internationally recognized as the convergence gathering for creative professionals, SXSWedu extends SXSW’s support for the art of engagement to include society’s true rock stars: educators!

Betsy DeVos and more | Rethink Higher Education | SXSW EDU 2018

Speakers: Betsy DeVos, Anant Agarwal, David Clayton, Ben Wallerstein U.S. Secretary of Education Betsy DeVos continues to encourage educators and policymakers to rethink education. Secretary DeVos provides opening remarks and moderates a panel discussion on the need for higher education to embrace innovation and creative thinking in preparing students for success in the 21st century. About SXSW EDU: The SXSW EDU Conference & Festival cultivates and empowers a community of engaged stakeholders to advance teaching and learning. SXSW EDU is a component of the South by Southwest® (SXSW®) family of conferences and festivals. Internationally recognized as the convergence gathering for creative professionals, SXSWedu extends SXSW’s support for the art of engagement to include society’s true rock stars: educators!

Rahn Dorsey and more | Trauma-Informed Education Policy & Practice | SXSW EDU 2018

Speakers: Rahn Dorsey, Sarah Groh, Sarah Iddrissu, Dr Gisele C Shorter Researchers and evidence-based nonprofit partners work together with local communities to translate research and practice into responsive public policy. Speakers address topics from housing instability and food insecurity, to natural disasters and gun violence, to trauma and adversity that deeply affect children’s ability to learn and thrive. Panelists discuss authentic stakeholder engagement and the role policy makers can play to drive resources towards evidence-based, trauma-informed practices. About SXSW EDU: The SXSW EDU Conference & Festival cultivates and empowers a community of engaged stakeholders to advance teaching and learning. SXSW EDU is a component of the South by Southwest® (SXSW®) family of conferences and festivals. Internationally recognized as the convergence gathering for creative professionals, SXSWedu extends SXSW’s support for the art of engagement to include society’s true rock stars: educators!

Juan Cabrera, Paul Cruz and more | The Dual Language Imperative | SXSW EDU 2018

Speakers: Juan Cabrera, Paul Cruz, Barbara Jenkins, Liz Willen By embracing the inherent strengths of a multilingual community and “leaning in” to bilingualism and ethnic diversity, city schools like El Paso, Austin, and Orlando are changing their value proposition within their communities as 21st-century skills and global-ready workforce incubators. The panel shares their strategies for scaling and supporting dual language schools. About SXSW EDU: The SXSW EDU Conference & Festival cultivates and empowers a community of engaged stakeholders to advance teaching and learning. SXSW EDU is a component of the South by Southwest® (SXSW®) family of conferences and festivals. Internationally recognized as the convergence gathering for creative professionals, SXSWedu extends SXSW’s support for the art of engagement to include society’s true rock stars: educators!

Tiffany Kerns, Eric Ebel, Jane Best | ESSA & Music Education: Impact & Opportunity| SXSW EDU 2018

ESSA & Music Education: Impact & Opportunity, featuring Tiffany Kerns, Eric Ebel, and Jane Best at SXSW EDU 2018, explores how the Every Student Succeeds Act (ESSA) has changed the landscape for music education. Visit https://goo.gl/5qbsxS to learn more about SXSW EDU and SUBSRIBE to SXSW EDU on YouTube for more great videos http://www.youtube.com/subscription_c…. Although most people agree that music education is a positive addition to school curriculum, these programs have often been left on the cutting-room-floor after budget allocations and funding. The Every Student Succeeds Act (ESSA) has changed the landscape for music education. The act emphasized a holistic education for students. It recognizes music education as an integral part to a well-rounded education. This law is groundbreaking. Learn how you can support music ed. in your community. About SXSW EDU: The SXSW EDU Conference & Festival cultivates and empowers a community of engaged stakeholders to advance teaching and learning. SXSW EDU is a component of the South by Southwest® (SXSW®) family of conferences and festivals. Internationally recognized as the convergence gathering for creative professionals, SXSWedu extends SXSW’s support for the art of engagement to include society’s true rock stars: educators!

CompetencyWorks 2013-02-01 – Creating Systems of Assessments

In 2011, the Proficiency-based Pathways project was launched with support from the Nellie Mae Education Foundation and the Bill and Melinda Gates Foundation. Along with eight other schools, Casco Bay High School (Maine) with its partner Expeditionary Learning and Vergennes Union High School (Vermont) were selected to participate, sharing their learning as they further developed their models. The findings from Proficiency-based Pathways are shared in the report Making Mastery Work: A Close-Up View of Competency Education (http://bit.ly/makingmasterywork) published by the Nellie Mae Education Foundation. During the webinar you will learn about the process that Casco Bay High School and Expeditionary Learning used in developing their 2.0 assessment system, the overall structure and an in depth look at the assessment tools utilized, and how Vergennes Union High School set out to accelerate its movement toward having its set of Performance Based Graduation Requirement fully implemented for 2016.

CompetencyWorks 2013-01-31 – Aligning Competencies with the Common Core

Two years ago the Boston Day and Evening Academy was faced with a challenge: How would they transition their well-developed competency education system to the new standards of the Common Core? They were determined to do it in a way that honored the school’s deep commitment to responding to the wide variation in the academic skills and credits of their students. Join CompetencyWorks and iNACOL for a webinar to learn about how Boston Day and Evening Academy, a school designed to serve over-age and undercredited students, aligned their competencies to the Common Core State Standards. You will also hear about hos BDEA has fine-tuned its practices to accelerate learning for students with a wide differentiation of skills and credits.

iNACOL 2013-02-13 – Federal and State Policy: What Is Needed for Digital Learning?

Federal and state education policies play an important role in removing barriers and enabling new models of competency-based, online and blended learning. Learn more about the leading federal issues that must be addressed in 2013, including the road ahead for ESEA reauthorization. Top state policy issues around online and blended learning will also be covered. Not sure what your role is in advocacy and lawmaker education? Two of the nation’s leading experts on digital education policy at both the federal and state level will provide an overview, recommendations and strategies for taking action. Speakers: John Bailey, Executive Director, Digital Learning Now! Susan Patrick, President & CEO, iNACOL

CompetencyWorks 2013-02-13 – Student Experience: Pacing and Personalization

This webinar looks at two very different models structured around the concept of progress upon mastery. The Medical Professions and Teacher Preparation Academy (MPTPA) in Hartford, CT is part of the National Center for Education and the Economy’s Excellence for All network. In this initiative, students must demonstrate qualifying scores on examinations that are aligned with research-based college readiness standards. Once students have achieved qualifying exam scores, they can move on to a range of possible pathways. Here, we hear insights from MPTPA about what needs to be in place to support students within this structure. Then we hear from Schools for the Future (SFF) about their self-paced model designed for 8th graders that have been retained and with significant skill gaps, accelerating their learning so that they are fully college and career ready. SFF has four performance levels to graduation, modularized curriculum, and blended learning instructional delivery model.

CompetencyWorks 2013-02-26 – Spanning the Grades – A Look at ES, MS and HS Competency-based Models

Join district and school leadership of MSAD 15 in Gray-New Gloucester, ME for a conversation about their experience in implementing proficiency-based education. Gray-New Gloucester began the process of transforming their district to a student-centered, proficiency-based model starting at the elementary school level and have proceeded to implement proficiency-based practices in their middle and high school. Speakers: – Bruce Beasley, Superintendent, MSAD 15 – Karen Caprio, Director of Curriculum and Staff Development, MSAD 15 – Ephraim Weisstein, Consultant to the Proficiency-based Pathways Project and co-author Making Mastery Work: A Close-Up View of Competency Education

CompetencyWorks 2013-02-28 – Re-Engineering for Competency Education – IT Design Considerations

“Re-Engineering Information Technology: Design Considerations for Competency Education” – the latest briefing paper from CompetencyWorks – analyzes and examines components and elements of effective competency-based information systems. Join iNACOL’s Susan Patrick and Liz Glowa, the report’s author, for a conversation based on interviews and research behind the ideas in Re-Engineering Information Technology to build upon the lessons learned in analyzing information systems developed by competency education innovators, best practices of systemic approaches to information management, and emerging opportunities. Speakers: – Susan Patrick, President and CEO, iNACOL – Liz Glowa, Glowa Counsulting

iNACOL 2013-03-13 – Louisiana’s Course Choice Program – A Model for Other States

Louisiana Course Choice is a new Louisiana Department of Education administered program that will be in full operation beginning in the 2013-14 school year in order to better meet the needs of all students and prepare more students to be college and career-ready. The purpose of the Louisiana Course Choice Program is to provide access to a range of courses for use by schools and students across Louisiana, including online, face-to-face, and blended courses. Louisiana is revolutionizing education — Course Choice will offer “a la carte” school choice to Louisiana students and families… one course at a time.

CompetencyWorks 2013-05-17 – How State Educational Leaders Are Advancing Competency Education

This webinar highlights findings from iNACOL’s new report through the CompetencyWorks initiative, Necessary for Success: A State Policymakers Guide to Competency Education, and will allow participants to hear directly from two state education leaders about their experiences and insights in advancing competency education where students advance upon mastery. We’ll hear about the theory of action driving Maine and Iowa’s efforts, how state leaders are building shared vision and creating innovation space. Leading the discussion will be Susan Patrick , President and CEO of iNACOL; Jason Glass , Director of the Iowa Department of Education; and Don Siviski , Superintendent of Instruction for the Maine Department of Education.

iNACOL 2013-07-25 E-Rate 101: Basics for Education Advocates

As the FCC prepares to issue its Notice of Proposed Rulemaking (NPRM), and with the recent announcement of President Obama’s ConnectED initiative, education stakeholders are starting to rev up advocacy to improve access to broadband for schools and inform policy makers of connectivity needs around E-Rate. Another driver for broadband adoption in schools is that, particularly in rural and poor areas, our nation’s schools are not ready to deliver online assessments by the 2014 deadline. Schools need high-speed Internet access for delivery of blended, online and digital learning strategies as they recognize the potential to personalize learning to close the achievement gap and get students college and career ready. Join education and broadband telecommunications leaders (including an official from the FCC and two former US Department of Education Directors of Educational Technology) for this first in a series of iNACOL E-Rate 101 webinars to educate and empower education advocates to engage in the E-Rate reform discussion.

iNACOL 2013-08-06 E-Rate 2.0: Defining Drivers and Capacity Needs

On Tuesday, August 6, 2013, the International Association for K-12 Online Learning (iNACOL) and the Council of Chief State School Officers (CCSSO) hosted a webinar to explore recently announced plans to update the Federal Communications Commission’s E-Rate program. As more schools adopt new learning models powered by blended and online learning, an updated E-Rate program will provide more opportunities for schools, libraries and other learning environments to secure essential broadband access for the country’s students. The webinar addressed the pressing need for schools and students to have improved access to high-speed Internet with upcoming online assessments in 2014. Susan Patrick, President and CEO of iNACOL, said, “80 percent of U.S. schools do not have broadband Internet access sufficient to provide new learning models that ensure students graduate ready to face the challenges of a 21st century college or career environment. The United States is in the bottom half of developed nations for Internet access and speeds available to its citizens. It is vitally important that education leaders work with the FCC to strengthen and update the E-Rate program to make certain our students get the best start possible, regardless of where they learn.” In July, the FCC announced a proposal to modernize the E-Rate program to meet the educational needs of students and teachers. iNACOL, in partnership with leading education organizations, is committed to amplifying the voice of school leaders and policymakers throughout the country through this series of webinars dedicated to an examination of the E-Rate program and driving efforts to achieve a comprehensive update to this critical effort. Presenters: Susan Patrick, President and CEO, iNACOL Evan Marwell, CEO and Co-founder, Education Superhighway Susan Van Gundy, Associate Director for Assessment Technology, Achieve / PARCC Jennifer Davis, Director, CCSSO Innovation Lab Network

iNACOL 2013-08-20 ConnectED and E-Rate NPRM Q&A

On Tuesday, August 20, 2013, the International Association for K-12 Online Learning (iNACOL) and the Council of Chief State School Officers (CCSSO) presented the third in a series of webinars investigating the need for greater student access to broadband in schools. The webinar was moderated by Susan Patrick, President and CEO of iNACOL, and featured Lisa Hone of the Federal Communications Commission (FCC), Richard Culatta, Director of the U.S. Department of Education’s Office of Educational Technology, and Peter Zamora, Director of Federal Relations for CCSSO. This presentation highlighted President Obama’s ConnectED initiative, with the goal to connect 99 percent of America’s students to the Internet through high-speed broadband and high-speed wireless within 5 years, and recent efforts to update the Federal Communications Commission’s E-Rate program to provide more opportunities for schools, libraries and other learning environments to secure essential broadband access. In July, the FCC announced a proposal to modernize the E-Rate program to meet the educational needs of students and teachers. iNACOL, in partnership with leading education organizations, is committed to amplifying the voices of educators, school leaders and policymakers throughout the country through this series of webinars dedicated to an examination of the E-Rate program and driving efforts to achieve a comprehensive update to broadband infrastructure for learning. Presenters: – Susan Patrick, President and CEO, iNACOL – Lisa Hone, Deputy Division Chief, Telecommunications Access Policy Division, Wireline Competition Bureau, Federal Communications Commission – Richard Culatta, Director, Office of Educational Technology, U.S. Department of Education – Peter Zamora, Director of Federal Relations, CCSSO

iNACOL 2013 Symposium – Monday – Leading Systems Change toward Student Centered Learning

Leading systems change in education requires creating room for innovation, setting a strong vision and creating collective capacity to manage transformation at all levels of the education system. This luncheon keynote panel will inspire and challenge our thinking on leading change as they share compelling stories of their successes and lessons learned toward the ultimate goal of dramatically improving learning environments at scale via personalized, student-centered learning. Their commitment to equity and excellence for our nation’s most challenged youth — with a central and nonnegotiable focus on students — shines through in their work to transform teaching and learning in schools. These leaders are managing different levels of systems change and are forging pathways to new learning models with the goal of significant advancements in learner growth and outcomes. Be inspired as the keynote panel engages in frank discussion, sharing their guiding vision and roadmaps for achieving their goal as leaders of systems change to bring mastery-based, personalized learning models to scale. Panelists: Russell Altenburg (moderator), Assistant Director, The Broad Foundation John Covington, Chancellor, Education Achievement Authority of Michigan Alex Hernandez, Partner, Charter School Growth Fund

iNACOL 2013 Symposium – Monday – President’s Welcome and Opening Keynote

Ten Year’s of Transformation (A Welcome) In the Fall of 2003, seventeen pioneering leaders formed what was then the North American Council for Online Learning (NACOL) with a vision for transforming K-12 education through online teaching and learning, fostering a landscape that promoted student success and lifelong learning. Just ten years later, hundreds of new learning models have taken root across the continuum of blended and online learning, with tools and resources transforming the way traditional classrooms differentiate instruction for each and every student. The next ten years offer even more of an unprecedented window of opportunity — in addition to new barriers and challenges — for this transformative shift toward student-centered learning. If we want those directing the future of education to act differently, we must get them to think differently. Working with innovators across the field, iNACOL’s annual symposium seeks to host thought-provoking discussions and unparalleled networking opportunities in order to share ideas and enable innovation to take hold in schools across the country and around the world. Susan Patrick will explore trends shaping the future of learning, reflect on success stories from the across field and spotlight early indicators identified in breakthrough new models using online, blended and competency-based environments. Driving an Innovative Policy Roadmap Toward the Transformation of Student Learning How are policy makers removing barriers and addressing goals to enable all students to leverage a variety of transformed learning experiences and environments (blending digital components and learning online — in and out of school) to ensure that they are ready for the world? As educators on the ground are driving the big idea of competency education, it is gaining traction in federal, state and local policy at all levels. From the federal Race to the Top district programs focused on personalization to state proficiency-based graduation requirements; district innovation zones; turnaround schools; and new school models using high-quality blended and online learning — competency-based education is a key theme bridging next generation learning approaches and student-centered learning. To meet the vision of competency-based education, policy makers and practitioners need to think differently about almost every aspect of our education system. Policy leaders from federal and state government will provide a vision of the future of policy toward student-centered learning — from addressing broadband infrastructure needs to policies that focus on competency development, rather than seat-time. Panelists will explore policy strategies and approaches to unleash innovation, improve technology infrastructure, provide better transparency of quality programs and create space for innovation.

iNACOL 2013-10-10 Planning, Implementation and Policy Considerations for Blended Learning

Two experts in the field of blended learning shared the importance of having a planned policy and support structure in place for any blended learning program to be successful. Greg Klein has been involved with Oakland Public Schools in the implementation of blended learning for many years and co-wrote the Oakland Unified case study where he identified critical success factors for blended learning adoption. More on this case study can be found on this website. Samantha Sherwood became a blended learning teacher several years ago and then helped open a blended learning school in New York Public Schools, where she now serves as the Assistant Principal. She researched the journey of a blended learning teacher as part of her Masters degree and has documented the characteristics and support systems needed for a successful blended learning teacher and a successful blended learning classroom. The presenters shared common elements needed for implementing a successful blended learning program as well as the policy considerations across a school or district that leads to success.

iNACOL 2013-11-13 Keeping Pace with Online and Blended Learning

Keeping Pace with K-12 Online and Blended Learning tracks the latest policies, practices and trends affecting online learning programs across all 50 states. Join John Watson and Amy Murin — two co-authors of this essential annual report — for a discussion of key findings related to the growth of online and blended learning programs as well as an overview of policy changes across districts and states around the country. In preparation for this webinar, participants are encouraged to download and read the report at http://kpk12.com.

iNACOL 2013 Symposium – Wednesday – Learning by Design: Breakthrough Leadership in the Digital Age

Rick Hess, Director of Education Policy Studies, American Enterprise Institute Bror Saxberg, Chief Learning Officer, Kaplan Inc. How can we design the most effective instructional environments? How do we approach the transformation to student-centric learning using what learning science tells us to do, and not do, to enhance student success? In their new book, “Breakthrough Leadership in the Digital Age”, Hess and Saxberg offer that there’s never been a better time to be a “learning engineer” — working to apply what’s known about learning to the very real challenges of developing affordable, reliable, available, data-rich competency-based learning environments. Our educational leaders must take up the challenge to become empowered with “cage-busting leadership” in order to take on the laws, rules, and regulations that prevent them from implementing true transformational changes to our educational systems. Citing many examples of leaders who have busted out of the cage, Hess will illustrate how tough decisions can be made to provide the quality education we seek for our students. The crux of how to break down barriers, enable good teachers to do great work and provide students from all backgrounds equity and excellent opportunities to learn and thrive is at the heart of this discussion. Their book provides a framework, common language, and real-world examples of how to do just that. Saxberg is a researcher and visionary on digital learning’s ability to transform education. This keynote will both connect the dots between research on the best learning environments for how student learn and identify breakthrough tactics to overcome what stands in the way of the revolution toward student-centered learning. By design and through science, it is evident that digital learning offers solutions for transforming education around student-centered and highly personalized learning. Combining a solution-driven approach with strong “cage-busting” leadership will offer tremendous insights and tools for leaders committed to doing what is right for kids.

iNACOL 2013 Symposium – Tuesday – Student Plenary Panel

It is our great pleasure — in fact, our responsibility — to bring Symposium attendees a straightforward, student-driven conversation about online and blended learning, and to highlight educational issues informed by their perspectives on the ground. Each year, iNACOL invites a group of students — spanning grade levels — to come together at the Symposium to speak about their experiences, unfiltered — in an open discussion and dialog. Transforming education requires reflection and opportunities to build understanding through the eyes and experiences of the young people we ultimately serve. Please join us for what is one of the most inspiring discussions of each year’s conference — our conversation with students on reinventing the future of education.

iNACOL 2013-11-19 Blended Learning: A Look at the Transformation of K-12 Education in Idaho

Have you ever wondered if the money spent on technology and professional development really makes a difference in the lives of students? This webinar will present exciting evidence that change is happening through blended learning. We will explore the results of research conducted in Idaho with teachers who are using blended learning regarding academics, communication, motivation, and teacher practices. The discussion will focus on implications for classroom practice — including the barriers faced by those not yet using blended learning. Recommended reading: Transforming K-12 Rural Education through Blended Learning: Barriers and Promising Practices – http://www.inacol.org/cms/wp-content/… Presenters: Eric Werth, Director of Education Programs, Northwest Nazarene University Eric Kellerer, Director of the Center for Innovation in Teaching at Learning, Northwest Nazarene University Sherawn Reberry, Director of Education Programs, Idaho Digital Learning Academy Niki Walker, Blended Program Manager, Idaho Digital Learning Academy

iNACOL 2014-02-12 A K-12 Federal Policy Framework for Competency Education

This webinar focused on the recently released iNACOL report “A K-12 Policy Framework for Competency Education: Building Capacity for Systems Change” . As lawmakers in Washington, DC craft a next generation Elementary and Secondary Education Act (ESEA), this report encourages them to take bold steps forward to allow students to advance upon demonstrated mastery and receive the personalized support they need, when they need it. Participants in this webinar will learn about the importance of this federal policy issue as well as how the U.S. education system can evolve to ensure all students succeed and graduate from high school college and career ready. The report’s co-authors will provide a comprehensive vision for supporting state and local efforts to implement student-centered learning. Their presentation will describe the barriers and opportunities within federal education policy frameworks and identify how the federal government is in a unique position to catalyze and scale student-centered learning approaches. To download a copy of “A K-12 Federal Policy Framework for Competency Education: Building Capacity for Systems Change”, please visit http://bit.ly/cwk12fedpolicy. Presenters: Maria Worthen, Vice President for Federal and State Policy, iNACOL Lillian Pace, Senior Director of National Policy, KnowledgeWorks

iNACOL | May 2014 | How Do Teachers Implement Blended Learning in the Classroom?

(This Teacher Talk webinar took place on Thursday, May 15, 2014) “How Do Teachers Implement Blended Learning in the Classroom?” This webinar will feature how teachers design and create successful blended learning environments. Participants will learn best practices for implementing and supporting blended learning and the steps to apply blended learning methodologies for educators in their practice. Learn how teachers are transforming pedagogical practices using technology and data to personalize learning within blended learning delivery models. Washington, DC educators Tenesha Dixon of Wheatley Education Campus and Shane Donovan of E.L. Haynes Public Charter School will share their insights and experiences implementing a blended learning model into their classrooms and schools. Both Tanesha and Shane were 2013 CityBridge Foundation Education Innovation Fellows and will offer their perspective on the schools and resources that informed their journey to blended learning implementation. Speakers – Tanesha Dixon, Social Studies Teacher & Technology Integration Coach, Wheatley Education Campus – Shane Donovan, Physics Teacher, E.L. Haynes Public Charter School

iNACOL | Closing the “Advanced Achievement Gap”

(This Leadership Webinar took place on Wednesday, May 14, 2014) “Closing the ‘Advanced Achievement Gap’: How Educators Can Help High-Achieving Low-Income and Minority Youth Stay On Track” Nationally, many students of color and students from low-socioeconomic backgrounds perform among the top 25 percent of all students in reading and math at the beginning of high school. Many of them, however, leave high school with lower college success predictors than their high-achieving white and more advantaged peers. Schools can take action to better serve these students. To prepare students for college and career, high schools must balance their attention carefully, ensuring that low-achievers catch up and high-achievers don’t lose ground. In this webinar, Christina Theokas and Marni Bromberg of the Education Trust will share research and insight into how to better serve this group. Personalized blended and online courses can provide powerful delivery systems to increase access and equity for underserved students. Educators and school leaders need to ensure students have access to high-quality new learning opportunities. The Education Trust’s research has major implications for how to increase educational opportunities and provide equity. This webinar will include a real world example of how to use blended and online learning to close the achievement gap for high-achieving poor and minority students. Speakers – Christina Theokas, Director of Research, Education Trust – Marni Bromberg, Research Associate, Education Trust – Debbie Vincent, Instructional Technology Curriculum Specialist, Alief ISD (Houston, TX)

iNACOL | Educator Competencies for the Blended Learning Classroom 2014-06-19

iNACOL Teacher Talk Webinar Thursday, June 19, 2014 “Educator Competencies for the Blended Learning Classroom” Blended learning allows educators to personalize instruction – targeting each individual student’s needs for learning more rapidly; providing immediate responses to intervention; offering targeted support when needed; and allowing students to demonstrate deeper learning competencies and advance based on competency. As blended learning models become more prevalent, the need to identify and foster core educator competencies for strong blended learning instructional practice becomes greater. A working group of educators, administrators, professional developers and researchers from a range schools, models and regions are developing a framework of competencies necessary for the blended learning teacher, building from the understanding that much of what makes a great traditional classroom teacher translates into a blended environment. This webinar will share the working group’s process and findings. Please join us to participate in this ongoing conversation and to provide your feedback. Speakers: Kathryn Kennedy, Senior Researcher, Michigan Virtual Learning Research Institute Allison Powell, Vice President, New Learning Models, iNACOL Kerry Rice, Professor, Department of Educational Technology, Boise State University Barbara Treacy, Director, ETLO, Education Development Center

2014 iNACOL Symposium – Sal Khan Keynote Address

November 5, 2014 iNACOL Blended and Online Learning Symposium Palm Springs, CA http://inacol.org Regarded the world over as an edtech pioneer, Sal Khan has harnessed the power of Internet connectivity and access to provide video lessons to individuals, as well as content and embedded formative assessments to schools through the Khan Academy (http://khanacademy.org). With over 6,000 instructional videos, 100,000 practice problems, and 10,000,000 unique visitors per month Khan Academy is rethinking the world of education. Sal will share insights from his journey to deliver personalized learning to millions around the globe through online learning and to reimagine “school” for a new generation of educators and learners. His message will highlight the importance of a shift to opening access to a world-class education built on mastery and competency-based learning. He will share his vision for how online learning can transform education systems toward realizing this ultimate goal of a high-quality education for every student, every day and power personalized learning.

Keynote: Tom Stritikus, Dallas Dance, Buddy Berry

New learning models offer solutions for transforming education around student-centered and highly personalized learning. This presentation will feature three powerful education leaders providing TED-talk style presentations including: Eminence Superintendent Buddy Berry, Baltimore County Superintendent Dallas Dance, and Gates Foundation Deputy Director of College Ready Tom Stritikus. The session will highlight future directions in personalized learning. The keynote session will explore how practitioners and educators are redefining how instruction is delivered in the classroom using blended and online learning, creating new instructional designs to build mastery and personalized learning experiences. By design and grounded in science, powerful personalized learning models can provide increased equity, excellence, and access to a world-class education for all students.

2015 Monday Opening Keynote Address: Susan Patrick

Around the world, leaders are designing new, personalized learning models and expanding opportunities powered by online and blended learning to drive the transformation of education. iNACOL welcomes you to this year’s Symposium–our 10th–where we hope you will engage in thought-provoking discussions unleashing ideas for powerful new learning models and discover how to implement advanced technologies for dramatically improving outcomes–for each and every student. The conference opening and welcome will highlight emerging shifts and escalating change across the global context, recognize nimble shifts in the local context, and identify trends driving the future of education. We want to empower practitioners and policymakers alike. We welcome you, the innovators who are sharing and building upon each other’s frameworks; engaging in networks of experts to generate the best knowledge; and building capacity in the field to organize, plan, and implement a student-learning system around vastly improved outcomes for preparing globally competitive students and citizens for the future.

2015 Monday Luncheon Keynote: Eduardo Briceño

Research shows that developing a growth mindset, which is the understanding that you can develop your abilities, drives motivation, growth and performance. Growth mindset can stimulate transformation in education around student-centered learning, raising educational outcomes while equipping students to pursue ongoing growth throughout life. Eduardo explores harnessing this research as a catalyst for change in today’s classrooms to facilitate high-quality personalized learning opportunities for all students. By harboring the power of growth mindset, all students can develop the ability to master learning. In this keynote presentation, Eduardo demonstrates how growth mindset ties to active learning, deeper learning, and empowering students to take ownership of their learning experience—preparing all students to succeed in school and beyond.

2015 Closing Keynote Address: Gisèle Huff, Becky Pringle, Kelly Young

What does extraordinary learning look like when we put aside our current assumptions of what, where, when, and how learning should occur? And what systems would be necessary to support this new type of learning? These are the questions that an unusually diverse group of leaders came together to explore. After an 18-month dialogue, these stakeholders emerged united behind a shared transformational vision for learner-centered education in the U.S. and committed to making it a reality. Join two of those Education Reimagined vision creators, who came into the process at opposite ends of the current debates and left the process in partnership, for a discussion moderated by the convener of the project. Explore a learner-centric paradigm for education that sees all children as wondrous, curious, capable human beings and designs a system around the learner unconstrained by the current industrial-model of education. Hear about their experiences during the 18-month dialogue, how they arrived at their new vision, and how many education pioneers are already working to make the vision a reality. Discover how this group’s vision and the path they took to get there can inspire, inform and propel your work to design learning experiences and systems that have each and every child thrive and realize their full potential.

2015 Innovator Awards & Student Plenary Panel

iNACOL is proud to present the broadest panel yet of students experiencing the leading edge of personalized learning. This unfiltered, honest discussion will inspire change, inform educator practices, and invigorate the groundswell of support for transformative new learning models. This inspirational student panel is an open, honest conversation with students on reinventing the future of education.

iNACOL Symposium 2016 Welcome Address and Opening Keynote

Welcome Address: A Global Perspective on Innovation for Equity and Redefining Student Success, by Susan Patrick. Opening Keynote Address: The End of Average: How We Succeed in a World That Values Sameness, by Todd Rose. In traditional K-12 education, all students are measured against the yardstick of average every day. However, research and brain science shows all people learn and develop in distinctive ways. These unique characteristics become lost in traditional school models, designed around the “average person.” Weaving science, history, and his experiences as a high school dropout, Rose brings to life the untold story of how we came to embrace the flawed idea of “average.” He explains the key principles of individuality and demonstrates how to shift from an average size-fits-all education system into one engineered around student individuality and talent. He proposes key concepts as a blueprint for establishing an educational system consistent with the principles of individuality that will help all students choose and get trained for a career. This ground-breaking book highlights recommendations for reimagining the future of learning with a stronger focus on honoring individuality, building talent, focusing on competencies and credentialing qualifications in the coming age.

iNACOL Symposium 2016 Student Panel – The Leaders of Tomorrow: Illuminating Student Voices

Facilitator: Andrew Brennen, Student Voice What do students think about transforming K-12 education toward personalized learning? How has next generation learning impacted their learning experiences, growth and development? This keynote panel features the leaders of tomorrow—students from diverse backgrounds, immersed in next generation learning models, who will share their perspectives on shifting toward student-centered approaches to learning. In a provocative, unfiltered and honest conversation, students will provide first-hand accounts of what it’s like to reimagine their own education and illuminate their own paths forward.

iNACOL Symposium 2016 Jim Shelton Keynote

Bending the Curve: Innovating Toward Excellence and Equity The Chan Zuckerberg Initiative (CZI) is focused on unlocking human potential and promoting equality. Education and human development was the first initiative launched based on the belief that unlocking this aspect of human potential advances individual opportunity and is critical to enabling humanity to solve the world’s most complex problems—the ones we have today, and those yet unknown. Globally, education and training continue to be the most reliable paths to prosperity and stability. Yet, we know that as humans we are “about” and capable of much more than mastering academic and professional knowledge and skills. While this is a laudable goal, it is inadequate. We must have a much higher and broader definition of success for everyone. However, new aspirations are meaningless unless we have the knowledge, skill and will to achieve them. How do we rapidly accelerate the pace at which we learn about learning? How do we translate these into new strategies, tools and resources that learners and educators can use to change their lives? How do we ensure the users, practitioners and decision makers know how to choose and use the best of these new solutions? How do we create an ecosystem that rewards what works and constantly demands and then supports each solution to keep getting better? How can we empower the learner and the teacher allowing them to pursue their aspirations and own their learning? How do we change what we all believe is possible? This will be a long journey with many winding paths and dead ends leaving the final question—what are we willing to do?