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10:00 – 11:30
Session One
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12:30 – 2:00
Session Two
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2:30 – 4:00
Session Three
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10:30 – 12:00
Session Four
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12:30 – 2:00
Session Five
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2:30 – 4:00
Session Six
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Your search found 13 conversations:
21st Century Classrooms or 21st Century Learning?
- Who:
- Tracy Weber
- When:
- Session Two
- Where:
- Room 211
We've all been encouraged to build a 21st century classroom full of cool technology tools and gadgets, yet many have witnessed the underwhelming change these tools have brought to student learning. Why is that? We'll explore this dilemma as we work collaboratively to clarify a vision and a process for creating digital age learning environments.
Falling Down the "Alice Project" Rabbit Hole: Inverting Traditional HS English Research and Writing
- Who:
- Christian Long, Jason Kern, Benedikt Kroll and Michael Nathman
- When:
- Session Two
- Where:
- Room 204
For 6+ weeks this academic year, 3 sections of 10th grade English students (at a college prep, independent school in Texas) publicly analyzed Alice's Adventures in Wonderland (via The Annotated Alice: The Definitive Edition). Instead of the traditional approach to analyzing a text (with a teacher-lead conversations around pre-determined themes), students were challenged to "fall down the rabbit hole" (like Alice) throughout the duration of the project, therefore trusting their own instincts as they made their way through Wonderland's themes.
Field Guide for Change Agents
- Who:
- Rodd Lucier and Ben Hazzard
- When:
- Session Two
- Where:
- Room 309
The fourth 'R', Relationship, is one of the most important important tools to build upon if we are to succeed in generating lasting change in our schools. This session will ask participants to consider which strategies are most effective in building relationships with school, district, regional, national, and international colleagues.
High Noon - A model for online participatory learning
- Who:
- Dave Bill, Basil Kolani
- When:
- Session Two
- Where:
- Room 207
Online learning has become a hot topic, but how is it being done at the secondary level to promote participatory learning? This session will examine an online class that is doing just that. We will discuss the implications while meeting some of the students taking the class.
Learning 2.0 -- Overhauling Classroom Best Practices
- Who:
- David Warlick
- When:
- Session Two
- Where:
- Room 208
Participants in this conversation will discuss specific learning activities that are assigned by members, suggesting enhancements and new elements that bring the assignments into the light of learning 2.0.
Managing Life and Personal Learning Environments in the 21st Century
- Who:
- Brandon Lutz, Tracey McGrath, Lori Sheldon, Scott Snyder
- When:
- Session Two
- Where:
- Room 311
As technology continues to infiltrate our everyday lives, what can the conscious classroom teacher, administrator or technology integration coach do to create balance in their everyday life. Discuss strategies for seamlessly integrating and managing technology in your professional and personal life, while maintaining a balance in the unconnected world.
Redefining "Schooly" Texts
- Who:
- Joshua Block, Molly Buckley and Alexa Dunn
- When:
- Session Two
- Where:
- Room 209
In this conversation, participants together with SLA students, SLA staff, and a University Researcher will reconsider the traditional definition of "schooly." We will use participatory learning activities to propose the benefits of broadening the definition of what counts as school texts. We will examine possibilities for personal and social transformation within classroom settings.
SLA Student Experience
- Who:
- Larissa Pahomov and SLA Students
- When:
- Session Two
- Where:
- Room 300
Talk and learn about Science Leadership Academy with the people who matter most: the students! The members of panel will describe their own educational experiences at SLA -- as well as what lead them to the school, and where they think the experience will take them.
Taking the load off a learner's mind: Cognitive Load Theory in Education
- Who:
- Christopher Craft
- When:
- Session Two
- Where:
- Room 308
Do you ever feel overwhelmed? Do your students? This session will help you understand Cognitive Load and its impact on education.
User-Generated Education: An Authentic Student-Centric Model of Education
- Who:
- Jackie Gerstein, Ed.D.
- When:
- Session Two
- Where:
- Room 307
"Should a student-centric, user-generated education be the predominant learning model for this era of the 21st Century?" will be explored through a technology-enhanced Socratic Seminar.
What Free Improvisational Music and Networked Learning Have in Common
- Who:
- Shelly Blake-Plock
- When:
- Session Two
- Where:
- Room 303
A conversation and collaborative demonstration on the meaning of 'networked learning' through the metaphor of free improvisational music.
What if school wasn't just like real life, what if it just was real life?
- Who:
- Diana Laufenberg
- When:
- Session Two
- Where:
- Room 301
Why we attend school, what we accomplish while we are here, how we spend our time; these are the issues I would like to investigate as we consider how to make 'school' more about meaningful and enriching life experiences, and less like hoop jumping and necessary evils.
Zapping the Buzzwords: "Disruptive innovation," "the widget effect," and more.
- Who:
- Tom Hoffman
- When:
- Session Two
- Where:
- Room 304
With each wave of school reform, a new batch of jargon is deposited on our shores. Take a critical look at the new wave of business model reform language, from "Race to the Top," to "non-negotiables," including our new "higher, clearer, and fewer" "internationally-benchmarked" "college- and career-ready" "Common Core" standards.