Presenters: John Boyer and Katie Pritchard, Virginia Tech University John Boyer, a.k.a. “The Plaid Avenger,” has grown his world studies class at Virginia Tech University to its current mega-sized class of nearly 3,000. How does Boyer accomplish this seemingly amazing feat? The true answer is that he is more “community manager” than traditional classroom teacher. [...]
SXSWedu Session Topic: Navigating Success: Moving Families Out of Poverty and Into Education
Presenters: Annette Carlisle and Russell Lowery-Hart of Panhandle Twenty/20 and Elia Moreno of Cal Farley’s “I feel it is my job, as author Jim Collins says, to pull up the rock and look at the squiggly things underneath.” — Annette Carlisle Because Texas ranks near the bottom in education attainment levels and near the top [...]
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SXSWedu Session Topic: 1-to-1 iPads in K-12 Schools
Presenters: Brad Smith and Steven Wilbanks of Westlake High School and Carl Hooker and Diane Carter of Eanes ISD “Get [the iPads] in the teachers’ hands early. Give the teachers at least a semester to review and try out.” — Carl Hooker, Eanes ISD A panel of technology staff members, a teacher and a student [...]
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SXSWedu Session Topic: $5 Open Textbooks in High School Science Classes
Presenter: David Wiley, associate professor, Brigham Young University For those unfamiliar with the term, an “open textbook” is a digital textbook created by teachers and education experts that is made available for free. The open nature allows districts to make changes to reflect their curriculum. For the past two years, Brigham Young University in Utah [...]
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SXSWedu Session Topic: Learning is an Epic Win
Presenter: Jane McGonigal, Institute for the Future There were very few empty seats for Jane McGonigal’s presentation at SXSWedu. Through McGonigal’s research for her best-selling book “Reality is Broken” and her work as the director of game research and development at the Institute for the Future, she has tapped into an interesting concept. She says [...]
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