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 [...]

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 [...]

  The second annual SXSWedu kicked off the South by Southwest Interactive, Film and Music Festival in Austin in March. According to festival organizers, SXSWedu seeks to “converge the wide variety of stakeholders who share an interest in 21st century innovation and best practices.” Attendees represented teachers, administrators and university professors, as well as  business, [...]