Presented by Hope Thompson, Program Operations Manager, NextWaveSTEM; Adam Rangwala, Educator and Drone Professional, NextWaveSTEM; and Rev. Dr. Troy C. Underwood, Executive Director, Barbara W. Smith Family Life Center
Presented by Alicia Verweij, Founder and Educator, EDGEucating LLC
Presented by Alberto Carvalho, Superintendent, Los Angeles Unified School District (CA); Mike Tierney, Director, Global Programming, Amazon Music; Dr. James Lane, Chief Executive Officer, PDK International; Hadi Partovi, CEO and Founder, Code.org; Karim Meghji, Chief Product Officer, Code.org; and Robyn Speed, Director of Outreach and Adoption, Code.org
What role can music play in school success? During the edLeader Panel “Boost Student Creativity and Engagement with Coding and Music,” experts and education leaders, including Alberto Carvalho, Superintendent of Los Angeles Unified School District, showed how the free Music Lab platform can help decrease absenteeism and increase engagement by giving students the opportunity to compose and remix music while learning essential coding and computer science skills.
Presented by Melody Dunn, M.Ed., Former Educator, Current Professional Learning Specialist, Frog Street
Presented by Dr. Marina Umaschi Bers, Professor, DevTech Research Group, Tufts University; and Jason Innes, Director of Curriculum, Training, and Product Management, KinderLab Robotics
Presented by Christine Danhoff, Technology Integration Specialist, Genoa Area Local Schools (OH); and Lauren Watkins, Marketing Director, Unruly Splats
Presented by Daniel Budzinski, CEO & Founder, Purpose Prep
Presented by Al Morali, Senior Learning Leader, Eduscape; and Machele Clark, Senior Learning Leader, Eduscape
How and where our students learn has radically changed over the last ten months. Students are in a multitude of educational environments that have challenged the entire school community. As educators, we cannot predict what the future holds, but we understand the importance of developing core skills such as collaboration, effective communication, and problem solving in our students today.