Presented by Hope Thompson, Program Operations Manager, NextWaveSTEM; and Joe Ryan, STEM Project Manager, The Reimagined Classroom
Presented by Seema Tejura, Founder and Managing Director, The Literacy Architects; Caitlin Deckard, Science of Reading Specialist, The Literacy Architects; and Nicole Nelson, National Curriculum Consultant, Learning A-Z
According to our nation’s students, the value of using technology for learning is clear—when used effectively, it helps them develop the skills they need for future success. Less than one-third of students say they have regular access to interactive technologies such as virtual labs, multimedia tools, augmented reality, coding resources, and AI tools that foster critical thinking, creativity, and problem solving. Students report that their best use of digital resources for learning happens on their own time, outside of school, most often through their smartphones.
Presented by Dr. Julie Evans, CEO, Project Tomorrow; Dr. Lu Settles Young, Vice Chair, Kentucky Board of Education, Professor, University of Kentucky College of Education, Former Superintendent and Chief Academic Officer; and a panel of students
Presented by David Woodward, Founder and President, Forefront Education; and Jay Meadows, CEO, Exemplars
Presented by Dan Hunter, Inventor of H-IQ; and Hathalee Higgs, Partner and Co-Founder, Hunter Higgs, LLC
Moderated by Joyce Whitby, CEO and Co-Founder, Innovations4Education
Presented by Becky Hansen, Learning and Implementation Specialist, BootUp PD; and Suzanne Carlson, Director of Business Development, BootUp PD
If, as many educators say, today’s students will work in jobs that don’t exist yet and use technology that hasn’t been invented, how do we prepare them? According to Dan Hunter, author of Learning and Teaching Creativity, and Dr. Rex Jung, President of Brain and Behavioral Associates, we teach students to understand and embrace their imagination. During the edLeader Panel “Creativity in and Out of the Classroom,” they discussed key aspects of imagination and creativity and how they help students become productive problem solvers.
Presented by Dan Hunter, author of Learning and Teaching Creativity; Dr. Rex Jung, President, Brain and Behavioral Associates, and Professor, University of New Mexico; and Hathalee Higgs, Partner + Co-founder, Hunter Higgs
Moderated by Michael Campbell, President, Advancing Global EDU
Presented by Tanya Wright, Founder, Hairiette of Harlem; and Barbara Pape, Senior Director, Learner Variability Project, Digital Promise