Here is a description of the event from their website:
"Educon is both a conversation and a conference.
It is an innovation conference where we can come together, both in person and
virtually, to discuss the future of schools. Every session will be an opportunity to
discuss and debate ideas - from the very practical to the big dreams."
Visit their website to view the 80 sessions/conversations that are being offered this year. I've already bookmarked a few that interest me:
1 ) SMALL TOWN SCHOOL... GLOBAL EDUCATION
I am from a community of 300 and student taught in a Grade 11 Global Issues class of 9 students. Need I say more? haha
Small Town School
Who: Sabra Provence & Daisy Dyer Duerr
When: Session One, 10-11:30am, January 26th
"The focus of the conversation will be how innovative uses of technology are the "GREAT EQUALIZER" for students in poor, isolated, rural America. We will examine success we have had at our school including specific students who now have "possibilities" they've never had. We will also discuss other "possibilities" in education, technology, and innovating our youth!"
2 ) CURATION: THREE WAYS
I've been hearing about curation a lot lately via Twitter and some of my other PLN's but honestly do not know much about it or understand it's role in education. I am hoping that this session will shed some light and give me some strategies on how to incorporate it in the classroom.
Curation: Three Ways
Who: Joyce Valenza
When: Session Two, 1-2:30pm, January 26th
"Curation belongs in the curriculum. It can be part of the student search toolkit, part of your plan to build curricular resources, strategy, part of your professional development plan. Joyce will define curation as a learning strategy and lead a discussion of surround what might be curated, the best new tools for curating, students as curators, the role of the student work in curation."
3 ) QUALITATIVE FORMATIVE ASSESSMENT: LETTING THE IDEAL LEARNING ENVIRONMENT DICTATE THE TOOLS
Assessment is something that I feel we have touched on least in my education degree so far (only one class). I am hoping that not only will this session give me more information but will also let me practice and apply the knowledge that I have acquired thus far. I am looking forward to finding assessment strategies that are actually meaningful to students!
Qualitative Formative Assessment
Who: Reshan Richards
When: Session Three, 3-4:30pm, January 26th
"The primary focus of this conversation is qualitative formative assessment of student understanding. In an ideal world, teachers would be able to have regular conversations with every student in order to see where they are in the learning and to adapt and adjust instruction to best suit their needs. How can we leverage emerging technologies to facilitate this kind of relationship?"
4 ) THE OTHER 18 HOURS
School is only a tiny part of our students' day. It can be hard to tell what kind of situations they are encountering outside of school. Are they able to go home? Do they go straight to an eight hour shift at work? Are they involved in sports? Do they have children and/or care for younger siblings? Everything that happens outside of school will influence what happens in the classroom.
The Other 18 Hours
Who: Alex Shevrin
When: Session Five, 12:30-2pm, January 27th
"How much do we know about our students' other 18 hours? What role does school play in their familiar, their priorities, their peer groups? In this conversation we'll examine our assumptions and look at some frames for how to meet our students where they are when they walk into school."
It is still three weeks away so there is lots of time to check it out. What conversations would you to see? Leave a comment below and let me know!
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