Apps that Close the GAP: Using Technology to Accelerate Achievement
Date and time
Location
Teachers College, Columbia University (Cowin Center)
525 West 120th Street
New York, NY 10027
Description
Apps that Close the Gap: Schedule
Using Technology to Accelerate Achievement in Black and Latino Students while incorporating Common Core Standards into Classroom Instruction.
8:30am-9:00am Registration and Breakfast
9:00am-9:45am Welcoming Remarks & Keynote Address
Jaime Casap: Global Education Evangelist, Google Inc.
10:00 m-11:00am Virtual Villages Panel
If it takes a village to raise a child, can that village be virtual? This panel will explore technologies and platforms that enable people to create virtual villages for intervention, collaboration, learning, and sharing resources for and with youth. #DigitalVillages #SocialMedia
Panelist 1
Dr. Carolyn P Rosé
Associate Professor, Language Technologies
Insitute and Human-Computer Interaction Institute
Carnegie Mellon University
Panelist 2
Serita Cox
Co-founder
iFoster (Online resources and community for foster families)
Panelist 3
Joliz Cedeño
Program Associate
Global Kids (global peer to peer youth mentoring and community)
Moderator: Dr. Rashad Shabazz, Assistant Professor,
Department of Geography, University of Vermont
11:15am-12:30pm Digital Citizenship Panel
How do we prepare urban youth to become engaged, ethical, and productive participants in a 21st century, technology driven, hyper connected world. This panel will highlight methods and practices to help youth develop the professional skills and critical awareness needed to be Digital Citizens. #digitalcitizenship #CriticalMedia
Panelist 1
Rebecca Garcia
Founder
Coder Dojo (Teaching youth how to write computer code)
Panelist 2
Désirée Bayonet
Curriculum Developer
iCivics.org (Teaching civics through games)
Panelist 3
Andrew Gardner
Senior Manager
BrainPOP (educational game apps for complex concepts
Moderator: Dr. C. Brandon Ogbunu, Fellow, Department of Organismic
Evloutionary Biology, Broad Institute of MIT & Harvard
12:15pm-1:00pm: Lunch & Digital Salon
1:00pm-2:00pm Future Technologies, Today
The future has arrived. This panel will highlight breakthrough technologies and practices that enable students to be active agents in their own learning while offering individualized support to students, teachers, and parents. Come and hear how you can put these future technologies to use in your classroom, today. #Pedagogy #21stCenturyLearning #BorneDigital
Panelist 1
Dr. Ryan Baker (Leading expert in educational data mining)
Associate Professor & Sachs Distinguished Lecturer
Teachers College, Columbia University
Panelist 2
Jessie Woolley-Wilson
President & CEO
DreamBox Learning (Adaptive Math Instruction)
Panelist 3
Daniel Fountenberry
Founder
Borne Digital (Adaptive Digital Books)
2:45pm - 3:00pm Closing Remarks & Final Address
Larry Nelson: Worldwide Managing Director, Global Education Partners , Microsoft
*For more information, please email Ashley: info@GapAppSummit.com*