Apps that Close the GAP: Using Technology to Accelerate Achievement

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*