Conversations
During each of the six breakout sessions throughout the weekend, a large number of conversations will take place. This site will help you organize your plan for the weekend and provide the relevant information for each conversation. After signing in, search through the conversations below and mark the sessions you are interested in to populate your personal schedule on the right (or below if on your mobile phone).
This interactive panel presentation will demonstrate the power of Asset Mapping to incubate school projects and sustainable educator and students side hustles. It will discuss how educators and students responded to the pandemic and racial unrest by developing cause-oriented businesses/side hustles. The presentation will focus on an entrepreneurial mindset and leadership development program based on design Connected Learning principles and the Arts and Business Council’s Creative Exchange program.
How a summer Design Camp that brought together members of local hospitals, private practices, artists, and universities to develop a network for children with mobility challenges can inspire real-world collaboration and professional development at your school all year round.
In alignment with our districtwide equity framework, our vision of an equity-centered school leader is a leader who cultivates prosperity and liberation for students and staff, starting with historically marginalized populations, by increasing access and inclusion, building trusting relationships, removing barriers, and creating a shared culture of accountability. This vision reflects the transformative leadership orientation which focuses on equity, inclusion, and social justice. In this session, we will share the actualization of this vision, organized around three core drivers: increasing the accessibility of pathways to potential leaders committed to equity; sustaining aspiring and current principals with transformational coaching; professional learning that is responsive to equity considerations.
What if the spirit and nature of a learning community was grounded in codesign, not hierarchy? When young people construct experiences through codesign, the streetscapes of learning change, leading to unanticipated relationships, social connections, emerging strengths and talents, new expertise, and self-actuated learners. We’ll share codesign stories and explore codesign together.
How might we provide learners around the world opportunities to develop deeper concept understanding, dynamic communication skills, and agile problem-solving mindsets? In this interactive workshop, explore 40+ strategies for creative expression in any classroom, whether an ESL class in Egypt or a civics seminar in New England. Collaborate with colleagues as we practice and plan for applying these methods, designed to foster equity and accessibility for all learners and educators alike.
By using Project Zero’s Thinking Routines, teachers across all disciplines can integrate the arts into their classrooms to activate student curiosity, promote critical thinking, and develop a spirit of inquiry.
As the work of EduCon community has wide-spread ripple, let's create a resource focused on what School Boards can do to help, and how they fit into the bigger picture.
How do we assess students on what they know and can do instead of how they behave? This is the question we’ve been working through at Science Leadership Academy Middle School and are at the core of our new conference structure. We’ll discuss changes big and small that can center student knowledge in grading.
Today, our devices are set to notify us about everything from a "Like" on Instagram to breaking news about the world.
Attention has become a commodity, and schools are struggling to help students deal. Join a conversation around how we can help students learn in the Attention Economy.
Just about everyone agrees that creativity is important in both school and life. This conversation is about where creativity comes from, how it relates to both inspiration and critical thinking, and how we can cultivate it in our learning spaces.
Coming out of a turbulent and traumatic school year, schools around the country were looking for ways to re-engage and reanimate students in the process of learning. In order to do this, South Bronx Community Charter High School formed authentic, community-based partnerships with local cultural institutions.
In this session, participants will get an overview of what is meant by the term "web3" and learn how schools and educators can begin to think about what it means to incorporate aspects of web3 and the next wave of technology innovations in their classroom and beyond.