Attend In-Person or Virtually!
A SURPRISINGLY FRESH AND NEW EVENT-MODEL DESIGNED FOR THE EDUCATION COMMUNITY
PRESENTED BY CONVERGE AND THE CENTER FOR DIGITAL EDUCATION
DECEMBER 9 AND 10, 2009
SAN DIEGO, CALIFORNIA
Be part of the action on our beautiful San Diego multimedia stage where we’ll build new relationships in the education community. In our usual style, we’ll convene a unique collection of speakers, topics, and attendees where we’ll explore new definitions for educational outcomes aligned to a “sustainable future.”
For nine years, we have been convening education enthusiasts to discuss and explore new ways of thinking about our schools. This year the Conversation goes multimedia with live video conferencing, webcasting, tweeting, blogging and more. For the first time in the history of the Conversation, we’ll convene a live and virtual national audience.
Free of charge to public-sector leaders, the symposium is a valuable opportunity for education innovators to meet face-to-face to exchange new ideas; to discuss, disseminate and share best practices and working programs; and to network and collaborate on matters of mutual concern.
PLUS: An Education Stimulus Round Up
The Conversation welcomes the “stim czars” from around the country (live and in person). We’ll speak candidly about the legislation nearly ten months after it was signed in to law. What are the current positive results, how are we planning to go forward, and more.
The DELC vrtual attendance option is provided by Elluminate. If you have any technical questions, please contact Elluminate's support team at 866-388-8674 option 2 or visit http://www.elluminate.com/support-portal/
Josh Clark and Chuck Bryant from the popular Stuff You Should Know podcast, created and released by the website HowStuffWorks.com, join us this year at DELC! Twice weekly, their podcast educates listeners on a variety of topics ranging from “Who Owns the Seas?” to “Needed Innovations.” We’re excited to have them bring their smart, comical twist to the Digital Education Leadership Conversation as keynote speakers and emcees!
Josh Clark
Josh Clark is a senior writer at HowStuffWorks.com and, along with Chuck Bryant, serves as co-host of the Stuff You Should Know podcast. Josh attended the University of Georgia, where he studied anthropology and history and took off to start an alternative newspaper with six core classes left until graduation. He regrets nothing. When he gets the chance, Josh likes to while away his weekends watching "Magnum P.I." on DVD in his pajamas with his three sneaky dogs.
Charles W. (Chuck) Bryant
Charles W. (Chuck) Bryant co-hosts the Stuff You Should Know podcast along with his trusty sidekick, Josh Clark. He was born in Atlanta in the early 1970s under the sign of Pisces. Twenty-four years later, he earned an English degree at the University of Georgia. He spent the next decade traveling, pursuing creative endeavors and getting street smart. He and his wife-to-be moved back to Atlanta in 2004, with four pets in tow. He hooked up with HowStuffWorks.com shortly after co-host Josh was hired, and the pair bonded immediately over their love of Hunter S. Thompson, the fight-or-flight response and dive bars. In his off-time, Chuck enjoys hanging out with his wife, cooking and playing in his old-man band. He loves his neti pot and hates cold bathroom floors.
December 9
6pm: Kick off Dinner
Dinner Speaker Theme: Careers of the Future
This session will focus on:
Featured Speaker:
Steve Heard, Chief Executive Officer, The Futures Channel
Steve Heard is Founder and CEO of The Futures Channel, an online media company which produces documentaries on applications of and careers involving math, science, technology and engineering.
The company was founded in 1999 with the goal of using New Media technologies to create a channel between the scientists, engineers, explorers and visionaries who are shaping the future, and today’s students who will one day succeed them.
It has one of the largest video libraries of its kind, going on location to meet people at work in fields ranging from space exploration and industrial design, to oceanography and meteorology, to clean energy innovations. The programs are used in thousands of math and science classes every week.
Heard has been producing television and online media since 1989, and his productions have won over 100 awards. He is the recipient of three Peabody Awards, a Gold Medal from the New York Film Festival, and the entertainment industry’s Environmental Media Award. His most recent work is a 6-part series about the new space vehicles to take humans to the Moon and ultimately Mars. The series was produced in cooperation with NASA’s Marshall Space Flight Center.
December 10
8:00 a.m. – Registration
Today’s Conversation experience will be recorded for the Stuff You Should Know podcast produced for HowStuffWorks.com.
8:30 am - Kick off/Roll Call
9:15 a.m. - Innovations US Education Needs Right Now
Join Josh and Chuck for an in-depth look at the latest innovations in today’s education environment and an overview of which would be most effective in positively impacting student achievement.
(Question and Answer period to follow)
View Elluminate Recorded Session here!
10:00 a.m. - Break (technology cool down)
10:20 am - America’s Place in the 21st Century: Creativity
Many argue that creativity has been and will be the economic driver of the American economy. This panel, will explore how “creativity works” and what we should do to foster a creative culture in American schools.
The Conversation welcomes Reed Agnew, one of the founders of ThoughForm, Inc. out of Pittsburgh, PA. The speaker will share how form relates to creativity. Form gives thought power by making it visible, engaging, memorable and easier to understand. Also hear how his project teams “create” big ideas. Question and answer period will follow.
Also presenting will be John Eger, Professor of Communications and Public Policy at San Diego State University. Eger will discuss the benefits of fostering creativity in students and the need to transform our schools in the wake of globalization and new technology.
Host: Mark Siegel, Assistant Headmaster, Delphian School
Speakers:
Reed Agnew, ThoughtForm, Inc
John Eger, Professor of Communications and Public Policy, San Diego State University
View Elluminate Recorded Session here:
View John Eger's slides here.
About ThoughtForm
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1:10 p.m. - An Education Stimulus Round Up: More Stuff We Should Know
The Conversation welcomes “stim czars” from around the country (live and in-person). We’ll speak candidly about the legislation nearly ten months after it was signed in to law. What are the current positive results, how are we planning to go forward, and more.
Hosts:
Panelists
View Elluminate recorded session here.
2:00 p.m. Break (technology cool down)
2:20 p.m. – 3:40 p.m. Connecting Technology, Workforce Development and School Transformation
A panel of doers and dreamers from across the USA, this discussion will both share vision and implementation strategies toward education models that will rebuild, reenergize and reinvigorate our economy.
Hosted by: Josh and Chuck
Co-Host: Marina Leight, Vice President, Center for Digital Education
View Elluminate recorded Session here.
3:40 p.m. - Wrap Up
4:00 p.m. - Adjourn
Hilton Bayfront Hotel
1 Park Boulevard
San Diego, CA 92101
619.564.3333
Room Reservations
Room rate: $139 single/double
Deadline: November 9, 2009 (or until the room block is sold out)
Group name: Center for Digital Education
Group code: DELC
To make reservations, call 1.800.HILTONS or you can make reservations online. The hotel code is SANCC.
For directions, visit the Hilton Website.
Parking: (subject to change without notice)
Self Parking: $21 per day
Valet Parking: $32 per day
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