Raphael Travis Jr., Jacquelyn Thomas, Kai Dupe, Zakiya Larry. Photo by Carlos Austin.
SXSWedu sessions are submitted and selected via PanelPicker, a robust online submission form for SXSWedu programming suggestions. Content strands for the event are largely determined by the community’s submissions. With the help of the SXSWedu Advisory Board and the community, the best of the best have been selected from over 700 submitted proposals to present at SXSWedu, March 4-7, 2013 in Austin, Texas.
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Accessibility and Special Education
App Camp: Teaching iDevices to the Blind
Seth Wilson (East Texas Lighthouse for the Blind)
Applications to Improve the Special Ed Experience
Daniel Yoo (Goalbook)
Lakshmi Arthi Krishnaswami (Independent)
Stephen Coller (Bill and Melinda Gates Foundation)
Equity and Excellence: IT in Small Rural Schools
Nina Peery (White Oak ISD)
Stacey Perkins (Hallsville ISD)
Pam Cranford (White Oak ISD)
Portable Profiles for High Access Learning
Megan Simmons (Institute for the Study of Knowledge Management in Education (ISKME))
Colin Clark (Inclusive Design Research Centre (IDRC))
Achievement Gaps and Educational Equality
Can BYOD Narrow the Digital Divide?
Michael Mills (University of Central Arkansas)
Community Organizing for School Turnaround
Allen Weeks (Austin Voices for Education and Youth)
Does School Desegregation Still Matter?
Mike Magee (Rhode Island Mayoral Academies)
Sarah Garland (The Hechinger Report)
Todd Sutler (The Odyssey Initiative)
Dana Goldstein (New America Foundation/Nation Institute/Slate)
Gutenberg Revisited: How Art Teaches Literacy
Amy Barbee (Texas Cultural Trust)
Andrew Kim (Comal Independent School District)
Doug Dempster (The University of Texas at Austin)
Amy Guadagnoli (Resources for Learning)
How Do We Drive Innovation in Public Education?
Gene Wilhoit (Council of Chief State School Officers)
Ryan Krohn ( School District of Waukehsa)
In it Together: Blended Classrooms and Communities
Amy Jenkins (Education Elements)
Lisa Duty (Knowledgeworks)
Vanessa Gonzalez (Education Elements)
Innovation for Equity: Technology or Pedagogy?
Eric Barela (Partners in School Innovation)
Christopher Thorn (The Carnegie Foundation for the Advancement of Teaching)
Derek Mitchell (Partners in School Innovation)
Mind the Gap: Debate Skills for At-Risk Kids
Audra Martin (The Economist)
Mobile Education for the Marginalized
Tsuneaki Kobayashi (Educational Foundation Shingakukai)
Satoshi Yamawaki (Castalia Co., Ltd.)
Nation in Decline: Why We Suck at Science and Math
Jason Coleman (Project SYNCERE)
Kim Magloire (SciTech Educational Solutions)
Marcia Wade Talbert (Black Enterprise Magazine)
Freeman Hrabowski (University of Maryland Baltimore County)
Plugging the Leaks in the STEM Pipeline
Zakiya Larry (Quest Media Training)
Raphael Travis (Texas State University)
Kai Dupé (Kai Dupe Productions)
Jacqueline Thomas (Kids-N-Technology)
Saving America's Black Boys
Chad Womack (United Negro College Fund)
James Staton (Top Flight LLC)
Jermaine Dupri (Global 14)
Johnathan Holifield (NorTech)
The San Francisco Superintendent’s Zone: A Lean Startup
Luis Valentino (San Francisco Unified School District)
Guadalupe Guerrero (San Francisco Unified School District)
Best Practices and Pedagogy
10 Hands-On Tools to Boost Creativity and Projects
Charles Wood (University of Tulsa)
Cognitive Science: The Next Ed Revolution
Peter Nilsson (Deerfield Academy)
College Vs. UnCollege: Are Degrees Worth It?
Dale Stephens (UnCollege)
Jeremy Johnson (2U)
Creating the Classrooms We Need
Diana Laufenberg (University of Minnesota)
Digital Learning and Collective Impact in Education
Michael Robbins (U.S. Department of Education)
Jeff Edmondson (The Strive Network)
Disrupting Education: A Master-Apprentice Approach
Jeff Sandefer (Acton School of Business & Acton Academy)
Growing Nimble Thinkers for the Creative Economy
Deborah Morrison (University of Oregon)
Glenn Griffin (University of Alabama)
Inspiring Creativity: Techniques and Environments
Alli Booth (NeuroUnderstanding)
Ruthie Chang (WestEd, Empirical Education)
Jessica Ellis (Galileo Learning)
Sanjli Gidwaney (Design for Change, USA)
Mother Nature's Pedagogy: Play and Self-Education
Peter Gray (Boston College)
Moving Beyond the Creation of Human Capital
Safiya Noble (University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign)
John Ittelson (CSUMB)
Heather Hiles (Pathbrite)
Project Based Learning: The 8 Essential Elements
Alfred Solis (Buck Institute foe Eduction)
John Mergendoller (Buck Institute for Education)
Raising the Modern Geek: 21st C Skills in Action
Rafe Needleman (Evernote)
Stephan Turnipseed (LEGO Education)
Michael Nobleza (Children's Creativity Museum)
Ed Walters (Alta Vista School)
STEM to STEAM: Full Circle - Education to Economy
Jon Perera (Adobe Systems)
Ainissa Ramirez (Yale University)
Rosemarie Truglio (Sesame Workshop)
Matt Goldman (Blue School & Blue Man Group)
John Maeda (Rhode Island School of Design)
Teach Kids to Think By Letting Them
Lara Arch (Rice University Center for Digital Learning and Scholarship)
Teaching Digital Ethics
Erin Reilly (Annenberg Innovation Lab)
Frances Jacobson Harris (University of Illinois, University Labratory High School)
Vanessa Dennen (Florida State University)
Don Heider (School of Communication)
The Problem Finders: Design Thinking Across School
Ewan McIntosh (NoTosh Limited)
Big Data and Emerging Technologies
A Lord, a Lady and a Deputy Walk into a...
Audrey Watters (Hack Education)
Richard Culatta (U.S. Department of Education)
Rod Berger (RANDA Solutions)
Lord James Knight (U.K. Parliament)
Big Dreams, Big Data: Putting EduAnalytics to Work
George Siemens (Technology Enhanced Knowledge Research Institute (TEKRI) at Athabasca University)
Charles Thornburgh (Civitas Learning Inc)
Mark Milliron (WGU Texas)
Nicole Melander (Achieving the Dream)
CCSS Implementation Tools vs Orientation Rhetoric
Melissa Wadman (Smithsonian Center for Education and Museum Studies)
Joe Hobson (Navigation North Learning Solutions)
Brian Ausland (Navigation North Learning Solutions)
Donuts, Data and Deep Dives
Tom Vander Ark (Open Education Solutions)
Aimee Guidera (Data Quality Campaign)
Brian Rawson (Texas Education Agency)
Lori Fey (Ed-Fi Alliance)
Drones.edu: Hands on the Future in the Classroom
Ryan Calo (University of Washington School of Law)
Todd Humphreys (The University of Texas at Austin)
Matt Waite (University of Nebraska-Lincoln College of Journalism and Mass Communication)
Amie Stepanovich (Electronic Privacy Information Center)
Is Student Data Education’s Next Frontier?
Joe Morgan (Noodle Education)
Marina Martin (U.S. Department of Education)
Stephen Coller (Bill and Melinda Gates Foundation)
Richard Culatta (U.S. Department of Education)
LRMI: Peek Under the Hood of Personalized Learning
Alicia Powers (Noodle Education)
Din Heiman (BrainPOP)
Michael Jay (Educational Systemics)
LX Design: Evidence-Based Learning Solutions
Christopher Hoadley (New York University)
Shawn Mahoney (Pearson Education)
Robert Atkinson (Arizona State University)
Jeff Bergin (Pearson Education)
More Diplomas: College Supports in the Digital Age
Angela Paprocki (University of Toledo)
Colleen Carmean (University of Washington - Tacoma)
Jill Frankfort (Persistence Plus)
Personalized Learning Systems- Worthy of the Hype?
Richard Baraniuk (Rice University)
Andrew Butler (Duke University)
Social Enrollment: A+ ROI for Students and Colleges
Michael Staton (Inigral.com)
Adam Kloza (McGraw-Hill Education)
Jordan Goldman (Unigo, LLC)
Civic Engagement and Advocacy
BigCamp : How Hackathon Changed the Edu in Korea
Kim Han Ju (Big Camp )
Hyungil Cho (Samsung Electronics)
Jihyun Yun (Big Camp)
Hacking the University
Tim Cole (University of Bristol)
Lucy Heywood (Stand + Stare Collective)
John Troyer (Centre for Death and Society)
Clare Reddington (Watershed)
Kids Who Produce News Become Better Citizens
Renee Hobbs (Harrington School of Communication and Media)
Gil Garcia (Austin High School)
Leah Clapman (PBS NewsHour)
Mobile Technology and Hispanic Empowerment
Mark Lopez (Pew Hispanic Center)
Elianne Ramos (LATISM)
Joaquin Guerra (Center for Community Change)
Jason Llorenz (Hispanic Technology & Telecommunications Partnership)
Storytelling: A Powerful Advocate
Peter Murner (AMS Public Interest )
Natalie Glover (AMS Public Interest)
Using Online Resources to Engage Health Education
Mary Rollins (Discovery Education)
Lisa Gable (Healthy Weight Commitment Foundation)
Kate Zimmer (Edelman Digital)
DIY and Maker
Book Talks: Animoto, Popplet and Student Videos
Renee Setser (Manor Independent School District)
Breaking Down the Walls Of School
Andrew Locker (Glen Shields Public School)
Andrew Campbell (Major Ballachey School)
Kathryn Meisner (Make Waves )
Jennifer Chan (Exhibit Change)
Encouraging Literacy and Young Authors Through Tech
Joelle Alcaidinho (MetSchools)
Buffy Hamilton (Creekview High School)
Supporting a Generation of Digital Makers
Doug Belshaw (Mozilla Foundation)
Kathleen Stokes (Nesta)
Tinker Tailor Solder Ply: Why Makers Rule in EDU
Dale Dougherty (Make Magazine)
Karl Wendt (Khan Academy)
Katie Rast (FabLab San Diego)
Entrepreneurialism and Business
Building Schools Into the Innovation Ecosystem
Jess Bialecki (Classroom Blueprint)
Audrey Watters (Hack Eduation)
Steve Weber (UC Berkeley)
Steven Hodas (InnovateNYC)
Business Models That Work in Education Technology
Sundeep Peechu (Felicis Ventures)
Paul Freedman (AltiusEd)
Andrew D'Souza (Top Hat Monocle Corp)
Ki Mei (GigaOm)
Cultivating Entrepreneurs and Innovators
Alex Banayan (Alsop Louie Partners)
Candice Olson (Fullbridge)
Burck Smith (Straighterline)
Paul Freedman (AltiusEd)
EdTech Entrepreneurs: Are They the Next Superheroes
Sean Conway (Chegg)
Carolina Nugent (KinderTown)
Bharani Rajakumar (LearnBop)
Michael Koetting (Hoot.Me)
From Legacy to Uncertainty: The Digital Future of Major "Textbook" Publishers
Christopher Goodson (Houghton Mifflin Harcourt)
Peter Cohen (Pearson)
Stephen Laster (McGraw-Hill Education)
Frank Catalano (Intrinsic Strategy)
Making Public / Private Partnerships Work
Robert Mendenhall (Western Governors University)
Brian Kibby (McGraw-Hill Higher Education)
Pedro Reyes (University of Texas System)
Frank Lyman (MyEdu)
New Ecosystems for Ed Innovation
Alex Hernandez (Charter School Growth Fund)
Heather Gilchrist (Socratic Labs)
Matt Candler (4.0 Schools)
Shawn Rubin (Highlander Institute)
The New EdTech Ecosystem - Will it Survive?
Tim Brady (Imagine K12)
Charlie Bufalino (Rocketship Education)
Frank Chien (LearnSprout)
Tony Wan (EdSurge)
Off-the-Shelf Education: Are Courses a Commodity?
Ellen Wagner (WCET)
Mickey Revenaugh (Connections Learning)
Michael Horn (Innosight Institute)
Myk Garn (StraighterLine, Inc.)
Peer-to-Peer Marketplaces, Meet Ed-Tech
Lee Jacobs (Colingo)
Dinesh Thirupuvanam (Udemy)
Dan Johnston (InstaEDU)
The Double Bottom Line for Education Entrepreneurs
Mohsen Shahini (Top Hat Monocle)
Jennifer Carolan (New Schools Seed Fund)
Joseph Wilson (MaRS Discovery District)
The New EdTech Ecosystem - Will it Survive?
Charlie Bufalino (Rocketship Education)
Tim Brady (Imagine K12)
Frank Chien (LearnSprout)
Tony Wan (EdSurge)
Funding and Philanthropy
Investing in Education Innovation
Alex Hernandez (Charter School Growth Fund)
Tom Vander Ark (Getting Smart)
Texas School Budget Cuts: Efficiencies and Impact
Sarah Goff (Children at Risk)
Bob Sanborn (Children at Risk)
The Classroom Fund
Julie Summerford Tarwater (El Paso Community Foundation)
Future15
A Tablet-Based Voyage of Math Discovery
Shimon Schocken (Slate Science Inc)
Activate Your "Learning Lab!"
Emily Crawford (Bellevue University)
Big Data and Individualized Teacher Development
Jason Lange (BloomBoard)
Collaborative Learning Through Social Games
Abhi Vijayakar (Nunook Interactive Inc)
Crowdlearning: A Vision for the [Near] Future of Education
Patrick Supanc (Alleyoop)
Curators of Curriculum
Yancy Unger (Five-Star Technology)
Curriculum Influence on Educational App Development
Rob Scordino (The Meadows and Vaughn Gross Centers)
Designing for Peer Learning
Christina Tran (HourSchool)
Game Design as Required Class: A Case Study
Laura Minnigerode (World Wide Workshop)
Gameplay as Assessment, Assessment as Empowerment
Dylan Arena (Kidaptive)
Grassroot Practices & NCLB: Success in the Margins
Mi'Jan Celie Tho-Biaz (The University of San Francisco)
How Is Curriculum Different in 2013-2014?
Geoff Fletcher (SETDA)
How Not to Start Your Own School
Christine Ortiz (Lawton Chiles Preparatory School)
Common Core: A Call for Innovation
Karen Fasimpaur (K12 Handhelds)
I Know What You're Thinking. Really, I Do.
Jessie Woolley-Wilson (DreamBox Learning)
Innovation Out of School
Sarah Rinner (Central Texas Afterschool Network)
Measuring UX on New Technology in Education
Sebu Björklund (MediaCity/Åbo Akademi)
MOOCs: Hype or Hope?
Josh Coates (Canvas by Instructure)
Opportunity Knocks: The Connectivity Revolution
Christina Allen (LinkedIn)
Participatory Action Research in the Classroom
Meredith Swallow (University of Vermont)
Real-World Math for a Real-World World
Karim Ani (Mathalicious)
The Backpack in Your Pocket
Becky Splitt (StudyBlue)
The Curriculum of the Future
Jonathan Blank (Reading Kingdom)
The Future of Higher Ed = The Age of Partnerships
Gregg Rosenthal (University Ventures)
The Most Important Skills Schools Aren't Teaching
Dennis Bartels (Exploratorium)
Unboxing Education Through Playing and Making
Lucien Vattel (GameDesk)
What Do Parents Want?
Or-Tal Kiriati (Tutorra)
Gaming, Learning and Development
Building Learning Community with Purpose and Joy
Emily Lewis (Westborough High School)
Justin Schwamm (Tres Columnae Project)
Gerol Petruzella (Massachusetts College of Liberal Arts)
Digital Content in the 21st Century Classroom
Matthew Tessier (Chula Vista Elementary School District)
Karen Justl (Spring Branch ISD)
Adam Seldow (Chesterfield County Public Schools)
Crystal Hutter (Edmodo)
Educating the Create and Share Generation
Brian O'Connor (Futures without Violence)
Kate Reilly (E-Line Media)
Alan Gershenfeld (Arizona State University)
Alice Cahn (Cartoon Network)
Game-Savvy Teachers: Next Generation Learning
Rick Brennan (Histrionix Learning Company)
Edwin Dawson (Sunnyside Unified School District)
Sasha Barab (Arizona State University Center for Games & Impact)
Michael Angst (E-Line Media)
Got Game? Learning through Play. Seriously.
Dan White (Filament Games)
Michael Angst (E-Line Media)
Jennifer Groff (Learning Games Network)
Arturo Guajardo (BrainPOP)
How to Play: Models for Game-Based Learning
Scot Osterweil (Massachusetts Institute of Technology)
Katie McMillan Culp (Education Development Center, Inc.)
Eric Klopfer (Massachusetts Institute of Technology)
Greg Chung (National Center for Research on Evaluation, Standards, and Student Testing)
Neuroscience and Technology to Enhance Learning
Daniel Sternberg (Lumosity)
Nicole Ng (Lumosity)
Preparing High-Tech Innovators Through Game Design
Jennifer Bergland (Texas Computer Education Association )
Joe Gonzales (East Austin College Prep Academy)
Ward Tisdale (AMD)
Idit Harel Caperton (World Wide Workshop)
STEM: Not Your Mother’s Digital Divide
Pat Russo (Henrico County Virginia Public Schools)
Tom Davidson (EverFi)
Lisa Hook (Neustar, Inc.)
Technology-Enabled Instruction: Hype and Promise
Amy Bryant (Thinkwell)
James Caras (Sapling Learning)
Harrison Keller (The University of Texas at Austin)
Bjorn Billhardt (Enspire Learning)
Think Outside the School: Learning is Everywhere
Carla Casilli (Mozilla)
Christine Renaud (E-180)
Global Connections and International Approaches
Develop Student Global I.Q.
Jennifer Vollmann (New Global Citizens)
How Video Calls Globalize Shared Learning
Wendy Gorton (My Hero Project)
Angela Maiers (Maiers Education Consulting)
John Boyer (Virginia Tech)
Elisa Steele (Skype )
Social Innovation From Students, For Students
Dell Education Challenge Winner (n/a)
Snow White (Dell)
Suzi Sosa (Dell Social Innovation Challenge)
Teaching Cheetahs: Disruptive Education in Africa
Rick Reeder (Dj Johnnyk)
Christopher Khaemba (Dj Johnnyk)
Christy Pipkin (The Nobelity Project)
John Kidenda (The African Leadership Bridge)
Leadership and Inspiration
"Blending" the University: Beyond MOOCs
Gigi Johnson (Maremel Institute)
HipHopEd: Reality Pedagogy 4 Edu/Youth Development
Timothy Jones (#HipHopEd)
Amil Cook (City Charter High School)
Christopher Emdin (Columbia University Teacher's College)
Jeremy Dean (Rap Genius)
Don't Make Me Go Back to Traditional Education
Ludvik Herrera (North Dakota State University)
Isabetta Bleu Herrera Grant (Bleu Cloud)
Five Ways to Improve Employability in Higher Ed
Michael Bettersworth (Texas State Technical College System)
How to Build a Culture of Digital Citizenship
Miriam Pedraja (Amistad Dual Language School)
Rebecca Randall (Common Sense Media)
Jane Pook (New York City Department of Education)
Policy Wonks, Public Leaders, and Smart Reform
Adrian Fenty (Public Office)
Schools Not Jails, Education Not Incarceration
Bianca Neal (ReRoute Music Group)
SaulPaul (ReRoute Productions)
Sparking Enthusiasm in a Large Lecture Course
Alex Filippenko (University of California, Berkeley)
OER and MOOCs
Advances in Open Textbook Publishing Technology
Phil Schatz (Connexions)
Ed Woodward (Connexions)
Kathi Fletcher (Shuttleworth Foundation)
Cage Match: The Massive Open Online Course Debate
Curtis Bonk (Indiana University)
Charles Severance (University of Michigan)
Customize OER for Tablets, Replacing Textbooks
Chuck Higley (Amarillo Independent School District)
Michael Messner (Net Texts, Inc.)
Online Education: Will it Make Us Smarter?
Alison Johnston (InstaEDU)
Eren Bali (Udemy)
Andrew Grauer (Course Hero)
Ki Mae Heussner (GigaOM)
Open Education: Still a Chasm to Cross
Daniel Williamson (Rice University, Center for Digital Learning and Scholarship)
David Harris (OpenStax College)
Meredith Babb (University Press of Florida)
James Caras (Sapling Learning)
The Community Course: A MOOC Alternative
Phylise Banner (American Public University System)
Post-Secondary Prep and Beyond
A Pioneer, Politico and Pres Walk into a College Bar
Bill Powers (The University of Texas at Austin)
Tom Shaver (Ad Astra)
Mehdi Maghsoodnia (Rafter)
Harrison Keller (The University of Texas)
College Support on the Web: The Case Study of NYC
Orr Shtuhl (Blenderbox)
Ariela Friedman (Graduate NYC!)
No Degree, No Diploma, No Difference
Ryan Porter (Raise Your Flag)
Personalization + Persistence in Online Programs
Brad MclIQuham (Knewton)
David Forgues (UNLV)
Redefining and Redesigning the College Transition
Whitney Davis-Molin (Educational Policy Improvement Center (EPIC))
Sarah Katherine Collins (Educational Policy Improvement Center (EPIC))
Social and Mobile Learning
Breaking the Mold: New Models for Learning (K-20)
Mary Esselmann (Education Achievement Authority of Michigan)
Van Davis (Texas Higher Education Coordinating Board)
Nancy Millichap (EDUCAUSE)
Creating a Cloud Classroom
Patrick Fogarty (Xaverian High School)
Flip, Blend, Connect: Examining Our Practices
Stephanie Sandifer (Houston A+ Challenge )
Carolyn Foote (Westlake High School; Eanes ISD)
Making Apps with Youth: How-To and Lessons Learned
Asha Richardson (Youth Radio)
Kurt Collins (Youth Radio)
Elisabeth Soep (Youth Radio)
Craig Watkins (The University of Texas at Austin)
Meet the Educational Stars of YouTube
John Green (Ecogeek)
Logan Smalley (TED)
Angela Lin (YouTube / Google)
Meredith Walker (Smart Girls)
Mobile Games for Learning in Museums
Loic Tallon (Pocket-Proof)
Masha Turchinsky (The Metropolitan Museum of Art)
Nancy Proctor (Smithsonian Institution)
Kellian Adams (Green Door Labs Inc.)
Producers and Researchers: Making Tech PreK Ready
Christine Zanchi (WGBH Educational Foundation)
Andrea Rizzo (Education Development Center, Center for Children and Technology)
Social Media in Higher Ed - Where are We Going?
Tanya Joosten (Learning Technology Center, University of Wisconsin-Milwaukee)
Laura Pasquini (University of North Texas)
Brandon Croke (Inigral Inc.)
Bradley Popiolek (Apollo Group)
Student Living Enhanced Through Social Media
Karen Gibson (St. Edward's University)
Margaret Garry (St. Edward's Universith)
Tech Provides Social-Emotional Learning in Schools
Jackie Gerstein (Boise State University)
Anne Collier (ConnectSafely.org)
Joan Young (Trinity School)
What Will the Campus Become?
Nora Bynum (Office of Global Strategy and Programs, Duke University)
Maddy Burke-Vigeland (Gensler)
Ricki Goldman (New York University, Steinhardt School of Culture, Education and Human Development)
Don Huesman (Innovation Group, The Wharton School, University of Pennsylvania)
Sponsored Series
A Day in the Life Series
hosted by inBloom
Engage Series
hosted by Cengage Learning
Hands-On Workshop Series
hosted by LEGO ® Education
Standards and Assessment
Demystifying the Measurement of Teacher Quality
Shana Shaw (SEDL)
Jason LaTurner (SEDL)
Brenda Arellano (SEDL)
Explore the Core: What Common Core Means for You
Carrie Heath Phillips (Council of Chief State School Officers)
Un-think School to Rethink Learning
Cathy Mincberg (Center for Reform of School Systems)
Bryan Setser (2Revolutions)
Emmie Chang (Olympus Math)
Mujteba Naqvi (Olympus Math)