A Virtual Conference
Educational organizations of all sizes are being challenged to find the silver bullet. The silver bullet for teaching and learning; the silver bullet for remediation; the silver bullet for budgets… Microsoft and the Center for Digital Education are partnering to host a virtual conference to address these issues, provide a new vision for teaching and learning and illustrate how that translates to the ultimate goal - student success.
The future is not modeled the same as the past. Technology by itself is not the silver bullet but combined with a solid model for teaching and learning, it becomes an indispensable tool to driving engagement and generating positive outcomes.
In this virtual conference, you will get the opportunity to hear from and connect real-time with industry experts and fellow educators, as well as obtain practical examples and real advice to help you understand what pressures exist for educators and what can be done to solve them. In addition, you will gain access to resources and tools to help you drive student success and further your professional development.
This virtual conference is available for on-demand viewing to registered attendees after the event.
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Keynote -
Learning Re-Imagined – Microsoft’s Vision for Student Success
Cameron Evans
National Technology Officer and CTO
Microsoft Education
Keynote -
The New Normal – Learning Re-Imagined and the Design Economy
Leilani Cauthen
VP and Publisher
Center for Digital Education
8:00 a.m - Show Opens
8:15 a.m. - Opening Keynote
Learning Re-Imagined - Microsoft's Vision for Student Success
Cameron Evans, National Technology Officer and CTO, Microsoft Education
The Microsoft vision is to truly enable anytime, anywhere learning for all. In this keynote Microsoft will highlight its key areas of focus to improve overall learning outcomes and drive student success. It will highlight some of the latest research and trends that are happening around the world and describe unique approaches to solving these challenges.
This session will take an in-depth look at some of the changing education realities including:
• Blending of formal and informal learning
• Shifting economic realities and workforce dynamics
• The role of devices in building personalized learning experiences
• The move to the cloud
• Addressing the digital divide
• The digital content revolution
Finally, hear about Microsoft's Connected Education Solutions, a set of secure solutions designed to support and improve outcomes focusing on eLearning, Institutional Effectiveness, Operational Efficiency, and in Higher Education, Research Management. We will highlight how, together with a rich set of devices powered by Microsoft and enabled by the cloud, we are committed to enabling anytime, anywhere learning for every student.
9:00 a.m. - Keynote
The New Normal - Learning Re-Imagined and the Design Economy
Leilani Cauthen, VP and Publisher, Center for Digital Education
The design economy is a term you will hear more frequently. It is based on the concept that technology is transforming all areas of society and that you will have the ability to creatively design everything to your exact specifications and have it delivered to your door - dinner; clothing; cars and even education. This gives rise to new organizational models, changes to curriculum/content and impacts budgets and professional development. This keynote will highlight the design economy, explore the frontiers of education and provide you a glimpse of the new normal.
10:00 a.m. - Concurrent Session 1A
Innovative Schools: Using Technology to Build a Successful Framework (Administrator Track)
Eric Williams, Superintendent, York County Schools, VA
Byron Garrett, Director, Innovative Schools Program, Microsoft
Michael Muth, Education Analyst, Center for Digital Education
The disruption in education is driving K12 districts to be highly innovative and transformative. National trends, such as the digital curriculum movement and mobility, are creating brand new models of learning within the classroom. Teachers and education leaders are using education technologies as mediums to deliver instruction in ways that are both engaging and relevant to students.
In this session, we will hear from leaders within the field. Our speakers will tell us about national trends, specific examples of innovative learning styles, and will remind us that although new technologies exist, not everyone is quite yet there. Overall, this session will prove to be highly engaging for education practitioners looking to transform teaching and learning.
Concurrent Session 1B
The Modern Classroom (Educator Track)
David Squires, Campus Instructional Technology Specialist, Lamar CISD, TX
John Halpin, VP of Strategic Programs, Center for Digital Education
11:00 a.m. - Concurrent Session 2A
Device Selection and Integration Challenges: Solutions for Student Success (Administrator Track)
Cameron Evans, National Technology Officer and CTO, Microsoft Education
Leilani Cauthen, VP and Publisher, Center for Digital Education
Schools are consuming new computing devices at a pace faster than ever before. This creates great challenges not only due to the fact that devices designed for the consumer are not always the best for faculty, staff and students but also in that there needs to be a model in place to effectively use the devices to improve teaching and learning. A complete understanding of the learning environment including classroom, school, district and state requirements for functionality must be known before you buy. In addition, organizations must pay attention to the realities of device lifecycle for these consumer based products. This session will provide an update on best practices for device selection as well as for successfully integrating devices and how to evaluate based on intended use, existing curriculum agreements, support costs, security and more.
Concurrent Session 2B
Being an Innovative Educator: A Day In the Life (Educator Track)
Kelli Etheredge, Teaching & Learning Resources Director, St. Paul's Episcopal School, AL
Rob Bayuk, Program Director, U.S. Partners in Learning, Microsoft
John Halpin, VP of Strategic Programs, Center for Digital Education
12:00 p.m. - Concurrent Session 3A
It’s Easy In The Cloud with Office 365 for Educational Institutions (Administrator Track)
Eric Herzog, Sr Marketing Manager, Microsoft
Deliver the power of the cloud by allowing educators, students and staff to connect and collaborate with a secure and compliant service available wherever there is an internet connection. Work offline and while mobile when needed in familiar Office applications with a service designed to work across a range of operating systems and hardware. Set up a mixed environment with some users in the cloud and some in on-premise servers to leverage existing investments and enable a seamless experience for students, faculty and staff. Microsoft Office 365 for education provides free and low cost options for powerful email, calendar, voice, video, document storage, sharing and editing where administrators maintain control of the services, permissions and resources in a high availability environment.
Concurrent Session 3B
Teach and Learn: It’s Easy In The Cloud! (Educator Track)
Eric Herzog, Sr Marketing Manager, Microsoft
Help students reach their greatest potential both inside and outside of the classroom! Students and teachers can create, share, and communicate in the ways that work best for them. Stop worrying about leaving documents behind, at school or at home: see the power of cloud storage and how to access your work anywhere. Use free online versions of Word, Excel, PowerPoint, and OneNote, to take notes and have students simultaneously complete group assignments. Whether on a PC or Mac, students and teachers create work they are proud of as well as easily work together with classmates and colleagues. Securely set-up class web sites that easily work with the tools students use at home. Learn about Office 365 for education’s free and low cost offerings that can help schools communicate more efficiently and help every student achieve their potential.
1:00 p.m. - Windows Reimagined For Education
Wole Moses, Windows Public Sector Lead, Microsoft
A new generation of devices and applications is bringing incredible innovation to teaching and learning. Windows 8 is Microsoft Windows reimagined. It's an all-new touch interface. It's a new Windows for new devices. It's cloud connected. It's loaded with familiar, new and popular apps. It's safe and secure. It's easy to manage. It's a great education desktop experience - wherever, whenever. Join us for an overview and experience the new possibilities Windows 8 brings to education and how it can change teaching and learning.
2:00 p.m. - The Engaged Classroom - Kinect for XBOX 360
Radu Burducea, Director, US Education, Microsoft
Engagement is the key to driving student success but capturing students' interest and making concepts come alive is an educator's greatest challenge! Kinect™ for Xbox 360® can help get students engaged and inspired with immersive experiences. In this session you will learn how your institution can increase student engagement and achievement with immersive technology.
In particular, learn how your institution can leverage this innovative program to:
• Integrate technology into teaching and learning
• Increase academic rigor
• Bring distance learning and collaboration alive with Avatar Kinect
• Increase social communication in Special Education
3:00 p.m. - Adjourn