panel discussions
Pre-Session: Fiber to Home
8:00am - 8:45am | Ballroom | Lev Gonick, Russell Shoji, Scot Rourke
Our nation's broadband future is being built one community at a time. Northeast Ohio's OneCommunity and Case Western Reserve University have been engaged in a digital connected community strategy for nearly 7 years. Google's 'moonshot' announcement of investing in Gigabit Fiber to the Home national competition has catalyzed unprecedented interest in the transformational potential of next generation products and services enabled over broadband. The panel picks up these and related topics.
Opening Panel: Remaking Education: Collaboration, Technology and Discovery
9:00am - 9:45am | Ballrom | Larry Johnson, Trent Batson, Joe Lambert, John Schuman, Stacy Williams, Casey Green **
For years, perhaps decades, there has been talk of redesigning education to create engaging, relevant and personalized learning experiences. Today information comes from everywhere and is about everything, social media is being adopted across the globe, and creative boundaries are being shattered. The panelists will discuss how 21st century technologies are contributing to collaboration, learning and discovery. Beyond, they will explore educational design that contributes to meaningful learning.
Closing Panel: International Collaboration ~ Erasing Boundaries
3:30pm - 4:30pm | Ballroom | Vijay Kumar, Christine Geith , Stuart Youngner, Casey Green **
The rapid development of networked and mobile technologies is transforming the dynamic of collaboration and global participation. As a result, education is taking on new dimensions opening opportunity and erasing boundaries between countries and cultures. Panelist will discuss their involvement in developing international educational experiences crafted in collaborative settings.